by Andrea Butje on August 4, 2011
Dust mites. I know, not the most fun topic. What are they exactly? There is a website dedicated to these creepy little creatures called Dustmites.org. They define dust mites as “microscopic creatures that live in your bedding by the millions and cause allergies.” In fact, they say that “Dust Mite Allergies are the most common [...]
by Andrea Butje on May 10, 2011
Over the past few years I have written several blog posts on blending. As with all blogs, posts from the past can get tucked away in the archives, never to be seen again! In light of this, I want to highlight a few posts that have blending ideas you might find helpful. If you’re excited [...]
by Andrea Butje on April 30, 2011
Part one of this post gave excerpts from four of the Aromatherapy blogs I recommend. Part two of this post offers four more blogs excerpts for your reading pleasure. If you enjoy these excerpts, be sure to head over to the blogs to leave comments and interact with the authors. Tell them Andrea sent you! [...]
by Andrea Butje on April 26, 2011
In my last post about Aromatherapy blogs, I linked to eight blogs I read regularly. I thought you might enjoy reading some excerpts from each of those blogs. I am posting the first four excerpts in part one of this post. The next four will be in part two, later this week. I made this [...]
by Andrea on February 28, 2011
We recently received this story via email from one of our South African distillers and would love to share it with you: We have a very poor community in Bela Bela who have quite a lot of land available to them because of the size of their tribal boundaries. ( Bela Bela is about 4 [...]
by Andrea Butje on February 10, 2011
Florihana is a distillery in the south of France. This is their mission statement: “At the foundation of our commitment to create the Florihana distillery were two main aims: respect for nature and development of highly therapeutic certified organic products for aromatherapists.” I believe they have accomplished both! Florihana uses organic farming techniques for plants [...]