Beeswax Candles at Balmoral Castle & Shop

We are incredibly delighted to have our natural beeswax candles scented with organic essential oils available for sale at the shop at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire.  Balmoral is the Scottish holiday home of the British Royal Family and is open from 1 April 2015 until the Royal Family come back to stay in the summer time.

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Calendula Ointment – New 120ml size

After listening to our customers, we now have a larger size of jar available.  It is of course jammed full of our gorgeous yelllow/orange calendula ointment which is made from 100% organic ingredients.

I use the calendula macerated in sunflower oil a lot in my aromatherapy practice often blended with other carrier oils and essential oils.   The calendula macerate is the main ingredient in my ointment.   It is really helpful for lots of skin issues – it calms an inflamed skin such as rashes & sunburn   Cracked and damaged skin can respond well to treatment with calendula.  Eczema and psoriasis procalendula image for blogne skin can be extremely difficult conditions to manage, but often I have had customers report good benefits with using calendula.

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Calendula – new 2014 organically grown flowers from Aberdeenshire

I have been lucky enough this year to get some beautiful calendula flower heads from organic farmer, John Fraser ,from Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  I am preparing them for macerating the petals in organic sunflower. Calendula for websiteThey are just a stunning colour and brimming full of lovely summer goodness.  I know they will make a fantastic macerate for using in my calendula ointment – hopefully the final macerate will be a rich orange colour – I can’t wait to see.

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A Celebration of Scottish Produce at Stirling Health Food Store

Organica J will be joining with Stirling Health Food Store this Saturday 26th July 2014 to celebrate and highlight Scottish Produce with their Taste of Scotland 

Stirling health Scottish Week July 2014event.  From 21st July to 3rd August Stirling Health Food Store, for the fifth year in a row,  are offering offering 10% discount on all Scottish products in the shop.

This Saturday, Josine and her team and Stirling Health Food Store will be organising a free tasting and testing session outside the shop on Saturday 26th July.

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