Natural Beauty Products by Estella Yeung

Welcome to Growing Blue Flowers, a business I started in 1999.  I am of Chinese descent and was born and raised in Hong Kong.  I also spent nine years in Europe, then came to the United States in 1984. 

I became interested in the Native American culture and philosophy of life in the early 1990's.  I was adopted into a Dakota family and started learning of the similarities between the Chinese and Native American cultures.  Since that time, I have explored these similarities and combine both these backgrounds into my healing arts.  There is an exchange taking place in that I also share what I know of the Chinese philosophy with my Native American friends and acquaintances. 

I've always been interested in herbs. I collected "How-To" books and took a class on how to make natural lotions. This gave me the confidence to begin making my products to share with others. My friends became willing testers. My creativity and inspiration started me thinking of other products I would like, and my business has evolved. Everything I have learned about the healing properties of herbs from my background and the years spent in Europe can be intertwined with the Native American practice of using native plants for therapeutic purposes.  I no longer separate my thoughts as being based on the Chinese or Native American ways, I now think of it as the universal way to live, living in harmony with Nature. 

My products are 100% natural, even the preservative is a natural product.  Many of the herbs I use are collected by me, others I purchase from reputable sources.  When I have extracted the oils from the herbs, I return the herbs to the earth, to complete the cycle of life. 

What started out as a hobby, has become my full-time job.  I now make all natural soaps, lotions, salves, bath salts, body oils & sprays, hand sanitizer, lip balm and candles.  I'm pleased that you have found my products and welcome any thoughts or suggestions you may have for my website.

Growing Blue Flowers' Natural Beauty Products can be found at the following retail outlets:

 

Birchbark Books

2115 West 21st Street

Minneapolis, MN 

612-374-4023

Northland Native American Products

1113 Franklin Avenue East

Minneapolis, MN

612-872-0390
www.northlanddivisions.com

Dakota Drum

603 Main Street

Rapid City, SD

605-348-2421

Prairie Star

207 South Philip Avenue

Sioux Falls, SD

605-338-9300

Spirit of Gitchee-Gumee

6228 Highway 61

Little Marais, MN

218-226-6476

Native Spirit Gifts

PO Box 651

Bayfield, WI

715-779-9550

Native Harvest

Minanjige Cafe

Strawberry Lake

White Earth, MN

218-983-3834

Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post

4311 Oodena Drive

Onamia, MN 56359

320-532-3632

Menominee Cultural Center

P.O. Box 910

Keshena, WI 54135

715-799-5258

Seward Coop

2823 East Franklin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55406

612-338-2465