Selling Retail

Diversion.

What are the thoughts that come to your mind upon hearing this word? There has been a lot of communication about this word.

Are you aware that depending on the type of salon you have, retail should range anywhere
from 30-60% of your net profit?

Did you know that statistically, if a client buys

• two retail products you have a 60% chance they will come back
• one retail product you have a 30% chance they will come back
• no retail products you only have a 10% chance they will come back

With the big corporate company brands being diverted and sold everywhere from drugstores to bulk superstore warehouses, is it a losing battle to expect that your clients will buy their homecare products from you?

I’d like to purpose that there are two MAIN reasons that our clients would be willing

to buy their “professional” products somewhere other than from their professional

stylist. (And one of them is NOT convenience.)

1. We are not being truly professional.
2. We are not loving what we do.

When encouraging other stylists to sell retail, I often hear lame excuses like:

I’m not a salesperson, I’m a hairstylist.

I don’t want my client to feel pressured.

It makes me feel uncomfortable.

Any professional who thinks that they are not a salesperson is delusional. We sell ourselves everyday, in every way. How are you coming across to other people? What does your look, actions, your priorities, what you spend most of your time on, and what you talk about, telling others about you?

As hairstylists, we sell our skills and knowledge everyday to our clients. Clients trust us because they know that we know what we are doing. You and I, are the trained professionals. We should know what our clients should be using on their hair (or skin) and why.

Selling retail products should come as naturally as selling your client what style, color or cut they should have. Talk to them. If you have a client that has a long narrow face, and they come to you, it’s your job as a professional to explain how giving them a fuller, rounder look would do for them.

Now, think about how you would talk to them about this. You aren’t going to say, “Look, you have a long, narrow face & you really need to widen up your hair to create an illusion that your face isn’t so long.” No! You would say something like, “I think if we give you a fuller look with more body, it will really bring out your pretty features.” You may even use your hands, holding the hair just so, to show her what you mean.

It is the same with selling retail. Give your client the reason that they need the product, show them how it works and why, and your client will want to buy it from you!

Choosing a product to use and sell in your salon is very important. You must choose a product and company that you believe in. This is becoming more and more difficult for many stylists. Believing in the big corporate company brands that sell box color just about anywhere, not to mention their so-called “professional” products, is becoming extremely difficult.

What is the company’s philosophy? What are they all about? Does the company’s ideals match yours? Are you in love with the products themselves? You must love the look, feel and smell of the products. Do they give fabulous results the very first time you use them on your clients? It is important that you choose products that you truly believe are the best for yourself and your clients.

Now all you have to do is talk. Talk about hair. Talk about what you are doing and why. Talk about the products you are putting in their hair. Tell your client why you are choosing the particular product and what may happen if you don’t use it. Talk about the specific positive qualities of the product. For instance, in our Shear Miracles Organic Salon line, if I would be using the Blow Up the Volume Foam, I may say something like this, “I’m going to use the Blow Up the Volume Foam at your crown area to give your hair airy hold. This will pump up each of your hair strands with body to create a nice lift with all day holding power.” As I am putting the product into my hand, I would show them how many squirts I was using & how I actually distribute the products in my hands and their hair. At this point I’d say, “this foam, like every one of our products, is alcohol free and is actually very good for your hair. Every ingredient is specially chosen for it’s health benefits for both your hair and your whole being.” I may at this point be blowing them dry, so I would hand the product to them to hold and look at and mention that it has some great reviews from some celebrity hairstylists, such as Joseph Kellner. (As soon as your client looks like they are finished checking the product out, take it.) This kind of dialogue causes clients to feel free to ask questions about your products, too. Whatever you do, don’t only talk about yourself or other non-related topics.

Selling to our clients should be easy and come naturally. It should be part of what we do as professionals.

If we are truly showing ourselves as experts in our field, our clients will buy from us and we will not be threatened by diversion of any kind. Let’s beat the diverters at their own game!

Shear Miracle Organics is a family owned and operated company with two generations of professional hairstylists. Our goal is to revolutionize the beauty industry with an organic line of products that are both beneficial and affordable to consumers everywhere, while educating stylists on the harmful effects of typical ingredients found in everyday beauty products. We pride ourselves on offering a healthy salon-quality line with ingredients so pure you could actually eat them!

We offer a broad range of 100% organic hair, skin & body care products to help you ensure that your clients continue choosing your salon!

To get you free information about using and selling Shear Miracle Organics in your salon, click here.

Salon Exclusivity – our story and promise

For immediate wholesale information or to talk to someone personally,
please call 888-223-7986

Totally Raw Peach Cobbler – A delicious recipe for beauty!

“You are what you eat.”

We have all heard this quote at one time or another. The more I learn about what healthy ingredients can do for beauty in our Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products, the more I get excited about the healthy ingredients in the food I make for my growing family!

• Did you know that peaches are good for your skin – they regenerate skin tissue!   
• Almonds are known to improve skin and hair texture. They contain Vitamin B which promotes healthy growth of hair as well as nails.
• Walnuts contain alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid that helps condition your hair.
• Both walnuts and pecans are a terrific source of zinc, which helps keep you from hair loss.
• Raisins help keep your body in an acidic state.  When your body isn’t in a balanced state, this can contribute to hair loss, too.
• Adding cinnamon to your diet can assist your body in detoxing, getting rid of unwanted toxins.

Totally Raw Peach Cobbler

Ingredients for crust:

2 cups walnuts – *Or pecans

¼ cup raisins

¼ cup medjool dates

Pinch of celtic sea salt

Cinnamon

A splash of oj

Ingredients for filling:

10 peaches, diced

½ pint fresh blueberries (or more to taste)

½ cup medjool dates

Juice of ½ large orange

Cinnamon

Ingredients for crumble topping:

1½ cups almonds

¼ cup raisins (or more)

Blend all ingredients for crust in food processor until well-combined into a dough-like consistency.

Spread into a glass casserole dish.

Combine diced peaches and blueberries with connamon in a bowl and set aside.

Blend remaining ingredients with 1 cup of diced peaches in a food processor until a sauce-like consistency is reached.

Add peach sauce to diced mixture and spread over crust.

Place ingredients in a food processor and pulse until crumbly.

Spread crumble evenly over peach filling and gently pat down with a flat spatula or serving spoon.

Serve immediately or chill one hour for a firmer consistency.

To read more about healthy in season eating, click here!

This delicious recipe was adapted from Lisa Testa, M.S. of Healthier You.

Check out Lisa’s Blog for more raw recipes here!

Organic Mascara & Eyeliner – A Product Review

Organic Mascara & Organic Eye Liner From Shear Miracles Organic Products Two products that really work

Natural Product Review

Read this great product review by Sharon of All Natural Beauty! “I’m so happy to tell you about Shear Miracles’ Organic Eye Liner and Organic Mascara. I love these 2 products from Shear Miracles and I know you’ll be quite happy with them too.” To read the full review click here.

A Healthy Direction

 

Featuring ChopChop – A Green Salon

Salon of the Month

118 Center Ave., Terre Hill, PA 17581 ~ 717-445-6372 ~ChopChop017@aol.com

Lesley Hoar, stylist and owner of ChopChop Hair Design in Pennsylvania, is experiencing a Shear Miracles Organic Revolution!

After years of trying different products, Lesley knew she wanted “something different”. She wanted to be excited about the products she was using on herself and her clients at the salon. One training session with Robyn showed her the exact direction she wanted to move towards… “the healthy one!”

“I was so happy to find Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products! My customers love the fact that they can read every ingredient in the products they are buying now, and I love that I am no longer breathing chemicals or plastics everyday.”

Lesley regularly uses Shear Miracles in her organic salon with her clientele. They love the vast array of products available, with best-sellers being various shampoos conditioners, Shine Like A Star Leave-in Conditioner Spray, and Fresh Styles Spray Gel. “

As for myself, I haven’t found a Shear Miracles product that I don’t like! The Pump-Up the Volume Mousse is really great, and I love Robyn’s conditioners after any color or perm treatment.”

Lesley uses a lot of natural products in her home and advocates holistic and alternative therapies for her family. She is also very excited that after all these years of doing hair, she has finally found something good to do with all the hair clippings: She recycles them! She donates the clippings to Matter of Trust and they are used to help clean up oil spills all over the world. Pretty amazing.

Shear Miracles is exactly what Lesley was looking for to help bring her vision together. “I honestly never knew it could be so much fun going green!” At home, at work, and on the global level, Lesley is making a difference. Visit Lesley in her salon, or contact her today!

Written by Lisa Testa, M.S., of Healthier You, LLC – Visit her blog!

 

Salon Exclusivity

I love what I do. I love making people feel and look beautiful. I love getting to know all

different types of people who I may have never had the opportunity to meet. I love seeing all of them on a regular basis, sometimes for an hour or two every month. Although my goal is to remain professional, many of us have a connection since we’ve “been together” 15 + years.

This is the reason why I am concerned about many things that are happening in our industry. I highly recommend the movie, The Real Hair Truth, by Joseph Kellner. Although it contains some unnecessary bad language and bikini strutting ladies (which in my opinion, do nothing for our professionalism – sorry Joseph, you know I love you!) the message is one we need to spread especially among our fellow beauty professionals. One subject that the documentary deals with is diversion. Diversion is when a professional product that claims to be salon exclusive is sold in grocery stores, drug stores or anywhere besides at a salon. Hard working stylists and salon owners invest in a particular product line, use and promote the product line to their clients and basically are the sales force for the product line. If their client can then go online or to the grocery store to buy the product, the stylist/salon gets nothing for all their effort. Only the manufacture of the product line and the “store” that sells the product, gets the benefit.

If you have read my story about how Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Productscame to be, you will quickly realize that I didn’t set out to start my own product line. Instead, I did it out of depuration looking for a pure healthy product that worked in a professional manner. Since I wasn’t able to find what I was looking for I decided to “make” my own. My husband and my parents have been my biggest support. This is

My Dad, my Mom & our precious daughter, Amara

truly a family owned and operated business. We hired a family – a formulator who works primarily with his wife to create most of our wonderful formulas. We didn’t start big, we don’t have major investors and we did not want to go in debt. We had a decision to make.

Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products are what they say they are – salon products. Here we found ourselves in Lancaster, PA working out of a small 600 square foot studio with only 2 stylists. Clients loved our products! The word was spreading quickly and soon we began receiving phone calls for sales from people, who lived in towns 4 – 6 hours away, who had heard about our products through word of mouth. Then, some of those same customers started telling their stylists about Shear Miracles and we started getting calls from salon owners about how they could get our products in their salon. What a great opportunity! We didn’t have capital for the marketing materials, a sales reps force, advertisements in the most popular beauty industry magazine, you get the picture. We decided that word of mouth was the best advertisement, so we went viral. Of course, our product line wasn’t in every major city yet or even every state, for that matter. We knew that if we could just get people to experience the difference that our salon quality, 100% organic & wildcrafted product line would do for them, we could fill a needed niche’ and they would fall in love with the product too! We started selling retail to customers with the promise that when a salon started retailing our line in their area, they would have to buy their SM products at their local salon.

Success! Many of our salons hear about our product line from their clients who love Shear Miracles already. Clients bring our products into their stylists to have them use them. The stylist then experiences them firsthand. We offer any of our retail customers $100 worth of FREE SM products (our choice) as a thank you for introducing us to the salon that they frequent, when the salon decides to use and retail our line. Then, they purchase all future SM products from that salon. We add the salon to our website on our Find a Salon link & then send all future customers who live in their town to that particular salon to buy their SM products. (As we grow, we have plans to incorporate this policy into our website, so that before a customer trys to by something, they will be directed to go to the salon in their area to purchase it.) So far we have had only positive results! Salon owners and stylists are happy because we are consistently sending them new clients. Everyday more customers find us on the internet, buy, experience and fall in love with our product line. It is a win-win situation. We care about and are grateful for all of the salon owners and stylists that use and promote Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products and as many of them can attest, we do everything to help them succeed.

When you “Join the Organic Revolution”, as we like to say, you are joining an extended family. Each of us making a positive change for our industry. We promise to try our very best to give you the purest products possible with the most professional result without compromising our values and standards. This not only includes our beliefs as to our choice of ingredients and the prices we charge, but also our integrity to our profession as it pertains to diversion. Our main goal is to provide our fellow hairdressers and their clients with top-notch pure products while making a decent living doing something that they love. We realize we are going down a road not well traveled.We welcome your thoughts about how you feel about diversion and our industry and how we have chosen to go about growing Shear Miracles Organic Products and the salons who partner with us.

Exfoliators, Detoxing & Masks, Oh My!

What’s the new hot thing in skin care today?

It seems that people are always discovering the ever-changing  single “miracle” ingredient that will keep your skin young and wrinkle free. Is this approach right? Is there always something else we need? Will we always be behind the newest, latest skin care discovery? Or is there a much simpler way?

All of Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products skin care are loaded with antioxidant ingredients to stimulate collagen production via intensive free radical scavenging.  Instead of always searching for something new, we feel it’s best to approach the entire skin complex from the wisdom of past ages and not focus on just one aspect of the skin, like many modern new systems.  Our holistic approach to skin care is to detoxify, nourish, remove free radicals, hydrate and moisturize the skin, while considering the individual needs of each skin type.

Properly caring for your skin involves cleansing, hydrating and moisturizing on a daily basis. It is also important to exfoliate your skin bi-weekly to remove dead skin. Occasionally detoxing your skin to allow for a more effective regeneration process and, since all of our products have specially chosen, health-packed ingredients, maximum nutrient penetration.

Exfoliating

The average person generates a new layer of skin every two to four weeks. At the end of this period, the old skin cells are shed so that the new can come forth.

Many companies lately use Alpha Hydroxy Acids to remove dead skin and claim to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles. Don’t be fooled by the “natural” Alpha Hydroxy Acids! Glycolic acid is a high concentration of sugar fruit acids which causes the skin to be burnt. It is not just a simple fruit acid in its natural concentration!

Exfoliating with a gentle product like Almost Paradise Home Face Lift, can improve your complexion tremendously while giving your skin all the added benefits of milk and honey that we

covered in our last article. Our amazing anti-aging exfoliator, not only effectively removes dead skin, but helps restore skin’s elasticity and tone. Eyebright, a herb that is known to relieve inflammation effectively soothes your skin, while the natural antibacterial and astringent agents have a healing effect on acne, tightening oily skin and alleviating irritated skin.
Neem leaf is also anti-inflammatory making Almost Paradise Home Face Lift the perfect choice even for some sensitive skin types.

You will notice an improvement in your skin’s smoothness, reduction of fine lines, an increase in the capacity of your skin to absorb water (hydration) and less blemishes over time. It will give a fresh look and feel to your skin.

Detoxing

This important step is best done while concentrating internally as well as externally. Detoxing occurs when you remove unwanted toxins from your body. Sounds good, right? How do we do this? Drink enough pure water! According to Leroy R. Perry, Jr. of NaturoDoc, it is suggested to drink at least 1/2 your body weight in oz per day. Water flushes out toxins from your body, helps your organs function better and ultimately gives you clearer, more beautiful skin.

Increase your daily intake of antioxidants. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals that are caused by toxins. Eat more antioxidant-rich fruits like blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, pears, cherries, pomegranates and plums. Increase your greens. The best greens for the job include kale, wheat-grass, arugula, spinach, algae, chard, Spirulina and alfalfa.

Add to your diet herbs and spices that help your body detox like cinnamon, cayenne pepper and turmeric.

Sweat. Yes, I said sweat.  Exercise for at least 30 minutes everyday. Sweating gets rid of excess toxins through your skin.

Use a mask designed to assist your detoxing process, such as our Be Clean Organic Detox Mask, on your clean skin a few times per month. This soothing mask made of French Green Clay is an excellent choice because of its super absorbing qualities. Green Clay is composed of a host of essential minerals, iron oxides, and decomposed plant material such as kelp and seaweed. Beware, this detox mask really works well and if your skin contain toxins, you may break out, as the clay will pull the toxins from your skin.

Regenerating or Moisturizing

Besides hydration, moisturizing your skin is of utmost importance to having radiant, young-looking skin. Omega 3 has been found to help your skin retain moisture. Eat foods that contain Omega 3 like Wild Alaskan Salmon, walnuts, flax seeds, beans olive oil and winter squash.  Omega 3s give your skin the ability to retain moisture, so these are very anti-aging.

Besides daily moisturizing, we recommend helping your skin by giving it an extra power packed boost. Why? As we age (and we are all doing that every moment of every day), our skin becomes drier and also looses the ability to produce collagen. Effectively moisturizing your skin will help maintain your skin’s ability to retain its natural moisture. In our overnight Miracles Happen Organic Rejuvenating Mask, we use ingredients such as organic aloe vera, organic shea butter, organic honey, organic oils of: coconut, avocado, hemp seed, and sunflower, just to name a few. These ingredients work with your body’s own natural regeneration and healing process as you sleep to keep your skin looking fresh and beautiful. You have to try this one! It is feels more like a lotion than a mask and in the morning when you rinse it off, you will feel like you have brand new skin. This one is my personal favorite.

If you like this post, let me know by commenting below and I will do another series. Please let me know what other natural beauty topics you would like me to cover.

Summer Time Skin Care

Summertime is in full force. I am writing this on the hottest week of the year so far in hot and humid PA. It will reach over 100 degrees. It is so hot outside that my windows are actually steamed up!

I’m not complaining. I love summer, the heat and all the outdoor activities that come with it. Beach trips, swimming, running through the sprinkler, going to

Dutch Wonderland (kid’s amusement park) and eating at good restaurants with decks are some of my personal favorites and all with our two adorable, fun-loving toddlers! I seriously don’t want it to end!

I guess I don’t have to explain that I’m not afraid of the sun. I love it but, I don’t purposely lay out and sun bake or anything. That said, occasionally I do get too much sun which is why I am so thankful for our healing restorative array of skin care products.

One favorite is our Beautiful Body Organic Body Lotions that are packed with anti-inflammatory aloe vera, coconut oil and sunflower oil, just to name a few.

Not only are these ingredients perfect for the hydration your skin needs after too much sun exposure, but they also provide a level of protection before going out into the sun to play!

Aloe Vera naturally provides UV protection by retaining moisture with more oxygen which effectively heals and soothes the skin. Sunflower oil protects your skin from the sun’s damaging UV rays by destroying the free radicals UV rays cause and coconut oil has a remarkable ability to heal the skin and shield it from the harmful UV rays of the sun.

Find our Beautiful Body Organic Lotions in two wonderful flavors – jasmine and orange here.

“The very best! (SM Body Lotion) I’m addicted to it!” ~Sophie Azouaou~
Media Personality & Founder of SophiSticate Interiors

More on our 100% organic and wildcrafted skin care line to come! Subscribe to our blog for free organic beauty care info!

It’s Easier Than You Think!

Are you having to struggle to get your hair smooth, shiny and silky? Does it stay that way throughout the day? It’s that hot time of the year when hair with any kind of texture tends to get frizzy and dry.

Have you ever looked at the ingredients in most traditional haircare products? It’s amazing that products that are professionally designed to improve your hair’s appearance contain such harmful ingredients.

Your hair can dry out and become brittle just by using products on a regular basis
that contain ingredients like alcohol, sodium lauryl and sulfates, just to name a few. Many people complain that they need to find a product that is more moisturizing, but really all that is doing is masking the problem. When people stop using haircare products that contain ingredients that are harmful to their hair, and replace them with products that are 100% healthy, they see instant results!

That’s why we are hearing success stories from salon owners and their clients everywhere about Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products! Our commitment to you is to only use ingredients that are beneficial and “do no harm”. Our motto is to “only use and recommend products that are the purest possible with a professional result!”

When you start using Shear Miracles by Robyn ~ Organic Salon Products exclusively on your hair, you will not have to continually look for the newest product that will give your hair the results you are desiring.

For instance, let’s look at the ingredients in a popular professional salon “smoothing” shampoo and conditioner, made for dry hair.

Shampoo-

Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Coco-Betaine, Laureth-5, Carboxylic Acid, Trimethylsilylamodimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Polyquaternium-10, Cocomide MIPA, Fragrance (Perfum), Sodium Benzoate, Methylparaben, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Salicylic Acid, PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate, Propylene Glycol, Orange 4 (CI 15510), Sodium Hydroxide, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Propylparaben, Red 33 (CI 17200), PPG-5-Ceteth-20,Oleth-10, Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate, Lecithin, Phosphoric Acid, BHT, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil/Macadamia Ternifolia, Candelilla Wax/Candelillla Cera, Phenoxyethanol

Now let’s compare SM Rejuvenate Shampoo for dry hair. Our ingredients are:

Structured vitamin water concentrate; organic aloe vera; olive oil; organic coconut oil; palm oil; organic african black soap; castor oil; avocado oil; organic shea butter; organic oils of: jojoba; grape seed; apricot & evening primrose; vegetable glycerin; hemp oil protein; extracts of organic peppermint; wild-crafted yucca; wild-crafted horsetail; organic nettle and organic melissa; certified organic plant source xanthan gum; vitamin E; organic essential oil of: peppermint.

Again a traditional conditioner for dry hair:

Conditioner-

Water Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, PEG-180, Cetyl Esters, Amodimethicone, Fragrance Parfum, Methylparaben, Mica, Titanium Dioxide CI 77891, Cetrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-12, Chlorhexidine Dihydrochloride, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, Oleth-10, Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate, Iron Oxides CI 77491, Lecithin, Phosphoric Acid, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil Macadamia Ternifolia, Candelilla Wax, Candelilla Cera, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylparaben

Now let’s compare SM Rejuvenate Conditioner for dry hair.

Purified Water, Rosemary Oil, Valencia Orange, Mango, Lemongrass, Ginko Biloba, Echinacea, Willow Bark, Sea Kelp, Chamomile Flower, Peppermint, Grapefruit, Soybean Protein, Corn Emulsifier, Vit. E., Trace Minerals, Citric Acid, Grapefruit Seed

You see what I mean? Even a simple comparison investigation on the effects of the ingredients listed above will be enough to convince anyone. Then when you put our products to the test, you will be believers for life.

After cleansing and conditioning with a healthy shampoo & conditioner, like Rejuvenate, it’s time to style. To achieve that straight,  smooth,  and anti-frizzy look with protection for the hair, try using our Hair Milk Organic Blow Dry Lotion with a squirt of Soft as Satin Organic Hair Polish. Combining these two safe wholesome products together, will give your hair lasting shine all the day through.

Click here to find a salon that uses our Shear Miracles Organic Salon Products!

Shear Miracles Organic Products is a salon exclusive line, so please support your local salons by purchasing your SM products there!

If there is not a salon in your area, feel free to order your products on our website!

Are you a salon owner or stylist? Please click here to be sent more information on how to use these amazing products in your salon!

Do you have a favorite salon or stylist that you go to visit on a regular basis? Tell your stylist about us! If they start retailing our product line, you can then get your products at YOUR salon and YOU will earn $100 worth of FREE SM products as a thank you! Email us for details.

“Never again sacrifice professional quality for natural purity!”

It’s Easier Than You Think!

Only Healthy Ingredients Here!

Did you try our beautifully-reformulated, loose powders yet!?   

Shear Miracles NEVER uses BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE in their Luxury Loose Powders! We only use beneficial ingredients to keep your skin looking radiant!

Here are some facts about this “non-benefical” ingredient according to Beautiful With Brains.

What it is
Bismuth Oxychloride is a white powder that seldom occurs in nature. Because it comes from the earth, it can contain traces of heavy metals in low concentrations and therefore aren’t a risk for human health. More often instead, it is manufactured by combining bismuth, a by-product of lead and copper metal refining, with chloride and water.

What it does
Bismuth Oxychloride has a white powder texture that adheres well to skin. This helps makeup stay on longer. It also gives skin a silky feel and either a white shimmer or pearlescent matte finish. The glow reflects light away from the skin, helping to hide wrinkles and fine lines.
It is also used as a coloring agent: it imparts a white color to cosmetics and personal care products.
In addition, it is an absorbent agent and a thickener.

Side effects
Bismuth Oxychloride often causes irritations, redness, itching, rashes and inflammation. In addition, it can worsen acne and rosacea. Because Bismuth Oxychloride has large molecules, it tends to slide off skin. For this reasons, companies recommend to keep buffing it on skin but this can worse the irritating and inflammation.
Bismuth Oxychloride is not allowed to be used in lip products.

Make the switch see the beautiful results! Your skin will love it!

Our wonderful, earth pure mineral powders will add a flawless finish to your face, giving it a soft, velvety appearance. Friends will say you have such radiant skin instead of asking what foundation powder are you wearing. Good for even the most sensitive skin, this NO NANO powder will provide a natural, translucent, airbrushed finish while extending your eye & lip colors.

Upholding to our high standards, we have carefully selected ingredients that are very beneficial to the skin.   Kaolin has excellent absorbent qualities and also is known to draw out impurities and toxins.   Arrowroot powder has been shown in studies to balance the skin protecting it from being either too dry or too oily. It is also an excellent moisturizer.   Magnesium promotes quick healing of skin tissue and is essential for cell metabolism. We have also added two forms of zinc, which provide important sun protection against harmful UV rays.   Zinc, acting as an antibacterial, works to keep your skin clear of blemishes.

This is why we are so excited to share these with you!

Awesome Hair! by Sophie Uliano of Gorgeously Green

* Reposted from Gorgeously Green’s website

AWESOME HAIR!

I am so utterly psyched to actually make it into the greenest and cutest hair salon, Primrose Organics, in LA. I had heard of them a year prior and the buzz was good, but I had never actually been in. I called one of the owners, Melissa, a week prior, as I had two issues I wanted to discuss. I’d recently had a bunch of emails from readers asking about non-toxic hair color that was as good as what they were used to. The other burning question was about hair-straightening/smoothing treatments. A few readers had tried and loved the Brazilian Blowout, but due to the recent classification of formaldehyde as a carcinogen, were understandably freaking out.

Let’s first talk about the salon. The dynamic due, Melissa & Felicia, greeted me as I walked into hairdresser heaven. A girl with green leanings would feel totally at home at Primrose Organics. I was actually dizzy with excitement, as I recognized many of the hair care brands which I know and love, and a few I don’t. The salon is adorable in an old-fashioned kind of way. It has a sort of shabby chic/eccentric feel. Melissa explained that rather than spending a fortune on “sustainable” furniture, she and Felicia had scoured Craig’s List for antique dressers and shelves. The result is enchanting, as each station is characterized by a slightly different art-deco style of dresser.

There was no weird chemical odor at all, as every single product they use is green. That being said, they’re not eco-zealots because they want their clients to have as good a result as they would in a conventional salon. We all know that green hair care products can be useless, drying and ineffective, so I was really interested to see what they had on offer.

Melissa had a lot to say about hair color, which I was interested in because I have had bleach highlights in my hair for virtually all of my grown-up life. I’m not proud of the fact, but justify the process by knowing that the bleach doesn’t actually touch my scalp. Still bleach is bleach, so I’d classify this as one of my eco-sins for sure. Melissa and Felicia have found a way of lightening hair, which has convinced me to give it a go. They’ve turned brunettes into platinum blondes in one session (I saw the iPhone photos to prove it,) so when I next need my highlights done, I’ll be heading over to Primrose, and I’ll fill you in on exactly what they use and how it turned out.

On to  the the hair straightening. I was up for giving this a whirl. I have hair that can go either way. I can blow dry it stick straight, which takes a a tedious half hour, or I can let it air dry into somewhat frizzy waves. I love the natural look, but don’t love the frizz, so if I could have a non-toxic smoothing treatment, which would lesson my styling time and allow for a frizz-free air dry, I was in.

Primrose Organics uses the KeraGreen Treatment, which has been tested for formaldehyde, the results of  have satisfied me for the moment: it would basically take 842 KeraGreen treatments to equal the amount of formaldehyde in one banana! Melissa kindly handed me a packet with all the lab reports and certifications in it.

The gorgeous stylist Megan washed my hair and then applied the treatment, which smelled like apple candy. We then proceeded with a the long process, sitting under a dryer, of blow-drying and then straightening, which was made tolerable by my delightful surroundings. The treatment didn’t burn, sting my eyes or irritate me in anyway. Now the thing I didn’t like at all is that you have to keep the product in your hair once straight, and not wash it out for 3-4 day!! Ugh – that was almost intolerable as day 4, even my husband was appalled. That said, it’s a small price to pay for a treatment which is 100% safer than other straightening treatments. The result after washing is great. My hair is not stick straight, but rather “smoothed” over. I still need to blow-dry it but only for about 10 minutes. I wonder how long it will last, but so far so good and will keep you posted.

Primrose organics offers manicures with a line of polishes that I adore called Pritti Nails. The colors are just adorable, so you can enjoy a fume-free mani/pedi, which even uses soy polish remover.

Primrose has a great selection of professional hair care products, all of which met my strict criteria. Felicia and Melissa are obsessed with finding products which really perform well. Each stylist in the salon has her favorite, so I was interested to find out what they were. Because stylists wash hair day in, day out, they’re often a wealthy of information about product (especially if they’re not trying to sell you anything.) Favorites included: The Shear Miracle Line, Simply Organics Shampoo’s & John Master’s Lavender & Avocado Conditioner.

I just wish that you all had a Primrose Organics Hair Salon in your city. Its worth looking around to see if there is a salon near you which offers healthier alternatives for your hair, as all the conventional chemicals could hurt you, the salon staff, and the environment. Be particularly vigilant about finding somewhere safe if you have allergies and/or you’re pregnant.

I’m just so grateful that Melissa and Felicia had the courage to start up their own eco-friendly business in the midst of a recession. They opened their doors just as the economy tanked a couple of years ago, but they kept going strong regardless. Felicia had owned a regular salon previously, but had started to suffer form cracked and irritated hands and respiratory problems, due to the terrible air quality in the salon. Melissa had worked for a “natural” skin care company, which she realized wasn’t really walking the walk. They put their head and resources together and decided to create a safe and beautiful salon.

Now it’s tough to get an appointment, which is just fantastic because it shows there’s a strong market for healthy/non-toxic hair treatments. They’re a wonderful example to me of women who got fed up of not living their deepest values, and so despite it not being the ideal time, they decided to follow their hearts and take a risk. I couldn’t be happier for them.