Winter Mane Help

Dry, dull hair?? Try one of these easy herbal final rinses to help restore your mane! These rinses can be used with each shampooing.

{for dark hair}

Add a full pinch of dried Sage and dried Rosemary to a tea ball, tea strainer, or cheesecloth. Bring water to a boil. Place the herbs in an 8oz. cup and pour hot water over them. Steep for 10 - 15 minutes. Strain. Let cool. Shampoo (and condition) as normal. Rinse hair thoroughly. Slowly pour herbal rinse over hair, being sure to saturate evenly. Do NOT rinse. Leave this herbal rinse in. Dry and style as you normally do.

{for light hair}

Add a full pinch of dried Chamomile and dried Rosemary to a tea ball, tea strainer, or cheesecloth. Bring water to a boil. Place the herbs in an 8oz. cup and pour hot water over them. Steep for 10-minutes. Strain. Let cool. Shampoo (and condition) as normal. Rinse hair thoroughly. Slowly pour herbal rinse over hair, being sure to saturate evenly. Do NOT rinse. Leave this herbal rinse in. Dry and style as you normally do.

Closed For A Bit

My Etsy shop - BlueBellaDonna - will be closed for a little bit while I do some updating to my listings, my photos, my policies, and my shipping. Subscribe to my blog for its' re-opening news >>

Etsy Sale

End of Year #SALE!!!! Get 30% OFF your order!! Use coupon code 2014ENDOFYEARSALE at checkout!!! {sale ends December 31, 2014 at midnight EST} Shop BlueBellaDonna now!!

BlueBellaDonna [Etsy Shop] Sale

>>>> Black Friday Sale - 15% off all orders with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2014 at checkout >>> https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueBellaDonnaShoppe

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Now accepting holiday handcrafted bath & beauty gift package orders....visit my Facebook page for details or contact me here.

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Infusing Flower Water

The hubs & I harvested some white and purple Lilacs today, from our backyard. Beautiful flowers, beautiful fragrance! I added a few flowers to a vase in my art studio, those Lilacs are now happily sharing said vase with some red Roses. The aroma in my studio is amazing, to say the least.

The remaining amount of Lilacs will be solar infusing for the next couple of weeks. Once the infusion is ready, I'll have some wonderful, super fragrant Lilac floral water. Some of the water will be mine, all mine....mauhahahahaha....and some will be available at BlueBellaDonna, my Etsy shop.

I'm so excited, I can't wait to smell, and use this Lilac water!!

Pardon My Mess

Some changes are beginning to happen. My new brand & business name is BlueBellaDonna. In the next few weeks changes will be made to my website, online shops, social media accounts, business cards, product labels, etc. This is an exciting time for me, and I'm hoping that this process of moving from one name to another will be quick, and go smoothly.

As changes are made, I'll be sure to post a new URL link, or the new information here so that everyone can find me & my products easily. In the meantime, I want to thank you all in advance for your patience during this transitioning time.

Here's one of the first herbal products featuring my new business name that will be listed in my Etsy shop ASAP!! It's a wonderful healing & soothing herbal skin salve made with comfrey, lavender, chamomile, olive oil, cocoa butter, and beeswax....stay tuned for it's shop arrival! {no, it's not your eyes, or a shaky camera image, it's my printer....hence one more reason why I have labels ordered for my products}

Getting There....

I'm finishing-up the painting & re-organizing in my art studio. Yeah, I know, it's taking me forever to get this done. It's hard work dealing with pups, kitties, domestic chores, homemaking, creative ventures, herbal workings, and life-in-general, never mind throwing in painting & re-organizing (and thrashing 'stuffs') an art studio. Nonetheless, I should be done by the end of this week.

And what does that mean? Well, it means that I'll be going full-force into crafty-creativeness....designing jewelry, creating altered-art pieces & home decor, and crafting uber-awesome herbal goodies. Stay tuned, next week I'll be completely & totally immersed in incredible artsy & herbally wonderfulness!! My Etsy shop will be exploding with "wow" in the next few weeks! :-)

[a] Saturday Post

I've been busy this week. I designed "things", crafted "things", researched "things", cooked "things" {teehee}, and WAITED ALL DAMN DAY TODAY FOR A DELIVERY THAT NEVER HAPPENED! I so dislike waiting for deliveries. This was the second day this week that said delivery was supposed to take place, and didn't. Guess the 3rd time is a charm...at least it better be. Geesh!

I added a couple of pretty & stylish stretch bracelets to my Etsy shop this week. I love designing these little lovelies while watching television with the hubs. It's quite relaxing.

And I designed & added this glass tile cabochon pendant & charm to my shop too...

I created a new bath salt scent....and added that to my shop as well....loving this scent, it's powerful, but completely wonderful!! {Rosemary & Sage}

And I finally did "something" with this metal plant pot that I've had for a year now. A little hand painting "magic" and presto, a pretty home decor item!! I'm very pleased with how this turned out. It was late in the evening when I pulled out my paints to paint this, I was a bit tired. But once I got the paint brush in my hand, I just went with it and the "something" just flowed out of me onto the pot. This really would make a cute sunroom decoration, add some dried flowers or herbs and oh yeah, pretty, pretty. It would also make a pretty garden wedding decoration. Again, some dried flowers or even fresh flowers, in a separate small pot though, this metal plant pot isn't waterproof...but it is cute though, right?!

I've exhausted myself this week with creative, crafty, and curiously clever tasks....and so I will leave you all now with this wonderful quote which turned out to be my favorite for the week >>

"There are much easier things in life than finding a good man.  Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance." -Author Unknown-

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone....be safe & have fun!