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Eric, Chris, Laura and I are over in Melbourne to set up for the Home and Giving Fair at the Showgrounds.
The stand is looking great… the new Herbal Home range of linen heat bags, eye , dream, lumbar and neck pillows with coordinating table linen is going to be the hit of the show!

These will be available by early October!

Colds, Flu and Sinus conditions can be easedwith Breathe Easy

Yesterday a young woman in her mid twenties came into the Moon Haven cottage.  She had dark circles under her eyes and the tell tale nasally voice that indicates blocked sinuses.

When we got talking she told me that she suffered from a chronic sinus condition which was made even worse by the latest flu she had picked up – hence the dark circles under her eyes.

Needless to say her long expected holiday was turning into a battle of endurance and fortitude as she popped painkillers and anti-histamines. Unfortunately the pills only took the edge off her condition and did nothing to help with the cause of the problems.

Of course we directed her to our marvellous Breathe Easy Pulse Point Potion.  We rolled a little onto each temple, under her jawline and at the base of her throat.

At first nothing much happened…then as the essential oils began to do their work.. she started to sniff…and then her sense of smell started to return and finally she was able to breathe freely – all in about 5 minutes.

10 minutes later she came back to the Moon Haven cottage… beaming.

Her headache was gone, sinuses were running clear and she felt significantly better- so she wanted another two bottles of Breathe Easy for her friends.

What is the difference between aroamtherapy essential and fragrance oils?

Do you know the difference?

This week at Moon Haven, I was asked to supply a peach essential oil for an Australian  manufacturer to use in his products. Unfortunately there is no such thing.

Essential oils (aromatherapy oils)  are the volatile oils that are extracted from a plant part.  Most fruits comprise of water and no volatile oils in sufficient quantities suitable for extraction.  Therefore there are no naturally occurring peach essential oils.

There are however Peach (and many other fruit) fragrance oils.  These oils are formulated from synthetic and natural ingredients to emulate a particular fruit ‘scent’. They are man made but do not carry any of the therapeutic properties associated with naturally occurring Essential Oils.

The only fruits which we do have an essential oil component are those from the citrus family.  Most of these oils are not derived from the fruit but the rind and sometimes the leaves of the plant.

When you are next peeling and orange – take a closer look at the pores in the rind… these are the essential oil filled sacs…and when you peel the orange these burst and squirt amazing, fresh, essential oils into the air…hence the delicious aroma!

Aromatherapy at its most basic and scrumptious!

Phew… that was fun!

Eric, Chris and I have just returned from a week away at the Sydney Home & Giving Fair.

We met so many great people and had a lot of fun.

Our new cupboard keepers were a hit at the fair as were our designer series soaps and new bath teas.

We got to welcome many new Moon Haven stockists to the family – so it soon will be even easier to find a Moon Haven retailer near you wherever you are throughout Australia.

Keep a look out in our stockist pages for the updates as we ship out all these orders!

Moon Haven’s Cowaramup Cottage is 6 today!

We opened our doors 3 days before Christmas 2002, with all the hopes and ideals of new business owners. Little did Eric and I  know what we were letting ourselves into!

Six years later Eric and I can look back and all we can say is Wow…

Moon Haven has become something much greater than we could every have imagined 6 years ago.

What started out as a humble attempt to bring our skin saving soaps, our pain relieving Achy Breaky Rub and our aromatherapy preparations to a demanding public, has turned into a place of  creativity, friendship and healing,  where random acts of thoughtfulness happen on a daily, if not hourly basis.

Moon Haven soaps, lotions and potions can be found in countries around the world and across Australia.  We continue to be astounded by the thoughtfulness of people who write to tell us of their Moon Haven experiences and success with our products.

This feedback helps us to keep on producing and thinking and researching for  better ways of combining our herbs, oils and other ingredients to come up with even more solutions.

Of course while Moon Haven in our Cowaramup cottage may be 6 today, Moon Haven itself  is now well over 8 years old with our first products being made  in our kitchen.  How far we have come…how far we have to go!

Everyone loved Moon Haven’s soaps, lotions and potions at the Melbourne Gift Fair
Eric, Chris and I spent last week in Melbourne showing off our ever expanding range to a very willing band of retailers and wholesalers.

We met an incredible number of interesting people who wanted to offer Moon Haven to their clients.  Of course everyone just adored our designer series soaps and the new Moon Haven displays Eric and Chris have designed and made.

We also introduced our Herbal Home range of ‘Heat with Wheat’ bags, Relaxing Eye and Dream Pillows as well as a NEW designer series soap in out popular Purple Passion scent and colour blend.

So now its once again all go at the Moon haven cottage as we craft logs and logs of beautiful soap, mix and formulate our pulse point potions and essential oil blends and sew our wheat bags and deliciously scented dream pillows for all of the new Moon Haven retailers.

If you would like to see more do take a look at where you can purchase our products locally, do take a look at our  Moon Haven Australia website and our Moon Haven retailers page