Honey and Almond Anointing

So God created humankind in his image, In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1.27
 
We can reduce toxic chemicals in our daily lives. Even skin care productscarry toxins! The Bible often tells us of different types of essential oils which we can use without fear of skin damage, science has discovered others for our convenience.

Review of ingredients in Tree Hut Almond & Honey Shea body butter from the Environmental Working Group database:

I viewed each ingredient or Googled on the web for more data and all ingredients are low to moderate hazard and often food grade ingredients.

The main ingredient is shee butter: Butyrospermum Parkii:
Shea butter extract (manteca de karite' more shea butter) is found indigenous to Africa: Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Uganda. Parkii species is named for a Scottish explorer Mungo Park who saw the tree in Senegal. Africa shee is found wild also in Benin, Central African Republic, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea. Likewise  the local offer Beurra de karite, handmade shea butter; shea butter is grown on ground which has no pesticides [Ghanian cooperative]!

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Tree Hut Shea Body Butter, Almond & Honey


PEG-100 stearate is questionable based on how it is used, rated a moderate hazard; not safe for use on injured or damaged skin. So I think it might still be all right for a bruise but not an open wound. You would need pure shee butter for that with nothing added.
PEG-8 beeswax is not safe for injured or damaged skin either.
Polysorbate 70 Isn't safe on damage or injured skin.
Laureth-4 is a strong irritant around the eyes, lungs or skin around the eyes and lungs. There seems to be a pattern of ingredients that mixed with the Shee butter in manfacturing standards that could be a problem. Phenoxyethanol is another manfacturing concern in that it is irritating to the skin, eyes and lungs. Diazolidinyl urea is a know skin irritant as well, safe for cosmetics in limited forms; strict controls in manfacturing needed for worker and consumer. BHT has a moderate rating of five on a scale of three to six. The last objection is
Lanolin a product of oil glands of sheep, however it is extracted from their wool.  Overall the criticism is based on manfacturing and mixtures to preserve and formulate the shee butter.

Benefit from honey and improve your complexion with the tonice below. Use the mixture of oils to help with hydration. Test the Tree Hut Almond & Shea body butter with the recipes below for comparison and tell me what you think!


RECIPES

Honey Tonic
Apply one to two drops of honey on a wet palm and massage onto face. Do not rinse. Pat dry. Honey is not only good to eat, it was prized in the Biblical days and even used as an offering to the LORD. Today we know that honey is a healthy choice for sweetening, and many skin care experts believe it can nourish the skin and plump up fine lines. The secret is to use only one or two drops, on a very wet palm, and pat delicately into your skin.

Softening Body Oil
Before taking a shower, brush your skin gently. This exfoliating will stimulate blood circulation and aid in skin absorption. For best absorption, apply the body oil while your skin is still moist. This combination is ideal for skin that has been exposed to too much sun or for extra dry areas, such as heels and elbows.
1 cup (237 ml) sweet almond oil
1/2 cup (118 ml) jojoba or hazlenut oil (or combination of the two)
2 tablespoons (30 ml) apricot kernel oil
Essential oil (optional)
Combine the oils in a sealed bottle and gently turn it several times to mix. Apply as needed.

follow up with a Healthy Spa workshop provided by Eco-Justice Programs National Council of Churches. Make this your honey test and enjoy Tree Hut products! I'm working on the honey tonic tonight! 

Healthy Spa Workshop


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Cush

Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.

   ¹ He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
² The LORD loves the gates of Zion
   more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

   ³ Glorious things are said of you,
   city of God:
⁴ “I will record Rahab and Babylon
   among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush—
   and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
⁵ Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
   “This one and that one were born in her,
   and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
   “This one was born in Zion.”

   ⁷ As they make music they will sing,
   “All my fountains are in you.”

Cush has a long standing tradition in the Hebrew Bible. From Genesis where it as listed as a river of paradise. Cush is also known as Ethiopia, Nubia or Abyssinia! Easton's Bible Dictionary also claims that ancient Egypt referred to Cush as Kesh! Kush is another way Cush is spelled. Moses was to have had a blood ceremony with a Cushite where he was known as a bridegroom of blood!

Cush warred with others and known to be a mighty army! 

Woe to the land of whirring wings^[a]
    along the rivers of Cush,^[b]
2 which sends envoys by sea
    in papyrus boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,
    to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers. 

Cush was from the family of Ham and for African American Gentiles under a curse...

Cush [Cŭsh]—black or ethiopia.

1. Eldest son of Ham and grandson of Noah and founder of a tribal family (Gen. 10:6-8; 1 Chron. 1:8-10). Also the name of the land where the Cushites dwelt (Isa. 11:11; 18:1). Cushite is translated Ethiopian.
2. A Benjamite, and enemy of David. (See Fausset’s dictionary).

 What do you know about Cushite migrations and the Chaldeans? try researching Cush!

The King of Gondor was an Ethiopian king whose Bible is still found today in museums with posters for those who want to show the Afracentric profile.

Blessings!

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Swim suit snacks: The right foods to munch on to look your best in a bikini Food & Diet: self.com

I always thought calcium was for the bones. My primary reason for taking calcium supplements was to avoid serious injury to my back from osteoporosis. Plus most important to my health and wellness I want to be walking around. I wondered about bone spurs and if calcium had any effect on them.

Bones spurs occured for me because of being overweight and work shoes that couldn't be properly fitted. Along with age and tying my tennis shoes too tight for walking I began to understand that was creating pressure on my bones and my body was trying to tell me to help myself a little more.
I wanted to understand a little scripture on what we eat,  how we eat or should we be different beside trying different things. Bible Gateway New King James version:  
The Law of Liberity chapter 14
Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. ² For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. ³ Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

The first likely indication that this was occuring was when I had a stress fracture on my left side. I fractured that ankle once in the snow also. You can believe putting ice compresses on it felt like torture not healing. The next incident happened where my leg became inflammed from my hip to ankle. I couldn't put any pressure on it for two weeks. I finally was diagnosed last year by a podiatrist who did a xray and confirmed. I was told a minor surgery could remove the spur if it began to hurt and take up room where I couldn't wear a shoe. I stopped tying those lace up so tight and the right seems to have diminished and the left is still swollen and visible!

Buzzle.com suggest warm linseed on cloth cover with plastic and heating pad for a couple of hours for relief. Sounds good to me! NOW foods describes the recommended herbal supplement curcumin which is antioxidant support wellness and helping to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. Applying a flaxseed hot pack should also help to reduce pain, some can be purchased ready made on the internet. Should you make your own use a soft material like flannel or similar weight and add a herb for your senses like lavendar or ecualyptus.

Spiritual thoughts on laxity: sources from Bible Gateway
Glorify God in Body and Spirit
¹³ Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? ²⁰ For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body^[a] and in your spirit, which are God’s.

LiveStrong.com suggest bone spurs are calcium deposits likely found in or around joints.  Whereas Mayo Clinic names existing diseases as osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, or spinal stenosis occuring naturally with age. Be sure to speak with your doctor about supplements & how they interact with meds you use. I now have a primary care physician whose speciality is internal medicine.

I leave you with this thought from John 3 1.2:
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

References:
Borkar, Rujuta     Bone Spur on top of foot     http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bone-spur-on-top-of-foot.html     last updated 12/2711

Eitel Joseph     Calcium and bone spurs     http://www.livestrong.com/article/460872-calcium-bone-spurs/

Bible Gateway       http://www.biblegateway.com/     

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