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Nature's Gift May Flowers NewsletterThis month's newsletter brings you:
All the special sales and new items in this newsletter are available ONLY on our new and special page. New Oils: A stunning Certified Organic Rosemary Verbenon from South Africa, and, after searching for years, a Certified organic cold pressed Clementine Rind. Some of you were disappointed when I substituted a conventionally farmed USA grown Rosemary Verbenon for our earlier French Organic variety. (Some of you were delighted because the USA grown was half the price!) We found an organic distiller in South Africa with a beautiful, Ecocert oil, so now we are offering both! Clementine has been my favorite citrus oil for years. Gentle, sweet, and soft this Tangerine hybrid combines the sweetness of tangerine with the complexity of Red Mandarine. It is a delight. We have been searching for an organically grown clementine for years, and it just arrived. Marula Oil - the most unusual carrier oil we have ever experienced. When we first received a sample of this cold
pressed traditional South African oil, and put a drop on our skin,
we were all amazed. It was DRY in no time. I have never had a
fixed oil sink into the skin with NO oily residue. Then I started
researching it. Marula oil has remarkable qualities; it is rich in
anti-oxidants and oleic acids, both essential components for the
maintenance of healthy skin. It is able to leave your skin feeling
soft, hydrated and nourished, leaving your skin revitalized. With
its combination of high nutritional value and excellent stability,
marula oil is an ideal and innovative choice for modern cosmetic
formulas and as an carrier oil for aromatherapy. Because of its
rich components it is normally recommended for dry or mature skin,
but I think it will be a wonderful base oil for oily skin. Give your mom, or yourself, that nurturing on May 14th! More for Mom - a Wearable perfume bottle! Our Marble Swirled amphoras make lovely wearable perfume bottles. I have Rose Otto 10% in two of them and Reunite' anoint in the third. Save $5.00 by ordering the amphora on our Specials page, then go buy Mom her favorite aromatic in a 10% dilution from our Essential Oils quick order page. We'll package them together in a floral tissue and you are good to go. OverstockSometimes our pourers get carried away and pour more than we need in a specific size. We don't have shelf room!SEABUCKTHORN BERRY CO2 EXTRACT - We have far too many 1 oz bottles on hand. While they last, save $6.00 by ordering on our Specials page. 5 ml bottles of: Rosewood, Lemongrass, Palma Rosa, Himalayan Cedarwood, Lemon Tea Tree, Patchouli... all sorts of things that we don't offer in 5 mls. Limited quantities of each, and when they are gone, they are gone. Charity of the Quarter: CASA -
have you donated to CASA yet? In honor of Mothers Day, add a few
dollars to your order to help the midwives and mothers of poverty
stricken rural Mexico. Read about the work that CASA does on our
specials page, and follow the link to their website. Nature's Gift
is honored to be a part of the work they are doing, and we welcome
your support and participation. Press Notice:Received a copy of Fervor Magazine (www.fervormagazine.com) in Tuesday afternoon's mail, and there was a brief "introductory" article about Aromatherapy. At the end they did a "where to start" sidebar. Lots of good listings. For information, my friend Wendy Robbin's Aromaweb. (www.aromaweb.com) Jeanne Rose's Aromatic Plant Project (www.aromaticplantproject.com), and the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy (www.NAHA.org). (You know we are members of both of the above organizations, right?)and some sources for Essential Oils -- Nature's Gift leads the list. We're just tickled!Monday, May 1, Donna Maria, of The Handmade Beauty Network (http://www.handmadebeauty.com/) is featuring an interview with Marge, about Nature's Gift. We have NO idea what it's going to be like, but we're looking forward to seeing it. A very special Happy Birthday One day
last week we received an email from a gentleman wanting to purchase
a gift certificate, for larger than the amount we offer them in.
Come to find out, it was his mother's 80th birthday. When asked
what she wanted, her response was "Essential Oils, but they HAVE to
be from Nature's Gift." HINTS, TIPS, and FEEDBACKA very special bath, indeed! Our Linda, who keeps your hydrosols and carrier oils poured and ready to ship, suggests adding either some Moondays, or Passages Anointing oil to a scoop of unscented Bliss Bath. We tried it. Both are lovely, and the bath not only smells wonderful, but helps deal with all sorts of "female problems."Tick relief: Wendy C. recently wrote that adding a bit of Rose Geranium to our SkeeterBeater Synergy makes it a very effective tick repellant. Blend some Rose Geranium essential oil (she didn't say how much, I would suggest between 1/2 ml and 1 ml for a 5 ml bottle of SkeeterBeater Synergy) and dilute. She suggested using witch hazel and distilled water. I've not tried this because Max and Starr have not been bothered by Ticks...but if your back yard seems to be tick infested, you might want to try it. Pain Relief: Nancy Zimmerman recently wrote: "You guys are the best! By the way, I just got some holy basil from you to use on my aching joint and it works like magic. I add it to my own blend of St. John's wort, helichrysum, lavender, and Roman chamomile. I've been using it for nerve and muscle pain (a chronic condition) with great success. The holy basil kicks it up a couple of notches. It's amazing. Thanks again, Nancy" Moth Buster: Packing away the winter clothes? Use this aromatic alternative to moth balls to store your cold weather clothes: Add: 2 ml Eucalyptus, 1 ml Lemon tea-tree, 1 ml Peppermint to one quart white vinegar Use one/half cup (4 oz, 125 ml) in the final rinse. All oils are not alike! A client recently commented on the fact that a certain supplier's Foraha (Calophyllum inophyllum) was MUCH less expensive than ours. I told her in the past, before I found our current producer, I had purchased from this supplier, and was pleased, so she should perhaps order from the less expensive source. She wrote a few weeks later just appalled. Based on both the taste and the aroma, she thought theirs was rancid. She ordered I think it was 16 ounces of ours. Her comment when she received our oil: "Dear Marge, I just wanted to let you know that I received the Aromatic quote of the Month - for the May Flowers:"And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (whereit comes and goes, like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air." F. Bacon Have a marvelous May everyone! |