Chapstick is READY!!

A few weeks ago I was sitting on a plane on my way to spend 10 days in Malta, and after only being in the air for a few hours I started noticing how dry my lips were. If you've ever flown on a plane you probably know how easy it is to get dehydrated, dry, cracking lips and all! I was so thankful to have a tube of Smooth Spearmint chapstick in  my pocket! It was perfect! With all the super cold air out there this winter, there are probably a number of you who have experienced the same dry and cracked lips that I did on the airplanes, so I am very happy to tell you that Smooth Spearmint chapstick is now available! Smooth Spearmint chapstick contains a couple of luxurious oils with added vitamin e and a little spearmint oil to moisten and heal dry and cracking lips! They are available for $2 each OR through the end of March you can buy 3 soaps and get one for free!

Also for the month of March all soaps will be 3 for $12! Enjoy!

Forward Thinking

January is that time of year when you look forward. Forward to new adventures, new disciplines, new ideas, new changes, new hopes and plans for another year. Here at Beautiful Earth we are looking forward to trying some new things and re-making some old ones. We would be delighted if you would join our journey in 2015!




* CHAPSTICK!
I have tested several kinds of chapstick and are happy to announce that Beautiful Earth will begin selling Smooth Spearmint chapstick in February! Made from sunflower oil and cocoa butter to nourish your lips with spearmint oil added to provide just that perfect amount of cool feeling. Come check it out in February!

*A NEW LOOK for Annie's Bug Stuff!
Beginning in April, Annie's bug stuff will no longer be available in a tin, or small chapstick tube, but will instead come in a large, screw up tube similar to a chapstick tube, but quite a bit bigger. This keeps the ease in application, but the larger size will last longer, and will not be so easily mistaken for chapstick!

* LOTION?!
I have had several requests for goat-milk lotion. I have done some preliminary research, and hope to be able to offer a quality lotion in time for next Christmas!  Milk-based lotion is a little tricky, as it requires some kind of preservative in order to keep bacteria from growing in the nutrient-rich milk. If I can find a preservative in keeping with our natural, good for you, standards, I will do my best to get it ready for Christmas, 2015!

Thanks for checking in with us as we start a new year! I hope and pray that you have many positive things to look forward to in 2015!  I will try to keep you up to date on all our adventures, as the year progesses. In the meantime, I would sure love to see some snow!

All of the Holiday Mini Soaps are gone! Thank you all so much for your orders! There are still a few of the larger bars in the Holiday scents, so if you are interested in ordering, do it soon! 
 . . .and have a blessed and merry Christmas!

It's (almost) that time of year!

 Holiday Soap is Ready!

Want to bring the outdoors in, or enjoy the aroma of Christmas baking? Looking for the perfect gift idea? Let us help you enjoy the Holidays with the scents of Fresh Pine and Cinnamon Spice in our all-natural goat milk soap!

 Our Fresh Pine soap is scented with the essential oil of pine and the wintery smell of pine needles. It contains the same creamy goat milk and high quality oils of all our other soaps, and comes in two sizes; 1 oz. mini-rounds, or a 3 oz. large round.

Fresh Pine

 Our Cinnamon Spice soap is bursting with cinnamon and cloves and scented with natural cinnamon oil.  It has the warm, comforting smell of winter baking to top off the benefits of goat's milk and nourishing oils. It also comes in 1 oz. mini-rounds and 3 oz. large rounds.

Cinnamon Spice

Either soap can be purchased as mini-rounds (2 in a bag for $3.00), large rounds ( 1 for $4.00) or a gift set of 4 mini-rounds packaged in a reusable wooden crate for $8.00, as long as supplies last!

Gift sets

In addition, from Nov. 1st to Dec. 30th buy any 3 regular soaps and get one holiday mini-round free (as long as supplies last)! Happy Shopping!

A little bit of Spring in the Fall . . .

           "Spring Rain"
  our newest soap scent, is here and ready to go!
A blend of spearmint and eucalyptus,  "Spring Rain" offers a lovely sweet and refreshing scent. We are discontinuing our "Rosemary Mist" soap, and replacing it with this fresh new smell! Try some today, and add a little Spring to your Fall!




Coming Soon!. . .
  With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, Christmas trees are showing up in all the stores, and I am starting to hear snippets of Christmas songs even from my kids!
   Look for some special Holiday scents and gift boxes coming up really soon on Beautiful Earth to help you enjoy the Holidays!

Let's Be Real. . .shall we? And how about a deal to go with it.

It's right there. . . I can almost reach it, but not quite. It sits tantalizingly just out of my grasp, and try as I will it seems to evade me. It's that perfect scenario. You know, the one where I'm always organized and efficient. Things run on time, and time seems to wait for me, allowing me to have moments of inspiration and hours of pleasant research and successful projects to share and a never-needing-replenished stack of products waiting to be sold. It's too beautiful to be true, and it is. And so, it's now truth time. Time for the real truth that is. Because it's really true that every extra table in my house is covered with drying herbs waiting for me to jar and label them, (and there's even some in the fridge. . .)  and real garden produce sits in the freezer and on the table mocking me with its complacent patience. It's really true that I have hardly picked up an herb book in a month, and scarce have had a minute to mull over new projects and keep up with my hobby/business and blog because two separate family weeks traveling out of town followed by the start of school and the ensuing sports seasons have created a level of minor chaos for this Mama, even if it is enjoyable chaos in its own right. And it's really true that I work at the level of a real Mom, with piles of laundry and dishes, kids and dogs to care for, and food to cook. Someday - very soon I hope!- those great ideas in my head will become reality and I will even have time to let you all know about them, but for now, with apologies to those who perhaps have a little less of real life to deal with, and great thanks to those who choose to spend time with us, here's some stuff to look forward to at Beautiful Earth!

For the month of September we will be running a "5 for $20" package special (or "buy 4 -get 1 free")! You can customize your own package, and can include your choice of soap, salve or bug stuff tubes (2 tubes = an item). For example, 3 soaps, 1 tin of Triple-C salve and 2 tubes of Annie's Bug Stuff would make a great "buy 4- get one free" package. So have fun mixing and matching to create just the mix you need!

Also, there is a slight change-up coming in our line of soaps. Starting in the middle of September we will be discontinuing the "Rosemary Mist" soap, and replacing it with a new scent called "Spring Rain". A blend of spearmint and eucalyptus, "Spring Rain" is a light, refreshing scent that we hope you will enjoy as much as the beautiful air following a true spring rain. Pictures coming soon!

 We would love to hear from you this month, and if the new brew simmering in my crockpot downstairs turns out to be any good, maybe there will be more to tell you about soon enough, but for now, this is the real deal!

Itch?! Anyone?

 My answer is, "YES, yes, ME! I itch!" I don't react at all to mosquito bites, so I am attributing the large, itchy and swollen red spot which appeared on my leg yesterday morning to some other kind of bug- probably a spider, Bleh! Although I don't freak at spiders, and I leave them alone outside where they can eat all the bugs they want, the idea of those little eight-legged critters chomping on me is not entirely welcome. And let me tell you- putting up with the bite is not entirely welcome either. Besides being red and itchy, a larger area is quite swollen and sensitive. Even my shorts rubbing on it while walking the dogs this morning was enough to drive me crazy. Thankfully- the Bug Salve is READY! 

I have been using it for about 24 hours with good results! This picture is from this afternoon, and although still plenty red, the swelling has gone down and the itching is almost completely non-existent as long as I keep the salve on! There is nothing quite like putting your own products to the test, and I have been pleasantly pleased with the results. Although I had previously used it for mosquito and tick bites with good results, this was the first "big" bite that I had needed it for.

My bug salve is a combination of 6 natural ingredients that have been used historically not only for  controlling itching, but also as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory agents and pain reducers. They include plantain leaves, chickweed, cornflowers, calendula, white willow bark and tea tree oil.

Since no special name seemed to present itself during the making, the bug salve has been affectionately dubbed "Annie's Bug Stuff, " and I am happy now to share it with you! It comes in the same 2 oz. tin as the Triple-C salve for $7.50 or you can grab it in a handy little tube (chapstick size) for $2.50. For more detailed info on the herbs used, check out Annie's Bug Stuff on the salve page!

Hopefully your summer has been well-spent so far, enjoying the beautiful moments that nature affords us. With my kids home, and family outings, complete with a camping trip, fit in so far this summer I have been a little slower than I had hoped getting this ready, but at least I can say that it has been fairly well tested! If you are itching bug bites too, or maybe just interested in trying it out, you can place an order by emailing me at beautifulearthideas@gmail.com- I would love to hear from you!