Soap

My sweet friend Carissa just made me a batch of custom order Tea Tree Oil soaps. I'm loving them! She was so sweet to work around family allergy concerns and create a product that exactly fits my needs. If you are looking for quality, handcrafted soaps, please take a moment and check out Carissa's site at

Healthy Hair Care

I've been trying to learn about natural hair care for some time now and keep coming up rather short in the information I've been able to track down. Today I happened upon several articles from dkMommySpot and want to link them here as much as for my own future reference as for your information. As I take the time to play and experiment with these myself, I'll post my own update results in the future. :)

How to Darken (and Fight Gray) Hair Naturally with rosemary and sage

Apparently the hair darkening tip led the blog author into trying No Shampoo methods for hair cleaning and she posted several updates:
- Personal No 'Poo Challenge
- Day 12, Is Essential Oil the Answer?
- To 'Poo or Not to 'Poo 3 week update
- Sane Jane or Dirty Hairy? 5 week update, raw eggs, still experimenting
- Almost Threw in the Towel 4-month update, baking soda scrub, apple cider vinegar, and some lessons learned the hard way
Wow, I'm eager to do some more reasearch and maybe give "No 'Poo" a try myself. Any readers with experience in this area?

And one more post on hair from her page is this simple tip for Homemade Hairspray the Really Works

Sept. Herb Specials

Lots of great deals at Mountain Rose Herbs this month! To see more details about any of these items, please visit http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/cgi-bin/Main.pl?AID=101123&BID=676 (I greatly appreciate it when you always enter the site through my affiliate link) then select the "Monthly Specials" tab near the top of the page. Here are some highlights from this month's discounts. :)

15% Off!
Mint Tea
Contains: organic Peppermint, organic Spearmint and organic Peppermint flavoring.
3 oz bulk
Regular price - $4.50
Sale price - $3.82


25% Off!
Vanilla Flavoring Extract
Contains 35% Organic Ethyl Alcohol
2 oz bottle
Regular price - $12.50
Sale price - $9.37


20% Off!
Illipe Butter
"Cold pressed and rendered from whole Illipe nuts (Shorea stenoptera) this exotic butter... quite comparable to cocoa butter in its constituents, and is beneficial for the treatment of numerous skin and hair disorders."
8 oz container
Regular price - $8.50
Sale price - $6.80


15% Off!
Tea Press/Carafe
"French design with quality stainless steel filter, chrome plunger unit and Pyrex glass carafe."
Extra Large 48oz design
Regular price - $40.00
Sale price - $34.00


20% Off!
Soybean Oil
"High in natural source lecitihin, sterolins, and vitamin E, this oil makes a great base for your products which are being created for outer epidermal healing."
16 oz bottle
Regular price - $6.50
Sale price - $5.20


15% Off!
Spice Bottle
"Historically correct spice jars as they were once used over 100 years ago. These traditional spice jars are manufactured in Spain from 100% recycled glass and each is accompanied with a cork top."
European 90 cc and they hold between 1-2 ounces of dry material and 2-3 ounces of liquid. Dimensions- 1 1/2 x 3 1/2
Regular price - $1.50
Sale price - $1.27


25% Off!
Black Pepper essential oil
1/2 oz bottle
Regular price - $8.50
Sale price - $6.37


20% Off!
Savory, Winter essential oil
1/2 oz bottle
Regular price - $8.00
Sale price - $6.40


20% Off!
Cinnamon (Cassia) Sticks
2.75 inch sticks/contains 3% oil
1 lb bulk
Regular price - $5.00
Sale price - $4.00


25% Off!
Ginkgo Leaf
1 lb bulk
Regular price - $8.00
Sale price - $6.00


20% Off!
Stevia Leaf
1 lb bulk
Regular price - $9.00
Sale price - $7.20


25% Off!
Devil's Claw Root
1 lb bulk
Regular price - $11.00
Sale price - $8.25


55% Off (Clearance)!
Cornflowers (With Calyx)
1lb
Regular price - $40.00
Sale price - $18.00