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 [...]
by Andrea on October 18, 2010
Lubanchem Limited was named after their pioneer product “Luban” – the Somali word for frankincense or the Boswellia species. The company is registered and has its factory operations in Nairobi, Kenya. From their humble beginnings in 2002, the company now has its own facilities with 12,500 square feet of production area. Due to the ability [...]
by Andrea on July 30, 2009
Above: Mixed resins in a shell. The essential oils that are distilled from resins are extraordinary. Have you ever held a chunk of resin in your hands? It is hard to imagine that an oil can come from a hard, rock-like chunk that weighs almost nothing! Resins are drawn out by cutting into the outer [...]