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Announcing an Exciting New Skincare Essential Oil

On August 7, 2013   /   Featured Product, Natural Skincare and Beauty   /   Comments Off on Announcing an Exciting New Skincare Essential Oil

ELEMI ESSENTIAL OIL This gorgeous, exotic, light, lemony – but woody pure essential oil is a must-have for skincare products for mature, and/or lined and wrinkled skin types. Elemi is intensely revitalising and rejuvenating, nourishing and toning to skin – it brings worn out or damaged skin to life again. It’s antiseptic and wound healing properties makes it useful for scar tissue, acne and other problem skin conditions. May be used in creams, lotions, salves, hair care, soaps and for its healing properties in chest rubs, massage blends etc. Elemi helps expectoration, with bronchitis, chest problems, catarrh and for arthritic […]

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Winter Warmer Foot Bath

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Winter Warmer Foot Bath

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper powder 2 tblsp Goats Milk powder 2 drops Ginger essential oil 1 drop Lemon essential oil Warm to hot water in large bowl. Mix Cayenne Powder with Goats Milk powder, combining well. Grind the essential oils into the powder blend in a mortar and pestle or use a cup and the back of a spoon, mixing well. Make a paste with water and add hot water. Water volume needs to reach the ankles when feet are immersed and should be warm to hot. Soak 20 – 30 minutes for best effect. This mixture if used regularly […]

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Peach Body Butter

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Peach Body Butter

100gm Peach Butter 20 drops Jojoba oil 20 drops Meadowfoam seed oil 5 drops Sea Buckthorn oil 4 drops Grapefruit seed oil 15 drops Peach flavour oil Combine all ingredients by mixing thoroughly – use a hand blender if needed. Package into sterilised pots. Enjoy.

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Varicose Vein Oil

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Varicose Vein Oil

50ml Horse Chestnut infused oil 10ml Arnica oil 10ml Calendula oil 5ml Comfrey infused oil 10ml Marshmallow Root infused oil 5ml Evening Primrose seed oil 6ml Meadowfoam seed oil 2ml (40 drops) Rosemary essential oil 2ml (40 drops) Chamomile essential oil Mix above ingredients in dark glass bottle. Shake well. Apply 3-4 times daily to shrink veins and ease pain.

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Cuticle & Nail Enriching Oil

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Cuticle & Nail Enriching Oil

20ml Tamanu oil 20ml Camellia seed oil 5ml Sesame seed oil 3ml Castor oil – organic 1ml Aloe Vera oil 10 drops Lemon essential oil 10 drops Mandarin essential oil Combine all ingredients in a dark glass bottle and shake well to combine. Massage nail and cuticle area thoroughly before bed at night – for best results. Although this highly nourishing mixture may be used as often as wished.

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Lucious Orange Lip Gloss

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Lucious Orange Lip Gloss

2 tsp Beeswax 1 tsp Ale Vera Gel 1 tblsp Jojoba oil 1 tblsp Rosehip seed oil 1 tblsp Aloe Vera oil 1 tsp Vegetable Glycerine 8 drops Sweet Orange essential oil Melt Beeswax, Jojoba, Rosehip and Aloe Vera oil gently in a double boiler until beeswax is melted and the oils combined. Remove from the heat, add the vegetable glycerine first and stir well. Then add the Aloe Vera Gel and sweet orange essential oil and stir until all well combined. Pour into sterilised pot or roll on tubes. For an extra shimmer, add pearl mica to the blend.

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Herbal Baby Balm

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Herbal Baby Balm

¼ cup Beeswax ¼ cup Jojoba oil ½ cup Calendula oil ¼ cup Plantain infused oil 3 tsp Castor oil 8 drops Chamomile essential oil Using a double boiler combine all ingredients and melt gently until beeswax is melted and oils are well mixed. Remove from heat, pour into a hot heatproof jug, add chamomile essential oil and pour into prepared pots. This makes several good sized pots that soothes and heals dry or damaged skin.

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Eyelash Thickener

On August 6, 2013   /   Recipes   /   Comments Off on Eyelash Thickener

1gm Beeswax 5ml Castor oil – organic 2ml Meadowfoam seed oil 2ml Jojoba oil – organic Combine all ingredients in a double boiler and stir until well combined. Pour into sterilised pots and allow to cool before placing lid on. The resulting mixture will be a thick gel type substance which will actually strengthen your eyelashes if used regularly. Apply a small amount often – too much will make your lashes stick together.  

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Cold Pressed Oils

On August 26, 2012   /   Featured Product   /   Comments Off on Cold Pressed Oils

Sweet Almond Oil: A highly nutritious light and nearly odourless oil high in minerals and rich in linoleic acid, vitamin E, oleic acid and essential unsaturated fatty acids. It is listed as a dry oil, a very popular reasonably priced oil suitable for use in almost all skincare products. Apricot Kernel Oil: Somewhat similar to sweet almond oil, it gives creams and lotions a soft feel with excellent spreadability. It contains higher levels of unsaturated essential fatty acids than almond oil, but is a little less stable and a dry oil also. It has a light texture, very easily absorbed […]

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Diploma of Natural Skin Care 2012 – Change of Start Date

On February 28, 2012   /   News and Updates   /   Comments Off on Diploma of Natural Skin Care 2012 – Change of Start Date

The start of this course has been postponed until Saturday the 21st of April. Click here to view details of this course

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Exciting new products in store!

On February 10, 2012   /   News and Updates   /   Comments Off on Exciting new products in store!

Certified Organic Sea Buckthorn Fruit Oil This beautiful and richly coloured oil has an unsurpassed level of carotenes and vitamin A and E and is second only to rosehip in its vitamin C content. An extremely high level of essential fatty acids, vitamins B1, B2, K and P and Flavonoids. Because of the high content of nutrients essential for the metabolism of skin cells, Sea Buckthorn oil is used to combat wrinkles, dryness, aged skins, sun damage, wound healing of injuries to skin, such as burns, eczema, ulcers, sores and lesions. Sea Buckthorn is both medicinal and anti-ageing, restorative and […]

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Sinus Congestion and/or head cold stuffiness

On February 10, 2012   /   Herbal Medicine and Health   /   Comments Off on Sinus Congestion and/or head cold stuffiness

A sure fire remedy to open up congested passages is to place a large menthol crystal in a cup of boiling water – close your eyes and inhale deeply. This is an extremely effective method to open stuffy and thickened passages in the head. Once the water cools, the menthol will crystalize again – the water may be poured off and the process repeated using the same cup and the same menthol. NOTE: Menthol crystals are extracted from the pure essential oil of peppermint and are available in our store. Menthol flakes may be ground finely and added to toothpowder […]

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