It looks like Springtime today in Middle Tennessee, but I know friends all over the country are still dealing with winter weather, so we put together some specials to help ease the End of Winter doldrums.

For winter weary skin - new carrier oils to nourish and moisturize, a sale on Squalane, sale pricing on some of our favorite essential oils for chapped or damaged skin. For winter weary spirits, we offer a special sale on some of our favorite Citrus smilebringers, our uplifting Winter Sunshine synergy and anointing oil, or to hasten the return of Springtime and encourage rebirth and renewal - our Spring Sunshine Synergy. All sale pricing available, as always, only on our New and Special Page.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SALE!

Sunday, March 11th signals the start of Daylight Savings Time. We set our clocks forward, lose an hour sleep, and gain an hour's daylight at the end of each day. To mark the start of Daylight Savings (and to make up for that hour's lost sleep!) we are having a special 11% off sale all day Sunday. At checkout, enter the word "savings" (without the quotation marks) in the box labeled "Promotional Code", press apply, and you will see 11% deducted from your on screen invoice. If you do not see the discount applied, do NOT submit the order. We are unable to apply the discount retroactively. And please remember, our shopping cart is located in the Pacific Time Zone. Only orders placed from Midnight Saturday night (or Sunday morning) through Midnight Sunday night in the shopping cart's time zone may be discounted. Only one discount code may be used, and only one use per client. As always, our Fast Buys, our Special Books, and our already discounted kits may not be further discounted.

CLEARANCE SALE

During the inventory process we found some unexpected goodies. Essential Oils that had been marked out of stock, oils poured in the wrong sizes, an aroma lamp that had been sold out for over a year - all are available, while they last, on our Specials page.

NEW BOOK and DVD

Liquid Sunshine, by Jan Kusmirek gives the best overview of the qualities of the various "fixed" oils that I've yet seen. We have a small number of copies available on our specials page.

The M Technique®, a structured method of healing touch, is now available on DVD as well as on Video. (I've been waiting for this, since I am among the VCR challenged!) Both, of course, on our specials page.

CHARITY of the QUARTER

Many of us have been affected by mental and/or emotional illness in friends and loved ones. For this reason, we have selected the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) as our charity of the quarter. Their emphasis on research, finding both causes and effective treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental illness can make a difference in so many lives. Please click on the link on our Specials page to add your donation to ours.

Moving up

We love the charming little house that has been our home for the last five years. But our lease is up, and we have totally outgrown the space available. (Witness the "lost and found" inventory items mentioned above.) We've signed a lease on a HUGE building, right next door to us. As of right now it is a huge, empty rectangle and I'm having trouble visualizing where everything will go, but the contractor swears it will all work out. At any rate, we will be moving sometime within the next six weeks to two months. If things get a bit chaotic, please excuse our construction dust! (Our staff is excited. Finally we will have room for all the new products they keep wanting to create!)

Our Clients Say:

Mood Elevating Blends:

Lissa Blood shared her favorite Citrus Smile lamp or diffuser blend recently:

5 drops petitgrain
4 drops bergamot
3 drops bergamot mint
2 drops lemon
1 drop sweet basil

you can switch the ingredients around to make it more sweet or sour depending on your mood.

and Nancy Zimmerman wrote:

By the way, I find that Holy Basil combines beautifully with Bergamot Mint; it\'s exotic without being overpowering, and is definitely a mood elevator.

Skincare:

Jean Flinchum writes:

Hello Marge: I have been experimenting with my last order.....I have made a MARVELOUS little concoction: My 1 oz. Apricot Kernel of course as my Base........added 2 drops each of: Borage, CO2 Frankincense, Heli {copper free 10% dilution in fractioned coconut oil} and 2 drops Rose Hip Seed Oil...... This has been the most wonderful serum! "plumping"....smoothing/soothing pizazz!

I'm new at mixing.....only thing I have done really is adding recommended EO's to my Mature Skin Elixer and a few masks I've experimented with. 2 drops each is probably not 'enough'....but I figure that is 8 drops of diff. things and seems very workable to me. You said 15 drops per fluid oz of carrier or 2 to 3 drops per tsp of a carrier....so figure I am 'safe' with 8 drops in 1 oz carrier.....When I am more 'confident' I will try more! For a variation, I may put a drop of Hazelnut Oil in my palm or my fav. Pomegranate....add a drop of my 'mixture' and apply. I've been adding Cistus Hydro to my masks.......and getting 'firmer' skin. Now I AM 64...SO NO BIG MAGIC FACE LIFTS OR ANYTHING HERE.....BUT a marked, healthy-persona ageing with attitude look!...and that's just super fine with me! My above 'mixture' has the most powerfully softening effect on wrinkles, dryness or crepy skin! Then I have been 'misting' with any one of my Hydros throughout the day.........applying wheat germ oil directly into wrinkles in a.m.'s........and combining my Rose Hydro with Cistus Hydro.......really a combat against wrinkles!!!! HAVING SO MUCH FUN HERE with my Mature Skin Sampler Kit! [and I have fallen in pure love with Hazelnut Oil!].......I also very much enjoyed my Week of BLISS!!!...and thank you once more for that! I think I will get an unscented cream or cleanser and add some of my Neroli 10% in Jojoba........JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY HAPPINESS!............warmly, Jean

(Before you write and ask, no, we do not offer Pomegranate Oil. Jean purchases hers at Rosa y Fruta)

I love it when folks share the results of using our products...and let me share them with you!

Enough! my fingers are tired. May you have a refreshing and renewing Spring
Equinox and may your March become a Lamb, not a Lion!