I get tension headaches.

A lot.

One could surmise that I have a lot of tension in my life, or possibly that I have horrible posture and my spine is all out of whack causing my neck and back to always be tight and messed up and hurting my head.

Whatever the reason, I get tension headaches – the kind that starts in your shoulders, go up through your neck, and end up right behind your eyebrows.

Obviously, I try to keep ibuprofen on hand.  But I’ve also discovered another more natural – and immediate – solution for my headaches, courtesy of my local Aveda salon.

(Seriously, those people know me by my first name.  They should send me Christmas and birthday presents.)

I love my Aveda Blue Oil.  They call it a “balancing concentrate”, because they are Aveda and airy fairy fancy.  It comes in a small bottle with a roll on dispenser top.  That’s the official name of the dispenser thingie, I’m sure.  Basically, you roll it on wherever you hurt.  I roll it on the back of my neck and on my temples when I get headaches.

Do you remember Icy Hot, or Bengay?  It’s kind of like that, with much less of an old man smell.  It is slightly mentholated, but not overwhelming.  It’s soothing, not stinky.

Aveda describes it as:

“Our stress-relieving blue oil helps dissolve tension and raise energy levels with the balancing aromas of refreshing peppermint and soothing blue camomile. When gently touched to skin, its special rollerball applicator releases the perfect amount of concentrate for on-the-spot, cooling acupressure therapy.”

Rollerball applicator.  Yeah.  That’s what I said.

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