skin remedies

Quality over quantity. Not always.

You know how we say ‘quality over quantity’? That’s the rule I live by except when it comes to plant medicine making.

To create beautiful Woman Divine formulas that bring healing and vitality to your skin, I follow strict plant medicine making protocols. BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY of the plant material are of the essence. Old devitalized plant material and weak herbal extracts will produce weak and ineffective formulas. It’s a foregone conclusion.

As an example, to make a cup of a calendula medicine which I drink daily, I approximately use a cup full of dry calendula flowers. The high concentration, the vibrance of the plant material, and the way that I prepare the decoction, will result in a cup full of healing for my body. When I formulate for you, I want all my formulas to be as wonderful and as potent as my daily cup of calendula.

Every time I work with plants I give my gratitude to the plants and the land and the people who grow the plants. Plants offer their essence to support ours. It’s pretty amazing and humbling and it reminds me that Nature provides all that we need for our healing and wellbeing and that all is divinely connected and interdependent.

It gives me a sense of purpose and it brings me joy to capture some of that magic in Woman Divine formulas. I hope that you can feel it every time you apply them to your skin.

Wishing you a wonderful week where you feel deeply connected to yourself and the beauty all around you,

Magdalena xo

Hyper local organic calendula oil

This is a solar oil infusion prepared from organic locally grown plant material: calendula flowers by Anne Janssen from Aylmer Backyard Farms and cold-pressed sunflower oil by Huiles d’Amerique located just outside of Aylmer, Quebec.

calendula oil at woman divine Ottawa

calendula oil at woman divine Ottawa

I prepare this infusion all by hand in small batches to assure its freshness and quality.

Beautiful golden calendula petals were first slowly dehydrated at a very low heat to protect their healing integrity. They then were suspended in sunflower oil for a period of six weeks and exposed to the sun and moonlight to assist the process of infusing the sunflower oil with the goodness of calendula flowers. This process married the medicinal properties of both plant materials creating a potent skin healing synergy.

Calendula oil is traditionally used in Herbal Medicine to help relieve skin inflammations and irritations and to aid in wound healing. It is soothing and healing and perfect for the treatment of dry skin, redness, skin irritation, chapped skin, bruises, cradle cap, diaper rash, and sore or inflamed muscles. Calendula oil is also valued for treating radiation-induced dermatitis.

It is exceptional for those with sensitive skin. It is also gentle enough to use for babies and children.

calendula oil at woman divine Ottawa

calendula oil at woman divine Ottawa

50ml - $20

to order: call 613 2167676 or email info@womandivine.ca