20dropsessential oil(s) of your choicesee notes for suggested uses and oils
Method
Combine salts, rose petals, and pink salt in a mixing bowl then add in sweet almond oil and essential oils, mix well.
Store in an airtight container.
To use, add a ½ cup to a warm bath.
Notes
Be mindful that essential oils are potent plant compounds and should be diluted with a carrier oil before being applied directly to skin, especially with citrus oils.Suggested Uses (individual or a combination of oils)Relaxation/Soothing: Lavender, chamomile, clary sageEnergizing: peppermint, orange, lemon, lemongrass, bergamotUplifting: Texas cedarwood, sweet orange, lemon, patchouli, ylang ylangHealing: eucalyptus, tee tree, rosemary, clove, peppermint
At Basil Bandwagon, you can find holiday gifts and stocking stuffers around every corner. While you’re picking up your lunch or doing your grocery shopping with us, why not finish your last minute holiday gift shopping too?
You can gift Sustainable
The latest styles from Hydroflask, Clean Kanteen, Decomposition 100% recycled paper notebooks
You can gift Local
Noble Mushrooms grow your own mushroom kits, Hold Your Horses soaps, Bee flower Honey, Bubbly Goat soaps and lotions
Cookbooks, nutrition and wellness books, herbal teas and medicines, and Basil Bandwagon Gift Cards
Shopping local at Basil Bandwagon and purchasing items we stock from local producers helps sustain family businesses and contributes to a strong and sustainable local economy. Buying fairly traded gifts helps sustain safe and healthy conditions and fair pay for artisans of handmade items around the world. No reason to keep it to just this holiday season – we have a year-round selection of gifts at all three locations, with new items arriving every day!
Give the gift of aromatherapy – but with a personal touch ✨🎁 The thought of taking time to make something with your hands makes the idea of gift giving so much more special. Check out fun, simple DIY recipes featuring Pranarom organic aromatherapy products ❤️
Stock up on their products in any of our locations while they’re 20% off all December long!
DIY AROMATHERAPY CANDLE
Ingredients:
• 6 oz Glass Jar • 7.5 oz. Beeswax • 40-50 Drops of Essential Oils • 1 Wick
Instructions:
1. Stick the wick to the bottom of jar using a little melted wax. 2. Hold wick up using two sticks tied together at each end, with your wick in the middle 3. Place beeswax in a double broiler on stovetop 4. Melt beeswax until completely dissolved 5. Remove from stove 6. Let cool slightly 7. Stir in essential oils 8. Pour into jar 9. Let cool
*If layering the two waxes, follow the steps above but use half the amount of wax for each color. Pour the first color and let sit until set and then follow with the next color.
One thing to keep in mind when making candles with essential oils is that the fragrance is subtle. If you are looking for a stronger scent, you may want to diffuse your oils. Or better yet, a combination of the two. Who doesn’t love the beautiful scent of diffused oils while enjoying the flicker of a candle? A powerful relaxing combo indeed!
Feel free to make it your own combinations and make sure to have some fun!
DIY Honey Bath
Ingredients:
• 1 Tablespoon Honey • 3 Drops of Pranarom Essential Oil • ¼-1 Cup of Pranarom Hydrosol
Instructions:
1. Add honey to a jar, add the essential oil and mix well. Then add hydrosol and mix until the honey has dissolved. Pour directly into your bath water.
Honey is a humectant, giving this combination a moisturizing effect. It also works as a dispersant for the essential oils (which is furthered by mixing with the hydrosol) so that it seamlessly integrates with the bath water.
This will make your skin feel SO soft and luxurious!
DIY Essential Oil Clay Diffuser
Ingredients:
• Airdry clay (they used Terracotta for an organic feel) • Hemp Cording • Wooden Beads (wide hole) • Essential Oil (like Pranarom Zen diffusion blend) • Rubber Stamp (or household items to make patterns) • Circle Cutter • Drinking Straw or Large Skewer (to make hole) • Rolling Pin
Instructions:
1. Roll out clay into a slab about ¼” thick. Stamp design into clay. 2. Cut out clay into circles and make hole at the top using a straw or skewer. 3. Set aside to dry for 24-48 hours, until fully hardened. Flip pieces occasionally to dry both sides. 4. Once dry, cut a piece of hemp cord approximately 18 inches and thread through hole. 5. Add beads and tie a knot at the top of your last bead. 6. Add an additional knot at the end of the two pieces of cord. 7. Add a few drops of your favorite essential oil and enjoy the beautiful aroma.
You can make these as elaborate as you want. Add some metal embellishments, join a couple shapes together, etc. This diffuser can be hung in a car, closet, or anywhere you want to aromatize your space.
DIY Valencia Bath Salts
Ingredients:
• 1 Cup Epsom Salts • ¼ Cup Coarse Sea Salt • 7 Drops of Valencia Diffusion Blend • Zest of 1 Orange
Instructions:
1. In a medium-sized glass mixing bowl, add sea salt and Epsom salt. Do not use plastic (the essential oils will absorb into the bowl). 2. Mix the salts until well combined. 3. Add essential oils and mix again. 4. Store in an airtight glass container until ready to use. 5. When ready, add to bath and enjoy!
DIY Oh So Luxurious Skincare Roller
Ingredients:
10 Drops of Pranarom Frankincense Essential Oil 10 Drops of Lavender Essential Oil 5 Drops of Helichrysum Essential Oil Pranarom Rosehip Extra Virgin Plant Oil (to fill) Roller Bottle
Instructions:
1. Add essential oils to a roller bottle. Fill the remainder of the bottle with Rosehip oil and voila! 2. Apply to directly to dry skin or mix with your favorite moisturizer for some extra hydration.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any diseases.
Whether you’re looking to revamp your skincare routine (maybe a new, glowing face mask), mix up your natural cleaning products (you can never go wrong with hand sanitizer) or are shopping early for holiday gifts, Wyndmere Naturals is here to help! Keep scrolling for new DIY recipes – featuring products you can find at Basil Bandwagon Natural Market today.
Have you ever wondered why they package their essential oils in cobalt blue bottles? It’s because the colored bottles help keep out deteriorating sunlight which helps allow each product to stay fresh longer!
Their story begins with two strong-willed, creative women…
☑ Women-Owned
☑ Small Business
☑ Locally Made in Somerville, NJ
☑ Made in Small Batches
☑ 100% Natural Skin Care
You don’t often see a mother in-law/daughter in-law team of entrepreneurs like this one. Theresa was a stay-at-home mom with a background in health and nutrition. Shirley was newly retired and looking for something meaningful to do with her extra time. After years of working for the man, Shirley decided it would be more fun to work for herself. Together, in 2018, this mother/daughter in-law duo decided to take on the world of natural skin care products.
Now, about making the world a better place. Theresa and Shirley care deeply about their community. They’ve decided to pay it forward by donating 5% of all profits to the following organizations: Steps Together, the ACLU and The Trevor Project.
Shirley and Theresa Bonner love their planet and their community. They are proud to have their on-line and wholesale business based in Somerville, NJ and have taken every opportunity to help make Somerville and the world, a better place to live.
‘Nothing Hidden. Just pure love for your skin.’
All of Third Child Wellness Boutique products are free of parabens, perfumes, phthalates, SLS and petrolatum.
Check out some of their NATURAL skin care products below ↴
Dry Skin?
All of their skin repair butters can be used on lips, hands, feet, elbows arms, legs, knees, necks, tummies, shoulders, backs and any other body part you can think of. People with thick, curly hair can use it to add shine and control! It is, however, for external use only.
Available: Dude, Relax; Lumberjacked; Nagmasté; Sageing Grace; Sunny G
Achy Joints?
This massage oil blend is amazing for easing every day aches and pains. They, of course, use organic avocado oil as a base for their spicy warming massage blend.
Available: Ooo, Spicy
Itchy Beard?
Their handmade, small batch beard oils are a one-of-a-kind experience for the facial hair wearing humans out there. All of their beard oils are made with organic avocado oil that is cold-infused with organic, fair-trade coffee grounds. It is nourishing, smooth and smells so good on those course beards, side burns and mustaches! Take care of itchy skin and ingrown hair while looking and smelling amazing all day long.
Available: Lumberjacked; Americano
Seeing Spots?
Espress Yo inner beauty on the outside! Their handmade coffee oil is truly amazing for evening out skin tone as well as reducing the appearance of fine lines and age spots. Their use organic avocado oil to infuse their coffee oil skin treatment, and add a grapefruit or lavender essential oil for a light, lovely scent.
Big sniff… hold it… ahhh… their aromatherapy room and body sprays freshen your home or office space anytime you need it. Because their sprays are pure and natural, you can spray them directly onto your skin to refresh yourself anytime, anyplace.
Available: Chill-Ax; Get Yo Zeez; Lumberjacked; Sageing Grace; Yowee Zowee
Enjoy Long Showers?
Love a great bath bomb, but don’t have a tub? No time for candles and bubbles? Treat yourself to an aromatherapy sauna session in your own shower. Simply place one of their beautifully scented steamers on the floor of your shower and let the water do the rest.
Available: Chill-Ax; Sageing Grace; Yowee Zowee
Sensitive Pits?
Their soft, spreadable natural deodorant won’t irritate your delicate underarm skin or clog pores. They use only gently, pure ingredients to keep you smelling fresh and spicy all day long.
Available: New Spice
While you’re out getting your holiday shopping done this season, remember to #ShopSmall & #ShopLocal! By shopping at your favorite local natural market (like us!), you are supporting families who started a small business to help make the world a little bit better & brighter!
With a new insulated reusable bag and small travel essentials, they’ll be thinking of you wherever they go!
Spice Up Any Meal
We have a wide assortment of cookbooks – whether they want to change up dinner routines or they need to start making food on their own!
Active Essentials
Outdoor activities = lots of sun, bugs, and fun! A small care package with their favorite supplements, clean skincare, and reusable drinkware will come in handy.
Sweet Sayings
You can never go wrong with one of our handcrafted, fair trade cards from Good Paper to send a personal note to your Dad or Grad. A gift card to Basil Bandwagon Natural Market would be an added bonus!
Christine Waltermyer is a local Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to get your FREE copy of her cookbook, “7 Days of Deliciousness.”
Vegan White Chocolate Bark
with dried cranberries
Makes 16 Hearts
Ingredients
6 oz Sunfood organic cacao butter, melted
⅓ cup vegan vanilla protein powder
2 tablespoons dried cranberries (sugar free if possible)
2 tablespoons hemp hearts
2 tablespoons chopped goji berries
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
A few drops – ½ teaspoon SweetLeaf Sweet Drops Vanilla Creme Sweetener
Equipment: Silicone heart-shaped molds (or you can just make bark in an 8 x 8-inch pan lined with parchment paper), pretty boxes for packaging
Method
1. Heat an inch of water in a saucepan. Place a metal bowl over it. Add the cacao and heat until melted.
2. Add the protein powder, vanilla, sea salt, and stevia drops. Whisk to blend.
3. Working quickly, use an immersion blender to blend smooth.
4. Pour into silicone molds or an 8 x 8-inch dish lined with parchment paper.
5. Sprinkle the hemp hearts, dried cranberries and chopped goji berries across the tops.
6. Place in the refrigerator to set for 2 to 4 hours.
7. Carefully release the chilled hearts from the mold (or break the bark into random pieces). Place the chocolate in gift box of choice. The white chocolate will keep at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Or you can store in the refrigerator for a firmer texture.
Homemade Natural Bath Bombs
with Essential Oils
Makes 2 Medium Size Bath Bombs
Ingredients
½ cup baking soda
¼ cup organic cornstarch
¼ cup epsom salts
¼ teaspoon Decorative Food Colors from Nature (color of choice) or other natural powdered food coloring
2 ½ teaspoons jojoba oil (or castor oil, almond oil or melted coconut oil)
½ teaspoon water
½ teaspoon essential oil of your choice (lemon, grapefruit, lavender, etc.)
¼ cup citric acid
Equipment: Bath bomb mold
Method
1. In a medium size bowl, combine the baking soda, cornstarch, epsom salts, and food coloring. Whisk to blend.
2. In a small glass jar, combine the jojoba oil, water, and essential oil. Place the lid on the jar and shake well. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients in the bowl. It should be the consistency of slightly wet, crumbly beach sand. It should stick together and you should be able to form a small ball with it. If it seems too dry, you can add a few drops more of the jojoba oil, just enough to achieve the right consistency.
3. Add the citric acid, working it in quickly.
4. Using a bath bomb mold, scoop up a generous amount of the bath bomb mixture and press the two halves of the mold together. Press the two halves together firmly, then lightly tap the mold to release it. Place the finished bath bomb on a plastic tray lined with parchment paper.
Herb-Infused Massage Oil
Ingredients
4 or 5 sprigs of your favorite dried herb such as rosemary or lavender
Enough almond oil combined with a neutral oil like avocado oil to fill a medium size glass jar
6 drops essential oil such as clary sage, rosemary or lavender
Equipment: A pretty gift bottle and ribbon
Method
1. Fill a medium size glass jar with the oil. Place the dried herbs in the oil. Cover the jar and place in a cool, dark place for 2 to 4 weeks. Strain out the oil, removing the herbs, and pour the oil into the gift bottle, adding 1-2 new sprigs of the dried herb. At this point you can add a few drops of essential oil such as clary sage. Place the lid on the bottle and add some ribbon for the perfect Valentine’s gift!
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!
Endangered Species Holiday Chocolates: Caramel Spiced Apple, Peppermint Crunch, and more!
Hyggelight Holiday Candles: Chai, Christmas & Thyme, and Cinnamon Apple
Intelligent Elixirs: Brightening Serum, Botanical A Night Serum, Pure Squalane, Refining Gel Cleanser, Rose Foaming Cream Cleanser, Citrus Facial Scrub, Vitamin B5 Hydrating Serum, Anti-Aging Serum, Total Eye Repair, Antioxidant Moisturizer, and Ultra Restorative Moisturizer
Lake Champlain Holiday Chocolates
Little Secrets: Holiday Peppermint Chocolate Pieces
Maggie’s Organics: Wool Snuggle & Sweater Socks!
Theo Holiday Chocolates: Gingerbread Spice, Cranberry Orange, and more!
