FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

A flower essence is a solar infusion of a fresh flower, containing the bioenergetic imprint of the flower. When introduced to the human energy system, flower essences travel through the meridians or energy lines of the body, like an acupuncture treatment without the needles.

Flower essences do not have a scent. To avoid confusion with aromatherapy and essential oils, we sometimes refer to to flower essences as flower remedies.

When taken internally or applied externally, flower essences work through the human energy system to shift our state of mind, often within minutes, with an exponential effect over time.

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Traditionally, flower essences are taken internally, like a tincture. We call these elixirs. 

In addition to the internal flower elixirs, we also create mists, serums and anointing oils. These offerings are infused with both flower essences and aromatherapeutic essential oils, so they have a luxurious scent.

After many years of research and personal experience, we discovered the external use of flower essences is just as effective as taking them internally, as long as they’re used at the same level of frequency: at least five times each day.

If you're unsure of whether to start with an elixir, mist, serum or anointing oil, we recommend choosing whichever will be most convenient for you to use five times a day!

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Short term: you start to experience less irritation. Everything’s smoother. Excess stress dissolves. You sleep more soundly. Strong, stirring emotions get softer and more stabilized.

Long term: your inner landscape changes, and your outer landscape starts to reflect that new reality back to you. You may get out of relationships that don’t work, form new ones that do, begin new career paths or even do things you used to be afraid of!

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Flower essences do not have a scent. They are liquid infusions of a flower or plant’s ‘chi’ or life-force. They interact with the human body through our energy meridians and energy field.

Essential oils are potent distillations or extractions of a plant's volatile oil: a highly aromatic physical compound of the plant.

Whereas essential oils require vast amounts of plant material for a bottle of oil – a flower essence can be made from one single plant blossom, which can serve hundreds of thousands of people ~ making it one of the most sustainable forms of natural remedies.

The only difference is modality of application. Each form contains the same amount of power & potency!

The best modality for you comes down whichever modality you will be inspired to use most in your daily life.

FLOWER ELIXIRS
Flower essences infused with delicious honey, taken internally. At least 5 drops, 5 times each day, under the tongue or added to beverages. Or – add a dropperful to your water bottle each time you fill it.

AURA MISTS
Flower essences and essential oils, infused in pure water. Mist around the face and shoulders 5 times a day.

ANOINTING OILS
Flower essences and essential oils, infused in organic jojoba oil. Apply to your pulse points: wrists, neck, behind the ears 5 times a day. 

BALANCING SERUMS
Flower essences and essential oils, infused in an organic safflower oil base. Use 5 times a day for best results, or in conjunction with an elixir, mist or anointing oil. 

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For the most tangible and noticeable results, use your elixir, mist, serum, or anointing oil {or combination} a minimum of 5 times a day. If you are using it at least five times every day, typically within 3-5 days, you will notice a significant shift in your state of mind.

Absolutely! Multiple flower essences will work together to best benefit your state of being. 

The only reason we'd recommend using only one flower essence (or one flower essence blend) at a time is: if you really want to pinpoint the results from that particular flower or blend of flowers, this will make it easier to track the impact.

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If you are taking the 5 drops/5x a day, one flower essence elixir bottle will typically last about 3-4 weeks.

Single and combination flower essences work in slightly different ways.

Combination flower essences (a blend of several flower essences) target our patterns from many angles. They work synergistically to enhance a particular state of mind.

For example, in Quiet Mind, there are flowers for tension; over-active thinking; difficulty releasing control; and running on overdrive. With this combination of flower essences, Quiet Mind addresses multiple emotional root causes for why many people have trouble sleeping.

Because of the synergistic impacts, combination flower essence blends are more likely to create noticeable effects immediately, often within minutes or days, and are often co-supportive: matching any emotional intensity with a level of softness.

Single flower essences, on the other hand, target very specific patterns. The effects of single flower essences are sometimes more subtle, yet they hone in on a specific area ~ peeling back the layers of what's behind a precise pattern or way of thinking. For this reason, single flower essences are sometimes experienced with a sense of greater intensity. While it may take longer to discern the shifts taking place, the effects can be profound.

If you are working with flower essences for the first time, or are unsure where to start ~ we typically recommend beginning with one of our combination flower essence blends, both for their more easily-noticed effects, and because they rarely result in healing crises, which seem to be more common with single flower essences.

1) The scent strength. The concentration of essential oils in the Anointing Oils is higher, and meant to be used as a natural perfume (wears off after 1-2hrs). The concentration of the essential oil blend in the Serums is much lighter, with the scent wearing off shortly after use.

2) The application style & size. The Anointing Oil comes in a 4mL bottle with a dropper application for use on the pulse points (like a perfume). The Balancing Serum comes in a 50mL bottle with a pump, and is intended for uses such as massage oil, all-over body oil, etc.

When a flower essence targets a pattern that is deep-seated, invisible to us or ripe for change, it is possible that for a brief period, we may feel the exact opposite of what we're aiming for. The flower essence may be showing us what has been preventing us from developing that quality ~ by amplifying our awareness of what's in the way, the flower essences show us how to clear the path forward.

We sometimes call this an 'exacerbation period.' It's also sometimes referred to as a 'healing crisis' - read more on this experience here.

Almost everything on our shop is vegan! However, all of our ingestible flower essence elixirs contain ethically sourced honey.

In addition, the entire Infinite Love collection contains beeswax absolute (a distillation from beeswax).

Every bar of Wei of Chocolate is made with vegan ingredients & ethical cacao. It is also organic, paleo, keto, dairy-free, soy-free, gluten free and non-GMO.

No animals are ever harmed in the making of ANY flower essence or chocolate.

We also make flower essence elixirs specifically to use with your pets here!

As long as they are kept away from extreme heat and direct sunlight, the shelf-life of the products is several years.

We use natural preservatives to stabilize all of our flower essence-infused elixirs & oils:
Elixirs ~ organic grape alcohol
Anointing Oils ~ Jojoba oil base
Serums ~ Vitamin E

The Mists are shelf stable for 1 year. 

For Wei of Chocolate: ~ shelf stable for two years when stored in a cool, dark place.
*If chocolate is kept above 78 degrees Fahrenheit for more than 4 months, the chocolate may bloom, meaning the cocoa butter will rise to the surface of the chocolate bar. It's still safe to eat, but will be cosmetically & texturally less appealing. If this happens, we recommend using any bloomed chocolate for cookies or pancakes!

LOTUSWEI flower essences are hand-collected by our founder, Katie Hess, from special places around the world.

The potency of LOTUSWEI flower essences is driven by an unwavering commitment to attune to what is most needed by humanity today, as well as a team of practitioners dedicated to daily meditation practice & commitment to being of benefit.

Aside from the traditional internally-taken flower essence elixirs, we offer other external modalities like mists and oils as a luxurious way to bring the wisdom of nature into your daily life. We also offer flower essence-infused chocolates.

Our formulations are completely free of artificial fragrances, phthalates, synthetics & harmful chemicals. Aside from using flower essences that we personally collect, we use only essential oils that are sourced from farmers that grow certified organic crops of flowers, plants and trees and distill oil from petals, leaves, seeds and roots.

To preserve the living quality of the flower essences, we use European ultraviolet glass bottles.

All LOTUSWEI flower essences & chocolate are made and packaged in the USA.