Chamomile Cottage Soaps & Learning Center
Monday, June 2, 2008
Welcome to our first blog. We want to provide you with information about all-natural products, essential oils, aromatherapy, healthier choices, our Craft Fair appearances, the wonders of New Jersey, and elsewhere as well as provide you with new Chamomile Cottage Product information and class schedules.
Enjoy!
Our first official Craft Show in Collingswood NJ was a long day, but a GREAT event. We met so many new people who were very interested in our handmade herbal products.
We had a Gift Set Giveaway that day and the winner was Andrea B from Cherry Hill, NJ. Congratulations Andrea! We're sure you'll enjoy the Lavender Rosemary Bath Salts, Super Sugar Scrub, Glycerin Soap Bar, bottle of lotion, and Great Grape Lip Balm.
Thank you to all our regular customers for coming out to see us in Collingswood that day, you all showed us great support.
Come see us in Moorestown on Saturday, June 7, 9:00AM-3:00PM for the
32nd Annual Moorestown MBA Moorestown Day.
Special products for the SummerI know New Jersey is well known for it's beaches, boardwalk, and summer sunbathers, but please be sure to apply heavy sunblock many times daily, especially on your children who are outside all day.
If you think there's a possibility of getting too much sun, you should order a bottle of our Lavender Vinegar After-Sun Spray. It will help soothe your sunburn sting and heal your skin with the added Aloe Vera Gel and Lavender Essential Oil. You should certainly not be in the sun on these beaches without a bottle of this. Click here to purchase at our summer
kick-off *Special Price* of only $10.00.
Information about Aromatherapy (each week I will post more information for you on this subject)
The origins of aromatherapy date back thousands of years. In brief, aromatherapy is the use of volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being. Although the term aromatherapy was not used until the 20th Century, the foundations of aromatherapy date back thousands of years. The use of essential oils in particular date back nearly one thousand years.
The origins of aromatherapy date back thousands of years. In brief, aromatherapy is the use of volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being. Although the term aromatherapy was not used until the 20th Century, the foundations of aromatherapy date back thousands of years. The use of essential oils in particular date back nearly one thousand years.
The Chinese may have been one of the first cultures to use aromatic plants for well-being. Their practices involved burning incense to help create harmony and balance.
Later, the Egyptians invented a rudimentary distillation machine that allowed for the crude extraction of cedarwood oil. It is also thought by some that Persia and India may have also invented crude distillation machines, but very little is known.
Oils of cedarwood, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and myrrh were used by the Egyptians to embalm the dead. When a tomb was opened in the early 20th century, traces of the herbs were discovered with intact portions of the body. The scent, although faint, was still apparent. Although the cedarwood the Egyptians used was distilled by a crude distillation process, the other oils the Egyptians used were most likely infused oils.
The Egyptians also used infused oils and herbal preparations for spiritual, medicinal, fragrant and cosmetic use. It is thought that the Egyptians coined the term perfume, from the Latin per fumum which translates as through the smoke. Egyptian men of the time used fragrance as readily as the women. An interesting method that the men used to fragrance themselves was to place a solid cone of perfume on their heads. It would gradually melt and would cover them in fragrance.
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