Love To Colour? Colouring with Cats #126 ~ Getting Your OM’s on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ Crystal of the Week PLUS **Your Crystal Questions Answered** What Are Salt Crystal Lamps Good For?

Supurr Monday greetings beautiful furiends

We're continuing our crystal journey today, and this week, we've got a lovely gemstone to share as Kelli asked us; what are salt crystal lamps good for? 

Crystal of The Week

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What Are Salt Crystal Lamps Good For?

Salt crystal comes in all shades of orange, pinky, salmony, brown/reddish and white tones.  And they are usually rough-hewn chunks that are bored out inside to create the lamps or tealight holders, although some are shaped as spheres, obelisks, cones and pyramids etc..., and even bowls now. Mew can also get smaller rough-cut stones as in the top right picture below, which mew could place in a bowl or whatever mew have. They are mined in the Himalayas and are around 250 million years old, so purretty old as all things go! MOL

Salt crystal is a friable stone much like selenite, so mew really don't want to wet it; when mew occasionally clean it, use a damp cloth to carefully wipe the outer surface, or use a small brush and give it a little tickle, as they can become dusty.

This is the salt lamp we have at BBHQ, sorry there's no Melvyn modelling alongside it today, he was too busy playing with his new toy! MOL

Ours is a pale salmony tone, although it looks lighter in the picture below and when lit, it casts a really relaxing orangey glow to the room.

Anyhoo, let's jump right in and tell mew a little about the gem lore and reputed benefits surrounding these ameowzing crystal lamps.

Not only are they gorgeous to look at as each one is unique, they supposedly are a supurr addition to your home as they are natural negative ion generators. Now, what does that mean? Well, let us explain like this; mew know when it's been a hot stuffy and humid day and the air feels heavy and cloying, and then along comes a thunder or rainstorm and immediately afterwards it feels so fresh and the air is light, it feels energised and full of oxygen again. Well, salt lamps do the same thing, they create the negative ions just like aftur a rainstorm and energise the air and clear the smog.

They wurk by using the heat generated by either the bulb in the electric lamps or by the flame in candle tealights, and as the salt heats up it attracts the moisture from the air, then as it evaporates the salt emits the negative ions. So the larger the lamp, the more ions mew get.

These ions also purportedly help negate the effects of electromagnetic smog within the home that are created by modern-day living such as; routers, air-con, electrical appliances, fluorescent lighting, TVs, computers, phones, heating,  etc... all of these items/things can drain your natural energy/chi and create positive ions. So by using a salt crystal lamp and introducing negative ions into your home, this aids in balancing the air and surroundings making for a much nicer and energised environment.

Some of the reported benefits we've read about from using salt crystal lamps are:- air purification, reduction in airborne allergens, increased energy and chi, mood-boosting, increased wellbeing, increased mental alertness, better sleep, reduced stress. Obviously, mew would have to determine these claims yourself by introducing a salt crystal lamp into your home. 

Originally we bought ours in about 2005, and it is an electric lamp, and it uses a small 5W sewing machine bulb, which are readily available from Amazon or other DIY retailers. We don't have the candle votives at BBHQ as obviously cats and real candles are not a great combination - check out our Cat Hazards post.

We really like our lamp, and whether or not it does any of the supposed claims or benefits, it's a lovely looking lamp to have in your home.

So if mew're looking for a nice crystal to decorate your home with, which apparently has many reputed benefits, this might be one to try, and if mew do, let us know if mew feel better for it as curious minds want to know.

Many thanks for DM'ing us Kelli, and we hope that answered your question.

 If mew have any crystal questions; email us, DM us or ask us in the comments below.

To check out last weeks Crystal of the Week, click the link: Ocean Jasper.

(disclaimer; we are not health or medical practitioners, all crystal info is purely for entertainment purposes only.) 

Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now...  but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in

Breathe out

Breathe in

Breathe out

Breathe in

Breathe out

Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.



Don't mew feel better already?  I know we do!

All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.

Here's this weeks mandala.

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And here's our finished version... in a kaleidoscope colour palette.

Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Huawei HIAI.

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So on that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're back with Part IX of our epically epic adventure rerun; Fast, Furry and Dangerous, and if mew've missed any of the action so far, don't panic, just click here to catch up. 

Until then

Keep Calm and Colour OM!

Supurr  chilled purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox

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