Here’s a question for you. When was the last time you spent more than just a few fleeting moments pampering your hard-working tootsies? It’s easy to forget about your feet, so if you’re at all like me I’m willing to bet it’s been a while since you really gave them some serious TLC. How long has it been? Hmmm, I thought so.

Despite spending hours and hours every year applying luxurious beauty treatments to our faces, necks and hands, our poor old feet are lucky to get more than a quick toe-nail clip or lick of nail varnish! Read more…

From the Oleaceae family, Jasminum sambac is a slender, erect or climbing evergreen bush that is capable of growing from 1 to 3 metres in height, and is more shrubby and woody than J. grandiflorum. Its sturdy branchlets are encompassed by elliptic or obovate, dark green compound leaves and adorned with tubular, star-shaped white to pale yellow flowers that are thicker and more waxy than J. grandiflorum. They grow either as an individual blossom or in clusters at the tips of branches. Read more…

Lavishly illustrated with lots of informative photographs, this well written and easy to follow guide explains everything you need to learn to enjoy the wonderful art of aromatherapy. With so many books available on aromatherapy today it can be difficult to find one that suits both novice and experienced home-user, but overall I think that The Aromatherapy Bible manages to do this admirably. Read more…