Pamper Your Feet

We’ve been waiting all year for this – hot sun, long days… platform sandals… But we wouldn’t dare to go anywhere in a stacked peep-toe with harshly winter-abused feet. Here are simple, indulgent foot treatment to really get you prepped!

1. Fill your bathtub or dishpan with warm water, adding some detoxifying bath salts to help draw out impurities; or swirl in a few drops of your favorite scented body wash.




To try: Bod Bath Salts Packet - The White Lotus Blend. Bath salts combining frangipani with monoi, a coconut oil infused with gardenia flower used widely by the tahitians, take a bath with these salts and enjoy the luxurious journey


2. Before dipping into the water, grab a super-sloughing body scrub and work it into the feet, concentrating on really dry, calloused areas. Don`t forget the skin around and between the toes! And take your time – allow a few minutes per foot, to really let the scrub do its work.

To try: 100% Pure - Eucalyptus Sea Therapy Body Scrub. For all skin types. Minty, body tingling body scrub made with organic Peppermint and Eucalyptus essential oils to refresh and invigorate. Organic seaweeds,Rosehip Oil, Vitamins, Antioxidants, Cabernet, Grapeseed Oil and Green Tea Oil moisturize,nourish, and leave skin healthy and glowing.


3. The most essential step: get those toes in the water, and relax! We spend so much time on our feet, they really deserve some pampering. Now that your feet have been buffed and moisturized, they`ll be coming back to life. Take 5!

To Try: Foot Recovery Gel. VitaMan’s Foot Recovery Gel has the natural ingredients of Grass Lily Extract, Tea Tree and Menthol are combined in this light soothing foot Gel to help cool and soothe tired hot feet. Softens and soothes cracked skin and eliminates foot odor caused by bacteria.

This gel is also anti-microbial, and anti-bacterial to prevent or eliminate foot odor and fungal problems.



source article from upurea.

To know what essential oils that are good for feet, click here

Does Aromatherapy Work on You ?

I know some of you still doubt about aromatherapy and to make it worse, recently there are Researchers at Ohio State University found that lemon and lavender oil had no physiological effect on study subjects, despite lemon's reputation as a stimulant and lavender's as a sleep aid.

The researchers chose lemon and lavender since they were two of the most popular scents tied to aromatherapy. Recently, two other studies focused on these same two scents.

This is how they do :

56 person ( men and women )took part in three half-day sessions where they were exposed to both scents.Participants were monitored for blood pressure and heart rate during the experiments, and the researchers took regular blood samples from each volunteer.

Researchers taped cotton balls laced with either lemon oil, lavender oil or distilled water below the volunteers’ noses for the duration of the tests.

The result said that lemon oil showed a clear mood enhancement, lavender oil did not. Neither smell had any positive impact on any of the biochemical markers for stress, pain control or wound healing.

Further reading on this research can be found here

The results of the study didn’t daunt Kathy Keville, a noted aromatherapist and author of a dozen books on the subject, including “Aromatherapy for Dummies.”

She didn’t dispute the science of the Glasers’ work, but she said that any of the more than 200 essential oils she uses regularly might have led to different results. Applying the essential oils topically instead of simply sniffing might also have produced different effects.

It would be unfair to conclude that aromatherapy doesn’t work based on the results of even a rigorous single study, Keville said. Aromatherapy may not be a cure for specific illnesses or pain, but it’s a great adjunct therapy, she added.

For this comment I agree. I myself have experience some tremendous benefits when using aromatherapy. Just for examples, I would use eucalyptus for cold, or to reduce nausea I would use cajeput oil. And of course not to mention lavender for relaxation.

Do you feel the same with me? Does aromatherapy really work on you ? Share your comments here!

Or if you are a true believer of aromatherapy, you can help the community by share your experience with aromatherapy.

Click here to share your experience.

Aromatherapy and Colds

Colds and flu have myriad symptoms from low energy to fever, exhaustion, aches, sore throats, cough and cold.

What do I do when I am having cold?

I will add a 2 drops of eucalyptus oil into a cup of hot water and try to inhale it to clear my nasal passage.

I will drink herbal tea.

Try lemon and ginger tea with honey. Slice ginger root and immersed in a boiling water. Add a drop of fresh squuezed lemon and leave it for 5 min. Add a teaspoon of honey to soothe sore throat.

I will take herbal supplement, echinacea.

More on Aromatherapy and Colds