How amazing it is...

     When I make a product with just a few simple natural ingredients, usually ones that I keep on hand to cook with, I am amazed. It is no secret that I am a firm believer in the All Mighty Creator, and when I learn what powers our foods, herbs and flowers hold, I have to step back and smile.      
   It just seems like it is all meant to be, the Earth supplies us with nutrients, it supplies us with important resources and it supplies us with the power to heal ourselves.     
 Our Oceans are filled with Sea Salt which is so vital to our body, skin, cell tissues and even keeps us from diseases. Plants contain properties that aid in Arthritis, Pain, swelling, and our health.    
  So when I make a product like my Apple Cider Vinegar ~ Rosemary Hair Rinse, I am Amazed.Apple cider vinegar washes away build up from shampoos and conditioners, Those that suffer from Psoriases will use Rosemary to reduse inflammation.  it even boost the immune and circulatory system, combats against free radicals in our skin and hair, prevents brain aging, promote  hair growth and is even being used in Cancer research.      
This is why it makes since to use something so natural, so safe and something that comes from our ever growing Earth on our body instead of a product that is created in a lab with ingredients we can't pronounce and side affects that are countless.     
It just seems to be the right thing to do. It doesn't matter if you believe that the Grand Creator put the plants on Earth, The Big Bang put the plant growth in motion or that our plants are just here because. The one thing we should all agree on is that they are a safe, natural and inexpensive way to take care of ourselves and our families. 
  

Time to get back to Simple, traditional and special.

  Even though I am a rather small contributor to the larger retailers at Christmas, I have always been a believer that the gifts should special and intimate.  I want my family to open gifts and feel the power of love come over them, not just the excitement of a new big item from the big name sellers. I guess because I had to be creative for many years while my kids were younger. I made gifts and found the smaller items that cost less, yet had a great deal of meaning to my child.
   I don't want to let go of the feeling. I still want my kids to open up a gift and feel like I really thought about them and not just shopped of a wish list. I use to tell my kids that I want to find the gift that they never know they wanted.
   Maybe that is why I create items in my store with that same idea behind it. I don't mass produce and I don't worry about making each item exactly the same. I have always had an issue being cookie cutter (although I do own probably 100 cookie cutters.) I really love that feeling of something unique and special. I think that a great deal of people feel that way. If you could choose, would you rather have something that millions of people are opening as a gift on Christmas, or something that only you will get, or at the least only a few dozen people will get.
   I think we need to get back to basics in our own homes and family. Showing how something simple, unexpected and unique can really make you happy. Please think about shopping a small local business. Big stores and large chains are nice. But maybe just one or two gifts under the tree from small businesses that have that hand crafted and made with love feeling.

Denver Post "Yourhub Business"

I was so excited to have my little business be featured in the Yourhub Business Section of the Denver Post




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Visit Secret Garden At Etsy

Come by and see what Secret Garden Bath & Boutique is all about. Some of the best feeling, most effective and truly all natural products around!!
 
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I have found that I would rather not make an product then make it with an ingredient that could be considered harmful. Being a mother of four and a grandmother, I want to make sure that I am making products that my own family will love, use and enjoy.

some of my products can take up to 7 days to make. But they are worth it. 

some are so luxurious feeling that the price just doesn't feel right.

Some make you feel better and ease the pain.

and some are for pure fun!

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Halloween 2013

I love this time of year. It is the start of great colors, family holidays and fun. I don't really like the scary, gross parts of Halloween. Yet the pumpkins, the decorations and the candy is pretty fun. So I try to find the fun things about Halloween I love and add them to my products.

                                                                   Fun bath salts for any age. Dead sea salt in great Halloween Scents, like Moonlit walk. A crisp fresh woods smell. or Trick or Treat, a sweet candy and fruit scent, or Red Hot Purple Passion, a sexy scent of love.

Even my Fizzy Seltzer Math Melts are fun for the Holidays. These spooky ghouls are just scary enough with their sugar eyes and funny faces. Drop them in your bath and experience a new kind of Fizzy bath bomb. This one gives you all of the pleasure of the fizz and then the skin softening affect of Shea Butter and Coconut oil. 

     

There many more great Halloween Bath Gifts at Secret Garden Bath & Boutique LLC.

Please stop by my Etsy Store to order your gifts today. 

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Don't forget to start your Fall and Christmas shopping as well.

Face Care and Natural Products

      So much of our confidence and self esteem is tied to our skin. When we have breakouts and other skin conditions, it really does drop our own feelings of confidence in the world. Today more then ever all you see are drop dead beautiful young women on magazine covers, build-boards, commercials and movies. Perfect skin seems to be important at any age. 
     Yet should we take a chance with our young children's faces and even our own and use prescriptions that  have side affects, or over the counter names that are packed full of chemicals?  After hearing so many horror stories about some of the dangerous side affects from prescription acne medications, I vowed to make a face product for my teens that was effective, safe and easy to use. Because let's face it, if it is hard or time consuming, what teen will take the time to do it daily? 

The first product I created over three years ago was my Lavender-Honey Sugar Face Scrub. It has two sugars in it, Brown & White. 
Brown Sugar is a gentle exfoliant. The sugars' will help lift off an clear away dead skin cells. Brown sugar has glycolic acid in it. Because of it's capability to penetrate the skin it is often used in such products like Facial Chemical peels. The brown sugar will help you maintain a healthy and glowing look. The glycolic acid is also known for helping reduce wrinkles, scaring from acne and darkening of an area of skin called hyperpigmentation. With the sugars I add fresh crushed Lavender buds and French Lavender Essential oil. 
Lavender is known for its antiseptic properties, but for the fact that it increases cell growth and heals wounds faster, while it also helps reduce scaring from the wound. So when you can take two ingredients like brown sugar and Lavender, both which are a culinary favorite, and clear your skin with no side affects...Why wouldn't you?   
    I also have another wonderful face scrub, Almond ~ Juniper Sugar scrub. It only has the white sugar, but the crushed Almonds and Wheat Germ will help exfoliate Almonds contain Vitamin E, which is a powerful antioxidant which cause an anti-aging benefits. Juniper Essential oil is being used to help relieve acne, eczema and even oily skin conditions. 
  So I really do believe that you can help your own face or your teens face conditions naturally. There is no need to use harsh, scary medicines, when there are so many natural ways to treat and heal your skin. I am a firm believer that there is a reason for every plant, flower and food that grows from the ground being placed on this Earth. For Centuries these ingredients were used for  daily medication, personal hygiene, and so much more.  
It is time to take back our and our children's well being.
Try natural , Feel and experience the difference first 
hand. 
   Secret Garden Bath & Boutique makes safe, effective
and truly affordable products. 
If you don't believe me and my four kids that use it, go
out there and ask anyone who does.  Post the question
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Lavender-Neroli Face                                                                                           Pore Cleansing Face
   Astringent: $8.00                                                                                                  Toner: $8.00