Good morning, lovelies. Just a quick hello and two special offers from me/LüSa Organics this weekend.

For those who might not already know, LüSa is my small, organic body care business, that I started when Sage was just a baby. (The name LuSa stands for Lupine and Sage, our kids.)

I make three lines of body care at the moment (mama, baby, and family) and am excited to be working on product development for our upcoming line for men at the moment. I've been playing with formulas for beard oil and balm, mustache wax, scented deodorants, shaving soaps, aftershave, and more.

I'm having so much fun!

You can find LüSa Organics on Facebook and Instagram and I would love it if you would sign up for our newsletter, too! It's a great way to keep track of new product releases (like the LüSa Mister line mentioned above) and special offers for email subscribers only. (I promise not to spam you.)

Now – on with the specials!

New to LüSa? Enjoy free shipping on your first order with coupon code "CLEANSHIP16". (New retail customers only, please.)

And for everyone, (new customers and old) leave a comment on your order of "fizzy happiness" and I'll add a handmade clementine and clove bath fizzy to your order at no cost. They are luscious, and not available on our website (or anywhere else for that matter)!

(While supplies last.)

Have a great weekend, friends.

Love,
Rachel

To those of you who are giving or requesting LüSa this holiday season, thanks so, so much. It means the world to my family that you go out of your way to select what we make.

It's been delightful to see familiar names pop up on LüSa packages that are heading out the door, and I am humbled by the love you send our way.

Thank you.

This weekend marks the last call for our Winter Treasure Box subscription. We have only a small stash left, and I wanted to offer them up to you before they disappear for good!

Honestly, I had such a delightful time dreaming up the six new recipes included. I hope you enjoy using (and sharing) them as much as I enjoyed dreaming them up.

While I don't want to give away any surprises, this collection includes one product that I created with some fun local ingredients. (Like local to me honey, organic bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup, and organic sunflower oil.) Needless to say, it's delish.

If you order a Treasure Box this weekend please add a note of "good cheer" to your order and we'll include a little something extra, just for blog readers.

Also, since Lupine and I also had such a ball making these wooden EO diffusers this week, I want to share them with you, too! Just for fun.

Place an order for any item from our limited edition Holiday Collection and I will include a free handmade wooden ornament with your order. Infused with a blend of essential oils that is reminiscent of an orange pomander, these ornaments are right at home in your car, closet, or on your tree.

To request your free ornament simply leave a comment on your order of 'pomander", and then tell us if you prefer Wisconsin Love or Peace on Earth.

Feel free to double up these orders if you buy a Treasure Box this weekend.

While supplies last!

I mentioned yesterday that December is a critical season for our family and our business. And it truly is. But it's also one of our favorite times of year at LüSa when we pull out all the stops dreaming up fresh, seasonal body care. And I'm hoping we can make this year the best holiday season yet.

With that in mind, this weekend I am offering blog readers 15% off of all LüSa Holiday Products. Products like Frankincense & Myrrh or Clementine & Clove after bath body oil, sugar scrubs, and soaps. Products like Peppermint Stick, Vanilla Almond, and Christmas Spice holiday soaps and slide-top lip balms. 

To redeem, simply visit our website and stock up on all the lovely holiday treats I've made for you. Then use coupon code CHEER during checkout for your discount.

In addition, leave a comment of "And one for me!" in your order comments and we'll add a special something to your order before we ship. (The more you purchase, the larger your gift will be.) It's my way of saying thank you for you choosing LüSa this season, and for saying yes to my family's dreams.

To each of you who goes out of your way to choose LüSa for your family? Thank you.

Truly. It means so much.

Love,

Rachel

(Retail customers only, please. Treasure Box not included. Offer expires December 7, 2015.)

Just popping in to say a quick hello and tell all of you how thankful I am to have you share this space with me! Honestly, your presence here has made this just about the safest and friendliest corner of the internet.

For those of you who know and love my organic body care, LüSa Organics, (or are interested in giving it a try!) please enjoy free shipping this weekend on orders over $75, with my thanks.

Much love,

Rachel

(Treasure Boxes not included; US delivery to retail customers only, please.)

Please place order by November 22, 2015 so that we make make our donations promptly and help in this time of need.

There are only three things that I consistenly keep on my nightstand: a favorite LüSa Lip Balm (today it's Sweet Orange), my beat up stainless steel water bottle, and a Calm Balm.

We've only been making Calm Balm for one season but my kids and I are beyond hooked. Deeply moisturizing and scented with my favorite blend of essential oils (also found in Sleeping Potion roll on), it's our before bed ritual.

I rub it into feet, hands, legs – any place I need it. My kids rub it into their temples before laying down to help unravel the day and welcome sleep.

Would you like to try one for yourself?

Order a Calm Balm and get a free lip balm of your choice to go with it! Then our night stands can be all matchy. (Details follow.)

As for the beat up old water bottle? Well, you're on your own for that.

x

Rachel

To redeem, simply order a Calm Balm before November 9 and leave a comment of "Calm+Balm" and we'll hook you up! Feel free to tell us what flavor you'd prefer or let us choose for you.

The Autumn Treasure Box was a runaway hit! And while the products were limited edition LüSa, due to varying batch sizes we have a few left of several of the products.

And just for fun, here is what a few customers had to say about the Sea Spray Hair Texturizer, one of Autumn Treasure Box items:

"What sorcery turned my stick straight hair into this beachy-looking wavy goodness?? Thanks for the sea spray hair texturizer in the Autumn Treasure Box! Loving it!!!!!!" – Laura F.

"Love love love! This product! I've tried making my own in the past and your was FAR BETTER. I'd love if you added it to the line permanently!" – Courtney D.

"This stuff gives me a good hair day every day, which isn't easy with naturally curly hair." – Kristina P.

 We've never gotten so many rave reviews about a product before!

The Winter Treasure Box will be delivered in December.

Though LüSa Organics is as much a part of my life as our little farm, I'm much less likely to talk about it with you here. Because I fear that if I do, it might come across as a pushy sell and undermine what we've got going here on Clean.

But then this week I realized: what we make is wonderful. (Well, I already knew that.) What I realized was that what we make is wonderful and offering you encouragement and incentives to choose LüSa now and again is a kindness, not a push.

I want you to know the intention behind the products that I make; I want you to know our world view. I want you to know who we support with the dollars that we earn and why we bother to do it all by hand.

I want you to understand how important every purchase you make with us truly is; how we notice every time you pop over to restock your cupboard.

I want you to know how good it feels to use safe, organic body care and support a small family business at the same time. Because that's where everybody wins.

And really I want you to discover what sets LüSa apart from the products you can find at the big box store or the pharmacy down the road.

With that in mind, each Saturday you can come here to see what I have to offer. A story, a giveaway, a coupon code, free shipping – you never know what you'll find!

Whatever it is I hope you see my intention is pure and that you may fall in love with LüSa just like we have. And when you do, I hope you'll share LüSa with your friends. Because that simple act is a lifeline for a small business like ours these days.

The Giveaway:

Would you like to win a care package of LüSa for you and for a friend? I thought you might. Because receiving is lovely, but giving is an even greater treat.

One lucky winner will receive two each of the following (one to keep and one to give):

Uplifting Lotion Bar

Spiced Lip Balm Collection

4 oz Uplifting Sugar Scrub

Salute to the Sun Soap

Entering is easy. You can earn one entry each for leaving a comment, subscribing to my feed, following us on Instagram, and sharing LüSa with a loved one. Please use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter! (It's easy. I promise.)

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The Special Offer:

And for everyone, enjoy a free gift with every LüSa order!

Simply place an order before Tuesday, October 27 at www.lusaorganics.com and leave a comment on your order that reads:

"I love Clean. (And I also love__________.)" Be sure to fill in the blank and tell us your favorite scent. (Patchouli, citrus, lavender, mint – or perhaps something else!)

Small orders will receive a product sample of something we think you will adore, larger orders will receive full-sized products. (Some will even receive limited edition treasure box products from the Autumn Treasure Box collection!)

And as always, thank you for going out of your way to shop LüSa. It means so very much.

Love,
Rachel

Summer Treasure Box contents

Three months ago I shared with you a new project I was working on – the LüSa Organics Treasure Box.

Shortly after that post, we sent out our first round of subscriptions – The Summer Treasure Box – and it were met with wild enthusiasm! Email after email came in with such gratitude delight for what we put into the shipment. What a lovely feeling!

Amazingly, somehow another season is upon us and we are putting the final touches on the Autumn Treasure Box.

The box includes six never-before-offered LüSa products. Products we don't sell on our website or anywhere else. I'm working with ingredients like wildcrafted horsetail and nettle infusion; fair trade shea butter; and local calendula blossoms. It's a good one – to be sure. (And as a bonus, I'm having a blast. Win-win!)

The Autumn box is nearly sold out, but I do still have a handful of subscriptions available!

For blog readers only, if you purchase a Treasure Box subscription (either a one year subscription or single delivery) I will add a special treat from our regular product line to each delivery, with my thanks.

To receive your special treat simply leave a comment on your Treasure Box order of "Bonus for a blog reader!" and we'll add something special to each shipment you receive.

The Autumn Treasure Box will sell out soon, so don't wait. Get on it in a hurry! While I still have one with your name on it.

Love,
Rachel

P.S. Here is what a few Summer Treasure Box subscribers had to say about our first shipment…

Chere says, "OH MY GOODNESS THE TREASURE BOX IS AMAZING! I've never been so excited or as happy with a subscription box before. Thank you so much for making such wonderful products for my family! Squishy happy hugs!"

Anne says, "[My Treasure Box] arrived today. What a lovely presentation and incredible products!"

Julie says, "I am just in awe of the treasure box I just received!! This is just the kind of pampering that I needed. I hope everybody signs up to get at least one treasure box… They will love them!!"

Jodi says, "Just love, love, love EVERYTHING in the treasure box. You rocked it! Thank you!!!"

As most of you know, I own a small body care company called LüSa Organics.

And while you're more likely to find me talking about homeschooling, homesteading, parenting, or nourishing food here on Clean, I do occasionally share a LüSa giveaway with my readers.

Today is one such day.

Because? New balms!

I never expected that part of my life's work would result in this happy little body care rainbow.

Because dang if that isn't the cutest thing I have ever seen!

This collection began in 2002 with Booty Balm, our bestselling organic baby balm that I originally made in our kitchen just for Sage. Funny to see that as he turns 13 this summer my favorite creation for him is still going strong. (That's Sage's cute little face on the labels. *sniff*)

My love for creating organic, herb-infused, essential oil balms could not be bridled and things blossomed from there.

And so LüSa (and this little rainbow) was born.

It's a rare treat for us to release a new product, but this week we managed to launch not one but two new balms. We have been testing and tweaking the recipes for most of a year so I'm over the moon to finally send them out into the world.

When I shared an early prototype with some friends at a knitting retreat last year one woman exclaimed, "What is up with this balm? I can't stop dipping into this tin! It's like an open bag of chips."

Addictive and delicious.
But (lucky for us!) much healthier than cheese puffs. 

Both of our new balms are made with a rich, fast-absorbing moisturizing base that I made of organic jojoba oil, organic hempseed oil, and fair trade, organic shea butter.

So you get to choose if it's a body cream, as an aromatherapy balm, or both.

I vote both.

To Calm Balm we add essential oils of lavender, tangerine, chamomile, and ylang ylang. Rub into hands, feet, temples and neck at bedtime.

Heaven indeed.

To Bliss Balm we added another favorite essential oil blend. Sweet orange with just a touch of lavender, clementine, tangerine, and ylang ylang.

Our favorite balm for days that could, well, use a bit more bliss.

Today I'm giving away the whole rainbow to one lucky winner here on Clean!

Our winner will receive the following: one small Da Balm and Cheek & Chin Balm; and one regular Bliss Balm, Chest Rub, Booty Balm, and Calm Balm.

And these area wonderful for far beyond the baby years. (For example, we use Da Balm on our arms after gardening, Calm Balm before bedtime or for meditation, Cheek & Chin on cuticles, and Booty Balm on absolutely everything. So many wonderful ways to use these balms at any age!

Comments are now closed. Congratulations to Daphne who said:

To enter simply leave a comment below. For an additional entry share this post via social media or by any other means you wish (e-mail, phone call, airplane pamphlet drop, calls from the rooftops, etc.) or sign up for my blog's RSS feed. (Be sure to leave an additional comment for sharing and RSS feed.)

This means if you you comment, share, and sign up you can enter three times with three comments below!

And a treat for everyone, choose one of the two LüSa Organics promotions below to use on your next order.

For orders over $75: enjoy free US shipping on any order of $75 or more placed before July 31, 2015. To redeem use coupon code "RAINBOW".

For orders under $75: leave a comment of "Clean treat" on your order and I'll find a lovely something to add. (Please note this is a comment code, not a coupon code, so be sure to place it in the proper place on your order.) Expires July 31, 2015.

I'll choose a winner on Tuesday!