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5 (Super) Easy Steps for More Youthful-looking Skin
Aging is a natural and beautiful process. However, over time, harsh chemicals, stress and environmental factors can cause lasting damage, intensifying ordinary maturation. At Source Vitál, we’re passionate about helping you nurture your unique skin. Here are the products we...
4 Holistic Ways to Simplify Your Life
Life gets busy. In honor of National Simplify Your Life Week, we wanted to celebrate a lifestyle free of excess­­—where our love of experiences and objects supplements a happy life and does not detract from it. Here are tangible ways...
Beat the Heat... the Natural Way!
Sunny days are meant for picnicking, swimming, exploring, and spending time outdoors. However, warmth comes with an element of risk. Overheating can be uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous. Don’t feel confined to your air conditioning unit – here are our favorite...
Summer Aromatherapy Tips
Summer is a time to balance exciting adventures with relaxation. In order to achieve harmony and protect yourself against potentially negative reactions to seasonal changes, consider aromatherapy. Nature offers a diverse and powerful array of essential oils, many of which...
Natural ways to stop the itching
It’s no secret that we love the outdoors. However, sometimes its inhabitants can be less than friendly. Mosquitos are an almost constant presence during the summer months, covering kids and adults in unsightly, painful, and possibly dangerous bites. If you’re...
Why You Should Start Using Natural Deodorant (hint: because it's awesome and better for you!)
Making the switch to natural skincare and beauty products? Deodorant is the perfect place to start. A small switch can yield great rewards for your health. We get it – changing habits is tough, especially when sweat is involved. Here...
Five Easy Ways to Relax (besides staring at this picture)
Life can get pretty stressful, but it doesn’t have to get you down. Staying relaxed is important not only for your well-being, but also for your happiness and productivity. Here are five of our favorite ways to relax quickly and...
Heal Your Heart with Rose Essential Oil
Roses are often regarded as the most beautiful flower, symbolizing love when given as a gift. When used as an essential oil, rose has heart-healing qualities aiding in relief from depression, insomnia, emotional shock and grief. Here at Source Vitál,...
Natural Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day
Shopping for mom gets harder and harder every year. While getting her flowers is a classic, it’s also pretty passé. Opt for a different natural gift this year, one that won’t wilt. At Source Vitál, our natural and holistic products...
Rosacea Treatment Tips
Rosy cheeks are cute on kids, but not so much once you reach adulthood. Rosacea is a skin condition that affects the areas of the face that typically blush: forehead, cheeks, chin and lower nose. Essentially what happens is the...
10 Ways to Live More Holistically
Living holistically is all about balance—for your body and your mind. Quite literally, a holistic lifestyle means living as a whole person. Doesn’t that sound more appealing than living as an un-whole person? Our products support a holistic philosophy by...
Diffusion Blends for Relaxation, Therapy and Sinus Relief
There are two ways to use pure essential oils—through the skin and by inhalation. Inhaling pure essential oils not only makes your environment smell great, but it also brings therapeutic benefits. We’ve developed diffusion blends using our pure essential oils....
Just the Essentials: Easy Aromatherapy Recipes
There are many benefits to using essential oils—from taking the edge off on a stressful day to reducing the feel of soreness to lessening the discomfort of cold and flu symptoms. Not to mention, how good they smell! One of the...
Fend Off Winter Sickness Naturally
Guard yourself from getting sick during cold and flu season with these healthy living tips.
Natural New Year’s Resolutions
As we get ready to ring in 2015, start checking your list of New Year’s resolutions. This year, stick to goals you can accomplish for the long term. Added bonus? Keeping promises to yourself and meeting your goals will also...
Holiday aromatherapy
While you’re busy decking the halls, take a few minutes to set up your diffuser and enjoy the scents of the season! Breathing in essential oils is beneficial for your body, mind and spirit, helping to alleviate stress during the...
Have a Stress-Free Holiday
So, you’ve made it through Thanksgiving and all the chaos of Black Friday, congrats! With another month left to go of holiday celebrations, how are your stress levels? While the parties and family gatherings are tons of fun, the planning,...
Quick Aromatherapy for the Holidays…
The holidays have many sights, sounds, and smells. Nothing can send us back in time quicker than a long remembered scent. For me, its Vanilla incense that immediately reminds me of a particularly cute boyfriend. Cinnamon is a reminder of sitting...
Need a Great Holiday Gift? How About a DIY Natural Perfume
Need a great gift idea this holiday season? Create a perfume solid using all natural ingredients. Custom blend your own essential oils to create the scent that you love. Share with friends, family, loved ones, or make one just for...
Three Wise Men and Aromatherapy
What do the Three Wise Men have to do with Aromatherapy? From the beginning of recorded time, whether Egyptian, Roman, or Arab countries, Frankincense and Myrrh have long been prized for their healing and sacred properties. Myrrh symbolizes sacrificial death...
Whats in your kitchen? Herbs that heal! (from Guest Blogger Samantha Pope-Cubillos)
Pharmaceutical companies ignore medicinal spices and herbs because they don’t offer the same kind of profit that chemicals and drugs do. Most medical professionals do not know about herbs and spices. Spices and herbs are powerhouse healers! If you’re anything...