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Rice Bran Oil Saves the (Hair) Day

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Rice Bran Oil

Rice Bran Oil to the rescue!

I love pointing out new ways you can use the products in your beauty regimen! For example:

It’s one of those mornings.

You are running late, and you are in a hurry. You are trying to get ready for work and the kids are running wild. There’s breakfast to be made and your half dressed 6 year old runs past you with her pants on her head. You have a hectic, wonderful life, you smile to yourself. Until you see your hair in the mirror! Oh!

You reach for your mousse, but it isn’t in its usual place. You know exactly where to look – your 14 year old daughter is always ‘borrowing’ it. Yep – there she is, running it through her hair. “Honey, can I have my mousse, please?” you say with an eyebrow raised. She gives you that – ‘You are SO uncool’ look and hands you the empty bottle – “Looks like you’re out, Mom.”

Now what? You go back to your bathroom, aware that it is now 15 minutes later than when you should be leaving. You frantically search your beauty products – is there anything you can use instead? Necessity IS the Mother of Invention!

Have you ever found yourself in this position? I think we all have! You would be amazed at some of the things you can do with rice bran oil – specifically, you can use it in place of hair gel or mousse. Just take a teaspoon or less – rub into your hands and work through your hair. This will feed the hair – keep spilt ends at bay and leave you with a shine – without the oil!

There when you need it, rice bran oil can save the day (or at least your hair day)!

Tell Me More!

Curious about what else rice bran oil can be used for? Well, I was too!! I researched some more, so if you are into this kind of amazing natural product information, then read on!

Perhaps you have used rice bran oil while cooking in your kitchen, or as an alternative to olive oil on your salad? (If not, you should try it!)

Rice bran oil is an amazing product that has benefits most other edible oils can’t match. It has become a preferred method of cooking in Japan due to it’s ability to withstand high cooking temperatures without smoke and since rice bran oil has less flavor than peanut and sesame oils, it is the perfect application for unadulterated food preparation (source).

Rice bran oil has incredible health benefits, when ingested. The cold press method of producing rice bran oil only serves to compound it’s benefits, including the concentrations of Vitamins (especially Vitamin B), but it is also a natural source of anti-oxidants (source). Studies have proven that it can be used to reduce cholesterol, increase cardiovascular health, and even fight tumor growth (source). We don’t pay lip service, so check out our sources! We know it sounds too good to be true, but this is no snake oil.

Rice bran oil’s uses just keep coming! Cosmetic uses include: natural moisturizing ability, rapid absorption into skin, anti-aging properties, reduction of inflammation, and UV protection that is superior to other natural and chemical sunscreens (source).

Rice bran oil is truly a diamond in the rough – its varied uses make it a treasure trove of health and beauty benefits – and you can get some here! We use this incredible ingredient in sea salt scrubs, several of our natural soaps, and in a special pure oil form for skin. Don’t miss out on this incredible product!

Plan your Home Spa Day with Castle Baths Spa Products

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Spas are a luxury and we all know that they cost as one too. Castle Baths offers an entire range of spa products which you can enjoy at home and are pocket friendly. Castle Baths spa products are hand-made with pure, certified, organic and natural ingredients. The naturalness of the spa products is not only very light on your pocket but are a soft breeze for your skin too. Also enjoy the Free Gift offer currently running http://www.castlebaths.com/sale-promo-spa-products.html. Just buy spa products worth $69 and get your 16 Oz of Eucalyptus bath salts absolutely free!

With the new ‘CB Select’ product line from Castle Baths a new scent every month will be ready to fly you to the most fragrant shores! All the more reason to organize a spa day at home!  This month the scent is Eucalyptus that has been known to swoon many a couples.

Plan a day of relaxation out of your busy schedule right at your home. Prepare a warm bath for yourself and add the amazing spa products like the dead sea bath salts from Castle Baths. You will be ready to soak both your body and soul into a tub full of therapy. You can also add drops of your favorite pure essential oil. The fresh aroma of Castle Baths essential oils extends the cleansing and detoxification to your mind too.

Not just the spa products but choose the right music and candles also to set your mood right for your spa day at home. Enjoy your spa with some quite time for yourself and some natural treats of the Castle Baths Spa Products.

Body Treatment Home Spa Kits from Castle Baths

Castle Baths body treatment home spa kits are loaded with every requirement you might have for your spa day at home. Our vanilla milk spa basket includes, vanilla milk, vanilla shower gel, moisturizing lotion, bath salts and bath sponge. The Castle Baths home spa kits specializes in treatments such as body detox, cellulite treatment and body moisturizing. Choose from the therapy you need or treat yourself to all of them.

Choose from the range of home spa kits or make your own by choosing Castle Baths spa products from: http://www.castlebaths.com/.

Bath Essential Oils – Castle Baths’ Holiday Gift of Pureness

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Spa and bath products store Castle Baths offers a great range of pure and exquisite essential oils. These essential oils  are made of natural plant extracts and include no additives and harmful chemicals. We say perfect to give away as holiday gifts! For a relaxing aromatherapy session at home itself, pure essential oils work wonders.

Essential oils are known for their therapeutic effects and add a lot to the bath. These work wonders against many skin problems and also helps cure headache. Apply the spa product externally, add to your bath or just take a sniff. The pleasant smell, direct from the nature, exposes your senses and uplifts them to a newer level. Essential oils are also a great remedy to fight body odors So are you ready to spread the fragrance around this holiday?

Remember not to use the essential oils at spa products store internally.

Pure Lavender Essential Oil- From France!

Pure Lavender Essential Oil available at Castle Baths spa products store has a very pleasant floral, natural scent. Best for the treatment of dry and itchy skin, the spa product reduces acne too. Made with the finest and the highest grade therapeutic oils of nature, direct from the high mountain tops of France.

So get your bottle of magical essential oils from Castle Baths and let the nature take over your senses.

Spa Treatments at Affordable Prices from Castle Baths Spa Products

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Spa treatments do not have to be drill-a-hole-in-pockets luxuries. Natural and handmade daily, spa products from Castle Baths Spa products are not just an affordable option but bath-changing too! Yes, this means these will transform your bath in a jiffy and without you having to pay for the interiors :)

Enriched with fantastic and beautifully fragrant flavors and essences – bath and spa products from Castle Baths Spa Products provide the true spa experience at home, we mean your bath! Get the five star spa experience with every bath but not the budget worries that this experience usually accompanies with Castle Baths.

And what a variety to choose from! Handmade soaps, handmade decorative pie and bon bon soaps, silk-like smooth body moisturizers and the mineralized Dead Sea spa bath products – all are your gateway to the lap of care, indulgence and pure pleasures!!

Spa Products – Castle Baths’ Favorites
Now selecting a favorite would be choosing between the right and the left eye. However, there are certain spa and bath products which you simply cannot afford to skip for a wholesome spa experience at home.

Here they are:

  • Dead Sea Products – This unbelievably spa-tacular line of Dead Sea products offers you Israel’s spa secrets in the form of Dead Sea mud packs, Dead Sea foot care products, Dead Sea salt scrubs, soap bars, Dead Sea bath salts in unforgettable essences such as Lavender, Seaweed, Mediterranean sea breeze and other swooning flavors. From a simple bath to like bathing in the recuperative Dead Sea, these Dead Sea bath products are just too good!
  • Body Washes – Serenade your body with a pleasant surprise from nature. These body washes and shower gels are perfect to shoo away daily stresses and upsetting details along with the dirt and muck. Use these body washes and be light as a bubble floating through air. Your skin will thank you and your mind will reason out to stay longer in the baths.
  • Body Moisturizers – How would you feel if body moisturizers, body butters, body lotions and hand creams made from 7 exclusive blends caressed your skin? Heavenly right? We thought so and bring to you a collection of skin-smoothening body moisturizers.
  • Pure Essential Oils – Talking about spa and keeping out essential oils and massage oils? Not possible. There are about 30 refreshing pure essential oils offered at Castle Baths Spa Products. Use them for prayers, meditation or for therapeutic relaxation. These natural essential oils can also be used as bath oils.

Not that other Castle Baths spa products are not spa-cial enough but these are spa-ssentials. A must have if you want your next bath to be bubbling with spa-ness!

Essential Oils – Types and Benefits

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Essential oils are an important ingredient of a fulfilling and relaxing Aromatherapy session. They are subtle, therapeutic-grade oils distilled from plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes and seeds. Natural essential oils are oxygenating and help transport nutrients to the cells of our body. Available in a wide range of fragrances, essential oil massages are one of the best known remedies for relaxation, rejuvenation and keeping skin healthy and supple.

These are considered as one of the most promising and effective spa products.

Essential oils – How do they work?

Massages make sure that essential oils are completely absorbed by the skin. Thanks to their composition of easily dissolve-able tiny molecules, these oils penetrate the skin easily and work into the body by mixing with the fatty tissue. Massage and Aromatherapy sessions using essential oils are the best known way to unwind after a long, hard day of work.

Essential oils are available in a wide range of fragrances, each tingling different senses and offering different benefits. Based on your needs and preferences, you can opt from the many options available. Before you choose though, make sure you know your skin type. Also, ensure that you are not allergic to the essential oil you have picked.

Heading to salons every time you want a massage or a relaxing essential oils session is both expensive and time consuming. The best option, then, is to buy your very own essential oils so that you don’t have to think twice before indulging! In addition to massages, natural essential oils can also be used in baths, inhaled, used as room fresheners, in facials and many other ways.

Find the best quality organic essential oils at CastleBaths.com, an online bath and spa products superstore. We pride ourselves on providing the best of essential oils, massage oils, body moisturizers, bath salts and more! Our bath and spa products are made from 100% natural materials and not tested on animals. Buy today and watch yourself glow!

Aromatherapy – An Approach to Renew your Senses

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Aromatherapy spa has been adopted and practiced by people around the map for over centuries, but the amount of popularity it is gaining in the present times is simply phenomenal. Apparently because aromatherapy essential oils are noticeably comforting and extensively rejuvenating.

Sense of smell plays a pivotal role in influencing our moods. Nose, the primary source is believed to detect 75000 different scents which have various effects on our mood and emotions. Exciting or pleasant smells pose beneficial spell on one’s mood and as a matter of fact on the overall well being, whereas depressing or unpleasant smells tend to mar the body’s functionality. Aromatherapy scents are not only pleasant but non-toxic and also safe.

Below are the prominent benefits that aromatherapy renders:

  • Aggrandizes immune system
  • Effective mood therapy
  • Improves sleep
  • Combats headaches
  • Improves skin tone
  • Relieves stress and anxiety

Some of the essential oils laden with goodness of organic herb constituents are:

  • Chamomile
  • Ginger
  • Peppermint
  • Rose
  • Lavender
  • Coffee

Get your hands on an array of such aromatherapy oils at Castlebaths.com, an online shopping store that displays 100% organic spa products. These products are green, vegan and animal-cruelty free. You can now request for gift wrapping as well.

Common Essential Oils used in Aromatherapy

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Essential oils find a profound use in the relaxing and tranquilizing Aromatherapy sessions. It would not be wrong to say that are the backbone of aromatherapy in the true sense of the words! These are basically therapeutic oils found in various plant parts such as flowers, seeds, bushes and roots. The natural essential oils play a cardinal role in dealing with our physical, physiological and spirtiual troubles.

There are a number of natural essential oils that find wide utilization in the realm of aromatherapy. However, there are certain essential oils that are used more often than the others. A few of the most common essential oils and their uses have been listed below:

Lavender – No doubt, it is one of the most commonly used essential oils and finds wide application in treating rheumatism, neuralgia, stomach disorders, migraine and muscular pains.
Eucalyptus – It is considered as the ultimate healing oil, courtesy its excellent therapeutic properties. It is used to treat respiratory infections, sinuses, fever and abnormal skin conditions.
Lemon – It finds tremendous application as a cure-all for common ailments. It is used to treat depression, appetite decline, hangovers, sore throat, cough and congestion.
Tea Tree – It is used to treat chicken pox, colds, cold sores, migrane, insect bites, spots, warts and urethritis.
Peppermint – Peppermint is renowned world over for its cooling and refreshing properties. It finds a wide application in the treatment of ailments that include indigestion, nausea, toothache, headache and sore throat.
Rosewood – It has an all-enticing floral smell and is used to treat acne, dry skin, stretch marks, stress, headache, flu and fever.
Citronella – It finds tremendous application in treating oily skin and excessive perspiration. Besides, it is also used to treat fatigue and headache.

These were the most popular and prominent essential oils that standout among their other counterparts in the realm of aromatherapy. For buying finest organic essential oils, visit Castle Baths , an online spa and bath products store. Browse through a wide range of spa products that include body moisturizers, massage oils, bath salts, Dead sea products, face treatment products and many more.

Why is it Good to go for Aromatherapy Bath?

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Pure Essential Oils

Pure Essential Oils

Aromatherapy bath is recommended for a blissful bathing pleasure. Aromatherapy recipes can create wonders to your body, mind and soul inside out. Natural aromatherapy treatment primarily is taking bath using some carefully chosen exotic essential oils. An experience that rejuvenates, invigorates, calms down tired bodies and relieves stress. Pure essential oils are plant derivatives and come with particular scents associated with them. When these essential oils are absorbed by the body through bath or inhalation, they act as mood lifters and relaxants for muscles.

Aromatherapy bath – Rejuvenating people, refreshing lives

Aromatherapy bath brings a dash of ethereal essence to your bath room. This bathing experience pacifies your mind and relaxes it from all the accumulated anxiety and stress. Nothing compares the benefits of pure aromatic oils added to your bath tub. You can get soaked in luxurious divine bathing. Beauty conscious people from all walks of life have already been advocating aromatherapy bath. Natural aroma oils contain natural healing properties and some of the most commonly used essential oils in aromatherapy bath are rosemary, hemp, lemon grass, lavender, basil, chamomile, mint and many more.

Essential oils make great and thoughtful gifts as well.  So, get your hands from an array of pure essential oils at CastleBaths.com and experience pure bathing pleasure.  The spa experience with these unique spa products will deeply nurture your sense to the core!

Pure Essential Oils for Valentine’s – Gifts That Nurture

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Pure Essential Oils

Pure Essential Oils

Thinking of a unique Valentine gift this year? Our pure essential oils are a great option if you want some nourishment for your love on Valentine’s. Essential oils are good for all kinds of things. Not only are they therapeutic, relaxing and refreshing, but great for meditation, healthy and beneficial. Spa products particularly use the soothing quality of essential oils to great effect. Essential oils are extracted from plant leaves, fruits, flowers, roots or bark. The process of extracting essential plant oils needs no synthetic additions – it’s all natural!

Castle Baths has a range of essential oils that you can choose from and get that perfect Valentine’s present for someone special. They have been extracted from different varieties of plants. The essential oils of black pepper, chamomile, and coriander, Eucalyptus, frankincense, ginger, juniper, lavender lemon and peppermint are essential oils available from Castle Baths. With pure essential oils, you can gift a spa-at-home experience to your loved ones.

Essential Oils – A hint of nature!

Essential oils offer soft skincare and renew the shine of the skin. The essential oil of geranium rose available at Castle Baths, helps smooth fine lines and wrinkles, while the essential oil of bergamot is relaxing, refreshing and uplifting, typically used for troubled or oily skin types to cleanse the skin. So why not have let her or him renew and rejuvenate this Valentine’s?

Choosing essential oils can be a tricky business, as there are many types of oils, even from the same plant! Choosing oils is rather like choosing a good wine.

For the day of love (Valentine’s), essential oils are definitely a unique gift option. The charm of relaxing with your love will be greater with nature’s blessing. Get her or him the natural essence today!

Are Spa Products on your Christmas Wish List?

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Spa and Bath Products

Spa and Bath Products

Have you thought over spa products for Christmas? Well, now is the time to, because Santa sure likes fresh and fragrant people! So why not let your Christmas be charmingly sweet and rejuvenating with Castle Baths range of spa and bath products?

That time of the year again when Christmas spirit is pouring forth from every nook and corner! Wish lists, Christmas gifts and cakes (both handmade soaps and the baked ones ;) ), cookies and everything remotely Christmassy is on the market, on the tables or in somebody’s heart. To celebrate the same, we got just the perfect range of spa products, bath products and aromatherapy products! These spa products are ideal for last minute Christmas shopping and promise refreshing holidays ahead!

Some Christmas Spa Suggestions

Spending holidays at home is always relaxing, however if you want this Christmas/ holidays to be more spa-like relaxing then spa products are great for you! Add another favorite in your Christmas wish list and may be Santa grants this one, or else, Castle Baths is always there! Read through some of our Christmas gifts/ Christmas spa suggestions and find your essence for holidays:

Spa Gift BasketsGift baskets and Christmas are like Christmas and the holly, you just can’t avoid them. We have a dedicated line of spa and bath gift baskets just for the occasion.

Aromatherapy Pure Essential Oils – If the year was unnaturally busy and may be taxing (the recession didn’t spare many), our stress relieving pure essential oils are your perfect pick. Also good for skin care, essential oils can be used for bath, meditation and prayers.

Christmas soaps and bath bombs – Don’t just eat cakes this year but bathe with them for a sparkling glow! Our Christmas pie and cake soaps add dollops of natural care without the calories.

Dead Sea Bath Salts – Muscles and bones are always at the receiving end during winters, Dead Sea bath salts come in very handy to relieve you off the pain.

Adding spa and bath products to your wish list is a win-win situation, as they don’t cost much and offer natural care for the skin, feet and hand. Get the spa freshness now!