Patience Sale ends April 5th and Newsletter #4

Patience Sale Ends Extended to April 5th

~How to find Balance in Skincare Part 2!~

New products coming!!

Patience Sale Ends 4/5

  While Jen is finishing recovering from the csection/birth of our baby you can still use this code to get 20% off.  Also please remember that by using this code you agree that there will be a waiting time of at least 3-4 weeks until your order is shipped out. And possibly being pushed to 5-6 weeks depending on what Jen can get done. Please do not order if you do not agree to this.

Orders will be processed in the order received.

The code is Patience20 (Enter this at checkout) and will give you a 20% discount on your order.

This does not apply to orders already made, and if you forget to put the code in we cannot go back and edit your order. So please be careful while putting your order through.

We ask for your patience and understanding during this very precious time :)

How to find Balance in Skincare Part 2

Hydration (adding water to the skin) and Emollience (adding oil to the skin) fall under the same word technically (moisture is usually a mixture of water/oil) so often times you will just hear most companies saying to use a moisturizer. I try to go one step further than this to explain how our skin needs both oils and water to be happy and healthy.

Some ladies use only a water based serum and an oil based serum/and or butter and are fine with this. Some use these along with a moisturizer too and are fine. And some ladies use only a moisturizer. There is no right way, you just gotta find what works best for your skin.  

Now, knowing what you are lacking can be difficult sometimes because you can be:

1.  dry and dehydrated,

2.  dry and not dehydrated,

3.  dehydrated and not dry

 I know that was a lil confusing, sorry! but I'll give you examples..
Dehydrated means lacking water
Dry means lacking oil

So dry and dehydrated would mean lacking both.

You can have dehydrated skin which REALLY needs hydration, but does not need oil.
And you can have oily skin which REALLY needs hydration
And then you can have a type of dry skin which REALLY needs both!
And surprisingly you can also have Oily skin which REALLY needs oils to help balance out the oil production.

I can usually look at an individual’s routine and figure out what they are missing. But you know sometimes its not only skincare. Sometimes its internal stuff going on too, like medications can effect dryness of skin.. chlorine in water, drinking tap water, what we're eating.. etc.  So if someones routine looks balanced, I start looking at possible internal factors (or even environmental too)

Here are some signs to look for to tell you what kind of skin you may have:

Dry skin from lack of oil can sometimes be cracked, flakey, and tight

And skin which is both dry and dehydrated can also be cracked, flakey and tight too so as you can see its not always easy to tell.

Where as dehydrated skin that is not lacking oil is usually flakey but not cracked.

One way to see how your skin is doing is to wash with a non drying cleanser then let your skin sit for 20 mins and take a good look at the condition of it..
Does it look parched? add some hydration
does it look VERY dry? add some oils or butters
does it look super parched and dry? (lines and wrinkles and cracks coming on and flakey? then you probably need both and a good moisturizer as well to help seal it all in.

New Products

We have some new products coming soon! When they are ready we will send out another email! Here is a sneak peak :D

One product is a new version of the Nilotica Skin Nectar (without aloe gel and using west shea butter instead)

Another is kind of similar to the Nilotica Synergy but with more ingredients. Basically I took my some of my most favorite ingredients and combined them together.

There also will be a product like Nilotica Synergy but using Manuka Comb as well as the Manuka honey

We also have a face cream coming for ladies with really dry skin but that those with really damaged skin will also be able to use

African Black soap BARS which you can use straight or grate up to make your own liquid soap or whatever you want!

Shaving Beauty Bar – for men and women!

Creamy Beauty Bar --- extremely moisturizing beauty bar!

And more!

In addition to the Patience sale at the top of the newsletter..

 ALL orders over $75 will receive a special mini size of one of our new products : ) We usually let you choose, but it depends on availability.

Blessings to all!

Jen