BIOGRAPHY

From Seabright, Nova Scotia, Laura Mae's interest in traditional plant medicine has led her to pursue an alternative education in herbal medicine and aromatherapy including: 

        *Herbal medicine making, Douglas College, BC 

         *Herbal soap making, Cranberry Lane, BC

         *Foundation in Herbal Studies, with Danette Steele M.A., RH, N.S. 1yr

         *Professional Aromatherapy, Casaroma Wellness Center, N.S. 2 yrs

Here in the Maritimes, our plants, trees & roots have much to offer. We are using them as natural additions for external skin care.   

              Osha Mae Soap established in 2002

MISSION
Our goal is to provide safe, natural & pleasurable experiences for our clients.
Aromatherapy is, an Art, a Science, and an Alternative medicine.

Essential oils are powerful medicines for mind body, skin and the spirit.
We capture the essence of Nova Scotia in our soap & skin care products.   
We do this by including organic ingredients that are local to the maritimes. 
Sunflower & canola oils are organically grown and cold pressed in Indian Harbour N.S.
Seaweed is hand harvested in Lawerence town on the eastern shore of N.S. 

Herbs and plants are wildcrafted or homegrown in our gardens.  

What is Soap?                    SOAP IS MAGIC - wamae

     Soap is: the preservation or 'petrification' of plants.  Our Soap is based with vegetable oils, water, salts, pure essential oils, & herbs or flowers.   All ingredients have started by being grown in the earths ground & touched by the sun's light energy.   This positive energy from the earth & sun will hopefully impact you in a valueable way.   

 "Bless the Sun & the Earth, for the marriage between the two 
                                   together bring forth Life" 

                                                 

 We enjoy supporting small farmer's markets and craft collectives throughout  the province of Nova Scotia, We generally keep the products within the Maritime Provinces

                                  * Certified Professional Aromatherapist.

                                  * Member of the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia.

                                  * Member of the Farmers Market cooperative of Nova Scotia.

                                  * Member/coodinator of the Halifax Crafters Collective.

                                  * Member of the Dartmouth Handcrafters Guild.

"Our skin is our largest organ that is continually absorbing toxins light and moisture. We need products for our skin to be able to breath,...... Animal fats can clog our pores. Heavy metals and toxins can be found in most make up and haircare products.”

Susan Miller Cavitch - “The Natural Soap Book"

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Essential oils versus Synthetic Oils 

“An oil absorbed through the skin for it’s healing quality is valuable only in essential form, a synthetic reproduction should never be used for aromatherapy. Synthetic oils are used most often because they are far less expensive than essential oils.”

Susan Miller Cavitch - “The Natural Soap Book” 

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“One of the chief defects of synthetic antiseptics is that they are likely to be as harmful to the cells of the organism as to the cause of the disease.”

Dr. Jean Valnet, 1964 - Used pure essential oils with great success in his surgeries in the second world war.