Do it yourself holiday gift-organic perfume

With the Holidays just a month away we thought we'd share an easy guide to make organic perfume for those on your list.

Here is a couple of reasons why we find this to be such a great idea:

-Save $$$
-There is nothing better then giving a present that was made with love.
-Umm considering there are thousands of harmful chemicals in the department store perfumes, who wants to spritz those on...yuck

Here it is, enjoy!

1: Grate 2 tablespoons of unbleached beeswax (use an old candle stump or buy a small solid beeswax brick from the health store).

2: Melt the beeswax and 3 tablespoons of high-grade oil (either organic jojoba oil or almond oil). Placing a thick glass measuring cup in a pot filled with a few centimeters of simmering water. Melt everything in the glass vessel.

3: Remove from heat and stir in 30 drops of your favorite blend of certified organic essential oils. You can get oils here at GL, or head to your local health food store they're sure to have a good selection as well. Make sure its organic!

4: Pour into a cute second-hand containers/tins or get some small glass containers online or from a health/dollar store. Let cool.

Your loved ones will love it, we promise.

The last 365 Days

In the spirit of American Thanksgiving, I’d (Joanna) like to talk about gratitude and gratefulness.
This is a great topic to embark upon, because this past weekend, was our one year anniversary. And if you met two people who were more thankful this weekend, than Mia and I…well, I simply wouldn’t believe you.

It’s been often said that 80% of all businesses fail within the first year of opening their doors. By this standard alone, Green Lavender is a success.
However, I’m happy to report that not only have we kept our doors open, but, we are, in my opinion, thriving. Imma break it down:

exibit a: I look at pictures from our opening night (which can be found on our FB page here) and we have built our humble selection of a few eco lines to more and more cool and useful items. Not only that, but we’ve really worked hard to source more and more responsible local and Canadian companies to our assortment i.e. apparel, yoga & meditation props, greeting cards and stationary. And I’ll stop there b/c now I’m just starting to sound like a brochure. In short, you folks have really seen the value and importance of buying locally and supporting responsible companies…success!

Above: Family & Friends celebrating our grand opening

Below: Geez guys, would it kill you to smile just a little bigger?
(documenting first sale ever!)

Current Holiday gift idea table - everything on table is less than $30

and proudly made in Canada

exibit b: It was such a treat to see folks who came to my very first yoga class this weekend, continuing and loving their practice. As if I needed a reminder as to why I love my job…success!

exibit c: Mia and I have not yet hurt or maimed one another. In fact, the more that we grow together as business partners, the more harmonious our points of view and ideas become. Sometimes I wish I had a camera to document our conversations when we get really heated and excited about something…I imagine we look like two male peacocks pluming against one another, one’s “caw!!” louder than the last. Our passion for responsible living and spreading the joys of yoga is every growing, and evolving.

exibit d: New friends! We’ve met so many awesome people along the way. From other yogis, neighbors, business owners and just really really cool folk we now call friends. We would have never met them, if not through GL….success!

So here’s to another year. Thank you…what more can we say.