I never have been a very good Secret Santa.

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted October 14, 2012 in @collaredsheep, advertising, advice, aggressive, air, air freshener, air quality, anti-aggressive, anti-bad-mood-spray, antidote, apathetic, apathy, aromatherapy, artificial, b.o., bathroom, beauty, best mom ever, birthday, body odor, body odour, bored, boss, bottle, brother, bust magazine, cheap, cosmetics, coworkers, cubicle, cure, customer, cute, deodarant, deodarizer, depressing, environment, food stealing, four seasons, fragrance, freshener, freshner, freshners, fridge locker, gift, guide, hannukah, holiday, ideas, mailman, mother, mothers, office, package, packaging, santa, scent, secret, secret santa, simply charming, spa, spray, steal, stinks, stole, stressful, under twenty dollars, war, what not to wear, work

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Art Prints by inflated/deflated

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted April 04, 2012 in aggressive, air, air freshener, apathy, aromatherapy, artist, b.o., bad, bathroom, bitter, body odour, bored, boss, calm, calming, deodarant, deodarizer, depressing, dysfunction, ego, essential, food, four seasons resorts, fragrance, freshener, fresheners

Creative by nature, I surround myself at work with art that inspires me. Today, I bought four prints from inflated/deflated . Each speaks to the character of the four anti-bad-mood sprays I manufacture. It matters to me that you've bought them, and you love them, and it matters to me that world class resorts like Four Seasons Resorts want them too. It was a tiny idea, and the idea waited nearly twenty years until I was in the right place, at the right time. Which is right now. So I'm celebrating by supporting someone else's idea.

I'm going to arrange these in a row on my office wall. Who knows? Maybe someday, I will have so much bad mood art that I'll be able to tour it as a collection. Just like UBS Bank.

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Life Stinks: You Can Do Something About It.

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted April 02, 2012 in air freshener, apathy, aromatherapy, cleaner, cure, deodarant, deodarizer, environment, essential, fragrance, freshener, fresheners, freshner, freshners, grapefruit, herbal, home, i hate my boss, laundry detergent, natural, personal, scent, smell, spray

Apathy anti-bad-mood spray smells like fresh-peeled pink grapefruit.

People smell, and that’s not so out-of-the ordinary. And neither is chronic, day-to-day misery. What’s unusual is when people – either smelly people or miserable people – actually make an effort to do something about it.

In an email to HR Products’ headquarters, Heather A. explains how much she hates her life:

“Things at my work are going to hell in a hand basket. The only thing keeping me sane is the sprays. My co-worker says that that I look like a ‘huffer’ when she catches me in my office sniffing all the room sprays.”

“She doesn’t smell,” says Heidi Rettig, CEO of antibadmoodsprays.com. “At least I don’t think so, because we’ve never actually met, but her life is obviously completely miserable because she bought all four of my mood-lifting sprays.

Heather A. bought a bottle of Apathy™ and then ordered the other three scents just hours after receiving her first delivery.

“Okay. I’m hooked. I hate you. I just got my box delivered, and now I’m ordering again. I’m spraying this sh*t on me and everyone that comes in my office. And my home. Ahhh … now I can function. Thank you for making my life bearable.”

How does HR Products feel about that? Heidi Rettig replies, “We love Heather.”

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Aromatherapy mood lifting sprays on DailyCandy.com

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted March 19, 2012 in aggressive, anti, anti-valentine's, antidote, apathetic, apathy, aromatherapy, bad, bathroom, bitter, bored, boss, bottle, calm, calming, complaints, cure, day, deodarant, deodarizer, depressing, ego, essential, fragrance, freshener, freshner, freshners

Our anti-bad-mood sprays were featured in a hilarious anti-Valentine's slideshow, "(Not So) Bitter Party of One" on DailyCandy.com

The feature made me so happy - I love DailyCandy.

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I Hate My Boss: Advice for Miserable Job Situations

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted November 29, 2011 in @collaredsheep, advice, aggressive, apathetic, apathy, aromatherapy, b.o., bathroom, body odor, body odour, bored, boss, bottle, column, community, complaints, corporate, cubicle, cure, deodarant, deodarizer, dysfunction, fragrance, freshener, fresheners

Last week's column dealt with office b.o. This week's column is about how to handle "holy rollers" in the workplace. Heidi Rettig, creator of anti- Apathy™ mood spray gives frank advice on your job complaints.

Got a problem at work? Send your question to antidoteforego[at]gmail.com and it may be featured in an upcoming installment of "What Would Ewe Do?" on www.thecollaredsheep.com

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BUY THREE GET ONE FREE + Free Shipping: Cyber Monday deal!

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted November 28, 2011 in antidote, apathetic, apathy, aromatherapy, b.o., bathroom, body odor, body odour, bored, boss, citrus, corporate, cubicle, cyber, deodarant, deodarizer, depressing, dysfunction, ego, environment, essential, fragrance, fres, freshener, fresheners, freshner

TODAY ONLY: Buy three aromatherapy mood sprays (your choice) and get one free*.

The perfect office gift for your secret Santa; the natural antidote for bad smells in workplace restrooms, at home, or in the car.

Apathy™; The Antidote for Ego™; Passive and Aggressive™ aromatherapy mood sprays are spray-able essential oils. Each formula is custom blended to combat a specific kind of bad mood. The scent is subtle enough for use in shared spaces.

*The purchase price will be refunded to your credit card when order is processed.

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Cubicle Mood Sprays: Secret Santa Office Gift Guide

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted November 22, 2011 in aromatherapy, b.o., bathroom, body odour, bored, boss, bottle, citrus, corporate, cubicle, cure, deodarant, deodarizer, depressing, dysfunction, food, freshener, fresheners, freshner, freshners, gift, grapefruit, hate, holiday, job, mood, my, natural, off

How many times a day do you find yourself thinking, "I hate my boss?" Google Analytics tells us that this phrase brings more people to The Antidote for Ego website than any other. The sad part is that people aren't even really looking for a "cure," per se. They're just making a kind of search engine confession. These are desperate times.

Cubicle mood sprays can't fix your situation, but they will help you cope. At least in a small way. The aromatherapy blends in each bottle were developed to mitigate common workplace complaints; behaviors that affect all of us at one time or another.

The biggest seller on my website is Apathy™ - and Apathy™ is a great cubicle mood spray to start with if you've never tried aromatherapy before. It's a fresh, grapefruit scent subtle enough for use in a shared space. The natural citrus will clean bad food smells out of the air and improve your mood.

A great idea for your Secret Santa, but mostly, a great idea just for you. Free shipping through the holidays.

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When Smells Overtake the Work Place Cubicle

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted November 09, 2011 in aggressive, air, apathy, aromatherapy, b.o., body odor, body odour, citrus, corporate, cubicle, dc, deodarant, deodarizer, downtown, ego, fish, food, fragrance, freshener, fresheners, freshner, freshners, garbage, grapefruit, interns, kitchen, leftover, m

James R. Thompson wrote a great article, "When Smells Overtake the Workplace" for TheOfficeProfessional.com Somewhat timely given yesterday's crisis in downtown D.C. And not just because he mentioned our products.

Somewhere near 13th and H Streets, NW, an intern microwaved his leftover fish in the office kitchen. This is another common problem with interns in D.C., though not nearly as well-publicized in the media. Each semester, a well-to-do, pampered-from-childhood Ivy Leaguer joins a company. Desperately wanting to save their parents' money (since they are not being paid) decides to bring their Morton's leftovers to eat for lunch. Regular air fresheners won't cover it. The result? What one staffer called, "Mountain Breeze Flounder."

Apathy™ ; The Antidote for Ego™; Passive™ and Aggressive™ essential oil air fresheners are formulated with citrus oils that clean the air naturally - instead of just trying to cover bad smells with artificial scents or harmful chemicals.

There are good reasons to switch to our natural air fresheners, beyond their "mood enhancing" qualities. Perhaps the most important reason is that they don't contain phthalates, which have been linked to troubling health conditions. Read more about commercial air fresheners and phthalates in this Time Magazine article.

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Cubicle Wars: A New YouTube Series.

Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted October 23, 2011 in aggressive, aromatherapy, bathroom, bored, corporate, cubicle, cure, deodarant, deodarizer, dysfunction, ego, environment, essential, fragrance, freshener, fresheners, freshner, freshners, narcissm, natural, office, problems, room, s, scent, spray, sprays

This movie-making technology from Xtranormal.com inspires me! I made a video of passive/aggressive behavior at work. If you have a boss like this one, you might benefit from one of our sprays - Passive or Aggressive - or both. Enjoy the video!