Archive for May 2011
Memorial Day
May 30, 2011 | 
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To all of those who have sacrificed their lives for our own, we are eternally indebted to you for giving us the chance to live in a country full of freedoms. You will always be remembered!
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All Natural Kitchen Cleaner
Here is an all natural way to clean your kitchen. The mixture is made with plant essential oils, which are known to disinfect, clean, and smell wonderful!
Ingredients:
- 10 drops Lemon California Essential Oil
- 8 drops Lavender Essential Oil
- 8 drops Rosewood Essential Oil
- 5 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
- 3 drops Palmarosa Indian Essential Oil
- Water
Directions:
- In a sterile dark glass container, mix the Lavender, Lemon, Eucalyptus, Rosewood, and Palmarosa Essential Oils together. Seal the container until ready to use.
- When ready to clean the kitchen: Combine 2 cups of Water with 8 drops of the Essential Oil Mixture in a spray bottle. Shake the bottle to mix the oils with the water and spray on the surfaces you want to clean. Remember to shake the bottle each time before spraying.
Measurement Chart
COMMON WEIGHTS & MEASURES
- 1 tablespoon (Tbsp) = 3 teaspoons (tsp)
- 1/16 cup = 1 Tbsp
- 1/8 cup = 2 Tbsp
- 1/6 cup = 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp
- 1/4 cup = 4 Tbsp
- 1/3 cup = 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp
- 3/8 cup = 6 Tbsp
- 1/2 cup = 8 Tbsp
- 3/4 cup = 12 Tbsp
- 1 cup = 48 tsp
- 1 cup = 16 Tbsp
- 8 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 1 cup
- 1 pint (pt) = 2 cups
- 1 quart (qt) = 2 pt
- 1 qt = 4 cups
- 1 gallon (gal) = 4 qt
- 16 ounces (oz) = 1 pound (lb)
METRIC TO U.S.
- 1 milliliter (ml) = 1/5 tsp
- 5 ml = 1 tsp
- 15 ml = 1 Tbsp
- 30 ml = 1 fl oz
- 100 ml = 3.4 fl oz
- 237 ml = 1 cup
- 473 ml = 2 cups = 1 pt
- 0.95 liter = 4 cups = 1 qt
- 1 liter = 34 fl oz = 4.25 cups
- 3.8 liters = 4 qt = 1 gal
Should we avoid antibacterial?
Every season has its fair share of sneezes, coughs, and sniffles. In such circumstances, we typically run straight to the bathroom to use the antibacterial hand soap. On the contrary, experts are now saying that this could actually help aid us in catching germs.
Antibacterial products help ward off bacteria we may have been in contact with, but it does not work against viruses, which are what cause the flu and colds. Experts are also seeing that, when used in abundance, antibacterial cleansers may make us more vulnerable to germs. “Soaps and hand cleaners that contain triclosan or other antibacterial agents should be avoided, ” claims Dr. Christopher A. Ohl (associate professor of infectious diseases at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC), “These agents have been shown to pressure bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics and really are unnecessary.”
It is always very important to thoroughly wash your hands throughout the day. However, you don’t have to break the bank by buying antibacterial soaps. In order to kill most germs, scrub your hands with plain soap and hot water for 30 seconds. “If soap and water are not available, alcohol-based hand hygiene products are an alternative for adults and older children,” mentions Ohl.
If you want a really inexpensive and creative way to keep yourself free from germs, try making your own glycerin soap with our Melt and Pour Soap Bases and Soap Molds. The Soap Making Video gives step by step instructions on how to make beautiful bars of soaps. Or follow our Hand Sanitizer Recipe in our bog to make your own hand hygiene product.
Vanity Tray
Recycle an old picture frame by turning it into a vanity tray!
Simply place patterned fabric or a colored piece of paper inside the frame, lay the vanity on your dresser, and top with your cosmetics and toiletries. It’s an affordable and green way to dress up your bedroom.
Picture above features the following Nu-Scents’ products: Blue Diffuser Bottle, Blue Glass Bottle Top, 2 oz Boston Round Bottle (clear bottle with black top only — brown bottle with white top currently not available), Tumbler Glass, Aluminum Tealight Holder.
More Alternative Soap Uses
It’s Spring Cleaning Time!
Time to dust off the cobwebs of winter and brighten the home anew for summer. A perfect tool for fixing up the house is soap. And it’s not just for normal cleaning purposes! Both liquid and bar soap can be used around the house for easy fixes. Here are some wonderful ways to use soap around your house that you might not have thought of before:
- Dab a zip tool with liquid soap to snap aluminum or vinyl siding into place easier.
- Use a bar of soap to lubricate the metal rails of sticking desk drawers.
- Run the wet edge of a bar of soap along dirty windowsills to clean them.
- Mix some liquid soap with water and spray the mixture on the underside of plant leaves to keep garden bugs off.
Top Selling Essential Oils for April
Here are the top selling essential oils for the month of April:
- Lavender
- Peppermint Indian
- Geranium Rose
- Tea Tree
- Eucalyptus
- Lemon California
- Sweet Orange
- Grapefruit
- Rosemary Moroccan
- Spearmint Chinese
The top selling Essential Oil Blends for April:
Memorial Day Closing
We will be closed on Monday, May 30th in observation of Memorial Day.
For the weekend, our office and warehouse will be closed from 4:30pm Thursday, May 26, 2011 through Monday, May 30, 2011. Our office and warehouse will reopen on Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
During this time, you may continue to place orders online, but no orders will be shipped. When the office and warehouse reopen on May 31st, all orders will be processed in the order in which they were received.
If you would like to push your order ahead of all others, we offer an In-House Rush Service for $15.00. To request this service, please type “$15.00 In-House Rush” in the Comments, Feedback, or Additional Instructions section towards the beginning of the checkout process online.
We thank you for your patronage and ask that you please remember on this upcoming Memorial Day the defenders of our country who lost their lives so that we can live ours in peace.
We want to hear from you!
Spring is in the air and the earth is coming alive with new beginnings!
At Nu-Scents, our move couldn’t have happened at a better time! We are feeling the rush of spring–nature waking up from its hibernation, warm air bringing the world to life, and a new company headquarters waiting to come to light.
With our leap to a new location, our minds are whirling with new ideas. It has given us a breath of fresh air and allowed us to open our eyes and ponder how we can make Nu-Scents Wholesale a better company. We have brought in some new products, discontinued some old ones, and have implemented means for our operations to run more smoothly. Our wheels are constantly turning to come up with new and innovative notions.
NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, OUR CUSTOMERS! What do you have to say? What would you like to see Nu-Scents offer? What types of blogs would you like us to write? What new beginnings can you muster?
Email your thoughts to nssupport@nuscentscandle.com and put “NEW BEGINNINGS” in the subject line. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
Home Sweet Home
We are fully moved in and functioning at our new location at 11201 Commercial Street in Richmond, Illinois. This has been an exciting time for us–new warehouse, new offices, new products, new ideas! Even though the saw dust and building materials abound (as we are still putting the final touches on the offices), we are happily settling into our new home. Nu-Scents remains dedicated to working hard to provide our customers with the best quality candle, soap, bath, and body supplies at the best value, and our new facility will only enhance that philosophy!