Choose to be kind

Choose to be kind - understand, empathize, sympathize...
It takes work that requires your intention and thought. It's easy to let your id take over - to speak without thinking of how your words will affect someone else. It's much harder to think of someone else's perspective and feelings. 

So let's all try to be better to each other. 
 

Product Highlight: Cool After Sun Spray

Did you enjoy too much fun in the sun? Feeling that burn? Our After Sun Spray will help cool you down while nourishing your skin. 

 

Spotlight on Clary Sage Essential Oil

Latin Name: Salvia sclarea

Clary Sage is anti-inflammatory, antibacterial (including bacteria that causes acne), and emotionally calming. It has a distinctive sweet and herbal scent with tea and woody notes. It blends well with lavender and bergamot.  In aromatherapy, clary sage joins lavender and marjoram as a belly massage blend for premenstrual cramping. It is also used in massage blends and to support healthy breathing. 

We use Clary Sage in our Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher because it's calming to the skin (anti-inflammatory) and is a great ally for emotional balance. We like to spritz it on the face just before moisturizing. Just had an intense conversation? Try misting this in the air around you to clear the space and uplift your vibe. <3

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas of baby humans and furry babies. 
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Beautiful artwork by @saarmanche (on instagram) from her Mothers and Daughters prints. 
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Caterpillars

I brought in some milkweed cuttings to keep them from taking over as they self seed (this is a non-native milkweed which is 👍🏼 for monarchs, but it needs to be managed). I checked to see why it looked ratty all of a sudden and found SIX monarch caterpillars munching the leaves. Escorted them to the more abundant milkweeds in the backyard. Good luck little ones! 

Behind Every Successful Woman...

Love!

Take A Moment

Take a moment to recharge with someone you love.
Legs up the wall is a great yoga pose when you're feeling tired, jetlagged or just overwhelmed. It's more refreshing than a short nap and it only takes a few minutes!! 5 to 10 min would be ideal but even 2 min can make your day better!
Try it! Tell us what you think. :-)

Face Love Gift Set

FACE LOVE GIFT SET
$30.00
Value: $38

Give your face some much needed love with our Goddess Facial Toner and Spray, Peppermint Lip Scrub, Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm, and Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover.

Our Customer Favorite Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher. It features a calming blend of essential oils to balance emotions and cool the skin. This light mist can be used as a toner for your face, body, and even in a room for a divine pick me up. 

Our Peppermint Lip Scrub (a customer favorite!) gently exfoliates your lips with a hint of organic Shea butter to moisturize. Our moisturizing Peppermint Cocoa Organic Lip Balm. protects and moisturizes your lips without feeling waxy.

Our Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover naturally removes your makeup while being toxin-free. Jojoba is the ultimate makeup remover because of its many skincare benefits. It's the closest oil to our natural sebum which makes it super absorbent. It doesn't clog pores, non-allergenic, and moisturizing. It is a great source of Vitamin E, which eliminates free radicals and make it a great cleanser as well.

Set Comes With:

(1) 4oz Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher
(1) Peppermint Lip Scrub
(1) Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm
(1) Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover
 

Self Care

Self care has quickly moved from a way to get off the hamster-wheel of busyness to a very hot commodity - including green beauty and clean eating. There are many articles on what self-care should look like and feel like, but is this just additional pressure to be perfect and achieve more?  Rebecca at Kings Road Apothecary speaks to the difference between what looks like self-care in the media and what actual real-life self care is. What do you think? http://thornandwonder.com/blog/2017/7/soft-soft
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#takecareofyourself #selfcare #selflove #bekind #loveyourself #kindness #rootdownriseupgrowlove #nocreepystuff #becauseweloveyou❤️ #love #support #mentalhealth #grow #community

Pamper and Restore Gift Set

PAMPER AND RESTORE GIFT SET
$25.00
Value: $44

Pamper and restore with our Citrus Bergamot Organic Sugar Scrub, Goddess Facial Toner + Refresher, and Himalayan Rose Body Butter..

Our most popular scrub leaves skin glowing, smooth, and hydrated. Sugar scrubs are gentler on the skin than salt scrubs. And, sugar's alphahydroxy acid helps cleanse and slough off dead skin cells. Leaving your skin luxuriously moisturized and smooth.

Follow this scrub with our Customer Favorite Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher. It features a calming blend of essential oils to balance emotions and cool the skin. This light mist can be used as a toner for your face, body, and even in a room for a divine pick me up.

Lavender is antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and is commonly used as a healing agent in creams, lotions, and salves. Clary sage is used in many skin care products for its cooling properties as well as to balance emotions.

Our incredibly moisturizing body butter creates a protective barrier around your skin to soften and restore your skin’s natural elasticity. A solar infusion of organic chamomile flowers in jojoba oil contributes calming and anti-inflammatory properties. Shea Butter protects and soothes the skin and is a great choice for damaged or scarred skin as well as dry or rough spots.

Set Comes With:
(1) 8oz Citrus Bergamot Organic Sugar Scrub
(1) 4 oz Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher
(1) 1 oz Himalayan Rose Body Butter

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Ingredient Spotlight: Calendula

There's so much to love about Calendula! Calendula is a bright cheery plant loved for the medicinal properties of its vibrant orange or yellow flowers. The calendula flower is a skincare powerhouse. It has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. It is gentle enough for all skin types but especially for damaged or irritated skin. The oil made from the petals is also a favorite in infant and child skin care products. You can make your own calendula-infused oil by grinding the dried flowers and steeping them in a carrier oil of your choice. 

BTW Calendula is also called marigold but this is NOT the same as the ornamental marigolds of the Tagets genus that you buy at the garden store. If you want to grow this great medicinal plant, make sure the genus is Calendula.

Inhale / Exhale

Letting go of what we're holding onto (or what's holding onto us) is necessary to be able to take the next breath, to move forward into our future.

What are you letting go of today?