| Local women create natural cosmetics
Julia Brownfield and Victoria England have something in common: At some point, each of them looked at commercially available cosmetics and skin care products and thought, "I can make better stuff than this." So they set out to do it. Through determination and a great deal of trial-and-error experimentation, each developed her own line of products, created packaging and labeling, tackled the difficult task of marketing, and now each operates her own business, offering organic alternatives to traditional cosmetics. Brownfield's initial motivation was a selfish one. "I trained racehorses for 15 years, so my skin took a beating," she said. "I wanted a natural product for my skin. It was just for me." Making extensive use of the Internet, Brownfield began researching fruits and vegetables, oils and vitamins, looking for the ideal ingredients to improve the health of her skin.
FDA Clears Glove Made from New Type of Latex
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing the first device made from a new form of natural rubber latex, guayule latex. The product, the Yulex Patient Examination Glove, is derived from the guayule bush, a desert plant native to the Southwestern United States. Traditional latex gloves are made from the milky sap of a rubber tree, Hevea braziliensis. The sap contains a protein that may trigger allergic reactions, especially after prolonged and repeated contact. Sensitized people may experience mild reactions such as skin redness, rash, hives, or itching. More severe reactions may include respiratory symptoms such as difficulty breathing, coughing spells and wheezing. Rarely, shock may occur. Estimates vary, but anywhere from 3 percent to 22 percent of all health care workers are sensitized to traditional latex.
Web site promotes NM as alternative healing destination
A newly-launched Web site aims to bring together, in a directory format, practitioners and businesses in New Mexico that offer products and services designed to improve health and well-being naturally. NewMexicoNaturalHealing.com also includes events listings and a product catalog. The site, which debuted in March, is an effort to brand New Mexico as an alternative-healing destination. According to a news release, the site will be marketed through tourism outlets including the New Mexico Department of Tourism, the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau and online travel channels. Directory listings include spas, skin care salons, meditation and yoga centers, and other businesses, as well as individual and group practices. Practitioners include the more traditional, such as chiropractors, acupuncturists and integrative medicine physicians, and the more esoteric, such as energy therapists, crystal healers, folk healers and practitioners using frequency devices.
New Antioxidant-Rich Skin Care Products Feed the Skin to Reverse Premature Aging
The new Alexis MD Pure Beauty skin care line consists of all natural, antioxidant-rich, non-toxic products that nourish skin from a multi-dimensional perspective, reversing premature aging at the cellular level. More than just cosmetics, they are designed to treat and heal skin damage caused by 21st century lives of less than ideal nutrition, radiation exposure from the sun, and inescapable pollutants. The products were developed by Alexis Parker, MD, owner of Lasair Aesthetic Health, a center for skin rejuvenation in Denver. .
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