Organic Foods: 30 Days to a 'Greener', Healthy Diet

Hello, Everyone!  The following links are to some of the 'Days' of "Organic Foods and More: 30 Days to a Greener, Healthy Diet" article from The Daily Green, the Consumer's Guide to the Green Revolution.

As you all know what we eat/consume can nourish our body (hair included) or destroy it!  The Daily Green article details that "in 4 weeks you can make the switch to a diet of delicious, whole, organic foods, local foods, artisan foods with fewer pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, genetically modified ingredients or chemical additives".

I've been eating 'greener' for several years, the positive results are significant and I can still go even 'greener'!  The 'Days' offer valuable information we can actually do.  With benefits of a healthy body, clear skin, clear mind, healthier teeth, healthy hair & better energy why would we choose to not consume the 'greener', healthiest, nourishing foods and beverages possible?  

Some of the '30 Days' are listed, below:

Drink Milk Like a European 
(yummy!)

Eat Like Grandmother

Project Pantry Purge
(don't give them away, throw them away!)

Clean Out the Old Spice(s)

Treat Yourself to an Artisanal Cheese
(yummy!)

Eat Bread (It's OK /Again)
(Real bread is delicious!)

Go Brown
('Brown' pasta is delicious with extra virgin olive oil & pasta sauce!)

Get Real with Sweeteners


Read more: 30 Days to a Greener Diet

Organic Skin Care: Mercola Healthy Skin

Hello, Everyone!  Today, I'm featuring informative videos about Mercola Healthy Skin, a USDA Certified Organic skin care line of products.  A good measure of the information that is shared in these videos is applicable to hair care because the scalp is skin, and excellent care of the scalp results in much healthier hair!  For more about these organic skin care products, visit Mercola Healthy Skin.

• Check your labels, and avoid purchasing & using products with long, un-recognizable names.
• Plant oils are better than petro-oils.
• Substances that you put on your skin can be absorbed into your skin and bloodstream.
• Just as facial massage benefits the face, scalp massage benefits the scalp and hair.
• Consider what you eat. Nourish your skin. Nourish your scalp.
• Consider your lifestyle; is your daily life a healthy one? 

Patchouli Essential Oil-infused Butters

Hello, Everyone! It's good to be back with you all, again. Thank-you for stopping by to 'visit' with me via this blog from time to time. I hope August was another amazing month of really good accomplishments and positive activity, for you!


Today, I'm featuring patchouli essential oil and patchouli combined with essential butters and other essential oils. Many of you may have already discovered that essential butters labeled as 'body butter' can be used as hair moisturizers/conditioners. Patchouli essential oil has a glorious aroma and is a great fragrance for a hair product. It has been stated that patchouli essential oil stimulates the growth of healthy hair. Below, are a few more details about patchouli essential oil, with featured patchouli essential oil suppliers and patchouli-infused essential butters you may like.


"Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth; also patchouly or pachouli) is a species from the genus Pogostemon and a bushy herb of the mint family, with erect stems, reaching two or three feet (about 0.75 metre) in height and bearing small pale pink-white flowers. The plant is native to tropical regions of Asia and is now extensively cultivated in Caribbean countries, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, West Africa and Vietnam.


The scent of patchouli is heavy and strong. It has been used for centuries in perfumes and continues to be so today. The word derives from the Tamil patchai (Tamil: பச்சை) (green), ellai (Tamil: இலை) (leaf). In Assamese it is known as xukloti.
Pogostemon cablin, P. commosum, P. hortensis, P. heyneasus and P. plectranthoides are all cultivated for their oils and all are known as 'patchouli' oil, but P. cablin is considered superior.


Extraction of the Essential Oil


Extraction of the essential oil is by steam distillation, requiring the cell walls of the leaves to be first ruptured. This can be achieved by steam scalding, light fermentation, or by drying.
Leaves are harvested several times a year, and where dried may be exported for distillation of the oil. Sources disagree over how to obtain the best quality oil. Some claim the highest quality oil is usually

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