Homemade Vapor Rub

Here is a basic recipe to help clear your nose if stuffy.  You can add Essential Oils if you want to bump up your rub.

2oz Beeswax (2 bars)
4oz Carrier Oil (Apricot, Rice Bran, Grapeseed, etc) (or 1/2 cup)
1 TBSP Menthol Crystals (or to suit)

Use a scale or the we've broken down for easier use.  You can either use a double-boiler or a 2c pyrex measuring cup and the microwave (this is now dedicated to making homemade salves) in 30 second bursts.  You want to melt not cook your recipe!

I melt the beeswax about half way through then add the menthol (they do take awhile to melt) crystals using a popcicle stick I mix then add the carrier oil and microwave are warm then mix well.

You can now add essential oils to enhance the rub or just pour into 2 3oz jars or 3 2oz jars.

Essential Oil ideas for adding:
50d AB Protection Blend
10d Eucalpyus Oil
10d Lemon Oil
20d Peppermint (Wintergreen or Spearmint) Oil
10d Rosemary Oil
10d Cedarwood Oil
10d Copaiba Balsam Oil
10d Pine Oil
10d Cinnamon Oil
10d Clove Oil
10d Grapefruit Oil
10d Frankincense Oil

ALL the above oils can be used alone or in tandem or congestion. 

Use no more than 50 DROPS for the above recipe!

        

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Personalizing Face Oils

Several customers have asked how to personalize our Face Oil/Serum for their personal needs.

While we do offer our Face Oil in Grapefruit, Rose Geranium & French Lavender for their properties here is a simple chart for you to enhance it.

The Natural Face Oil has no essential oil so you can add your own!  

Dry Skin
     Lavender Essential Oil
     Helichrysum Essential Oil
     Myrrh Essential Oil
     Geranium Essential Oil
     Sandalwood Essential Oil

Oily Skin
     Tea Tree Essential Oil
     Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
     Patchouli Essential Oil
     Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Sensitive Skin
     French Lavender Essential Oil
     Clary Sage Essential Oil
     Neroli Essential Oil
     Rose Essential Oil
     German Chamomile Essential Oil

Start with 1-2 drops in a teaspoon of Face Oil.  Remember to test on underline of jaw 2-3 days before using all over face in case of an allergic reaction.

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Basic Roller Ball Recipe

I've had several customers ask me HOW to make their own roller ball roll-on with our amazing Gemstone Rollers

Gemstone Roller
Carrier Oil
Essential Oil

1) Chose your favorite roller; mine is the Amethyst roller

2) Fill 3/4 full of Carrier Oil; I like Argan Oil which is perfect for your skin

3) Start with 10 Essential Oil drops, put thumb over opening and shake well.  Take a quick sniff.  If it's not strong enough add a few drops more. 

YOU can make it to YOUR preference!!  Perfume roller or stress relief or insect control.

Happy Essential Oil experimenting!!

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Dandelion Infused Oil

Our latest product is for Earth Day is

Dandelion Infused Oil

We use Organic Dandelion Blossoms & Roots infused in Organic Grapeseed Oil.  

Why Organic Grapeseed Oil?  Because your body absorbs grapeseed oil faster without leaving a greasy feel like with Sweet Almond or Olive Oil. Also, there are few allergies to grapeseed oil.

We offer 8oz bottle for the amazing price of $9.99 plus shipping.

What are the health benefits of Dandelion Infused Oil? It has been used extensively for cancer treatment and breast cancer treatments, breast health, treat diabetes, stimulate lactation, promote urination and treat jaundice and other liver diseases.

Hide Your Stuff in Plain Sight and a Burglar Will Be Baffled

I stumbled across this article right after a co-worker's house was broken into.  It reminded me of an old boyfriend who kept his Savings Bonds and other important papers in the bottom of his fridge under the veggie drawer.  

He kept it between two pieces of cardboard, wrapped in paper towels then sealed in two ziploc baggies; THEN taped down to bottom.  When I inquired he said a firefighter friend told him the fridge and freezers are the LAST things to burn in a house fire.  WOW! Great idea!

I am reposting it because I thought there were many good ideas and it made me come up with some new ones myself!

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Hide and seek was a great game for some of us as kids. As adults, some of us apparently did not learn much from that childhood game because we continue to hide cash and other valuables in places so obvious that anyone could find them.

Let's take a look at some of those lousy hiding places before we examine some good ones:

• Sock drawers
• Back of a wardrobe closet
• Inside a shoebox
• Inside a laptop
• Medicine cabinet, clothes pockets, briefcase and underneath a mattress

OK, enough of the not-so-good places to hide valuables. If you want to hide something in your home and increase the likelihood that it will not be found by a burglar, hide it where you think they won't look!

Whether it's cash, important documents, weapons, jewelry or anything else you value most in your home, hide it so well that an invader might be looking directly at the container in which it's hidden and not even consider trying to find it there. Here are some examples:

Kitchen Capers

One of my favorite places to hide small items such as cash and jewelry is in a can of soup. Open the can from the bottom, enjoy the soup, rinse out the can thoroughly, put your items in the can, replace the can bottom, and place the can at the bottom of a stack of other canned goods. Even if the burglar goes to the trouble of looking at the cans, he'll notice that the top is still on that particular can.

Above many kitchen cabinets is a walled-in area called a bulkhead. If you remove one or more of the wall cabinets, you can cut an opening and hide items in an area that's likely to be about 12 inches high, 10 inches deep and as long as the cabinets.

Put two pieces of Styrofoam around it (such as what steaks are packaged in) and then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil and place it in your freezer.


**(I was thinking that dead space under cabinets, called toe space or toe kick; there are drawers you can install just under sink with a tiny shelf for sponges and the like.  Why not pull a piece of it an put a drawer in; but one you can kick with your toe and it pushes out like the old stereo cabinet drawers.  Here is a link to my idea: Under Cabinet)**

Family Room Fun

Sandwich your cash or another thin valuable between two pieces of cardboard backing within a difficult-to-reach picture frame. Even if the thief pulls the frame from the wall and looks at the back of it, he's unlikely to rip out the cardboard to examine it further.

Select the one or two heaviest objects in your house, such as an entertainment center or a piano, and place cash in an envelope under it. It's unlikely a burglar will expend enough energy to try to move those huge items.



**(There are so many products now like a fake book or can of tennis balls..make sure you HAVE these items already. If you have ONE classical book in your house and only magazines, it's a no brainer!)**

Think Outside the House

Another option for hiding your valuables from would-be thieves is by burying them in your backyard. This might be especially true for weapons beyond any that you want to keep inside your house. Guns, for instance, can be hidden in large-diameter PVC pipes, along with grease to prevent rust and coffee to keep residual moisture off them.

To your survival,

Frank Bates