Anna Naturals
The story of Anna Naturals:
A mama made a promise to herself, that when her daughter was born she
would do everything possible to give her the best care, including
breastfeeding for at least a year. Six months after her baby girl was
born, that mama started to struggle with nursing. Working full time and a
high-stress career made keeping her supply up nearly impossible. On the
advice of family and friends, she tried fenugreek tea. It was a miracle
brew! Her supply was up and her baby was happy. Only problem was the
taste of the tea was horrible. She could barely choke down the cups
every day. There had to be a better way.
Our of her desperation to find a way to actually like this
awful, miracle tea, the popular Nursing Mama blend was born. It wasn't
until friends of friends and cousins of cousins started asking for the
tea that this mama realized she could share this blend with mamas
everywhere. Thanks to her beautiful daughter, Anna, the blends were
packaged and Anna Naturals was born.
The first two blends to hit the market were Nursing Mama and
Pregnancy. Taking the well-known and widely used herbs fenugreek and
red raspberry leaf, and blending them with fruits, citrus and flowers to
make them as appealing as they are beneficial. Soon thereafter,
requests started coming in for more blends and Keep it Down for morning
sickness, New Mama for the first weeks postpartum, and Preconception for
mamas trying to conceive (TTC) were created. Anna Naturals now blends
over ten different herbal teas - each one for a different purpose, but
all naturally tasty.
After a while, it was hard to keep our "you shouldn't have
to give up anything to get a natural product" vision to just herbal
teas, so we developed a line of bath and body products. Our soaps and
lotions are all natural, completely free of harsh chemicals such as
parabens, DEA and sulfate, and lightly scented using only essential
oils. These bath and body products are blended with organic botanicals,
vitamins and moisturizing elements such as aloe vera and cucumber
extract to be as nourishing as they are natural.
So that's our story! We'd love to be part of yours!
Here's what Anna Naturals offers:
Hand-Blended Herbal Teas:
Our teas are hand blended, herbal teas made from organic and all natural ingredients. Our herbs are sourced from a vendor that does a battery of tests on their products to make sure they are safe, non-GMO, unaltered and pesticide-free. They are specifically blended for preconception, pregnancy, after delivery and nursing. The ingredients used (herbs like red raspberry leaf, fenugreek and lady's mantle) are widely known, but also known to not taste very pleasant. I personally have used both red raspberry leaf tea and fenugreek tea, and found myself struggling to stay with the regimen because it was so unpleasant to drink it every day. While the herbs work really well, the tastes were awful. So, by using ingredients like chamomile, hibiscus, and rosehip along with fruits and citrus we were able to create teas that are not only beneficial but actually taste amazing, too! Our goal is to provide women with a tea that tastes great and smells great, to encourage them to use these beneficial herbs.
All Natural and Organic Bar Soaps:
Our soaps are handmade with aloe, shea butter and olive oil and contain absolutely no chemicals or additives. We offer both all natural soaps lightly scented with essential oils, and organic soaps with all organic ingredients. As with our teas, we don't sacrifice aroma or lather for having chemical-free soaps. They are ah-ma-zing!
All Natural Hand & Body Lotion:
Our lotions are paraben-free and loaded with nutrients such as Vitamins A, C and E along with botanicals like chamomile, aloe vera and cucumber. Again, not compromising on scent we have developed lotions with all natural extracts to provide a variety of scents to soothe and warm the body as the lotion nourishes the skin.
Our Thoughts
I asked for the Hand-Blended Herbal Tea for Nursing Moms. Even though I am making enough milk for Mackenzie it's always nice to have something on hand just in case I need it for some reason.
This tea is fantastic. It does taste like Fenugreek so I do add honey to it to sweeten it but other than that, the taste is pleasant. After about 48 hours my milk supply increased to the point that I was making more than Mackenzie needed and I was able to pump to store some more breastmilk in the freezer. Now, since Mackenzie will not take a bottle and is old enough to go more than a couple hours without me, I have planned that any extra milk I am making will be donated to a milk bank.
This tea is fantastic for the mom who needs a little extra boost to start up her milk supply to accommodate her baby during a growth spurt or even for a momma that needs to pump and supply her baby with breastmilk for daycare.
You can check out Anna Naturals on their
website,
Facebook or
Twitter.
Giveaway
One lucky winner is going to receive a Hand-Blended Herbal Tea from Anna Naturals! To enter, just fill in the Rafflecopter
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below. This giveaway will end on 5/22/14 at 12:00am EST. Open to
the US only. The
winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply.
Thanks again to Anna Naturals for offering this fantastic prize!
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