Ana's style is a combination of influences and styles that mixes Western and Asian with Classic, Trendy, and Contemporary. In the Philippines she was exposed to the both Metropolitan Manila & Cebu City, and also the rural styles of the Island of Leyte. New Ideas from, Japan, Hong Kong, plus New York & Los Angeles because of television shows have helped craft Ana's Style and Beauty regimen. Want to find products she shares with her friends visit www.anaskojic.com
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!
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!
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. Read the full article at Beautylish.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kojic acid soap is
used as a skin-lightening agent for people who may have sunspots,
freckles and other forms of pigmentation on their face, hands and neck.
There are several types of Kojic acid soap brands available, and the
formulation can be used on its own or as part of a skin lightening
facial treatment.
Kojic acid skincare products
have been used for decades in the Philippines and the Far East for
their skin lightening benefits. The definition of beauty for cultures
outside the Western world consists of fair, even toned skin, so many
women resort to using skin-lightening products, such as Kojic acid soap,
to achieve a lighter skin tone. Kojic acid skincare products are made
with natural ingredients and work primarily as a deep exfoliating
treatment.
Kojic
acid is considered a very important ingredient for cosmetics. It is
used to lighten pigment spots and skin discoloration and considered as a
popular inhibitor for melanin. Kojic is used in various kinds of
cosmetic therapies for acne, freckles, sunburn, eczema, skin blemishes
and other skin problems.The quest for light, even-toned skin is
an age-old pursuit, dating as far back as when Cleopatra immersed
herself in milk to achieve the beautiful, radiant skin that had men
fighting over her.
Kojic
acid was derived from a mushroom and has been used in several skincare
and anti-aging products as a natural ingredient for lightening skin
pigmentation. Kojic acid soaps are typically made with a combination of
natural skin lightening fruit acid and papaya extract that work by
softening the skin and creating a luminous, healthy glow.
Function
Kojic
acid soap is primarily an exfoliating skin product that slowly gets rid
of pigmentation and dark spots by buffing away the damaged skin cells.
The enzymes in Kojic acid soaps help to break down the top layer of skin
cells and peel away damaged skin, revealing the fresh and healthy cells
underneath. This soap can be used as a regular bath soap all over the
body, as a shaving foam for the face and neck, or just on the face to
even out the skin tone.
Benefits
Using
Kojic acid soap on a regular basis may help reduce the appearance of
age spots, eliminate or reduce freckles, reduce or eliminate skin
discoloration from pregnancy and
strengthen cell activity. Many Japanese men and women use the soap as
part of their regular facial regimen so that the skin stays soft and
vibrant. Kojic acid also has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Warnings
Kojic
acid soap can be irritating to sensitive skin types and may cause
redness, itchiness, inflammation and tenderness. It's important to use
only a small amount on the arms as a trial to make sure the skin does
not undergo an adverse reaction. Extra moisturizer and
skin soothing serums may be necessary after using a Kojic acid soap, as
these will replenish lost moisture and help the skin heal faster.
People who use Kojic acid soap regularly need to avoid using skincare
products that contain salicylic acid, alpha hydroxy or retinol, because
these can aggravate the skin.
