February 2017

Itch. Itch. Itch. Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. Hashtag Eczema life. Eczema is a tricky business. Flares, weeps, triggers. Fighting the urge to scratch your skin off. Feeling sensitive about the visible areas. There's nothing fun about it. So here's an idea; try salt therapy. Have you ever noticed the positive effect that the ocean has on your skin? Salt therapy is like the ocean, times a trillion to the power of infinity (do not challenge our maths skills, please). Firstly, what is salt therapy? All you have to do it sit in a comfy massage chair in a relaxing room, while pharmaceutical dry salt is...

Australia’s Salts of the Earth has been awarded second place in the International Franchise Association’s NextGen competition for their bespoke business model in the salt therapy health industry. David Lindsay, 34, founded Salts of the Earth in 2010 after seeing first-hand the effects salt therapy had on his father oversees, a long-term sufferer of chronic respiratory illnesses. “My father tried dozens of medications and unsuccessful surgeries to clear his airways,” Lindsay said. “He did salt therapy as a last resort, and it played a huge role in improving his health and even made his medication more effective.” Lindsay saw a gap in the...