The Antidote for Ego™

Winchester, VA

HR Products is pleased to announce that its anti-bad-mood sprays™ have been certified by the Vegan Awareness Foundation. Each mood-lifting spray – The Antidote for Ego™, Apathy™, Passive™, and Aggressive™ – will now feature the “Certified Vegan” logo.

The logo is administered by The Vegan Awareness Foundation (official name of Vegan Action), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about veganism and to assist vegan-friendly businesses.

The logo is a registered trademark, similar in nature to the kosher mark, for products that do not contain animal products or byproducts and that have not been tested on animals. The Certified Vegan logo is easily visible to consumers interested in vegan products and helps companies purchasing wholesale products to recognize a growing market for cruelty-free products.

The Antidote for Ego™ and the anti-bad-mood sprays will be featured at the upcoming BUST Magazine Vegan Craftacular in New York City. The Craftacular is part of The Seed, a vegan expo featuring chefs Kath Freston, Fran Costigan and Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. Show dates are June 16-17, 2012. More information about the events can be found on The Seed’s website.

“It costs more to do things this way,” says HR Products’ CEO Heidi Rettig. “Especially if you’re a small company. But at the end of the day, I go to bed knowing I’ve put something out in the world that makes people happier – not just because of the essential oils inside each spray. I make products that won’t compromise the health of customers, their families, pets, or the environment. I make products that people fall in love with and can’t live without.”

HR Products’ full statement on animal testing is available on the aromatherapy company’s website. A recent interview with Heidi Rettig on All Things Vegan radio can be downloaded here.

Our anti-bad-mood sprays are tested on people, not animals.

HR Products LLC does not test products on animals or use source materials and ingredients that have been tested on animals.We are certified Vegan by Vegan Action.

The ingredients in each anti-bad-mood spray are natural and safe to use. Essential oils are organically sourced, wherever possible. Unlike most commercial room sprays, our products are free of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and phthalates. They are hand-blended in Winchester, Virginia.

Each mood lifting spray is minimally packaged. Our lightweight aluminum bottle has a label printed on a biodegradable, synthetic “paper.” The bottle tops are 100 percent recyclable. Our website provides instructions for cleaning the bottles and suggestions for reuse.

It costs more to do things this way. Especially if you’re a small company. But at the end of the day, I go to bed knowing I’ve put something out in the world that makes people happier – not just because of the essential oils inside each spray. I make products that won’t compromise the health of customers, their families, pets, or the environment. I make products that people fall in love with and can’t live without.

That feels so much better than a big paycheck.

– Heidi Rettig, CEO

Anti bad mood aromatherapy sprays are now for sale at Simply Charming in Winchester, VA!

I never really get tired of seeing the Google search terms that lead people to the anti bad mood sprays' site. 

What's an anti-vacuum bottle for lambs?! Oh.  I wonder if they found this site because I mention 'nipples' and 'Clarice'?

Dysfunctional mother. Check. Spray The Antidote for Ego™ - liberally before each family event. Leave a bottle in the bathroom. 

Plus one for 'narcissist bad mood.'

'Antidote for an aggressive customer' - depends what you mean by "aggressive." Your best spray (In that situation) may be pepper spray. But we make our own, too. Anti-aggressive aromatherapy anti-bad-mood spray.

'Obstructionist+resistance+define" - huh. Somewhat strange to see we are in the top 5 on Google in answer to that question.

'air freshner [sic] for body odor' - duh. Apathy™ contains pink grapefruit essential oil and the citrus cleans the air naturally. 

Let's be real. Not everyone has the kind of mother that warrants the delivery of FTD’s Best Mom Ever™ bouquet! There’s no greeting card that says, “Mom, the years you didn’t speak to me were the best years of my life.”If only there were a web shop called the "Guilt" Group.

But it’s not just the social mandate on Mother’s Day gift giving that's so stressful. It’s the ham dinner ritual children are forced to attend each year. All through brunch you listen to your Mom tell you how “proud” she is of your doctor sister and how “relieved” she is that you, a Humanities major, “finally turned out o.k.”

Sitting there pushing the restaurant’s non-Vegan food to the edges of the plate your teenage dreams -- of running away to 1980’s New York City to wait tables for 90 hours a week at a Chinese restaurant to pay for a tiny apartment with a tub in the “kitchen” and just enough room for a twin mattress and a giant can of roach spray -- still sound pretty good, actually.

HR Products' mood lifting aromatherapy sprays are great gifts for less-than-perfect Moms - and their children. You're never too old. Each scent is a blend of essential oils chosen to elicit a positive emotional response to apathy, narcissism, passive and aggressive behaviors.

For Mother's Day, 2012, customers who purchase a bottle of Passive™ aromatherapy mood lifting spray will receive a full-sized bottle of Aggressive™ at half price. That's a $19.99 value for just half of $19.99.

Also through May 13, 2012, customers who purchase any anti bad mood spray will receive a 3 ml glass mini-mister bottle. "Ideally, you would not whip out an 8 oz. bottle of The Antidote for Ego™ at your brother's birthday party," says Heidi Rettig, CEO of HR Products. "This mini-mister is the perfect compromise."

And Father's Day is just around the corner.

Over the next few days, we'll be working on uploading photos of the new labels to the shop's website. The new labels include the funny descriptions from the website - a request from 100 percent of our customers! Here's a preview of the new labels from front and back:

HR Products is pleased to announce that our anti-bad-mood sprays are now available at the Four Seasons Spa at Las Colinas in Dallas, Texas!

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