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Sensational Summer Mocktail Recipes

kat@thesucculenteclectic.com (Kat McCarthy) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:24:25 GMT

Simple Summer CBD Drink Recipes

Delicious. Refreshing. Our CBD drink recipes for summer deliver big on flavor with a sensational side of chill. Perfect for 4th of July barbecues and summer block parties. Drink deep and never experience a hangover! Look for CBD drink effects of flavorful delight and a significant stress-release, while leaving you in full control.

Did you know that research indicates that CBD can be used to effectively treat alcohol addiction? In one study , the test subjects suffering from alcohol addiction voluntarily reduced their alcohol intake when they were offered CBD. Another study indicates that CBD may help relieve opioid addiction, as well as addiction to cocaine, tobacco, and psychostimulants.

How to Add CBD to Drinks?

There are many ways to add the stress-busting effects of CBD to your favorite summer beverages. CBD tinctures are an easy way to infuse your drink with CBD. Just add a dropper full or several sprays to your finished drink and stir. Or, add food-grade CBD oil, if you prefer. You can even dissolve or blend in your favorite CBD gummy .

Note: You can maximize the benefit of CBD in drinks and edibles by including fat-soluble ingredients like eggs, cream, flax seeds, olive oil, coconut oil, avocado, etc. Cannabidiol breaks down more efficiently in the presence of fat, so you enjoy the full health benefits.

Whether you're taking a break for alcohol, are sober-curious, or simply want to enjoy sensational summer drinks without a headache chaser, we've got the summertime CBD drink recipes to deliver your tasty chill.

CBD Drink Recipes

CBD Watermelon Spritzer

This classic summer refresher is ideal at the end of a hot summer day. Make up a pitcher for your next barbecue!

CBD Watermelon Spritzer

4 cups fresh watermelon

3 fresh mint leaves

Juice of 1 lime

4 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon of club soda

2 droppers Bio Spectrum Unflavored Delta 8-CBD tincture

Directions

Remove the watermelon seeds, and pop the watermelon, mint leaves, lime juice and honey into a blender. Cover and process until fully blended. Stir in the club soda and CBD tincture. Serve over ice.

Spicy Ginger Lemonade

This zesty lemonade packs a spicy punch of ginger and mint. A lovely way to chill on a sizzling summer day.

Spicy Ginger Lemonade

For the Simple Syrup

1 cup water

⅓ cup of peeled ginger root, sliced

1 cup honey

For the Lemonade

1 ½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice

4 cups cold water

Papa & Barkley Releaf CBD Lemongrass Ginger tincture

Ice and fresh mint leaves for serving

Directions

1. Make a honey ginger simple syrup. Bring 1 cup of water to a full boil. Turn off the heat and add honey and sliced ginger. Allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out the ginger.

2. Pour simple syrup, lemon juice, and cold water into a large pitcher. Stir well. Pour over ice, stir in a dropper full of the CBD Lemongrass Ginger tincture. Garnish with fresh mint.

Apple Cucumber Smoothie with CBD

This uber-healthy smoothie is bursting with refreshing flavor and full of vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids!

Apple Cucumber Smoothie with CBD

2 large green apples with the peel, cored

¼ English cucumber with the peel

1 tablespoon hulled (or shelled) hemp seeds

1 teaspoon whole chia seeds

½ tablespoon fresh mint leaves

1 cup coconut water

2 sprays of Rare Cannabinoids CDBA Support tincture

Chop your apples and cucumber, then place the first six ingredients into your blender. Blend the ingredients until smooth. Pour into your glass. Add the CBDA spray and stir. Enjoy!

Note - When you use an English cucumber, you can add the peel and seeds to your smoothie for more nutrients. If using another cucumber, remove the peel and seeds first.

½ with CBD

Full of the flavor of sun-ripened peaches, this refresher is sure to become a family favorite.

Tangy Peach Ring Refresher with CBD

½ cup fresh peach juice

½ cup lemon lime soda

Splash of cranberry juice

2-4 Just CBD Peach Rings

Directions

Pour peach juice and CBD pings over ice. Next, pour in the soda, followed by the splash of cranberry juice to taste. Delicious!

CBDA Turmeric Tea

This full-flavored, healthy tea is delicious and a pick-me-up for your immune system any day of the year! Anti-inflammatory and high in antioxidants.

CBDA Turmeric Tea

2½ cups your favorite plant-based milk

1 tablespoon coconut oil

½ teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon ground turmeric

Pinch of black pepper

Raw honey or maple syrup to taste

2-4 sprays of Rare Cannabinoids CBDA Support tincture

Directions

Place the first 5 ingredients in the blender. Cover and process until smooth. Then, heat on the stove, bringing the liquid to a simmer to cook the turmeric. Pour into your mug. Add honey or maple syrup to taste. Spray the drink 2-4 times with the CBDA tincture and stir.

Enjoy this lovely tea any time, but it is wonderful just before bed.

Rosemary Sweet CBD Cocktail

You'll be making excuses to entertain just so you can serve this refreshing mocktail.

Rosemary Sweet CBD Cocktail

1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1 cup honey

1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Seltzer

1-2 droppers of unflavored CBD tincture

Slices of orange, for garnish

Springs of rosemary, for garnish

Directions

For the Rosemary Honey Syrup

Add orange juice, honey, and rosemary to a small sauce pan.

Bring to a boil, stirring until the honey is dissolved.

Let boil for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and let cool.

When cool, stir in vanilla extract.

Refrigerate overnight to allow the flavors to fully meld.

Before serving, strain the syrup to remove the rosemary.

Add 2-3 teaspoons of Rosemary Honey syrup to glass. Add ice and seltzer. Then stir in 1-2 droppers of CBD tincture.

Garnish with orange slices and rosemary sprigs. Enjoy!

We hope these delicious CBD drink recipes will help to make your summer soirees swing! When you make them, please tag us on Facebook or Instagram !

Tasty CBD Drink Recipes for the Holidays!

sacredsuntopicals@gmail.com (Reggie Wise) — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:22:49 GMT

Try These Holiday CBD Drinks Instead of Alcohol

You can celebrate, relax and unwind this holiday season without the alcohol. These festive CBD drink recipes will put a sparkle in your eye and a spring in your step without a hangover the next morning. Of course, you can add a splash of rum to our Easy Creamy CBD Eggnog, or spike the Cranberry Rosemary CBD Spritzer with vodka if you wish. But the CBD drink effects are a release from stress without compromising your driving or decision-making.

Intriguingly, studies show that CBD may help to treat alcohol addiction. In one study , animal test subjects addicted to alcohol reduced their alcohol intake when offered CBD. Another study shows CBD may help relieve addictions to opioids, cocaine, psychostimulants and tobacco.

How to Add CBD to Drinks?

You can add the relaxing, stress-busting benefits of CBD or other cannabinoids to your favorite beverage in several ways. CBD tinctures can be added by the dropper full or sprayed on the liquid of the CBD cocktail, then mixed in. You can also use food-grade CBD oil, or even dissolve or blend in your favorite CBD gummy . If you select a flavored tincture or gummy, be sure the flavor melds well with your drink's ingredients to enjoy a delicious CBD drink.

Note: To maximize the benefit of the CBD in your drink, include fat-soluble ingredients like cream, eggs, olive oil, flax seeds, avocado, coconut oil, etc. The fat improves the breakdown of the cannabidiol, ensuring you enjoy the full benefits.

So, whether you're off alcohol, are sober curious, or simply want to enjoy a fun and festive holiday celebration without getting smashed, we've got the CBD drink recipes you've been looking for!

Get your party on!

CBD Drink Recipes

Cranberry Rosemary CBD Spritzer

This savory CBD drink will keep your guests coming back for more.

Cranberry Rosemary CBD Spritzer

For the Rosemary–Infused Simple Syrup :
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
8 large rosemary sprigs
1 star anise
¼ teaspoon ground cloves

For the CBD cocktail :
4 ounces unsweetened cranberry juice
1½ ounces rosemary-infused simple syrup
Ice
2 ounces ginger ale
1-2 Droppers unflavored CBD tincture

Directions
1. Make the rosemary-infused simple syrup: In a small saucepan, combine all of the ingredients for the rosemary-infused simple syrup. Bring the mixture to a boil and allow to simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, until all the sugar is fully dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Strain the syrup and reserve for later use.

2. Make the cocktail: In a stirring glass, add the unsweetened cranberry juice, rosemary-infused simple syrup, CBD tincture and ice, and stir until the mixture is chilled. Add the ginger ale and stir just twice so the ginger ale is blended in but the carbonation hasn't been lost. Strain the CBD drink over ice, then garnish with rosemary and whole cranberries.

Mango Gummy Yummy CBD Mule!

This tangy, tropical delight is a delicious CBD drink for the holidays — winter or summer! It includes a tasty surprise treat at the bottom

Mango Gummy Yummy CBD Mule

You will need:

4-5 slices of cucumber

1 oz honey syrup

1.5 oz mango puree

1.5 oz fresh lime juice

1.5 oz ginger beer

2-3 Mango CBD gummies , or 1-2 droppers of unflavored CBD tincture

Ice

Instructions

First, muddle the cucumber and honey syrup in the bottom of your cocktail shaker. Next, add the mango puree, lime juice, and ice. Shake vigorously. Next, drop the CBD gummies into the bottom of a copper mug. Then, strain the mango puree mixture onto the gummies. Top with the ginger beer, stir and enjoy!

The gummies will slowly begin to dissolve. At the end of your CBD cocktail, finish off the tasty treats at the bottom of the mule. In this case, the mule's kick is a side of chill. Alternatively, stir in 1-2 droppers of CBD tincture along with the ginger beer.

Vanilla Cream Tea with CBD

You'll always have Sweet Dreams with Vanilla Cream Tea and CBD! This hot CBD drink is like a cup of cozy, and is perfect for the long, cold, winter nights.

Vanilla Cream Tea with CBD

Start with decaf black tea, like English Breakfast, Earl Grey, or Roobios. Make it extra strong.

Add a splash of your favorite nut milk or cream.

Stir in a teaspoon of maple syrup or honey

Add a cinnamon stick to stir, or 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

Stir in 2 droppers of Snooze Button Vanilla CBD Tincture

Add a CBD cookie and cozy up for a deliciously sweet drift off to dreams!

Sparkling Cranberry CBD Mojito

The next on our list of CBD drink recipes for the holidays could be the star at any cocktail party. But, this yummy Holiday Mojito needs no rum!

Sparkling Cranberry CBD Mojito

Simple Cranberry Syrup

2 1/4 C Cranberries - fresh or frozen

1 C White granulated sugar

1 C Water

In a medium saucepan, bring cranberries, sugar, and water to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, 10 minutes until cranberries are tender, but not burst. Let cool and strain.

Cocktail

Muddle mint leaves in bottom of each glass. Top with sugar.

Add lime juice.

Add 4 ounces cranberry syrup

Add 1-2 droppers of unflavored CBD tincture . Stir

Add Club soda and ice

Enjoy!

Easy Creamy CBD Eggnog

This delicious, decadent eggnog is perfect for the holidays - otherwise, you'd want to drink it all year long!

Easy Creamy CBD Eggnog

You will need:

2 fresh eggs, beaten

3 tablespoons sugar

2 ⅓ cups whole milk or cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-2 droppers D8/CBD/CBG/CBN/CBC tincture (whichever you choose)

1 dash ground nutmeg

Blend together eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla, tincture and nutmeg. Dust the drink with nutmeg. Serve chilled.

Note - this CBD beverage contains raw eggs. If you add alcohol like rum, whiskey, or bourbon, the alcohol protects against salmonella.

Minty CBD Cocoa

This simple cocoa with its added peppermint zing and CBD soothing is like a warm hug in a mug. Our recipe makes one mug.

Minty CBD Cocoa

You will need:

2 T unsweetened cocoa powder

1-2 T of raw sugar or agave syrup, depending upon how sweet you like it

Pinch of salt

1 cup milk or any combination of milk, half-and-half, or cream

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1 peppermint candy cane, crushed

1-2 droppers of Charlotte's Web Mint Chocolate Hemp extract

Whisk together the cocoa, sugar, salt, and about 2 tablespoons milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until cocoa and sugar are fully dissolved. Next, w hisk in the rest of the milk and heat it over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until it is hot. Stir in the crushed peppermint, and remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla and CBD and serve .

This CBD drink recipe multiplies easily.

Understanding the Endocannabinoid System

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:41:07 GMT

The Endocannabinoid System

A healthy body must always strive for balance. In a thousand ways, big and small, your body must be able to respond to and regulate it's responses to all manner of changing conditions, both internally and externally. This is the essence of homeostasis. Homeostasis is the body's self-regulating process for maintaining balance among biological processes in response to changing conditions. And maintaining homeostasis is the job of your endocannabinoid system.

Homeostasis is vital to a healthy organism. After all, cancer often represents a disruption of homeostasis. To better understand the concept, let's take a look at a couple simple examples of homeostasis in action.

When your stomach is empty and your blood sugar level dips, you experience hunger pangs and the desire to eat. After consuming sufficient calories, your hunger ebbs, and you stop eating. This is an example of the endocannabinoid system at work, maintaining homeostasis. Likewise, when the temperature drops, you feel cold. So, you turn up the heat, move around, and put on a sweater to raise your body temperature. Crucially, once you warm up, there comes a point at which you stop shivering and regain a sense of comfort. Soon, you lower the heat and remove the sweater. While processes like these may seem very simple, they are essential to maintaining your health and well-being. In a healthy body, the endocannabinoid system is responsible for maintaining homeostasis.

What is the Endocannabinoid System?

The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a natural biological system found in humans and all animals, including vertebrates and invertebrates. The ECS is responsible for regulating and controlling our most critical bodily functions, maintaining homeostasis. These functions include eating, sleep, temperature control, learning and memory, emotional processing, pain control, immune and inflammatory responses, hormones, blood sugar, and metabolism.

The endocannabinoid system is a vast network of chemical signals and the cannabinoid receptor cells that respond to them. This network extends throughout the brain and the body in our organs, glands, connective tissues, and immune cells. When homeostasis goes out of balance, the ECS responds. For example, when your blood sugar dips, your body releases specific chemical signals that activate cannabinoid receptor cells, causing you to experience the sensation of hunger. As you eat, the ECS monitors your blood sugar, stopping the hunger-activating chemicals. Soon, it sends a new signal telling your body you can finish eating. This is an overly simplified description of the fundamental processes of the endocannabinoid system. In order to maintain homeostasis, the ECS releases chemicals that stimulate the cannabinoid receptor cells that govern a wide range of biological responses.

Your endocannabinoid system must have cannabinoids to activate your cannabinoid receptors. They are the chemicals that flip the switches to raise or lower your body temperature, make you feel hungry or full, cause you to feel sleepy or wide awake. When your body creates the chemical, it is called an endocannabinoid. When the chemical originates outside your body, it is called a cannabinoid. The most famous cannabinoids are THC and CBD, found in cannabis.

What are Cannabinoids?

Cannabinoids are naturally occurring compounds that activate the cannabinoid receptors in the endocannabinoid system. When they are created within your body, they are called endocannabinoids. Those formed by plants are termed Phyto-cannabinoids.

It is no accident that these names seem similar to cannabis. The ECS, receptors and compounds were all named after the cannabis plant, the richest known source of plant-based cannabinoids. But many other plants, herbs, and seeds also contain cannabinoids in lower concentrations, including Echinacea, black pepper, oregano, clove, broccoli, ginseng, carrots, cinnamon, sunflowers, black truffle, cacao, and Kava.

Cannabinoids are essential for the healthy functioning of your endocannabinoid system. Your body makes its own, of course.

We will be adding more information about cannabinoids and your endocannabinoid system. Stay tuned!

PBS & Reginald Wise Talk CBD!

sacredsuntopicals@gmail.com (Reggie Wise) — Tue, 17 May 2022 03:04:20 GMT

Recognizing Quality CBD is Essential

Reginald Wise, the owner of The Sun Spot CBD , discusses quality CBD with PBS Vitals.

Watch the video below!

Not all CBD products are created equally! Some are carefully formulated to provide genuine health benefits, and benefit from third-party testing to ensure their quality. Sadly, others are made by people with no training whatsoever, and who just want to make a quick buck on the CBD "trend". Learn how to spot quality CBD products. If you're not sure, you can always call Reggie and ask!

Check out Reggie's talk with PBS about the value of CBD:

Ex Cannabis Felons Getting a Second Chance

Thu, 27 May 2021 02:24:44 GMT

Righting Past Wrongs, One State At a Time

Since its inception, the cannabis industry continues to shatter records that no other industry has come close to doing so. By the end of the decade, legal cannabis is projected to gross more than $200 billion USD. This sector consists of businesses of all shapes and sizes with focusing varying from retail to investment, security and loss prevention, packaging, transportation, logistics, and many others. However, before the ‘ganjapreneurs’ driving the industry became legitimate, as early as the 2000s, many individuals were incarcerated for running their bud businesses. A large population of individuals is currently still behind bars for minuscule amounts of natural supplements; despite the advancements being made nation-wide on cannabis-reform. Fortunately, some states are starting to carve a path to right the wrongs imposed on these individuals. Arizona, for example, is extending an olive branch to ex-convicts to help mitigate pain and loss of time that ought to have never been stolen from them.

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A Quick Recap On Prohibition

In the early 1900s, the state of bud would take a nosedive like none other.’ This is a time of slander and propaganda of bud unlike any time in history. Even a film produced during the Great Depression showcased the ‘horrors’ of using bud. This onslaught was led by a man named Harry Anslinger with the help of the prominent timber baron William Randolph Hearst.

The latter is best known for creating the most prominent newspaper publication of then and now: the New York Times. These men feared the versatility of bud in its industrial form: hemp. Hemp is many times stronger and more durable than materials such as cotton, timber, and nylon. These astounding feats intrigued Anslinger, Hearst, and other timber barons. However, instead of harvesting the beneficial properties of bud and hemp for consumers, Anslinger, with the help and finances of Hearst, decided to run the most vigorous smear campaign ever orchestrated against a plant.

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Arizona's Political Climate

Most consumers were under the impression that Arizona has been a ‘legal state’ for years to some degree. This is not the case. In 2010, Arizona became a green state with the help of political advocacy. Last November, Arizonans helped pass Prop 207. Today, Arizona is becoming more attractive for ex-cons seeking to enter the industry. This is because Arizona is enormous on social equity regarding the industry. Candidates who possess ‘relevant experience’ (i.e., relative misdemeanors or felonies) are given a higher priority versus those with an empty record.

The Industry Today

Since the days of prohibition, bud has become more commonplace and less taboo. As aforementioned, the bud industry is shattering sales records every month. Additionally, there is a slew of emerging markets in various states that will begin to provide bud to their residents. Globally, the bud market is also seeing steady growth and overwhelming revenue with each new fiscal year. The bud industry has diversified itself and no longer is strictly bud dispensaries and delivery services. For more information on the different types of bud business, be sure to check out our recent article on bud jobs.

How the Industry Is Getting Involved

Despite the United States House of Representatives passing a historic bill, nothing is set in stone surrounding the decriminalization of bud on a federal level. Additionally, owners and operators of bud businesses understand the repercussions bud-related offenses on one’s record can have on their professional livelihood. Therefore, companies in the bud industry prioritize candidates who have been affected by the obsolete laws surrounding the criminalization of bud. Although there is no way to make up for lost time, the least bud companies can give ex-bud convicts a chance that was outright stolen from them.

How Infused Topicals Can Save YOUR Skin

Mon, 17 May 2021 22:09:10 GMT

How Infused Topicals Can Save YOUR Skin

As cannabis continues to grow in popularity thanks to its countless health benefits, companies are providing consumers with many ways to get those benefits. Recently, CBD topicals have become all the rage, and rightfully so! Here’s everything you need to know about CBD topicals and how CBD can nourish your skin (as well as your entire body.)

CBD crash course

CBD, a shorthand for ‘Cannabidiol,’ is one of the 110+ known cannabinoids often found in mature cannabis plants. Unlike CBD’s famous cousin, THC, CBD is non-psychoactive. This means that CBD does not get consumers high. When considering cannabis and its compounds, CBD and THC are often represented as the pinnacle of cannabis products, with THC in the spotlight more than CBD. Until recently, CBD didn't always get the credit it deserves. This is due to the mass accessibility of CBD versus THC. Currently, CBD is legal in all states across the country.

CBD and Your Body

Did you know that you are biologically equipped to consume cannabis? The endocannabinoid system often referred to as the ‘ECS,’ is the system within the human body responsible for the distribution and digestion of cannabis. The endocannabinoid system is also found in many other common mammals and even a few amphibians. The ECS consists of nodes known as receptors designed to react to the many cannabinoids found in everyday cannabis.

Understanding cannabis topicals

Topicals are lotions, creams, moisturizers, or other products designed to interact directly with the skins. Additionally, these topicals have been infused with compounds extracted from cannabis. These cannabis-infused lotions can come in the form of hemp lotions, canna-creams, cannabinoid-infused balms, or even moisturizers infused with a specific profile of terpenes. Cannabis topicals can provide sedative scents similar to Chamomile Kush’s relaxing joint or the earthy and pungent Sour Diesel. Researchers have been manufacturing cannabis topicals for several years. Before creating CBD-infused creams and moisturizers, hemp was often infused into these products.

Common Uses for Cannabis Topicals

The use of cannabis topicals has been held in high regard by those who are not interested in obtaining the effects of cannabis the ‘traditional way. By applying cannabis-infused topicals to the afflicted area directly, patients can experience immediate relief from inflammation and moderate amounts of pain. For this main reason, cannabis-infused topicals are held in high regard for their pain management abilities. This is likely due to the cannabinoids being able to travel through the dermal and subdermal levels of the body to interact with the Endocannabinoid System or ECS. The cannabis-infused lotions are then broken down and absorbed into the skin.

Evaluating transdermal cannabis products

Transdermal Patches are pretty similar to cannabis topicals but very different. Transdermal patches often appear like cessation patches. These patches are typically square or uniform in shape and can often be mistaken for a vast band-aid. Transdermal patches are designed to provide the body with a controlled amount of cannabinoids over a designated time. These cannabinoids can come in the form of psychoactive THC but are often infused with non-psychoactive CBD. Moreover, cannabis topicals are more accessible than transdermal patches. This is most likely due to the intended nature in which transdermal patches were designed to be used.

Similar to cannabis topicals, transdermal patches utilize the skin as a vehicle for transporting the infused cannabinoids into the body. However, transdermal patches are often isolated to a sole part of the body, while cannabis topicals can be rubbed into virtually any part of the body. Transdermal patches were created to serve a purpose that aligns with the use of Rick Simpson Oil (or RSO), meaning these patches were designed to assist patients who suffer from skin conditions, lesions, and irritation.

How Has CBD Helped You?

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:48:00 GMT

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CBD Skincare Products and How to Use Them

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:32:00 GMT

Love your skin a little extra with CBD

CBD Skin Care Products and How to Use Them!

CBD Skin Care

We know that using CBD products for self-care is a great way to combat stress. But, did you know that CBD oil can supercharge your skin care routine? Learn why you need CBD skin care products and how to use them!

CBD oil is a rich source of essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6, as well as potassium, magnesium, calcium, copper, vitamins A, B1, B3, B5, B9 and vitamin D and E! It is chock full of amino acids as well as phytosterols, phospholipids, magnesium, sulfur, potassium, phosphorus, as well as a bit of iron and zinc.

Is it any wonder that CBD skin care is taking the world by storm? Essentially, CBD oil is a superfood for your skin!

The topical use of CBD skin care products calms inflammation and irritation to your skin. It won't clog your pores and actually balances oil production, making CBD skin care just right for all skin types. The nutrition-packed CBD oil penetrants your skin, delivering nourishment, moisturizing and healing just where you need it most.

Make CBD skin care products a part of your regular skin care regimen for softer, smoother skin you'll love to live in.

CBD Face Mask:

Experience the healing and anti-aging properties of CBD with a skin-softening CBD face mask . This infuses CBD and spa-quality, natural ingredients into your skin and muscle tissue to promote healing and relaxation.

First, thoroughly cleanse your face with hot water, opening the pores of your face.
Remove the face mask from the package and gently unfold it so it lays flat.
While your face is still warm and dewy, place the cloth side of the mask on your skin, taking care to align the holes with your eyes, nostrils and mouth. Peel away the plastic backing.
Gently smooth the mask onto your face, patting it down so there are no air bubbles.
Leave the mask on for 10 - 20 minutes, while relaxing to soothing music. Take your time, breathe deeply and let the stress just melt away.
Remove the mask and discard it. Gently pat the remaining serum into your face so it fully absorbs into your skin. Do not rinse it away. Follow with your nightly moisturizer

You'll love how soft your face feels, and how it looks brighter. Treat yourself to a CBD face mask once every 1-2 weeks as part of your self-care routine.

CBD Body Oil:

Our full-spectrum CBD body oil is rich in antioxidant Vitamin E and organic oils including safflower, argon, kukui and tamanu. The result is nourishing, hydrating and restorative for your skin. Best of all, it is infused with full-spectrum CBD oils to alleviate dry, rough, irritated skin and power healing.

Use CBD body oil to soften and soothe dry, chapped or cracked skin. Also effective when massaged into sore or stressed muscles, stiff or arthritic joints. CBD naturally combats inflammation. Apply and rub this nourishing CBD oil into your skin and muscles wherever you need help.

Also highly effective when used on cuts, mosquito bites and bee stings!

CBD Foot Mask:

Treat your hard-working feet to the nourishing, spa-like pampering and nourishment of a CBD foot mask.

Each foot mask contains 50mg of broad spectrum CBD with the addition of lavender or peppermint, oregano, tea tree and sweet almond oil. Loaded with natural anti-fungal properties and deeply moisturizing, penetrating the skin to rebuild and replenish from within.

Start with a hot bath or shower.
Cleanse and exfoliate your feet well.
While your skin is still warm and damp, slip the bootie onto your foot.
Gently pat the masks into place. Lie back and relax to soothing music for 20-30 minutes.
After removing the masks, discard.
Gently massage in any excess oils, so it fully is absorbed into your skin.
Do not rinse. Choose the lavender foot mask and do this a half hour before bed for a restful night's sleep!

Treat your feet every 1-2 weeks. You'll be amazed at the difference it makes!

CBD Bath Bombs, Bath Salts and Bubble Bath

Soak your stress away with a long, hot bubble bath, using our CBD Bubble Bath with Rose Hips. Or relax and recharge with a hot soak and a CBD bath bomb or CBD bath salts . No dyes or artificial fragrance. Just natural herbs and botanicals, essential oils and nourishing CBD to soothe stress muscles and soften and replenish your skin.

Don't have time for a leisurely soak? Just add some CBD bath salts to your favorite liquid body soap or bubble bath to create an invigorating body scrub to burnish away dried skin and impurities from your skin.

CBD Soap

We're all washing our hands a lot these days, anxious to remove all trace of germs or virus. As we do, we also strip our hands of their natural oils, leaving our skin chapped and dry.

Our handmade CBD soap washes away the soil of the day while replenishing your skin's natural moisture reserves, healing as it cleanses. We’ve fortified our soap with organic kukui and tamanu as well as Vitamin E and evening primrose.

Use CBD soap you wash your hands or take it into the bath or shower for a whole body cleansing and moisturizing.

Use CBD skin care products as part of your overall self-care routine. CBD oil is a natural, nutritional powerhouse that replenishes and renews your skin from the inside out!

Stress, Self-care and CBD

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:21:44 GMT

Stress is inevitable. But how you handle it is a choice!

In the contentious, chaotic times, there is one thing we can all agree on — there is just too much stress! Before you decide to continue to just tough it out, ask yourself this:

Who in your family, your community or your society benefits from one more over-tired, irritable, impatient, frustrated and over-stressed person just now? Anyone?

Self-care is the act of mindfully tending to your own mental, physical and emotional well-being. Self-care is making it a priority to replenish your energy. This is not the same thing as being self-indulgent or selfish. In fact, self-care is an important part of caring for those around you. Care givers, parents, and anyone who helps or works with others must replenish their energies and maintain their own good health in order to continue to be there for others.

Just as airlines urge you to get your own oxygen mask in place before you help others, self care ensures you can support those who need you most.

Effects of Stress

We tend to think "stress is bad", but it is actually more complicated than that. Stress is a survival trait. Stress can motivate you to study, to work harder. Sometimes, stress gives you that burst of energy you need to accomplish your goals. It powers your muscles to remove you from danger, like when you jump out of the way of an oncoming car. When we exercise, we intentionally add stress to our body to strengthen our muscles and endurance.

But there are many forms of negative stress, too. Emotional stress that weighs you down, lingering for days, weeks or even months — had any of that lately? —is deeply damaging to the body, mind and spirit. Persistent emotional and mental stress has very physical effects. It weakens your immune system, raises your blood pressure and leads to fatigue, depression and anxiety.

Unrelieved stress causes sleeplessness, which simply worsens all the other symptoms, creating a self-perpetuating feedback loop.

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Be watchful for these common signs of too much stress:

Irritability

Getting sick more often

Feeling tired and run down

Body aches

Headaches

Difficulty sleeping

Trouble staying alert and focused

Changes in appetite

Anxiety

Unusual anger, on a hair-trigger

Yes, stress is a part of life. In the midst of a pandemic and the most contentious election in modern times, it is unavoidable. But how you care for yourself is a choice. Self-care is a choice that only you can make, for your own well-being and that of those around you.

How to Practice Self-Care

How can you escape the stress of the current reality? By practicing self-care.

The goal is to relieve your stress levels, thereby improving your health and well-being physically, emotionally, mentally and behaviorally. So start with small, achievable goals:

5 Minutes of Gratitude - Take 5 minutes around the same time every day to silence the noise and confusion within and around you. Find a quiet place to simply discover gratitude. Find and say aloud things you are grateful for. Big, earth-shaking things, small, personal things, mundane, profound, simply focus on good things you can be grateful for. For these 5 minutes, no criticism, no complaints, no worries are allowed. Not only does this get easier with practice, you'll find yourself discovering new things to be grateful for.

Keep Moving - Stretching and exercise is a terrific stress-buster. But you don't have to already be a hard body to get relief. Take a walk, go for a swim, ride a bike, do yoga, play b-ball. If you're not ready for "exercise", play with your pets, work in the garden or put on your favorite music and get up and dance!

Drink More - No, put down the liquor and sugar-loaded sodas. Rehydrate with water, coconut water, herbal tea, hot water with lemon, or electrolyte drinks. Boost your liquid intake significantly to enjoy benefits from clearer skin to better memory! This is not to say you cannot enjoy your morning coffee or a glass of wine at night. But both are dehydrating, so balance them out with an extra glass of water for each one you drink.

Do More of What Gives You Joy - Carve out some time to devote to a cherished hobby, especially one that involves creativity. There's a reason adult coloring books are so hot now. Write in your journal, do some painting, practice a musical instrument, sing, write poetry, knit, cook your favorite gourmet meal.

Personal Hygiene Plus - As freeing as it feels to skip a shower and stay in your jammies all day, you'll feel better if you regularly practice good personal hygiene. Take a shower, wash your hair, dress in fresh, clean clothes. But do more than this minimum. Take good care of your skin. Cleanse and moisturize your face. Use a serum to brighten and soften your complexion. Treat your hard-working feet to a rejuvenating scrub and a warm soak with Epsom salts. Trade in a hurried shower for a long, luxurious bath by candle light.

Use CBD Products - Supercharge your self-care by using products rich in CBD . All-natural, plant-derived CBD has a powerful effect on the human body, relieving pain, easing stress and reducing depression and anxiety. Make CBD a part of your daily routine, with CBD supplements and tinctures , bath and skin care products , muscle rubs and more.

CBD and Stress Relief

Like lavender essential oil or hot, chamomile tea, CBD (cannabidiol) oil is a natural, plant-based compound that acts on the human nervous system in a soothing, stress-relieving fashion.

According to the World Health Organization, “In humans, CBD exhibits no effects indicative of any abuse or dependence potential... To date, there is no evidence of public health related problems associated with the use of pure CBD.”

In fact, the WHO lists a number of diseases and conditions for which CBD may offer benefits, including pain, anxiety, depression and nausea.

CBD Does Not Get You High - CBD is not psychoactive, but it does relieve stress and soothe anxiety. For best results, use a daily CBD vitamin along with any other supplements you take. Then, enhance your Self-Care program by adding a CBD facial mask or a long, luxurious bath with a rose hips-infused CBD bubble bath .

We're all washing our hands so often these days, it's important to replenish dry, cracked skin with moisturizing CBD soap , in the sink, shower or bath for a healing and soothing clean. Or simply relax and satisfy a sweet tooth at the same time with tasty CBD gummies .

At The Sun Spot, we are honored to be a part of your natural health journey. We have brought together the best CBD products from trusted brands that are lab tested, meet all legal guidelines, and have proven results of the benefits that CBD provides.

We do not carry everything but everything we carry is quality. You deserve the best and we want to give it to you!

What is CBD

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What is CBD?

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a phytocannabinoid discovered in 1940. It is one of 113 identified cannabinoids in cannabis plants and accounts for up to 40% of the plant's extract.[9] As of 2019, clinical research on cannabidiol included studies of anxiety, cognition, movement disorders, and pain, but there is insufficient high-quality evidence that it is effective for these conditions.

Cannabidiol can be taken into the body in multiple ways, including by inhalation of cannabis smoke or vapor, as an aerosol spray into the cheek,[1][2] and by mouth. It may be supplied as CBD oil containing only CBD as the active ingredient (no included tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or terpenes), a full-plant CBD-dominant hemp extract oil, capsules, dried cannabis, or as a prescription liquid solution.[4][11] CBD does not have the same psychoactivity as THC,[12][13] and may change the effects of THC on the body if both are present.[9][12][14][15] As of 2018, the mechanism of action for its putative biological effects has not been determined.[12][14]

In the United States, the cannabidiol drug Epidiolex was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2018 for the treatment of two epilepsy disorders.[16] Since cannabis is a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States,[17] other CBD formulations remain illegal to prescribe for medical use or to use as an ingredient in foods or dietary supplements.

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