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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Comfrey Harvest 2014 – an Introduction by Organica J

At the start of the comfrey harvest 2014, we shot a little video to show you how untouched and rural the area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland is where we harvest the comfrey leaves each year to make our comfrey oil macerate.  We then use the comfrey oil as a main ingredient in our comfrey ointment, gardener’s hand balm, herbal foot balm and the reflexology balm along with organic carrier, essential oils and beeswax.

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15% off all Organica J stock for 48 hours

Reflexology Foot BalmTo celebrate the end of comfrey harvest this year, and our new website all our subscribers can enjoy a whopping 15 % off Organica J stock for 48 hours – starting tonight, 6pm Tuesday 17th June.  All you have to do is subscribe to Organica J and you can benefit from this great offer and many others that will come in the future.  The 15% off  includes all our fabulous comfrey products made with the new comfrey oil.  This current offer is open to all our subscribing customers (except wholesale).  Hurry this offer must end midnight Thursday 19th June.

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