Animal Farm Rescue: Farmaesthetics Lavender Milk

I have four dogs sprawled out at my feet and one cat spread across my desk with his tail tapping sporadically on my mouse. And if I even so much as tilt my head slightly to look at one of them, they will rush me like a porterhouse steak. If I stay right here and we chat quietly about something unimportant, they will forget that it’s 15 minutes past their feeding time. So I’m going to tell you something ever so quietly: THESE DOGS ARE DRIVING ME FLIPPIN’ CRAZY. And, THANKFULLY, I’ve found a little mind-calming trick that seems to work well when I remember what a sucker I am to agree to babysit two of these said rowdy canines on the same week. It’s called Nourishing Lavender Milk from Farmaesthetics. I picked up a sample at our Golden Door Spa Summer Spaaah Series event and I keep it here right by my desk whenever I feel like a crazy lady. The scent of this 100% natural skin conditioner is so lovely that with one long, deep whiff I’m calm, I’m cool, I’m a farm girl prancing through a field of blooming lavender with my pet goat romping gleefully behind me (okay, I have a little thing for goats, sue me). I dab a little on my dry knuckles and the scent envelopes me with calmness. Oh sweet Jesus, the cat just knocked my calculator off the desk and onto one of the dog’s knobby heads. We’re gonna have to make this fast. Try it, you’ll love it. Available at high-end spas and online at Farmaesthtics.com. Photo: Nourishing Lavender Milk, $26.