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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,...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales on SourceVital.com
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for shopping! Here at Source Vitál, we want to make gift giving and holiday shopping fun, easy and stress-free. Skip the stores and crazy holiday lines. Instead, head to our website for...
10 Holistic Tips for Healthy Skin
November is National Healthy Skin Month, a month created to raise awareness and encourage people to take care of their skin. It comes at a great time, too. This month signals the beginning of the holiday season where cold weather...
Mystery Acne (from Guest Blogger Samantha Pope-Cubillos)
My name is Samantha and I am the daughter of Source Vital’s founder, Jerry Pope. I have had great skin my whole life with the exception of a few minor break-outs here and there. I attribute my healthy skin to...
Dear Cellulite, We're Over!
How to break up with your cellulite! We are fast approaching summer. You know what that means, shorts and swim suits. It’s a perfect time to break up with your evil cellulite so you can start the New Year off...
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...
Source Vital's 12 Days of Christmas Special Offer
Looking for a great gift idea for Mom, Dad, sister or the wife (or anyone else)? How about the gift of Source Vital? Now through Christmas Day, place your order online using discount code "12days2012" and you'll get 20% off...
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...
Help! Cellulite!
Cellulite is primarily a lifestyle condition, related to poor diet and lack of exercise. If the daily diet is composed of processed, prepackaged food, fast food, and junk food and continues for 20-40 years, the creation of cellulite is guaranteed....
Aging Gracefully (from Guest Blogger Madeleine Pope)
We are all getting older. The question is, what are you going to do about it? This weekend at my cousin's wedding I was inspired by the beauty of my mother, Brea Gratia (Houston's Sanctuary Spa owner and former owner/founder...
How Do I Tell The Difference Between Fluid Retention and Cellulite?
Not all “cottage cheese” skin is cellulite - it may be chronic fluid retention. Find out how to spot the differences and improve the look of your skin.
What a PAIN!! 7 Ways to Reduce Muscle Soreness
Almost everyone has sore, aching muscles every now and then. Muscle soreness is typically caused from tension, strain, and overuse. There are many things you can do to reduce and help prevent muscle soreness. Here are the top ways to...
Cyber Monday Deals at Source Vital!
Today's the greatest day to shop online. Almost any legitimate online retailer will be running some kind of "Cyber Monday" promotion for customers to buy  their loved ones (and themselves) that perfect holiday present. So, we're joining in all the...
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...
DIY Pumpkin Facial Peel!
The best way to enjoy Pumpkin Spice Latte Season? Make a facial peel! Pumpkin isn't only good when added - with a little spice - in your latte, or of course in pumpkin pie, it also has beneficial nutrients, vitamins, and...
Essential Oil Showcase: Rose Absolute with a Cool Ice Cream Recipe
Throughout history no flower has been so loved, or famous as the rose. Fossils were discovered all over the world, dating the rose to be over 35 million years old. Remains of roses have been found in Egyptian tombs. Romans...
Save the Scary Masks for Halloween
Source Vitál masks will strengthen your complexion by delivering powerful seaweed extracts, whole plant extracts, essential oils, and silt. To have beautiful skin, good genetics are nice, but the biggest part of achieving a healthy complexion lies in your skin's...
Why Amber Glass and Plastic Containers?
Why are our products housed in the amber glass and plastic? Think of it as sunshades for body and skin care products.We did not choose the amber containers just because it looks good and we like the earthy, natural color!...
Alkaline Diet and Your Skin
Eating an Alkaline diet is beneficial for not only your digestion and immune system, but also for your skin! What is an Alkaline diet? Alkaline diet consists of eating foods that provoke an alkaline response in your body once metabolized....
Your Post Workout Plan is Just as Important as the Workout Itself
Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or expert exerciser, our bodies respond to exercise in similar ways.  It’s important to take care of your overworked body after a workout. What happens during a workout: During exercise your muscles use a chemical...