Sage, Spearmint Essential Oil, Kaolin Clay, Baking Soda and Sea Salt

Spearmint Leaves - Spearmint Essential Oil

How to Make Herbal Tooth Powder

Hello, Everyone!  The following video features a recipe for tooth powder which can be used instead of toothpaste for brushing your teeth. John Gallagher of LearningHerbs.com and Mt. Rose Herbs is sharing the recipe, which is from Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir of the Academy of Scottish Herbalism, with us.

The quick and easy recipe includes sea salt, kaolin clay, baking soda, spearmint essential oil and dried sage.  I've used each one of these ingredients individually, except the kaolin clay.   I am looking forward to trying these ingredients together, according to this recipe.

Gallagher shares tips with us as he prepares the tooth powder.  Among the interesting tips he shares are: (1) kaolin clay is used in the tooth polish dentists use and (2) sage helps whiten teeth! I didn't know that about sage.  I love the flavor of sage, especially in chicken dishes.

As we get our hair in great condition and our bodies toned, we might as well pamper our teeth and gums, too!

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Natural Botanicals, Organic Herbs, Spices, Teas, Oils and More!

Mountain Rose Herbs

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Mountain Rose Herbs, a company I've satisfactorily purchased several products from and now, I'm an affiliate of (as of August 2010). I am pleased to highlight Mountain Rose Herbs because their products that I've purchased and their service are consistently excellent!

Mountain Rose Herbs has been known for its uncompromising commitment to organic agriculture, offering natural botanicals including organic herbs,

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Hair Care w/ Essential Oils & Natural Moistuizers

Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter, 8 oz.

Natural Hair, Skin and Body Products

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features: Carol's Daughter

• Carol's Daughter is one of the leading beauty companies offering a line of beauty products that are highly-natural hair, skin, and body products, including lip gloss and fragrances. Carol's Daughter is designed by Lisa Price.
• Carol's Daughter carries natural haircare products for natural hair, relaxed hair, curly hair, healthy and damaged hair 

"In the early 1990’s, Brooklyn native Lisa Price (a.k.a. Carol’s daughter) began experimenting with fragrance, essential oils and natural moisturizers to make gifts for her family and friends. Soon after she packaged her home-spun creations, word spread like wildfire and the demand for her unparalleled hair and body care products led to a highly successful mail-order and web-based business. Within a few years, Carol's Daughter counted celebrities like Jada Pinkett Smith, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Brad Pitt and Chaka Khan as loyal fans, or as she refers to them, "friends of the family."  

Even after approximately 15 years of success and expansion, Carol’s Daughter products are still

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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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