FEET GLORIOUS FEET!

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Yesterday sitting in this glorious sunshine with friends Debbie and I were asked how we first met and thought about launching Bodyessentials.

It reminded me how synchronicity weaves through all our lives and how magical it can be. I trained to be a Holistic Therapist at the Central Manchester School of Holistic studies. It was on the top floor of an beautiful old Victorian Building in Manchester overlooking Piccadilly Gardens.

Whilst we were training we could look below at all the hustle and bustle of the city and it felt that we had a little sanctuary up there. I came across the college because my dear friend Mark Abadi had invited me there to be one of his case studies for reflexology. As soon as I arrived I knew what I wanted to do next with my life. I wanted to train there to become a reflexologist. The course they offered was for all holistic therapies and so I trained also to be an aromatherapist and did a diploma in diet and nutrition. I absolutely loved learning about essentials oils and how their many therapeutic properties can help our body and calm our minds. It was a fantastic year and I learned so much.

When the public were first invited in for treatment as part of our reflexology course it was a big shock! I had no idea how many people have such problematic feet!!! Luckily after the first few treatments I managed to forget about the ‘problems’ and began to see the foot as a map of the body. After I qualified a good friend of mine was attending the Footcare Clinic in Macclesfield. They had just had a major very lovely refurbishment and were looking for an aromatherapist. I applied and was given the position and Debbie and I became the closest of friends and together formed Bodyessentials.

Had I not attended that particular college I may never have become an aromatherapist and only studied reflexology. It seems it was all ‘meant to be’ and now here we are with this lovely company and helping so many people who have problematic feet.

More great press coverage from Prima for Nourish Your Nails

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Prima magazine have once again featured our Nourish your Nails as one of the best brighteners and lighteners around.

We’re delighted that this top magazine has discovered what Debbie and I have been witness to for the last seven years.

Nourish your Nails is formulated with the 100% natural essential oils of lemon and lavender.  Herbalists regard lavender as the most useful and versatile essential oil for therapeutic purposes.

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These two wonderful essential oils are blended into a carrier of grapeseed oil to nourish and keep nails soft and supple.  Even severely discoloured and thickened nails can be improved with Nourish your Nails.

Debbie and I have many very happy and delighted patients at the Footcare Clinic in Macclesfield who have suffered with embarrassing toe nails for many years and are now free to show off their feet for the summer!

Prepare Your Feet for Summer

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Spring is just around the corner – honestly!

Its time to start pampering our feet for those long hot days when they will be permanently on show. Soothe your Skin cream is a beautiful moisturiser with a difference. The essential oils it contains have many therapeutic values. They are antibacterial, antiseptic, soothing and healing. The base to this cream is full of goodies such as avocado oil and safflower oil which add much needed moisture and vitamin E to dry undernourished skin which has been hidden away for too many months during the long winter. Soothe your Skin beautifully compliments our range and so we have decided to make a Spring offer of a half price cream with every purchase of one of our oil based products.

Happy Pampering!

Sales of Warm Your Sole continue as winter stubbornly sticks around!

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At this time of the year our poor patients who suffer from chilblains, reynauds disease, poor circulation and cold hands and feet are delighted to feel the warmth of the spring sunshine!

Not this year.  Nature has decided it’s still winter and the orders for Warm your Sole are still coming in. We are not to become too desperate though, April and May are around the corner.  We surely must have some sunshine then!  Thats when we all need to take a look at our tooties which have been snuggled up in winter boots and thick socks for far too long.

They need to breathe some fresh air and be pampered with lovely products and made ready to be seen by all on gorgeous sandy beaches.

Fungal nail infection which can be hidden away through the winter months now needs to  be addressed and treated.  No one wants yellow, thickened nails to spoil the look of suntanned feet in a gorgeous pair of summer sandals.

Once we bear our feet stubborn Athletes foot infection which likes warm snug conditions can be treated with lovely highly therapeutic products like our Ditch that Itch.

Happy pampering!

Nourish Your Nails – a great treatment for discoloured and yellow looking nails

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A lovely lady who comes to me for aromatherapy massage was telling me about her experience with Nourish your Nails this morning.

She had flu over Christmas which lasted nearly 6 weeks.  She took the nail polish off her hands and feet and decided to use Nourish twice per day.

She showed me the results.  Her nails looked beautifully healthy and clear.  We all know how discoloured and yellow looking our nails can be after they have been permanently  covered with nail polish.

This is what Prima magazine discovered two summers ago when they put Nourish your Nails on trial.  They said it was the best brighten and lighten for nails around.

I have a lady in Australia who bought Nourish from us for her fungal nail infection after reading about it in Prima magazine.  She continues to use it after the infection had disappeared because she loves having healthy looking nails.

Spring and summer are upon us.  It’s time to start thinking about showing our feet to the world!.

How we Helped a Builder With Painful Chilblains

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My girlfriend phoned me last week.  Her son works on a building site.  He suffers with very painful chilblains on his hands and fingers. He is finding it difficult to work and has to wear  cotton gloves under his thick gloves but  still gets little relief.  She was so delighted when I said we had something he could try.

She has asked her GP and the local pharmacy but nothing they suggested had helped. She only thought of a natural alternative when all else failed. We have met so many people who think the opposite way around.  They want to try the natural product before the chemical one.

It is interesting for Debbie and I to see how people are realising that nature has provided us with fantastic natural ingredients. Ingredients which used in the right quantities and blends contain vast  therapeutic values.

Warm your Sole has eased the pain and itchiness  of chilblains for so many of our patients at the Footcare Clinic and also for our online customers.

We have many testimonials from people who have suffered for years with this very painful condition and are extremely  delighted to have found something so pleasant and easy to use which actually works. I am delighted to say that my girlfriend’s son is one of these people.

He is amazed that something so lovely to use has solved a problem which was seriously affecting his working life during the winter months.

We Love Hearing Your Feedback – Here’s How You Can Do It

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We get asked by many people how they can provide feedback on our products.  I thought it might be useful to write a blog post explaining how it can be done via the website.  If you follow the steps below, you’ll hopefully be able to let us (and the world!) know what you think of our product range.

  1. First off, select the product you would like to leave feedback on from the ‘Our Range’ drop down menu at the top of the homepage.
  2. Once you land on the product page, you will see a ‘Product Rating’ title just below the ‘Buy Now’ button.  Underneath the stars you will see a link to ‘Add Your Review’.
  3. If you click the link to ‘Add Your Review’, you will be taken to a part of the page where this can be done.  Just enter in your star rating, nickname, review summary and your actual review and click ‘Submit Review’ to send this to us.
  4. We’ll receive an email telling us a new review has been submitted.  We will then log in to the website and approve your review.  Once approved, it will be on the site for all to see.

I hope this helps.  We’ve tried to make the website as easy as possible to use but if you are still having problems, just drop us a line and we’ll do our best to help.

More Great Feedback from Podiatrists

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Debra and I attended a meeting of podiatrists in Chester last Sunday 13 January. It was really interesting to hear their success stories about the use of all our products on their  patients.

One podiatrist was particularly keen to tell us about her experience with Warm your Sole for the treatment of chilblains. This beautifully therapeutic blend of oils helps so many people at this time of the year.

One of her patients, that has suffered terribly from painful chilblains since she was a child, had used the product for the first time.  She was extremely pleased with the results.  Not only had it helped with the chilblains it had also cured her tendinitis from which she had been suffering for the last two years.

I was not surprised by this.  The oils I have blended for this product help the circulation, gently allowing healing to take place. They do not act as a deep heat which would worsen the condition. This is why they are suitable for people with fragile skin, poor circulation and diabetes.

Nourish your Nails for the treatment of fungal nail infection was also praised for it effectiveness and for the way in which it gently improves the whole appearance of the infected nail.

Treat your Feet in 2013

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Did you know:

  • Your feet contain a quarter of all the bones in your body?
  • An average person should aim to walk 8,000 – 10,000 steps a day?
  • By the age of 70, the average person will have walked the equivalent distance of four times around the globe?

According to orthopedist Mark Bromson, MD, our feet are the hardest working part of our body and also one of the body parts we are most dependent on. So, if you’re searching for ideas of what you could do differently in 2013, then why not turn over a new leaf by taking care of your feet with our essential oil blends? Continue reading →