Like everyone else walking this crazy journey called Life, I've experienced many dark and scary times. Just being a small woman-owned business owner that has somehow managed to still be around after 25 years, has been a journey punctuated by many dark and scary times. Remember Y2K? Well, that's the year we decided to start selling Sh...
Rainy skies, shorter days, blustery bone-chilling winds, and muddy footprints can mean only one thing. It's officially bath season! That got us thinking here at Shepard Moon. Let's start a new tradition for those of us who set our clocks back this time each year. Why not use that extra hour to take a ...
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, pink and red hearts and symbols of love are everywhere. But if you really want to get your heart pumping, then forget the chocolates and flowers and take a bath! Yep. You heard me correctly. Taking baths regularly is one of the healthiest things you can do to show your heart ...
Mingled with fear, worry, and anxiety, is a profound sense of gratitude and admiration for the 'everyday heroes' in our lives and communities. Frontline healthcare workers courageously engaging the pandemic on Covid wards or taking care of our elders tucked away safely in assisted living homes. Superhe...
One of the things we love at Shepard Moon is to create and to innovate! We also love to be healthy and helpful in all we do. In fact, that has been the guiding principle of our mission statement for the past 20 years. So one of our positive take-aways getting us through the pandemic is the daily opportunity to live out this miss...
Like many of you, 2020 has gone nothing like we thought when we set our goals last January. Well, that is, until now! Back in June 2019, we had some positive meetings with Haggen and felt good about expanding into this Northwest favorite. After all, one quick walk down their bath product aisle and you can see just how much they ...
UPDATED: October 2024----And just like that, it's another presidential election. And much like the hurricanes that are ravaging the South, many of us feel like we're being hit by an unrelenting storm of divisiveness, worry, wars, misinformation, and blame. I originally wrote this post for the 2020 election. Some things have...
BALANCE is the word each and every March here at Shepard Moon. The entire universe is shifting towards it—-LITERALLY.' Equinox' means equal night — marking the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth making night and day roughly equal. This happens just twice a year, in the Spring —around March 21st— an...
2020 has taken off with a whole lotta love and support for us 'salt-slingin' gals at Shepard Moon. In fact, our looking forward to a post-holiday, back-to-normal rhythm has been postponed by an outpouring of incredible support from two of our biggest allies: Town & Country Markets and PCC Community Markets. 'We support local' has become a...
Another successful holiday season has come and gone and from all the empty shelves, it looks like Shepard Moon made up a ton of holiday gifts. Or, to be precise…. it was more like 5 TONS. Holy cow! Now that's a lot of salt. As I was in the stores restocking empty display trays and filling the gaping holes on their shelves, I decided to tally ...
Soaking in a hot bath is miraculously relaxing and helpful in easing away muscle soreness, but did you know that it's an effective, natural way to boost your immune system? Immunology studies have found that soaking 20-30 minutes in a bath raises your core body temperature increasing white blood cell production and strengthening your body's ability...
Holy moly it's finally happening. The re-opening of the West Seattle PCC on California Avenue right across the street from the Hiawatha Community Center. And boy-oh-boy was the wait ever worth it. This store is gorgeous! What a gift for West Seattle residents who, like PCC, are all about building and supporting strong communit...
Shepard Moon quietly turned 20 on September 15th. It's truly been an amazing journey. So many things are wildly different from the 'home-basement-years' and yet some things are guided by the same consistent formula that got us here over the past two decades. We continue to grow by partnering with special stores who not only bel...
We're coming up on our 20 year anniversary of creating peace through bathing! Can you believe it? As September 15th approaches, I've been reflecting on all the miracles and angels that came together to get Shepard Moon here. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude of how blessed we've been throughout this amazing journ...
Yowza! How does a grocery store stand out against the likes of Costco, Whole Foods and Amazon Go? For QFC, the answer centered in creating a spectacular new concept and experience in grocery shopping! Kroger-owned QFC's new $23 million flagship store — its first new store in nearly a decade — focuses on an expa...
Like most 'manly dudes', funny guy Brian Donovan admits Friday night is for rounding up his dudes, going out on the town and cruisin' for some ladies. And that's what he often does. What he rarely admits, however, is that the whole time he's doing that, he's wishing he was chillin' in his tub! Yep. You heard me guys. &...
Creating world peace without leaving your bathroom! A tall order we know you can achieve laying down. At least that's our simple goal at Shepard Moon. Well, you can leave your bathroom to go buy more of our super fabulous, peace-producing, all natural Epsom salt baths. And now there are 3 more stores you can go to buy them! Shepard Moon j...
Come by and meet Makena Phillips at the New Seasons in Ballard Sunday, May 5, 2019, from 12 to 3 pm as they celebrate their 1 Year Anniversary Party. Makena will help you create the perfect Mother's Day gift basket and hand out free gifts with purchase of any 24 oz Shepard Moon baths! And to top it off, all Shepard Moon products are also on sa...
(UPDATED: May 2021). Sunshine and longer days. Blooming trees above and bulbs popping up around our feet, May is just bursting with Life. May Day (Beltane) marks the halfway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice and things definitely feel like they're looking up. Celebration and hope are in the air and that often lea...
Shepard Moon is excited to announce the arrival of pf our new Oatmeal Baths! Like many of our organic bath products, we created these skin soothing baths at the request of one of the wonderful retailers. Their customers requested it—-we're happy to create it. Because at Shepard Moon, we love to be helpful and healing in all we do! Oatmeal...
There's nothing like springtime to make me want to hop in the car and take off in any direction out of Seattle! With longer days. and especially those gorgeous spring days filled with blue skies and sunshine, I'm itching for a road trip after a long winter of feeling cooped up with the grind of our little hippie salt mine. So we're...
The holidays always seem to begin and end the same for us at Shepard Moon…….with EXCITEMENT! It's fun when we begin mixing our seasonal scents, labeling our fun holiday packaging and gearing up for the upcoming holiday season --- often in summer shorts and tank tops. And it's doubly exciting to make that very last delivery! Best Holiday Ever!...
Staying cool on hot summer nights can be a challenge, especially for us temperate climate folks in the Pacific Northwest. We often create crazy cooling rituals like opening our windows and blinds from dusk until dawn, then closing them during the heat of the day. Our homes are littered with fans and occasional window A/C units. And some of us just give up and grab our camping gear and head for the backyard or basement to try and sleep. But what most of us don’t think about is taking a bath!
A tepid bath is a great way to cool your core body temperature before bedtime and connecting with the wisdom of Mother Nature can help even further.
For almost half of us women, the list of unwelcome guests that arrive each month with our periods feels unending. Irritability, bloating, fatigue, body aches, insomnia, indigestion, headaches, anxiety and depression are the 'all-to-familiar' symptoms, and they can disrupt everything. 10-15% of us experience pain so severe that it debilitates our no...
Moms are amazing. Not only do they make sure everyone gets to where they need to go, they ensure everyone has what they need when they get there. That can mean ensuring every member of the family arrives at work or school with a full belly and wearing something clean. That before every practice, every offspring is equipped with a pre-packed sports bag containing the right uniform, shin guards, snack, cleats, and even the library books that need returning later. And often it can mean working long hours and providing for everyone. No matter what other titles a mother bears, they are Janes-of-all-trades and help everyone else succeed.
UPDATE: This post was originally published in 2018. We thought that given the results of the 2024 election, the overturn of Roe V Wade, and the war on women's healthcare, it is a perfect time to remind ourselves what a small, but determined group of women can accomplish when we decide to fight as if our lives depend on it. ...
Wow! It feels like we're living in a time of complete national discord. Non-stop arguing, name-calling and slinging opinions like hand-grenades is the 'new norm' in communication. It seems like we're more interested in being right than we are in finding common ground. And what could be more common than the 'ground' upon which we all stand: Th...
Springtime is my favorite time for cleansing. The emerging bulbs and blossoming trees inspire me to be outdoors and clear out flower beds and garden spaces. Inevitably it rains and I find myself indoors going through closets and ridding myself of little-used household items. Then predictably, this urge to purge inspires me to deto...
We're so honored to be one of the four amazing local companies that PCC chose to highlight in their March 2018 issue of Sound Consumer (Sound Consumer, March 2018 | Issue No. 537 | Women)
Shepard Moon Concoctions, a manufacturer of hand-crafted, organic bath and body products, has selected Mountain Sales Northwest as their broker to expand their product line into an ever-widening marketplace.
I consider myself a spiritual being here to help serve our world. In my personal life, I am both a spiritual counselor and a woman in recovery. 19 years ago I founded Shepard Moon Concoctions and consider it to be one of my greatest spiritual expressions. This endeavor has also been a consistent source of some of my life’s most valuable lessons, and these past couple of years have been no different. Every Mother’s Day, this sentiment rings truer for me than the last.
Of all the flips of my calendar, I think my favorite one happens this time of year. Why? Because IT'S SPRING!!!! Well, close enough anyway. I absolutely love springtime. My crocuses are croakin'. Everywhere I look, there's the promise of new life. And what other time of year can we experience all four seasons in a single hour? There is an inescapable vitality in the air that inspires me out of Winter’s sleepy lull and makes me want to… CLEAN!?! Whaaah?
Who has time to take a bath anymore? It might not feel like you do, but making time for relaxation is important! And taking regular baths, instead of showers, is not only more relaxing, it’s also better for improving your overall health. Here are 11 reasons why you’ll want to resurrect bathing as part of your weekly self-care routine.
#1 Taking baths improves your overall circulation
One of the biggest differences between bathing and showers is hydrostatic pressure. Because water is much denser than air, immersing yourself in your bathtub exerts greater pressure against your body. This pressure pushes excess extracellular fluid back into circulation. “When you improve blood flow, you improve everything.”—Dr. Douglas Lewis