About the book: A woman’s handbook to demystifying the world of weed, whether it’s being used for pain relief, a moment of calm, or a fit of giggles. Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this lively, information-filled book is just the supportive guide you need to find the right dose to relieve anxiety, depression, and inflammation, and mitigate the onset of dementia and other signs of aging. Plus boost moods, ease aches, even lose weight, and get restful sleep. And a dose just for fun? Well, that works, too! Here’s how to navigate the typical dispensary, with its overwhelming options of concentrates, edibles, vape pens, and tinctures. Understand the amazing health-giving compounds found in cannabis—THC, CBD, terpenes, and more—and how to use topicals to reduce pain and give your skin a healthy glow. There’s even advice on how not to get high but still reap all the amazing health benefits.
A Woman's Guide to Cannabis Using Marijuana to Feel Better, Look Better, Sleep Better–and Get High Like a Lady By Nikki Furrer ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nikki Furrer runs one of the 12 cannabis cultivation centers in Illinois, where she develops strains and products for women, and the medicine that is most effective for women’s conditions. She has worked as a bud tender and grower in Denver, standing behind the counter with every product on the Colorado medical market, helping patients find the best medicine for them. Her oils, edibles and topicals are the most popular cannabis products in Illinois, and stocked in more dispensaries than any other cultivator. She compares her experience of wholesaling cannabis (from packaging design, to sending free and review samples, to offering tips for hand-selling, to pushing the backlist) to the role of publishers and sales reps who worked with her when she was a founder and manager of Puddin’Head books in St. Louis. She currently lives in both Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO.
Plus over twenty recipes, from edibles like Classic Pot Brownies and Netflix and Chill Caramels to self-care products like Radiant Glow Serum and Happy Body Bar.
Topicals Reduce Pain and Increase Beauty Cannabis improves our appearance by reducing pain, anxiety, and stress, not to mention improving beauty sleep, which makes us look relaxed and happy. We also get amazing benefits when we apply cannabis directly to the skin. Cannabis-infused creams, lotions, and oils have powerful antiaging benefits in addition to relieving serious skin conditions like eczema, acne, and psoriasis. Healthy skin needs antioxidants; vitamins A, C, and E; and omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Cannabis is loaded with all of them. Marijuana is anti-inflammatory and antifungal, and clinical research has shown that antioxidants in marijuana support lipid production, which regulates the oil in skin and controls acne and dry patches. The skin, hair follicles, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands have receptors for cannabinoids and terpenes to lock into and work their magic. Creams and lotions won’t get us high (because the THC absorbed by the skin does not enter the bloodstream), but they will give us the best skin we’ve ever had. Dispensaries now have small selections of cannabis-infused creams, but these creams are formulated for pain, not great skin. Someday soon, cannabis producers and beauty experts will get together and create fabulous moisturizers and eye creams for various skin types in pretty packaging that we just pick up at the dispensary, but until that day, we have to make our own. The good news is that it is very easy to whip up luxurious beauty treatments at home, with just a couple of ingredients.
Guidelines for Great Topicals • Pain relief topicals require more cannabis than beauty treatments do. Cover Design: Becky Terhune Cover Illustration: Lisel Ashlock Printed with permission Workman Publishing Available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com 16
• Cannabis for skin doesn’t need to be decarboxylated. The anti-inflammatory properties of THCA and CBDA are just as beneficial in skin creams and oils as THC and CBD. In the dispensary, look for creams and lotions that have a full range of cannabinoids, including THC, CBD, THCA, and CBDA. — continued on next page www.livingwellmagazine.net
February 2019
