Botanicals were a common place ingredient in the life of my Grandmother.  Her kitchen was always filled with little brown bags of herbs and teas, vitamins and concoctions.  I frequently went to her garden to pick herbs or cut Rose Hips.  My grandfather, who made his own grape wine, was also an avid mushroom hunter and I accompanied him on his many mushroom hunting expeditions in the hills above our town.  I watched my grandparents rely on the bounty from the earth for health remedies and cooking spices.  I was intrigued but never thought I would return back to botanicals as an adult.

Through the years I have worked in many art mediums and botanicals became another natural medium for me as I then began studying the pharmacology of plant extractions, essential oils, aromatherapy, perfumery and cold process soap making. Many times in life one comes full circle and I am now back here at botanicals where I started.

When I founded BellaVita Botanicals, my thought was to bring nature’s botanical bounty to a line of products that  would engage and educate people in the use of  natural plant remedies for beauty and body care.  Offering these products is a way to empower my customers so they can make safe and healthy choices when they buy a product that they are going to use on their bodies.  I  have found that earth’s botanical pallet offers enough variety that we can leave behind the unhealthy chemicals and synthetic additives which now dominate our bath and beauty products.

BellaVita means Beautiful Life in Italian.  BellaVita offers you a little window into the beauty of the earth through the relaxation and skin nourishment our products provide.