Gaia Finca becomes a Wwhoofer Finca

Wwhoofing the Gaia way

Planting out the Aloe Plants with help from Max

May saw the arrival of the Gaia Fincas first Wwhoofer Davina from San Sebastian in the Basque Country who is staying for two weeks and is learning how to harvest the Aloe Vera plants. She has extracted an impressive 40 liters of Aloe Vera Juice. She has also separated and re planted  as many plants with the help of Max. Earlier in the year we became a Wwhoofer Finca who welcomes volunteers, young people who want to gain experinence with our farming methods and our production methods and just generally want to spend some time in the country side. They stay for an average of 2 weeks and give us 5 hours of work a day in return for food and board.

http://www.wwoofinternational.org is the website if you are interested to find out more.

Davina processing and extracting the gel from the Aloe plants.

May in Gaia

Gaia Workshop and soaps just out of the
molds ready for cutting.

Amenity soaps drying in the sun at the Gaia Finca

 Using the spring sun to sun dry amenity soaps for the Hotel Avenida in Soller  http://www.avenida-hotel.com/
to load them up with extra goodness.

From  the mold to the box ready for delivery. Gaia soaps for Hotel Avenida in Soller drying in the sun at the Gaia Finca.

Summer is here at last and we can anounce a new Yoga scedule with a new time table to suit your convenience

Our new Yoga teacher Gemma has had a couple of evenings of free Yoga for you to try, one of them to life harp music. If you want to give her Yoga a try please come and have a free trail class any time you wish. Just call the shop 971714983 before you come to make sure there is a space for you.

This month has also seen a lot of nice products going out for the Old Salt Sailing Classic Yacht Charter Company in Soller. www.oldsaltsailing.com

We made Soaps, Shampoo, ShowerGel and a Cooling Body Lotion to go into the cabins. All was scented with the all time classic scent of Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary and just a hint of wood.

www.oldsaltsailing.com

Old Salt Wash Kit made by Gaia Gaia Natural Products
www.oldsaltsailing.com

We also had the oportunity to celebrate Rosa and Blanca´s Birthday this month! 

Happy Birthday Gaia Girls!

Gaia Natural Anti Lice Range PIOJOSAN

After much research Gaia has come up with a natural solution for the Lice Plague that affects most families with school age children every year.

 Our product, PIOJOSAN, uses Neem Oil as its active ingredient.  Neem oil has an extensive history of human use in India and surrounding regions for a variety of therapeutic purposes.  Neem oil is not known to be harmful to mammals but leaves louse eggs unfertilised after treatment and live lice infertile.

We have suspended a large amount of Neem Oil in Sesame Seed Oil which enhances the effect of the Neem and protects and nourishes the hair. Further we have added T Tree, Lavender and Star Anis. The treatment should be applied liberaly all over the head and combed through and left for at least 1 hour  under a showercap.

 The same essential oils are used in the acompanying PIOJOSAN Shampoo which will wash out the Lice treatment with ease and also in the PIOJOSAN Spray which you should use daily to prevent re investation and use to spray cloth and pillows.

Piojosan can be bought at GAIAbathtime, c-Corderia 28
Palma de Mallorca or on line from our website

Available also from

ESTEFAN PELUQUERIA

Address: Carrer Pou, 33, 07013 Palma de Mallorca

Phone:971 22 18 95

Hours:

Tuesday hours 10:00 am–8:00 pm 

http://www.estefan-palma.com/en/vita.htm

Out tests on live lice have shown that the louse dies on contact with PIOJOSAN treatment and that after treatment no more live lice hatch from the eggs.The Neem Oil not only destoys the protecive shell of the louse but also affects the shell of the egg. Remaining eggs need to be removed with a comb. To be on the very safe side we recommend that the treatment be repeated after 6 to 9 days!.

 Wikipedia informs:

Mother hunting for headlice, detail of a
 painting by Jan Siberechts

The treatment of human head lice is a process that has been debated and studied for centuries. However, the number of cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis) has increased worldwide since the mid-1960s, reaching hundreds of millions annually

Because eggs hatch 6–9 days after oviposition, treatment with a pediculicide is recommended to be repeated at least once after 10 days, when all lice have hatched. Between the two treatments (Days 2–9) the person will still be infested with lice that hatch from eggs not killed by the anti-louse product. Between the treatments, it is advised to wet the hair and comb daily with a louse-comb to remove the hatching lice.

Hold a towel over the face to prevent contact of the product with the eyes of the infested person; and, if the product does come in contact with the eyes, rinse well with water. While the hair is still wet, use a louse comb 3–4 minutes, to remove lice and eggs.

One to three days after the last treatment (Days 11-13), hair should be checked with a louse comb. If no living lice are found, the treatment was successful, even if nits/eggs are visible on the hair. If living lice are still present, repeat the treatment using an anti-louse product with a different active ingredient. Prophylactic treatment with pediculicides is not recommended.

Itching may persist for up to a week after head lice eradication.

However, head lice are known to be resistant to commercial products.

It is recommended to wear hair in a gathered ponytail, bun, or braid. Sharing of coats, jackets, hoodies, sweat shirts or towels should not be done. Hairbrushes, combs, hair ties, headbands, etc. should not be shared. Using a t Tree or Lavender  spray as a deterrent is also preferable. Applying it in the morning and again in afternoon.

Sheep Wool Felt Soaps NEW at Gaia

After meeting some wonderful women from deepest darkest Mallorca who use virgin sheep wool to make felt and in turn make bags, slippers, fairytale figures and all sort of wonderful things we had the idea to make a truly unique soap. http://naturalfelt.wordpress.com/
Traditionally felt is made washing and rubbing together virgin sheep wool in very soapy water.

Sheep shearing in the spring
on the Island of Mallorca

Mallorquin Sheep famous for their
lovely wool

So why not felt a GAIA soap into a piece of virgin sheep wool.
The effect on the skin would be gently exfoliating and it would also
make a wonderful lather.
The resulting pieces of soap are unique! The wool has been left in its original colours. Cream, brown and black just as our Mallorquin sheep!

Traditional Felting using soapy water

GAIA felted Soaps 

Gaia Felted soaps are available from our
shop GAIAbathtime in Calle Corderia 28
Palma de Mallorca

It could be time for a felting workshop on the Gaia Finca this summer? !