Summer time / Living is Easy ? / July Give A Way -

Pergola is almost ready. Can't wait. Thank you Rudy ..


Sun dried tomatoes with fresh garlic and basil in extra virgin olive oil a dash of salt and pepper.



Harvest from the Garden:
Basil, green and yellow squash



The economic times in the country is really not the best. Yet, we are hopeful and carry on .. as usual. We are a resilient bunch and even though we are not as happy with the political climate and all the (empty) promises that were given .. we are still hopeful.

The saying is .. where there is life .. there is hope. And so, we hope, for good health care, more jobs, etc.

This was written by a dear friend and mentor:

Life’s task is to be like an otter, seeking adventure and joy in our
endeavors, instead of being like a beaver, always tied to work that
must be done and feeling guilty when it is not accomplished.

-- Sincerely,  Journey Scenthttp://www.journeyscent.com

The fire flies are out and my garden looks enchanting as they twinkle in the evening light. I know its summer when I see them.

Upcoming Events in NYC:
The New York Botanical Garden

Presents: The Edible Garden
Perfumed Tea by Mandy Aftel
Thursday - August 6th, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Bronx New York

Mandy will be giving a talk on August 6th at the New York Botanical Gardens on perfumed tea as a part of the Edible Evenings series during this summer's The Edible Garden at The New York Botanical Garden.

New & Back in stock:

New at SunRose:

- a wonderful Organic Wintergreen from Nepal. It has a beautiful soft pink color and the scent is just delicious.!

- aged Sandalwood Sri Lanka 2007 - a deeply sensuous essential oil for both men and women.

- Cinnamon Bark Organic (NOP) Sri Lanka warm and spicy.

Be sure to care for your skin, especially if you are out enjoying the beach, park, riding your bike .. please remember to hydrate your skin and drink lots of fluids.

A good way and easy way to do this is with Hydrosols. Rosehip is especially wonderful and cooling as is the Peppermint. To read about our many different Hydrosols please visit our page.

- Hydrosols

- Aloe Vera & Seaweed Gel

Quotes for July ~

' For him in vain the envious seasons roll -
Who bears eternal summer in his soul.'
- - Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Old Player

' Summer is the time when one shed's one's tensions with one's clothes,
and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit.
A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief -
that all's right with the world.'
- - Ada Louise Huxtable

' Deep summer is when ..
laziness finds respectability. '
- - Sam Keen

Our Blog give a way for July 2009 ::

- 4 oz of our Aloe Vera & Seaweed Gel
- 1 oz Rosehip Hydrosol (O) USA

Be sure to leave a comment and include your :
- name
- email address
so that we can get in touch with you!!

The drawing will be on July 30th, 2009 !!

- til next time
Enjoy these summer days,
Rosanne
http://www.sunrosearomatics.com

Summer is here & Father's Day Winner

Summer time .. Beach, Sun, Surf, playful fun.!!

The garden is lush .. vibrant with all the different shades of green. All we need now is some sun .. need to feel that sun energy on my face .. for sure.

Summer is here .. the 'rain' in this part of the world has been a bit overwhelming to say the least. Though my flowers are blooming, the scents are permeating the air .. I actually picked my first hot red pepper, tomatoes have tons of flowers as do the zucchini ..

The pergola is coming along .. though not yet completed .. patience ..

The winner of our Father's Day Give A Way is ::
Nadine Roelfs of Mankato MN.

For the Summer please remember to hydrate your skin by drinking plenty of water and spraying some hydrosols to refresh you.

- Visit our Hydrosol page

For sunburn or just to keep your skin hydrated our aloe vera seaweed is wonderful

- Visit Aloe Vera & Seaweed Gel

Summer Quotes:

'You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. '
~~Author Unknown

'Coffee.  Garden.  Coffee. 
Does a good morning need anything else? '
~~Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com

'Gardening is civil and social,
but it wants the vigor and
freedom of the forest and the outlaw. '
~~Henry David Thoreau

- until next time,
Rosanne
http://www.SunRoseAromatics.com

Father's Day & Summer Solstice ~

This weekend is Father's Day .. a day to celebrate and honor the men in our lives.
I was not fortunate to know my Dad ... however, my Grandpa and Uncles were very loving and positive roll models for me.

Some quotes for Father's Day:

'It is not flesh and blood ..
but the heart which makes us ..
fathers and sons. '
- - Johann Schiller

'Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. '
~ ~Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

"My father didn't tell me how to live;
he lived, and let me watch him do it."
-- Clarence Budington Kelland

In honor of Father's Day ::

Blog Watcher's Special:

Free Shipping on all orders $50.00 or more
on UPS Ground in the continental USA.
This offer is valid thru June 22, 2009
Enter this in the 'comment section' when checking out.
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Our Father's Day Give A Way ~
1 - (4 / 5 oz bar) Working Man Hands Handmade Soap
1 - (4 / 5 oz bar) Scandanavian Woods Handmade Soap
1 - 4 oz Peppermint Hydrosol for a cooling after shave spray

Please leave a comment to be eligible for our Give a Way, and be sure to leave your name and email address so that we may contact you.

The longest day of the year is the Summer Solstice, usually on June 21st.

'Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.'
~~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

'Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes,
and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit.
A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief
that all's right with the world.'
~~Ada Louise Huxtable

Enjoy the balmy summer days ahead.
~ til next time,
Rosanne
www.SunRoseAromatics.com

Gardening / This & That around the Net !

This is my garlic .!!! and can you see the earth boxes to the left .. with more tomatoes and sweet peppers.

Our End of May Blog Give a Way is ::

Congratulations to Ms Margaret @ yogagarden.

Every now and then I like to talk about people I have had the pleasure of dealing with in the business world.

Around the net, business / people I really admire and would recommend:

Christopher McMann at White Lotus has a fabulous newsletter and photos that are just amazing.!!! Visit White Lotus

Karen Creel at Garden Chick has a Home Depot for the opportunity to give away a $100.00 gift card on her blog. Vi st GardenChick Blog.

Papa Geno's Garden has move on .. and now has 'Heartland Organics' visit his farewell blog at : Papa Geno's Blog

Earth-Saver bag innovator. I met Carlos Kovalsky VP and Founder at the GoGreenExpo here in NYC. Visit his website: Earth-Saver

My garden brings me so much joy. Everything is now planted tomatoes (of course), basil, parsley, Rosemary, sage, oregano, egg plants, hot red peppers (a first for me),zucchini, yellow squash.


So excited, the photo above is the beginnings of my pergola that Rudy Gunther is building for me .. a long time dream ..

May is such a busy month with plantings and cleaning up from the winter.! For me .. the joy of gardening .. there is nothing better in this world. Peaceful .. just makes me happy to play in dirt.

Blog Watchers special:

From now til June 15th, 2009
on orders over $75.00
We are giving away a Earth-Saver bag.
Be sure to put this in the 'comments section'
when checking out :::
'EarthSaver bag' to receive this gift.!

Summer is around the corner, please be sure to take care of your skin.
Drink plenty of water, and be sure to moisturize your face.

- Hydrosol Page to hydrate your skin

- Aloe Vera & Seaweed Gel for those sun burn days

Quotes for the month of June:

'If a June night could talk,
it would probably boast it invented romance.'
-- Bern Williams

'Kind hearts are the gardens;
kind thoughts are the roots;
kind words are the flowers'
kind deeds are the fruits.'
-- English Proverb

wishing you an enchanted garden filled with fragrant flowers.!
- til next time,
Rosanne
http://www.SunRoseAromatics.com

Mother's Day / What's New / this & that!

This is the last week of our Herb Blog Contest, so please be sure to leave a comment and don't forget we need an email address and your name to contact you.!

Around the web .. some interesting sites:

altMD - for the Health & Wellness Community -Joel Fellman over at altMD smart alternatives ... has a wonderful site going. for all those in the Health & Wellness Community you should visit this site. They created my page which is just amazing to me .. Thank you Joel. Visit : SunRose Aromatic, LLC and then the Products & Services Page.


Becky over at The Original Soap Dish shared about her younger brother who went into business for himself, now lives in England and is a pipe carver.
To visit his site: Larrysson Pipes

Sherrin Bernstein over at Touch Fitness has a wonderful establishment in Manhattan.
For those of you in that area visit her site for more information. Touch Fitness.com

Moment Magazine
A dear friend, Barry Jacobs is now with Moment Magazine a not for profit, dedicated to serious, highly literate, intellectual journalism. To contact Barry his email is BJacobs@MomentsMagazine.com. Or visit their online site: MomentsMagazine.com

Back in stock ..

- Visit our Essential Oil page.

- Beeswax Absolute
- Geranium Bourbon Madagascar Organic Not Certified (ONC)
- Geranium Yun Ling Shan China

With the warmer weather fast approaching, using hydrosols are a wonderful way to keep your skin hydrated. To learn more about them visit our Hydrosol Page.

What's new!

Though not really new here at SunRose .. it has been on my 'to do' list for the website for the longest .. so, introducing on line for the first time ::

Bugs Be Gone! Body Spray ~ On our personal care page.

Clients have taken this blend to South Africa, India, South America.
No synthetics or chemicals.. just pure and natural.

Mother's Day is fast approaching. Be sure to enter our Mother's Day Give A Way.
Please be sure to leave your name and email address.

Some Mom's Day quotes:

'Mother - that was the bank where we deposit
.... all our hurts and worries.'
~ T. DeWitt Talmage

' Each and every day of our lives ..
we make deosits in the memory banks of our children.'
~ Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family

Blog Watcher's Special ~

To Celebrate Mother's Day:

'Free Shipping on all orders over $75.00.
Valid til the end of month May 31, 2009'
(does not include handling)

In the 'comments section' when you check out,
be sure to enter: MD2009

To all the wonderful woman out there ..
wishing you a day of joy,
peace and contentment ..

~ until next time,
Rosanne
SunRoseAromatics

What's new around town.!

We are excited to announce we will be participating in the Go Green Expo here in NYC ... We hope you will stop by to say hello. When we receive our booth number we will announce it here.. Hope to see you there.!

Go Green Expo
- the nations premier eco-friendly tradeshow,
- coming to the Hilton New York April 17th - 19th.

Sponsored in part by NBC and The New York Post, Go Green Expo will showcase the latest and greatest in all things green from fuel efficient cars and natural personal care products to greener gadgets that help us live more sustainably.

In addition to over 250 different exhibits, Go Green Expo will also host a variety of panels with leaders in the green industry, local politicians, and community activists.

This three-day event will include a business-to-business expo followed by two days for eco-minded consumers. Limited booth space is still available, contact Jason Landun at 212-655-4505 ext. 239. Visit www.GoGreenExpo.com for more details!

The One World One Heart - Finally Winner !!
One of our original winners did not reply. So, we had another drawing.

Winner # 2 - Beth from Iowa. She did not respond.
Our new Winner is:

# 50 - Tammie Lee - www.spirithelpers.net
will receive a 4 oz Rosa Alba (White Rose) Hdyrosol Organic from Bulgaria.

The weather has really been lovely, though still Winter .. I can just feel Spring around the corner. However, my skin is still trying to deal with the winter cold and dry air in the house .. If you have been having the same issues .. with the dry, itchy, flaky skin .. winterizing you skin with the following products will greatly help:

- Ageless Elixir :: many have written how wonderful it makes their face feel.!
- Apricot Kernel Meal :: a gentle exfoliate that gets rid of the dead skin.
- Professional Formulas :: they are great 'after bath' moisturizers, select the one you feel will work best for your skin.
- Hydrosols :: just a wonderful way to moisturize and tone your face.

Back in Stock & What's New -

- Aroma Jewelry :: 'new' Pewter Pendants - fun, practical & whimsical.
(remember to click on 'more information' to read description of the jewelry)

- Kunzea: Kunzea ambigue from our distiller in Australia

- Diffuser Blends Page to help with the sniffles

Some Winter Quotes ::
“Sometimes our fate resembles
.... a fruit tree in winter.
Who would think that those branches
would turn green again and blossom,
but we hope it, we know it.”
- - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)

“There is no art in turning a goddess into a witch,
a virgin into a whore, but the opposite operation,
to give dignity to what has been scorned,
to make the degraded disireable,
that calls for art or for character.”
- - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand and
for a talk beside the fire:
it is the time for home."
- - Edith Sitwell

'Surely as cometh the Winter, I know
There are Spring violets under the snow.'
- - R.H. Newell

~ until next time,
Rosanne
http://www.SunRoseAromatics.com

Happy 2009.! Its a New Year.!

When I used to think of 2000 anything .. it was so 'futuristic' .. a SciFi sort of feeling. Now here we are 2009 ... hoping the economy will turn around, the financial situation has been the worst ever in the history of this country, I pray the wars will end, our soldiers home safe.

SunRose is going into our 11th year .. it feels like just yesterday that I was starting out. Only a few oils .. learning .. and playing and learning some more. The evolution over the years was slow and steady, adding more materials as time went on. Formulating products when the need arose for myself, family, friends, clients.

It has been a wonderful and exciting journey. Many thanks to all that have be supportive of my work. And a special thanks to Sheila Concepcion & Johanna Tramo the SunRose Staff .. they make all things possible.

In the News:

Tea Tree Essential Oil -
Earlier studies show washing with liquid removes superbug from the skin.!
Doctors test tea tree oil body wash for MRSA - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28473019/

IndieShopping.TV -

Industry News that is so exciting .. IndieShopping.TV .. the creator, our own Donna Maria Coles Johnson (aka dM) Indie Beauty Network .. Launching the first on the net .. home shopping.! It was my pleasure to be on her first show.!
Move over QVC ! To view my segment :



Steps to Winterize your skin!
- shorten your shower - w/ lukewarm water. (not hot)
- exfoliate to remove the dead skin for keeping skin replenished.
- be sure to moisturize your body while you skin is still damp.
- tone your face, the area most battered by the wind.
- don't forget to use sunscreen, it is just as important in the winter
- to avoid the 'winter itch' .. dressing warm in layers, avoid wool or other scratchy fabrics next to your skin.
- be sure to protect your hands from the winter cold and wear gloves.
this will also protect your hands from cracking and splitting cuticles.

Some of our products will help you 'winterize' your skin:

- Apricot kernel meal: a gentle exfoliate

- Professional Formulas - after bath moisturizer

- Hydrosols : to tone your face

- Ageless Elixir: your face will sigh with joy.!

- Aloe Vera & Seaweed Gel to hydrate your face.

- Cuticle Care Pure & Natural: to protect your cuticles & nails

Back in stock items:

From our supplier in India:

- Cedarwood Himalayan
- Champa Attar
- Davana
- Spikenard
- Vetivert

Please visit our page: Essential Oils

Quotes for January :

' Winter is an etching,
Spring is a watercolor,
Summer an oil painting,
and Autumn a mosaic of them all.'
--- Stanley Horowitz

'Between two moments, bliss is ripe.
Think in the morning,
Act in the noon,
Eat in the evening,
Sleep in the night.
In seed time learn, in harvest teach,
in winter .. enjoy.'
--- William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

'The bad news is .. time flies.
The good news is .. you're the pilot.'
--- Michael Althsuler

stay cozy and warm -
til next time,
Rosanne
www.SunRoseAromatics.com