Allysun
Cape Elizabeth

Overview

As an Eleven year old, I started experiencing blood vessels popping underneath my skin on my legs and only my legs. This condition usually lasts for up to 6 months and then goes away but it has now been 12 years of increasing breakouts and pain without much avail. I had been to every doctor and tried many different approaches to figure out what could be happening and how to solve it without much success. I was on pharmaceutical drugs for years and once I realized they were only covering up the problem, I stopped taking them and set out to find a way that would actually heal the problem. Life keeps going though, so once I was in college at Massart in Boston I discovered my love for textiles and fibers. In school we only used chemical dyes and I immediately noticed my body did not like them, so I started asking about natural dyes and was recommended some books to read and was offered more support when I moved back to the woods of Maine and transferred to The Maine College of Art my sophomore year. From then on, I have only used plants to color my textiles. Once I began that exploration is when my medical approach started to shift to more natural and herbal practices. It wasn’t until 2016 when I thought I stumbled upon a new discovery when I realized that the plants I’m using to dye clothes with can also be used to heal us, thus the healing garment was born! Although, I am proud of my intuition for connecting to this truth, healing with clothing has been practiced in Ayurvedic medicine for 5000 years but this healing alternative is the one thing I have found the most success with. The process of creating them brings me much peace, harmony, and health as well.

Our Products Are Available At The Locations Below

Lemon Zest Home - Portland, ME
CIA - South Portland, ME