How many chemicals are in your children's shampoo?

Do you buy based on the bottle, the smell, the packaging or the advertisement?

In the traditional distribution method, the cost of any consumable product is made up of a few key factors:-

a) 10% the actual product contents itself
b) 5% r & d
c) 5% packaging - box & container
d) 5% free gifts included
e) 15% advertising cost and celebrities employed
f) 30% sales commissions.
g) 20% admin, wharehousing & distribution
h) 10% profit

With just 10% of what you pay, going into the actual product, now you know why counter / shelf brands are so expensive and fail to deliver!

In the new direct to consumer distribution method, the cost breakdown of the product is :-

a) 20% the actual product itself
b) 5% r & d
c) 50% sales commissions, advertising, packaging, wharehousing, distribution
d) 15% admin
e) 10% profit

Now you know why products sold through word of mouth advertising have a much better quality and you can see and feel the results quickly.

Some products like watches are cars are image based and you pay for the brand name and advertising .

While other consumable products should be selected based on safety, ingredients and science.

So go check your labels today for fillers, colours, chemical fragrances, animal fats like lanolin, alcohol or preservatives like formaldehyde. All these ingredients cause irritation, allergies and sensivite scalp and skin.

It's time to choose Be skincare and Be haircare. Using pure plant botanicals & vitamins with the nanomin and soy-active technology, it's even safe for your babies.

Clear, smooth and problem free skin

Beauty today encompasses more than just physical appearance—it’s also a reflection of our unique personal qualities. But like all things we value, beauty must be cared for and respected, both inside and out.

Be™ combines patent-pending Nanomins™ multivitamin technology and unique formularies of over 100 potent botanicals in a four-step, synergistic skin care system that nurtures your inward glow.

Let Be™ reveal your inner beauty with softer, healthier, more radiant skin.

Patent-pending Nanomins™ technology. Nanomins are highly stable, microscopic liposomes small enough to penetrate the pores, carrying vitamins E, A, and B to targeted areas deep within the epidermis. With Be™, your skin receives an energizing dose of multivitamins every day

Over 100 potent botanicals. We combine these botanicals in unique formularies to provide optimal results.

A synergistic four-step system. Each step builds on the previous one, resulting in a comprehensive system that enhances the skin’s own renewal processes. Customized to your individual skin needs.

The Normal to Combination or Oily System keeps skin feeling fresh and in perfect balance.

It's difficult to change your skincare, but if you are not getting the desired results today, then it's time to try the Be skincare system.

With a 60 day product satisfaction guarante, it's a Risk Free decision that you can safely make.

How much is your mother worth?

Jewelry, flowers, cake and more fattening food that will cause her joint pains, and put her at a higher risk of a heart attack, stroke and cancer?

What about a good BE skincare set or a bottle of Green Tea Oil for her skin anti-ageing treatment?.

Well there's a 15 day promotion till 20th May - Invest in a Green Tea Oil and get a Breast Self Examination pad (to detect breast lumps easily ) worth RM96 FREE!.

For more promotions, see this pix - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dckp5fjn_4d9tjt5fj

I will offer this promotion for payments received up till May 20th 3pm (GMT +8) for deliveries to Malaysia / Singapore / Brunei only.

Take care of your mother well as if you don't, your memory will haunt you and regrets won't get you anywhere!.

Happy Mother's Day. I Love you all!

Dye-ing in the name of beauty

Women who dye their hair more than 9 times a year, have a 60% greater risk of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, says Dr Yawei Zhang of Yale School of Public Health in USA.

Those that use dark hair dyes are 50-70% more likely to develop folicular lymphoma, a non-aggressive blood cancer, according to the study reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

While most women (and some men too) cannot stop dye-ing, but if you plan to continue exposing yourself to toxins, then do make sure you take some powerful antioxidants which will lower your cancer risk.

Some powerful anti-oxidants you can consider are Phytopath, Daily Produce24 and Native Legend Tea.

Looking good is one thing, but feeling good and living well is more important. So remember, feeling better and being cancer free, will certainly make you look better!.

Kissable lips

Some people keep asking me why their lips are dry, sore, chaffed and cracked.

Well there are a few reasons for this, but more importantly is what can you do about it, if you suffer constantly from dry, sore, chaffed and cracked lips or would like to prevent it from happening to you.

Well here's what I usually recommend to everyone.

1) Drink at least 2 litres of purified water everyday, as you lose moisture in the sun and also in an air-conditioned environment. To learn more about purified water, you can read more at this blog - http://naturepure.blogspot.com

2) Use a good lip block - not a lip gloss. A lip block protects your lips from being sun burned. Yes you may use a sunblock for your skin, but not on your lips. A lip block with a minimu of SPF20, does 2 things - 1. keeps the lips from losing moisture and 2. keep s the lips from burning. The best lip block that meets all these criteria is the E-International Lip Block which retails in Malaysia for RM 37 (USD12)

3) Enhance the elasticity of your skin by boosting up the collagen. The simplest way is to use a good Vitamin C supplement. But make sure it is time-released, has at least 4 different types of vitamin Cs (not just ascorbic acid) and has bio-flavonoids. The best that I recommend is Bio-C from Unicity, USA. This Bio-C retails in Malaysia RM 77, Singapore S$ 37 & USA $21.

If you can do all these 3 simple things, you can heal and prevent dry, sore, chaffed and cracked lips and enjoy lip smacking again!.

Is men's skincare different from ladies?

Men's skin and women's skin is the exactly the same, so don't be fooled by niche marketing.

When men hear skincare, the first thought that comes to mind is women. So if there was a skincare specially targeted for men, then only will men feel comfortable buying and using it.

So is there any difference in how the skin works and what a good skincare is to do?. Yes certainly - skincare depends very much on the condition of your skin - whether dehydrated or oily. And both men and ladies have the same issues.

Depending on your age, hormones and food you eat, your skin represents what is happening inside your body.

So what kind of skincare do men like?. Ask me - I've been using skincare for the last 9 years!.

Men like a fruity smelling men's cleanser like Be Foaming cleanser - that doubles up as a shaving creme too - to save time. This cleanser is highly recommended for teenagers and men who want to balance their oily skin.

Other than a good cleanser, a men's toner is vital to close up the pores after cleansing, and the Be Hydrating Toner is perfect for men. Just spary on and you are ready to go!.

And finally, to cut out all moisturiser and serum steps, men like the Green Tea Oil as a night moisturiser and as an anti-aging wrinkle, pigmentation treatment.

Just 3 steps to have the metrosexual boyish (or manly if you prefer) look of Brad Pitt.

Visit my eBay store to enjoy a problem free boyish skin even when you are in the 50s like me!.

Vitamins A, E & B for your skin

Vitamins are essential to maintaining the skin's proper functioning and healthy appearance, and are also utilized within the complexion to prevent damage and aging.

Yet experts say that after the age of 30, our bodies become less efficient at delivering ingested vitamins to the skin. In addition, many Americans do not receive the appropriate amount of vitamins from their diet, and this deficiency affects not only internal health, but also your skin [American Academy of Dermatology].

Fortunately, dermatologists now believe that applying potent, stabilized vitamins to the skin, can make a difference in the health of the complexion, and there is a skin care system that does just that.

Unicity's Be Skin Care System combines over 100 precious botanicals with exclusive Nanomins to provide softer, smoother, healthier, more radiant skin. Nanomins is a combination of the words nanometer and vitamins .

Nanomins are highly stable, microscopic vesicles containing vitamins A, E, and B-collectively known as the nutrients that are most essential to the skin's health.

Since Nanomins measure an astounding 35 nanometers on average-one-sixth the size of conventional liposomes - they are easily absorbed through the skin’s pores measuring 50 nanometers, enabling delivery of potent vitamins to targeted areas deep within the skin.

This cutting edge patented technology, is clinically proven to give you softer, smoother and healthy-looking skin, within 4 weeks.

Nanomins A contains retinyl palmitate, a vitamin A derivative with anti-wrinkle and cellular-renewal benefits. Along with improving the skin's elasticity, this vitamin increases moisture content, making the skin appear suppler and younger.

Nanomins E contains tocopheryl acetate, a vitamin E derivative with proven anti-oxidant benefits. This vitamin protects skin cells and membranes, promotes skin healing, moisturises and relieves dry skin.

Nanomins B contains panthenol (provitamin B5) from the B-vitamin family, which is proven to soothe and provide anti-inflammatory benefits. In addition, this vitamin encourages cell regeneration and stimulates the healing process while conditioning the skin.

All Be Skin Care products from cleansers, toners, moisturizers and serums use this exclusive patented nanomins technology.

Visit my eBay store to invest in the a problem free skin, and stay younger longer.