Our popular Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost products are back again this year! For a limited time, Aloe & Calendula Cream, Coconut Hand Lotion, Sugar Scrub, Lip Scrub, and Lip Butter will all be available in these scents. Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost Essential Oil Blends for your diffuser are back this year, too. These two scents not only smell amazing, but they also have several fantastic health benefits that we know you will LOVE. Read on to learn more about the benefits of the products available in Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost!

1. Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost Products Protect the Skin from Cold, Dry Weather

These products are cold-weather essentials! The skin provides a first defense against outside "intruders," such as germs, microbes, and environmental toxins, so healthy skin can support the health of the body as a whole. Our Aloe & Calendula Cream deeply moisturizes dry skin and delivers vital nutrients and antioxidants. This lotion contains aloe vera juice as well as calendula, apricot kernel, and sunflower oils, all of which have incredible health benefits for your skin! Beta-carotene and vitamins C and E found in aloe vera juice help the skin to maintain its elasticity and firmness (source). Calendula oil helps support the skin’s natural ability to heal itself. And it is soothing for severely chapped or dry skin (source). Apricot kernel and sunflower oils moisturize the skin and contain vitamins A, B, D, and E. 

These ingredients make the Aloe & Calendula Cream the ideal wintertime lotion! It is also excellent for people affected by severely dry or irritated skin or by conditions such as dermatitis, eczema, and psoriasis. This lotion goes on fairly thick, so a little bit goes a long way. And it provides long-lasting moisture, so you don’t need to keep reapplying it.

Verefina Coconut Hand Lotion features unrefined virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil absorbs quickly and won’t leave your skin feeling greasy. This amazing oil moisturizes skin AND helps exfoliate too! So skin feels smoother after using it (source). Exfoliation also allows, newer, healthier skin cells to emerge.

The Sugar Scrubs and Lip Scrubs exfoliate with 100% natural ingredients (learn more about why regular exfoliation is so important here). And the Lip Butter seals in moisture and protects chapped lips from the elements. 

2. Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost Provide Natural Immune Support

Made with orange sweet, cinnamon, and clove bud essential oils, our Spiced Orange blend provides all-natural immune support. 

Orange essential oil has high levels of vitamin C, which can help boost immunity. This essential oil can also help reduce inflammation caused by fevers (source). As an antimicrobial agent, orange essential oil can help inhibit the growth of E. coli and salmonella bacteria (source).

Cinnamon essential oil is known for its antiviral activity (source). Like orange essential oil, it can help lower inflammation (source). It is also helpful for colds, flu, coughs, and infections, making it an excellent wintertime oil.

Clove bud essential oil has a sweet-spicy fragrance. It is a potent antioxidant and has strong antimicrobial properties (source). 

To make the most of Spiced Orange's immune benefits:

• Add several drops of the essential oil blend to your diffuser to help rid the room of airborne microbes and to boost immunity.
• Fill a 2-ounce spray bottle with distilled water, and add 20 to 24 drops of Spiced Orange Essential Oil Blend. Shake gently to mix, and use as a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. Store in a cool, dark place.
• Fill a 16-ounce spray bottle with distilled water, and add 30 to 40 drops of Spiced Orange blend. Use to clean hard surfaces. Test a small area for discoloration before using on larger areas.
• Rub Spiced Orange Aloe & Calendula Cream or Coconut Hand Lotion into the skin; absorbed essential oils will provide internal immune support!*

Containing peppermint essential oil and benzoin resin, Peppermint Frost adds a fresh scent to products. Peppermint essential oil is collected from the steam distillation of the fresh flowering herb. It is a versatile oil used to combat a range of ailments, including headaches, bronchitis, sinusitis, colds, and flu. Derived from the resin of the Styrax Benzoin tree, benzoin resin is useful for relieving coughs. 

Tips for Using Peppermint Frost Products

• Massage a bit of Peppermint Frost Aloe & Calendula Cream, Coconut Hand Lotion, or Lip Butter into your temples to help relieve headaches.
• Apply diluted Peppermint Frost Essential Oil Blend to your chest to help ease the symptoms of bronchitis, colds, and flu. (To dilute, mix 10 to 12 drops Peppermint Frost with 1 ounce of a carrier oil.) 

3. Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost are Emotionally Uplifting

Another wonderful health benefit of these two scents is that they both provide positive mental and emotional support.* 

The oils in our Spiced Orange Blend are both calming and uplifting. Orange essential oil creates a happy, relaxed feeling and can help lift your mood (source). Cinnamon essential oil has a warming, uplifting aroma that can help soothe the mind (source), and clove essential oil can help relieve stress and mental exhaustion (source). 

Spiced Orange is a warming, grounding blend that offers feelings of protection, courage, peace, joy, and abundance. This is the perfect fall and winter blend to support the body physically and emotionally. We recommend diffusing it daily!

The Peppermint Frost Blend also has an uplifting effect. Peppermint has a fresh, clean scent, while benzoin resin has a rich, vanilla-like aroma; it is used in aromatherapy for its calming and grounding effects and its ability to help counter a depressed mood. Together, these ingredients can help clear the mind and brighten your mood! Peppermint can also be used to improve concentration and memory. To help relieve stress, improve memory and concentration, or to lift your mood, rub the diluted Peppermint Frost blend into your hands, cup over nose, and inhale deeply! 

Spiced Orange and Peppermint Frost have two wonderful aromas. AND they provide amazing health benefits for you and your family.

Have you tried our Spiced Orange or Peppermint Frost products? Tell us what you think about them! 

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

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About the Author

Katie Zapotoczny is a Verefina Affiliate and the creator of An Ever Green Life, a blog that seeks to empower readers to make changes that will improve their health and help protect our environment.