| Aromatherapy is a well known holistic method for | | | | This is what pushed Howell to "go organic" in 2002. |
| healing, but when boosted by the quickly penetrating | | | | She began using all natural and pure essential oils, |
| carrier hemp seed oil, the healing potential is magnified | | | | supportive carrier oils, and herbs. And her clients |
| exponentially. No other carrier oil can take the | | | | noticed. Suddenly she was consulting on emotional |
| beneficial medicinal qualities of aromatic essential oils | | | | ailments from menopause to sleeplessness, physical |
| as quickly through the epidermis as hemp seed oil, so if | | | | ailments from joint pain to psoriasis, and she was |
| your lotions and salves are missing it, you're not doing | | | | hearing of amazing results. Howell decided to get her |
| your body justice, but it's not too late.... | | | | degree as a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist to better |
| Many of you are familiar with local retailer Hemp | | | | serve her clients and begin teaching aromatherapy. |
| Essentials at 624 Lincoln Avenue. But Hemp Essentials' | | | | Their healing powers of essential oils lie in their highly |
| holistic bath and body line is also available elsewhere in | | | | concentrated plant essences that can heal many |
| town, and it's a good thing- because this unbeatable | | | | physical and emotional dis-ease. Howell sees many |
| skin line has just gone nationwide, and the retail store | | | | customers with stress, tension, physical aches, and |
| has just closed. Owner and formulator Heather | | | | dermatological ailments that come to her after they've |
| Howell-Durand has moved her bustling factory to her | | | | tried everything else. Within days of trying one of |
| home and will be opening a larger factory in | | | | seven blends of Hemp Essentials her customers |
| Steamboat's west end later this summer. | | | | notice rapid healing results. Howell is as dedicated to |
| Those who have tried Hemp Essentials' lotions, healing | | | | her clients as she is to her research, and will formulate |
| serums, or soaps for your dry skin or other malady, | | | | special blends for specific ailments if requested. What |
| know that there's something different about these | | | | she finds most important is educating her clients on the |
| formulas. Instead of waiting for weeks for something | | | | benefits of aromatherapy while dispelling the myths of |
| to work on your ailment, whether it's physical or | | | | hemp and its oil. |
| emotional, you feel better in days. And it isn't because | | | | Currently the natural product market is based mostly |
| there's something super-powered in the lavender | | | | on what we put inside our bodies. Stores seem the |
| essential oil, it's because the essential oils are being | | | | least concerned with what we put on our skin. Most of |
| taken through your epidermis on the wings of a super | | | | the products on bathroom shelves right now- even |
| oil. | | | | those claiming to be natural- will likely have alcohol, |
| If you've met Howell, even once, you'll have heard her | | | | petroleum, or drying chemicals in their ingredients. The |
| soapbox for hemp: "Hemp seed oil is the only oil in the | | | | epidermis is the largest organ in the human body, yet |
| plant kingdom that can penetrate the lipid layer of your | | | | it's treated with the poorest respect. Putting anything |
| skin" and take the healing powers of the essential oils | | | | other than natural products on the skin will affect the |
| straight to the bloodstream, kicking in nearly | | | | physical and emotional well-being. Hemp Essentials' |
| immediately. And if you haven't met Howell, she's the | | | | unrefined hemp seed oil products support the inner, or |
| biggest promoter of hemp you'll meet, and rightfully so. | | | | "lipid" layer of the epidermis, replenishing the natural oil |
| She's not just bragging to make a sale; she knows | | | | that the lipid layer produces instead of blocking and |
| that her products work better than any other! | | | | depleting it as all other oils and lotions do. Hemp seed |
| Howell discovered the powers of hemp through much | | | | oil not only carries the essential oils quickly through the |
| research during graduate school at Colorado State | | | | skin, but it rejuvenates and protects the skin as well, |
| University in Ft. Collins while getting her masters in | | | | giving it a younger and healthier look. And of course, by |
| Hemp Textile Design. Just as hemp seed oil sneaks | | | | disposing of these natural products down your sinks, |
| through the protective outer layer of your skin, the | | | | you can sleep well at night knowing that your |
| power of it snuck into Howell's life. She began | | | | environment isn't suffering from your body products |
| formulating lotions and soaps with fragrance (unnatural) | | | | either. |
| oils and selling them at fairs and expositions. But the | | | | To most, this philosophy of naturalism seems obviously |
| additional ingredients that are combined with the hemp | | | | beneficial, yet again, most bath and body products say |
| seed oil become so magnified that without using 100% | | | | one thing and do another (or nothing at all). The |
| pure products, Howell felt this skin line would be | | | | conscious choice is up to you! |
| paradoxical. | | | | |