If reading the ingredients list on all-natural health and beauty products makes you feel as though you’re reading the menu at your favorite restaurant, that’s a good thing. The reasons certain foods are good for your body are the same reason they’re good for your skin—their benefits have been proven over and over again. (more…)
Change What You Chew with Glee Gum
Open wide—it’s time for your daily treat of butylated hydroxytoulene, calcium casein peptone, titanium dioxide, synthetic elastomers, and polyvinyl acetate.Wait… that doesn’t sound appetizing at all, does it? (more…)
Balance, Food, Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle Products“Slow Beauty,” the Spa Ritual Way
Spa Ritual was founded on the notion that “in our fast-paced and increasingly connected world, it’s easy to lose track of what’s important,” and that only by slowing down are we able to experience our true selves. (more…)
Balance, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, Home Spa, Lifestyle Products, Love, natural beauty products, Relaxation, Stress FreeHow Bath Salts Help Relieve Aches and Pains
If you think it’s odd that the same salt you use to season your food can also be swirled about in a hot bath to soothe your aching muscles, you’re not alone. (more…)
Balance, Bathing, Great Gift, Home Spa, natural beauty products, Stress FreeTips for a Long Lasting Relationship
Have you seen pictures of older couples hand in hand and looking as happy as can be? I think we all admire that image and want to have that type of relationship in our future. And it is indeed possible. Here are some tips for a long lasting relationship. (more…)
Balance, Healthy Lifestyle, Love, Stress FreeLavender’s Three Favorite Coworkers for Ultimate Stress Reduction
When it comes to all-natural remedies for soothing slumber, lavender usually gets all the accolades. (But we’re fine with that, because it really works!) Essence of Vali’s SLEEP formula contains lavender, of course, but it also includes the essential oils of three unsung heroes: marjoram, cedarwood, and ylang-ylang. (more…)
Balance, detox, Home Spa, Relaxation, Stress FreeOpening the 2014 Summer Box
We love this time of year! The warming days brings an overwhelming urge to be outdoors, witness nature’s beauty, and feel the grass between our toes. Our selection for this box shares this sensibility – bringing joy, discovery and celebration of the senses. (more…)
Balance, box opening, Healthy Living, Stress FreeMay is for Mom
We know that Moms are really worth celebrating all year round. From nurturing newborns to feeding and supporting families, to rubbing little tired feet at night or helping with homework, a Mother’s work truly never ends, not even when children head off to College. And we’re thankful for that. Mother’s Day makes sure we stop to celebrate and hopefully spoil the Moms, Grandmas and Mom’s-to-be in our lives. (more…)
Balance, Great Gift, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, Home Spa, Stress FreeOpening the 2014 Spring Yuzen Box
Pause and take some well-deserved time and experience products carefully curated to bring joy, discovery, and relaxation. Yuzen creates unique gift boxes and seasonal subscriptions that provide nourishing and eco-conscious goodness to engage the senses and nurture inside and out. Here is to celebrating the season of love and new beginnings. (more…)
Balance, box opening, Great Gift, Healthy Living, Home Spa, Stress FreeReal Love Potions and The Power of Flower Essence
“I didn’t know if it was day or night,
I started kissing everything in sight,
But when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine,
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion #9.”
Love potions have quite a mysterious history that goes back hundreds, maybe thousands, of years. (They were also the subject of a very popular doo-wop song in 1959.) (more…)
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