Liquid Jewels
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text]This photo was taken during a particular moment of inspiration. While bottling our Hair and Scalp Oils all at once I was enchanted by the colors of the oils and I wanted to try my hand at capturing their beauty with my camera. Often when we've been around something for years, in my case over 30 years, it becomes easy to believe we know everything there is to know and experience about that thing, that there will be no more surprises. Then out of nowhere, magic, you're seeing this familiar thing with fresh eyes. I noticed within the colors of these oils there are nuances because they are natural. Each batch is unique, their essences with their particular colors are produced from elements over time that are provided by nature. Unlike synthetic oils that are static, nature lives, breathes and changes from one day to the next, and often from one moment to the next, just as we do.Natural oils amaze me. Their "liquid-ness", the way they glide over surfaces, they way they offer easement. I find them magical! With base oils such as castor, olive, almond, safflower for example the oils that are thicker in weight take longer to pour while some others splash out more easily. It's as if each has its own personality. Then there are the botanical oils. That's where the accelerated and deeply mysterious experiences occur. Oh, the aromas, the colors! There is the viscous nature of each. Some are thin and light while others can be as thick as paste and dark as tar with hints of blues or greens. Each one is like a journey to the land from which they hail. Lavender used in our Herbal Hair Oil is from France. The citruses for the Golden Blossom are from Italy, Florida, and China, while the ylang ylang is from Madagascar. Resins used in the Honey Suckle Peru balsam are from Peru and benzoin is from Indonesia. In our Medicinal Hair Oil we have rosemary from Morocco, tea tree oil from Australia, thyme from Turkey, and the list goes on and on, from all over the planet. Each of these locations provides a specific kind of environment that is conducive for these specific plants to grow, thrive and be harvested. Side bar: climate change is affecting all plant life. In some cases vastly reducing availability and thereby, increasing prices.
Back to the colors... Our Honeysuckle scented with resins are rich earthen in color, the Herbal scented with lavender is an emerald green, the Golden Blossom scented with citrus oils has a bright orange hue, the Medicinal with all its herbs has a base of olive oil which presents as greenish brown and the Green Tea, is nearly clear. Each liquid jewel seduces me with its own unique brand of beauty and I was inspired to lay them in my garden and capture them with my camera. "Click!" Captured. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]