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Thanks so much for offering your suggestions for future posts for this blog (click here to see a list and offer up your own!) A few of your suggestions have been written about in the past, and a few might have been written about before! Here are a few for now… A few of you...
I’m working on the essential oil series of posts, but I’m thinking about the next series. I’m still working on the facial products e-book – it might be a while, I’m getting rather busy – but I’m wondering what you want to learn? I’ve been looking at the pages that you like the most and...
Cedarwood Texas is considered to be an anti-spasmodic, antiseptic, astringent, and expectorant. Cedarwood Virginia is considered to be an abortifacient, antiseborrheic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, expectorant, fungicidal, and an insecticide. We’ve already discussed the claims that cedarwood can be an abortifacient (not completely sure, but be careful!), sedative (confirmed), and insecticide (confirmed), but what about the other...
Congratulations! You made a body butter! (Click here for more details about this project on Newbie Tuesday!) If you haven’t already done so, pat yourself on the back joyously and moisturize yourself well with the product! (And I still haven’t finished the video. I used to be good at this, but I’m having to learn...
The two other main components of cedarwood Texas and cedarwood Virginia essential oils are cedrene (1.8% in Texas, 27.2% in Virginia) and thujopsene (60% Texas, 27% Virginia). And here’s the problem – I’ve done a ton of searching, and I can’t find anything with any great information about what these compounds bring to the science of...