Fall Decor: Natural Touches for a Cozy, Calm Home

Soft textures, warm spice, and quiet little rituals to welcome autumn into every corner of your home.

Room-by-room ideas for a fall that feels calm, cozy, and naturally beautiful.

Cozy Essentials

🍁 Start with one corner. Organic fall decor doesn’t need a full makeover. One natural texture, one warm color, and one comforting scent per room is enough to make a space feel seasonal.

🍁 Bring the outdoors in. Dried eucalyptus, oak branches, heirloom pumpkins, and dried hydrangeas add an earthy, calm feel that changes gently with the season.

🍁 Layer soft textures. Linen, wool, bouclé, and knit throws in terracotta, oatmeal, and olive turn living rooms and bedrooms into cozy places to rest.

🍁 Let scent finish the look. A simmer pot, dried herbs, and a natural Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Soap at the sink make your home smell like fall every time you wash your hands.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is organic fall decor?

A: Organic fall decor uses natural materials like wood, linen, wool, dried flowers, branches, real pumpkins, and natural scents. It feels warm and relaxed rather than staged, and much of it can be composted or reused.

Q: How can I make my home smell like fall naturally?

A: Simmer orange peel, cinnamon, and cloves on the stove, hang dried herbs in the kitchen, and use a natural fall soap at your sinks. A handmade pumpkin spice soap bar scented with essential oils brings a gentle, real spice scent into everyday moments.

Q: Is a pumpkin spice soap bar gentle enough for daily use?

A: Our Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Soap is made with organic oils, unrefined shea butter, and essential oils, so it cleanses without stripping. As with any new product, if your skin is very sensitive, try it on a small area first.

Q: What’s an easy fall hostess gift?

A: A handmade seasonal soap bar wrapped in kraft paper and twine is simple, useful, and beautiful. It’s a gift people actually use, and it brings a little fall into their home, too.

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Fall rarely arrives all at once, for most of us, it starts quietly with the light. It comes in lower through the window, a little more golden, and suddenly the house feels like it’s asking for something softer.

If you’ve been feeling that pull too, this is for you. You don’t need a cart full of plastic pumpkins or a weekend lost to rearranging furniture. You just need a few natural things, placed with care, in the rooms where you actually live.

So pour yourself something warm. Let’s walk through your home together, one room at a time, and find simple ways to bring the season in.

Why Organic Fall Decor Feels So Good

Organic fall decor is less about a look and more about a feeling. It’s the texture of real wood under your hand, the dry rustle of a branch in a jar, the scent of clove that drifts out of the bathroom when someone washes their hands.

Natural pieces age gently. A pumpkin softens, leaves curl, a bar of soap slowly wears down with use. Instead of looking dated by November, they quietly change with the season, just like everything outside your window.

There’s also a kind of relief in it. When you decorate with what nature already gives you, there’s less to buy, less to store, and less to throw away come winter. Your home gets warmer, and your life gets a little simpler.

A good rule to keep in mind as we go, choose one natural texture, one warm color, and one comforting scent for each room. That’s usually all a space needs.

The Entryway: A Gentle Welcome Home

Your entryway is the first breath of your home. It’s where you drop your keys after a long day, where guests get their first impression, and where the season can greet you before anyone else does.

Start small. A simple wreath of dried eucalyptus, wheat, or grapevine on the door says “fall” without shouting it. If you have a console table or a bench, add a shallow wooden bowl filled with pinecones, acorns, or a few small heirloom pumpkins in muted creams and sage greens.

A woven basket on the floor works hard here, too. Tuck a chunky knit throw or an extra scarf inside so it feels lived in, not staged. And if there’s room, a tall stoneware jug holding a few bare branches adds height and a touch of quiet drama.

Keep the palette soft. Warm whites, oatmeal, rust, and moss. These colors feel calm the moment you walk in.

The Living Room: Layers You Can Sink Into

This is where fall really settles in. The living room is where you’ll spend those long, dark evenings, so let’s make it feel like a hug.

The easiest change is texture. Swap a few summer pillow covers for linen, wool, or bouclé in earthy tones like terracotta, camel, and deep olive. Drape a throw over the arm of the sofa, folded loosely, as if someone just got up for tea.

On the coffee table, skip the busy centerpiece. Try a low wooden tray with a stack of books you actually want to read, a small vase of dried grasses, and one candle. That’s it. Empty space is part of what makes a room feel calm.

Bring the outside in, too. A few branches of oak leaves in a clear glass jar catch the afternoon light beautifully. Dried hydrangeas, which turn a dusty rose and green as they age, feel elegant without any effort at all.

If you have a mantel or a bookshelf, think in small groupings of three: a pumpkin, a candle, a little stack of something natural. Let some of the shelf breathe.

The Kitchen and Dining Table: Where the Season Tastes Like Home

Fall is a season you can taste, so let the kitchen show it. A bowl of apples or pears on the counter is decor and a snack at the same time. Pile them into a ceramic bowl or a simple wire basket, and you’re done.

Hang a small bundle of dried herbs, like rosemary, sage, or thyme, near the window. They look lovely, smell even better, and you can snip a sprig whenever a soup needs it.

For the dining table, think simple and seasonal. A linen runner in flax or rust, a few mismatched candlesticks, and a scattering of small gourds down the center is more than enough. If you’re hosting, tuck a sprig of eucalyptus or a cinnamon stick onto each folded napkin. It’s a tiny detail that guests always notice.

And don’t forget the sink. Swap your everyday hand soap for something that smells like the season. A warm spice bar on a small wooden or ceramic dish turns an ordinary corner into a cozy one.

The Bathroom: A Small Room With a Big Seasonal Shift

The bathroom is the most overlooked room when it comes to fall decor, and honestly, it’s the one where a small change makes the biggest difference. It’s a space you visit many times a day, and it’s often the first room a guest uses.

Start with towels. Trade bright summer colors for waffle-weave or Turkish cotton in oatmeal, clay, or soft brown. Add a tiny bud vase with a single dried stem, or a sprig of fresh rosemary that will dry beautifully on its own.

Then, the soap. This is where the season becomes something you can feel and smell every single day.

Our Fall Favorite: Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Soap

If there’s one natural fall soap we’d place on every sink this season, it’s our Seasonal Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Soap. It’s made with real pumpkin and raw baking spices, cinnamon, ginger, clove, and nutmeg, with a gentle scent of orange and clove from pure essential oils.

It lathers rich and creamy, thanks to organic coconut, olive, and unrefined shea butter. Set it on a handmade ceramic dish or a slice of wood, and it becomes decor in its own right: earthy, speckled with spice, and warm in color.

Unlike a candle, it’s something you actually touch. Every hand wash becomes a little moment of fall. Customers often tell us the scent lasts all the way to the last sliver, which is exactly what you want from a seasonal bar.

A Sweet Second Bar: Spice Cake Hand & Body Soap

If you love a bakery-warm scent, our Seasonal Spice Cake Hand & Body Soap is a lovely companion. Keep Pumpkin Spice at the kitchen sink and Spice Cake in the bathroom, and your whole home carries one gentle, cozy story.

Both bars also make thoughtful hostess gifts. Wrap one in brown paper and twine, tuck in a sprig of dried lavender, and you have a handmade fall gift ready in two minutes.

The Bedroom: Rest, Wrapped in Softness

Your bedroom should feel like the quietest place in the house, especially as the nights grow longer and cooler.

Layer your bed the way you’d layer a sweater. Keep your sheets, then add a washed linen duvet in a warm neutral and a knit or wool blanket folded at the foot. Two or three pillows are plenty. Fall coziness comes from texture, not quantity.

On the nightstand, keep it simple. A small lamp with a warm bulb, a book, and maybe a tiny dish holding a sprig of dried lavender or a few cinnamon sticks. Soft light after sunset tells your body it’s time to slow down.

If you have a chair in the corner, give it a sheepskin or a faux fur throw. It instantly turns into a reading spot you’ll actually use on a rainy Sunday.

Scent and Small Rituals: The Decor You Can’t See

Here’s something we’ve learned over the years, a room can look perfectly autumnal and still feel flat. What brings it to life is scent and the little rituals that go with it.

You don’t need anything complicated. A pot of water simmering on the stove with orange peel, a cinnamon stick, and a few cloves will fill your whole house in twenty minutes. A natural soap at every sink means the season greets you each time you wash your hands. A candle lit at dinner marks the end of the day.

Try building one small ritual into your fall evenings. Maybe it’s a warm bath after the kids are asleep, a cup of chai on the porch while the sun sets, or ten minutes with a book before bed. The decor sets the stage, but these quiet habits are what make your home feel like fall.

When you choose natural scents over synthetic ones, your home smells like real things: spice, citrus, wood, and herbs. It’s gentler on your senses, and it simply feels more honest.

Bring the Season Home, Gently

You don’t have to do every room this weekend. Start with one corner that makes you happy, maybe the entry, maybe the sink, and let the rest unfold slowly. That’s the beauty of decorating with natural things: there’s no rush, and nothing has to be perfect.

If you’d like a simple first step, set a bar of our Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Soap by your kitchen or bathroom sink. It’s a small, handmade touch that makes your home smell and feel like fall from the very first wash.

Our seasonal bars are made in small batches and only available for a short time, so if a scent speaks to you, now is the time to bring it home. 

Wishing you a slow, warm, and beautiful autumn.

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The Best Pumpkin Loaf For Autumn

You all absolutely loved the Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread recipe I shared a few weeks ago, so in the spirit of Autumn and pumpkin spice season, here is another favorite loaf recipe of mine, Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting. The perfect way to spice up your baking and embrace the Autumn season for pumpkin lovers. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Ingredients:

Pumpkin Loaf –

  • 1 Cup of Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 1/8 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 1 Cup Pumpkin Purée
  • 1/2 Cup Browned Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar

Cream Cheese Frosting –

  • 6 Oz of Cream Cheese (room temp)
  • 1/4 Cup of Butter (room temp)
  • 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 2 Tablespoons of Milk
  • A Pinch of Salt

Recipe:

Pumpkin Loaf –

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Coat a loaf pan with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.

In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs with the sugar until creamy.

Add melted butter, pumpkin purée and vanilla bean paste to your eggs and sugar mixture.

Add the wet ingredients in with the dry ingredients in the large bowl and stir gently to combine with a spatula until the dry ingredients are incorporated. (Do not over mix!)

Pour your batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a cake tester is inserted in the center and comes out clean.

Let the loaf cool in the pan for a few minutes once you remove it from the oven. Then remove the loaf from the pan (use the parchment paper to help you remove the loaf from the pan – please be careful when handling the hot pan!)

Allow the loaf to cool on a wire rack completely before adding the frosting so it doesn’t melt.

Cream Cheese Frosting – While Your Pumpkin Loaf Is Cooling

Using a hand beater, beat together the butter and cream cheese until its fluffy.

Add salt, vanilla bean paste and powdered sugar and combine until smooth.

Add your milk as needed until the frosting reaches your desired consistency.

Add the frosting to your pumpkin loaf once it is cooled.

Dust the top with some extra pumpkin pie spice if you want, slice & enjoy!

This Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect pairing with your cup of afternoon coffee or as a sweet treat to enjoy cozied up at home on a cool autumn evening. I hope this recipe brings all of the cozy, autumnal vibes into your home and I hope you love it as much as I do.

Be sure to let me know what you think if you try this recipe out and feel free to share your favorite autumn recipe in the comments!

If you found this post interesting, learned something new, or think of someone who might enjoy reading it, please share this blog post with your family and friends. It means the world to us! You can also leave us a comment to let us know what you learned or share one of your favorite hair care or skin care tips with us. We would love to hear from you!

All my love and have a happy week,

Amanda


Make The Most Of This Autumn Season

Autumn is a very divided season! Some love it, while others look upon it with dread. For some, it is a refreshing season, the coolness in the mornings and evenings is a welcome change after the heat of the Summer. Others look at the Autumn months as nothing more than the gateway to winter. Too cold. Too gray. Marking the end to yet another gloriously warm Summer. Well, I am here today to do my best to help you embrace the change in season for all it can be – fun, refreshing, cozy, and oh so enjoyable. Here are my top tips for embracing the Autumn months and finding joy in the changing seasons.

1. Nature Walks

There is quite simply nothing like getting outside in October and going for a walk in nature! The vibrant colors all around you, the coolness in the air, and the sounds of nature preparing for a season of rest. There is something truly magical about how the trees put on such a show for us with all of their fiery yellows, oranges, and reds and dark greens. Wether you go with your family, a friend, your kids, or just by yourself, I encourage you to find a nature park or trail near you, get outside, and enjoy a walk surrounded by nature embracing the changing season.

2. Apple Orchards

Nothing screams Autumn quite like going to a good old apple orchard. The kids love it, the adults love it, and even grandma loves the fresh apples she gets to turn into yummy pies, jelly’s, and apple sauces. Find a local apple orchard, pack up the car with your family or friends, bring a picnic lunch, and enjoy a Saturday at the orchard picking apples, eating fresh apple cider doughnuts, and enjoying the cooler weather.

3. A Bonfire Night With Friends and Neighbors

One exciting thing about Autumn is the cooler mornings and evenings! Perfect for a warm bonfire outside with some toasty marshmallows. Invite your friends and neighbors to come over and join you by the fire (maybe with a Hot Toddy in hand) and let yourself relax into the simplicity of the night, the community, and crisp Autumn air.

4. Hot Apple Cider

You can pair this one with the one above, but I thought it was only right to give it it’s own feature spot. Apple cider is an Autumnal staple, some drink it cold (weirdos), while us normal people drink it piping hot. And some even like to spice it up a bit by making a Hot Toddy for a little extra warmth on a cool night. But no matter how you like to enjoy your cider, we can all agree it is a staple in Autumn and there is something both cozy and refreshing about drinking an apple cider a the orchard, around a bonfire, or cozied up on your couch in the evening with a good movie or book.

5. Baking An Autumnal Recipe

There are so many options to choose from, just pick your favorite! Pumpkin, apple, zucchini, molasses, maple, cranberry, and the list goes on. Choose your favorite flavors and spend some time in the kitchen with a candle, a cup of coffee or cider, and bake a delicious Autumnal recipe for your family and friends (or eat it all yourself, there is no judgement here.) Pumpkin loaf with cream cheese frosting. Apple pie with maple ice cream. Chocolate chip zucchini bread. Molasses cookies. Maple brown butter cookies. White chocolate and cranberry scones. Pick your favorite and start baking!

6. Decorate You Home For Autumn

This might be one of my favorite ways to embrace the changing season. I love a fresh space that welcomes the season and brings a bit of newness into my home. And the fun part is, there isn’t just one way to decorate your home! That is entirely up to you and your personal style. You can take inspiration from Pinterest, seasonal home magazines, or home decor shops. Or you can go entirely off the vision in your head! Have fun with it, bring your favorite parts of the season into your home, wether that is pumpkins, oak branches, or wheat. Oranges, greens, or golden yellows. Get creative and have fun! You can also bring Autumn into your home with scents through candles and soaps. Stock your bathrooms and kitchen with Apple Valley Natural Soap Seasonal Fall Soaps like Pumpkin Spice, Spice Cake, and Black Licorice.

Wether you already love the Autumn season or this is a season of dread for you, I hope this blog gave you some inspiration on ways you can embrace the change in season and enjoy it for what it is. A new season, a fresh start, full of new possibilities, and ready for you to make new memories. I hope I was able to help you embrace the change in season for all it can be and you were able to find some good take-aways from my top tips for embracing the Autumn months and finding joy in the changing seasons.

Do you have a favorite way to celebrate the changing seasons, specially this autumn? Share with us in the comments below and let’s start a conversation!

If you found this post interesting, learned something new, or think of someone who might enjoy reading it, please share this blog post with your family and friends. It means the world to us! You can also leave us a comment to let us know what you learned or share one of your favorite autumn hair care or skin care tips with us. We would love to hear from you!

All my love and have a happy week,

Amanda


Our Favorite Soaps For Autumn

It should be no surprise to any of you that at Apple Valley Natural Soap we love any excuse to celebrate the changing of the seasons. And autumn is no joke around here, we love all things cozy, warm, & pumpkin spice. Give us all the autumnal cozy vibes! This is why we created our Seasonal Fall soap line featuring all of our favorite things about the autumn season. Our Fall soaps are filled with pumpkin, apples, spices and everything we love about the cozy vibes of autumn and they are available now! We make limited batches of these natural Special Edition Soaps for the Fall season, specially formulated to not only bring the warmth of the season into your home, but to give your skin and hair the extra special care needed during the cooler & dryer months. They make the perfect addition to any home during the autumn season and they make amazing gifts for family and friends as well. Our fabulous fall soaps are around for only a limited time so stock up now!

Seasonal Pumpkin Spice Hand & Body Bar

Let’s kick this list off with a crowd favorite, everyones go-to autumn treat, Pumpkin Spice! If you are a pumpkin spice lover, then you will just adore this hand & body bar. Along with pumpkin, we’ve added rich baking spices like cinnamon, clove, and ginger to this amazing soap making this seasonal Pumpkin Spice Soap a feast for your skin. Lots of rich, fluffy lather and the scent of orange and clove will warm your body, heart, and soul. This natural soap bar makes a fun, practical hostess gift during the holiday seasons.

“This soap has an amazing lather and scent. Perfect for cool mornings as a way to start your day. I highly recommend this luxuriant fall special.” – T. Happel

“The scent was amazing and my skin felt clean and fresh.” – J. Yannuzzi

Seasonal Spice Cake Hand & Body Bar

There is nothing quite like a spicy baked treat to get you into the autumn mood! We love to celebrate autumn with a natural soap that smells just like freshly baked spice cake stuffed with ingredients which are good for your skin. Made with apple, spices, moisturizing mango and shea butters, our Spice Cake bar is totally natural and smells just like Grandma’s house on a crisp, autumn day. An added benefit of this bar is the light exfoliation power due to the salt, it makes a wonderful bar to have by the sink, or in the shower. Also, we don’t use any fragrance oil, instead we’ve created a blend of essential oils that smell sweet and spicy. Here for a limited time only, this natural soap bar also makes a fun, practical hostess gift during the holiday seasons.

“Oh my goodness I love the smell of this bar!! So wonderful and perfect for my bathroom sink in the fall!!” – Michelle

Seasonal Black Licorice Hand, Foot & Body Bar

Calling all black licorice lovers! This bar was made for you! The release of this fantastic soap was our first nod to the change of seasons and cooler months. This amazing black licorice soap is for those who simply just LOVE the scent of black licorice. Brace yourself for an incredible licorice scent along with a satisfying exfoliation experience from the black walnut hull powder, which also gives it the dark coloring. Licorice root not only smells great, but has many health benefits. The herb is used directly on the skin to help with eczema, skin rashes, psoriasis, and itchy, dry skin. Black walnut is also regarded to be useful in the treatment of skin diseases and complaints such as eczema, ringworm, athlete’s foot etc. It’s long been used as a natural remedy for acne, canker sores, psoriasis and other fungal infections. There’s nothing like it! Here for a limited time only, this natural soap bar also makes a fun, practical hostess gift during the holiday seasons.

“This is my favorite body bar. Light exfoliation and great for my skin.” – M. Hetrick

“I love the exfoliation, but not too harsh. I enjoy the smell. One of my favorite soaps!” – Melissa

Our Fall Soaps are filled with pumpkin, apples, spices and everything we love about the cozy vibes of autumn and they are available now! We make limited batches of these natural Special Edition Soaps for the Fall season, specially formulated to not only bring the warmth of the season into your home, but to give your skin and hair the extra special care needed during the cooler & dryer months. We are so excited that the autumn season is back again and cannot wait for you to try out our homage to fall with these seasonal, limited edition soaps.

Do you have a favorite way to celebrate the changing seasons, specially this autumn? Share with us in the comments below and let’s start a conversation!

If you found this post interesting, learned something new, or think of someone who might enjoy reading it, please share this blog post with your family and friends. It means the world to us! You can also leave us a comment to let us know what you learned or share one of your favorite autumn hair care or skin care tips with us. We would love to hear from you!

All my love and have a happy week,

Amanda


Crazy Facts You Didn’t Know About Pumpkin and Black Licorice

Pumpkin Spice is Back and so is Fall

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For the Minnesotan, fall is the perfect time of year. Not too hot, not too cold. The roads aren’t slippery and all of the trees explode in gorgeous shades of yellow, orange, and red. Apple orchards and pumpkin patches offer steaming cups of cider and old fashioned hay-bale rides and of course there’s the obvious: AVNS limited edition fall soaps are back in stock with Pumpkin Spice (even better than a pumpkin spice latte? You’ll have to find out), Black Licorice, and Spice Cake!

Yes, you heard right. Our mouthwatering fall soaps are ready for consumption and this time they’ve got a blog to go with them. While the popular scents of our fall bars seem like a no-brainer, there’s a fascinating history behind the popular fall ingredients we probably take for granted. This week I dug deep to learn everything there was about pumpkins and black licorice and I think their ancient roots and unknown beauty benefits will really surprise you.

The History of the Pumpkin

So who was the first person to say, “Hey, let’s scoop out the inside of this giant orange fruit, carve out shapes in its sides, and stick a candle inside!”? Thanks to an enlightening article on the History Channel Website, I learned that the first Jack O’ Lanterns originated in Ireland and were not made from candles in pumpkins but coals in carved turnips (pumpkins weren’t native to Ireland). According to a spooky Irish folktale, a man by the name of Stingy Jack (sound a little like a certain Mr. Scrooge?) made a string of deals with the Devil and when it came time for him to pass into the afterlife neither God nor the Devil were willing to open their gates to the stingy, conniving man. Instead, “The Devil sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth ever since.”

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Whoa, that’s pretty spooky, and apparently the Irish thought so too because it became a tradition for them to leave their own carved turnips glowing brightly in their windows to ward off the spirit of Stingy Jack. I’m just thankful that the God I know is way more forgiving than the version in the story. And speaking of thankfulness, what about thanksgiving and pumpkin pie?

The History Channel filled me in. Pumpkins are native to Mexico and Central America, although they’ve been grown in North America for five thousand years. The first pumpkin pies probably looked more like sweet squash casseroles than the pie crust and custard filling we are used to today.

Beauty Benefits of Pumpkin

According to an article in MYSA for DIY Pumpkin Face masks, “Pumpkin contains vitamin A, C, and E, and antioxidants, which help fight sun damage and wrinkles. It also has fruit enzymes that help naturally exfoliate dead skin cells. Finally, it contains zinc and potassium to combat redness.” Our Pumpkin Spice Hand and Body Soap is stuffed with real pumpkin puree! If you love your pumpkin spice at Starbucks you’ll love this bar.

The History of Black Licorice

Today there seems to be two camps of thought, I’ve often heard it said that people who don’t like black licorice will not go anywhere near it, while people who do like it LOVE it. Is there really no in between? I guess I wouldn’t know since I absolutely LOVE black licorice and could not be more excited that AVNS has devoted an entire bar to the sweet, chewy black candy. It’s not all about the candy though, there’s more to Licorice than meets the eye.

For those who don’t like black licorice, maybe you’ll consider giving it another whiff when you learn that it holds a revered spot throughout history. 

According to blog written by the Candy Warehouse, Licorice can be traced through the following ancient dynasties:

“Great quantities were found with the fabulous treasures of King Tut, and other Egyptian rulers — for it was believed that the licorice could be used to prepare a sweet drink in the next world.”

“The Chinese (dating back 5,000 years) maintained that eating the root would give them strength and endurance. Licorice still holds a prominent place in Chinese herbal combinations since it is believed to harmonize with the action of other herbs.”

“Alexander the Great, the Scythian armies, Roman Emperor Caesar, and even India’s great prophet, Brahma, are on record endorsing the beneficial properties contained in licorice. Warriors used it for its ability to quench thirst while on the march, while others (including Brahma and venerable Chinese Buddhist sages), recognized licorice’s valuable healing properties.”

*Twizzlers and Red Vines are referred to as licorice, but do not actually contain licorice root. Please consider this before trying to add them to your beauty routine!

Beauty Benefits of Black Licorice

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According to an article in Root Science, “The anti-inflammatory properties of licorice root help reduce skin conditions that cause: puffiness, rashes, redness, swelling, and itching.” Our Black Licorice Hand, Foot, and Body Soap is also made with black walnut, regarded to be useful in the treatment of skin diseases and complaints such as eczema, ringworm, athlete’s foot etc. It’s long been used as a natural remedy for acne, canker sores, psoriasis and other fungal infections.

Food For Thought

I hope you found the histories of these commonplace foods as fascinating as I did! I love learning about cultural folklore, how about you? Sorry there wasn’t much about spice cake, the origins and history are largely unknown except for sources dating back to ancient Egypt. At least there are plenty of recipes for spice cake available (or if baking isn’t your thing just go for the soap!)

Much Love,

Nora