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Cocoa Butter – Bulk Unrefined Certified Organic Fair Trade Prebuy Special

Jan — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:56:08 +0000

COCOA BUTTER – BULK UNREFINED ORGANIC FAIR TRADE PREBUY SPECIAL

DESCRIPTION – This cocoa butter has a wonderful chocolately aroma characteristic of raw unrefined cocoa butter. Certified Organic and Fair Trade. Suitable for any skin care application or soap recipe.

PRICE – 297.00 + Shipping To You + Taxes
QUANTITY – 55lbs

PRICE – 175.00 + Shipping To You + Taxes
QUANTITY – 25lbs

END DATE - TUESDAY JULY 19, 2011

ADDITIONAL NOTES: I am waiting for a pricing update on Monday July 11 – if there is enough interest I may be able to give a quantity discount (2+ boxes). If you can place your order asap it may help me to negotiate a better deal.

ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS -

Please use the order link in the cart system on the page provided below.

http://www.skincarenaturals.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=6305164

Select payment through money order. This will allow me to adjust for shipping as well as any price reduction that may become available on 2+ orders.

If you have any problems with the cart system, please email me at jan.ferrante@gmail.com.

PAYMENT INFORMATION -

PAYPAL/CREDIT CARD: I will send out paypal invoices – payment through your credit card can be made using their secure link.
EMAIL BANK TRANSFER: Email payments can be made to skincarenaturals@sympatico.ca
MONEY ORDER: Money orders must be received by the order date.

Magnificent Morning Ritual

Jan — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:07:24 +0000

I’ve recently been paying more attention to my skin care routine, in particular my face.

One of the items that I find to be very beneficial is a morning facial steam.

It can also be nice at night – along with a clean pair of jammies and clean bedding AND a good book – it doesn’t get much better than that!

It takes about 10 minutes if I do it in the morning and really makes me feel clearer for most of the day. You can heat the water when you make your morning tea or coffee.

It’s a nice way to relax into the day while at the same time, energizing. It’s not hard to get up a little earlier to do this if that’s what you need to do since it is so enjoyable and takes little energy, especially if you get your items ready the night before.

It is making a huge difference in how I feel throughout the day.

I don’t have one of the facial steamers that you can buy although I wouldn’t mind checking one out, I have a bowl that I use especially for this, it’s stainless steel with a rubber bottom so there is less chance of spillage or breakage – something to always watch out for – a spill can be nasty, especially if you have children or pets around.

I keep it simple – add a few drops of what ever essential oil I’m in the mood for – eucalyptus, spearmint or myrtle if I want to be refreshed, frankincense is all around wonderful and today I used some Australian Sandalwood that I have, a lovely way to start the day.

DON’T OVER DO

Especially for the stronger essential oils, it’s important to let some of the essential oils diffuse before sticking your head under the towel over the steaming water so that they don’t burn your eyes or nose/throat.

Don’t get too close and enjoy.

You can see a selection of my essential oils here.

I think it would be a great idea to put an assortment of 5ml bottles together for this, stay tuned and let me know if you have any preferences for essential oils that you would like to start the day with.

GREAT PRODUCT IDEA

If you sell soaps, this would be a wonderful and easy product addition to your site as well. If you can find some nice headbands it would be even nicer, you could even go whole hog and add a plush towel.

A smaller one for blotting the face after spells l-u-x-u-r-i-o-u-s.

I did this to make up a few face spa Christmas baskets and it worked very well. I used a large plush towel as the basket/spa bag (I used a small basket and wrapped it up with the towel – I sewed one to make a beach bag for a Florida trip and just tied the other one for a more casual look – they were both nice.

You can put this together any time of the year and vary the colour scheme to suit the theme of the essential oils or time of year. I did all white with silver accents and it came out very nicely.

If you’re in the US, you can get some nice essential oils at a reasonable price at the sites listed on the sidebar, or for an absolutely decadent experience, try Nature’s Gift essential oils (I get no kickback for that, I just LOVE Marge’s oils, her rose otto would be to die for in a face spa basket).

Healthy Skin Care Nutrition

Jan Ferrante — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:40:28 +0000

We all know that healthy skin care and nutrition go together but the exact why’s and how come’s are fuzzy.

Since we are at the start of a fresh new year, it’s a fantastic time to set a few new habits to great skin from the inside out.

I came across this article that I thought was really interesting. It has good info on some nutritional points that may not be exactly common knowledge, but I also like the information on how some of the organs in your body helps to maintain and build nice skin – and how we can support those organs.

GOING GREEN FOR HEALTHY SKIN

I’ve noticed myself since making my diet a bigger priority that my skin has improved. My biggest discovery has been green smoothies.

I went on a raw/green smoothie challenge for a week once when my daughter was away. When she came back she said my skin looked like water. I didn’t even ask!. That sold me – my largest skin care problems are large pores and a ruddy complexion.

These days I find that if my skin is starting to look ‘muddy’ I get back on my green smoothie routine (at least one good one a day) and within days I see an improvement.

REAL FOOD FOR HEALTHY SKIN

My current challenge is to spend more time in the kitchen making ‘real food’ and to cut the crap out of the cupboards (again). (if you want more info on that or if you’d like to get to know me better, you can check out my ‘at home’ blog and my health journey blog where I will have more indepth info about these things – My Home Blog and Healthy Habits Blog.

DR. MERCOLA ON HEALTHY SKIN CARE NUTRITION

Here’s the link to the article if you’d like to have a look. You need to scroll down a bit to get Dr. Mercola’s comments and the additional information.

Healthy Skin Care Nutrition

While there are plenty of things that you can do to on the outside, getting in the habit to care for your skin and to keep it healthy from the inside is always a good idea – and a great place to start when brainstorming your next natural skin care creation.