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The Mind-Skin Connection: What You Need to Know ? Have you ever noticed that your skin breaks out more when you’re feeling stressed? This isn’t a coincidence. Thanks to an emerging specialty field called psychodermatology, we’re discovering that the mind and skin are intimately connected.[1] What...

Rose de Mai, also known as the Rose of May, refers to the beautiful rose harvest in May that occurs every year in Grasse, France, a region known for producing some of the world’s leading perfumes. Known as a tradition that dates back to the 17th century and has lived on ever since, the beautiful,...

Standing in the middle of the Lavender field in Provence, breathing in the rebirth scent filled in the air, the words I read from Claire Harvey books “ Practitioner’s Encyclopedia Flowers the Remedies appeared in my mind. “I cannot imagine a life without flowers and the magic and joy that they br...

In West Africa where most shea originates, it is traditionally women that collect shea nuts from nearby parklands, turning the oily kernels within into smooth shea butter. This requires many stages and processes, from the labor of collection and carrying to the work of boiling, drying, shelling,...