Parabens: Are they in your anti-aging cream?

"Hey Informed Beauty!" There is a potentially dangerous chemical that may be lurking in your anti-aging cream. In fact, it's hard to find lotions, cosmetics, sun block, and many other beauty products that don't contain this chemical.

 

What is this harmful chemical?  

Parabens. Not only are parabens toxic, but they can also actually speed up the aging process in the skin.

Parabens are a group of chemicals included in the manufacturing of anti-aging cream and other beauty products because they help to inhibit bacteria growth in the product, thus lengthening their shelf life. If the list of ingredients on your anti-aging cream includes the terms propylparaben, methylparaben, ethylparaben, or butylparaben, your cream has parabens.

Although these chemicals do have a preservative effect on the anti-aging cream, they have the opposite effect on your skin and body causing premature aging and sagging of your skin.

The first concern with parabens is that they are absorbed by the skin into the body. For instance, when you apply an anti-aging product containing parabens, the parabens are absorbed into your skin and accumulate in your body tissues.

The breast tissue is of most concern since the majority of the people using cosmetics and anti-aging products are women. Although no firm connections have been made, an article in the May 2004 issue of the Journal of Applied Toxicology indicates parabens were found in each of 20 samples taken from human breast tumors. This is especially alarming since the parabens can mimic estrogen, a hormone that drives the growth of breast tumors in humans as stated in the article.

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Save 20% in April on any 3 products of the Kasia Beautiful Health Skincare System.

reFresh Face Cleanser *   toBalance Face toner   *  enMoist Moisturizing Cream soPure Clarifying Mask  *   byNight Moisturingzing Serum

Many skin care products say they moisten the skin, but they really only hover on the skin's surface. They can also be full of irritants that strip the skin of vital nutrients below the surface depleting it of everything it needs for function healthfully and stay soft and balanced.

Kasia™ Skin Care was formulated to penetrate the skin with vitamins and organic ingredients that nourish, moisturize, protect and balance your skin. Each ingredient supports the health of your skin and helps protect it from environmental damage.

 Special Expires May 1, 2012

BABO! New Kasia Childrens Line..."Shh, momma uses it too.."

What is Babo?

"This certified organic blend of rich and powerful anti-inflammatory ingredients, vitamins and anti-oxidants was exclusively designed for a baby or child's delicate skin to achieve optimal protection."

When Tribeca mom Kate Solomon, a beauty industry vet, started looking for high-end organic haircare products that were good enough for her baby, she came up dry.

So the mother of two developed her own brand, Babo Botanicals, a line of paraben, vegan and sulfate-free products made on a certified organic farm in upstate New York.

Why Babo?

At Kasia Organic Salon we are committed to listening to our clients needs and suggestions.  A children's shampoo and DETANGLER were amongst  many of our mother's top non toxic "search list" as of late - as one of Kasia's priorities as well!

In my experience in health coaching and Functional Medicine, we value Babo's absolute VOID in harsh ingredients that contribute to rising numbers of our children with peanut, gluten, ezcema, "etc."

Baby yourself with the solution-oriented products, such as Oatmilk Calendula Shampoo and Bodywash for sensitive skin or UV Cucumber Aloe Vera Sport Conditioning Spray to protect hair from chlorine, salt and sun.

(If you're on the baby shower circuit, the perfect gift for moms-to-be.)

DETANGLE ME! We love the Cucumber Aloe detangler for the kiddo's and ALL our guests who have that certain type of hair that is constantly a "jungle gym" after a shampoo.

The Cucumber Aloe Vera line (shampoo + detangler) is specially formulated for swim, sun and active play - it helps remove chlorine, salt and grime and protects hair from UV damage. Babo Botanical's Oatmilk Calendula Moisturizing Baby Lotion and Shampoo A yummy lotion and shampoo uses nourishing botanicals to soothe and protect sensitive skin. Collodial Oatmeal is well known to comfort itchy, dry skin associated with eczema.  Calendula and Shea Butter moisturize and soften skin. .... rich in vitamins & anti-oxidants which combines chamomile, watercress, kudzu and calendula.

Babo's Ingredient Promise, we agree!

Pure Flower and Plant Extracts Sulfate Free Formaldehyde Free Paraben Free Phthalate Free Tear Free Allergy Tested Dermatologist Tested No Icky Chemicals No Synthetic Fragrances No Synthetic Colors Dairy & Soy Free No High Allergy Nut Oils Biodegradable Formulas Color Safe for Mom's Hair, too! Recyclable BPA-Free Packaging

"What goes on children's bodies should be as natural as what goes into their mouths." - Kate Solomon

With the launch of Babo Botanicals, my mission is to provide the highest quality, purest hair, scalp and skincare products for babies and kids.

Why put Organics in your body and then junk on your face?

La Bella Donna Minerale is the safe, "green", organic alternative to traditional make-up ingredients! There are no talc, cornstarch, extracts, mica or fillers found in the La Bella Donna Loose Mineral Foundation, unlike other foundation or mineral make-up brands. They are simply made of only 4 pure rock ingredients that are jet-milled into a fine dust:

The "Rock Stars"

Iron Oxide: many colorful rocks are blended for pigment instead of chemical dyes.

Bismuth Oxychloride: Anti-inflammatory rock that calms and soothes irritated skin.

Titanium Dioxide: Natural sunscreen from rock.

Zinc Oxide: Waterproofing rock, sunscreen, anti-inflammatory, keeps bacteria off the face, soothes redness and irritation.

Unique Benefits of LBD versus Traditional Make-up or Other Mineral Make-up Brands:

- Rock is insoluble in water and since LBD only uses 4 rock ingredients, by science alone it cannot penetrate the water barrier of skin, hence not be absorbed into the pores or bloodstream to pollute or leave traces in the liver.

- Giving your skin the benefits of all day waterproof sunscreen.

- Make-up for Cystic Acne, Rosacea, Discoloration Auto-Immune Disease, Sun damage.

- Medical Make-up Alternative for those undergoing Chemo Therapy, Post Laser Treatment, Post Facial Surgery, and Post Dermatological Treatments.

- Best make-up alternative to protect skin after a Facial. Not only will it not clog your pores, but the dust will protect renewed, clean skin with a waterproof barrier from pollution, dust mites, dirt, etc for when you leave the spa.

- Does not comes off until you remove it with cleanser at the end of the day.

- Health and Wellness alternative to traditional make-up ingredients.

- Best make-up alternative for pregnant women.

-   Complete Make-up Alternative Line

Kasia Launches Small Batch * Artisan * Fair Trade TEA!

Had so much fun packaging our Fair Trade Teas today!  What a gift this will be to my friends/clients!  Make sure to come to the FEB 25th Launch Party to taste and purchase!

Kasia Beautiful Health Tea Small Batch * Artisan * Fair Trade 50 cups per 4 oz tin

Kasia is committed, in partnership, to Fair-trade and Artisan practices to bring you ingredients that are designed and hand-blended in small batches by companies that are operated and owned by families carrying on time-honored traditions, ensuring freshness and one-of-a-kind quality.  Completely natural with no artificial coloring, preservatives or flavoring. Dried fruit pieces, nuts, herbal tisanes, and botanicals add amazing flavor and aroma.

Loose Leaf Tea VS Bagged Tea: Loose leaf teas simply offer the best variety, quality, and freshness. “When you are buying a bagged tea, the tea is obscured by the bag. Many low quality teas (even 'tea dust') are sold in bags so that you don't realize the quality, and are subject to going stale faster than loose leaf tea.”

What Earlier Cultures Inherently Knew…

“One cup of black or green tea has more antioxidant power than a serving of broccoli, carrots, or spinach.” Prevention, Aug 1998

• Aids digestion, promotes bowel regularity.
• Aids sleep (the theanine in black pure and aged green pure).
• Provides fluoride for teeth to fight cavities.
• Helps prevent bad breath.
• Soothes and helps prevent stress.
• Flavanoids, antioxidants, ECGC, and MORE!

*Kasia Beautiful Health Teas

• Cherry Lemongrass Bloom Sencha Green Tea
• Roasted Cocoa-Coconut Botanical Yerba Mate
• Sweet Vanilla & French Lemon Crème Roobios Tea
• Blissful Blueberry & Pomegranate Black Tea

* When steeping, the abundant creations are best suited in larger tea balls.

Hope to sooth your taste buds soon!

Bare Minerals VS La Bella Donna

1) The first main difference is ingredients (Quality) –

La Bella Donna holds 4 ingredients in the “loose” with NO fillers in the product line –

**That means NO Corn Starch, which is one main ingredient Bare Minerals use in their mineral veil foundation. When you mix Corn Starch with any type of oils form the skin you instantly clog pores because it becomes paste like.

2) Bare Minerals puts "MICA" as the key mineral in their foundations –

MICA is a much cheaper mineral than Titanium Dioxide, which is used by La Bella Donna. MICA is a high shine mineral and can make the skin look "shiny" which makes pores/fine lines look a bit bigger - Many people recognize this difference with La Bella Donna VS Bare Minerals as soon as you apply it to their skin.

3) The way the minerals are made is another key point

La Bella Donna puts minerals through a triple mill process (its more expensive to do this process) which grinds down them down to a very fine consistency. You can flick our minerals in the air and they will disperse in the air.

Other mineral lines do a double mill process, which makes minerals heavier - this can appear thicker on the skin and look more like make-up with a heavier feel as well. When you flick Bare Minerals in the air it slightly drops to the ground.

4) How many products you need to get the same look

If you walk into a store that carries Bare Minerals, the staff will try to sell someone 3 products –

1. 1.) A mineral foundation
2. 2.) A mineral veil to keep the minerals on longer and help with the shine (because they use MICA)
3. 3.) A hydrating setting spray (because they use drying corn starch).
4. 3 products to achieve one look at about $75.00-$95.00 not including the brushes needed.

La Bella recommends especially one product - our pure mineral loose foundation with only 4 ingredients to achieve an all day foundation (water-proof for humid areas and oily skin) that provides a full spectrum SPF 20, which gives sun protection all day long because it does not absorb into the skin. This one product is a 3-in-1 a foundation, concealer and setting agent - nothing else is needed. We don't recommend any setting spray because the 4 ingredients do exactly what dermatologists and doctors want them to do - "LESS INGREDIENTS ON THE SKIN MEANS MORE". La Bella is good for all skin types and was created for a dermatologist for post/op treatments and people going through Chemo - Bare Minerals can not compete with that because of the ingredients they put in their products.

5) Sold!

After a facial or waxing or hair service, Kasia Salon  lightly  dusts the minerals as the last step of every service - this is where you receive a whole new outlook on minerals - at this step it's being used as a water-proof SPF 20, and with 2 anti-inflammatory ingredients - it calms all and any redness down from extractions and steam - so the client feels more comfortable walking out of the salon. Plastic surgeons and dermatologists all over do dusting on clients after chemical peels, micro, laser, IPL facials, botox, etc... Bare Minerals can't do this because who wants cornstarch on their face after a facial (not good).

6) La Bella Donna products last on average 4-6 months, as our packaging is a bit bigger then that of Bare Minerals.

Just so you know, the shadows and lip products are just slightly more then Bare Minerals. Beautiful packaging and much better high quality ingredients with a nicer feel and look to the skin, is absolutely worth paying a little more.

I like to described it as fresh farmers market vegetables VS canned vegetables at the $0.99 store loaded with preservatives for the last year - same produce but the way they are kept and made is clearly different. And what they are going to do for the body is also clearly different, far from “Beautiful Health.”

I truly hope this helps answer your question discerning Bare Minerals. We all have the best of intentions, this is not meant to be a “jab” session, I just always will and have promised transparency and truth. Once one uses La Bella Donna, they really never go back - speaking from experience for myself, and my clients! I recommend everyone try the color in a Loose Mineral at $50, lasting 4 – 6 months! Mineral Brush also highly recommended at $45 for control and quality look. When you purchase any loose or compact mineral, recieve your goat application brush - 10% off!

Beautiful Nutrients™

Eating a nutrient-dense and enzyme-rich diet of living fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats have proven to have a profound effect on skin, health and disease. We want to inspire you with the truth that optimum health and beauty can be achieved by the intake of fresh, anti-inflammatory, chemical/toxin-free, enzyme-rich foods that detoxify and rejuvenate the mind, body and skin.

Anti-Inflammatory

Beware of Silent Inflammation — inflammation that falls below the threshold of perceived pain. That's what makes it so dangerous. If this consistent inflammation goes on unknown for years, eventually it erupts into what we call chronic disease. We are in control-our food choices are critical when it comes to causing and controlling inflammation.

This inflammation may be caused by:

• Eating a pro-inflammatory diet (i.e., high glycemic carbs)
• Excess exposure to ultraviolet light
• Environmental stressors
• Weakened immune system
• Hormonal changes
• Stress

The most important factor in fighting inflammation is the food you eat every day. Studies have shown that when foods like fruit, vegetables and fish are digested, they produce anti-inflammatory metabolites. In contrast, red meat and dairy produce pro-inflammatory metabolites.

Improve Your Digestion

Contrary to what we have been lead to believe, we are not just what we eat-more importantly we are more about what we can digest and absorb. The health of our digestive tracts is highly integrated in our overall health.

The classic signs that all is not quite as it should be in the area of digestion are often low energy, poor skin, headaches, foggy thinking and food allergies. This leads to all sorts of other symptoms-from depression to weight gain, to aches and pains to arthritis.

The basic principles of gut health are essentially the principles of good health in general: Eat natural foods, including lots of fiber, hydrate thoroughly, choose low-glycemic carbs, and avoid sugar, white flour, and processed food.

Toxin/Chemical Free

Eating foods grown with chemicals and prepared with synthetic preservatives and additives have shown to create accumulative reactive toxins, resulting in acne, rashes and other problematic skin conditions.

Over a period of time, toxins in the digestive system clog the pores and internal channels that carry moisture and nutrients to the deeper layers of the skin. Results from this are: aging skin/spots, wrinkles, and dullish look.

Healthy skin depends on reducing the levels of toxins in your body, and the first step to doing this is to take fewer toxins in. Essential components of what you should eat to reduce inflammation are Omega-3 essential fatty acids and antioxidants.

Cold-pressed Seed Oils/Essential Fatty Acids

The most dramatic and positive skin changes come under the influence of an essential fatty acid intake/supplementation. Dry and sensitive skin affects one in every two women. An inadequate essential fatty acid intake induces water loss across the epidermis.

Kasia suggests supplementation with revolutionary Immuno-Viva's Core seed oil, offering both a cold-pressed essential fatty acids and free radical prevention in one!

Did you know? Topical skincare products address about 20% of your skin's needs. The other 80% comes from proper nutrition.

Beautiful Nutrient Suggestions

Immuno-Viva's nutritional supplements help to heal and strengthen cellular membranes and protect cells' internal structures. They work synergistically with Kasia Organic Skincare's topical products to improve the health of skin, hair and nails.

• Immuno-Viva® Core — Immuno-Viva Core's rich Omega fatty acids and diverse blend of antioxidants help your body fight the aging process from the inside out, and counteract many health problems associated with modern living.
• Immuno-Viva® Probiotic+ — Good health begins with a balanced digestive system. Immuno-Viva Probiotic+ delivers a robust blend of seven probiotics, or "good flora," balancing your system and enabling your body to efficiently absorb the nutrients your skin, hair and nails need to thrive.
• Cold-Pressed Oil Synergy of Black Cumin With Other Oils — Multi-antioxidants, with addition of black cumin produced by plant seed oil extraction, can yield super-potent antioxidants greater than their weighted averages (synergism). Black caraway adds stability.

Example of Daily Nutrition

• Breakfast: Organic/natural yogurt with chopped fresh fruit and nuts OR fresh fruit!
• Lunch: A big salad. rich with colorful fresh vegetables, sesame or pumpkin seeds, olive oil, and using lemon juice and herbs for flavor!
• Dinner: A hot meal of fresh (organic) fish, chicken or lean meat or a vegetarian alternative made from beans, lentils or tofu. As a side you can steam vegetables with a small amount of oil and water.
• Snacks: Fresh fruits, raw vegetables, raw nuts anddehydrated crackers.
• Drinks: At least six glasses of fluids/liquids a day: water, herbal and fruit, juicing of fresh fruit and vegetable, and once in a while, dairy-free smoothie.

Steer clear of protein bars, high-energy drinks, and starches. These foods make our hormones and adrenals get out of balance, and leaves us severely dehydrated.