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CHRISTMAS in July Sale:We're either marking down or selling off our favorite Holiday synergies, essential oils, hydrosols, Aromatherapy Amphoras (our favorite Christmas Gift!), Holiday Kits, and have brought back our Three Kings Shower Gel. And if the sound of Christmas Carols doesn't suit you, how 'bout "Summer in the City"...a special summertime products sale. Sunburn Soother (which I put to good use this past weekend, turned some nice men I know from crisped to comfy in just minutes.) Our REVIVE! line of products (including the never before available REVIVE! synergy, our Dancing Feet Kit, a "double mint" sale to help you cool off, lots of special sale items to keep you cool in July's scorching heat. Let's see what else... because my skin needs different skincare in Summer's heat than during the rest of the year, perhaps yours does too...a special sale on our deep cleansing "Ultra Mild Foaming Face Wash", our two lightest carrier oils for lightweight moisturizing, NEW or Back in Stock products:The most STUNNING Cistus oil I've experienced in about 10 years, Ledum Essential Oil, ORGANIC Red Raspberry Seed Oil, New Eucalyptus Dives - Peppermint Eucalyptus - cool and refreshing; new, SAFER Low Atranol OAKMOSS ABSOLUTE for the perfumers among us. All of the above, of course, only on our "new and special" page.
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New Staff Member and Birthday Party/SaleWe've had some changes in our Production department, and are blessed by the serendipitous presence of Ms. Stephanie Hawkins. Last Autumn we were advertising for a production assistant (the folks who do the actual work of getting your products packaged and bottled, and boxed and shipped!). One applicant seemed very well suited to our needs. Surely a Pharmacy Tech would be accurate, and a perfectionist and all the things we need, right? So we asked her to come in for an interview. OOOOPS. She was a delight. But she was also five months pregnant. Now, appropriate dilutions for aromatherapy uses of the oils is not going to cause a problem for a pregnant woman. But the sort of "total immersion" that goes on here? I was not about to take any chances. So we regretfully told her we couldn't make her an offer. About three weeks ago, we knew someone was leaving, and ran an ad, locally. The day after the ad ran, I got an email from Stephanie, asking if we remembered her, saying her daughter was now three months old, and that she was ready to go back to work. No, she hadn't seen the ad. She'd called us first before starting her quest because she really wanted to be here! Some months we are just so fortunate we don't know what to do with ourselves! At any rate, when she was filling out her tax forms and 'stuff' we found out her birthday is July 9. To celebrate Stephanie's presence with us, we are having a Celebrate Stephanie Sale - on July 9th enter the Promotional Code "Stephanie" (without the quotation marks) and receive a 9% discount on almost all of our retail products. Please make sure that you do press "Apply" after entering the code. The discount will show up onscreen. If it does NOT "take" please go back and re-apply the code. As always, we can not apply the discount retroactively once your order has been submitted. Helichrysum!The GOOD news is that this year I have been guaranteed our requested allotment of our "Traditional" Helichrysum - Helichrysum italicum ssp Serotinum Some of you know that for the past three or four years we had been bringing in 5 kilos of our traditional heli. Last year I requested 6, and was allowed ONE. I did find a second one from a reseller, but that was ALL. (The crop was dreadfully small, and demand always exceeds supply on this precious healing oil.) This year our five kilos are in process. That's the good news. I don't know yet what our full costs will be, since transportation costs have skyrocketed, and the dollar continues to decline. I do know that we will be paying a minimum of double what we paid in the past, and perhaps more than that. Out of Stock Products:I really do hate seeing so many of the oils and hydrosols on our list marked
"Out of Stock". It truly is temporary. We're arranging to reorder now with
my source in France, for the inula, and the hyssop, and (perhaps) the Wild
Lavender (not sure about that one yet!). Our South African supplier is sending
more Niaouli, and Clove Bud, and I forget what else. And the
Canadian oils will be in when they are finished being distilled. That, you
see, is the problem..."when they are finished"... OUR CLIENTS SAY:about helichrysum:Chastity Akiki, of Wildwood Acres recently wrote: Hello Marge, When I wrote asking for permission to quote her, I also asked the Country of Origin of the heli she was replacing. Her reply: The country of origin was Croatia. I used my serum with that heli for several weeks with no noticable results. But I'm excited to see what the coming weeks will bring since two days have shown such a difference. And THAT, dear friends, is why I don't really CARE how much the new crop of Helichrysum traditional is going to cost us. I've said for years, when asked why I won't carry 'less expensive' Helichrysum that they weren't a good value. Accept no substitutes! ;) about Rosacea:Miriam Karp, of Atlanta, recently wrote: Marge, When I wrote, asking her permission to quote, she added: No problem quoting me. I'd love to help spread
the word and get women off of the antibiotics that don't work anyway. I forgot
to put in the original note that I can now even drink a glass of wine and eat
spicy food without getting my rosacea "mask" . I love it when our products can make a difference! Mosquito BitesMy friend Beverley Hawkins, principal of the West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy recently wrote: Tip for the Month(I'm tempted to remind her that if she'd use our SkeeterBeater she'd not need the Melissa Hydrosol, but...) Hand Cream - sun damage:Ruth Gilbert just wrote: My husband has bad sun damage on his hands which are red and blotchy. When he used the Cleopatra\'s creme cleanser to remove sun block from face and hands he discovered that it soothed and healed the sun damage better than anything else, including the Cleopatra serum. Now it has become his hand cream. A Girl's Best Friend: Last summer my friend Prakash sent me this note at my birthday...I had stashed it, and just came across it. the link STILL makes me laugh! Dear Marge, And we, OBVIOUSLY, need to start putting diamond dust in our products! CHYPRE BlendsI'm told that the classic Chypre by Coty contained four notes: bergamot, oakmoss, patchouli, and labdanum.(I would substitute our new Cistus for the Labdanum) and that almost any combination of the four - to your taste - will give a pleasing perfume. (We're thinking of adding this combination to our Perfumer's Kit array, but not right now.) PLEASE remember, when blending for topical use - perfumery - to always choose Bergamot FCF rather than cold pressed Bergamot. so, with those first four as a start...here are some other ideas: Gentleman's Blend
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