Month: August 2011

I just put the five new samplers up! They are a delectable mix of new products, old favorites, and sneak peaks of new products. Pictured is one of the samplers, Nirvana sampler (which comes with a FREE sample of Swan Luna Elixir). Like all of the past samplers (and gift sets), they are discounted off of my regular prices (so are like great mini-sales!). The samplers are 10% to up to 36% off (depending on the sampler).

The samplers will be available throughout the month of August. Over the next several days I will be posting about each and every one of the samplers, so keep reading this blog! 🙂

After months of being off the site, Warrior Aromatherapy Liquid Cleanser is finally back on the website. This is a wonderful gentle cleanser that is great for blemished skin (it has so many great herbs that are used on acned and scarred skin). There are two new sizes, the petite (sample) size of this is so cute, and new bottles too! The petite size is featured in two of my new samplers. 🙂 (No more pesky pumps, I finally found bottles for this cleanser that I actually like). I will be writing a more extensive post of this product over the next few days too, so still tuned!

Lastly, I didn’t bring back the Outdoor Oils this year but have been using them for my own use (very helpful when picture taking during prime bug hours ;P ). They just did not sell well last year. 🙁 Not sure why, since they smell amazing, even though they are made with many essential oils known for their repellent properties. I had designed them much in the way of my other aromatherapy blends, for their properties but taking into account their scent as well. I love the scent of them so much, I use two of them year round as scented body oils! (the third one smells lovely as well but has an essential oil I am sensitive to, so I don’t use it very much, but I made a small batch of it, since that is the one that can be used on kids).

Anyways, since I made too much for my own use, I decided to offer a free 1 oz size with any order during the month of August or until they run out (I am packaging them in plain plastic PET #1 bottles). Don’t let the name dissuade you from using them. I use them year round as body oils (even when I spend time indoors) because they smell so good. I have three different formulations, so will ship one with each order over $15 (not including shipping and tax fees). If there is one you would really like to try, please email me after you place your order. Li@earthalkemie.com
If I do not receive an email, I will randomly choose one for you 🙂

Here are the descriptions of the scents.
Picnic smells lemony and grassy (citronella), floral, and herbaceous. This one is safe for children over the age of two to use.

Lemongrass Forest. lemony, spicey, grassy, with woody, herbaceous and floral notes. This is one amazing smelling blend! (Kind of like a simple perfume)

Woodlands is very lemony and herbaceous.

I spent the weekend putting together the samplers (originally was going to have 2-3, and it ended up being 5 new samplers, since had a couple special requests), working on the website (writing the descriptions for them), and also taking pictures. I still have to edit the site and figure out pricing, so am working on that today.

I love picture taking, but have to take pictures a couple hours before the sun sets, since the light is best then and it’s been so hot during the day (high 90s, and some days 100 degrees with the humidity), so I can’t take any pictures during the day anyways. The only issue with picture taking during the very late afternoon/early evening are the insects. Thank goodness for (diluted) essential oils (because if I didn’t use them, I’d get at least 4 or more bites within five to ten minutes, when going outside at that time of day. Also if I do get one, I use diluted essential oils like everlast essential oil which are well known anti-inflammatories, which are very soothing to apply on them).

I finally got new bottles and took pictures of Warrior Aromatherapy Liquid Cleanser so am working on the website for that too. I took some pictures of Sunset Cleansing Oil (the xiao, 2 oz size) but still need to take pictures for the grande/refill/4 oz size for that. I am still slowly taking pictures for the site, and am revamping the site (got some new bottles for Sunset’s grande size, and the toners so need to retake pictures for them. There are some pages that still don’t have product pictures too) so have quite a bit of work to do on the website. It just started raining a minute or two ago here, so no pictures today unless it is a short storm ;P

I just edited the ‘upcoming products’ post, realized I forgot to add Warrior, and also one very special product to that, which is unofficially being called Chocolate Banana Berry Mask. I formulated this mask many years ago (I think it was one of my first more complex masks), and have tweaked it to perfection. Imagine: chocolate, coconut, bananas, berries, and vanilla. Pure yum. More on that later 🙂