I've been away from the blogging world for a while now and felt an update was in order!
My absence has partly been down to not having much to blog about, but also because I've been working on some scent ranges for (hopefully) products for 2011.
First up is Black Rose, a mesmerising blend of geranium, patchouli, palmarosa and black pepper essential oils. This is a seriously sexy fragrance, very feminine and seductive.
Next is Winters Kiss, a cool, refreshing blend of peppermint, rosemary, geranium and bergamot essential oils perfect for banishing the winter blues.
Sahara is, as it's name suggests, a rich, dry masculine fragrance blend of lemon, litsea, ginger and cedarwood atlas essential oils, the perfect scent for a mens range.
Hippy Chick is the fourth of our new fragrances, a captivating blend of lavender and patchouli, reminiscent of peace, love and harmony.
Our fifth essential oil blend, Sandman again utilises lavenders soothing qualities, and teams it up with cedarwood to produce a calming and relaxing blend perfect for helping you wind down at the end of a long day.
Sunny Side Up is a lively, summery fragrance combining litsea, sweet orange and palmarosa to produce a beautiful cheery scent sure to put a smile on your face.
Our last(for now) blend teams geranium with lemon and ho leaf to produce a tenacious, enlivening, playful fragrance named Fortune Teller. Zesty, floral and minty, this is one of my favourites and will cheer even the grumpiest person up!
So, that's what I've been up to........that, and making some lovely ecosoy aroma-melts using the above fragrances. I'll shortly be opening an Etsy store in order to sell these lovely melts in time for Christmas. Watch this space guys.
Until next time
x
......whilst I restyle my blog. I should have it done within the next couple of days.
....and first thing monday morning a package arrived containing some amla powder. Now, I vaguely remember skimming through ebay and spotting it, but I don't remember ordering and paying for it *roll eyes*. However, I had done just that, so Google was my next port of call to figure out what I was going to use it for, or rather how I was going to use it as I already knew it was used in hair products amongst other things.
Amla, or Indian Gooseberry, is an ayurvedic powder used in ancient Indian holistic medicine for both hair and skin care which contains a large amount of vitamin C. It has a spicey, sweet scent and is a dark beige colour. Reading various forums and articles gave me lots of inspiration for both formulating products, and self experimentation, so armed with amla tea(made by steeping amla powder in hot water for half an hour then straining) and an amla face mask(again, amla powder mixed with enough water to make a paste) I headed for the bathroom.
I used the amla tea as a rinse after washing my hair with one of my 'poo bars, then applied the mask and left it on for 15 mins whilst I lounged like a hippo in the water!
Having no personal experience of amla at all I really didn't know what to expect from either treatment. However, once dried, my hair was fabulously soft (almost too soft really as it was almost like baby hair), and my skin was quite taut but felt silky smooth, and still does this morning.
For now, I have more Googling to do, and much more scope for experimentation. In the meantime I resolve to stay away from Ebay post consumption of alcohol!!
Was messing about with photoshop using a picture I took a couple of evenings ago. It was the most perfect night, warm and sultry, as every evening should be. One of my cats was enjoying the it too, snoozing on top of our car, so I grabbed my camera and took a quick snapshot. I loaded it into Photoshop and played around with lighting etc and this was the result.
I feel I ought to tender an apology to this fabulous collaboration and the ladies who passionately set it up for having been absent in this for the last couple of weeks. Last wednesday was awful, could barely get my head off the pillow and everytime I tried the room span and my head pounded, hence my absence.
I haven't forgotten about you ladies though, I'm here, even if I am a little late. I love visiting other blogs, being awestruck and inspired by the things I see.
These beautiful earrings caught my eye. From the blog of Aga Art these are really elegant, a step away from the 'norm', which is something that always appeals to me. The skill and craftmanship that it must take to produce such gorgeous jewellery is inspiring. Check out the rest of the blog too, you won't be disappointed.
Til next time
xx
I am an huge fan of Deviant Art and have my very own gallery on there. As I haven't had anything new to contribute to my gallery of late I thought I'd showcase the work of some very talented artists who also have galleries there.
I've chosen my favourite mythical creature, the dragon, as my theme. So much Dragon art is formulaic, and looks much like all the rest. Here are some pieces that for me stood out from the crowd.
And this last one is my absolute favourite.
I know this isn't either soapy or arty, but I just had to share this picture of my new forest pony, Lukey. He's either asleep, or hyper, there is no middle ground, bless him. This is him in one of his more mellow moments.
Ssshhhhhh, don't wake him up.
