Save $195 on Skin & Body Care Products Course 7/23-7/25/2009

Learn how to make 18 professional natural and organic body care products.
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-Discover secrets on formulating natural products

-Learn a lotion formula preserved naturally using no synthetic preservative

-Course can assist as a foundation for starting or improving a business in natural skin & body care products

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When: July 23, 24 & 25, 2009
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Where: Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Fairfield, California 94534
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Thursday & Friday, 9:30-4:00pm Saturday
Cost: $995 (includes $195 materials fee)
More Information: Call 707 426-9480
Email: info@joanmorais.com
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Exquisite skin care products: moisturizing body lotion, anti-oxidant facial cream,anti-wrinkle eye balm, purifying facial toner, facial cleansing milk, nourishing mineral mask and regenerating serum.

Luxurious bath and body products:conditioning lip balm, creamy whipped body butter, stress relief fizzing bath balls and cellulite body scrub.

Take 16 products with you plus an extensive and informative manual (over 150 pages).



Lots of hands on training, personal instruction, exclusive ingredients and tips shared only in this course.

This is a basic intensive course designed to give you all the fundamentals you need to know on making and selling your own natural products. No experience is necessary.

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Make Consistent Body Care Products

When making body care products it is best to use a scale and weigh the ingredients. A consistent product will result from accurate weighing of the ingredients. Measuring by hand is not consistent therefore the product may turn out different each time.

A kitchen scale will work but if you are going to be making a lot of body care products, I have recommended a couple of scales. see Scales on my suppliers page here

There are two different ways to measure ingredients.

1. Volume Measurement is generally used for measuring liquids by using a liquid glass measuring cup (ex: Pyrex glass measurer). These are fluid ounces. It is also used for dry ingredients using measuring cups.
2. Weight Measurement is usually used for solid ingredients using a scale to weigh the ingredients. It is also used for liquid ingredients.

I weigh all of my ingredients to insure consistent products. Most of the time recipes do not tell you if the measurement is by volume or weight. If you have a recipe that calls for 1 ounce of jojoba oil. You need to know if that measurement is by volume or by weight measurement. By volume (filled to 1 ounce in a measuring cup) jojoba only weighs 0.8 ounce, not 1.0 ounce. This will make a difference in your product.

Take good notes when you are making your body care products and note the type of measurement you used.

Juliette de Bairacli Levy Nov.11, 1912- May 28, 2009

Juliette with gypsy friend

Famous herbalist and author Juliette de Bairacli Levy passed away on May 28,2009. I have read her books and watched an excellent video on her. Juliette was a pioneer in holistic living and using herbs for healing. Juliette has left this earth a much better place because of her presence.

About Juliette originally posted by http://www.susunweed.com/

Juliette de Bairacli Levy is a world renowned herbalist, author, breeder of Afghan hounds, friend of the Gypsies, traveller in search of herbal wisdom, and the pioneer of holistic veterinary medicine. Juliette has a long record of spectacular cures to her credit and the books she has written have been a vital inspiration for the present day herbal renaissance. Juliette was born on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11 month, almost in 1911 (actually 1912) in Manchester, England. Her parents were Jewish - her mother from Egypt and her father from Turkey. Juliette was raised in a household with three sisters and two brothers, a nanny, chauffeur, maid and gardener. She was educated at Lowther College, one of the best girls schools in Britain, and went on to study veterinary medicine at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool. However, Juliette did not approve of the vivisection and animal experimentation that was going on in the universities in the name of science and health. So she left university after two years and went to study with the Gypsies and peasants of the world. In the late 1930's Juliette ran a distemper clinic in London where, at a time when many dogs were dying from this disease, she treated and cured hundreds of dogs with fasting, herbs and a natural diet. When many Afghan hound puppies were dying of distemper, Juliette raised a litter of puppies on her natural rearing methods and these puppies won Best of Show at Crufts Dog Show. It was in the 1930's that Juliette developed a line of herbal supplements for animals known as Natural Rearing Products. For the next 50 years these were the only products of their kind on the market. Today these supplements are still distributed world wide. During the World War II Juliette worked in the Women's Land Army gathering sphagnum moss which was used on soldiers' wounds. After the war she went to Yorkshire where she cured thousands of sheep who had been declared incurable by conventional vets. This work brought her to the attention of Sir Albert Howard, founder of the Soil Association and creator of modern day "organic" farming methods. Sir Albert Howard encouraged Juliette to learn all she could about herbal treatments for animals. In the 1940's, while travelling in America, Spain, France, North Africa and Turkey, Juliette gathered herbal remedies from the nomadic and peasant peoples of these lands. When her Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable was published in 1951, it was the first veterinary herbal ever to be published as before this time, the art of farriers, gypsies and peasants had been passed on only by the spoken word. Thus Juliette became THE pioneer of what is known today as holistic animal care. She went on to write The Complete Herbal Book for the Dog. Both these books together with Juliette's Illustrated Herbal Handbook for Everyone and Natural Rearing of Children have become classics and many generations of humans & animals have been raised & healed on these books.Faber and Faber, one of Juliette's publishers, say that for the past 50 years they have always received more inquiries about Juliette than about any of their other authors who include T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes and William Golding. Juliette's two children, Luz and Rafik, were born in the early 1950's. She took her children to live in Israel where they raised owls, hawks, dogs, goats, donkeys and bees. Juliette became famous for saving her hives of bees from shell attack during the six day war. In Israel and later when she moved to Greece, Juliette continued to write, to raise Afghan hounds, to garden and to gather herbal remedies. As well as her herbal books, she has written several travel books, two novels and three books of poems. For the past many years Juliette has been coming to America every summer to give lectures, workshops and seminars on herbal medicine. In America she has become recognized as the grandmother of today's herbal renaissance. In 1998 at their HerbFest in Iowa, Frontier Herbs presented Juliette with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to the herb world. send love letter and words in memory to wisewoman@herbshealing.com

Distillation of Roses & Perfume Tour

Today I went to The Russian River Rose Company in Healdsburg, CA on the Classic Perfume Harvest Tour. I watched freshly picked rose petals being distilled into Rose Water (also known as Rose Hydrosol). Their rose water is divine. Rose water makes an excellent facial toner. It is gentle, non-drying and moisturizing for the skin. It can be used in a formulation for a luxury facial cream.

Pick perfume roses in their garden of over 650 rose varieties.

Learn about the history of perfume and distillation.

Watch the rose petals distilled into rose water in a copper distillation kettle.

Unique beautiful roses and perennials are available for purchase in their nursery. If you are a gardener check out "Jan's Garden Tool Belt" custom designed and sewn.

Eau de Toilette is sold out for the season. I was fortunate to receive one and the scent is beautiful. In September 2009 they will launch the perfume in a garden party and it will be available for purchase. Sign up for their email list and they will notify you of the date.

Classic Perfume Rose Harvest Tours are through May 31, 2009 Thurs-Sun 10AM

$9.95 THURSDAYS and $12.95 other days per person per tour

Call their reservation service at (707) 575-6744 (M-F from 8-6 and Saturday 10-1 PST) to check for date availability and sign up for the tour.

For more information (707) 433-7455

email:info@russian-river-rose.com
website: http://www.russian-river-rose.com/

1685 Magnolia Drive
Healdsburg, CA 95448

Simple Spa Sunday

When we are the busiest and life is challenging, many times we put ourselves last. Here is an easy and simple way to use a few ingredients you probably already have and take a few minutes for yourself to feel renewed again. It worked for me today.

1.Cleanse & Exfoliate Face
Mix together
1 tablespoon milk, cream, soy milk or water
1/8 teaspoon sugar (optional)
2 teaspoons flour (any will do to thicken mix, good for the skin: oat, spelt, barley)
Gently press and roll onto face.
Rinse off with warm water

2. Facial Steam

Bring 5 cups of water to a boil and pour into a heat proof large glass bowl
Add 2 herbal tea bags (try chamomile or green tea)
Cover bowl and let steep for 2 minutes
Remove 1/2 cup of tea from bowl and set aside

Being very careful with the heat and steam, place your face above the bowl and cover your head and bowl with a towel. Steam face and relax for 10 minutes.

3. Face, Hair, Body Mask and Moisturizer
No need to rinse off. Leave on face and body for extra skin softening
Stir together:
1/2 cup of herbal tea (the one you set aside)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Olive oil is a rich oil. It softens, soothes, conditions, restores, cleanses, nourishes and moisturizes skin.
Face
gently massage onto face and neck
Body
massage onto any part of the body; hands, legs, breasts, chest, feet...
Hair
Spoon into palm of hand, pour onto head and massage into scalp and hair, wash out when ready(can be left on all day).

4. Eye Soother
Use the two tea bags left over from the tea you made or two new ones. Wet tea bags in cool water. Lie down and place on your eyes for a few minutes.

5. Hydrate
Drink a glass of water with lemon or a cup of tea

Anti-Flu Spray Therapeutic Aromatherapy

During these times with the Swine Flu and other flu's going around we can feel helpless but there are simple things you can do that may help to prevent germs from spreading.

This anti-flu spray can be spritzed into the air, your car, your office and on yourself. Tea Tree, lavender and lemon essential oils are known for their anti-infectious and antiseptic (infection contol) properties and may help to prevent colds and flus. See below where to purchase essential oils.





Aromatherapeutic Anti-Flu Spray
what you need to make it

Spray Bottle (2 or 4 ounces) 2 ounces is easy to carry with you
Water: Spring, Purified or Distilled
Tea Tree essential oil
Lavender essential oil
Lemon essential oil

2 ounce bottle of spray
12 drops tea tree essential oil
6 drops lavender essential oil
9 drops lemon essential oil
or
4 ounce bottle of spray
24 drops tea tree essential oil
12 drops lavender essential oil
18 drops lemon essential oil


add essential oils directly into bottle


fill bottle with water
cap and gently roll bottle in your palms to mix

Aromatherapeutic Simple Anti-Infectious Spray
2 ounces water
24 drops lavender essential oil
or
4 ounces water
48 drops lavender essential oil

same directions as above

Aromatherapeutic Tissue or Handkerchief Method

Place 1 drop of Tea Tree essential oil in the center of a folded tissue or handkerchief. Carry the tissue or handkerchief with you and smell throughout the day.

Easy House Steam



Antiviral Herbs that help to kill germs: lavender, peppermint or thyme

6 cups water
1/2 cup fresh antiviral herbs or 1/4 cup of dried antiviral herbs

Add water and herbs into a pot.
Bring water to a boil, turn off heat and let herbs steam into the air.

Where to purchase essential oils

Locally
Whole Foods Market
Health Food Stores
Online
Simplers
Mountain Rose Herbs
Flora Medica
EssentialWholesale
Sunrose Aromatics

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