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Drool on Your Pillow
Essential Restoratives
By Tonie Minsal
Essential Restoratives is a quiet, unassuming line that walks
softly and carries a big stick. They had some nice surprises. The owner, Vicki Bedell, really seems to have a lot of
integrity and she puts a lot of care into the making of her
products.
I particularly love
the Mommy’s Reflexology Lotion ($8.95 for a 2oz. bottle). I
never would have chosen this product for myself, and I’m so
glad that Vicki sent it for me to try.
I usually run screaming
from anything with verbena in it - too sharp for me - but Vicki
has blended it just right, along with distilled lime water, shea butter, and sweet orange, neroli, and bergamot essential
oils. I really get the effect of smelling fresh limes on a
tree every time I use this product. She even included a nifty
little reflexology chart, which I’m sure I used totally wrong.
A nyway, I massaged my feet and hands with the lotion when I
got into bed. The lotion was slippery enough to allow for a
nice, long massage.
Much to my surprise, I fell asleep in five
minutes and proceeded to drool on my pillow! This product is
so cool that it’s something I’d use even if I weren’t
pregnant.
I highly recommend it. My only complaint is that
Vicki doesn’t include a masseuse with every bottle!
Mommy’s Belly Butter ($19.95 for a 4oz jar) is a really nice
all purpose butter. It contains coconut oil, cocoa
butter, beeswax, and vitamin E.
This butter has a really nice
consistency, and it’s not at all greasy. It has a nice cocoa
butter smell, and it’s the ideal products for girls who don’t
want a lot of fragrance. If you find it to be a bit pricey -
hey - drop some heavy hints around baby shower time!
Mommy’s Pregnancy Massage Oil ($6.95 for a 2oz.
bottle) combines sweet almond and coconut oils with essential
oils of
mandarin, bergamot, ylang ylang and rosewood. The ylang is
what comes through on this one.
By the way, I’ve been finding ylang to be very beneficial to a good night’s sleep lately. This is a nice, light, all purpose massage oil with a light,
pleasant fragrance.
Vicki was also thoughtful enough to include a bottle of her
Mommy’s Perineum Massage Oil ($6.95 for a 2oz bottle)
for me to try. It combines olive and coconut oils with sandalwood
(another one of my personal faves - oil from the wood of the
sandalwood tree - very woody and lasting) and neroli essential
oils.
All I’m going to say about this product is that I love
it - it smells great, it works great, and you are NOT allowed
to create a mental picture of me using it!
I was so excited to try Vicki’s Deeply Heaven Cape Cod Bath
Salts ($3.25 for a 1½oz envelope), as they smelled great in
the envelope. With a blend of ylang ylang, clary sage, and
rose essential oils, I was really looking forward to a hot,
fragrant bath.
Alas, I think
there just wasn’t enough in the little envelope for me
to make a fair assessment of this product; I would say with a
lot of it in your bath it might be great, but I just couldn’t
tell. Wahhh!
Labour of Love
Vicki also
makes labour versions of two of her pregnancy
products: Mommy’s Labor Reflexology Lotion ($8.95 for a 2oz
bottle), and Mommy’s Labor Massage Oil ($6.95 for a 2oz
bottle).
These products are much the same as the pregnancy
versions, with the addition of jasmine, (a known soother
during labour), lavender (calming), and clary sage essential
oils.
These are nice products to have on hand during labour
and delivery (so that others can pamper you!).
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