So living in a very heavy wooded area made me think: I need a bug spray, and I need it fast. I had remembered that I repinned a post on P and it was about bugspray, so here is the relink: Essential Oil Bug Spray. She has some good ideas and I used a lot of the same types of ingredients, yet I added my own twist.
First, I found old spray bottles around the house and emptied them out, thoroughly cleaning any previous odor out by squirting hot/soapy water through the sprayer.
Next, I gathered some ingredients:
Infused*/plain water that has been boiled or distilled (*the infused part is for other ingredients...I'll explain)
Natural witch hazel
Favorite essential oils (I used lavender, mint, eucalyptus, tea tree, and oregano.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
towel
8oz spray bottles (or twist cap, just harder to spread on yourself)
After trying this a few times, I have perfected the process.
1. Pour a total of 50-70 drops of all your favorite oils into the bottle.
2. Pour 1 TBSP of EVOO into bottle.
3. Fill bottle 1/2 way with water.
4. Fill to top with witch hazel.
SHAKE WELL, use often, and be HAPPY because you aren't beign bitten by bugs.
I have seriously watched mosquitos fly up around me, sniff a bit, then fly away. IT WORKS!. I live in a heavy wooded area and see 100's of bugs a day. Seriously, no bites for me or my family.
This spray is 100% safe and can be sprayed anywhere, although it may burn if sprayed in the eyes. Rinse with cold water, if this happens. You can even taste it if you like and no yucky chemical taste, either!!!!
Can't say enough about this recipe. Try it or send me an email if you want a custom made sample from me :-) <3 :-)
Friday, March 16, 2012
This blog is the official start to my company.
Hi Folks:
This blog is the official start to my company:
MaMa Amelia's Wellness Co.
^That's me, MaMa Amelia :-) and my son, Alex Jr. I took this before we left for our walk this morning.
If you are reading this, you have probably found my products and are getting more info on me. Currently, I am twenty two years old, a mother to a lovely son and engaged to the love of my life newly single. I will soon be a graduate with a Biology degree. Our family is living with my soon-to-be father-in-law at a lovely beach front location, where nature is abundant. I am living with my mother until I move to Orlando, FL to pursue graduate school.
I wanted to start a company ever since I was a child. I always dreamed of strange things that were made from the ordinary to be something unique and charming to the naked eye. Since my youth, I have put my talents to work in a range of crafts and trades including but not limited to: hair, make up, jewelry making, nail polish, art in general (card making, paper dolls, paper flowers....etc), sewing, crocheting, cross stitching, hemp art, glass art, cooking, baking, cleaning,....I'm not finished, but this is a start.
These are all of my hobbies and I have found that when you can do something you love and make a profit to sustain your ideal lifestyle, then you have a perfect life. I am so far from a perfect life; money is short, time is short (yet all I have is time), and I am a young mother with many dreams and goals. Nothing is getting in the way of me having fun in life, and if that is by making products that other people love and loving them myself, then how-dy-HO! Here we go!!
This will be my logo:
MaMa Amelia's WellnessCo.
The difference is Natural.
For each product I make, I will write the title of the product on the bottom of the logo, above a picture that represents what it is, preferably something hand shot and printed onto a sticker. For now, I am going to be using plastic bags and handwritten logo stickers on anything that I give out. The only thing that will be on there will be the company "MAWCo." and the title of the product and my email address.
The things that I want to make clear and stick to from the beginning are:
-Certified organic
-Non-animal tested
-chemical, odor, dye free
-soy, corn, egg, gluten and dairy free (*PRIMARILY GF, but I will try to avoid the others when possible)
-BPA, paraben free
-non-GMO
-natural
-NSA-no sugar added (*DIABETES SAFE)
The reason that these things are on my first post is that they are vital to this company's survival in the natural market!! Not only that, I do not want to ingest or use on my body any product that involves the aforementioned no-no's. I am working very hard to make my body a machine and using only the best products to fuel/maintain it.
Living at the Dunes this summer is also going to really push me to be my greatest that I can be, because I have lived here for only two weeks, and within those two weeks I have walked, drank green tea, eaten natural/raw daily and I have lost ten pounds. Please let this be a reminder to myself that I can be anything that i want to be and it is going to start right now.
If you want tips on my workout schedule and daily diet, I can give them out. Otherwise, I am just going to use this blog as a way to diary about the products that I want to market in the near future or to let people know about what I am reading/doing/eating/...you get the idea.
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