How to Make Your Skin Awesome!

• Exfoliate! I can't stress this enough. When you're young your skin typically
  replenishes new skin cells for a smooth vibrant complexion. Even then you can experience a dry flaky appearance after a season of dry indoor heat and frigid temps. As you age your skin cell regeneration tends to slow down thus leaving you with a dull complexion and who wants that?  Uncover the beautiful skin under all that dull dead stuff by gently buffing your skin with a good exfoliating product 2-3 times a week. Continue this on a regular basis and your skin will be fresh and glowing, ready for anything summer can throw at you!
  
  
• Moisturize! Removing dull skin cells is key, but keeping your skin moisturized is very important to your skin's health and well being. Skin loses its natural moisture via Trans-dermal water loss, AKA TEWL. This is the movement of water through the epidermis.A good moisturizer can make the difference between fresh, soft looking skin and dry, lined, flaky skin. You should reapply moisturizer as needed, especially just after bathing to help maintain your skin's natural balance and retain humidity in the epidermis.Most people can lighten up on the intensity of their lotions or cream as warmer weather approaches, but it will depend on your skin type.
  
  
• Speaking of Moisture... Make sure you drink plenty of water (or water-based beverages) every day. This will help you inside and out. While there is really no medical evidence that proves being hydrated will improve your skin texture, it's pretty much a no-brainer that being healthy and hydrated will certainly help you look and feel radiant and beautiful! Need more info? http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/6-reasons-to-drink-water
  
  
• Foot Facts!  Are you ready to reveal your tootsies to the world after hiding them in boots and tights all winter? If you don't have time for a full pedicure at least soak your feet to soften calluses and dry patches and then give them a good buff with a moisturizing foot scrub followed by a moisture treatment, preferably overnight with light socks on to help the product sink in.

Warm weather is fast approaching, believe it or not. It's time to get your skin ready for more revealing fashions. Here are a few quick and easy ways to get your bod summer ready:

Black Friday? Crazy lines and traffic? Who needs that? Don't miss the Bidwell Botanicals Super Holiday Savings Event! Shop from the comfort of your home and save 25% store-wide with discount code: BBSAVINGS16. Sale dates November 25 - December 17, 2016. During this time period registered members will receive a free gift with purchase. All retail orders will ship free within the USA!

Happy Fall, Y'all!

It might not feel like it here in the south, but today is officially the first day of Autumn. No. Really, it is!! So get out your sweaters and boots. Fire up the hot chocolate and homemade cookies. Get ready for long hot baths after days of hiking through the woods and mountains full of colorful Fall foliage. This is happening! https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/facts-about-september-equinox.html

Pumpkin Please!

We've said it before and it bears repeating. We love pumpkin pie, spiced pumpkin lattés, roasted pumpkin seeds, well, pumpkin EVERYthing! But why would you use pumpkin in face and body
products? We're glad you asked!

Pumpkin is one of the super-fruits of skin care. From the oils and extracts made from the seeds to the fruit itself, pumpkin is chock full of good stuff for your skin. Like Vitamin A, which helps soothe and soften your skin. Vitamin C, an antioxidant that can help remedy damage produced by free radicals. Exfoliating with pumpkin fruit products that contain these natural fruit acids aid in the removal of dull surface skin cells and promotes new cell production.

The high enzyme content of the fruit and seed oils work to brighten and smooth your skin. Beneficial essential fatty acids and and natural Vitamin E help maintain good barrier function of the skin. They also regulate sebum, great for an oily complexion. Not to mention it smells ! What's not to love?

Time to try some pumpkin goodness? http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com

New Try Three Sample Pack at Bidwell Botanicals

Commitment issues? The new Bidwell Botanicals Try Three Sample Pack is perfect for you! This beautiful package holds three travel sized bath and body products like Spiced Pumpkin, Cranberry Fig or Limoncello. You will receive three different types of products including Shea Butter Sugar Scrub, Olive Cream, Hydrating Body Milk or Shea Butter Shower Crème. Choose your fave scent and fall in love with no strings attached. Introductory price $10 each pack, limit three to a customer. Save an additional 20% off with code: FALLFAVES16

Put a Little Passion in Your Life!

The Passionflower plant grows as a vine with tendrils to anchor itself to anything in its path. Passionflowers are the precursor to maracuja aka passion fruit. The plant, flower and fruit are used in both herbal remedies and soothing, moisturizing skin care. The oil and extract are especially good for dry/mature skin due to their high content of vitamins A and C, essential fatty acids, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and carotenoids.

Bidwell Botanicals infuses our Grapefruit Passion products with the essence and oils of the Passion flower and fruit to create a hydrating, rejuvenating treat for your skin. Get yours here: http://bit.ly/gfpassion
Save 20% August 1-31, 2016 with discount code: DOGDAYS20

How to Get FREE Bidwell Botanicals Products!

This is not click bait, not a hoax, it's the real deal! Refer Bidwell Botanicals to your fave spa, salon or retail establishment and give them your full name and email address so they can tell us who sent them. If a qualified buyer contacts us and opens an account we will send you an e-gift card good for $25.00 worth of Bidwell Botanicals products, a discount coupon for your next order and free samples of our newest products! We appreciate you sharing the love!

YouTube Vlogger Jenny Winship

Bidwell Botanicals is so happy to be included in The Artisan Group's gifting to the lovely Vlogger, Jenny Winship. We sent Jenny one of our Green Tea & Wasabi Shea Butter Sugar Scrubs. Thank you, Jenny, for supporting handmade and independent businesses! Check out the video here: http://bit.ly/jwunveling and get your hands on the goodies here: http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com/. To see all of the amazing artisan gifts Jenny received go here: https://www.pinterest.com/theartisangroup/gifted-to-jenny-winship-youtube-vlogger/

Hayley Segar Unveils TAG BAG!

What's in Hayley Segar's swag bag? Why, Bidwell Botanicals, of course! Our Pink Lemonade Shea Butter Sugar Scrub was among a bevy of beautiful handmade items gifted to Beauty Vlogger, Hayley Segar. Check out her YouTube Unveiling of The Artisan Group's swag bag. You'll see our gift at 6:40. We guarantee you'll want EVERY thing in that bag! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lPje-CXnbo

Bidwell Botanicals is moving! For putting up with our dust and clutter we are going to celebrate our new place by giving you free stuff, because we're just awesome like that.


Share our Facebook page, Bidwell Botanicals, with your friends, family, and those who love amazing skincare products. If you've used our products, please post and tell us why you love them.Tell your peeps to post to say who referred them and what products they've used or would like to try, and you will earn our undying appreciation.

What? Not enough? Okay... how about we'll enter your name and theirs into a random drawing for free Bidwell Botanicals products? Yeah, that's the ticket. Oh, and for each person you send over that names you as the referrer, we'll enter your name again! WOOT!! We will draw names when the dust settles on March 28, 2016, for three winners AND the friend you sent over. Prize packages worth up to $50! You're welcome!

Bidwell Botanicals is a participant in an exclusive Celebrity Moms gifting from The Artisan Group! Who got the goods? You will be the first to know as soon as the lucky mommies have received the gift bags! Stay tuned for more info. You won't believe who received Bidwell Botanicals goodies!! Check out the guide here: http://joom.ag/1EXp to see what they received and who created the goods. (psst.. we're on page 5)

You don't have to be a celebrity to be pampered by us. Treat yourself or your lucky Mom to the luxury of Bidwell Botanicals natural skin care: http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com Use code:LUVMOM for 20% off your entire order and we'll throw in a special gift just for you! Promotion ends May 10, 2015.

What is a Humectant?

What are humectants (prounounced (h)yo͞oˈmektənt), and why are they important to the health of your skin? The simple answer is: They are hygroscopic substances, meaning they help to attract moisture from the surrounding air. When used in cosmetics and soaps, shampoos or conditioners they help to draw moisture to the skin and hair and lock it in. They have the ability to trap moisture against the epidermis or hair. Look for ingredients like glycerin, propylene glycol, hyaluronic acid or honey in moisturizers, hair care products and lip balm.

Win Free Holiday Skin Care!

The holidays are upon us again! My how time flies. Don't stress! Let us help you make the holidays a bit more fun. Bidwell Botanicals is giving away three sets of two holiday inspired travel gift sets. No purchase necessary! Keep one and give one as a gift - it's a win-win! Just go to http://www.madgirlsinc.com/giveaway---win-two-holiday-travel-sets-from-bidwell-botanicals---3-winners.html

What's up for grabs?  Our Peppermint Silk Travel Gift Set includes travel-ready Peppermint Silk Olive Cream, Shea Butter Sugar Scrub and Shea Butter Shower Crème & Bubble Bath with an organic bamboo wash cloth in our festive peppermint striped gift box.

 You will also win one of our super cute Gingerbread Latté Travel Gift Sets that includes our exclusive Gingerbread Latté Olive Cream, Shea Butter Sugar Scrub and Shea Butter Shower Crème & Bubble Bath with an organic bamboo wash cloth in the Gingerbread Man gift box. Both perfect for host/hostess gifts, teachers gifts and for anyone who loves holiday scented natural skin care.

Can't wait to win it? Shop for the holidays online at Bidwell Botanicals http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com. Save on Cyber Monday with our Cyber Monday Super Sale.

Why Use Pumpkin in Skin Care?

We love pumpkin pie, spiced pumpkin lattés, roasted pumpkin seeds, well, pumpkin EVERYthing! But why would you use pumpkin in face and body products? We're glad you asked!

Pumpkin is one of the super-fruits of skin care. From the oils and extracts made from the seeds to the fruit itself, pumpkin is chock full of good stuff for your skin. Like Vitamin A, which helps soothe and soften your skin. Vitamin C, an antioxidant that can help remedy damage produced by free radicals. Exfoliating with pumpkin fruit products that contain these natural fruit acids aid in the removal of dull surface skin cells and promotes new cell production.

The high enzyme content of the fruit and seed oils work to brighten and smooth your skin. Beneficial essential fatty acids and and natural Vitamin E help maintain good barrier function of the skin. They also regulate sebum, great for an oily complexion. Not to mention it smells ! What's not to love?

Time to try some pumpkin goodness? http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com 'Nuff said. :-)
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End of Summer Giveaway!

Bidwell Botanicals is celebrating the last official week of summer by giving away our Shea Butter Sugar Scrub! Just post follow the link to our Facebook page and tell us why you love our sugar scrub and can't live without it, a few sentences will do. On September 1, 2014 we'll pick three winners! Make sure you "Like" our page so we can message you when you win. Can't wait? Need it now? http://www.bidwellbotanicals.com/scrub.html

Bidwell Botanicals Participates in the Consumer Products All-Press Gifting in New York City

Bidwell Botanicals will be participating in the Consumer Products All-Press Gifting in NYC today! Represented in a collaborative bag with The Artisan Group, we are introducing our spa, bath and body products to the press including magazine, newspaper and top blog editors, reps from TV, radio and more. Don't wait for the holiday gift guides to tell you what's hot, get yourself the goods right now! Bidwell Botanicals Shea Butter Sugar Scrub Collection

Win a Free Spa at Home Gift Pack from Bidwell Botanicals

Bidwell Botanicals is giving away a weekend of relaxation, right in your own home! Enter to win on of three Spa at Home Gift Packs, worth up to $50.00 each. Indulge yourself with our award-winning Shea Butter Sugar Scrub, Hydrating Body Milk and a variety of Mineral Soak, Peppermint Pedicure products and Shea Butter Shower Crème & Bubble Bath. We add an organic bamboo wash cloth and soft cotton spa socks packaged in a beautiful reusable gift bag. No purchase necessary!Click Here to enter now!

Contest entries will be accepted June 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One entry per household. Prizes are valued up to $50.00 US and are selected by Bidwell Botanicals. No returns or substitutions. Winners will be contacted by email July 1, 2014. Photo does not indicate prize selections.

Bidwell Botanicals Rocks at the MTV Movie Awards

We are pleased to announce Bidwell Botanicals®, in association with The Artisan Group®,

Bidwell Botanicals

will participate in an invitation-only luxury celebrity gift lounge hosted by GBK Productions on April 11-12, 2014 at an exclusive location in Beverly Hills, California, in honor of The 2014 MTV Movie Awards Nominees and Presenters.

Our exclusive Bidwell Botanicals® natural body care selections will be prominently featured on display at The Artisan Group's exhibit, and all attending celebrities will receive our Olive Cream in a variety of scents in their swag bags. This event will also be attended by nearly fifty press and media outlets.

To learn more about Bidwell Botanicals® and our products, or our participation in this exclusive event, visit our website at: www.bidwellbotanicals.com, call 888.360.3398888.360.3398, or email sales@bidwellbotanicals.com.

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Bidwell Botanicals for the Win!

Bidwell Botanicals has entered the FedEx Small Business Contest. We're trying to win one of 10 small business grants to help boost our business and supply even more product to our loyal customers! Your support means the world to us! Help us win by voting here: http://bit.ly/bb4thewin

You can vote once a day, every day, January 16 through February 23, 2014!

Memories of a Christmas Past

Christmas is my favorite time of the year! I grew up in a small house with a large family where my mother made the holidays a time of happiness and wonder. We didn't have much in the way of money or things when I was a child, but like the "Whos of Whoville" we always had Christmas joy in our
hearts and home no matter what we got from Santa.

I distinctly remember one Christmas when I was about eight years old. My family had those big old-fashion outdoor lights in many different colors. I was always so excited when my dad put them up, the earlier in December the better! For me they were a sign of the joy of the days to come. That particular year we actually got some cold weather, and in Florida that's a rare occurrence. That night we all went outside to see the lights when Dad turned them on for the first time. Oh, the wonder! We were giddy with excitement, so much so that my mother had to find a way to calm us so we could settle down for bed.

She brought out blankets and hot cocoa and had us sit up on the hood of our family station wagon so we could get a better view of the decorations. It was so cold we could see our breath and we shivered as she got us bundled up together. She started singing Christmas carols with us and before long her favorite song, Silent Night, finally quieted us down. I can remember squinting my eyes to make the lights turn into stars of bright joyous colors and thinking I could never be happier than I was at that moment. This fond memory of our family traditions stays with me to this day and instills a wonder of the simple things I have shared with my own children throughout the years.

This post is part of the Unwrap Your Memories Campaign for Destiny USA. Check them out here: destinyusa.com