4 Ways to Combat the Winter Blues

4 Ways to Combat the Winter Blues

Mar 15, 2018 | Health & Wellness, Seasonal

When it’s cold outside and you’re stuck indoors, you might catch yourself feeling bored or antsy. Here are four great ways to combat the winter blues when you’re all cooped up!

1. Get some fresh air.

On an afternoon that feels a little warmer, turn off your heater for a few hours and open up some windows to let in the fresh air. Diffuse some Eucalyptus Oil for a clean, fresh scent.

2. Do something creative.

Winter is the perfect time to get crafty! Make some bath salts for family and friends with three simple ingredients: Eucalyptus Oil, baking soda, and Epsom salt. Click here for a great recipe!

3. Have a spa day.

Treat yourself to a luxurious spa day at home. Pamper yourself with a hot shower and a spritz of Lavender-Infused Eucalyptus ShowerMist, a face mask, and a manicure. Don’t forget the lemon water!

4. Get a head start on Spring cleaning.

If you’re feeling restless, why not start the deep clean early? Take some time to go through your closet and set aside clothes for donation, vacuum the whole house (even the baseboards), scrub the showers, and make your kitchen counters shine! A few sprays of one of our amazing ShowerMist scents will freshen up stinky areas!  

What’s your favorite way to spend the day when it’s too cold to go out? Comment below and tell us!

Need a Serious Pick Me Up But Not Into Energy Drinks? Try This!

Need a Serious Pick Me Up But Not Into Energy Drinks? Try This!

Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized

We are in a society where we have to be up early and late and go, go, go in between. Sure you need sleep, we both know that that’s the biggest solution. But in the meantime, you want to wake up, be alert and get going with your day and not feel jittery and gross from prescription drugs or chemical energy boosters. We know, and we have a solution. It’s so simple.

What you need: One bottle of 100% Pure, Eucalyptus Oil ShowerMist from Eurospa Aromatics. That’s all you need.

Here’s what you do with it. All you need to do is rub your hands together. The key is making sure to first spray a couple of shots of the eucalyptus shower spray onto your hands, and then rub them together for a few seconds very rapidly to create heat, energizing the oil. Now just bring the hands to your nose, and breath in.

The first time you do it, don’t breathe in too deeply. While the first breath can’t hurt you, it might be a bit overwhelming. The essential oil will continue to provide natural stimulation while opening your sinuses, and flow through your respiratory system for a minute or so. Indulge as long as you like. Because this is an oil, not a fragrance, there is no residue, and in a few moments the delicious aroma will dissipate.  Feel free to take another hit as often as you like.

This is an incredibly efficient and effective way to wake up. You can do it multiple times throughout the day without messing with your sleep at night or your liver and adrenals for that matter. It’s so effective that you may need to hide the bottle at work, since everyone around you is likely to want their own pick me up.

When Eurospa Aromatics creates a product, we create to deliver results. And this is just another result you can count on. Get your own bottle today!

Natural Tips for Feel Great In Spite of Perimenopause

Natural Tips for Feel Great In Spite of Perimenopause

Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

Being a woman comes with a lifetime of interesting bodily changes that we have simply come to accept. But perimenopause is a middle ground, not-quite-here-or-there space that can be really uncomfortable and leave you frustrated at best. We want to bring you some comforting tips for dealing with this hormone shift in a way that supports you and helps you feel good naturally.

Food for Hormones
The best medicine is preventative and the most preventative medicine is found in the food that you eat. You should strive to eat a balance of good fats, complex carbohydrates and protein. Also, make sure to have plenty of fruits and vegetables at every meal, including breakfast. It’s best to eat three meals a day and two or more snacks in order to keep your blood sugar stable. The most important thing to remember is to reduce carbohydrates especially refined carbohydrates and sugars.

The Right kind of Greens
If you haven’t added spirulina to your diet – this is the day to do it! This blue-green algae comes from lakes and ponds and contains large amounts of calcium, magnesium and potassium. These essential hormone-balancing nutrients will reduce cramps, mood problems, breast tenderness and overall inflammation.

Herbal Helpers
Herbs are miraculous because they share a similar molecular structure to our hormones, allowing them to support our hormone production by slowing them down or even copying what our own hormones do depending on the body’s unique needs. Some herbs that can help reduce menopause symptoms include st. john’s wort, black cohosh, passionflower, chasteberry, wild yam, ashwagandha and vitex. Vitex has been shown to help a myriad of PMS symptoms including irritability, depressed mood, anger, headache, bloating, breast fullness, skin disorder, fatigue, drowsiness and sleeplessness. Vitex is most effective taken as a tincture, but is also useful when included in medicinal herbal teas.

Get Moving Especially When You’re Feeling Off
Be active. Because of your fluctuating estrogen levels, your body will tend to hold on to fat. Additionally, fat actually produces estrogen, which can create even more fat. So it’s easy to get stuck in a frustrating cycle if you’re not active. Moving your body has a major impact on your weight, other menopausal symptoms and your overall health. Gentle exercise can be helpful too, especially if your adrenal glands are overworked and you constantly feel fatigued. Movement is also medicine so find a movement you enjoy and be consistent!

For the Hot Flashes
Keep the hot flashes at bay. Those up and down hormones cause you to feel out of nowhere, so be prepared! Be sure to drink a lot of water so the heat doesn’t tax your system. Also be sure to stock up on a eucalyptus shower mist, that you can either spray into the steam of the shower to invigorate you, or for you to spray around you as the hot flashes hit. Eucalyptus is cooling and calming; the perfect helper to this crazy season.

Maca
Maca is a tuber plant native to South America. It’s an excellent superfood for hormonal imbalances like menopause and PMS. Maca is extremely high in calcium, potassium, iron, fiber and protein. Maca creates balance by regulating the hormones via the hypothalamus and pituitary glands in the brain. This can help with symptoms like hot flashes, low libido and PMS. Maca should not be consumed by women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), as it may have a subtle androgenic (testosterone-boosting) effect.

You don’t have to suffer through the changes. Simply learn to support them. In the meantime, we are glad to be available to help in the process with our Pure Eucalyptus Oil products for home.

How to Get Fast & Natural Relief from Bronchial Ailments

How to Get Fast & Natural Relief from Bronchial Ailments

Aug 1, 2016 | Health & Wellness

It’s no news that bronchial infections, bronchitis, and other respiratory ailments are some of the most straining health issues out there. Why? Because we’ve got to breathe.  Everything we do from exercise to sleep involves the need for deep and nourishing breath. If you can’t breathe, you can’t fully live.

So we want to offer some fast, safe, and natural ways to get breathing relief during just about any bronchial or respiratory challenge.

Bronchial challenges stem from inflammation of the trachea and bronchial tubes, typically resulting from a viral infection, such as a cold or flu. If you get bronchitis once, you tend to get it again. When essential oils are used at the earliest signs of bronchitis, they can help slow or even stop the cycle of inflammation. So the best way to get fast relief is by reducing inflammation.

Use these tips to reduce and prevent inflammation:

  • Avoid eating mucous-producing foods, such as dairy, white flour products, and all products containing large amounts of white sugar. A diet of fruits and vegetables for a week or two is great for fighting bronchitis.
  • Increase your regular intake of water to at least ½ gallon daily. (On average, you should drink around one gallon)
  • Avoid dry air by using a diffuser and getting into steam as often as possible. Add drops of our Pure Eucalyptus Oil ShowerMist to the diffuser to enhance the effect. Your lungs will open up quickly, and you should experience relief.
  • Stay away from all tobacco or industrial smoke.
  • Generally, avoid cough suppressants, since coughing lifts and eliminate the mucous that is generated by the bronchial inflammation.

Relief from bronchitis is possible without the use of dangerous drugs and chemicals. Using natural means to defeat bronchitis will cure it at the source, not just mask the symptoms.

Which tips are you going to try? Tell us in the comments and share the relief with others by using the buttons below!

5 Tips for Getting Rid of Your Blemishes Naturally At Home

Jan 31, 2016 | Body & Beauty

Acne and skin blemishes can be exhausting regardless of the cause. But the causes usually stem from imbalanced hormones or an accumulation of internal toxins. So, if you want to heal your chronic skin conditions, it’s imperative that you treat the problems on the inside for lasting results.

Here are some easy tips to help them heal faster for healthier and more glowing skin.

5 Tips to Eliminate Blemishes Naturally

Cleanse. Never go to bed with dirty skin. Our faces end up with lots of dirt, oil, and environmental debris throughout the day that adds up and clogs our pores. So wash it off before bed.

Tone. After cleansing, reach for witch hazel and place some on a cotton pad. Smooth it over your entire face to pick up any residue that may have been missed during cleansing.

Tea tree oil. Tea tree oil is great for clearing up your skin. And it’s gentler than benzoyl peroxide, the main ingredient in most acne treatments. Apply it to a cotton pad and use once to twice daily. However, it is important to note that heavy usage of tea tree oil can dry your skin out, prompting your skin to produce more oil which will make acne worse. So pay attention if your skin begins to dry out.

Hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide is useful because of oxidation, which breaks down harmful bacteria and destroys it. Cleanse well and rest a cotton ball of H2O2 on the pimple first thing in the morning and before you go to bed.

Eucalyptus oil. Because of it’s antibacterial and analgesic properties, this essential oil is key to keeping your skin healthy. The best way is to spritz some of our Eucalyptus oil ShowerMist into the steam of your shower or into a steaming pot for your face. And you get the added benefit of cleansing your sinuses in the process. What’s not to love?

Finally, you can live with clear, healthy skin. Put these tips into practice today to start healing.

Which tip did you find most useful? Let us know in the comments, and help others live acne-free by sharing this article!