{"id":793,"date":"2006-11-30T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/11\/delicious-natural-body-oil.html"},"modified":"2006-11-30T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-30T13:12:00","slug":"delicious-natural-body-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/11\/delicious-natural-body-oil.html","title":{"rendered":"A Delicious, Natural Body Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/ambercardam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/ambercardam.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>After a long day yesterday, I stopped at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abchome.com\/\" target=\"_new\">ABC Carpet &amp; Home<\/a>, a mecca of pretty, pricey, spiritual things. <\/p>\n<p>Buzzing past all of the crystals and Marys and Buddhas, I went straight for the bodycare wall. The eco- and toxin-conscious store only stocks lotions and potions and pastes and masks and scrubs by all-natural companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drhauschka.com\" target=\"_new\">Dr. Hauschka<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pangeaorganics.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Pangea Organics<\/a>, and my favorite of the moment, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redflower.com\" target=\"_new\">Red Flower<\/a>. Completely synthetic- and paraben-free, the latter bodycare line is practically edible and surely divine. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m now madly in love with a Red Flower bottle of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-flower-cardamom-amber-oil\/dp\/B000GHTB5C\" target=\"_new\">Amber and Cardamom Body Oil<\/a>. Just a few dots on my hand, rubbed in, and sniffed deeply seemed to erase a day of intense stress. It&#8217;s not cheap, but it&#8217;s $44 worth of heaven. I think I know what I&#8217;m doing at my lunch break. At least for another sniff\/smear. And it might be just the thing for the nuture-starved lovely on your holiday gift list. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon sells it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-flower-cardamom-amber-oil\/dp\/B000GHTB5C\" target=\"_new\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>By Valerie Reiss. Amy&#8217;s on vacation.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long day yesterday, I stopped at ABC Carpet &amp; Home, a mecca of pretty, pricey, spiritual things. Buzzing past all of the crystals and Marys and Buddhas, I went straight for the bodycare wall. 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