With a wide-variety of luscious scents like Italian Coconut Nectar, Island Vanilla, Malibu Lemon Blossom and many more, Pacifica’s candles make a great gift. Pacifica’s candles are made with paraffin wax, lead-free wicks and essential and natural oils — and we especially love them for their beautiful packaging!
Stress can sometimes get the best of us and it definitely takes a toll on our health, both mentally and physically. I love, love, love to use aromatheraphy as a safe and gentle way to combat stress. We have been using essential oils to enhance our body, mind and spirit for hundreds of years. After years and years of research, we have found that our sense of smell can have an enormous influence on our central nervous system. Certain smells can give us a sense of calm, comfort, and relaxation and may even promote restful sleep.
Developed more than 30 years ago by an organic chemist, ShiKai hair care products help keep hair healthy using shikakai plant extracts, known for their ability to leave hair clean, silky, soft and shiny. Made right up the road from our stores in Santa Rosa, California, one of my favorite ShiKai products is the Color Reflect line of shampoos and conditioners.
You may have heard Oprah or Dr. Oz mention the wonders of the neti pot. For the uninitiated, some research has indicated that using a neti pot may help to reduce sinus congestion and other symptoms of allergies or cold. (Always consult with a medical professional before beginning any treatment.) If you’re in the market for one, look no further: Baraka makes awesome neti pots, and they’re produced locally in Sebastopol, California!
Low temperatures and aching bodies — yes, winter has indeed arrived! Many tired souls look to a nice, warm soak for relief, and we suggest infusing your bathing experience with all-natural Aura Cacia essential oils. Aura Cacia offers an amazing skin-renewal recipe for a bath or after-shower oil. This blend is simple and adjustable — have fun with it and enjoy!
It is estimated that the average person contracts more than 50 colds during a lifetime. The cure for the common cold? We’re still looking, but lucky for us we’ve come a long way from the remedies of the Middle Ages, when colds were treated with roasted mice, leeches or hanging a ball of camphor around the neck.
This scrub is delicious on so many levels! It smells like brownies, exfoliates the skin with crushed cocoa seeds and softens with sugar. The fact that it actually heats up as you massage it into your skin just makes it that much more crave-worthy!
We all know that with increased exercise comes an increased need for hydration, and for those of us vowing to move more in 2012, it’s important that we remain vigilant about our water intake. While all water works for keeping thirst at bay, one of our favorite bottled waters on the market right now is Penta.
After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s time to relieve some stress. New Chapter Perfect Calm is a great, organic, whole-food multi-vitamin with added organic herbs that can help calm stress.
We’re very excited to be the first store in the nation to carry VitalBulk’s Super Green bulk vitamin dispenser. This patented system reduces costs and materials while dispensing a wide variety of bulk vitamins, including Basic One-Multi Vitamin, C Caps, Calcium Citrate with Vitamin D3, Cal-Mag Citrate, Vitamin D3, 1200 Ωmega-3 Fish Oil, Flax Oil, and Glucosamine Sulfate. In addition to eliminating bottles and caps, you’re significantly reducing your use of packaging material and your carbon footprint. VitalBulk’s dispenser ensures cleanliness and shelf life with VitalBulk’s bag-liner and secondary dispensing technology, so the supplements are safely sealed. After being sealed in the factory, there is no potential contamination from handling at the store level. Our Vacaville store is piloting this program and we hope that with its success we will be able to bring this technology to all our stores. Look for the VitalBulk display in our Healthy Living department. Not only are you being green by buying in bulk, you’re also saving green (money that is)!