But we have some sparkling springtime surprises and back in stock goodies and even a springtime sale or two. This edition of our newsletter also contains an allergy hint from our clients, an alert about products in very short supply, one client's experience treating a form of dermatitis or eczema with our hydrosols and oils, a formula for a Fresh Aire room spray, and a method of preparing scented gift wrap, cards, and tissue paper. We also have a link to a site where you can purchase wonderful skincare products made with Nature's Gift aromatics, as well as a link to the Breast Cancer site. This last link will allow you to participate in donating free mammograms for women who can not afford them. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a visit. (All the links are repeated at the end of the newsletter for those who can't just click through.)

New Goodies

NEW amphoras and back in stock amphoras
The Blending Kit
Roll on bottles
SineEase Roll On just in time for Allergy season
Labdanum Absolute 10% dilution - to encourage you to try it.

All of the above are available on our new and special page.

Back in Stock

Rose Geranium Hydrosol.The same source, but this time the distiller added a preservative - Suttocide A, derived from glycine, which is a naturally occurring amino acid. I've read the research; this one seems very safe and innocuous, and should extend the shelf life of the hydrosol immensely.
Orange blossom wax (hurrah!) soft, gentle floral. no solvent scent at all.
Joyful Abandon Soap our most flirtatious scent.

Almost Gone:

We're almost out of the following products and there will be delays in resupplying. If you want them, order while they last.

St. John's Wort infused oil - until our gifted source makes more this summer, there will be no more.
Helichrysum Hydrosol - This has been our best selling hydrosol for months. We have only a tiny bit left and are trying to source more.
Clementine Petitgrain - out of five mls, all that's left are 15 mls. Not sure if we are going to reorder this or not.
White Sage Hydrosol - until next distillation

If you are enamoured of any of these, now is the time to order them!

Spring specials:

We are putting on special all the "green and springtime" oils... the powerful green and growing notes. Galbanum, Violet leaf, and the light and fluffy springtime feeling of Larch needle. Linden Blossom, our favorite spring floral. For the serious perfumers among us - the true spring flower - Jonquille.Our Carrier Oil special - Macadamia Nut. We are continuing the special sale on Spring Sunshine, synergy and anointing oil, and our Protection Synergy. All, of course, only at our specials page.

Special request

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram" for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

ALLERGY HINT - Springtime can be allergy season. Just a reminder that several clients report relief from seasonal allergies by diffusing Blue Tansy - tanecetum anuum. And if the Blue Tansy doesn't prevent them, try SineEase to bring relief from sinus pain and congestion.

IDEA - Fresh Aire Room Spray:

My house was just smelling 'closed in' and I wanted it to smell like sunshine. One of my favorite "fresh air" blends is our SmokeEater Synergy - good for lightening and clearing the air physically and emotionally, not just to clear away smoke.Anyway...about 10 mls of Polysorbate from our carriers page (I confess I didn't measure - I eyeballed it.). Blended in about 5 mls of SmokeEater synergy - filled the spray bottle (4 ounce) with distilled water - and there I was. Instant sunshine! (Smoke Eater is what I most often have in the clay pot that keeps my car smelling fresh and clean. Since Max is my constant passenger, the car can get to smelling 'doggy' and usually needs freshening.)

Site of the month:

Tricia Westervelt, a licensed esthetician, has been a client and friend of ours forever, it seems. A few months ago she sent us a generous sample package of the skincare products she produces at Anna Bellina.She creates wonderful treatments for 'experienced' skin.Cleansers, masques, gentle exfoliants, serums, moisturizers.All made with our essential oils and hydrosols along with other exotic botanicals.She has another line, "honey rose" but we've not experienced it yet. (I especially liked the firming serum for use under my eyes, and the toner...loved the scent of the toner!)If you don't want to create your own, I highly recommend her products.

Hint - Tip:Scented Greeting Cards & Tissue Paper

This is something I used to do years ago, and had forgotten about.The directions are borrowed from my friend Wendy at Aromaweb.She obviously has this aimed at Christmas wrappings; but it truly works all year round.I used to scent "all season" wrapping paper with Bergamot.Himalayan Lavender would be another good choice I think.This time of year I would want the light, refreshing "green" oils.Of course, for a wedding gift or bridal shower, nothing would be as appropriate as Orange Blossom or Neroli.

"Scenting your wrapping paper and greeting cards adds a wonderful touch to the holidays or any gift-giving occassion.

Directions: Allow an extra day before writing out your greeting card(s) or wrapping presents. Choose a blend such as the Christmas Tree blend, Frankincense & Myrrh Blend, Sugar & Spice blend, your own creation, or a single essential oil. Put a few drops of the blend onto a cotton ball. Put up to 15 cards and the cotton ball in a large ziplock bag, close and let it sit for at least 24 hours. Take care not to let the oil come in direct contact with cards or envelopes as the fresh oil could stain them. For boxes of cards, you may also have enough room to just put the cotton ball right in with the box.

For tissue paper, follow the same procedure, but place the cotton ball into the plastic package of tissue paper. Be careful not to let the oil come into contact with the paper. Close the bag up so the aroma can properly scent the tissue.

Refrain from giving a scented card or scented tissue-wrapped gift to anyone who has allergies or sensitivities that may be affected by the oils."

Another idea....I used to store my note paper in a bag perfumed with the oil of the month. That way it was always ready. Not a bad thing to do with the envelopes you use for paying bills etc...makes the chore a lot more pleasant.

A client writes: Dermatitis? Eczema? something...

Penelope C. wrote:
"Right now I'm especially grateful for the Roman Chamomile and Helichrysum hydrosols. Since this past July, I have had a skin problem (eczema? fungal?) on the top of my right hand and up the lower top part of my right arm. (It started as a small spot on my hand and spread over the weeks.) Itchy or burning, tender, at times weeping and then crusty, swollen, at times having fissures that were very painful, then periods of being scaly, deep red color a general mess. I had tried homeopathic remedies and topical applications of some essential oils in carrier oils, ointments, creams, etc. (Nothing from a medical doctor. Their allopathic remedy would have been steroids, which I find totally unacceptable.) There had been some improvement, but nothing major.

I was reading, yet again, on your website on December 6. On the *Helichrysum Healing* page I read about the lady who used, with such happy results, Roman Chamomile and Helichrysum hydrosols on eczema on her face. I decided to try them. My order, which included the hydrosols, arrived on Wednesday, Dec, 10. That evening I began applying the hydrosols. I have applied both hydrosols together several times a day every day since then and have been watching a wonder occur before my eyes! I could list a string of adjectives which would all be suitable, but let me simply say the results have been truly amazing. (Now I wish I had *before* and *after* pictures!) It shouldn t be too much longer before the skin problem will be history."

We asked her for permission to use her experiences online, and she replied with the following:

"Right after I had written my first comments, my hand/arm area got worse again for a few days. Nowhere as bad as it had been - just a 4 steps forward, 1 step backwards equivalent. Now it is back to the place it was when I made my first comments and even better! Besides using the Roman Chamomile and Helichrysum hydrosols, I have also been using Helichrysum & German Chamomile CO2 EOs in fractionated coconut oil. (I put 9 drops Helichrysum - full EO, not the 10% dilution - and 6 drops German Chamomile EO2 - 10% dilution - in an ounce of the oil. I had gotten the Helichrysum oil in my last order before the one on Dec. 25.) I think the hydrosols, and now the EOs, have been what has brought healing to my hand/arm. I heartily recommend that anyone with a skin problem try both the Helichrysum & Roman Chamomile hydrosols and Helichrysum and German Chamomile CO2 EOs."

We really appreciate it when our clients first of all share their experiences with our products, and even more when they give us permission to share with others. That way we can all learn from each other!

Quote of the month

(it's not an aromatic quote...but I loved it and wanted to share.)

When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of life here on Earth, and we must stand before that reality both humbled and elevated, subject to every law of our universe and grateful for our brief but intrinsic participation with it. (From her biography of naturalist Eustace Conway.)

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

May your springtime showers be showers of joy!

for those who can't click through the links above, this is a list of the links in this newsletter to cut and paste into your browser:

Our new and special page: www.naturesgift.com/special.htm?source=Marnewsltr
The Hydrosol page: http://www.naturesgift.com/hydrosol_order.htm?source=Marnewsltr
Floral Waxes: http://www.naturesgift.com/floral_waxes.htm?source=Marnewsltr
SmokeEater: http://www.naturesgift.com/aromatherapyhousehold.htm?source=Marnewsltr
Polysorb and St. John's Wort Oil: http://www.naturesgift.com/aromatherapycar_ord.htm?source=Marnewsltr
Joyful Abandon Soap: http://www.naturesgift.com/aromatherapybath.htm?source=Marnewsltr
The Breast Cancer Site: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
Anna Bellina: http://store.annabellina.com/
AromaWeb: http://www.aromaweb.com

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