The good weather is back! We’re back at parks and our kids are on their bikes and scooters and the bugs start to bite.  Rather than turn to a chemical product that stings and hurts, there are antiseptic chemical free solutions that work without the added ouch factor.  Tea Tree Oil is a powerful natural antiseptic that penetrates deep below the skin’s surface for maximum effect. It can be applied using a cotton swab or mixed in a DIY balm.  Thursday Plantation makes ready to use first-aid solutions. TP Antiseptic Cream is easily absorbed, non-greasy and gently relieves the skin and is ideal for dry, inflamed skin and sunburn.  TP Ointment provides excellent wound protection in its natural water-repellent base.  TP Tea Tree and Aloe Vera Antibacterial Spray is a natural skin healer that soothes and calms the skin from itch and irritation.  These two therapeutic botanicals have been combined in a multi-use antiseptic spray ideal as a convenient first aid option.  It can also be used as a hand sanitizer and lice repellent when sprayed on the nape of the neck and behind the ears.  To learn more click our Shop button and view the Antiseptics category.

Winter can really take a beating on our skin.  When its really dry, it can flake and itch and get red with irritation.  That is when you can turn to the healing power of tea tree oil in a formula of a hydrating chemical free cream or ointment. Thursday Plantation Antiseptic Cream and Thursday Plantation Antiseptic Ointment have a therapeutic content of pure tea tree oil rich with antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal properties.  Nourishing to the skin and power-packed to heal many skin inflammations, without toxic chemicals or the need for a prescription.

We love holiday season! But it can also be a stress to come out with great ideas for the people that help us in our family’s lives: the kids’ teachers, babysitters, bus drivers, or your dog walker.

We have great gift sets that are eco-responsible, natural and organic and won’t break the bank. For the babysitters and day care providers, try Bellaboo natural Girl-on-the Go Kits.

Try our Sanctum Sustainable Organics packs for Men, Women and new Moms. These organic packs are 100% natural, vegan and all of the products contain a minimum of 70% certified organic ingredients and the packaging is all from recycled material and recyclable and the tubes themselves are all biodegradeable containing a natural enzyme that breaks down the material! It is the best in eco gift giving.

Sanctum Sustainable Organics Packs are available in a Men’s, Face, Body and Baby Essentials Packs.

Recently MSNBC newsroom reported that the “Campaign for Safe Cosmetics” has been pushing a boycott on Johnson & Johnson products due to potentially harmful, and even cancer related chemicals in their baby shampoo.

According to MSNBC:

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has unsuccessfully been urging the world’s largest health care company for 2 1/2 years to remove the trace amounts of potentially cancer-causing chemicals — dioxane and a substance called quaternium-15 that releases formaldehyde — from Johnson’s Baby Shampoo, one of its signature products.

When it comes to our children, especially the young ones, can we really take the risk with harmful chemicals? That’s why we at Abundance Naturally recommend checking out the Eco,Kid line of products for safe natural kid friendly alternatives such as a safe and sensitive shampoo:

Eco.Kid Sensitive Daily Shampoo

Or if your little one enjoys a bubble bath, avoid harmful and irritable chemicals and try Eco.Kid’s “Call me Bubbles” Bubble Bath:

Eco,Kid "Call me Bubbles" Bubble Bath

When it comes to safe baby products however, Eco.Kid isn’t the only group in the market  Sanctum also has a great baby product line including baby balms, shampoos,  moisturiser and more!

Sanctum Baby Bottom Balm

When it comes down to it there is nothing more valuable then our kids and we shouldn’t be exposing them to harmful, unsafe chemicals that we don’t know the long term effects off. Seek a more natural solution with Abundance Naturally!

Leanne Delap of the Toronto Star has taken the time to discuss how Tea Tree Oil can be used to to help fight lice in a safe and healthy manner for your loved ones. Leanne talks about the power and history of Tea Tree Oil for medical treatment:

She taught me a treasured lesson about some good old Aussie prevention, and a lesson in using beauty products off label. Tea tree oil comes from a shrub indigenous to Australia, and has been used by aboriginal tribes there for more than 40,000 years. It was during World War II that Australian troops carried the antibacterial, antifungal oil in their first aid kits and it caught on among international medical teams.

You can catch Leanne’s full article at “Delap: Tea-Treat your head lice” or in-print in your copy of The Toronto Star.

Are you looking for a solution to your pesky lice problem? Get our Thursday Plantation line of Lice Treatment

Doctor Oz has release this years “Medicine Cabinet Essentials” and it should really come as no surprise that Tea Tree Oil is one of them that’s making a big splash!

If you’re looking for great Tea Tree Oil products for this winter look no further than our great products from Thursday Plantation that will help keep your family happy and healthy this season.

It’s that time of year again Canada! As October looms we can feel it in the air – that cold dry weather is upon us as Autumn pushes in to our lives once again. We’re settling down and getting ready for Thanksgiving and Halloween we know that we are on winters doorstep, which can lead to dry achy skin, itchy scalps, dry eyes, and a whole bunch of colds!

But we here at abundance are armed with an arsenal of natural products to help you survive the harsh Canadian climate courtesy of our Aussie friends down under.

Winter Skin Care:

Tea Tree Certified Organic Hand & Body Lotion

Do you or your kids suffer from dry hands? When left unattended dry skin can cause painful cracking, and even lead to infections or become a home for ruthless bacteria. Thursday Plantation’s Tea Tree Certified Organic Hand & Body lotion helps to moisturize skin with natural Aloe, tone it with Witch Hazel, and cleanses and protects with Certified Organic Tea Tree Oil. At $9.99 this pocket friendly lotion will keep your hands soft and hydrated all season long!

Sanctum Moisture Concentrate

When it comes to your face, you want a gentle chemical free solution. Look no further than Sanctum Moisture Concentrate,  Enriched with Rosemary Extract (anti-oxidant) to help fight the signs of ageing this daily moisturizer will be sure to keep your skin smooth and help fight the signs of aging!

Fight those Colds:

As we know this time of year is when sniffles start to run rampant, especially with the kids back at school and the cold air settling in. There are plenty of cold and immunoboosters  out there, but you don’t really want to be taking medication each and every day eventually building up a tolerance to it and even a dependency. That’s why we recommend the natural power of Echinacea.

 Thompson’s One-A-Day Echinacea
 

Echinacea is a powerful natural extract that has proven to boost the immune system in over 300 different independent studies. When it comes to fighting off a cold there is no better natural solution than Echinacea which has shown to:

• Relief of the symptoms of colds
• Reduce the severity and duration of colds
• Assist in the management of upper respiratory infections

At Abundance Naturally we’ve had a long standing principal of supplying the best products and standing behind them 100%. We recently took a box of our “Thursday Plantation” products (Tea Tree Oil based products straight from Australia) and sent them to Tina of Bits and Bites with Tina to see what this Canadian Blogger thought! We equipped Tina with our Tea Tree Lip Balm, Tea Tree Antiseptic Cream, Tea Tree Liquid Filled cotton tips and Tea Tree Soap; everything you need to bring the natural power of Tea Tree Oil into your daily routine.

The Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Lip Balm comes in a convenient 15ml size, which is great for your on-the-go life style, and provides a natural solution to the dry winter lips we are all too familiar with.  Upon trying this product Tina pointed out not only the natural look and feel of the product but also its great revitalization ability:

The balm stays with you quite awhile. It soaks into your lips and removes that cracked, caked look. This is great! There is nothing worse than putting on a lip gloss or lipstick and having it look uneven or dry like you’ve been wearing it all day. After 24hrs, despite the taste, I knew I wanted to continue using this product on a regular basis. It actually seems to heal up the lips rather than just temporarily erase dryness!

One thing we’ve always liked about the Thursday Plantation products is the power of Tea Tree Oil as a natural cleaner and disinfectant. Tea Tree Oil has a number of medical properties, including antiviral, antifungal and antiseptic properties. Some studies have even suggest that 5% tea tree oil has shown effect comparable to 5% benzoyl peroxide; and being able to harness this kind of germ fighting power in a natural product means you can keep yourself and your family clean without exposure to harmful chemicals:

The following three items are simply terrific. The Liquid Filled Cotton Tips and the Antibacterial Spray are a must for your first aid kit! They are perfectly sized and convenient.

Now when it comes down to any product line, we always pick favorites, for Tina it was the cotton-tips:

The Cotton Tips are my favorite! A quick snap of the top will cause a clear antiseptic liquid, containing tea tree oil and aloe vera, to seep into the cotton swab end.

To be honest the Cotton Tips are one of our favorite too! Self-contained antiseptic to go! What more could you ask for! One of the kids gets a cut at the playground, clear it up with a cotton tip, want to clean your keyboard at the office crack open cotton tips. Versatile and all natural quite the winning combination!

Finally Tina came around to testing out the Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil soap and she had this to say:

The soap is natural and organic. It’s a very raw soap and could use to be a little more rounded for kids hands. However, the bonus to this soap is little to no smell and a fantastic, creamy lather. It has the benefit of being an antiseptic soap and is safe to use on a daily basis.

Soft sent-free soap that is safe for kids and comes with antiseptic cleaning power! It’s truly a great addition to any bathroom; in fact adding Tea Tree Oil to your daily routine is something we are hearing more and more doctors and specialists telling us to do; and it’s why we’ve continued to stand by our Australian suppliers and their natural products – for it’s clearly the type of product that our clients love!

Thanks to Tina of BitsnBitesWithTina! You can check out the full post at http://bitsnbiteswithtina.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/thursday-plantation-tea-tree-oil-organic-products-review/

You can check out some more of our awesome Thursday Plantation products here

Welcome to Abundance Naturally!  As you can see we have finally launched our new website!  We’ve been working hard on this and really just wanted to make the site easier for you to find, to shop and to learn about our Abundance Naturally line and the all of the Natural Health and Beauty lines we bring in from Australia.  We are proud and passionate about Australia and love being able to bring you exceptional lines such as Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil Products, Bellaboo - a Natural Skin Care line for Tweens and Teens, eco.kid Organics for kids and Sanctum – a luxurious Skin and Body Care system for Men, Women and Babies.  We’re happy you came for a visit so enjoy!

It’s time for back to school!! Make sure your kids are ready to go back with Eco.kid. Eco.kid is a line of daily hair and body care products specially formulated for kids between the ages of 3 and 12 that use a blend of 7 different pure Australian essential oils that smell nice to us but not nice to LICE. We bottle only the best naturally derived ingredients we can find anywhere. No synthetics, No sulphates, No artifical colours or fragrances….only flowers and trees, oils and leaves that are organically certified, wild harvested and a nice shade of grassy green. We are also completely biodegradable and waterway friendly!

Eco.kid Range