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October can't be over! It's my favorite month, I
blinked, and missed it. But we are celebrating - with a special Hallowe'en treat for all of you. On October 31, midnight until midnight, Pacific Time (that's where our shopping cart is located) enter "treat" (without the quotation marks) and receive a discount. A Halloween surprise discount. Most of the day (and night) it will be 10% off all your retail purchases. Sometimes it will be higher. (a real treat!) Sometimes it will be lower. (It wouldn't be Hallowe'en without some tricks, after all.) But if you enter treat and press apply, you will receive a discount. (The ghosts and goblins in the packing room just might tuck a surprise treat in some of the goody bags being shipped, so I'm told.) |
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New Hydrosols and Oils:Two new Lavender hydrosols - both Organic Lavendula angustifolia, grown and distilled in the USA, one my beloved Lavender Mailette, the other Lavender Buena Vista. The Mailette is softer and more floral, the Buena Vista crisper with an almost spicy after note. For now, available only on our Specials page.
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New Lavender Oils:A lovely Lavandin Super, from a different distiller. Not yet certified Organic (the grower has the fields in conversion). A truly delightful oil at a bargain price. And, again from France, a certified organic Spike Lavender. A superb germ killer, a powerful respiratory oil. When we were testing single oils against the MRSA bacteria this particular Spike Lavender was the most effective single oil, slowing its growth more than any lavender specimen, either of our Tea Tree oils, more than anything we tried. A premium oil at, unfortunately, a premium price.
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Formula - "Please don't eat the Belly Balm"We've been devoting every spare minute, and a lot of overtime, to making more Shea Souffle' and Baby Bottom Balm. There simply aren't enough hours in the day to make our deliciously scented "Please don't eat the Balm" ... body balm or belly balm. So we thought we'd share the formula so that you can make your own.Weigh: 4 oz Cocoa Butter - scented 6 oz Virgin Coconut Oil Melt the cocoa butter slowly. When melted, allow to cool slightly. Stir in Virgin Coconut Oil. (The heat of the Cocoa Butter will melt it.) When mixture starts to solidify, start to whip with an electric mixer. While beating, sift over mixture one measuring teaspoon of corn starch. Continue to beat. Beat in 7 mls of Mandarine, Clementine or Sweet Orange Essential oil. Continue beating until fluffy and cooled. Package in one of our Bail Jars, or several 4 oz plastic jars. Please don't lick the beater!
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AUTUMN SPICE SALEAutumn is the time for spicy scents, so we have put many of our favorite spice essential oils on sale - save 10% by ordering only on our Specials page.On the list: Cardamom Seed, Cinnamon Leaf, Coriander CO2, Ginger Root, Holy Basil and Nutmeg - Enjoy! and to use some of those spices:
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Essential Spiced Cider:Marion Lane shared this recipe a few autumns ago:I made some homemade spiced cider with our neighbors apples. To 32 ounces of fresh cider, I added 1 1/2 - 2 cups Orange Juice, a small cinnamon stick, a dash of nutmeg and cloves (to taste) and 3 drops of sweet orange EO. Heated in a crock until thoroughly hot and served. It was delish. I haven't used the EO in a cider before, just orange zest...but this time, there is no zest to strain. It is REALLY good if you add a cabernet, slightly warmed to the mix for the adults :o) (Thanks for letting us share that, Marion!) (And I might substitute a drop of nutmeg essential oil for the powdered nutmeg, a drop of cinnamon leaf for the cinnamon stick, etc.)
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CHARITY OF THE QUARTER:Yes, we know it was past due for changing! With the holidays approaching, we thought it would be time to help make some children's wishes come true, so we chose The Make A Wish Foundation as our charity for the rest of 2006. 2% of our gross sales every Wednesday will be donated. You can help us add to the total by adding whatever amount you choose to your shopping cart. The link is, as always, on our specials page. Take some time to read the history of the organization, and some of the stories of children whose wishes have come true. It will warm your heart!
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New Diffuser - The MIO Diffuser:I don't much care for battery operated gizmos, so when someone first spotted this small (3 inches) battery operated desk top personal diffuser I said "I don't THINK so." But then you all started requesting that we carry it. So I got a sample. Christi turns it on every morning when she comes to work. We were convinced. Compact, easily portable for the traveler, quiet, and effective. It uses the same replacement pads as our car scenter and scentball, but is fan operated rather than generating heat. A perfect stocking stuffer. For now, only on our specials page. Eventually it will be added to our Accessories page with our other diffusers. Order now at our introductory low price.
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Website to Visit:If you are fascinated by natural perfumery - the creation of perfumes using only natural, botanical aromatics, you MUST visit Le Parfumeur Rebelle (The Rebel Perfumer). Our client, Justine Crane has created a site dedicated to informing her readers, to putting you in contact with other natural perfumers, to helping you learn. If shopping is your priority she has links to other perfumers commercial pages. A delightful way to spend a morning.
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Clinical Aromatherapy Course - Price ReductionHow often does someone BOTH lower the price and add to the benefits? The Jane Buckle Clinical Aromatherapy Course has had its price cut from $750 to $550, and Dr. Buckle has added a 210 page binder full of evidence based, researched information. Truly a great value for health care practitioners starting on their aromatic journey. Read more about it and order it here.
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BABY BOTTOM BALM - the wait is over!It's finally ready. 4 oz plastic jars and 16 oz bail jars. (The 16 oz jars are accompanied with an extra 1 oz jar, perfect to slip into a diaper bag. My daughter in law Candice has claimed the first jar. (Chelsea is almost 8 months now, and she's almost run out.) For now,only on our specials page.
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- Final Clearance -Aromatherapy Candles - Yes, they've been on sale during October. Yes, we are down to just a handful of each. They won't last much longer. If you've been planning - now is the time to order.Rosemary Cineole Morocco and Rosemary Verbenon USA - Same thing. We are almost out, and we want them gone. I've lowered the price even more, so buy them while they last. All clearance items only on our specials page.
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The BOOK -Well, we had hoped it would be ready before the Holiday season, but it appears it won't be. The GOOD news is that the wonderful editor left in all the "stuff" I was afraid would be cut - the safety information, the pages and pages of "materia medica" - you all know how I do ramble on! But it is in final edit and hopefully won't be too many more months.
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TOOTHACHESFew things hurt more than a toothache. And they always seem to strike on Friday night, when the dentist won't be in until Monday. A friend had broken a tooth off at the gum-line, and ignored it. After all, it didn't hurt. For quite some time. Until that fateful Friday afternoon, when he thought his jaw was going to explode. Now, you all know I do not recommend the use of neat, undiluted essential oils. And I do not recommend internal use of the oils. But he was in agony. Extreme measures were called for.I blended 20 drops of Myrrh oil and ONE drop of Clove oil. Put them in an essendulum and took it to him. He put a drop of the mixture on his fingertip and rubbed it all around the tooth. Said within five minutes the pain was eased until morning. He applied some more Saturday morning when he woke up; again Saturday evening. It started hurting again Monday (a good thing or he'd never have called the dentist.) He applied more of the blend to the aching tooth, and promptly forgot that it hurt until the dentist could see him on Tuesday, to remove a badly abscessed tooth.
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And the winner is -Several months ago we had a contest asking people to suggest a new use for one of our products, one that we hadn't thought of. The winner is our friend Susan Grycan, who wrote of having knee surgery.A few days following surgery, I starting walking around a bit and I was having terrible cramping in the back of my calf, almost like a Charlie Horse - but continual. Plus, I couldn't straighten my leg completely. So I then remembered that my Helichrysum in Rosehip would probably be good for that, to massage into the tight muscle, because of the anti-inflammatory effect. Instead, however, I decided to try the Helichrysum hydrosol, since I was spraying my knee around the incisions with it. Well it worked exceptionally well! I then continued to spray my right leg, from the knee down, with the hydrosol a few times a day for several days and it was remarkable! I am certain that your Helichrysum Hydrosol is reducing my recovery time considerably - it is truly a miraculous, beneficial hydrosol! Now, I use helichrysum essential oil in pain relieving blends all the time. And I rave about heli hydrosol for skincare. But it had never occurred to me that the hydrosol would be helpful for pain relief, so this is most definitely the best "new use" for a product to cross my desk in a long time. And Susan's prize? Another bottle of Helichrysum Hydrosol, of course!
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HINTS, TIPS, AND FEEDBACK:Stimulating Scalp Massage Oil: Some of you know that recently, for the second time, First for Women Magazine has recommending our "Stim Scalp Oil" for thinning hair. Now, it was developed to treat Alopecia, and we never recommended it for any other type of hair loss.Florence P., of Hudson New York recently ordered her second bottle of Stimulating Scalp Oil and left the following comments: Special Instructions / Comments: I have used this since you sent the first bottle and I had lost my hair due to chemo and it just never came in on top of my head and I now have hair growing and I thought that would never happen and for whatever reason it has and if someone had told me about this sooner, which I read about in First , I would have started to use it sooner. Hats are okay, but its very hard to find some that will work with all clothes and hopefully this will help it get thicker and make me fell at easy without wearing hats all the time.. Thank you so much for finding this and I have given it to two other people to let them know that I have had good results so far. We are so glad that Florence let us share her comments, and that it's helping. We have had very positive feedback from others who are using it for thinning hair, but Florence is the first to tell us that it's helping the after effects of chemotherapy! Boils - A friend who threatened me with dire and dreadful punishment if I mentioned her name came to me with a problem. She had been having recurrent boils - on a delicate portion of her anatomy. I suggested she try our MERCY treatment gel, since it's my understanding that boils are often caused by Staph bacteria. She said that she felt a new one starting, and wanted to prevent it. She applied the aloe based gel twice a day. Three days later she called and said the Mercy gel worked like a charm. Random Samples - Back Pain Eleanor Segal recently wrote: Something amazing happened: Serendipity works -- I love it! Sandalwood Nirvana for Autumn - Kathleen M recently wrote: I LOVE the tamil 2004 sandalwood I ordered. .. A drop or two in my bath is pure heaven! Sometimes I add a drop of cardamom and black pepper....Absolute nirvana!Thanks to everyone above for letting us share their experiences!
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Seasonal Quotes:Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.Albert Camus French Philosopher or, for Halloween itself.... From ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord preserve us! Anonymous
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