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Well, hello there and welcome back.

My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 244 of Sustainable

Minimalists, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, we have a big goal,

and that is to give you all the information you need to confidently use essential oils for your DIY

skin care. Now we've all been there right we have an issue with our skin maybe

it's oily like mine is or maybe it's dry or maybe a

angry red rash popped up overnight. You've likely headed to the store in the past and stared at the countless products on the shelf

and tried to discern which one among them is going to work best on your skin.

But doing all of that, as I've done many a time in the past,

tends to be a crapshoot, for lack of a better word, right? This practice going to the store and blindly

choosing a product tends to result in a lot of waste, a lot of waste of stuff

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