by Susan McDonald | Feb 19, 2021 | Essentials Oils
Why would jasmine be wonderful during this pandemic? Because it increases alertness and brightens spirits. Who doesn’t need a little uplifting these days, as we wait for vaccinations? And the house is full of working moms and dads and children and their new pets… It’s...
by Susan McDonald | Jan 8, 2021 | Essentials Oils, Uncategorized
Essential oils from citrus fruits are created by cold-pressing the rinds of the skin. Neroli, the flower of the orange tree, has an intoxicating fragrance often used in perfumes. If you are lucky enough to visit an orange orchard when it is in bloom,...
by Susan McDonald | Nov 13, 2020 | Essentials Oils
As the leaves fall away from our deciduous trees, it’s the evergreen trees that hold our attention. But they are quite different, and the essential oils from the different varieties of evergreen are also quite different. Cedar, Cypress, Pine, Juniper and Fir are the...
by Susan McDonald | Oct 16, 2020 | Essentials Oils, Focus on Ingredients
As I was making the Apple-Pumpkin Sugar Scrubs, I purchased a little bottle of pumpkin pie spices in the spice counter of the local grocery store. I was very surprised to discover that the bottle was not required to list the actual spices that were in the bottle. It...
by Susan McDonald | Aug 28, 2020 | Essentials Oils, Focus on Ingredients
It is reassuring to find spices in our spice closet that are healing and that promote a strong immune system. Ginger is an important one, and in addition to the powdered spice rack, can be found easily as a fresh tuber (root) on our grocery...
by Susan McDonald | Aug 5, 2020 | Essentials Oils
We all know jasmine as that seductive fragrance from the evening blooming flower used in Hawaiian leis and in expensive perfume. Although there are about 200 species of jasmine, only 2 of them are used frequently to make essential oils or create fragrances...
