Here's what you need to make your own cough crops

It’s the week between Christmas and NYE. Don’t forget to rest, heal, do things that make you feel good, like re-organize parts of your house you don’t like, find some new tecito flavors — and buy yellow undies for good fortune in 2024.

Señora Finds

It’s rare to find this rare price on Selena Gomez’ Rare Cosmetics liquid blush.

I am so in love with Ogee contour sticks. I’ve been using them daily for a five minute makeup routine and they make me feel like I have the Bold Glamour tiktok filter on. No joke, it’s that good.

Look like your favorite skincare creator with this great deal on 4 skincare headbands.

I used these owls to try and scare coyotes from my garden and they didn’t work, but they sure look beautiful at night. The coyotes now stare at them and respect my garden design skill.

Peep these gorgeous cactus gardening gloves and this 10 piece garden tool set for just $20.

Pamper yourself like an ancestral señora with this makeup vanity mirror.

There are “soft” joggers for home lounging and baggy, “cuffed” joggers for date night.

Señora Well-Being

Here’s how to manage holiday overindulgence with herbs, the old fashioned way.

And how to manage stress that week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, with a free meditation video.

Do you do any of these NYE traditions from your ancestral homelands? Not included on this list: in Chile we wear yellow undies for good luck.

What are magnesium bath soaks?

Doesn’t it feel like everyone is sick? Check out this recipe for homemade cough drops from Herbal Academy. You’ll need to go to an herbal shop and get linden, plantain, and marshmallow - but you may have peppermint and thyme in your kitchen. Or here’s a much easier recipe.

Today is the second day of Herbal Academy’s Mega herbal course sale, where you can grab discounts on introductory to advanced herbalism online courses, and even an herbalism business course. I wrote about my experiences withe Herbal Academy here and here’s a tiktok video with some tea projects I made.

Beauty

Beware of new marketing gimmicks: Complex clinical sounding skincare isn’t impressing any dermatologists and can just lead to irritated skin.

These are supposed to be the 10 biggest nail trends of 2024. Do you agree?

A skincare brand got in trouble for saying their skincare is fine for teens. Here are the best skincare routines for them, according to experts.

Our Vamigas oil-based cleanser takes your mascara off in one cotton swipe. Grab it now at Target. Pro tip: Add it to a cotton pad or tiny towel, wipe your makeup, then use warm water to wash. Oil based cleansers are great for sensitive skin in particular because you don’t need to scrub your skin.

Life and Food

Here are Latin America’s 50 best restaurants, for when you book your next trip back home or on vacation to Peru, which took home the most awards. Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Medellin, San Jose (CR) and Mexico City also had the most awards.

This is the next generation of Latin American women authors.

This author and “Southern Latina” just wrote a book about 21 different Latin American cuisines.

Did you know there’s a beautiful opera set in South America at the Met, inspired by the works of Gabriel García Márquez? If you’re in NY can you go and tell us how it is?

Ranchito Querido

These are some of the best homesteading shows on TV right now.

Check out Lidia Salazar’s gorgeous Phoenix home, with a Puerto Rican and Mexican twist. Oh, and we follow each other on Instagram so like basically we’re best friends (hi bestie if you’re reading this!)

This architect in Mexico City is walking the walk and talking the talk on Mexican modern design and we love her for it.

Why do I get the feeling you have at some point thought about getting alpacas? Here are 20 incredible Alpaca facts.

Here is the secret Latin American history of the Pointsettia flower, or cuetlaxochitl, aka La Flor de Nochebuena.

Chao amiguis and we hope you are having a beautiful week between holidays. Stay cozy, hermana!

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