A to Z Apothecary

🎃✨ No tricks. Just a little Botox in a Bottle. ✨🎃

Halloween is the one time of year when wrinkles, creases, and looking a little weathered can really complete the look.

But unless you’re actually dressing up as a 300-year-old witch, you probably don’t want them sticking around after the costume comes off.

Botox in a Bottle Anti-Aging Toner is a lightweight botanical facial mist made with star anise and clove to help support skin elasticity and improve the appearance of fine lines, uneven texture, enlarged pores, and dull or tired-looking skin.

Spritz it onto clean skin after cleansing, use it throughout the day when your skin needs a refresh, or even mist it over makeup. And for an extra wake-up call, keep your bottle in the refrigerator - that cool mist feels so good on the skin.

No needles.
No spells.
No bubbling cauldron required. 🧙‍♀️
Just a little botanical magic in a bottle. 🌿✨

💧 8.8 oz spray bottle | $12

🎃 A little spritz. A little glow.

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🎃🌿 Well… if there were ever a season made for an apothecary, I think this might be it. 🌿🎃

Honestly, Halloween feels a little too fitting around here. Between the herbs steeping, oils infusing, glycerites brewing, balms melting, teas blending, and all the jars and bottles lining the shelves, all I’m really missing is a cauldron.

A to Z is a modern apothecary filled with handcrafted skincare, hair and body care, herbal wellness, aromatherapy, loose-leaf teas, natural relief, home essentials, and, of course, products for our pups. 🐾

Everything is rooted in my love of plants and the many ways they can become part of everyday life.

Throughout October, I’ll be sharing some A to Z favorites with plenty of fall vibes and a little Halloween fun worked in along the way.

So come wander through the apothecary with me. 🌿🎃

And if anyone happens to know where I can find a good cauldron… apparently, October is my season.🧙🏻‍♀️

🌿 A to Z Apothecary
https://www.atozapothecary.com/

✨ Reclaim your wellness.
✨ Rediscover nature.

I just got the best phone call. 🥹❤️

One of the biggest reasons I started making elderberry syrup in the first place was because of my nephew. I wanted to make sure that when he got sick, there was always something herbal nearby - at his house, at grandma’s house, and of course at mine.

And he KNOWS his elderberry syrup.

When he comes over, he goes straight to the little refrigerator, pulls out the bottle and announces, “I’m taking my medicine,” takes his little sip, puts it back, and goes about his business.

Well, he’s had a pretty bad cold the last couple of days.

Today my mom kept calling me while I was on the phone with my brother. After a few calls in a row, I finally told him, “Mom is blowing me up. Let me make sure nothing’s wrong.”

Turns out…it wasn’t my mom calling.

It was my four-year-old nephew calling me from grandma’s phone. 😂❤️

And then I hear his little voice:

“Tia Anto… can you heal me?”

And that little sentence got me.

Not because he thinks Tia Anto has some kind of magic power, but because he already trusts the herbs.

He’s seen me work with them. He’s tried them. He’s stood beside me in the apothecary while I’ve talked to him about different plants and what they’re used for. I’ve let him help me make things too - simple things, of course, but enough for him to be part of it.

So at four years old, herbs aren’t foreign to him. Plants aren’t just something growing outside. He’s growing up understanding that they have a purpose and that they can be part of how we care for ourselves.

That’s the part that got me most.

So yes… Tia Anto just got home from work and went straight into the apothecary. 🫙🌿❤️

This weekend I made homemade pumpkin spice creamer for the first time and it turned out so good I had to have my mom try it right away.

Her response?

She told me she was coming over the next morning for coffee.

And she did - coffee for her, matcha for me. 🎃☕️🍵

My brother is officially jumping on the loose-leaf tea bandwagon.

To be fair, he’s always been a big tea drinker but usually the store-bought tea bag kind. But when he needed energy or a little boost, tea wasn’t what he reached for - Monster was.

So when he asked me to get him one because he needed some energy… there was no way I was going to get him a Monster.

Not under my watch. Not happening. 😂

So I headed down to my apothecary instead.

A little Assam black tea, cinnamon, nettle, and butterfly pea flower later…and Ready or Not was born.

⚡ Here comes the energy.

He wanted a Monster. I made him tea.

Monster may unleash the beast, but this sister is unleashing the botanicals. 😂🌿

I think I may have just extended my apothecary into my home gym...

I started my diffuser in the apothecary before my workout, and as the scent floated into the gym, it gave the whole space this almost spa-like feel. Soothing yet invigorating at the same time.

My morning workouts have always been my little reset - peace and quiet, a chance to shut my brain off for a bit and just move.

It’s amazing how something as simple as scent can shift the entire feel of a space.

After last week, I really needed this!

🍑 My Peachy Little Secret 🍎🌿

And just like that… my niece’s first tea blend is packed up and ready to go!

A little sample jar to see how she likes it, featuring her requested peaches and apples, along with tulsi, nettle, ashwagandha, a touch of pineapple powder, and a few slices of orange to round out the blend.

Now to see what she thinks… and on to her next fruit tea blend!

There’s something incredibly satisfying about seeing a long strip of shipping labels roll out like this.

Seeing A to Z Apothecary products packed up and heading to new homes never gets old.

Each label means another little piece of the apothecary is making its way to someone’s doorstep - a little bit of nature, boxed up and on the way.

So grateful for every single order and every person supporting A to Z Apothecary.

Last week was that kind of week.

The day after everything changed, my mom came over. The plan was simple - we were going to stay busy, stay occupied, and just be together.

While I waited for her, I brewed myself a cup of My Utopia. It felt like the kind of moment that called for it.

When she got here, I brought her downstairs with every intention of putting her to work in the apothecary - blending, stirring, melting… anything to keep our hands and minds busy.

Instead, she sat down on the couch.

She looked at my cup and asked, “Is that your tea?” Then she reached her hand out for it.

So I gave it to her.

She took one sip and immediately said, “No wonder your brother loves this tea. I could drink a cup of this every day.”

And coming from my mom, who really does not like tea, that was saying something. She’s only recently started slowly coming around.

And just like that, the plan changed.

Apparently, what she needed wasn’t to stay busy. She needed to sit down, hold a warm cup in her hands, take a few sips, and just have a moment.

And somehow, watching her settle, relax, and enjoy that cup gave me the calm I had been looking for too.

Maybe that was my Utopia that day.

And now, a week later, I’m brewing My Utopia before work and dropping it off for her to enjoy.

Me. For me. 🤍

And what better day than my birthday to finally give myself the one I had been wanting all along?

Two Christmases ago, my husband asked me what I wanted, and I told him perfume. I had been hunting for a rose perfume I really loved ever since mine was discontinued, and I wanted so badly to find something that could replace it.

And then I remembered…

Why was I asking for something I could create myself?

So I did.

That was always the idea behind Me - instead of continuing to search for a replacement for the perfume I loved, I decided to create my own.

And while I’ve made it for myself before since this whole process started, I had always made smaller bottles.

Not anymore.

For my birthday, I finally made myself a full 3.4 ounce bottle of Me - now sitting on my dresser exactly where that long-searched-for bottle of rose perfume was supposed to be.

Turns out the perfume I spent all that time looking for wasn’t waiting for me on a shelf somewhere.

It was waiting for me to make it. 🌹🤍

*Me is available in a 1 oz bottle at A to Z Apothecary: https://www.atozapothecary.com/store-omygF/p/me-