Elixir’s Natural Body Care - Your Blueprint To Beauty

Interestingly I read that Lush add Titanium Dioxide to some or all (I didn’t go through every product) of their foaming product lines, it was stated on one of their products that they use it to make the bubble a brighter white.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you would know my stance on using Titanium Dioxide, click here for a reminder.

What I’m not clear about is the science behind that statement. A soap bubble is a thin film of liquid surrounding a pocket of air. This layer of liquid isn’t perfectly transparent, so it stops some of the light coming through, which means there is less light on the inside of the bubble than on the outside.

As a window acts as a mirror, when you are peering in from outside during daylight, so the soap bubble acts like a tiny mirror reflecting back the light that is shining in the room or from the sunlight.

The real point here though is why would you poison your body so that something looks whiter and gives the impression of being purer? The logic escapes me. What are your thoughts?

These are the opinions of the author.

Weird…original post below and it disappeared off my dashboard.
Stop messing with my stuff Pesky!

Awww…it brought a lump to my throat.
No people, no voice overs, just text.
Did you find yourself searching along with him?

Not sure I would ever pay that kind of money, even if I had it.
The $3 Million Google Ad.

Special thanks to Anais for sending me this inspirational clip.
I just LOVE it and wanted to share it with all of you.
Hope it makes your heart smile as it did mine!

We have developed a great new completely natural skin care bar. We would love you to be among the first to try it out, see and feel the difference in your skin. The bar will help anyone who suffers from dry skin conditions, dermatitis and psoriasis, even simple conditions like “washing up hands”.

If you have the gift of coming up with a good name for something then this is for you. The Skin Care Bar is so new we have not even got around to naming it so we need your help. Suggest a name and the best name wins £600.

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Interested?
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No cost, no catch. We ask that you sign up for this exciting product trial. Click here and and complete the form

We will send you a sample bar with full instructions for use. We ask you to try it, see and feel the difference in your skin. When your bar is finished complete our quick and easy questionnaire and suggest a name for this great new product. If the name you suggest is selected by the directors you will win vouchers for £600 worth of Elixir Natural Products.

Don’t delay. Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis and is strictly limited to 200 applicants. The latest date for registration is 30th September 2009.

This is a second run of our product trial. If you have signed up already your sample will be in the post within the next week.

Outside Bristol Zoo is the car park, with spaces for 150 cars and 8 coaches. It has been manned 6 days a week for 23 years by the same charming and very polite car park attendant with the ticket machine. The charges are £1. per car and £5. per coach.

On Monday 1 June, he did not turn up for work. Bristol Zoo management phoned Bristol City Council to ask them to send a replacement parking attendant.

The Council said “That car park is your responsibility.” The Zoo said
“The attendant was employed by the City Council… wasn’t he?” The Council said “What attendant?”

Gone missing from his home is a man who has been taking daily the car park fees amounting to about £400. per day for the last 23 years…!

That’s £125k per year… tax free. Genius!

The Elixir Website

After being sold on the concept of a tableless website, we engaged Rasa Design, a website coding specialist from Washington who boasted that he had perfected a way to make OS Commerce tableless.

Four months on and the only thing he delivered were lies. He missed our deadlines repeatedly and then began setting his own and missed those too.
It’s a good thing we stopped waiting for him and this fantasy website he kept promising, or I’d still have no website.

Funnily enough the Rasa Design website no longer exists. It was all a scam and we lost hundreds of pounds as a result. Thank you Sean Rice.

The website that exists now is only because of the supreme efforts of IP Action Internet Services. A highly reputable firm who without their dedication and support, the Elixir site would not exist.

I can highly recommend IP Action for all your website needs.

Injectable collagen, the most popular cosmetic treatment behind Botox which has been banned in the UK unless the patient is first assessed by a doctor according to the General Medical Council is finding its way across the globe from China.

Collagen injections are used in cosmetic procedures to soften wrinkles and plump up lips. The effects are not permanent and repeat treatments are necessary.

The use of collagen is not new, Neolithic cave dwellers were using it some 8,000 years ago as a form of glue.

Collagen is sourced from the connective tissue of pigs and cows whilst yet others harvest it from human donors. There is a risk of transmission of blood borne viruses and the human equivalent to Mad Cow Disease (VCJD).

Skin is highly valued for the treatment of burn victims and in 1995 Dr. Wang, who was seeking asylum in the US and who worked for the Tianjin paramilitary police general brigade hospital, skinned a shot convict’s body while the man’s heart was still beating. This same hospital sold body parts for profit.

In China it is standard practise to harvest collagen, skin and organs from executed convicts and in many cases unbeknownst to the family .

This collagen is then being used to develop beauty products for sale in Europe and is taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents of the bio tech companies based in the northern province of Heilongjiang, involved in the export to the UK say that the use of skin from condemned convicts is “traditional” and nothing to “make such a big fuss about”.

An agent also told customers it had also exported to the US and European countries and that the companies were developing fillers using tissue from aborted foetuses.

To recycle the Chinese people more effectively perhaps they now have mobile execution chambers. Nifty vans that ride around and provide death on your doorstep.

Saves money on the construction of execution facilities, so now prisoners sentenced to death can be executed locally. How considerate of them.

Gives rise to the following thought, does this transition from firing squads to lethal injections in these vans allow for an illegal trade in organs?

With more than half of the executions in China resulting from non-violent offenses such as tax evasion and drug smuggling, means the death vans will continue to keep rolling on.

Source:
USA Today
Daily Mail
Guardian

I recently re-launched Elixir in the UK at the Natural Products Europe Exhibition at Olympia London on the 5th and 6th April and it was fraught with problems right from the beginning.

It all began 6 months ago when I engaged a printing packaging company to print on 100% biodegradable, fully sustainable paper that we had literally scoured the globe for.

Six months into the job they let us down, so not be fazed, I engaged another one, surprise, surprise, they also let us down.

Then there was the graphic designer, who promised and failed to deliver, however, I did find a great graphic designer in Sweden, who did a fabulous job for us. I can highly recommend Motivated Design Corp. Drop me a line if you would like to get in touch with them.

Special mention to the website developer who was employed in February and to date has delivered nothing but lies.

If that wasn’t enough, recently there was the photographer, who was booked to do a photo shoot of our products in the Welsh Botanic Gardens who ….. ….. yes you guessed it, let us down. She couldn’t be bothered to return my calls after I had booked the venue.

What is up with these people?  Is business so good they simply don’t need mine?

I’m seriously considering putting a Wall of Shame on this blog and highlighting these charming individuals and Companies.  Stay tuned as sarcasm is just another service I offer.

So lurching forward to the 5th April, Elixir arrived, a little bruised and battered but not beaten.

Considering the hurdles we had to overcome and are still battling, life in the land of Elixir continues to not only go on but flourish!

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If you are considering cosmetic surgery of any type, then you need to go in for a cosmetic consultation. This way, you know all of your options and can be taken step by step through procedure you are considering. When it comes time to have your cosmetic consultation, you want to approach this meeting armed with information. This ensures that you can be 100% sure that this doctor and this procedure are right for you, and you will know what to expect if you pursue this surgery and work with this professional.

When you go to a cosmetic consultation, one of the first things to look for is if the doctor walks you through imaging and education. This way, you can see the kind of results you can expect from one of many surgeries or procedures. During this piece of the consultation, you can find out what the surgery or procedure entails, what its affects will be on the body, and what types of anesthesia can be used during the procedure.

When you come in a cosmetic consultation, you should always ask about the costs involved. You may have to pay for the surgery, follow-up visits, medications, and other items. If you know all of this up front, you will not have to deal with any unexpected curveballs.

Additionally, it is during a cosmetic consultation that you can ask about recovery time. If you have a job or other responsibilities, you will want to know how long it will take for you to recover from the necessary procedures. Similarly, this is a time to ask what will happen following the surgery or procedure in terms of following up with the doctor. This way, the doctor can check on your healing time and make sure everything went as planned.

Lastly, a cosmetic consultation is a time to talk to about your doctor’s certifications, experiences, and qualifications. Whenever you have a cosmetic procedure done, you want to make sure you are going with a doctor whom you trust. A body is a sensitive thing. You do not want an inexperienced doctor working on your body or dealing with your health. If something goes wrong with the procedure, your health could be compromised.