Top Tips to Love your Lips

This is something that I am paying close attention to, especially this week,  as we vacation in  Mountains     Being that I'm based in Houston there is a lot of difference.  

There is a wealth of things that attack my lips -  altitude, the sun,  dryer air,  wind,  50 degree change in weather  each day.

TIPS FOR HAPPY LIPS!

DO NOT USE STRAWS!
Straws make your pucker stay puckered much longer than you may want. Each time you take a drink from a straw, you draw the skin in around your lips. Once in a while at a restaurant is ok, but daily can add up to wear and tear on your lips. Choose water bottles that flow not ones with straws that suck. Avoid the pucker!

Drink Water  \Hydration makes pretty skin. Grab a 20 oz or more water bottle and drink up. NO straws, right?

Use Nontoxic Ingredients
You are eating whatever you put on your lips!Products that are applied to the skin can quickly be absorbed into the bloodstream. In the case of the lips, those products also tend to get consumed as we lick our lips or talk.  Unfortunately, many commercial lip products contain petroleum-based ingredients, such as mineral oil, that are not only drying to the skin, but can be highly toxic as well.  

Avoid mineral oil (petroleum based product), parabens, lead, and other synthetic oils. Read the labels and look for plant-based ingredients.

Best Choices for Best Lip Care
 Ingredients like natural beeswax, shea butter, jojoba oil, and vitamin E are healthy choices for lip care. Rather than just sit on top of your lips giving the illusion of moisturizing, like mineral oil do, these yummy ingredients actually penetrate deep into the skin to moisturize at a cellular level, leaving lips feeling great when initially applied and even after the product has worn off!

Start with a Sugar and Jojoba Lip Exfoliant
Sometimes the lips need some extra help in removing dead skin cells, toxins, and pollutants that can get into the pores of the skin and cause drying and unhealthy looking lips. Exfoliants gently exfoliate the lips, removing dead and dry skin cells, leaving them smooth and kissably soft.

Apply a small amount to the lips and circular motions to increase circulation.  A little bit goes a long way, so use sparingly. Let this sit on your lips for a minute or so, then wipe away with a soft, damp cloth. Once or twice a week should do it. In the winter months when the lips tend to be more dry, you can exfoliate daily with a gentle, naturally-based exfoliant.

Moisturize your lips like you would other skin surfaces.  
Shea Butter Lip care is a perfect choice morning and night to add a moisturizing base before applying lip care like lip sticks and glosses. You will love how moisturized your lips feel! Moisturizing on a regular basis will leave them feeling soft, nourished, and absolutely amazing.

Bonus Anti Aging Tip! Use a Serum Around Lips
Getting some fine lines and wrinkles around your lips?  After exfoliating, and before applying color, apply a Multi Peptide Firming Serum or Anti Aging Eye Gel. Just around the outside of the lips should do it!

FAQ -My kids lips look terrible!  
We get asked this all of the time! Kids tend to lick their lips when they are dry and not use products that moisturize. Sugar lip exfoliates can get rid of dry, flaky skin and give the lips a fresh, healthy start. And, since it is made from sugar and plant-based oils means it is safe if they lick it.

Taking time to pamper your lips always pays off. Healthy Skin, Healthy Life - Something you can smile about! 

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Have you read the labels on your Skin Care Products.

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No No List!

Many of us have started reading the Content Labels on the food that we buy,  but have you looked at the labels for your skincare products?  What about your makeup?  Hair Care?   I've become a label reader,  what about you?

The cornerstone for all Jordan Essentials products is non-toxic bath and body products that support our trademark motto of “Healthy Skin, Healthy Life.”  One way we accomplish this is by using only the best possible ingredients with an emphasis on those that were made by God and not by a scientist in a laboratory.  Pure ingredients generally mean better absorption, better assimilation by the body, and better results. This is one of the many things that sets Jordan Essentials apart from many other Bath & Body, Skincare, Haircare, Essential Oils, and Mineral Makeup choices on the market.

When searching for the right products to use for yourself and for your loved ones, being a knowledgeable consumer is so important.  Just because a product is marketed as “natural” does not necessarily make it healthy, effective, or good for you. After all, products such as arsenic, petroleum, and baking soda are all technically “natural” but that doesn’t mean you want to be adding them to products you will be using on your skin or hair!  Also, many products that claim to be “all natural” also mean they may not have sufficient “preserving” power. I don’t know about you, but we at Jordan Essentials don’t love the idea of putting products that may harbor mold or bacteria on our bodies either. We are often asked if our products are “All Natural”, and we proudly respond with, “no, they are not...because we only make products that are quality, healthy, nontoxic, and long-lasting.”

To find the perfect balance,

 Jordan Essentials carefully selects all ingredients to be certified and tested by third parties to be completely nontoxic and effective.  The focus in our products is on ingredients that are primarily made by God and that have proven benefits to the skin, hair, body, and health. This may include essential oils, herbs, teas, salts, plant-based extracted oils, and hydrosols.  To keep our products fresh and to make sure the beneficial qualities are carried to your skin, Jordan Essentials will use some man-made ingredients. Any ingredient will only be added if we are completely confident that it is non-toxic. However, we like to say our products are good not only by what we put in them, but by what we DON’T!  We call it our No No List.

The No No List is a list of ingredients found to be toxic and harmful to the body yet all too often found in many products on the market.  No No List ingredients include Parabens, Aluminum, SLS (Sodium Laureth Sulfates), Petroleum-based ingredients, Isopropyl alcohol, Mineral Oils, or Gluten-based substances.

Why not choose products you can use with complete confidence because when you look at the label you recognize and can pronounce what is included, knowing you’re using only the best?  But the true test is in the results! Using God-made ingredients, designed to support Healthy Skin and a Healthy Life, means they WORK! So choose Jordan Essentials as your trusted source for Bath and Body products, Hair Care, Skin Care, Makeup, and Essential Oils.  

Love our products?  Join our team! We’re looking for people just like you to help spread the word about better choices for better health all across the United States.  Help us make a difference.

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Are there Cancer Causing Chemicals in your hair care products?

Years ago,  I used to have thick wavy hair,  used to complain about how thick it was.  Now I wish that I could have that problem back.   I battled some illnesses where the prescriptions did a number on me weight gain and thinning hair.   The thinning hair continued long after the prescritpions stopped.  I would have to switch out shampoos every couple of hair washes.  At some point during this battle,  I decided that I was going to try and get rid of as many chemicals as possible that I was putting into and on my body.   Was doing pretty good,  except was still unable to find a shampoo.

I am at a loss as to why I dragged my feet,  I even spent major money on some of those we'll thichen your hair,  stop you from going bald,  but the complicated matters.  So I tried our Jordan Essentials shampoo and conditioner,  within  weeks I noticed that I no longer had to switch out shampoo and conditioners.  My hair was a little more managable.   Then when I went to my hairdresser to get a cut and highlight,  she was jumping around like a little kid,  "what are you doing your hair feels so healthy and YOU WAVE IS BACK!!!!

Yes my hair is still on the thin side,  but I feel human,  and it's all to getting rid of the chemicals.  

Then today this article showed up in my news feed,  and when I looked at how many on that list I actually used on my hair,  it makes me wonder how much thicker might hair might be if I had not put all those chemicals on it for so many years of my life.


ARTICLE:

The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) revealed independent testing finding a cancer-causing chemical in 98 shampoos, soaps and other personal care products sold by major national retailers. The chemical, cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide DEA), a chemically-modified form of coconut oil used as a thickener or foaming agent in many products, was listed by California as a known carcinogen last year.

Products tested with high levels of cocamide DEA include shampoos made by Colgate Palmolive, Colomer, Paul Mitchell and many others. In addition, products marketed for children and a product falsely labeled as organic were found with the chemical, in violation of California law.

CEH filed a California lawsuit Tuesday against four companies that sell products containing cocamide DEA, and the nonprofit has sent legal notices to more than 100 other companies that produce and/or sell cocamide DEA-tainted products that their products violate state law.

“Most people believe that products sold in major stores are tested for safety, but consumers need to know that they could be doused with a cancer-causing chemical every time they shower or shampoo,” said Michael Green, executive director of CEH. “We expect companies to take swift action to end this unnecessary risk to our children’s and families’ health.”

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