New Organic Soaps!

From the co-owner of Ana's Kojic, comes a fresh, new product that boasts premium organic ingredients at an affordable price.

Kris Karle's Organic Soaps possesses fresh, natural & healthy benefits that prove to be rare in today's markets. The different scents and styles of this line of soaps have their own unique ingredient that sets them apart, not only from each other, but from the rest in the soap industry. Take for example, the Forest Tonic Organic Soap:

Boasting a "slightly sweet scent of juniper berries," this soap glides on the skin like cascading water over rocks towards a  waterfall. Having a "woodsy" smell, it reminds one of his camping days, waking up in a tent, feeling the cool earth beneath, and smelling the trees in the foggy summer morning. Forest Tonic exfoliates and gives skin a beautiful and natural glow. Did we forget to mention that it's organic?! Nothing could be fresher and healthier than this bar of soap!

This is only the first of many varieties from Kris Karle's! Other scents include Peppermint Leaf, Citrus Lavender, Shea Honey Oatmeal & much more!

Kris Karle's Organic Soaps are available now on special request; a website dedicated to it will be up soon! 

In Stock at Ana's Store!

Order now at http://anaskojic.com for these wonderful products! We have:

•Original Glutathione Soap

•Jodome Glutathione Bar Soap w/ Virgin Coconut Oil

•Jodome Kojoc Bar Soap Enhanced w/ Glutathione & VCO

•Jodome Calamansi Bar Soap w/ Virgin Coconut Oil

•Jodome Placenta Enhanced w/ Glutathione & VCO

•Jodome Oatmeal Enhanced w/ Glutathione & VCO

•Jodome Carrot Enhanced w/ Glutathione & VCO

We also have various lotions and sunblocks to take good care of your skin for summer! Visit http://anaskojic.com for  full descriptions of each product and some awesome deals!

Trade Up! How to Host Your Own Beauty Swap Party

by Selena Fragassi

From time to time, we all make mistakes when we buy makeup. Like that blood orange lipstick that you bought. You hoped it would turn you into a Robert Palmer girl, but it made you look like you have a Sunny D mustache. Before you try to return it (good luck with that) or throw it out, remember that one girl’s trash is another girl’s perfect shade.
So instead of chucking your unwanted beauty buys, get your friends together for a Beauty Swap party. It’s like a clothing swap, but with beauty products. Guests bring gently used or new-and-ignored items they want to dispose of and everyone goes home with a free swag bag of new-to-you products. Not only may you find a new lipstick to obsess over, but you’ll be doing your part for the planet, as well.

Here are our six best tips for a successful beauty swap!

1: Pick a date and guests wisely

If cocktails and trial-and-error makeup application is involved, weekends are ideal.You don’t want to be showing up to a morning meeting the next day if that temporary dye hasn’t washed out. There’s no hard, fast rules on the number of party attendees, but make sure to stipulate that everyone checks with the host first before extending the invitation to other friends. When swapping beauty products, you want the vibe to be a little less flea market and little more exclusive (not to mention hygienic).

2: Set the ground rules

Each attendee must bring items to swap—makeup, brushes, hair products, fragrance, and nail polish are all welcome. You might want to stipulate that everyone bring both drugstore and higher-end brands so that you don’t end up with piles of dollar-store Halloween makeup. Ask that everyone show up on time (so that all have fair dibs on the goods) and that they bring a bag to carry home their haul. A couple of things you should probably avoid swapping altogether: mascara and lip glosses with wand applicators.

3: Create separate stations for products and sanitation

If you’re hosting, make two stations: one for product display, and one for sanitation. We recommend using cheap, opaque white vinyl shower curtains as tablecloths—guests can feel free to try out swatches on the table’s covered surface and you can quickly fold and toss when the party ends.
• Product station: On your white shower curtain/tablecloth, use permanent marker to write designated areas for eyeshadows, lipsticks, nail polish and so on, so that guests can easily group their items accordingly. Scatter jars full of Q-tips across the table for hygienic sampling, and set out some tissues as well.

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Read the full article at Beautylish.com

Glutathione Soap it's amazing!

Glutathione soap is a type of soap that is generally enriched with l-glutathione, an antioxidant compound that is typically produced by a healthy human body. The body normally produces less of this substance as it ages. L-glutathione is said to help counteract the damaging effects of free radicals, helping to slow the aging process and prevent degenerative diseases. It may help to prevent and reverse sun damage to the skin. Applying l-glutathione to the skin in the form of glutathione soap is said to help stifle the skin's production of melanin, or pigment, to lighten the skin and help minimize the appearance of skin discolorations and scars.

Skin-care experts believe glutathione soap can have a number of skin-care benefits. The active ingredient, l-glutathione, is believed to be one of the most powerful antioxidants available. Soaps, creams, and lotions containing l-glutathione are often used to help improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, to help skin maintain its youthful elasticity and appearance. Many people believe that glutathione soap can help improve skin tone and complexion. It may help to prevent the occurrence of acne, and may even help to fade scar tissue left by acne breakouts.

Soap, lotions, and creams containing l-glutathione are often used to lighten skin. A number of skin conditions can cause darkening and discoloration of the skin, such as melasma. Age spots, sun spots, freckles, and general hyperpigmentations of the skin are all said to benefit from the regular application of glutathione soap. The results of this skin treatment are generally cumulative. Most people who wish to benefit from the skin-lightening effects of l-glutathione are advised to apply the soap, cream, or lotion daily for several weeks.

Glutathione soap is believed to cause fewer harmful side effects than other skin lightening agents. That's because the substance is naturally produced inside the normal body, and therefore isn't usually caustic to the skin.

Most soaps made with l-glutathione include additional ingredients considered beneficial for skin health. These often include other antioxidants, such as vitamin C, vitamin A, or vitamin E. Agents such as alpha lipoic acid may be added to quality glutathione soaps, since they are believed to help enhance and support the antioxidant effects of l-glutathione. Moisturizing ingredients often also appear in these soaps. Dietary supplements containing l-glutathione may also be ingested to support the health of the body as a whole, but the effects of these supplements on skin health have not yet been fully documented.

You can buy Premium Jodome Glutathione Soap at www.anaskojic.com or at www.goldenrulestore.net

Kojic: Before and After (2 Photos)

As the co-owner of Ana's Kojic, Ana Bjorkman could not wait to try out the Kojic soaps for herself. Being a fashionista and a beauty treasure hunter, the idea of having skin lightening and rejuvenating soap enthralled her. Using the Jodome-branded Kojic Soap, Ana tested out the Glutathione, Placenta, Carrot, and whole plethora of other products that Jodome offered. The results were fantastic! Her skin lightened, her face became ten years younger, and her friends could not help but be amazed. After seeing the amazing results of Kojic, she shared the products with her beloved friends and have made it a craze with her peers. Today, Ana and her husband, Kristopher, sell Ana's Kojic with the guarantee that the customer will have the best premium Kojic Soap at a low price.

Before and After Photos:

Years before Ana discovered Kojic to the few months after she began using it.

Her face brightens and becomes more youthful-looking than the before photo.

Visit anaskojic.com now!

Beauty: As Told By The Internet (Infographic)

The invention of Youtube not only took viral videos to the most extreme, it also made everyday lives easier. From how-to videos on how to fix your computer to tutorials on making amazing photoshop edits, Youtube has really brought the world closer and more convenient. Of course, Youtube isn't the only place where we can find convenience; just about every cyber corner of the Internet has resources available to the internet surfer. Since this is a beauty blog, here's what the Internet has to say about beauty and all its glamor. Post source: Visual.ly 

Kojic

Kojic Soap, and Kojic Acid in particular, have made great strides in past few years. While it's a huge product in Asia, it is quite uknown here in the U.S. You could it say it's Asia's best kept secret. However, like mentioned earlier, Kojic has made great strides here in the Western World. Here's what Miguel Cavazos has to say about it in his piece from Livestrong.com.

Kojic Acid & Vitamin C

. Photo Credit Dougal Waters/Digital Vision/Getty Images 

 Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, was discovered 70 years ago to treat scurvy, a disease that causes fatigue, anemia and gum disease. A Science Daily article reports that research by the University of Leicester and Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology suggests that vitamin C may enhance skin regeneration. The Internal Medicine News reports that kojic acid may help to treat skin conditions such as pigment disorders, melasma and wrinkes.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is an essential water-soluble vitamin. Vitamin C is essential because your body does not produce or store it and you must get this nutrient in your diet. Vitamin C supports growth and repair processes in tissues throughout your body. Your body uses vitamin C to maintain healthy skin, connective tissues and blood vessels.

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Kojic Acid

Kojic acid is an organic acid produced naturally during aerobic fermentation in fungi such as penicillium. Aerobic fermentation is a set of metabolic processes that requires oxygen, which occurs in plants and fungi. Substances that derive from kojic acid include kojic dipalmitate and kojic esters. According to the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Consumer Products, kojic acid has industrial applications in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agriculture.

Antioxidant

Vitamin C and kojic acid are antioxidants. The environment and natural processes in your body produce unstable substances known as free radicals. Free radicals can damage cells throughout your body. This activity may contribute to cancer, heart disease and age-related degenerative conditions. Antioxidants are substances that can help to protect your body from damage caused by free radicals.

Skin

Your body uses vitamin C to make collagen, which is protein your body uses to make skin cells. Your skin may become dry and scaly if your diet does not have enough vitamin-C. Wounds may also heal slower if you have a vitamin C deficiency. Cosmetic and topical skin products may contain vitamin C or kojic acid. A study in "Experimental Dermatology" reports that a skin lotion with vitamin C can help to improve sun-damaged skin. Kojic acid can provide the basic material for skin whitening and skin protection products like creams, soap and lotions. Kojic acid may block the production of pigment in your skin cells and reduce the appearance of dark spots or freckles on your skin.

Food

Vitamin C and kojic acid have applications in the food industry. Flavor enhancers such as miso and soy sauce require kojic acid. Kojic acid helps to prevent the formation of brown spots on raw noodles during storage and processing. Strawberry producers may use kojic acid to promote reddening of unripe strawberries. All fruit and vegetables contain vitamin C. Higher concentrations of vitamin C may occur in citrus fruits and leafy green vegetables. Fruits that contain a lot of vitamin C include strawberries, oranges and papaya. Turnip greens, spinach and potatoes are vitamin C rich vegetables.

References

• European Commission: Opinion on Kojic Acid
• Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews: Applications and Development of Fermentation Proces
• UMM: Vitamin C
• Medline Plus: Antioxidant
• Pub Med: Topical Ascorbic Acid On Photoaged Skin.
• Internal Medicine News: Kojic Acid Perspective

Original post by Miguel Cavazos at Livestrong.com