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Nature's Gift April Showers Newsletter
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This newsletter contains:
New, and only on our Specials page - our "Baby Shower gift set"... a vinyl travel/gift pack containing 2 ounce bottles of our Happy Baby Wash and Happy Baby Massage Oil, with a 4 ounce jar of our popular Baby Bottom Balm. Also only on the Specials page - 10% off sale pricing on two of our favorite sparkling hydrosols - Lemon Verbena and Melissa.
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Springtime oils and absolutes - Save 10% on some of my favorite "springtime" absolutes - Linden Blossom, Violet Leaf and Osmanthus, all in skinsafe 10% dilutions. Also on sale are our best "anti-allergy" oil - Blue Tansy - and to battle mold and mildew from too many April Showers, a "bundle" of our most effective anti-fungal oils, Tea Tree and Lemon Eucalyptus. If your home has a real mold problem, order one of our Amrita Nebulizing Diffusers also at a 10% savings. Carrier Oils? Rose Hip Seed, cold pressed, and Jojoba, save 10% on either or both, again, on our specials page. To learn more about the skincare benefits of all of our Carrier Oils, take advantage of our special sale pricing on Jan Kusmirek's "Liquid Sunshine." My Book:I've been gratified by your response to it! And overwhelmed by some of the comments. One of the first recipients, my mentor Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, from the Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy sent a glowing response, and let me post it with the book description. And a long time client and friend, posting anonymously on Amazon wrote the following: "I just received my copy of Marge Clark's new book. It is a compact and
concise course on aromatherapy. I appreciate the size of the book, and am amazed
at the thoroughness with which Marge covers her subject. Many other books on the
subject are more verbose and many others are more formulaic. In this book, Marge
shares her extensive knowledge of essential oils, including their best uses,
safety profiles, and some lovely blends one can make for oneself. You may order your autographed copy on our Special Books page. Deadline:If your baby's bottom depends on our Happy Baby Bottom Balm to keep him or her happy, please remember that once summer's heat arrives we can no longer ship this product, or our Shea Soufflé. We don't want you to receive soup, instead of soufflé. My daughters-in-law both have two in diapers, and are stocking up to get them through the summer. You might want to do the same. Our Clients Say:Suellen Wine recently wrote that she is using our Mature Skin Elixir, blended into Avocado Oil, to use on her still damp body after a shower, a use I had not thought of for the Elixir. She gave me permission to share her suggestion. (One could add a few drops of Rose or Jasmine or ones favorite aroma to make the body moisturizer even more wonderful!) which reminds me... Christina, from New Zealand recently wrote:
Ruth Gilbert shared: I have a student who has had intensive chemotherapy and radiation and as a result has nerve damage in both her feet so that there is both numbness and pain. She recently broke one of her feet and also has arthritis in her big toe. Big pain! I made a linament with base oils of 3/4 oz St John's Wort, 1/4 oz (approximately, as I kind of melted and mushed my solidified callophylum) with 4 drops black pepper, 4 drops helicrysum, 4 drops lavandin (not the super which I was out of) (basically your back ease synergy) plus 2 of ginger, and 2 of juniper. It actually has brought back feeling into the nerve damaged tissue and greatly relieved the pain in her feet. I didn't just use your "miracle blend" because I wanted to get those nerves healing and also relieve the muscle pain. I thought I'd pass it on in case you know anyone else dealing with the problems of nerve damage from cancer treatment. I'm passing along the above to some of our nurse/clients using the oils with oncology patients. And Janell Danitschek wrote: I am also making use of the SleepEase synergy. My fiance suffers from chronic insomnia and I have not been sleeping well due to stress (job hunting in a recession does that to you). I am happy to announce that we are now both sleeping better. Initially I did just place a few drops on our pillowcases, but found that was to strong for me so I used some of the Polysorbate 20 and some water to make a fabric spray. I just spray it through out the day (since he will be suspicious if the pillow is damp at bedtime) and it seems to work fine. He doesn't notice the smell and seems to sleep better (I do too). I make a linen spray out of our Rose Otto and Rose Absolute by a similar method, but use my SleepEase in an aromastone on my bedtable.
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Press Clippings:The February issue of The Whole Dog Journal© has an article on Calendula - the 2008 herb of the year - and ways it may be used to enhance the health of our fur kids. Marge was quoted in a description of the uses of our Calendula CO2, and Nature's Gift was cited as a source for Calendula Hydrosol. Among other uses, the author suggests "Improve your dog’s oral health with calendula. Calendula is recommended for gum disease and mouth irritations. Dampen your dog’s toothbrush with calendula tea, hydrosol, or diluted tincture, or wrap gauze around your finger, soak it, and massage your dog’s gums. You can also apply calendula tea, hydrosol, or diluted tincture by squirting it into the side of your dog’s mouth with an eyedropper or by using a small spray bottle. The more contact calendula has with your dog’s mouth, the better." Apply a calendula compress to new, slow-healing, or infected wounds by saturating a wash cloth, gauze, cheesecloth, or absorbent cotton with calendula tea or diluted tincture. Hold on the affected area for five minutes. For burns, cuts, scrapes, and scratches, use cold tea (brew it extra strong, then add ice to chill it quickly) or hydrosol, or add calendula tincture to ice water. For abscesses, infected sores, or impacted anal sacs, use a comfortably hot tea, hydrosol, or diluted tincture. The hot application, which speeds relief, is called a fomentation. After five minutes, remove the compress or fomentation, re-soak the fabric or cotton, and reapply. Christi and I can't wait for each month's issue to arrive...if you are interested in natural methods to care for your canine friends, we highly recommend the Journal. Interview:My old friend Liz Tams is co-editor of Nature's Nexus - a forum and organization all about natural products and holistic lifestyles. She recently interviewed me for the website. You may read the interview here. Odd ingredients:Recently came across an odd tidbit: "Snake venom-based anti-ageing cream launched in UK Wasn't Cleopatra bitten by an Asp??? Perhaps we're missing something
here...??? Quotes of the Month:
Suffering requires us to descend into ourselves. As there is no other way out,
we are obliged to call on the power of the soul and spirit. When we succeed in
doing so, instead of groaning and crying out in rebellion, we exhale a delicate
perfume." and:
Edna St.Vincent Millay May your April showers be Showers of Blessings!
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