Lavender, a Natural Healing Essential

Lavender has been shown to help insomnia sufferers to fall asleep more quickly and have a more restful sleep. In 1995, The Lancet published a study which reported that inhaling lavender essential oil was as effective as tranquilizers in helping insomniacs fall asleep.

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A Few Essential Oil Blend Ideas

Here are the blends containing a variation of frankincense frereana, spearmint, lavandin, lemon 5 fold, clary sage or white grapefruit. As you can see, the possibilities are endless, every small tweak can give you something completely different.

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Facial Scrub

HAVE YOU EXFOLIATED LATELY? A facial scrub and mask is one of the easiest and most effective ways to rejuvenate your skin. http://www.handmadesoap.ca/clays.html

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Born to Blend

Frankincense, Clary Sage and Lemon have the makings of a spectacular essential oil blend. And there are a lot more possibilities for those oils if we look a bit further. Personally, I can't wait to get my pipettes on them!

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Economic Bailout - Small Business Perspective

I just came across this article on Sparkplugging, a home business blog, about how the Economic Bailout and new policies are affecting small business in the US. I am sure that we in Canada also need to keep a close watch as well because as you know, US policy always effects us and often we are [...]

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Soap Making Lye?

I am wondering if anyone knows where to get lye for soap making in The Pas area, northern Manitoba? If you'd like to share your lye sources for other areas as well, it could help someone who is looking. I use Home Hardware brand from Home Hardware, it comes in a large jug in Ontario, Canada.

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Homemade Face Masks

I came across this site that has some good ideas for making homemade face masks using common kitchen ingredients for skin care - it doesn't get much easier, more pure (be sure to go organic when ever possible, if not give it a good scrub first), or easier on the environment.

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Changes and Your Own Website

THINKING OF PUTTING UP YOUR OWN WEBSITE OR BLOG IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SALES? For those of you who have been wanting to put up a new site, or revamp your old, I can highly recommend the services that I am using.

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Have Your Say - Vote for Mountain Rose Herbs

I received the following newsletter from Mountain Rose Herbs the other day and thought you may like to have a look, and show some support for one of the great, founding natural businesses online today.

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What Is Natural Skin Care?

My hat is off to all of you who support the natural skin care industry by making, selling and using truly natural skin care products and to all who want to learn and make the right choices for themselves and for the world around us.

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