Whole Foods Podcast: Natural Sun Burn Treatment and First Aid

Remember when I told you how jazzed I was about Whole Body (Whole Foods Beauty Department) starting their own blog!? Now they are bringing us podcasts via their blog. This one talks about natural relief for summer skin care and first aid. Sure we all know to use aloe for sunburn but let's face it burns are getting worse and aloe leaves something to be desired. Listen to their newest podcast to learn how lavender oil, St. Johns Wort, and others can take the bite out of your burn. This podcast also talks about all kinds of natural first aid solutions for summer first aid. Listen the whole podcast from the Whole Foods blog.

Whole Foods is Stepping it UP! (Mineral Makeup Breakdown!)

Whole Foods is getting in on the beauty blog action and I must say they have a tremendous amount of organic and natural beauty experience. I'll never forget when the first whole foods came to Baltimore. I was 14 and quite honestly I've never felt comfortable shopping in a normal grocery store since. Now they are guiding us through their enormous beauty store with helpful tips and knowledge!

Enjoy! OMG I just checked out the Video and IT'S BRILLIANT!!!!

Natural Cosmetics (With Video!)

Whole FoodsHow to Build the Perfect Spa Basket
Most everyone enjoys the pampering and results of a day at the spa. Not everyone has the things they need to enjoy a similar experience at home any time. So, whether you’re gifting or stocking your own personal spa “toolkit” here’s a how-to walk-through, featuring quality natural products that provide benefits beyond the normal spa ahhhh.


May 5th
Demystifying Aromatherapy
Have you ever wished you could enjoy a spa right in your own home? Listen and discover how easy it is to: create the perfect relaxing—or energizing—bath; make your own professional quality massage oils; and add aromatherapy to your lifestyle. You’ll also learn the benefits of pure essential oils, and what differentiates them from other oils on the market. Tim Blakey has been an aromatherapist and herbalist for 30 years. He travels extensively doing education and sourcing oils from around the world for Aura Cacia and Frontier.

Klecka Naturals Massage Oil: Sublime and USDA Certified Organic

I love being a beauty blogger. I examine copious amount of beauty products. I share the results, and my other obsessions (Spa. Organics. and Travel.) with all of you. And I relish every moment of the process. Except occasionally I stumble over how to differentiate between products I think are lovely and want to share with you and products I can't live with out. For this reason I am developing a new feature that will resemble something of a Beauty's Spot Top Shelf or must have list. It isn't quite worked out yet but it is guaranteed that Klecka Naturals Massage Oil will be included. Every last ingredient is USDA certified organic (Top Shelf in the organic world as noted by the lovely Tammy of A Mom in Red High Heels.) It makes my body sing with joy and the smell is transformative. I am currently trying "Joy Touch" and "Happy Touch." I have put the Happy Touch on some dry areas of skin every night this week before I have gone to bed and the sensory pleasure derived from this product is splendiferrous. USDA Certified Organic essential oils of Bergamont, Lemon, Ylang Ylang, and Jasmine combine to create the most sublime, dreamy scent. The scent and its effect are so uniquely grounding and yet curiously inspiring at the same time that I decided to investigate further. Bergamont is a small citrus fruit grown in Calabria Italy and was in fact used in the original Eau de Cologne developed in 17th century Germany. This small Italian fruit is actually a cross of the pear lemon and the Seville orange and is known to be the ultimate peacemaker among perfume scents, allowing each to flourish and also pleasantly mingle with the other ingredients and sources of olfactory pleasure. Ylang Ylang, the other dominant scent is native to Indonesia where I lived out a lovely portion of my life. In fact the Ylang Ylang flower (pictured below) is used for everything from the celebratory decoration on the bed of newlywed Indonesian couples to a key ingredient in Chanel No. 5. Klecka Naturals are available online, at Weaver Street Market , and Whole Foods.

I didn't realize my Tongue was dirty.

I was walking through Whole Foods the other night with my dear friend and I noticed an odd horse-shoe shaped device hanging in their beauty section. "What's that? What's a tongue scraper?" She looked at me as if I just asked who Britney Spears was. "You have never seen a tongue scraper? Weird. Yeah my boyfriend uses one all the time. That's why he has such great breath." I instantly thought to myself, 'How ridiculous. I brush and floss and I'm so glad I'm not going to have to add that to beauty routine.' My next thought changed the "mouth section" of my daily routine forever. 'Oh god! What if I am like her and I just don't know it?' See there is this woman who I really think would be cool to hang out with but I never get past the breath. It's awful and it often makes me want to vomit. Sad. Because I really do think I'd get along with her, otherwise. Anyhow I suddenly realized that since I didn't use a tongue scraper I had no way of knowing if in fact my breath was good or bad. A week later I returned to one of my best beauty secrets, The Chopra Center's website, to order my trusty new tongue cleaner. It arrived yesterday, with my new Neti Pot, and I love it. My tongue looks cleaner and my mouth feels cleaner and it takes about 10 seconds to do. For dditional encouragement, see what this cute midwestern Dentist has to say about it.