Summer Rayne Oakes, Stacy Malkan, Julie Gabriel…three savvy scribes that make greening your personal care both interesting and fun. It’s time to build your live-better, be beautiful library. Read on to learn more.
We’re 99.9% sure your dad doesn’t have any Black Pepper and Lavender Essential Oil Blend lying around. Here’s your chance to make – and give – an unusual gift this Father’s Day. Plus, use this all-natural scent as a springboard on the myriad dangers of conventional personal care products, particularly fragrance…and you’ll really show dad you care.
Take a toxin-purging tour of your home with the help of EWG’s Healthy Home Checklist! From kitchen to bathroom to laundry room, it’s time to clean house in more ways than one. And discover Napa Valley Bath’s top two solutions for chemical-laden air fresheners and mysterious ‘fragrances’ in your personal care products!
There’s a lot to get testy about when it comes to chemical cocktails in our personal care products. And teens and babies are even more vulnerable.
Here’s just 5 ingredients found in ‘conventional’ bath and beauty products…
Parabens
Sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate
Triclosan and triclocarban
Fragrances and dyes
Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazaolinone
In fact, hundreds of the chemicals found as a [...]
Margarita and Lourdes have been our production team for over 12 years. They were excited to be part of the development of our bath line….until candles. It was not a simple process as none of us knew anything about making candles. Determining the ingredients was simple….we wanted to use [...]
Introducing biomimicry. Think of it as biologically-inspired engineering…or the bionic man (as applied to real-world objects, not Steve Austin). Read this post to find out how nature’s blueprint delivers all the direction we need, and how its guiding principles provide rules to live by.
Bac off! Sure you want to steer clear of harmful bacteria. But is triclosan the key chemical that claims to kill it doing more harm than good? Get the facts on triclosan, what one government crusader is doing to reduce its use in everything from personal care products to toys, and most importantly, how you can avoid it.
What makes a facial cleanser great? Get top tips for judging whether your facial cleanser is really right for your skin. Plus, learn how to make two DIY cleansers that will leave you green, clean and pristine. Spoiler alert: they both include two of our favorite ingredients – extra virgin olive oil and lavender!
Forget chemical cocktails when it comes to fighting fatigue. We turned to the Sense of Smell Institute to verify lavender’s claim as the ultimate natural sleep enhancer. Check out the report here. Then, make your own Organic Lavender Linen Spray and spritz your way to superior slumber!
You know we love organic lavender – the foundation of all Napa Valley Bath bath and body products. I’d like to give a shout out to some of the specific ingredients that makes them so darn special, from buttermilk to chamomile to extra virgin olive oil!
“We do not realize often enough that we are dependent on one another; at the simplest material level, we are all interdependent for our daily needs, and in this way we owe a debt to all beings. “
Kalu Rinpoche
“Each act of generosity is a recognition of our interdependence, an expression of our Buddha nature. ”
Jack Kornfield
Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
The Buddha
“If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.”
The Art of Peace Morihei Ueshiba
“Daily training in the Art of Peace allows your inner divinity to shine brighter and brighter. Do not concern yourself with the right and wrong of others. Do not be calculating or act unnaturally. Keep your mind set on the Art of Peace, and do not criticize other teachers or traditions. The Art of Peace never restrains, restricts, or shackes anything. It embraces all and purifies everything. ”
The Art of Peace Moridei Ueshiba
I yearn to live soulfully….to appreciate every moment….every site that I see….smell that I breathe…..and touch that I feel. Nothing is more important then being absorbed in your surroundings.
I love to create my spaces to be soulful…..enriching through art, nature, pictures, woods, found objects, my imac .
It’s so easy to bring feel into your [...]
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Nature is my main source for inspiration….when I become aware of the natural things around me and their beauty….my whole mood can change….
Welcome. This is the voice of our latest creation, napa valley bath. Inspired by the organic lavender grown in the Napa Valley and a six month hiatus in Florence, Italy, we created a bath and body line that is good for you...corpo, mente e anima. We aim to inform...inspire...and provide you with products that allow you to simply soak it all in.....
Pace.
Peggy O'Kelly