Blog - Mountain Spirit Botanicals

Hello there …If you've ever tasted a Mango, freshly plucked from a tree & warmed by the sun then you've also had a “Mango hallelujah moment”. I was young, moved to Homestead, Florida and wound up on an Avocado & Mango orchid (alongside a road made of crushed seashells). We named our dog Mango.Years later as I began to formulate plant based skin care I discovered there was actually an ingredient “Mango butter”, processed from the seed and abundant with essential fatty acids (our bodies don't produce essential fatty acids they have to come from our food or what we...

Spring is such a lovely season, perhaps my favorite as nature comes into bloom and we witness the renewal of wild gardens and the song of wildlife feasting on fresh blossoms. Hallelujah moments to be sure.I'm awed by the beauty here in Southern California – the hills are yellow, covered in Mustard and wild flowers (lots of rain this winter) and the local gardens are abundant with Native grasses and flowers.Spring also reminds me to count my blessings as nature reveals renewal and hope, a reminder that even in cold dark days, nature is resting and preparing to dazzle us...

This months special contains one of my favorite oils - Kukui Nut Oil - one that I reach for when requiring an ingredient that is readily absorbed by the skin, offers deep pore cleansing and contains an abundant supply of living enzymes and essential fatty acids providing vital nutrients to the skin. Mahalo to Kukui Nut Tree ... Although I love this oil and value its benefits I'm generations behind the native Hawaiians who revere the Kukui Nut Tree as “sacred” and in their understanding “Kukui represents renewal, hope and light” and is the official State Tree of Hawaii. If...

As with my enduring love of flowers, we all have memories of times that leave an everlasting impact and alter our perceptions and awareness.  I still cherish a vivid memory of when I was first  “awestruck by flowers" that occurred when I jumped off my back step into my mother's flower garden and came face to face with a Sunflower. At the time I was around 6/years old and the flowers and I were the same height and as we looked into each others face I was forevermore captivated by the beauty an nourishment that flowers provide. Much later as...