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We brought some bottles of lavender essential oils from the coast, also soap but I have heard they are good for female but not male. Is it true?
http://www.fragrantica.com/notes/Lavender-1.html
I have hared something with hormones connected…

No. It does have a "turn on" effect on many women’s sex drive, but usually no effect on a man. the only harm is that lavender is considered feminine, and men will make fun of a man that smells like it.

Or and essential oils? Normal kind.

only if it’s food-grade

most essential oils are not. The oil is quite strong, so you would only need a tiny bit, like one drop to a pot.

I am taking a 16 hour flight next week, will it help me on the plane, I get anxious flying?

Lavender works like a charm for me, however, if you get seriously anxious I would try something like Skullcap (I can’t say how well it calms my nerves). You can get it in liquid form or capsules…..liquid works best. I just discovered it, was a little skeptical and am amazed. You could also try Valerian (available in capsules) or even a little melatonin. Have a good flight.

My Story? The first chapter? What do you think?
What do you think of my 1st chapter?
What do you think of this? Honest feedback only.?
Chapter One
Tammy Daniels scurried around her bedroom gathering everything she would need for her session tonight. Her best and only friend, Casey Micheals was coming over to help her work the Ouija board. Tonight would be the night she finally contacted a spirit.
In vain Tammy had tried to communicate with a spirit by ouijaing on her own. Finally, It was accepted that it took at least to people to Ouija.
Sitting down on the floor, Tammy pulled herself up to the very edge of the bed, putting her hand underneath the skirt of the comforter, she groped for the cedar chest that she kept all of her magical materials in. Her hand found it a few moments later. After dragging the heavy chest out from under the bed, she flipped open the metal latches revealing the contents within. Most of the items had been gifts from her mom’s mother, Grandma Leerid.All though Tammy’s mother, Matilda Daniels, didn’t want anything to do with witchcraft, Ms. Daniels mother was a fervent practitioner and a conqueror of the Craft.
Tammy’s eyes scanned over the everything on the shelves inside the cedar chest. Searching over tarot cards wrapped in double burnt, black, silk, an array of small candles colored red, white, green, and black, tiny jars of mugwort, sage, myrrh, and lavender, numerous viles of various anointing oils, her eyes finally met what she had been looking for. Propped up against the right end of the chest, she found her Ouija board.
Taking the board out, Tammy ran her hands over the rough surface of it. Also a gift from her grandmother, this was by far her favorite tool when it came to performing the role of a medium. Tammy purred with delight as she examined the board. It was made from Arabian wormwood and had each letter expertly carved out of the surface. The letters were arranged in a circle entrapping two words in the center: yes and no. The circles of letters were above to rows of smoothly chiseled out numbers. Each of the four corners was elaborately decorated with symbols representing all four of the major elements.
She pushed herself up off of the floor and placed the board and planchette on a fold out table set in the center of the room. After scooting two chairs parallel to each other beneath the table, she went back to the chest and selected all of the black and white candles. As she was setting them up in a wide circle on the floor, she took notice of the weather outside. Wind wailed through the trees and the soft pitter patter of rain became a steady drumming on the roof. Tammy was glad that the small storm was coming through; it would definitely set the mood and give tonight the right atmosphere. A loud knock at the front door interrupted her thoughts. Dropping the rest of the candles on the bed, she walked down the stairs and jogged through the kitchen to the living room. The knocking became more persistent against the oaken door.
“I’m coming!” She shouted.
Quickening her pace, she strode up to the front door, flung it open, and in stepped Casey wringing wet.
“Geez, what took you so long?”
“I was just getting things ready.” Tammy replied.
“Well, I can help you set up the room at least, I know a little about this Ouija stuff.” Casey said.
Turning, Tammy led Casey through the kitchen and back up the stairs, lingering as they went, flipping off all the light switches.
“Spirits like the dark,” Her grandmother used to tell her, “The light hurts them. Light to them, is like fire to us. Even for the good ones.”
“So where’s your mom at?” Casey questioned.
“They went out to dinner. It’s their 19th anniversary. They won’t be back for a while. Why?”
“I was just wondering. I know your mom is like a super Christian. She’d just flip if she knew this was happening in her house.”
Casey chuckled imagining the look on Ms. Daniels face if she came home to this “demonic travesty.”
Upon entering the room, Casey picked the candles up off the bed and completed the circle around the table on the floor. Tammy sprinkled blessed salt at the threshold of the door while saying a protection blessing. Once they were both inside the circle of candles, they each lit a match setting all the wicks aflame, and they took their seats at the table.
“Oh, I almost forgot.” Casey slid off her silver bracelet and placed it on the edge of the table.
“What’s that for?” Tammy inquired.
“It’s for protection from evil spirits; it has the same purpose as the blessed salt does. We need all the protection we can get. With the board, almost anyone came come through….or anything. You never know if a contacted entity is good or bad. We must practice caution.”
“Wait a minute,” Tammy said “I thought that you only knew ‘a little’ about this ‘Ouija stuff.’”
Casey shrugged her shoulders and grinned.
“Okay, more than a little.”
Placing both hands on the planchette, they forced themselves to relax. In a few short moments the tension in their arms fled. The session was ready to begin.
35 minutes ago – 3 days left to answer.
Additional Details
34 minutes ago

It’s a complex plot, but it starts out with these girls asking a demon to mainfest itself and the demon inhabits the house and won’t leave. The demon leads here places in the night, etc. You get the idea. Is it any good?
BTW I’m 15. Please be honest. Thank you!
4 hours ago – 3 days left to answer.
Additional Details
4 hours ago

I’m not looking for comments on my grammer or usage of commas, I just want opinions of the overall chapter. Is it gripping?

It’s a story that I’d like to read and it makes me want to know what happens next. An editor would ask you to turn about 3 paragraphs into one. Spend a few hours condensing it down into something that keeps moving. Finding the chest and taking the Ouija board out could be one beautifully illustrated sentence. Mention the ambiance of the storm while setting up, rather than devoting another paragraph to it. You’ve left the reader wondering what’s so protective about a silver bracelet. I’d have Casey enter the room while you’re setting up, don’t waste words on things that aren’t moving the story forward. You mentioned twice that Ms Daniels wouldn’t approve, once is enough.

Really well done, I wouldn’t have been able to write something so imaginative at 15.

i DONT want these suggestions:

1. homemade gift
2.picture of me and my sis
3.bath/body/perfume set (thats my very last resort)
4.and people who think theyre smart or funny stop suggesting a dildo, its not funny
5.a gift card (also my last resort)

shes 46 ,I know her favorite color is lavender, she likes the smell of gardenia and she loves sweets .
i know shell appreciate whatever i get her but im really stumped this year

i duno what kinda of budget im on since i have to send her the gift from me FLA to her NEW JERSEY so…………i may spend anywhere from $20 – $70 for her???

and my sis is a 20 year old mom shes married into a rich fam so nothing i can get will compare and shes not lacking anything so im also stumped on her….she probly has what she wants

get bith of them an golden ring or something gold am sure they will ove it. Or get them something that shows them that you love them such as just an rose and and phograoh

I make lavender neck wraps and just started to use lavender essential oil in them. I’m just wondering how to add enough to make the fragrance last. About how many drops per 2 cups of lavender and 4 cups of flax seed. These wraps are heated in the microwave or placed in the freezer for cold wrap usage. Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

I have a wheat heat pillow like you are making and mine still smells faintly of lavender every time I reheat it. I’ve had it for a few years now. The scent will fade with time but the real lavender in your pillow will release a bit of scent each time it is heated.

(c) music-audionautix Jason Shaw
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Thank you, Jason I don’t know how to make this video without your music

51 memorable things found in my garden from spring till winter: birds, insects, people who adore them.

(in order of appearance)

1. My dead tree .. I couldn’t chop it so I made it as flower basket stands.
2. Flower baskets: Petunia, impatient flowers, Swiss cheese plant (no, you can’t eat it)
3. cake & tea with my lovely neighbour.
4. Passion fruit vine tree shaped as no. 8(RIP) grew in the dead tree– flower basket stand
5. super funny clown on Andrew’s bday
6. our first plastic pool
7. slide
8. kitchen toys (we play every spring)
9. grandparents came from Canada once every 3 years
10. My mom & hydrangea in flower baskets
11. shy/ sensitive plant (mimosa hamanta)
12. edible mushroom grew under the chair–it ended up as our lunch.
13. Dahlia (from baby – full bloom- with Andrew)
14. Cherry tomatoes.. grown from seeds..nyum very sweet
15. Grasshopper with Charlie
16. Beautiful flowers for my entrance..yeah show off ..haha
17. Lemons: A basket of lemons and one of the fruits is huge (with Charlie) (it could be the biggest lemon ever in HK)
18. Lavender–lavendula very lovely scent.
19. butterfly – First time Julie touched it
20. My yellow roses
21. bird nest in my banyan tree
22. wild bird ( released back to its nature after it got better.)
23. Bird House ( I actually bought several of them) ..just in case that bird came back. It did and stayed in my homemade nest.
24. Baby bird (it fell from the nest) and my kids played with it until it got bigger and stronger.
25. Andrew, the cute bee got caught by a flower..lol
26. Delphinium (grew by each kid-pink purple and red from bulb)
27. Orchids ( I replaced passion fruit vines with orchids )
28. The big Giant Snail ate most of my herbs
29. wasp nest (the wasp made my mom faint :O) so we had to remove it–scary
30. Strawberries grew from seeds
31. Butterfly flowers: Viola
32. Blue tounge skinks
33. Art Work with kids
34. My herb garden (the pink flower is tumeric flower)
35. Wood mushroom – Phaeolus schweinitsii(for chinese medicine, I didn’t know how to use it so I just threw it away)
36. Musical frogs (they were playing piano, flute, , guitar, harp, accordion, and the conductor)
37. lovely impatients flowers and kids seasons after seasons
38. Wet umbrella. I tried to make artistic photo
39. Diet coke experiments but we failed
40. Impatients flowers in the water bowl by Julie
41. A Teddy & Charles .. Awww..he brought his teddy while watering the garden
42. Giant green tomato worms
43. Pitcher plants (it collects flies in its sack)
44. Gorgeous flowers & leafs:
Hisbiscus (double layer and single layer), Crinsanthemum & daisies & Lilies grew from bulb stage, Bougenvilla
45. My starling was taking a bath
46. Insects we found in the garden: Praying Mantis & Moth -(We took care of the moth snce the caterpillar stage).
47. Giant bubbles
48. Wild orchid grew in between the pines & egg plants
49. Kids in costume: I made the pink wings & Lovely Fairies (Elise and Julie) & Andrew the Pumpkin (I made the pumpkin clothes)
50. Andrew is playing bubbles with his best friend: Jarred
51. Max the dog (he got punished and sent to stay outside)

I grew all of those flowers and fruits. I love making flower baskets with the kids.

(Clips are taken from spring -winter..our coldest winter in HK is 6-10 C)

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Anne

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All about Lavender Oil and where it comes from.

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Timeline of the History of Essential Plant Oils

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am a Lavender scent, brown Colored Yardley Soap with glycerin .My school teacher ask me to write what all I did and what places I browsed , when I visited Venus and Mars.
Huhh……should I tell…I get afraid a lot…..any ideas..what I should be saying………
what places do I like to go….and those that I dont like……why people use me like that …?

Lavender soap rocks…