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3 Ways to Resin Heaven

by Andrea Butje on December 6, 2011

Making your own resin blends is easy and they make great gifts. Simply mix the resins together in a bowl, sprinkle on your powders and/or dried herbs, add a few drops of essential oil and mix. Let this sit for a day or two and you’re ready to burn the resins. You can burn the [...]

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5 Great Ways to Use Hydrosols

by Andrea Butje on November 30, 2011

What is a hydrosol? Hydrosols are pure healing waters produced during distillation. When plant material is distilled it is exposed to either boiling water,  steam or both.  The steam moves through the plant, breaks open the structures that contain the essential oil and other plant fluids. They are then carried with the steam and are separated [...]

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Silver Fir Essential Oil

by Andrea Butje on November 25, 2011

Silver Fir (Abies alba) is a perfect winter essential oil.  The oil contains almost 50% of d-limonene. Immunostimulant effects of d-limonene include stimulating lymphocyte proliferation (4) increasing the total white blood cell count (5), increasing the number and phagocytic activity of macrophages (1,2), and stimulating antibody production (5). Additionally, natural killer cell activity was enhanced [...]

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Essential Living eBook: Holiday Gift Discount

by Andrea Butje on November 14, 2011

An Easy Holiday Gift Idea Looking for a gift for someone special this holiday season? Consider the Essential Living from Aromahead eBook. We’ll take care of delivery and we’ll even send a special note to your specifications. No shipping or wrapping to worry about! ♥ Order it for a limited time for $15.00 rather than [...]

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Going Green with Avocado Oil

by Andrea Butje on November 7, 2011

Are you using Avocado oil (Laurus persea) in your aromatherapy and massage blends?  If not, check out this natural, fresh oil! While you and your clients enjoy the scent and texture of this carrier oil, it goes to work behind the scenes restoring and rejuvenating the skin naturally. Avocado oil is highly penetrating, deeply nourishing [...]

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Community

by Andrea Butje on November 2, 2011

We recently received this story via email from one of our South African distillers and would love to share it with you. I know that essential oils and the precious plants they are extracted from are have brought so much into our lives. Do you have any stories related to essential oils and your community [...]

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