Mom Life Essentials: Natural Remedies for Everyday Chaos

For the moms who do it all

Look in any direction in your life, and you’re bound to see a mother, a mother figure, a hardworking mom who is navigating the delicate balance of taking care of her children, taking care of others, traversing the professional landscape, coaching the soccer team, baking the cookies... and oh yeah, somewhere between naps and car rides and loads of laundry, she’s doing her best to take care of herself, too.  

It’s no surprise that more than 57% of parents report feelings of burnout that include physical and emotional exhaustion, strongly associated with both internal and external expectations on them and their time. Here’s an article that we think really hits home for any mother or mother figure that's struggling to put themselves first. We've been taught to think its selfish if we (seemingly) prioritize our needs above others, yet we inherently know that when we're at our lowest, it’s difficult for us to show up as the people we want and need to be. 

This year at Saje, we’ve curated a selection of 100% natural wellness products that have been thoughtfully formulated to address the real well-being needs of real-life moms. That means support for their sleep schedule, products that make the home smell fantastic, remedies for daily ailments like headaches, stress symptoms, pain and recovery, and more. Because we KNOW that being a mom is the most challenging and most rewarding job there is – we want our moms to feel their very best, naturally.   

For the mom who spends most of her time in her car

Everyone knows that one of the subtitles in the life of a mom is part-time chauffeur. It seems the kids reach an age where every night of the week they shuffle between hockey or gymnastics or who knows what, and this often results in a mixed bag of questionable smells emanating from the car. Historically, your only options were the artificial fragrance of synthetically scented air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror, which is why we created the Aroma Horizon: Next Gen.

The Aroma Horizon: Next Gen is a passive car diffuser, that works with warm or cool air while clipped to one of the vents in your vehicle. We use 100% pure essential oils to create the blends that you drip onto the highly absorbent cotton wicks inside the unit and voila, you’ve got yourself a safe, effective and chic in-car passive diffuser. The Aroma Horizon: Next Gen comes housed in a stylish vegan leather bag that has plenty of room for her favorite blends to live in her vehicle.  

We like to pair the Aroma Horizon: Next Gen car diffuser with essential oil blends that are formulated specifically for a certain purpose; Refresh, for example, has been a top-seller for more than a decade because of its odor neutralizing properties, using essential oils of spearmint, lemon and cedarwood to leave your air feeling refreshed.

We also love Deep Breath in the car because it uses stimulating, invigorating yet balancing oils of peppermint, eucalyptus and marjoram to not only encourage mindful and clarified breathing, but to make your car feel a little more like an oasis than a circus. 

For the mom who is always go, go, going 

Another more than common concern among the moms we know and love is finding time for themselves and their own self-care needs. Whether it’s in the home, the car, or in their place of work, if it’s not the incessant dings and beeps of their cellphone and laptop, it’s the “Mom! Mom! Mom!” they’re hearing almost like it’s playing on a loop.  

While we can’t literally give moms the gift of silence this year, what we can do is introduce simple-to-use wellness products that can help reset their system and encourage them to take a mindful moment.  

Good to Go is a travel-ready collection of everyday wellness essentials designed to support moms on the move. It includes four of our favorite products for practical, on-the-go support like fan-favorite Peppermint Halo for cooling and tingling relief, Clean hands for keeping her skin soft and cleansed, Liquid Sunshine lip balm for supple and smooth lips and finally, a limited-edition kit exclusive mini deodorant for in our Goddess formulation, made with precious florals like rose and neroli that she can keep with her for freshening touch ups on the go. Packaged neatly in a gorgeous new kit bag with a magnetic snap front enclosure, we know this Good to Go kit will quickly become her new go-to.  

We’re also really big fans of our Pocket Farmacy – Mindful Edition which contains five mini roll-ons, Energy, Liquid Sunshine, Power Down, Unwind and Connection, for everything from mood management to a natural energy boost, a way to unwind and a moment of connection, this kit makes taking wellness with you, easy. The stylish wallet-style farmacy transitions from daytime to nighttime, from play time to you-time, and encourages a focus on the person who deserves the most TLC: mom. 

For the mom who wears many, many hats  

You’re two hours from the alarm going off, sleeping peacefully in that precious REM and you hear the pitter-patter of little footsteps approaching your bed. If you’re lucky, they climb in and sleep alongside you. If you’re not, someone needs a bowl of cereal and cartoons... now. And it’s still pitch black. And the clock has a “4” on it. 

This Mother’s Day, we think mom deserves her best rest. Our Sleep Well kit is a daily use product set that can help her drift off to dreamland each night, waking up feeling refreshed. Sleep Well roll-on has been a best-seller for nearly two decades, combining well-known ingredients that support restful bedtimes like valerian root, lavender and vetiver. This kit also includes a mini sized Sleep Well body butter to soothe and nourish the skin as part of a nighttime routine and a kit-exclusive Good Night face & body mist, made with meditative essential oils like frankincense and sandalwood to support her as she tucks in each night. 

For the mom who loves a beautiful smelling home 

Another one of the areas that we think could use a little TLC in the home of almost every mom we know is the air they are breathing. Try as they might, keeping the home smelling and feeling fresh is a tall order. There’s only so much that can be done to combat the smell of leftovers and running shoes at the front door and a dog that probably needs a bath. 

One of our simplest yet most impactful products are our ultrasonic diffusers. These units combine water, 100% pure essential oils and an ultrasonic vibrating disc to create fine, cool mist that can be tailored to exactly how she wants her home to smell, and exactly how she wants it to feel. We also love diffusers because of the safety profile they offer; they are flame-free (unlike a candle), they don’t output any heat or steam (the mist is cool to the touch) and they all come with an automatic shut-off feature once the water tank is empty, or the timer setting has expired. Plus, they look gorgeous when they double as decor in any room!

This year for Mother’s Day, we’re gifting our classic and timeless Aroma Cocoon. This small and mighty diffuser is made of chic and durable white ceramic and is a design-forward, aesthetically-innovative ultrasonic diffuser that adds a touch of luxury to any room in the home. The Aroma Cocoon can help to clear and refresh the air, providing a gentle but lingering scent that comes from 100% plants.  

For the mom who deserves a deep, restorative breath

One of the great equalizers when it comes to our personal health and well-being is the simple act of breathing. Each of us to do it, to the tune of 22,000 times each day, and yet, it’s so easy to feel like you can’t remember the last time you inhaled and exhaled intentionally. We made a kit for Mother’s Day called Take a Breath, and it’s a duo of our latest innovation, nasal inhalers we’ve named Quick Hits. The duo launches with Stress Release, a calming and grounding blend of lavender, vetiver and clary sage meant to help her feel less stressed and at ease, and a kit-exclusive Energy blend, formulated to help put some pep in her step and to give her a natural boost, made with rosemary, lemon and basil. We think this kit is great for moms on the move because it’s portable, fits in her bag and is discreet enough to use anywhere. 

How moms really want to be celebrated this year  

We did an informal poll of some of the moms in our lives, to ask them how they really want to be celebrated this year and many of the results were unsurprising; they want to be recognized for all of the things they are outside of being a mom. They shared that they wished for a small amount of solo time, so they could pursue some of the hobbies and interests they don’t have as much time for currently. They wished for a hot cup of coffee that was hot both when they started and finished it. They wished for more time with their girlfriends, deep in conversation about their hopes and dreams for the future. They wished for that elusive 7-9 hours of sleep that feels like it hasn’t happened in... years. Most of all, they wished for even more quality time with the people they love most in their lives. So, for Mother’s Day this year, we’re sending our best thoughts to every mom, mom-figure and mom-to-be, that they will be blessed with the love, adoration and devotion they so richly deserve.

We’re wishing wellness for all the moms we know and love.