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Hard Work Essential Oils, Tests at Sunrise, Superfoods for Animals. It seems like only yesterday that I was writing the April newsletter and now it’s June. Time always seems to go faster at this time of year. Here at Indigo Herbs we’re working morning noon and night (literally) as we are simultaneosly introducing a whole new range of products (essential oils…more below) and getting ready to take Indigo Herbs to our local festivals (more below) and of course continuing to send out all the herbs and superfoods that you have been ordering. Also in this newsletter, your monthly discount code and a short story about how Indigo Herbs spirulina is helping to save an endangered species of frog. read this entry »

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Here is a guide to Using essential oils.

When using essential oils, it is important to ensure the neat essential oils are never applied directly to the skin. Essential oils can be added to a carrier substance to create a dilution. It is essential to choose the correct proportion of essential oils to carrier substances (see Dosage Chart)

Which carriers can I use? (click here to visit our carriers A-Z)

Sweet Almond oil, Grape-seed oil and Wheat-germ oil are the most popular choices for using in Aromatherapy, however many plant oils can be used. There is a wide range of different botanical oils available, and each one has unique properties. All plant oils are absorbed by the skin however so always use a good quality 100% pure botanical oil. Many body oils use ingredients that are products of the petrochemical industry (even ‘natural’ products). The skin is immensely sensitive, so the general rule is don’t put on your body what you wouldn’t put in your food. Other carrier substances include botanical butters, such as Cacao butter, Coconut butter, Shea butter and plant gels such as Aloe Vera. Essential oils can be added to Full fat Soya, Goats or Cow milk for bathing in (Cleopatra would approve) and vodka can be used to preserve and fix an essential oil blend. read this entry »

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Here at Indigo Herbs we are pleased to announce the Indigo Whole foods new product range. Our emphasis has always been about foods that heal, but now we are adding to our extensive range of Indigo Herbs and Indigo Superfoods with an Indigo Whole foods range. We are all delighted and we think you will be too, as now this means that as well as stocking up on Wheatgrass, Bee pollen and the like our customers can also make a one stop shop and stock up on seeds, nuts, dried fruits, specialist mushrooms and sea vegetables. Keeping the Vegi’s happy Often seeds & nuts make up a big part of a vegan & vegetarian diet, as they offer a source of protein, fibre and carbohydrates. Seeds are like Mother Natures perfectly proportioned healthy snacks, read this entry »

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Here at Indigo Herbs we have recently doubled our range of Natural Herbal Incense and re-designed our incense pages.  As part of this initiative we also decided to develop a range of incense blends – Indigo Incense Whispers.  To achieve this, Claire and I each took home a bag of every single pure incense we had and got creative.  I spent a number of evenings in front of the fire with a pestle and mortar and a set of small scales experimenting with the different incense resins,aromatic woods and leaves, and creating incense blends.  This experience has proved to be a deeply satisfying creative outlet as well as a bit of a revelation. Sitting alone with bags of incense made me feel like the magicians apprentice. Grind a grain of incense up into powder, put it on the charcoal, inhale, see where it takes you…Some incense seems to have an inherent effect, the smell opening a part of the imagination previously asleep. After a few burns I was in a world of my own. Another incense, Copal reminds me of people and experiences I have known, allowing me to draw from their memory… now add some Palo Santo and … whoosh … read this entry »

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Yes believe it or not spring is nearly upon us … sort of. Well the days are getting longer and I have already seen the early shoots of the bravest flowers confidantly poking their lush green limbs through the earth. read this entry »

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New Range – Herbal Incense Resins Ingredients at Indigo Herbs New 100% natural & pure Incense Resin ingredients are available at the Indigo Herbs incense apothecary. The range of Incense ingredients has been doubled, yet more fresh, herby, exotic, spicey, uplifting and aromatic herbal ingredients have been sourced, and yet more incenses can be discovered for their therapeutic aromatic qualities. Not only can we continue to enjoy the powerful aromas of the infamous Frankincense incense resin and Myrrh incense resin, now we can also delight our senses in the North African spice of Oppopanax resin, and  awaken our senses with the edgy aroma of Dragon’s blood incense resin powder. We can stretch our olfactory senses to the sweetness of Elemi resin, the hopefulness of Sandarac resin, the winter freshness of Pine resin and Pine needles, the cool calmness of Sandalwood incense resin and the penetrating intensity of menthol crystals. But really here is the big question….. read this entry »

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Dreaming in the bath I’ve been dreaming. Yes, just lying in the bath dreaming. One of my favourite pass times. Into my mermaid dreamtime slipped some great new ideas. I love raw chocolate.  I always did enjoy a bit of chocolate, but i did use to struggle with the guilt that came after, and the spots, and the general feeling of imbalance in my body that always use to follow a sensuous binge on the dark stuff. So when i discovered how to make raw chocolate, and i discovered the health and well being benefits of eating it i was a happy girl. However i began to want more. An act of creation I wanted crunch, and texture, i wanted chewy and i wanted it to be food. I wanted, dare i say it to eat chocolate for lunch and read this entry »

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Omega 3 Wakame Omelette with Alfalfa and Fenugreek Sprouts

A few nights back and just after I had finished putting my twins to bed, the question of dinner came up.  As a hands-on dad of twins, time management has become vital to getting anything done, so the the question became what is quick to make, will be filling, delicious and nutritious?  A veggie omelette was quickly in mind and I started cracking eggs whilst mum started chopping up some veg she had recently brought up from the garden.

I had recently brought home a bag of Wakame kelp from Indigo Herbs with a view to trying it out.  So, being an adventurous kind of chef I decided to read this entry »

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Making Raw chocolate is becoming a popular hobby, amongst those who are concious of  super nutrition but still want to delight the senses and taste good chocolate. Raw Cacao liquor is one of the ingredients you can use when making Raw chocolate, and I decided to road test the taste, texture, quality and all round deliciousness of Raw Chocolate made with read this entry »

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It has taken nearly a year of development time, many hours of research and experimentation by our in house practitioner and the drinking of many cups of sample teas by all of us here at Indigo Herbs to produce our range of house blend loose leaf herbal teas. But it has certainly been worth the effort. read this entry »

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