Raw Remedies Wellbeing

When it comes to improving your physical and mental health, essential oils are truly a gift from nature. If you’re in need of a boost, they can increase energy levels, speed up metabolism and aid digestion. If your moods are low, there are essential oils to balance your hormones and cortisol levels, alleviate stress and decrease feelings of anxiety. Specific essential oils can even reduce acne, prevent skin ageing, aid hair growth or stimulate weight loss. If you need to fight off bacteria, there are antibacterial oils that fight infections and aid in healing too.
“Essential oils are proven to enhance emotional health through our sense of smell,” explains Geelong’s Hayley Fisher, the 25 year old behind Raw Remedies Wellbeing. “The products I create each use a unique combination of essential oils to target specific health concerns. My products aim to alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, low mood and sleep difficulties.”
Explained simply, essential oils are the natural pure essence extracted from botanicals such as plant’s leaves, flowers, stems or roots. For thousands of years, people have used essential oils as an alternative form of medicine known as aromatherapy due to their antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as the effects they have on mental health and wellbeing.
Being a social worker with experience working with mental health, Hayley soon discovered a passion for essential oils.
“I’m passionate about mental health, positive wellbeing and holistic health. I also love essential oils and the amazing natural impacts they have on our health and wellbeing. I wanted to use my knowledge as a social worker and my love for essential oils in a way that could assist people in a natural, holistic way. That’s how Raw Remedies was born!”
Starting out by simply creating products for her own benefit and use, Hayley spent a lot of her time experimenting with different ingredients and oils, and then extending her trials to family and friends who had shown an interest in natural remedies and products.
“I loved having a creative outlet for my passion of positive wellbeing and being able to produce my own products, so much so that I had the idea to put Raw Remedies Wellbeing on Instagram and Facebook,” she explains. “Within a few weeks it took off and I had people from all over Australia showing interest and supporting me. It was really cool to see the amount of support and encouragement other people have for hand made, Australian products!”
Using ingredients sourced from surround local businesses, Hayley uses certified therapeutic essential oils to create organic, non toxic and chemical free products; individually hand-crafting every single product you see from Raw Remedies Wellbeing.

With so many benefits and have few, if any, side effects; essential oils sound pretty amazing right? However, with so many oils available and so many possibilities for use, deciphering which to choose seems like a daunting concept.
“Stick with a small number of the most important essential oils to you; learn how to use them well and how to incorporate them into your life,” Hayley explains. “Always consider the quality of the oils you choose to use too. You really don’t need a huge essential oil collection when you’re getting started.
“Personally, my top three oils are Lavender, Peppermint and Lemon oil. These oils offer a wide variety of health benefits. They don’t just smell good, they have the ability to make you feel really good too.”
One Raw Remedies product we’re particularly fond of is Hayley’s Stress Less Roller, which uses the perfect combination of Ylang Ylang, Frankincense, Bergamot and Geranium to reduce stress and chill you out. All you have to do is roll it onto your wrists, temples, behind the ears, back of the neck and the chest, and voila!

For those of you that suffer from headaches, another cool product is the Headache Roller. Combining Rosemary, Lavender, Eucalyptus and Peppermint, this magical combination helps to eliminate sinus pressure, stimulate circulation, release tension and stress, and induce relaxation.
From bergamot to peppermint or lemongrass to patchouli, there are hundreds of types of essential oils with hundreds of health and wellbeing benefits so it’s definitely worth trying. With some exciting products coming soon, you can find Hayley and all her products at the Piccadilly Market on Sunday 29th of July at Deakin Waterfront Campus from 9:30am – 3pm. Come and say hello.
If you’re interested in Hayley’s range of Raw Remedies, get in touch with her via Instagram (@rawremedieswellbeing) or Facebook (www.facebook.com/rawremedieswellbeing).