Tag Archives: aromatherapy

The Right Scent May Help Fight Obesity

Your nose may be key in helping fight obesity. Aromatherapy isn’t anything new. For centuries, people have been using scents to affect mental and physical health! When it comes to your stomach, the right scent can stimulate appetite or help ease digestive issues. The wrong scent can put you off your feed, so to speak. A new study from NIZO Food Research in the Netherlands has found that scents may also help trigger a feeling of fullness in your brain — and that might just help curb overeating. Some scents are better than others at triggering that full feeling. Scents … Continue reading →

Seven Ways Scent Can Enhance Your Health

Posted on by

Your nose is as much as ten thousand times sharper than your taste buds. That can make your sniffer a pretty powerful tool for your health! Here are some ways you can use aromatherapy to boost your health. Food scents can actually help you lose weight! A study from the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago found that sniffing food scents like apple, banana, and peppermint could help stave off cravings. Try keeping your favorite food scent handy and see if you a whiff of something delicious can keep your stomach happy. Use rosemary to boost brainpower. … Continue reading →

What Your Nose Knows

Posted on by

Don’t knock your nose — scientists believe that the nose is capable of recognizing thousands of smells. In fact, studies are showing that your sense of smell may be as much as ten thousand times sharper than your sense of taste. That’s pretty amazing! So how does smell work? Inside your nose are millions are cells that act as scent receptors. We have hundreds of different kinds of smell receptors that allow us to identify lots of different odors. Once your scent receptors detect a smell, they send the information to a cluster of neurons in the brain known as … Continue reading →

The Scents of Romance

If you’re planning something romantic for Valentine’s Day (or any date night with your spouse), you can use aromatherapy to help set the mood. The right scent can help your loved one relax and enjoy the evening. Spicy and herbal, woodsy scents can mimic human scents — the pheromones that help make us attractive to others. Here are some scents you can try for your romantic evening! Anise — you may recognize it better as the smell of licorice — is appealing to both men and women, according to studies from the Chicago Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Institute. … Continue reading →

Consider Using Scents

We have talked about so many different ways to get your business to stand out in the market place, and various ways to use marketing and promotions to spread the word about your products and services, but recently someone told me about a tactic that I haven’t really written about–scent. Seems this person uses her version of “aromatherapy” to make her marketing materials stand out in the crowd. As it was told to me, she spritzes her postcards, invoices and other card stock and mailing materials with a little diluted essential oil. She said she uses a citrus-scent since she … Continue reading →

How To Make An Herbal Aftershave

If you have sensitive skin, shaving can be a serious irritation! It can leave you with itchy, red razor bumps. Try these recipes for a soothing herbal aftershave to help keep your skin happy. For a stimulating aftershave that will help heal nicks and wake you up, you’ll need: A large jar (preferably dark colored glass) Fresh sage leaves Fresh yarrow flowers Fresh or dried lavender flowers Fresh eucalyptus or peppermint leaves Fill the jar halfway. Use three parts sage leaves, one part yarrow flowers, one part lavender flowers, and one part eucalyptus or mint leaves. Fill the jar the … Continue reading →

Free Bath & Bodyworks Aromatherapy with any $10 Purchase

We’ve had the “Washington crud” for the last few weeks, and haven’t been able to take advantage of too many deals. I did manage, however, to get my photo book done at 11:45 pm before the discount ended! Anyone know where to find a discount on TheraFlu? Many thanks to those readers who have sent me deals to post. The following is one from Stefanie. Smell is one of our most powerful senses. Scientific studies have shown that women have better olfactory senses than men do, which is probably why perfumes and colognes are usually marketed toward whether women like … Continue reading →

Tip of the Day- Go Orange Today

How many things can you think of that are orange? Naturally oranges come to mind, but what else? Where else can you find orange your life? Let’s make it an orange day today. Find an orange piece of clothing to wear, pull out your orange essential oils, and eat your orange foods. Having an orange day is all about fun. It’s about lifting your mood and boosting your health. Here are some interesting things that orange can do for you. Think of the color orange, what kinds of emotions do you associate with it? We can all have good and … Continue reading →

Holidays: Hostess Gift Ideas

Have you been invited to someone else’s home for a holiday meal or a party? If so, you might be wondering what to give as a hostess gift (or host). Below are some ideas that your host will appreciate, from cute to serene, and they all have price tags that will leave you feeling tranquil. Gift Candles Harvest votives have a pumpkin pie scent and come in fabric bags with leaf motifs in fall colors. A charming gift that is very affordable. Currently on special for just $5.00. Your host will love this attractive, scented gift candle from Misikko. It … Continue reading →

Aromatherapy in Ancient Egypt

If you think aromatherapy is a new practice, think again! Many ancient civilizations — including the Greeks, Persians, Romans, and Chinese — used various forms of aromatherapy. The Egyptians are generally credited with founding the use and study of aromatherapy. Ancient Egyptians used a few basic methods for extracting plant essences: infusion, squeezing, and eventually distillation. To infuse oil with a plant essence, simply place the aromatic plant material in the liquid and let the mixture sit in the sun for several weeks. I’ve tried this method for myself, hoping to make lily scented oil… but it ended up getting … Continue reading →