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Lovely Lovely Lavender

Posted by Shem Gott · June 17, 2017

Just over 100 years ago, Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a French chemist, burned his hand during an experiment. He immediately plunged his injured extremity into the nearest liquid he could find, a small bowl of Lavender oil. Over the next few days and weeks, he was shocked out how quickly his hand healed. Based on this finding, Gattefosse spent the rest of his life learning and writing about essential oils, coining the...

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The Benefits of Sleep zzz...

Posted by Shem Gott · April 03, 2017

As a reformed night owl, I can fully attest to the importance of getting to bed at a reasonable hour. Shem is the type of guy that would go to bed at 7:30 every night, and while I don’t go to that extreme, I have felt the wonderful effects of being early to bed (although I still haven’t quite mastered the early to rise part). Here are some of the...

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Superfoods for Super Skin

Posted by Shem Gott · March 06, 2017

Thanks to technology, there are now countless ways to improve the look of your skin. There is also countless age-defying beauty products flooding the market that you are literally spoilt for choice! However, these choices do not necessarily work for everyone and from a personal experience, the best products for your skin come from nature. Unhealthy skin can be attributed to a number of things such as sun damage, age,...

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Essential Oil Profile: Black Pepper

Posted by Shem Gott · October 10, 2016

It’s sitting on your table next to the salt shaker, I guarantee it. It’s one of the classic partnerships: Peas and Carrots, Fruit and Veggies, Simon and Garfunkel, salt and Pepper. Black Pepper has been around for a long time. The fruit, which grows from the Piper nigrum vine, is most commonly dried after being plucked. Ancient cultures like the Egyptians and Greeks valued this spice very much and there was even a time...

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Essential Oil Profile: Elemi

Posted by Shem Gott · July 25, 2016

While Elemi might not be on the top of you mind when you think about essential oils, it should be. This is a great one to add to any oil collection. This tree can grow to heights of 90 feet and are most permanently found in the Philippines, Brazil and Central America. In Arabic, Elemi means above and below, a reference to it's uses in many rituals pertaining to this...

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