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Have you ever wanted to completely customize your own skin care products? Are you tired of fitting your skin into someone else's box (or bottle)? Do you want to make a product that's formulated specifically for your skin type and the issues YOU face?

Now you can with Source Vitál Apothecary's customized facial cocktails.

To open your heart, focus on your fourth chakra — the heart chakra. Located in the middle of your chest this energy center controls your emotions related to love. When open, you’ll feel compassionate and full of grace. A closed heart chakra results in anger, jealousy, and hatred for yourself and those around you.

Just in time for the most romantic holiday of the year, we’ve concocted five recipes of lovely essential oil blends. Perfect for gifts or a romantic night at home, give these DIY blends a try!

This month we want to keep your eyes looking lovely with 15% off our luxurious eyes creams, eye makeup remover and Citrus Peel – one of the only products we know of that’s gentle enough to exfoliate the area around the eyes. Remember, exfoliation smooths rough textures, eliminates toxins and kick starts the skin’s own natural regenerative efforts.

Shop our entire Eye Love You Collection and use promo code: eyeloveyou at checkout.

Take advantage of your time off this holiday season by going into full-relaxation mode with these 6 easy steps.

Creating a spa-like experience in your home is easier than you may think. Really, all you need are some essential oils and a bath tub. Taking the personal time to soak can have the similar relaxing benefits, but without the time and money commitment.

Halloween is just around the corner! To celebrate, we've brewed up a few tricks to make your own potions and magical scents. These fun DIY essential oil blends spark the imagination and play up the soulful, mystical side of aromatherapy – a perfect match for Halloween.

Spilled coffee down your shirt, got yelled at by your boss, the kids driving you crazy, or just feeling like you’ve got the world on your shoulders? Leave the worries of the day behind with a bath – and men, we aren’t just talking about women here!

One of the best things you can do for ageless skin is exfoliate. Exfoliation is a process to remove dead skin cells on the outer layer of the skin to give the skin a smoother, brighter appearance. It helps to get rid of the dry, flaky skin cells that can cause breakouts and make the complexion look dull and lifeless. It also helps to rev up the skin’s natural regenerative efforts to more quickly produce fresh, new, younger cells.

Check out these tips to naturally keep unwanted pests out of your way this summer. One of our favorites is neem oil which oil is quite effective at both repelling pests from not your body and your garden as well.

The sun provides us with beneficial vitamin D but by now we all know it can be dangerous if we stay in it for too long without the proper protection. Sometimes, as hard as we try not to burn, we still do. The good news is we can help you feel better – fast! Consider these products as the ultimate prescription for those times when you end up looking more lobster than bronze: Aromatic Algae Extract, Cool Body Mask and First Aid Spray.

Summertime is the perfect season to enjoy a variety of activities: go to the beach, catch some sun, take a vacation, the possibilities are endless. But one thing is for sure, while we are having fun we tend to ignore our skin.

So you’re reading about skin care products and most of them mention being good for normal, dry, combination or oily skin, just to name a few. It’s hard to decide which product is best for you if you aren’t sure exactly where your skin fits in. So let’s clear up some of the confusion.

Love is in the air and that has everything to do with Valentine’s Day quickly approaching! If you’re in need of a few gift ideas for your valentine, consider these three DIY, holistic and homemade Valentine’s Day gifts to give your sweetheart (or perhaps as a secret admirer) on the 14^th!

Take advantage of your time off this holiday season by going into full-relaxation mode, before the new year. We’re here to offer eight ways to completely unwind during and in-between your busy holiday festivities.

Give your skin a holiday cocktail that will leave you glowing with healthy radiant skin - and no hangover!

‘Tis the season! If you’ve been having trouble getting into the holiday spirit, count on our scents of the season to help. One of the great benefits of aromatherapy is that it won’t just make your home smell festive, it can also relieve the added stress this time of year brings.

“For the ingredients of our caldron. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.”  - William Shakespeare from Macbeth We want to have some fun this Halloween week! Halloween and fall are times of transition and change, making it the perfect time...

Put simply, dandruff is a bummer and can be downright embarrassing. Fortunately, it is easy to treat naturally. There are multiple causes for dandruff including dry skin, itching, sunburn and inflammatory diseases like psoriasis. Whatever the cause, there is a...

Many of us use of essential oils for ourselves to create a healthier lifestyle. We also can use essential oils for our four-legged friends. Dogs have a keen sense of smell and it is easy incorporate essential oils into their daily...

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...