Balbec Ingredients

Cinnamon

Cinnamon
For its ability to “tong shenming” (reconnect with the Divine—penetrate the Spirit of Illumination) and to strengthen the kidney essence, cinnamon energetically adds to the creative frequencies (and fragrance) of Myriad Three. 

Scleranthus

Scleranthus

The gifts and virtues of the Scleranthus are indispensable for the creative process. This is the ability to make a choice through experience or intuition, and trust in it. 

Those who suffer paralyzing indecision relate to the painful mechanism of back and forth that keeps them from choosing one path and enjoying the process of wonder that is the seeing through of a creative project. And what’s left? A lot of wasted time.

Clary Sage

Clary Sage

Rich in heavenly esters, Clary Sage spirits us into seeing clearly. For ourselves, by ourselves, for the greater good of all concerned.

In Vibrational Fragrance Harmonize 2.

Peony

Peony

Peony offers energies for creativity through the generosity of enough.

*Balbec made with spring water according to Edward Bach’s methods.

In Vibrational fragrance Myriad Three.

Violet

Violet
Viola odorata Violets find enough space to balance generous purple crowns on superfine stems made strong with water. True sovereigns--real queens ...

Violet Leaf

Violet Leaf
   Violet and its leaves from the Vienna Dioscurides   The inky dowager of the collection. You can grow old plumbing Violet's soft emerald leav...

Cerato

Cerato
Bach’s description of people in a “Cerato state”: Those who have not sufficient confidence in themselves to make their own decisions.

Patchouli & Pluto in Aquarius

Patchouli & Pluto in Aquarius
The last #PlutoinAquarius passing was between 1778 and 1798. Yesterday it reentered after 248 years. The period was significant. In France, among ...

Energetic Wrappings: We're Making the Experience Better

Energetic Wrappings: We're Making the Experience Better
We are introducing better packaging etiquette. You know our lovely eco-felt envelopes? Well now, each time you receive one in the mail to keep your cleansers and hydrosols cool and fresh, you will also find an envelope stamped and addressed back to us. Unless you wish to keep your eco-felt envelope, you can place it (along with the twine if you wish) in the addressed envelope and mail it back. I'll keep it for you for the next time, repair it should it so require, and send it back to you with your next order, with another stamped envelope--and a $5 credit toward any oil of your choice--to use or accrue, it is entirely up to you. I know my customers are environmentally conscious and don't need an economic incentive, so please don't think of it as such, but rather as a way of using our collective resources more efficiently.

Oakmoss

Oakmoss
Oakmoss, Evernia prunastri  Clean air breathing lichens that make their homes and livelihoods by holding on to branches of oak trees. Here it’s sa...

Iris

Iris

Krishnamurti observed that “We are second-hand people. We have lived on what we have been told, either guided by our inclinations, our tendencies, or compelled to accept by circumstances and environment. We are the result of all kinds of influences, and there is nothing new in us, nothing that we have discovered for ourselves: nothing original, pristine, clear”

Skincare and Beauty Junkies--Then and Now.

Skincare and Beauty Junkies--Then and Now.
Here's a satirical poem by the Italian poet Luigi Pulci from 1472 about beauty supplies required by the 15th-century young and glamorous Nannina de Medici and the ladies who orbited her court. It is a fun, if exaggerated (and yes, misogynistic--but before you write me about this, the poem dates from 1472)  historical perspective to those of us who have tried, are willing to try, or at somewhat curious about a lot of products and techniques that might raise another's filled in and/or threaded eyebrow.