This Week At Aromatic Boutique!

This week at Aromatic Boutique I have added new bath and skin care products to the online store. Here is a quick update with some of the new products!

New bath bombs have been added to the online store.
Pictured: Geranium & Palmarosa bath bomb.

  

A variety of new mango butter based soaps have been added to the online store.
Pictured: Lavender & Mandarin + Patchouli & Ylang Ylang soaps.

  

 New natural face & body creams have been added to the store.
Pictured : Rose & Frankincense face cream + Lavender & Vanilla body lotion.

  

 New bath melt varieties are also available.
Pictured: Geranium & Palmarosa + Patchouli & Ylang Ylang bath melts.

Castile hand & body wash is back and now available in 4 different scents.

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This Week At Aromatic Boutique!

 

Super busy around here, but incase you missed any past posts I thought I'd post one blog with everything that is happening this week at Aromatic Boutique. I have a couple of giveaways taking place, and don't forget to click through and get your discount coupon on the 'Weekly Top Picks' products! Kirsten

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Soothing Bath Salts - Recipe

Lavender is a natural pain reliever with relaxing analgesic properties, while geranium and orange reduce swelling and help the body unwind. The clay with enhance the healing properties whilst the Epsom salt and magnesium chloride helps with aching muscles. The Himalayan salt helps to detoxify the skin and body. Baking soda helps soften the water and alleviate skin irritation.

Ingredients :

• 1/2 cup Epsom salts or magnesium chloride flakes [shop online]
• 1/2 cup Himalayan salt coarse granules [shop online]
• 1/4 cup baking soda (optional)
• 1 teaspoons green clay (optional) [shop online]
• 20 drops orange essential oil [shop online]
• 10 drops geranium essential oil [shop online]
• 10 drops lavender essential oil [shop online]
• 1/4 cup dried lavender petals (optional) [shop online]
• 2-3 drops natural food colouring (optional)

Method:

1. Combine the salts, clay and baking soda.
2. Add the essential oils drop by drop, stirring until well mixed. You can add the natural food colouring now also if you wish to have coloured salt like pictured below.
3. Add the flower petals now and stir through or they can be added in layers in the jar.
4. Transfer to an airtight jar and leave for a week before using.
5. Add 1-2 tablespoons to a basin of warm water.
   
   
   
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12 Essential Oils For Valentine's Day

 Essential oils to enhance love, sex and sensuality!

1 - Ylang Ylang
Ylang Ylang essential oil has a sweet, soft, flowery fragrance that has made it a romantic favourite and used in many perfume preparations. It is a stimulating yet relaxing essential oil that is best known for it's aphrodisiac properties. Ylang ylang elevates sexual energy, euphoria and enhances relationships. It is a powerful relaxant that can help to allay nervousness and anxiety for those who are shy prior to making love. Petals of this beautiful yellow flower are often strewn across marriage beds in Indonesia. The fragrance is perfect to diffuse to set the tone for your own romantic evening. SHOP >

2 - Rose  
Rose is a traditional symbol of love and beauty. It is known as the “Queen of Flowers”. Probably the most common scent associated with love, romance and Valentine’s Day. Rose is also the oil of the heart chakra, and associated with the archetype “The Goddess of Love.” It carries a beautiful, strong floral and sweet fragrance that is highly romantic. It’s also known to help balance hormones in the female reproductive system. This is surely the most feminine of oils, with a powerful seductive and sensual action which can be put to great use either as a single oil, or blended with sandalwood, geranium, lavender, frankincense or patchouli. Most women find a blend of rose and sandalwood absolutely divine! SHOP >

3 - Sandalwood

Sandalwood has a smooth, provocative aroma that counters tension. It is specifically recommended as a fragrance for men, making it an excellent, exotic Valentine’s gift for your guy! It’s rich, sweet, warm, and woody aroma is enticing, erotic and soothing. Add a drop of sandalwood oil to a massage lotion or a bath for a sensual, truly romantic encounter!  SHOP >

 
4 - Cinnamon
Cinnamon is known for being a sexual stimulant. The spicy, warm scent may then be beneficial for supporting healthy relationships, health boundaries, and healthy sexuality. Be careful when using though as it is a hot oil so only a drop or two is needed to create a warming sensual massage blend with other essential oils. Always dilute well with carrier oil for topical application. SHOP > 

5 - Patchouli
Patchouli essential oil is a well loved aphrodisiac and another excellent oil for the skin. It is ideal for romantic activities like massages and bubble baths. This essential oil is a heady, base note oil that has has a musky, earthy, exotic aroma with sensual properties. Deep and mysterious, patchouli can unlock the hidden depths of your passion! If you and your partner have been going through a turbulent patch, patchouli may help to soothe arguments and settle things down a bit. Most recent memories of patchouli essential oil are its association as an incense in the hippie era of the 1960′s. Use patchouli oil to re-capture the ’60′s decade of free love! This oil is best used in blends due to its very persistent fragrance, and just one drop of patchouli in any mix will add a hint of oriental mystery.   SHOP >
 
6 - Jasmine
Jasmine is considered the ‘King of Essences’, Jasmine is a stimulating and euphoric essence, traditionally seen as an aphrodisiac. It increases energy levels and brightens the mood reducing frigidity. Essential oil of Jasmine is particularly helpful for men because it can be used quite reliably as a natural means of addressing many common performance issues. This is perhaps because of its reputation of instilling confidence and alleviating fear. Jasmine blends beautifully with ylang ylang, rose and sandalwood. SHOP >
 
7 - Vetiver
Vetiver has a deep, earthy aroma that can be used to enhance sensual awareness. This oil will also encourage deep relaxation. Stimulating to the senses, relaxing on the body, perfect for therapeutic blending to enhance massage pleasure. SHOP >

8 - Clary Sage

Clary Sage is warming and very relaxing and has a reputation for creating a sense of euphoria. Massage with clary sage oil is profoundly relaxing with a sensual quality making it beneficial for frigidity partly due to it's hormonal aphrodisiacal influence. SHOP >

9 - Ginger

Ginger is spicy, warming and uplifting! It is a valuable remedy in cases of impotence due to it's aphrodisiac & stimulating properties. Another hot oil which should be diluted well before being use topically. SHOP > 

10 - Neroli

Neroli has a beautiful aroma that appeals to both men and women, and in common with rose and jasmine, neroli oil is almost a complete fragrance in itself. It has a beautiful citrusy and sensual aroma that calms and arouses at the same time. Victorian brides wore a sprig of neroli in their head dress and carried neroli in the bridal bouquet in an attempt to calm nerves and stimulate romance on the wedding night.  SHOP >

11 - Frankincense

Frankincense is a calming oil with an aroma that stimulates the senses and desires helping to unleash your sensuality. Almost a perfume in itself, Frankincense can be used alone or blended with other essential oils. The calmness and serenity that frankincense instills will help to dispel the day-to-day worries that can prevent passionate thoughts.  SHOP >

12 - Vanilla

The rich, sweet aroma of Vanilla is one of the most familiar of all the essential oils. It has an alluring, comforting effect that can be used to help create a warm atmosphere of security to encourage the expression of deeply felt emotions, frustrations and hidden sensuality. When a person is able to relax and feel secure their body is more likely to respond to healthy sexual impulses. Use 5 drops in a diffuser or mixed in bath water to create an atmosphere conducive to intimate relations. SHOP >

Please refer to directions of each essential oil before use.

 
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Absolute Romance 10ml

 Lover's Delight Oil 100ml

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Essential oils for the bath

Simple formulas based on bathtub size/full capacity:
•    Standard Size, 5–10 drops (total)
•    Garden Style, 10–15 drops (total)
•    Larger Size, 15–20 drops (total)

You can add a dispersing agent such as disper or solubaliser to help the oils mix with the water. Milk is another option.
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Rest and Relax Bath
•    Lavender
•    Chamomile
•    Neroli
•    Ylang Ylang

Astringent Bath
•    Cedarwood
•    Frankincense
•    Myrhh
•    Rosemary 

Stress-Less Bath
•    Chamomile
•    Eucalyptus
•    Lavender
•    Spearmint

 
Dry Skin Bath
•    Cedarwood
•    Lavender
•    Rose
•    Ylang Ylang

Detox Bath
•    Geranium
•    Helichrysum
•    Lime
•    Juniper
 

The formulas listed here are for adults and are not intended for use with children, pregnant women or those with health related conditions.

Essential Oil & Epsom Salt Bath Bombs

I love a bath at night time to help me unwind. I have also been reading lately about the health benefits of having Epson salt baths to ease pain and inflammation, help with stress and tension, detoxification and to also to aid digestion. Epsom salt can also assist in blood circulation, aid in wound healing, remove foot odour, soften your skin and increase your strength and stamina. (read more)
I thought this would also be a fun way for my son to receive the benefits of magnesium sulfate & lavender essential oil and help him relax before bedtime. It can sometimes be difficult to encourage him to take a bath ;)



Here is the recipe for some lavender & rosemary bath bombs I made. I used lavender essential oil in these and also added some lavender and rosemary leaves from my garden for a more rustic look. I did use some natural food colouring to make the pale purple colour but this is not necessary. ( Note that there is a water bottle in the photo below because originally I was going to use a different method with witch hazel instead of vegetable oil and forgot to take it out of the photo. )


Recipe:

•      Baking soda
•     Citric acid powder
•     Epsom salt (Magnesium sulfate)
•    Water
•     Vegetable Oil (I used extra virgin olive oil in mine)
•   Essential oils ( I used Lavender in mine)

Optional:

•     Food colouring (natural is best)
•     Dried herbs or flowers 

 Other Equipment:

    • a whisk (or you could use a fork)
    • two small mixing bowls (preferably glass due to use of essential oils)
    • a big mixing bowl (also glass)
    • a measuring cup and measuring spoons
    • plastic or silicon moulds to shape the bombs



[ Step One ]

Mix the dry ingredients according to this ratio: two parts baking soda, one part citric acid powder, one part Epsom salt. (I used two cups of baking soda; one cup of citric acid; and one cup of Epsom salt.)

 [ Step Two ]

In a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients together. I used about 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2-3 teaspoons of essential oil and 1 teaspoon of water. Be careful not to add too much water or your bath bomb will fizz away before it’s even fully formed.

[ Step Three ]

Using a whisk or fork, slowly mix the wet ingredients into the dry mix, one teaspoon at a time. If you pour too much in too quickly, it will start fizzing. If your mixture starts to fizz, add dry ingredients to the fizzing parts to stop the chemical reaction. You could also add a few drops of your food colouring at this point, whisking all the while. Blend everything really well. I used my hands in the end to mix. Your finished mixture should have the consistency of slightly damp sand and should squish in your hands without crumbling (if it doesn’t, add more wet or dry ingredients as needed).  Be careful not to add too much wet ingredients as they will puff and foam up when you put them into the moulds. They should be dryish but still stick together (you will know when it's not right believe me ). If you do add too much wet ingredients you can just add some more dry to make it the right consistency.

[ Step Four ]

Now for the moulds! Grease the insides of your moulds with a single drop of vegetable oil. You won't need to grease them if they are silicon. I actually sprinkled my silicon moulds with some baking soda. I placed some rosemary and lavender leaves and flowers in the bottom on my moulds. Then fill your moulds with the damp sandy mixture. Really pack the stuff in and squish it down. If it is the right consistency and not too wet it won't puff up. If it does seem to puff up put it back into the bowl and add more dry ingredients.



If you don't have moulds you can roll the mixture in your hands to make rustic ball shaped bombs. I made some using the moulds and the rest I rolled into balls.



[ Step Five ]

Take the bath bombs out of the moulds by flipping the molds over and lightly squeezing their sides. If you used silicon moulds without oil to grease you can leave them in and wait for them to dry more.



[ Step Six ]

If you used plastic moulds and greased them with oil then you don’t want these to fizz out at this point, so lightly tap them with a paper towel to soak up some of the dampness, then let them dry out for a while. I rolled mine in some Epsom salt to give it a crystalised look on the outside & to help dry them out more. I then put mine into airtight glass jars. I found that you could still probably use them within a couple of hours but it is probably best still to let them dry out more.

Play around with them. You could add rose petals, glitter or other essential oils for something different.

Thanks hope you enjoyed this post!