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Fortissimo! Serious Salve™

$24.99

Fortissimo! Serious Salve™ for Hardworking Hands and Feet is an extra-strength healing salve for all. It contains a high percentage of certified organic fair trade shea butter and Dragonfly's herbal healing oils, including organic calendula oil from our gardens that's made in the painstaking ‘good old way’ to yield a brilliant golden oil, rich in betacarotenes. St. John's Wort oil is also part of the formula, picked from our forests at peak, and carefully sun-cooked for the entire summer, to give a brilliant ruby-red oil laden with hypericum to ease inflammation and aid with tissue healing.
Use often to relieve conditions of dry eczema and psoriasis. In case of nasty  fissures (cracks) in heels and ends of fingers, slather the wound with Fortissimo!, and cover with a fabric bandage. Reapply salve and change bandage daily. Typical response is two days (or less) to heal cracks. Massage into feet before bed & wear cotton socks overnight; and for hands, a super (and virtuous) heat treatment, apply before pulling on rubber gloves, then wash the dishes... Excellent care for those in the health, beauty and daycare industries and others who need to wash hands frequently.
Contains utterly natural oils of •calendula, •+St. John's Wort, •sunflower, •evening primrose, •hemp, apricot, grapeseed, carrot root, •kukui, •rosehip with unrefined (raw) Vancouver Island fireweed +beeswax, fair trade +•shea butter, mango butter, non-synthetic soy-derived Vitamin E and  pure Zinc Oxide. Essential oils of Dragonfly Dreaming estate-distilled certified organic •Grosso Lavender, •Sweet Orange, Benzoin.
(• = certified organic or de facto organic ingredients; + = non-timber forest product).
Completely free of gluten, animal and nut oils. No lanolin, water, glycerin, petrochemicals or inert fillers.

To view testimonials of this and other Dragonfly Dreaming products, click here.
Scent Strength: this ointment was originally formulated for my Dad who was building a (log) tree house for Kate in the winter, and whose hands were a mess of chapped callouses and blisters. The scent is pleasantly orange, and not overwhelming.
Texture: ointment with zinc oxide, to provide moisture barrier; use sparingly for overall healing and moisturizing, and more thickly (with fabric bandaid covering) for specific issues such as cracks in the heels. Spreads easily. 

Returns
Shipping damage: in the unlikely event that your order is damaged in transit, we will replace damaged goods at our cost. Please notify us within 10 business days from date of purchase and please provide us with snap photos of the damaged box and goods so we can pass that on to our shipper.

Dragonfly Dreaming Organics makes every reasonable attempt to fully describe our products, but we are aware that purchasing such (scent / feel) products over the internet can be challenging. We suggest that if you have any hesitancy about a scent or if you are particularly sensitive, you contact us directly so we can personally offer advice and suggestions. Given the nature of our products, we can only return certain items which are clearly unopened and unused (such as soap); several types of goods cannot be returned, including face creams, lotions, lip balms and salves, opened essential oils and gift cards. If you feel you would like to return an item, please contact us as quickly as possible, as if 30 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund or exchange in any case.

To be eligible for an approved return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging. To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase (not necessary in the case of a purchase through our web site).

Shipping damage: in the unlikely event that your order is damaged in transit, we will replace damaged goods at our cost. Please notify us within 10 business days from date of purchase and please provide us with snap photos of the damaged box and goods so we can pass that on to our shipper.


Please contact us directly to discuss any issues you may have regarding this policy, at Dragonfly@dragonflydreaming.com

Refunds (if applicable)
Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund.
If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain number of days.

Late or missing refunds (if applicable)
If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account again.
Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.
Next contact your bank. There is often some processing time before a refund is posted.
If you’ve done all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at Dragonfly@dragonflydreaming.com

Sale items (if applicable)
Only regular priced items may be refunded, unfortunately sale items cannot be refunded.

Exchanges (if applicable)
We will replace items if they are defective or damaged in transit. If you need to exchange it for the same item, send us an email at Dragonfly@dragonflydreaming.com and send your item to: PO Box 226, 3616 Garland Avenue Cobble Hill CA V0R 1L0.

Gifts
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, and you find it unsuitable to your needs, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.

Shipping
To return your product, you should mail your product to: PO Box 226, 3616 Garland Avenue Cobble Hill CA V0R 1L0

You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.

Transit time will depend on where you live.

If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.

Dragonfly Dreaming® came to life in 1996 with the birth of a wee red-headed baby girl. Concern that she might inherit her Scottish Daddy's sensitive skin led us to creating, from scratch, lovely things to use on her skin - all plant based, with no petrochemicals, preservatives, nut or animal oils. Thus, we created the cutting edge in truly natural organic body care because back then, there was NOTHING chemical-free on the market!

Although most people thought we were a little bonkers, we were absolutely certain that by blending the distinctly different healing traditions of herbalism & aromatherapy, we could create effective plant-based natural organic body care products for both body and spirit. It all began in the forest and the herb garden...

Educating people about the potential effects of using commercial (chemical) skin care has been a core value of our work since we began this journey 30 years ago. Our mantra 'the skin is the outside of the in' fell on deaf ears for a very, very long time, so it's gratifying to see that people are beginning to realize that what you put on your skin really does matter! 

We've been teaching workshops on scent, distillation and essential oils, natural perfume blending, herbalism and wildcrafting for close to three decades, and still try to work in a few sessions every summer. Check out our calendar, or give us a call if you'd like to join in.

Super organic ingredients, healing traditions backed by science - infused with the sparkling cutting-edge twist and matchless quality of an obsessed perfectionist. It could only come from Dragonfly Dreaming®, Canada’s original Pioneer Au Naturel - organic alchemy for body & spirit, since 1996 - created by hand, by us, on Vancouver Island.

Our Promise


We are committed to our bottom line, which is ethical practices in our business. We consider how every step we take as a company, from creating or acquiring raw materials to packaging and shipping your orders, will affect the environment.

Always plant based, gluten free and vegan (beeswax in some products); as organic as possible, with no nut oils, petrochemicals, parabens, preservatives or GMOs.

Good for you, and good for our planet.

Frequently Asked Questions

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