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DIY Foaming Fizz Bath
I love a nice bath–a long, hot soak with a good book. Have you ever happened to read the ingredients in your personal care products while you filled the tub? Go do it now. I’ll wait.
Right. That’s what I thought. You’re probably a little weirded out. Now, I don’t think that all man-made chemicals are bad for your skin. And I KNOW not all natural ingredients are good for your skin (poison ivy, for example). But are you gonna research all that stuff and figure out if it’s bad for you or not? If you do, please tell me what you find out. I would really like to know, but I’m too lazy. Therefore, all things in moderation. When I can reduce what I’m using, pick something more natural, or make it myself, I do. But I haven’t replaced everything.
While I am somewhat concerned about bad stuff that might be in our food, cleaners, and personal care products, I also hate how much we pay for this stuff. HATE it. And I hate how it is marketed. According to the beauty industry, we need a staggering variety of products just to leave the house without being ashamed of ourselves. I hate the dumb commercials and I hate the stupid coupons and I hate the ads in the magazines. And I would just rather make things myself, when you get right down to it.
Wow, that got a little negative. What’s a sorta eco-conscious, DIYer to do when it’s time for a relaxing, yummy smelling bath?
Lush is a popular option, and I recommend it, especially if there’s a store near you so you can really check them out in person with your sniffer. But there’s plenty of information on their website about the ingredients they use in each product and their policies, so you can see if they meet your standards.
At the grocery store the other day, I was checking out the personal care aisles. Central Market carries lots of natural and handcrafted personal care items, and some of the supplies you need to make things yourself. I found this.
I realize the brand is torn off, so it is Aura Cacia for anyone who cares. I bought two, this one and a lavender scented one. They make a foamy, fizzy bath with a big hit of aromatherapy.
Then I looked at the back, curious about the fizziness and wondering how close a relative of the bath bomb this product is. Here it is.
The main ingredients are baking soda, salt, citric acid, and oils. Yep, that sounds like a bath bomb.
I happened to have some citric acid around. WHY, you ask? Because I make my own dishwasher detergent. I know, I know–most people are interested when I explain my homemade laundry detergent, but typically I lose them on this one. But I don’t care, because leftover citric acid for bath products is just one of the many perks of making your own dishwasher detergent. It’s easy to get citric acid on Amazon. In fact, after I made this I realized that the company I buy my citric acid from on Amazon, Frontier, made the Aura Cacia foaming bath I bought at the grocery store!
After a little Googling, I decided on the ratios I would use and got started.
Gather together baking soda, citric acid, salt, and some fragrant oils. I went with epsom salt, but you can use kosher. I used lavender oil. I find it relaxing, and most of the time I take my bath just before bed. You will also need a container. If you like to can, you will have glass jars around. I used two of the 16 ounce jars. You can make one to use yourself and one to give away (or, make one to use and one to hoard for later–that’s what I did).
In a bowl, mix 2 cups baking soda with 1 cup of salt and 1 cup of citric acid. Add 10-20 drops of essential oil and mix again. How much to add depends on the strength of the scent and brand you choose and your personal preference. I made mine strong.
Now you just need to load up into some containers!
DIY Foaming Bath Fizz Printable Version
Ingredients and Supplies
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup citric acid
- 1 cup salt
- 10-20 drops essential oils
- 2 16-oz containers
Instructions
- Combine baking soda, citric acid, and salt in a bowl. Stir to mix.
- Add essential oil. Stir until incorporated.
- Store in airtight containers.
- Add desired amount in warm running bathwater.
Hemp Oil
I got a text from a friend: “Look up “Rick Simpson oil” or ” Rick Simpson hemp oil” on YouTube. Supposed to be easy to make and a drop a day supposedly cures cancer and other conditions”… So I did, and here are my findings:
Rick Simpson’s Hemp Oil Medicine: Natural Cure For Cancer Using Concentrated Cannabis Oil
Rick Simpson’s Story: The man who rediscovered the cure for cancer – See more at: http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/rick-simpson.html#sthash.BfgCbxCb.dpuf
http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/rick-simpson.html
Rick Simpson Oil vs CBD Oil Found Online
We have or can get Hemp Oil too:
| Product No. | Product | Class | Price /lbs |
| 633 | HEMP SEED REFINED CHINA CANNABIS SATIVA |
FIXED OIL | 40.23 /lbs |
| 875 | HEMP SEED BUTTER USA CANNABIS SATIVA |
FIXED OIL | 52.53 / lbs |
| 2206 | HEMP SEED NATURAL CANADA CANNABIS SATIVA |
FIXED OIL | 36.36 /lbs |
Police seize 190 pounds of illegally harvested ginseng
I know this is like last weeks news, but here it is: http://m.wvva.com/w/main/story/120468988/
Kayla Lambert
Sep 18, 2014 10:38 a.m.
BECKLEY – West Virginia natural resources police say they have made 11 arrests and seized 190 pounds of dry ginseng that was illegally harvested.
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources estimates the market value of the native herb at $180,000.
The department said Wednesday the arrests followed a year-long investigation in southern West Virginia. Besides the ginseng, they said they also seized stolen guns, illegal drugs and $30,000 in cash.
West Virginia has a ginseng digging season. It begins Sept. 1 and runs through Nov. 30.
The department says the seized ginseng was harvested before the digging season began.
Ginseng long has been coveted in many Asian cultures because the plant’s gnarly, multipronged root is believed to have medicinal properties.
Natural resources officials say demand has spurred illegal harvesting.
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Grow it and harvest it legally and your OK. If you grow it, beware these kinds of people. It is almost as valuable as Marijuana, so be careful how and where you grow it… and who you tell your growing it 🙁 You will find out quick who you cannot trust in that business.
It takes 5-10 years before you can harvest anything of real value, so make sure you can sit on it and protect it before you invest in it.
Oils of the Week – 9.26.2014
| Product No. | Product | Class | Price /oz |
| 785 | OREGANO MINUTIFLORUM TURKEY ORIGANUM MINUTIFLORUM |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 34.14 /oz |
| 781 | OREGANO TURKEY ORIGANUM VULGARE |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 32.76 /oz |
| 786 | OREGANO COMPACTUM MOROCCO ORIGANUM COMPACTUM BENTH. |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 33.24 /oz |
| 876 | OREGANO HUNGARY ORIGANUM VULGARE |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 29.10 /oz |
| 784 | OREGANO SYRIACUM TURKEY ORIGANUM SYRIACUM |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 34.14 /oz |
| 461 | OREGANO REDISTILLED HUNGARY OREGANUM VULGARE |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 31.80 /oz |
| 59 | OREGANO HUNGARY ORIGANUM VULGARE |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 29.19 /oz |
| 912 | OREGANO HUNGARY ORIGANUM VULGARE |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 27.36 /oz |
| 1958 | OREGANO SPANISH ALBANIA THYMUS CAPITATUS |
ESSENTIAL OIL | 24.36 /oz |
Indigestion?
I learned something today. We met a couple from India and they told us that he was on pharmaceuticals for indigestion and a family member told them that each morning to take a large pinch of dried white rice and wash it down with two cups of worm water; don’t chew the rice, swallow it whole. It wont work over night, but in about 30days, he saw good results!
You must do this routine each morning before anything else; before breakfast, before smokes, before drinks, before brushing your teeth, before anything else. Do this for as long as needed. Then after your indigestion goes away, each morning; just do the two cups of worm water each morning before anything else and it should not come back.
His doctor liked it so much that he adopted it and passed the remedy onto his patients and other doctors.
The Opinionated Mare: Safe Essential Oil Dilutions
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Safe Essential Oil Dilutions
I went on vacation for almost 2 weeks, and have been slacking and trying to get caught back up since I got home.
I’m constantly amazed by the amount of people using essential oils neat on their own skin. This is especially common in the world of the multi-level-marketing (MLM) essential oils. Focus is placed on selling volume, and not nearly enough on the safety aspect of EOs. Useage of EOs neat is when their used undiluted on the skin.
Just today I saw a picture of a young boy, who had used a blend made to be used for ADD or ADHD along the spine undiluted in a roller bottle. The young boy had the hyperpigment(darkened skin) along his spine where the blend was used.
An example of photo-sensitization with essential oil:
The bottle was from a very large company, which also has no warning or dilution instructions. Lime is KNOWN to be phototoxic even in minute amounts, but there were no warnings nor mention on the companies website and pages about the oil. Not only is this unsafe its negligent in the simplest form.
http://www.naha.org/explore-aromatherapy/safety/ gives a great rundown on photo-sensitization
PhotosensitizationAn essential oil that exhibits this quality will cause burning or skin pigmentation changes, such as tanning, on exposure to sun or similar light (ultraviolet rays). Reactions can range from a mild color change through to deep weeping burns. Do not use or recommend the use of photosensitizing essential oils prior to going into a sun tanning booth or the sun. Recommend that the client stay out of the sun or sun tanning booth for at least twenty-four hours after treatment if photosensitizing essential oils were applied to the skin. Certain drugs, such as tetracycline, increase the photosensitivity of the skin, thus increasing the harmful effects of photosensitizing essential oils under the necessary conditions. Table 3 lists some common essential oils considered to be photosensitizers.Photosensitizers (Table 3)
Essential Oil Latin Name Angelica root Angelica archangelica Bergamot Citrus bergamia Cumin Cuminum cyminum Distilled grapefruit Citrus paradisi Expressed lemon Citrus limon Expressed lime Citrus medica Distilled orange Citrus sinensis Distilled tangerine Citrus reticulata Verbena Lippia citriodora Non-phototoxic citrus oils (Table 4)
Essential Oil Latin Name Bergamot: Bergapteneless
(FCF: Furanocoumarin Free)Citrus bergamia Expressed grapefruit Citrus paradisi Distilled lemon Citrus limon Distilled lime Citrus medica Expressed sweet orange Citrus sinensis Expressed tangerine Citrus reticulata
Some oils depending on their method of distillation or expression, may fall onto either side of phototoxic, so be sure you know what your using.
All of this talk about the phototoxic oils really got me thinking about the overall safety aspect of dilution.
The normal “standard” dilution rate for an adult is 2 – 2.5%. 2.5% is 15 drops per 30ml(1 ounce) of carrier oil. 2% is 12 drops per 30ml(1 ounce).. For children, pregnant women, the elderly, immune compromised or pets, 1% is sufficent.
To get a better visual of just how powerful EOs are, and how much carrier is needed to safely dilute I created this graphic for another site. www.learningabouteos.com and the facebook group Learning about Essential Oils.
The numbers within the oil drops are the total amount of drops of essential oil. The bottles represent the amount of carrier.
Drop/Measurement Conversions
| 10 drops | 1/10 tsp | 1/60 oz. | 1/8 dram | 1/2 ml |
| 12.5 drops | 1/8 tsp | 1/48 oz. | 1/6 dram | 5/8 ml |
| 25 drops | 1/4 tsp | 1/24 oz. | 1/3 dram | 1 1/4 ml |
| 50 drops | 1/2 tsp | 1/12 oz. | 2/3 dram | 2 1/2 ml |
| 100 drops | 1 tsp | 1/6 oz. | 1 1/3 dram | about 5 ml |
| 150 drops | 1 1/2 tsp | 1/4 oz. | 2 drams | 13.5 ml |
| 300 drops | 3 tsp | 1/2 oz. | 4 drams | about 15 ml |
| 600 drops | 6 tsp | 1 oz. | 8 drams | about 30 ml |
| 24 tsp | 8 Tbs | 4 oz. | 1/2 cup | 1/4 pint |
| 48 tsp | 16 Tbs | 8 oz. | 1 cup | 1/2 pint |
| 96 tsp | 32 Tbs | 16 oz. | 2 cups | 1 pint |
I dilute the commercial blends I use to 2% if they’re undiluted, unless its a pretty severe acute issue needing an focused treatment then it may be up to 10%.
So now that your mind is all jumbled up with numbers, I’ll make it easy.. Lets go back to that 10-15ml roller ball bottle used neat, how much blended diluted oil does that make? A LOT!
Young Living Essential Oils: MLM
| Even though I already have importers I use and could potentially start my own MLM and already have distributors under me who buy from me in bulk and sale retail; this is something worth looking into. My girlfriend found it on Greg’s List and FB it to me, so I will look into it, do some research and get back to you with my findings. I did go to the website and scope out the prices. It looks like the oils are reasonably priced, sorta. For 5ml of essential oils from them, is the same as our retail price for 7ml. The herbs seem like they are way over priced, but pending on the “Quota”, I might say one should join for the Essential Oil aspect of the business. I will call Tuesday after Labor Day weekend find out more about the business side of the business. MLM companies can be good, but is a major buyer beware! |
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Dang Darn Diddly, I had typed up more and lost it all 🙁 I will post more later, internet is unreliable right now. But over all, I would say to tread carefully…
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Thanks & God Bless,
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www.selahnatural.com
Open Your Pineal Gland With This Common Household Product!
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posted on Jul, 27 2014 @ 07:10 AM
There is a substance that most of you are familiar with, and probably used in your daily lives at one time or another. We can use this substance to cleanse our system from all the toxic matter that attacks us daily. This substance is said to keep the pineal galnd opened, and helps open it if it’s blocked. This substance is called – IODINE!
Well, alrighty then!
No wonder I have had such strange experiences since my childhood! My mother used to put this on me every time I scraped a knee or elbow when I was growing up. At times I must have looked like I had been beaten up because of all the purple spots on me.
Maybe this helped to keep my pineal gland open? This would explain all my paranormal experiences, which the rest of my family didn’t encounter; they really thought I was weird. Now I can tell them it was all Mom’s fault.
Iodine is so strong it can take care of, and heal, and cure many dis-eases, many stresses, aid in a variety of ailments, and most importantly allow you to keep the connection to your true selves and to the divine, a substance that is a living physical manifestation of the violet flame.
The health benefits of iodine are so extensive, it’s startling! And, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), iodine deficiency is rising in America with estimates of over 2 billion at risk.
Severe deficiency can result in brain damage.
Over 1.5 billion people live in places where the soil is iodine deficient. This means 72% of global population is iodine deficient.
Health benefits of iodine include:
• Fluoride detoxification
• Improved cognitive functioning
• Improved metabolism because it helps the body bio synthesize food into usable nutrients
• Deficiency leaves thyroid gland susceptible to free radical exposure
• Balances hormones resulting in emotional balance (increased libido)
• Can improve fibrocystic breast disease
• Hair growth and hair color restored
• Increased energy
• Radiation protection
• Destroys pathogens, molds, fungi, parasites, and malaria
• Supports apoptosis (programmed cell death of unhealthy cells) to protect against cancer and facilitate youth
• Iodine removes toxic chemicals: Iodine can flush out chemical toxins like fluoride, lead, mercury, biological toxins and can even strengthen the immune system. It also prevents the proliferation of harmful bacteria in the stomach.
Here’s how to use it: According to the article, the amount should be around 1/8th of a teaspoon to 1/4 of a teaspoon per use.
First of all please use a 2% or 3% iodine solution that you can find in any health food store. Dab it on various part of your body for about a week. It usually takes 24 hours for it to get absorbed by your body. If it disappears from your skin in a matter of hours, it means that you were iodine deficient. This is GREAT for opening up your Pineal Gland!!! And hence opening up the channels of communication with the source. FOR EXTERNAL USE (safest way). Use this for 2 weeks. Start with dabbing just a little bit on a part of your body once a day. See how it is assimilating into your body. If you notice that the iodine has disappeared in a few hours rapidly, it means that you are very deficient. Please continue to do this for 2 weeks. Please be sure to use different spots on the body, as you don’t want to burn your skin. When you begin to see that iodine takes much longer to disappear, and then just leaves a brown spot, it means that you should stop using it. I usually do this every 2 – 3 months for 2 weeks straight. Make sure you’re not allergic to IODINE before you use it.
Iodine increases the production of thyroid hormone, which then increases all hormones in the body, including testosterone and adrenalin. In turn, the hormones affect our behavior, metabolism, and libido.
It is certainly important to keep the body as free from toxins as possible to have a healthy pineal gland. So if yours seems to be blocked, give this a try and see if it helps.
sacredascensionmerkaba.wordpress.com…
Disclaimer:
*The information provided herein is for informational and entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice, and should NOT serve as the basis for any medical decision by you. Anna Merkaba is not an M.D. or licensed medical professional. Please always consult your physician or any other medical professional before beginning any new healing treatments.
edit on 7/27/2014 by sled735 because: add BOLD print
Weed-Be-Gone
