Natural Health and Wellbeing are just a few drops away: a beginners guide to essential oils. When our health starts to suffer, our natural instinct is to head off to the chemist, or the Doctor, and find the most appropriate drug to take the symptoms away. However, this doesn’t always address the real issue, or fix the root cause. What if I told you there’s another, more natural way, to boost mental and physical wellbeing, including great skin, using essential oils? You would

For a vast majority of women, menopause symptoms are mild and do little to disrupt daily life. Some even see the positive side of these changes – the children have grown up, you are older and wiser, and you can start an exciting new chapter in your life. However, for others the discomfort of hot flashes, irritability and fatigue can make life exceptionally difficult. Taking HRT to manage these symptoms also increases your risk of high blood pressure, weight gain, gall bladder

What are essential oils? Essential oils are extracted from a plant or flower through steam distillation or cold pressing. The oil collected is then known as the “essence” of the plant or flower. It is concentrated aroma and nutrients, far more powerful than the plant itself. Take lavender for example, it takes 150 pounds or more of lavender flowers to make 1 pound of lavender essential oil, similarly 1 drop of peppermint oil is equivalent of drinking 25 cups of peppermint tea