Make It Your Self Christmas eGuide - Looking Good!

Make It Special this Christmas and post your link too!

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Not Just a Pretty Face - the Ugly Side of Synthetics in Skin Care and Cosmetics

A collection of interesting links and information about the ugly side of synthetics in skin care and cosmetics including the book and author video interview on ABC News - Not Just a Pretty Face.

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Listen to the Smell - Your Essential Oils Are Talking to You

LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES, FEEL WITH YOUR EARS, TASTE WITH YOUR NOSE (and never diet again!) - Janice Ferrante on Blending Essential Oils :0) Or as Jack likes to say, "listen to the smell, the natural plant fragrances are trying to tell you something".

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Handmade Christmas Selection

Since Christmas is moving in, and I am a big believer in supporting small, home businesses, I thought it would be a great idea to ask anyone who does handmade items that would make nice Christmas gifts to jump in on the comments section and add your site.

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Getting the Jump On Christmas

I shocked and amazed everyone by requesting that we do our name draw now, because if my husband or I picked any of the girls in the family, I wanted lots of time to make some nice gifts this year...

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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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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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Magnificent Morning Ritual

One of the most amazing things that I've been doing lately has been to expand my morning routine to include an essential oil facial steam. It takes about 10 minutes and really makes me feel clearer for most of the day. It's also a nice way to relax into the day while at the same time, energizing.

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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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