Who would have thought that such a simple product could do so much?! With only Dead Sea salt, organic olive oil, organic orange peel oil, organic lemon oil and a tiny bit of vitamin E this product really packs a punch! Note that most other products similar to this do not contain 100% Dead Sea salt. They may also contain mineral oils and synthetic colours and fragrances.
Olive Oil Salt Scrub provides effective, soothing relief for dry, rough skin on hands, elbows, knees and feet. It’s also useful when applied to the back of the arms, back, chest...or wherever dry, itchy skin needs relief, even for eczema and psoriasis. It can be added to bath water for a soothing soak.
Given that our lifting serum works so well we have received queries regarding what is in it and how it works. All of the ingredients are listed on the container, so you know exactly what it contains (feel free to Google).
Some of the key ingredients are aloe, macadamia nut oil, hydrolyzed rhizobian gum and acacia senegal gum, extracts from a number of organically grown Swiss alpine plants (Masterwort, Marrubium, Edelweiss, and Artemisia), saccharide isomerate, olive oil, jojoba oil and xanthan gum. Together, these ingredients work to soften, hydrate, tone, restore the appearance of the skin, nourish the skin, help to retain moisture, improve elasticity, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and imperfections.
The keys to the “lift” in this product are the rhizobian gum (or rhizobium gum), acacia senegal gum (also referred to as gum arabic), and xanthan gum. What are these? Rhizobian gum is a mucopolysaccharide (a complex sugar) formed by fermentation of sugars by a Rhizobium sp. bacterial strain. Acacia senegal gum is a complex sugar; it is a sticky substance that comes from the acacia tree, and xanthan gum is another complex sugar formed by the fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the Xanthomonas campetris bacterium. Once again, we have friendly microbes to thank for the benefit that we derive from our products. The acacia senegal gum and rhizobian gum work together to reduce the appearance of fine lines. The xanthan gum also likely helps with this, as well as working to thicken the product… Solutions brought to you by Mother herself.
Apply the Lifting Serum gently to cleansed skin, followed by the day or night cream, and allow to absorb.
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Standard oven cleaners contain lye and petroleum distillates and come in aerosol containers. None of this is good for your health…and certainly not good for the environment. Standard oven cleaners carry a health rating of 3, which means they cause serious health effects and they are known to cause burns to skin, eyes, mouth, throat, and even stomach - on contact! Overspray has also resulted in permanent damage to flooring and countertops.
Norwex Oven and Grill Cleaner carries a health rating of 1, comes in a pump (which sprays very effectively, resulting in less use of product), and is also much friendlier from an environmental standpoint due to its ingredients and packaging.
The primary active ingredients are enzymes and bacteria which do an amazing job of naturally breaking down baked-on fats, oils, greases, proteins, and carbohydrates. Simply heat the oven to 100 F, apply, wait for 5 minutes, and wipe with an Envirocloth. Really tough spots may require a second treatment and/or scrubbing with a Spirisponge. Use of gloves is recommended…as this cleaner is amazingly effective, and prolonged contact could result in some skin irritation.
One testimony that Head Office has received for this product:
I have had absolutely amazing results with the Norwex Oven & Grill Cleaner! Within 10 minutes, from start to finish, my oven was spotless WITHOUT the mess and fumes. My oven and racks look like new – I have never had it so clean! This was a whole new experience with a very positive outcome! From Judy
We’ve all known about the amazing benefits of microfiber cleaning for a while – hospitals in Sweden and Finland have been using our products, or products very similar to ours for over a decade, yet, North Americans always seem to feel the need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to many environmental innovations.
This spring, the following article appeared in the Journal of Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society Journal (volume 29, Issue 3, author Shelagh Damas) “Fighting Costs and Bacteria with Mirofibre Cleaning”. The article discussed how in the past “couple” of years a number of hospital facilities have switched to microfiber cleaning methods with the following results: The University of California Davis Medical Centre found a 60% decrease in lifetime cost savings for mops, a 95% reduction in chemical costs associated with mopping, and a 20% decrease in labour costs when they switched to a microfiber mopping system; Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC found significant savings in energy; The University of Massachusetts Sustainable Hospital Project noted decreased water, sewer, and chemical costs and found that the microfiber mops lasted 10 times longer than their traditional loop mops; and even more importantly, St. Jerome Hospital in Quebec was able to control their previously high levels of Clostridium difficile infection. Eight weeks after changing to microfiber cleaning methods, the number of infections dropped from 39 to 6, and over a year there was a 76% decrease in C. difficile infections in this facility.
The problem with C. difficile is that it forms resistant spores and so is difficult to kill – of course – WE know that removing is always the way to go…and the microfiber was simply able to remove the spores from the surface, thereby dramatically reducing infection rates…like you needed another reason to sell Norwex?!
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