Perfume Causes Harm to the Thyroid, Reproductive Toxicity, Allergies, and more....

Perfume ingredients may smell great to some people, but may be giving headaches to anyone sensitive to the fumes around them.  A  2010 study suggests popular brands reek of long-term health problems for all of us.

Researchers have found that labels of popular perfumes don't list harmful perfume ingredients linked to sperm damage, hormone disruption (which is linked to some cancers, thyroid disease, obesity, diabetes, and other serious health problems), reproductive toxicity, and allergy problems.

I am a sensory gal myself -so formulating "Grounded" Pure Essense was PURE JOY.  Who would have thought you can have therapeutic benefits while scenting for your day!

Thyroid + Skin + Perfume

Most women apply their perfumes around the neck area where the thyroid is.  The skin then sends components of the perfume to all sensors in the brain and lungs.

Thyroid  and Perfume

Another recent study found several chemicals in the top selling perfumes that can cause damage to the thyroid gland.

The thyroid regulates several important metabolic processes in the body. Thyroid disorders can cause obesity, problems losing or maintaining a healthy weight, serious hair loss, mood disorders and feelings of lethargy.

Chemicals that interfere with healthy thyroid activity may also promote cancer of this important gland. Since it is the largest of the endocrine glands, it has some very important processes to control and therefore, it is utterly important that we keep this gland healthy and in top operating condition.

The thyroid is responsible for controlling how fast our body goes through our energy stores. It also plays an important role in producing much-needed proteins and controls how sensitive our bodies are to the plethora of other hormones that are present at any given time.

Many of the chemicals in perfumes present a dual problem for the thyroid in that they can add more synthetic hormones (in the form of synthetic and harmful estrogens) to our system. In addition, they often can cause damage to the very gland that helps control our sensitivity to these excessive hormones which only compounds the problem.

Informed Beauty Tip - "What to do!"

Fortunately, if you read labels, you can easily avoid synthetic fragrances. Follow these tips, and choose brands that employ natural methods for creating scent in their products. By the way, Kasia Natural Skin Care is FREE of synthetic fragrances—only natural scents from pure essential oils.

• Look at the labels. Personal-care products must list ingredients on the label, although there is a trade secrets loophole for fragrance blends. Manufacturers can use the blanket term of "fragrance" or "parfum" on the label, but thousands of different chemicals—many petrochemical and volatile organic compounds—can hide under that description. Your best bet is to avoid any personal-care product listing these ingredients: fragrance, perfume, parfum, linalool, and limonene.
• Shop at whole foods/co-op stores, natural boutiques on the internet for brands that are more conscious about the fragrances they’re using.
• Look for scents that are naturally derived or plant-based
• Certified Organic products do not have synthetic fragrances
• Customize your own blends of pure essential oils and carrier oils.

Grounded Pure Essence

An aura of pure, aromatic essentials oils frame this captivating and mysterious scent called, Grounded Pure-Essence.  Brighten your mood and de-stress with its true, delicate harmony—simply roll a small amount onto the nape of the neck and inner wrists.

Made from the purest plant-based ingredients with no chemicals, synthetic scents or man-made additives, our Pure-Essence allows you to say “grounded” naturally. Free from alcohol, artificial fragrances, phthalates, parabans, and other chemicals, all Kasia Pure-Essence scent blends are handcrafted in small batches using therapeutic-grade essential oils.

When you love your fragrance it should go with you! Pure-Essence Botanical Blends are the perfect size for your handbag or travel. Or, give it as a beautiful artisan and distinctive gift.

• Patchouli: Alleviates anxiety and brings focus
• Sandalwood: Relieves agitated emotional states and gives strength
• Frankincense: Calms and improves concentration
• Bergamot: Relieves nervous energy and encourages contentment
• Cedarwood: Combats nervous tension and boosts positivity

Reference:

http://www.kasiaorganicsalon.com/products/grounded-pure-essence-2/

http://www.naturalnews.com/037602_perfumes_artificial_fragrance_synthetic_chemicals.html#ixzz2Jx2kt210

Makeup Tips for YOUTH-IFYING Women

The starting signs of aging  can make you feel unattractive on the outside, it can also make you feel bad about yourself on the inside. As you know, my goal isn’t just to help you look better, but also to improve your whole self — mind, body, and spirit. Kasia products help give good care of your skin is one of the best places to start.

There are some makeup tricks that you can also use to make yourself look younger.

Below I will list a few different makeup tricks ....

As we get older, our lips thin. Avoid dark lipstick, it will only bring attention to the lips even more.  Instead, use lipstick shades closest to your natural lip color. Rose and pink shades are more flattering than for example orange.

Dab some lipgloss in the middle of your lips. It will make your lips appear plumper.  Using a colored lip gloss instead of a lipstick.

Make you eyes soft and the center of attention by avoiding shades that are not  too dark. Golds, browns, light grey, and taupe eyeshadow shades are great as they aren’t as harsh looking as black.

Less is more. Avoid heavy foundations or powders. Opt for mineral makeup pigments and light foundations that moisturizer and are minimal in ingredients.   We LOVE La Bella Donna's Liquids and  cream blushes.

Avoid drawing in your eyebrows with pencils. It portrays a harsh look and it doesn’t look natural. Instead, slightly tint your brows professionally with your correct tone.  Brows should be the same shade as your natural brow color.

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Create Love With Aromatherapy!

February is not only a concentration on "beautiful health" and American Heart Month - but it's also prized as the "month of love" ......

The “heart” is home to the most complex emotions – both positive and negative.  When we lack love for ourselves, we can never have any love to give others, while a heart filled with jealousy and anger  can never create a positive trust with others.

Therefore, the two secret ingredients for fulfilling romantic relationships are a selfless and pure heart to loving others, that always starts with a growing self-love.

Nature has gifted us with essential oils that help in this journey.

Let us now look at the three categories of essential oils that will help rekindle the love in your life and bring out the sensual romantic in you

 

Romance: Bright and happy citrus scents to cleanse your heart

Even cleaning products contain extracts of citrus, don’t they?

• Lemon: Like a ray of sunshine, lemon essential oil brightens up your life and washes away all impurities and negative feelings.
• Sweet Orange: The scent of Sweet Orange is warming, comforting and “fodder for the heart”. It encourages you take things in good humor and absolves emotional confusion.
• Grapefruit: The refreshing properties of Grapefruit instill positivity, joy and cheer, which are essential components of a healthy relationship.

Aromatherapy that makes you feel sexy:

Without confidence, feeling sexy is lost – no matter what you wear, how much you weigh or how your hair looks. A myriad of factors such as depression, anxiety, societal pressures or even a break-up can affect the way we feel about ourselves. Floral essential oils soothe our hearts and allow us to celebrate our unique beauty.

• Clary Sage: Profound and seductive, Clary Sage negates melancholy and stimulates sexuality.
• Ylang Ylang: A sweet aroma that soothes away bitterness, Ylang Ylang enhances libido and dispels feelings of jealousy and envy. Its exotic scent helps reunite our emotional and sensual natures.
• Jasmine: Jasmine’s intense and seductive aroma is the perfect antidote for   performance anxiety, impotence and frigidity that result from depressive thoughts of inadequacy and undesirability.
• Rose: The luxurious and erotic scent of rose fuels passion and self-assurance. It helps you discover and revel in your own sensuality.
• Lavender:  With the healing qualities of Mother Nature, Lavender washes away emotional conflict and fills you with newfound confidence.
• Helichrysum:  Calming and uplifting, Helichrysum instills courage and heals deep-seated emotional wounds.

Spicy and powerful scents to fire up your desire:

There is no specific category for aphrodisiac essential oils, but those derived from spices are very helpful as they have strong, powerful aromas that fuel passion and make you realize how sexy you are!

• Cardamom: This spicy scent encourages clarity of thought and warms even the coldest hearts.
• Black Pepper: A tonic for stamina and strength, Black Pepper stimulates your mind and body, and urges you to take initiative in relationships.
• Ginger: Arousing and inviting, the warm scent of ginger stimulates your appetite for love.
• Patchouli: Patchouli has a voluptuous and suggestive aroma that delves deep into your emotions and instills a sense of freedom.
• Vetiver: This earthy and positive scent helps shed inhibitions, self-consciousness and fears of intimacy.  Its  profound nature makes you bold and fearless in love.

Kasia Organics sources and offers Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils applicable for diffusion as Apothecary Single Note oils and Apothecary Essential Oil Blends. “Apothecary,” meaning healing and highly therapeutic, and can be used in hair, skin, body, and other healing modalities.

Happy Valentines Day!  Love - the Kasia Team!

Reference:  thearomablog.com

How to Make Your Eyes Pop with Color

  Sometimes it’s nice to have a brush-up on the basics. This is particularly handy when you’re looking to bring out your eyes by brushing on eyeshadow. As it were, there are rules to which colors are most likely to bring out the natural colors It starts with some of the simple information learned in kindergarten and shifts into something a little more complicated because, unlike painting on a white canvas, you might be seeking makeup with a little more subtly.of your eyes.

It Starts with the Color Wheel

The color wheel in color theory is one that, either in six or more chunked sections or in a continuum of gradient, has all of the colors of the visible light (DePaul). This excludes black, white, and brown.

In painting, or pigments, red, yellow, and blue are considered “primary.” This is different from light, where red, blue, and green are considered primary. The idea behind primary colors is that they make the other colors.

Remember mixing paints as a child and learning that red + yellow = orange, yellow + blue = green, and red + blue = purple? Remember then discovering that mixing orange + blue = brown? That’s because they’re complimentary colors (University of Illinois).

Whereas in light, complimentary colors mix together to make white (think of how white light through a prism makes a rainbow), complementary colors mixed in paint make brown.

Complementary colors are: Red and Green, Yellow and Purple, and Blue and Orange.

As simple and obvious as this seems, understanding the way colors work together is one of the most important steps in recognizing which colors will bring out your features.

Translating into Makeup

If we’re to, for a moment, forget the idea of skin tone, we start with the basics of complementary colors to use on eyes. Potential eye colors include: blue, green, hazel, and brown; and account for the fact that there are variations in each of these, like hazel, violet, and gray (Hudson Alpha).

Looking at your eyes in terms of the color spectrum, it’s important to identify which of these vibrant colors is most accurately like your own. So, for example, if your eyes are brown, but they’re more of a light amber color, you could consider them to be a “yellow.”

In this way, you can determine about what color you should use. So, if your eyes are blue, your best bet is orange undertones; if your eyes are green, you’ll want to go with colors with reddish undertones; and if your eyes are brown, you’ll want to consider purple and blue undertones.

But, as with many things, this isn’t an exact science. You’ll often want to look for undertones more than actual tones. Why? Because a bright orange on a blue eye might make it pop, but it will also be very bright and potentially garish — and you may not want a bold look every day.

Finding Subtler Hues to Bring Out Eyes

Some people with blue eyes have the style and steady hand to color their eyes with a bold orange and really rock it. But some people with blue eyes aren’t the type to wear something so bright, and so orange isn’t really an option for them. And bright red eyeshadow, if not applied with a practiced hand, could resemble irritation more than an eye-popping contrast. This is where makeup gets a little more complicated.

If you want something that’s a bit more subdued, or something that feels more like it’s for day, you’ll want to look for this with undertones of the colors you want. Perhaps instead of orange, blue eyes opt for peach. Instead of red, green eyes opt for plum, and instead of bright purple, brown eyes look for a slightly more muted violet.

It’s possible to bring out your eye color using all browns. Those with blue eyes might find a sandy, peachy brown. Those with green eyes might look for something with more plum undertones. Those with brown eyes might look for something that’s more of a mauve.

Bottom Line

It starts with the very basics of bright primary pigments, and ends with understanding how to find subtle tones that still make eyes pop. Making your eyes stand out is very much about figuring out where, roughly, your eyes fit on the color wheel and, using color theory, finding a color on the spectrum that is its exact opposite to work with. You needn’t use a super-bright hue to get the effect either. Trying browns that have these undertones might take some searching, but it can result in a subdued, everyday look that makes your features shine.

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Top 6 Reasons To Get An Organic Facial

If a clear complexion, reduced stress, and a greater awareness of how to care for your own skin type are what you seek, then regular skincare treatments are for you.

Read on, Informed Beauty, and discover the top 6 reasons to get an organic facial.

1. Boost Hydration. During the winter months, skin often becomes lackluster and dry. Our skin needs continual hydration, even those of us with oily skin. Facials are an excellent way to regulate hydration levels. At Kasia Organic Salon, we combat winter dehydration with deep penetrating serums and masks, and lots of steam!

2. Exfoliate Professionally. We remove unnecessary, pore-clogging dead skin with healthy enzyme masks and AHAs that not only slough off dead skin cells, but nourish the skin with vitamins and antioxidants. When done in moderation, these treatments leave you with more vibrant, youthful-looking skin.

3. Look Younger. Facials are an instant way to look youthful and perky. Stimulating massage and invigorating products increase blood flow, giving your skin that dewy glow and leaving it looking tighter and more contoured. Increased circulation also helps to stimulate collagen and elastin production, decreasing fine lines and wrinkles.

4. Relieve Stress. We often get so caught up in our daily routines that we forget to stop for a moment and really take care of ourselves. By taking the time to get an organic facial, you are allowing yourself the space to simply relax and clear your mind. The stress relief that this provides has immense benefits for overall health and well-being.

5. Understand the Skin You're In. Each facial is customized for your personal skin type. We love educating our clients about their skin and what they can do to make it look its very best. It could be as simple as using an antioxidant serum to minimize wrinkles or a washcloth to decrease blemishes.

6. Get Expert Advice. It's important to use pure products that are best suited for your skin, but with the multitude of options out there, selecting the ideal product can be somewhat overwhelming. At Kasia Organic Salon, we take the guesswork out and teach you what to use and how to use it. This ensures that your money is spent wisely on products that are right for your skin and healthy for your body. We love educating our clients about natural ingredients and the amazing benefits they have on your skin.

Call today to book an organic facial with our skincare specialist. 612-824-7611.

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The Hair Oil Craze! Are They Appropriate For You?

Hair oils have become an overnight sensation in the beauty world.  Oils have been used by natural beauty aficionados for years.  Within the last three years I have seen a huge boom of oils in the mainstream market.  As a consumer, this has been a very confusing purchasing decision.  They all are unique. 

 Kasia Restore Oil was created to benefit our user with the newest technology of "synergistic antioxidant" properties, and formulating only cold press, un-adultured raw ingredients.  

How do you know which is best for you?

To be honest, the over saturation of "specialty oils" have become somewhat of a fad. Even though many are good, they aren't always for everyone. They can be easily overused, causing you to look like you are in need of a shower. However, when used for the right reasons and used sparingly, hair oils are fabulous for adding moisture to your colored hair, intensify the curl pattern, adding shine and softening your strands.

APPLICATION TIPS:  

*Avoid the scalp and roots of your hair and focus on your mid-shaft and ends.  Do not add the oils where your own natural oil stems from.   

*Less is more!  See how your hair responds before adding more. Bigger sections work best.

*Apply the oils when your hair is dry. This is better management of not over doing it!

So which kind of oil is right for you?

Coarse, dry, chemically-processed hair does well with nutrient-rich oils — it will make your hair silkier, shinier, and easier to style as it nourishes damaged strands.

Frizzy hair gals are more susceptible to environmentally-caused damage should seek out coconut oil, which has strengthening and protective qualities.

Jojoba oil is a simple and lightweight, known to nourish more than most oils, is great for your scalp, and can help prevent dandruff.

As far as when to apply,  since coconut and jojoba oils are treatment oils, they are better used at night while you slumber.

Informed Beauty HOT Winter Must Have - Kasia Restore Oil

Kasia Restore Oil is great for overnight as well as  great for styling, and can be used by day.

A lightweight powerhouse, this ultra-versatile hair oil is silicone-free and absorbs instantly, giving your hair a healthy, brilliant shine. Made with cold-pressed fresh and organic oils, it’s a rich elixir that harnesses the power of Black Cumin seeds, Rosemary and Carrot Seed oil to smooth away frizz while protecting hair from damage. It’s perfect for all hair types and colored hair.

KEY BENEFITS

Softer and Shinier:

• A little goes a long way, just a drop or two is enough to tame the wildest tresses.

Nourished:

• Rich moisturizers, proteins, vitamins and minerals combine to help restore the scalp and promote hair growth.

Protected:

• Defends hair from environmental pollutants, UV rays and damaging heat.

Ingredients

Hellanus Annus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil, Nigella Sativa (Black Cumin) Seed Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oil and Daucus Carota (Carrot) Seed Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) extract, Natural Fragrance