Herbalicious products.Wouldn't it be great to spend a sunny Monday morning harvesting flowers and plants, only to wash and process them into beautiful herb vinegars, healing salves, aromatic soaps and lotions during the week? Luckily for those of us who don't have time to create our own handmade herbal products, our area is rich in local herbalists ready and willing to share their own product lines with us. Ask your local natural food store or specialty shop for these herbal treats. Bare Naked Beauty, made of whole organic herbs and extracts, is formulated at Reveal Skin Spa. Faith offers topical cocktails for healing, nurturing and revealing healthy, glowing skin and is happy to customize products with your skincare service purchase, www.ashevilleskinspa.com Pictured: Skinchanting Scrub, an herbal mask and cleanser all in one, formulated for your specific skin type. Made with oat and almond flour, wildflower honey, lavender flowers, rose petals and more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathy's Garden products are mostly wild crafted and organically grown in the mountains of western North Carolina Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. . From healing salves and herbal oils to delicious lip balm, Kathy will make you a product straight from her garden! Ask for her by name at 828-497-4709. Pictured: Calendula calendula (kəlĕn`jələ), any species of the genus Calendula, Old World plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The common calendula (C. Baby Salve, Dandelion Oil and Lavender Healing Salve made with comfrey comfrey Any herb of the Eurasian genus Symphytum (borage family). Best known is the medicinal common comfrey (S. officinale), used to treat wounds and as a source of a gum used to treat wool. Traditionally it was also taken internally for various complaints. , chickweed chickweed: see pink. chickweed Either of two species of small-leaved weeds, in the pink family. Common chickweed, or stitchwort (Stellaria media), is native to Europe but widely naturalized. It usually grows to 18 in. and plantain plantain (plăn`tĭn), any plant of the genus Plantago, chiefly annual or perennial weeds of wide distribution. Many species are lawn pests and the pollen is often a hay fever irritant. P. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Savoir herbal products are hand made in small batches to ensure wonderful quality, using organic & ethically wildcrafted ingredients whenever possible. Amy is a stay at home mom and loves to create healing treats and treatments for mama and baby. www.savoirherbals.com Pictured: Calendula Rose Sugar Scrub, and Body Butter, a creamy blend of shea, avocado butter, herbs and black coconut oil. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Faerie Made specializes in homemade soaps and lotions, from gypsy spice and sea spa to ginger lime and cedar mint. Tina, owner of Faerie Made, also makes hemp lip balm, tattoo balm for healing tattoos and baby bum rub. www.faeriemadesoaps.com Pictured: Patchouli Rose Soap, Hemp Lip Balm (clear and tinted available) and Arnica arnica (är`nəkə), any plant of the genus Arnica, yellow-flowered perennials of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native to north temperate and arctic regions. Balm Muscle Rub. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Buy Herbal, Buy Local! Fred's Formulas creates tinctures, topicals, teas and other medicinal, herbal blends from wildcrafted, homegrown, organic herbs. They offer a wide variety of healing products, from Fever Blister Buster to Poison Ivy Relief. Betty is more than happy to make custom blends to suit your needs. www.labyrinthcenter.com Pictured: Cold and Flu Blend, created with Echinacea, Goldenseal goldenseal Perennial herb (Hydrastis canadensis) native to woods of the eastern U.S. Its rootstocks have medicinal properties. The plant has a single greenish-white flower, the sepals of which fall as they open. The fruits grow in clusters of small red berries. Leaf, Elderberry elderberry, n Latin names: Sambucus nigra, Sambucus canadensis; parts used: buds, fruit; uses: common cold, toothaches, headaches, diaphoresis, hay fever, sinus infections, epidermal irritations, lacerations, liver disorders, inflammation; and Ginger. Also, Bath Tub Tea Bag, an aromatherapy tea bag to induce relaxation, dreaming and intuition. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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