The recipe bank
The heart of everything here: 82 recipes across eight chapters, free to read and
download. It is the reason Homemade Haven exists, and it is still where most of
my attention goes.
Recipe Cards
How each recipe works
In the book, each recipe is a two-page spread: the story and the science on the
left, the recipe card on the right. Online, each recipe card gives you the
same. Ingredients, method, equipment, how to use, storage and safety, along
with a plain note on what the key ingredients are doing and why. Treat anything listed as a key ingredient as non-substitutable unless you understand the implications. Scent oils and carrier oils you can usually swap. The emulsifier,
the preservative and distilled water you cannot.
New to this? Start Here walks you through the three-part formula, the short list of ingredients and your first recipe.
The eight chapters
Cleaning · 18 recipes.
Everyday sprays, powders and pastes, plus the polishes and conditioners that protect the surfaces you already have.
Kitchen & Food Safe · 7 recipes.
Cleaning and care that leaves no residue where food is prepared.
Laundry · 6 recipes.
A full laundry toolkit that
rinses away clean and leaves nothing unwanted in the fabric against your skin.
Bath & Wellness · 9 recipes.
Soaks, massage oils, muscle treatments and the slow rituals of recovery.
Hair Care · 7 recipes.
The full routine, formulated to clean gently and let hair behave without a coating
of chemistry.
Personal Care & Skincare · 20 recipes.
Fragrance, serums, cleansers, moisturisers, balms and more, built around ingredients
chosen for what they do.
Baby & Nursery · 7 recipes.
Built on one principle: if you wouldn’t want it on your own skin, it doesn’t go near your baby.
Pet Care · 8 recipes.
The smallest, most honest ingredient list that gets the job done.
The chapters run in a deliberate order, home then body then family, but you don’t have to follow it. Start where the need is.