Thursday 28 February 2013

#NCCAMchat on cholesterol

When there is too much cholesterol in your blood, it increases your risk of developing heart disease.https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NCCAMchat&src=hash

When there is too much cholesterol—a fatlike substance—in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries and increases your risk of developing heart disease. Know your total cholesterol, your LDL (bad) cholesterol, and your HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides. Make an appointment to get tested.

High cholesterol by age
20s: 22%
30s: 38%
40s: 50%
50s: 62%

Nearly 1 in every 2 American women has high or borderline high cholesterol.

Total cholesterol numbers:
High: 240 mg/dL and above
Borderline high: 200-239 md/dL
Desirable: Less than 200 mg/dL

Essential Oil Safety

Essential Oil Safety book coverRobert Tisserands new edition of Essential Oil Safety is due out 30th September 2013

http://roberttisserand.com/essential-oil-safety-book-second-edition/

Safety Tips shared by Andrea Butje at Aromahead Institute on NAHA's Member Only Forum:

My guideline is to use essential oils only externally and at low (1%) dilutions with people who are taking many medications, who have impaired liver function (detoxification and metabolism of drugs and essential oils depends on the liver), impaired kidney function (as the kidney excretes packaged toxins from the liver), are suffering from chronic diseases, and those who are elderly or very young.

1. Use caution with Peppermint oil and calcium channel antagonists. Peppermint oil is a calcium channel blocker and may alter the effect of these drugs. Calcium channel blockers are a common medication given for high blood pressure. In this instance, Peppermint may potentiate the medication. 

2. 1,8 cineole containing oils ( a few examples are Ravintsara, all Eucalyptuses, Rosemary camphor/ 1,8 cineole, Cardamom, many species of Helichrysum, Laurel Leaf, Myrtle, Spike Lavender) should not be used with barbiturates. 1,8 cineole increases the metabolic detoxification of these drugs, thus decreasing their effectiveness (reducing the dose more quickly than expected). 

3. Methyl Salicylate (Birch, Wintergreen), Peppermint and Eugenol (Clove, Basil ct eugenol) containing oils should be avoided with anticoagulant drugs such as Warfarin (coumadin). These essential oils, and the component eugenol, are known anticoagulants and may potentiate the effects of the drugs, as the essential oil component is offering the same action as the drug.

People who have aspirin sensitivity should not use Methyl Salicylate containing oils (Birch, Wintergreen). Methyl Salicylate is converted into salicylic acid in the body. Here is an example of a component of an essential oil being the same as the concentrated ingredient of the drug. Check your GC/MS Reports.

4. All oils containing Eugenol (Clove) and Methyl Salicylate (Birch, Wintergreen) should be avoided by people with clotting disorders. This is because these components “thin” the blood and could cause excessive bleeding.

5. If drugs are being given transdermally (skin patch) essential oils must not be applied to the area of the drug patch, or the close vicinity. This is to avoid possible alterations in the drug’s bioavailability. The essential oils could speed up or slow down the delivery of the drug, thus altering the assumed dose.

6. If there is significant hepatic (liver) and renal (kidney) impairment the person will be more vulnerable to the potential toxic effects of the oils with overuse. Intensive or internal use of the oils must be avoided. 

7. Eugenol, Thymol and Carvacrol (Clove, Thyme ct. thymol, West Indian Bay Oil) are potent prostaglandin inhibitors and are to be avoided by people with significant renal (kidney) disease. This is because drug treatment for renal disease increases renal blood flow by mechanisms that are dependent on the effects of prostaglandins.

Inhalation provides a very quick absorption into the blood stream while applying the oil to the skin allows for slow, continuous absorption over a period of time, especially if applied during a massage. My understanding is that most safety concerns with essential oils and drug interactions are with oral, rectal and vaginal use of the oils (or the intensive use of neat oils on the skin). Of course, the transdermal issue has to do with using the oil on the skin.

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Essential oils and eye safety

I am always the first to say lets keep our sensible pants on when using essential oils.  Placing essential oil anywhere near the eye is not recommended.  However I have always been fascinated by those applications of essential oil which rely on just a few molecules to have a discernable effect.  Now you might say this is not aromatherapy at all this is cosmetics and thats fine by me.

http://roberttisserand.com/2013/02/essential-oils-and-eye-safety/

I may be able to throw some light here as we have a commercial eyedrop and eyemist range. Certainly the idea of placing any essential oil even diluted as aromatherapists understand the term (1-3% in a vegetable oil) appears to me inappropriate. I dont like the term inappropriate as its usually a euphemism for what we really want to say. eg dangerous!

We do hear of the utility in drinking/using significant quantities of essential oil on the if you dont use ‘enough’ then it wont ‘work’ principle. This is based firmly in the ‘material’ concept of perception. If the issue is that bad it should certainly be taken to a doctor.

However the value that essential oil has time and time again that has been demonstrated in individual cases is the impact on the ‘immaterial’. The life we perceive but cannot touch or sit upon. Physics and Biology are coming ever closer to a ‘description’ of this but even a ‘description’ will be couched in material terms which our minds can perceive in some form of analogy or another.

Essential oil certainly is used with success in commercial environmental eyedrops but in a dilution of 1/2500. The ‘materialist’ would say that is too immaterial for an ‘impact’ and the result must be ‘placebo’. Aromatherapy might say that no a 1/2500 dilution while certainly being too small to be of harm is nonetheless capable of benefit. As these natural eyedrops sell in their hundreds of thousands in pharmacies something must be going on and that has intrigued researchers. The prescription of conventional eyedrops as a ‘front line’ environmental eyedrop has documented medical risks hence the need for a ‘natural’ environmental eyedrop.

Saturday 23 February 2013

2013 Skincare Distributor Pricelist

Please note Minimum Quantities apply to Shirley Price Botanical Skincare Purchases

Individual items may be purchased here
UK www.LetNatureProvide.co.uk
International www.ShirleyPrice.co.uk and at Shirley Price stockists worldwide



FOOTCARE
SP.FOOTCARE




5603
5025412003321
Deodorising Foot Cream


50
£3.36
5604-50

Exfoliating foot cream


50
£4.53
5605-30
5025412003284
Foot reflex cream


30
£2.83
5605-50
5025412003291
Foot reflex cream


50
£4.95
5607-50
5025412003338
Foot reflex cream base


50
£2.95
5607-150
5025412003345
Foot reflex cream base


150
£5.72
5607-500
5025412003352
Foot reflex cream base


500
£15.03
5608-50
5025412003314
Relaxing Foot Cream


50
£3.36
5609-50
5025412003307
Warming Foot Cream


50
£3.36
ALOE VERA
SP.Aloe Vera Gel




5601-50
96019351
aloe vera gel


50
2.17
5601-150
96019351
aloe vera gel


150
5.3
5601-500
96019351
aloe vera gel


500
9.56
5601-1000
96019351
aloe vera gel


1000
14.34
5602-50
96019405
aloe and seaweed gel


50
£2.34
5602-150
96019405
aloe and seaweed gel


150
£5.73
5602-500
96019405
aloe and seaweed gel


500
£10.50
5602-1000
96019405
aloe and seaweed gel


1000
£15.75
5610-50
96019337
arnica gel


50
£2.46
5611-50
96019344
borage gel


50
£4.23
5612-50
96019351
clear aloe gel


50
£2.17
5613-50
96019368
lavender gel


50
£1.84
5614-50
96019375
muscle gel


50
£1.99
5615-50
96019382
neroli gel


50
£2.11
5616-50
96019399
rejuvenating rose gel


50
£4.33
5606-50
96019412
soothing peppermint foot gel


50
£2.72
5617-50
96019429
tea tree gel


50
£2.67
5618-50
96019436
vitamin E gel


50
£3.28

HERBAL CREAMS
SP.Herbal Creams




5619-30
96019542
almond and sandalwood cream


30
£3.41
5620-30
96019559
aloe vera cream


30
£2.65
5621-30
96019566
anti cellulite cream


30
£2.82
5622-30
96019573
arnica cream


30
£2.98
5623-30
96019313
borage cream parabens free


30
£2.83
5624-30
96019306
calendula cream parabens free


30
£2.77
5625-30
96019597
chamomile cream


30
£2.88
5626-30
96019580
comfrey cream


30
£3.14
5627-30
96019603
echinacea cream


30
£3.87
5628-30
96019610
evening primrose cream


30
£2.91
5629-50
96019658
exfoliating foot cream


50
£4.53
5630-30
96019627
frankincense and rose cream


30
£3.08
5631-30
96019634
hypericum cream


30
£2.94
5632-30
96019641
tea tree cream


30
£2.96
5633-30
96019535
vitamin e cream


30
£1.55

DEEP CLEANSERS
SP.ESSENTIA SKINCARE ROUTINE - CLEANSERS




5634-50
96019474
No1 Cleansing cream


50
£3.55
5634-150
5025412003376
No1 Cleansing cream


150
£7.40
5635-200
96019467
No2 Cleansing Milk


200
£6.41
5635-500
5025412003390
No2 Cleansing Milk


500
£14.60
5636-125
5025412003406
No3 Toning lotion


125
£2.50
5636-200
5025412003413
No3 Toning lotion


200
£5.33
5636-500
5025412003420
No3 Toning lotion


500
£12.77
5636-1000
5025412003437
No3 Toning lotion


1000
£23.63

MOISTURISERS
5637-30
5025412003444
No4 Frankincense Pretty Serum


30
£12.70
5638-200
5025412003451
No5 Moisture Lotion


200
£4.72


No5 Moisture Lotion


50
£2.25


No5 Moisture Lotion


125
£3.75


No5 Moisture Lotion


1000
£15.00
5639-30
5025412003468
No6 Moisture Cream


30
£2.88
5639-50
5025412003475
No6 Moisture Cream


50
£6.24
5639-150
5025412003482
No6 Moisture Cream


150
£17.75
5640-15
5025412003499
No7 Superlight eye cream


15
£2.75
5640-30

No7 Superlight eye cream


30
£4.98
5640-50

No7 Superlight eye cream


50
£6.64
5640-150

No7 Superlight eye cream


150
£16.79
5641-30

No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream


30
£5.14
5641-50
5025412003505
No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream


50
£8.57
5641-150
5025412003512
No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream


150
£24.54
5642-30

No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream
70-95% organic

30
£5.14
5642-50
5025412003529
No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream
70-95% organic

50
£8.57
5642-150

No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream
70-95% organic

150
£24.54













MASQUE





5647-50
5025412003536
Moisturising honey masque


50
£4.95
5647-150
5025412003543
Moisturising honey masque


150
£13.95
5648-50
5025412003550
Moisturising Minute Gel Masque


50
£4.95
5648-150
5025412003567
Moisturising Minute Gel Masque


150
£13.95
5649-50
5025412003574
Cypress exfoliating Cream mask


50
£4.95
5649-150
5025412003581
Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask


150
£13.95
5649-200
5025412003598
Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask


200

5649-500
5025412003604
Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask


500

5650-50
5025412004069
Faceoff mask


50
£4.95
5650-150
5025412004069
Faceoff mask


150
£13.95
5651
5025412004076
Natural beauty Facewash
70-95% organic

125
3.00


Natural beauty Facewash
70-95% organic

500
8.00


Natural beauty Facewash
70-95% organic

1000
12.00
5652-30
5025412003611
Facial treat rejuvenator


30
£2.11
5653-1000
5025412003628
Hand & Body Lotion


1000
£15.00
5653-200
5025412003635
Hand & body lotion


200
£3.59
5653-100
5025412003642
Hand & body lotion


125
£3.39
5653-50
5025412003659
Hand & body lotion


50
£2.25
5654-30
5025412003666
Jasmine aromatic oil


30
£7.69
5655-30
5025412003673
Neroli aromatic oil


30
£6.97
5656-30
5025412003680
Rose aromatic oil


30
£7.26

5025412003703
Essentia Skincare kit - cleanse, tone, moisturise - dry skin



£12.50

5025412003710
Essentia Skincare kit - cleanse, tone, moisturise - oily skin



£12.50

EYECARE
SP.EYECARE





5025412003154
SCNo7 Superlight eye cream


15
£2.75

5025412003161
Chamomile eye care


10
£1.70

MOISTURISERS
SP.MOISTURISER CREAM COLLECTION




5657-30
5025412003727
No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream
70-95% organic

30
£3.07
5657-50
5025412003734
No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream
70-95% organic

50
£4.21
5657-150

No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream
70-95% organic

150
£10.54
5658
5025412003741
No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream


30
£3.74


No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream


50
£6.24


No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream


150
£12.48
5659-30
5025412003758
No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream


30
£3.74
5659-50
5025412003765
No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream


50
£6.24
5659-150
5025412003772
No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream


150
£12.48
5660-30
5025412003789
No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream


30
£3.74
5660-50
5025412003796
No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream


50
£6.24
5660-150
5025412003802
No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream


150
£12.48
5661-30
5025412003819
 Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A


30
£4.04
5661-50

 Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A


50
£6.73
5661-150

 Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A


150
£13.46
5662-30
5025412003826
Dry skin moisture cream - Special E


30
£4.11
5662-50
5025412003833
Dry skin moisture cream - Special E


50
£6.65
5662-150
5025412003840
Dry skin moisture cream - Special E


150
£16.07
5663-30
5025412003857
Scar care moisture cream


30
£5.18
5663-50
5025412003864
Scar care moisture cream


50
£7.77
5663-150

Scar care moisture cream


150
£10.36
5664-30
5025412003871
Post epilation moisture cream


30
£4.04
5664-50

Post epilation moisture cream


50
£6.73
5665-30
5025412003888
Airways moisture Cream - Special S


30
£5.18
5665-50

Airways moisture Cream - Special S


50
£8.63
5666-30
5025412003895
Visible veins moisture cream


30
£5.47
5666-50

Visible veins moisture cream


50
£9.12


SP.BALMS COLLECTION




5667
5025412003178
Lip balm 


15
£1.59
5668-100

After bath lotion


100
£2.04
5668-200
5025412003185
After bath lotion


200
£3.07
5669-100

After shave balm


100
£2.67
5669-200
5025412003192
After shave balm


200
£4.05
5670-100
5025412003208
After Sun milk


100
£4.69
5670-200
5025412003215
After Sun milk


200
£7.11
5671-100

Peppermint balm


100
£3.12
5671-200
5025412003222
Peppermint balm


200
£4.73
5671
5025412003239
Peppermint Balm


500
£9.95


SP.HAIR




5672
5025412003901
Scalp tonic


30
£2.83
5673
5025412003918
Shampoo for dry hair
70-95% organic

200
£4.00


Shampoo for dry hair
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Shampoo for dry hair
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00
5674
5025412003925
Shampoo for greasy hair
70-95% organic

200
£4.00


Shampoo for greasy hair
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Shampoo for greasy hair
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00
5675
5025412003932
Shampoo for normal hair
70-95% organic

200
£4.00


Shampoo for normal hair
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Shampoo for normal hair
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00
5676
5025412003949
Hair conditioner
70-95% organic

200
£4.00


Hair conditioner
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Hair conditioner
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00
5677
5025412003956
Headlice repellant conditioner
70-95% organic

200
£2.75
5678
5025412003963
Headlice shampoo
70-95% organic

200
£2.75
5679
5025412003970
Lavender & Geranium bodywash
70-95% organic

200
£4.00


Lavender & Geranium bodywash
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Lavender & Geranium bodywash
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00


SP parabens free skincare bases, certified organic






Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients


250
£11.00
5680
96019290
Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

500
£18.00


Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

1000
£27.00


Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

250
£5.00
5681
96019283
Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00


Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients
70-95% organic

250
£5.00
5682
96019276
Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients
70-95% organic

500
£8.00


Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients
70-95% organic

1000
£12.00


Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

250
£13.25
5683
96019269
Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

500
£21.20


Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

1000
£31.80


G2 Cream base 91.24% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

500



G2 Lotion base 92.04% Organic ingredients
70-95% organic

250



Hair conditioner base 73% organic
70-95% organic

250
£6.25


Hair conditioner base 73% organic
70-95% organic

500
£10.00
5684
96019481
Hair conditioner base 73% organic
70-95% organic

1000
£15.00


Liquid Castille soap base


250
£11.25
5685
96019252
Liquid Castille soap base
organic

500
£18.00


Liquid Castille soap base


1000
£27.00


Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

250
£6.25
5686
96019252
Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

500
£10.00


Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients
70-95% organic

1000
£15.00
5687
96019269
Melt and Pour Soap 71.99% organic
70-95% organic

500



Night cream
70-95% organic

250
£6.25
5688

Night cream
70-95% organic

500
£10.00


Night cream
70-95% organic

1000
£15.00
5689

Unfragranced Lipbalm base
organic

500
£18.00


SP.Skincare bases




5643
96019443
Avocado oil fragrance free moisture cream base


30
£3.64
5643
5025412004380
Avocado oil fragrance free moisture cream base


150
£13.86
5644
96019504
Carrot oil fragrance free moisture cream base


30
£3.64
5644

Carrot oil fragrance free moisture cream base


150
£13.86


White lotion - parabens free






White lotion - parabens free




5645
5025412002799
White lotion - parabens free


500
£10.00
5646
5025412003482
Moisture cream - parabens free


50
£3.65
5646
5025412003482
Moisture cream - parabens free


150
£9.10
5646
5025412003482
Moisture cream - parabens free


500
£18.00
5691
96019511
No. 1 shampoo base


200
£3.43
5692
96019528
Silky bath base


200
£4.00
5693
conditioner base


30
£2.86
5694
5025412004410
foam bath


200
£13.86
5695
96019665
high foam bath


200
£3.54
5696
96019320
liquid soap parabens free


200
£6.19
5690
5025412004083
Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap
70-95% organic

200
£9.00

5025412004083
Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap
70-95% organic

500
£18.00

5025412004083
Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap
70-95% organic

1000
£27.00
5697
5025412004403
Bees wax pellets


200
£3.05

5025412004397
beeswax block


200
£8.20
5698

Clay


200
£0.00


Clay


200
£0.00


Clay


200
£0.00
5699

Frankincense resin


200
£0.00


Myrhh resin


200
£0.00