I am a huge scents person. I have what my husband affectionately calls an “annoying functional nose,” but what I call “scent-sensitive.” I can smell a synthetic scent a mile off – and so can you!! Imagine a cheap, mall lavender candle versus the smell of a real lavender bush. There’s a difference! Most perfumes are made with synthetic scents … for a number of reasons. Cost efficiency, shelf stability, product consistency … these are all important, but are they as important as your health? Who knows what dodgy ingredients go into those perfumes. That’s why I always look for natural, healthy fragrances that smell AMAZING and unique. And, for all of these reasons, I love Ajne perfumes and fragrances.
Ajne’s fragrances and lotions are filled with natural microbial and anti-bacterial oils. “Lavender oil can kill a flu bug on the spot,” says Ajne’s Natural Perfumer Jane Hendler, “In fact, essential oils such as lavender and thyme, are proven to be more antiseptic than phenol, the standard ingredient in anti-bacterial products on the market today.” Ajne’s fragrances and lotions, including the solid lotion, are chock full of rosemary, thyme, tea tree, and lavender oils. Each is beautifully blended to create a fragrance that is both sophisticated and intoxicating. By wearing Ajne’s all-natural products you are preventing the flu and in a safe, natural way and you’ll smell great! An added bonus?
Ajne’s fragrances, such as Citron Regenerez and deLavande are so light you can dab them on your pulse points and lightly mist your hands without the scent becoming overpowering, and they naturally fade so you can do this several times a day. Hendler says “Ajne’s solid lotion is also ideal for protecting you from the flu. Just pop it in your purse and use it throughout the day, especially after the gym or the grocery store.”
Finally, an anti-cold remedy that is Earth-Friendly and girly! Now I can smell good while fighting a cold! 🙂
I love these wonderful treasures you bring to our attention. I get almost every hot pick you suggest, this is a must have. Thanks again Sophie
Preventative healthcare is not soley for personal benefit. It goes beyond to protect the one’s you love as well. By taking care of yourself, and putting forth effort to avoid contracting an illness, your loved one’s have less of a chance of contracting it as well. Besides your family, a healthy you is a better you. And you should always strive to be the best you can be.
Thank you for offering a great give away! I think that the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is pretty relevant right now. Thank you for the write up on natural cures instead of tons of chemicals.
Preventative health care isn’t pumping yourself up with vaccines and medicines, but rather taking a healthy alternative and making sure that your environment is clean and green. Making sure that your home and surroundings are clean is making sure that you and your loved ones are clean.
Beauty, Fragrence, and Flu prevention. What more could a girl ask for!
a haiku~
preventative health:
eco-friendly remedies
to live and breathe green.
🙂
Preventative healthcare is not only a way to protect ourselves and modify risk factors, but a way to reduce or avoid medical costs and environmental impact. I have been trying harder this cold and flu season to use preventative care that is natural; utilizing my neti pot and Dr. Bonner’s soaps, drinking teas, and taking my vitamins/herbs etc. I have also been looking for more natural anti-bacterial methods etc. Sophie’s sit always has great recommendations for products. This is another beneficial example. Thank you!
When I think of Preventative Healthcare, I think of overall wellness. This includes taking care of myself physically by eating whole, healthy foods, drinking water, getting plenty of sleep, and being active. It also involves looking after my emotional well being by keeping my life as simple as possible, surrounding myself with positive things, and practicing yoga/meditation. Preventative healthcare to me also means doing my part to keep my immediate surroundings and the environment green and “healthy”.
I think good old castile soap and water can go a long way in staying healthy. Good hand washing and keeping you hands away from your face is always a plus. I also enjoy drinking Traditional Medicinal Teas for my health. Plus I walk.
The most important part of Preventive Healthcare is maintaining good health habits. Such as choosing organic skincare products that won’t harm your health, choosing organic foods that won’t harm your health, exercising to benefit your health, getting annual check-ups to benefit your health and most of all cutting out stress in your life. Here’s to a healthier you!!
Preventive Health Care is the most important of all; above that its so simple too! Maintain a healthy diet, drink tons of water, exercise, take your vitamins and laugh! Something in our culture we are fortunate enough to do and yet many of us don’t take advantage of.
If every person took a moment, took a clear breath, and focused on their own health each day by filling their minds and bodies with natural, organic & positive bits (whether nutrition or thoughts) and focused clearly on happiness and wholeness, one by one the whole world would be a better, happier and healthier place. Now that is preventative healthcare!
I am just beginning my green awareness, I looove Sophie’s books, they are constantly bookmarked or open on my desk, and, being pregnant and working as a typist on horribly dirty keyboards, and continually slathering my hands in sanitizer, this product sounds amazing.. there are so many new products and I love hearing about them!
Once I started to figure out the link between my diet and how often I got sick, I changed everything. I love how you can use essential oils, herbs and tonics to keep your system strong. I use EO candles to help kill bacteria as well. Finding fun ways to involve these things in your daily routine is what I love now!
Preventative Health; simple,
not to everybody.
Body and Mind
need to be treated kind
Exercise often
to avoid early dismissal to your coffin
Drink tons of water
teach this to your sons & daughters
Take up yoga
S-T-R-E-T-C-H
Wash your hands
with organic soap,
of course
Eat plenty of fruits & vegetables
avoid the ones prayed with chemicals
– Take your vitamins –
Make sleep a priority
pass this along to your sleep deprived sorority
Calm your mind at least once a day; do something you enjoy,
have a bath or read a play
Have safe sex:
and lots of it!
Love and be loved
don’t re reckless with others hearts
LAUGH, DANCE, SING
give your parents a ring
I believe if we were all to follow these simple guidelines we would be able to prevent countless numbers of diseases, cancers, heart problems, and every day illnesses! We would be 10x happier and healthier as a community of people who care about the greater good of life on earth.
Peace & Love
Carly
I’m so excited to have finally discovered your books and blog. Thanks for sharing such wonderful tips! As a teacher, I am exposed to more than my fair share of germs. Now, I have another tool to add to my arsenal of protection. Thanks so much!
Preventative healthcare is about consuming a healthy diet, getting exercise, taking quality supplements! By strenghthening our immune systems, we are better suited to fight an illness if/when it tries to get us!
If health and health-care are really important to the federal government, preventative health-care costs should be tax deductible.
Preventative health care needs to include a free annual physical as a part of every health insurance policy. Many policies cover well child care but do not cover annual physicals for adults. If we are to remain healthy, we need to see our doctor yearly in addition to doing the things we know we should do (exercise, vitamins, eating right, etc.).
I am one to totally agree with going green and eating organic. I believe it helps fight and prevent any kinds of sickness. If I ever feel a sore throat coming on or achiness I reach for organic foods that are high in antioxidants and I am always fine the next day!
Depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the grape is the world’s first recorded preventative health hero. Although its high concentration of vitamins B, C and K work to boost your immune system, it is the supplement Resveratrol, found only in grape skin, that makes the grape a standout preventative power.
preventative health care 101 for dogs:
1) Feed your pup good quality food from the get-go (same as in people, a good diet from infancy will lead to a healthy adulthood)
-several serious issues can be avoided with a healthy diet such as hip dysplasia
-don’t buy dollar brands, they are most likely 50% fillers like corn meal that will fly though them and not fill em up.
2) Exercise!
-take em for walks at least once or twice a day
-provide plenty of safe toys for them to play with (and interact with them too)
*tug-o-war is a game to avoid playing with your pup as it can lead to dominance issues
3) cleanliness …
-sure we all want clean dogs but frequent bathing is very hard on their skin and coat; try brushing them daily and wiping them down with a damp cloth once a week as a healthier alternative
-you can find many “dry” washes online that you can make at home 🙂
4) know your pup!
-do your research on its breed before purchasing it; check out its parents if possible to see if there are any health issues that run in the family so you can avoid them by feeding them the right diet etc.
-its important to know the psychology of your pup to train it best
By taking these steps rate from the start of your pups life you can expect to have your best friend be a healthier and happier member of your family!
Preventative health care is a life style that we should all practice. Be aware of what goes in your body and in your surroundings. Get outside in nature every day. Don’t believe everything your doctor says. Be responsible for your health. Ask about alternatives to drugs. If you have an infection, try the old drugs first. They had almost no side affects. Be aware. This is the only life you have!
Preventative Health Care: A beautiful necklace that combats the flu and smells good too, who knew, is it too good to be true!?!
Preventative Health Care is in some ways believing that your body was created whole; and that you have the means to stay healthy if you use the right tools. Having been on both sides of being healthy – and not – and turning away from the mainstream medical establishment after a disastrous medical procedure that has given me 17 years of chronic pain; I embrace everything that is whole, simple, pure and spiritual. Having a son with a genetic rare disease that the doctors constantly push one medication after another for has strengthened my desire to believe this even more. It starts with you, and you can teach and live it.
What a great idea, I would love to try this product! Thank you Sophie for this great website, and for your book, which makes it so easy for us to be better stewards and smarter consumers, one small step at a time! 🙂
I’m just starting my green transformation, ( and loving it) and I think that preventative healthcare is so important! And if it makes you smell good, you can beat it! I’m so glad I found this website!
The best kind of medicine is preventative medicine! It’s very important to take the measures needed to prevent diseases rather than enduring the task of trying to cure them. This is especially important during these times when new strands of viruses and bacteria are constantly mutating and growing more and more resistant to our cures! So lets all start doing what it takes to keep these nuisances at bay and incorporate natural preventative medicine routines into our everyday lives. Love yourself, everyone around, and this gorgeously green earth we all share!
Eat well, sleep well, de-stress, stay away from sneezing, sniffling people…in some ways keeping healthy is so easy, inexpensive — and green! And yet in our culture it’s *not* always so easy to pull off. Great to know about a natural – and beautiful – product that will help us stay well!
Preventive healthcare is the ultimate act of self-love. By taking care of oneself, it allows us to love and care for others, as well. Living healthfully and in a clean environment is the gift that keeps on giving – not only to yourself, but others who live with you. When people ask, “What is she doing to be so energetic and youthful?” you know you are doing somthing right!
Keep your body and your surrondings as clean and strong as you can. Your body needs daily exercise, healthy foods and lots of water. Juicing is a wonderful way to keep your body strong during flu season. Stay active by doing things you enjoy- walking, swimming, yoga, hiking, biking, stretching, dancing – there are so many wonderful ways to stay in shape and stay strong.
I love the homemade cleaner recipe in Goregously Green. It’s a wonderful way to keep my home clean, smells great and I know I am not hurting the environment with phosphates. Goregously Green is always nearby for me to pick up and learn a new tip on keeping myself, my family and my environment “Green.” Stay well!
I work with children everyday, so anything that I can do to prevent an illness is well worth it! If we all took part in preventative healthcare, there would be so much less sickness in the world! Thank you for sharing all of these products that are not harmful to our bodies as well as the environment. I feel so much better about my contribution to the earth when I am using all natural products!
Wow … new to the site and really loving it. Thanks for providing such great information! The perfume anti-germ product sounds amazing.
Preventative healthcare – here’s a ‘good’ recipe:
* good night’s sleep
* good friends and family
* good food and vitamins
* good attitude
* good deeds for one and all
Have a great day everyone,
Seastar.
Good luck to everybody!
Sounds like an amazing way to smell good, fight off H1N1 that is also good for the planet AND better for us!
Good to luck to everyone 🙂
I love that it is not an over powering fragrence! Bonus that it fights germs. What a great stocking stuffer! 🙂 I’ll have to get some for my own stocking.
Vitamin D-3 and Elderbery everyday for my little ones. Now a suirt of Lav. too!
I love products that multitask! Saves one more bottle!
Preventative Healthcare is good for my family, my body and the planet! As a pregnant mama of a two-year old preschooler it is so important for me to feel good about everything I put on my body. Knowing I can smell delicious, while protecting me and the baby growing from the flu, harmful chemicals and toxins is more than a gorgeously green girl could ask for!
To me, PREVENTATIVE means being PROACTIVE and in terms of health care, it means doing everything you can to maintain your good health,such as clean eating and staying chemical-free. Living the Gorgeously Green lifestyle is the ONLY way to maintain good health and PREVENT illness. I, for one, can speak from personal experience. 🙂 Cheers to good health this holiday season!
Preventative Healthcare is eating well, getting enough rest, washing hands thoroughly with soap and water! Most of all it’s staying away from sick people.
Grass-fed, green and chemical free is the only way to be!
I can use my HSA account to purchase stinky antibacterials. I wish I could use my HSA account for this great smelling product from AJNE . . .
a perfume that doesn’t harm me? sounds too good to be true, and it would be lovely to try it! happy holidays 🙂
Finally something….simple and pure!
I don’t want the flu. I do want some nice smelly stuff. please.
I TELL ALL MY CLIENTS TO TAKE THEIR PROBIOTICS TO BUILD UP THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM & TO STAY HEALTHY & KEEP THEIR SKIN BLEMISH FREE!
How cool! Earth-friendly germ protection and a neat scent for the body, too — I love it!
If there were ever a season to brush up on your preventative health care than this is it. In a year where scary triclosan loaded soap is found at every store’s cashiers desk and confusion about vaccines is all around us tis the season to rely on some good old natural remedies. Most importantly I have my kids wash their hands(we use method right now) when they come home from school, they understand to sneeze into their elbow if no tissue is available, we are trying to load up on our fruit and veggies, get a little fresh air everyday and vitamin D for our bodies. This season we are all trying our some probiotics from whole foods so we will see how that works out. I’m thrilled to hear that lavender can actually kill a flu bug. I make my own all purpose spray from sophie’s GG book with lavender and tea tree oil-guess I better do some more cleaning now! All I need now is this beautiful perfume to round out our preventative routine this year!
Wow-this product seems amazing! There is so much we can do in prevention with our healthcare. Actually-that is a major piece our Healthcare Reform is missing. This product sounds amazing! Thanks Sophie!
Wow, what a great give-away! I have been on the look-out for a nice eco fragrance… sounds like you found it for me! Thanks!
Absolutely “Love” lavender. Already trying out tea tree oil for a number of things. I feel so much better using products that I’m not afraid to put on my body.
i’ve been looking for a green fragrance for such a long time: i am so sensitive i can only handle essential oils for scents!
Preventative healthcare is so important. It’s so important to keep yourself healthy so you don’t become sick. Eating a nutritious & natural diet, exercise, stress management are all important. So is taking the right supplements. I’m currently reading the book Gorgeously Green and learning so much about turning my whole lifestyle around.
Preventative Healthcare is the best soultion to help reduce most of the diseases in the world.
Undoubtedly the cure to naturally, delightfully open my stuffy nose! Ahhhh… I can dream.
Preventative healthcare is like living in the Garden of Eden.
This would be fabulous! I’m pregnant and it would be wonderful to smell good and fight off the swine flu naturally.
ooooh this sounds amazing!! I am pregnant so I am only wearing natural perfume right now.
Doing whatever we can to prevent ourselves from illness is the best way to prevent others, including loved ones, from becoming ill. We must lead by example and practice what we preach. Thanks to Sophie for all the wonderful healthful ideas! xo
Preventative medicine is the only way to go! We should be taking care of ourselves better than we have been. Who wants to be run down with sickness having to pop pills and fluids. blah! Be kinder to ourselves and it comes back in more way than just being healthy!
we can all use all the help we can get to stay healthy and natural!
I’d love to win something that smells sooo yummy and does double duty as a “bug” killer =) I need all the help I can get with this pregnancy and the headaches I have been having!
I consider myself a natural kind of lady. All the essential oils are so wonderful and soothing and who couldn’t use that in this crazy topsy turvy world. I would love to win. It would be an honor to wear such a gift.
Its amazing to think of all the wonderful things nature gives us to benefit our everyday health!
WE WERE RIGHT!! For centuries we ladies have showered and slathered and sprayed and massaged with scents and herbs and flowers…..we were right all along. We knew what we were doing. We weren’t doing ONLY because it was pleasing to the touch or smell. We were protecting ourselves from illnesses.
Boy are we good!!!
I love that you have shown us another great product that is helping to revolutionize the green world. The more attractive, pretty or sassy the product, the more likely the mainstream will pick it up…thank you! PS..it’s fabu that it’s also great for staying healthy!!
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour
I’m new to green living. Cant wait to learn and try new things
Nothing better than using natural products to prevent illness. Great!
Thank you for bringing alternative and preventive health and beauty options to the forefront!
So interesting. Who would have guessed that that smelling great could so good for you. A wonderful treat for my daughter, mother of twins and a 3 yr old to keep her healthy!
How amazing! I love the idea of a beautiful perfume that has the dual action of keeping us healthy and smelling great:)
There is nothing that makes me feel better than the smell of herbs. It seems instinctive that those oils would prove protective of my health too!
I work in a school and so many kids are falling sick with the swine flu. I could use all the help I can get. How great to be able to have some additional protection and feel some Audrey Hepburn glamour as well. In this day and age we need preventive measures for body and spirit. Thank you.
Wash those hands and try not to touch your face (eyes, nose, mouth). I sound more and more like my mother every day!
It amazes me how many people I know who will be the first on the list for a vaccine, but won’t change daily habits to improve their immune system, such as elminating toxic chemicals from their homes.
love. love, love that this helps prevent the yucky flu and let’s you smell great at the same time. Chic immune support!!
Coming from someone who suffers from chronic illness, I truly believe in preventative healthcare. For someone like me, getting a simple cold is a big issue. I am so excited that there is another concept that can help people avoid getting sick and keep you feeling wonderful at the same time. I think it is a fantastic concept!
Peace,
Kelly
I try to eat right and exercise in order to keep myself healthy. I also take Emergin’C whenever I feel run down in order to boost my immune system. I’m interested in trying out this perfume to not only spell great, but to protect myself from germs.
Every day, I try to do one more thing to contribute to a greener world and a greener life for my family. I love learning about new products that are consistent with that goal!
Good luck to all!
I work around kids all day and refuse to get a flu shot. This is a great idea! Smell fresh, be healthy! Love it 🙂
Thanks for all the information on these wonderful products! I can share this with my daughters who LOVE to wear perfume (which I usually don’t allow) PERFECT!!
preventative healthcare is just good old common sense….wash your hands, eat right and exercise, not pumping yourself up with meds and vaccines.
Now I can have my health and smell good too. 🙂
i want that bottle!
Thank you for this wonderful offer.
Ahhhh-mazing! What a wonderful concept =) My green journey started about a year ago, with the gift of Sophie’s Gorgeously Green book for a friends green-themed wedding shower. I love that each day brings something new and exciting to serve and protect the environment, our health, friends and family, and community!
Thank you to Sophie, Ajne, & and all the wonderful companies that I’ve been introduced to on this incredible green lifestyle journey =)I can’t wait to share this product with friends and family!
What a wonderful, natural antiseptic for the coming flu season! It is almost as easy as breathing deeply in a yoga pose. Thanks for bringing this and other great natural products to our attention. To help continue your preventative healthcare measures, read this article describing the “8 germiest spots in the home” released by the Hygiene Council (http://www.courant.com/health/women/sfl-germiest-places-081909-pg,0,4583153.photogallery?promo2).
It sounds like it smells delicious, and I love the fact its healthy.
Thank you Sophie for quality products! What an awesome idea! The more I use natural oils, the more I love them! I will continue to surround myself with them in order to keep all the negatives away, especially sickness!
Elegant packaging, a beautiful scent, and helps fight the flu! What more could a girl ask for?
Natural, non-toxic scents are the best because they smell great and make you feel amazing!
Yummy scent, no toxins – does it get any better than that!
Hi,
I love this blog, webpage and your facebook and twitter — I can’t wait to share it with everyone! Green is not just a fad, its our health and safety.
I love the look of your perfume and am wondering how it fights the H1N1.. i will have to read up on this!
Thanks!