New Eco-Friendly Packaged Organic Brown Sugar Scrub

June 5th, 2010

Organic Brown Sugar Scrub in Refillable Honey Pot New Eco-Friendly Packaged Organic Brown Sugar Scrub is available in 8.5 ounce jar and 8.5 ounce refillable pouch.  Delicious amounts of Organic Brown Sugar   and Organic Mesquite Honey are blended in small batches with hand whipped QAI Certified Organic Jojoba and Shea Butter.  This exfoliating scrub is gentle           enough for facial skin yet able to tackle even tough heel skin.  You control the aggressiveness by the amount of moisture you apply to the skin.  Pat facial skin             with water and apply small amount  by massaging and lifting dry skin cells.  Rinse and pat dry.  Your skin will be butter soft and ready for antioxidant Cactus    Flower Hydrating Facial Mist, Prickly Pear Juice Lotion, and Organic Shea Butter Sun Block.  Extreme dry areas of the skin like elbows or feet need to have just a    moistened clothe to dampen skin before massaging with scrub.  Simply wonderful ingredients make the difference.  Organic Brown Sugar Scrub is a head to toe  safe exfoliating spa scrub.  Use the convenient wood spoon to scoop a small amount of scrub.  Once the jar is empty, simply order the refillable pouch and spoon       contents into jar.

Organic Brown Sugar Scrub in Refillable Honey Pot

New Product introduction- Cactus Flower Hydrating Facial Mist

May 22nd, 2010

Cactus Flower Hydrating Mist 1This new product is flying off of the shelves.  One spray and even the driest skin responds to the truly unique formula that is designed to hydrate, protect, soothe and heal skin.  Sweet P’s owner, Paula Morris was inspired by Kelly Tirman of The Open Sky Project (KellyTirman.com) to formulate a Facial Mist that really works.  Sweet P’s loves to get input from their followers and develop products driven by their needs.  We formulate using the most Organic ingredients in the most simple combinations to produce the most effective products.  Cactus Flower Hydrating Facial Mist is a must have product on everyone’s shelf.

Paula Morris has produced a Prickly Pear Juice Lotion and Spa Treatment for years that actually takes the sting out of sunburn.  The magic comes from the Prickly Pear Juice itself.  This self sustaining indigenous desert plant ripens during the summer, producing plump magenta fruit that Paula harvests.  These are little tricky fruit to gather as they have fine little needles that seem to find their way into everything.  The process of processing the fruit from harvest to juice is time consuming but well worth the effort.  This juice is the base to the Cactus Flower Hydrating Facial Mist.  The Universities of Arizona and Texas have both performed studies that identify the Prickly Pear as a “superfruit”.  It is an incredibly rich antioxidant that protects skin from free radical of our environment.  The prickly pear juice has many of the same properties of Aloe Vera juice with the added bonus of improving the skin’s ability to protect from UV rays.  Sweet P’s unique formula is enriched with Tripeptide-5 Complex that actually accelerates cell production and regeneration of tissue.   Hyaluronic Acid is a key component in boosting the lasting hydration of this remarkable product.

Cactus Flower Hydrating Facial Mist is a must use product after cleansing skin in the morning.  Your skin will feel the immediate impact of hydration.  A few simple sprays and your skin is rewarded with the natural botanical goodness of the product.  Use after cleansing skin at night for a lasting drink of moisture.  Wake up to fresh skin that has been hydrated through out the night.  The bonus is that your senses will love the natural fresh scent of the prickly pear juice formula.  Sweet P’s invites you to enjoy our Cactus Flower Hydrating Facial Mist and allow your skin to quench its thirst for moisture and renewal.

Organic Spa Products

March 24th, 2010

Sweet P’s offers shoppers a wide variety of Organic Spa Product whether you are looking for wholesale or as an individual looking to purchase.  We currently supply a wide variety of Spas, Massage Studios, Resorts, Salons and Markets.  We supply Essential Oils, Effortless Massage Creme, Effortless Massage Lotion, Rejuvenation Massage Balm, Aloe Vera Massage Gel, Organic Shea Butter, Organic Jojoba Oil, three varieties of Exfoliating Scrubs, Ultra-Healing Foot Creme, Therapeutic Soaking Salts, Jojoba Hair and Nail Serum plus an arsenal of retail products.

Many of Sweet P’s shoppers want to create their own Home Spa’s.  We strongly encourage everyone to have rituals that are healthy, stress relieving and that promote a Home Wellness atmosphere.  Sweet P’s offers an entire line of Facial Care Products and continually adds new products as our clients suggest or make request.  We want our shoppers to ask questions so that we can respond to their personal needs.  We believe that the most economical and efficient products are what most people desire.  We want our clients to be treated like they are friends and that they leave experiencing Sweet P’s with a full understanding of how to use and enjoy these products.  

Sweet P’s uses Certified Organic ingredients in simple effective formulas.  Many or our products require no preservative and those that do require us to use Ecocert Preservatives that are good for humans and the environment.  We offer sample packs so that our shoppers may experience a variety of products without paying full price.  Sweet P’s receives many request for samples and this is our solution.  Clients ordering these sample sets may request that the products be scented in a variety of fragrances by contacting Paula@Sweetpskincare.com after or during placing the order.

Massage Therapist, Nail Technicians, and Estheticians provide an incredible service that is much needed in today’s stressful society.  It is imperative that these professional are using toxic free products as they are absorbing more chemical into their bodies than most other humans.  Their skin is continually touching and soaking in whatever chemicals their bodies are exposed.  Sweet P’s Organic Skin Care and Spa Products are designed to be toxic free.  This means that these products are good for you to take home and use as well as the professionals to use on your body.  As a consumer,  you have a right to know what is contained in the products you are using.  Sweet P’s has an ingredient list of our product lines on our website.

Come and explore the wide variety of products that are professional grade Organic Massage, Facial, Hair, Nails and Feet.  Simplify your skin care rituals and needs by using products that actually make you use less and are more effective.  I invite you to make personal contact by calling 520-909-1192 or emailing Paula@Sweetpskincare.com.

If I had to choose only one skin care product-ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER

March 7th, 2010

What one skin care product would you choose if you were stranded on a deserted island?  Look through your arsenal of skin care products and ask yourself what one product do I have that cleanses, moisturizes and is a conditioner for skin, hair, nails, and lips.  Organic Shea Butter is the product we would choose.  100% Certified Shea Butter is a natural wonder.  It is the only natural ingredient that increases the elasticity of skin.  Elasticity of skin is what we loose as we age, with sun exposure, when gaining weight or muscle mass, or pregnant.  It is easy to use and convenient to carry in your purse, pocket or to travel.  You may order Sweet P’s Organic Shea Butter in a travel tin by simply ordering the ounces you want and contacting us at PMorris@Sweetpksincare.com.  We have Spa’s and Resorts as well as individual clients that request having the Shea Butter scented the way they prefer.  Sweet P’s wants you to know that we enjoy providing personal attention.  Just order Organic Shea Butter in the size you need, then contact us if you want a travel tin and if you want the butter scented.  All of this personal attention is at no additional charge!

Cleansing facial skin with Organic Shea Butter is a breeze with Shea Butter that is unscented.  If you have never experienced Organic Shea Butter, you will be pleasantly surprised at how it appears as a creamy white solid and yet your own body temperature will let it melt and the feel is uniquely buttery but not oily.  Make up dissolves and is easy to tissue off.  Reapply another small dollop and massage gently.  If you are one of those people that likes a “washed” feeling, take a fresh wash clothe and run under warm water.  Apply the clothe to your “buttered” skin and let the warmth of the clothe seep the anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties of Shea Butter into your skin.  You now have clean, moisturized skin!  This is an excellent night time skin ritual.

Organic Shea Butter has a number of other uses that should not go unnoticed.  Use on your lips to soften and protect.  Yes, We did say protect.  Organic Shea Butter has been tested to have up to a 6 SPF (sun protection factor).  This factor varies and is not totally reliable but scientist do know that it does have a natural sun protective quality.  Use to treat skin that is scarred.  It softens and increases the elasticity of this new skin.  Organic Shea Butter is an aid for treating eczema, rashes, psoriasis and healed burn skin.  It is an excellent massage product.  Let us not forget to tell you what it does for nails and hair.  Massage into nail beds and cuticles to increase the moisture to dry, brittle cuticles and nails.  It helps prevent hangnails by moisturizing the skin.  Dry Hair and scalp love the attention that Shea Butter provides.  Use as an intense moisturizer by massaging into scalp and running through your hair all the way to the ends.  Leave in over night if possible and wash out with a DEA, SLS (Sodium Laureth Sulfate), paraben-free Shampoo (gentle enough for baby’s hair and skin) like Sweet P’s Aloe Vera Shampoo. Need an instant, effective body moisturizer (with or without fragrance)?  Jump out of the shower or bath and dry your skin.  Use a small amount of Shea Butter melted into your balm and smooth over feet, legs, torso and arms.  If you choose to scent your Shea Butter, your fragrance will linger all day as the butter blends with your own body oils.  Quick efficient body care!

Why use Organic Shea Butter and where does it come from?  Organic Shea Butter must be processed at 100 degrees or below to retain all of the properties that make it such a superior product.  “Natural” Shea Butter may be processed up to one thousand degrees thus disrupting the natural goodness of this ingredient.  Derived from the nut of the Karite tree found the Savannah Desert of Africa, it takes about 20 to 30 hours to process.  Women who gather the nuts often carry 20 pounds up to ten miles.  They begin the process by cracking the hulls.  The nut meat (with embedded hulls) is then par-boiled to help separate the hull matter.  The butter is then sun-dried, ground and repeatedly rinsed in cold water.  Sweet P’s Certified Organic Shea Butter is fair trade providing a living wage for the women that gather and process the Butter.

Sweet P’s Organic Shea Butter leaves our business being creamy.  We are at the mercy of our shipping services hoping that the product arrives as it left Sweet P’s.  Every once in a while during shipping the temperatures during shipping may be at 90 degrees or above.  If this occurs, the Shea Butter if not cooled at freezing temperatures immediately may become grainy.  This grain texture is easy to remedy.  With the lid off the cosmetic jar, slowly melt the butter in 30 second microwave burst.  Look at the butter each 30 second blast and just let the solid melt.  Do not overheat.  Immediately and carefully carry the open jar to your freezer.  Let the Shea Butter solidify and it will reconstitute itself into the creamy form that we all desire.  In all the years of our business, this has only occurred only twice, but we want our clients to know that it can occur and feel free to ship the product back and we will refill the order without question.  If you have used your product and it melts simply pop it into the freezer and it will be like new.  Please remember that we value each and every client and want you to be satisfied and knowledgeable.  We want you to feel that you have been treated special and that we have served your personal needs and request.

Organic “Cleansing Oil”? Is there such a thing?

February 17th, 2010

YES!  Organic Golden Jojoba Oil is a fabulous “Cleansing Oil” for skin.  This oil is cold pressed to retain all of the natural emollients that penetrate, condition and moisturize skin, nails and hair.  Jojoba Oil has natural fungicide properties so effective that it can be used to control mildew.  Cleansing with Jojoba Oil is simple, effective and efficient.  Apply about ten drops of oil in palm of hand and massage into facial skin.  It  is not an eye irritant so it is exceptional in to use as a make-up remover.  Tissue off debris, daily grime and make up.  Reapply another ten drops and massage into skin.  Using a fresh wash cloth warmed with water, rest the cloth on your face or use as a “wash cloth” and wipe away any remaining debris.  Organic Golden Jojoba Oil is non-oily, non-occlusive (does not clog pores), has an elegant feel and has great oxidative qualities (long shelf life).

Organic Golden Jojoba Oil has a wide variety of uses that make this the only multipurpose body oil that is as close to what skin naturally produces.  It actually is a wax ester that is closer to sebum than any other compound produced in nature.  Using Jojoba Oil on acne or breakout prone skin , actually balances oil production and clears skin.  It has been said that it slows the sebum production and lessens inflammation of skin tissue.  Jojoba Oil is an excellent hair and scalp conditioner.  Simply apply a few drops to your palm and massage into scalp and smooth through hair to ends.  Exceptional as a over night conditioner and as an after chemical or color processed hair treatment.  A few drops on the scalp can actually prevent dandruff.  Organic Jojoba Oil is pesticide free and gentle enough for babies skin, flaking and crusting.  Use as a shaving aid.  Apply a few drops to skin and then lather using Organic Shaving Soap or Organic Superior Soap or even Aloe Vera Hair Conditioner.  This helps keep skin free of razor burn and moisturized.

Organic Golden Jojoba Oil is a must have in everyone’s bathroom arsenal.  It is an incredible value as it does a wide variety of tasks.  It cleanses, moisturizes, removes make up, softens lips, and conditions hair, scalp and nails.  It is excellent as a shaving preparation or additive and an exceptional massage oil.  It is gentle enough to use on babies skin and is non-oily with great spread ability.

Organic Golden Jojoba Oil used by Sweet P’s is certified by Quality Assurance International.  It is a renewable agricultural resource.  It is environmentally friendly and the bushes grow indigenously in the Sonoran Desert.  This exceptional Organic Oil is sustainable for the environment and good for  humans.

Making your own Home Spa

February 13th, 2010

Doesn’t the word “Spa” make you think of slowing your pace down and treating yourself to luxury?  Regardless of what we do and where we live, we need to have rituals that treat ourselves as special as we are.  It does not have to be expensive to create this environment.  Organic Skin Care is meant to be simple, uncomplicated and totally effective on all skin types.  Set the mood just the way that Spa’s do.  Turn the music down low and slow.  Subdue your lighting, light Organic Soy Candles, or infuse the air the with fragrance from Reed Diffusers.  Select the products you need to pamper yourself.  Whether you are a bather or a shower person, Sweet P’s offers products that are toxic free and ready to fragrance just the way you want!  Even hard to find products are a specialty of Sweet P’s.  Contact us at PMorris@Sweetpskincare.com if there is a fragrance combination you desire.  

Select cleanser, exfoliate, antioxidant and moisturizers.  Turn your water on and begin enjoying whatever time you have set aside.  Many men enjoying having large Organic or Custom Glycerin Soaps in there choice of fragrance.  Sweet P’s offers your choice of color, fragrance and additives in Custom Glycerin Soaps.  Looking for soaps in special shapes, Sweet P’s has them.  Want to color coordinate your bathroom, we love to match what you want.  One client wants only red bars of soap.  She just lets me know what scent and shape and I produce one to a hundred bars or more!  Some of my clients love our toxic free Body Wash.  I have some clients that want to feel complete moisture after their wash and I customize and add special organic oils to accommodate their needs.

Cleansing is complete.  If you are a bather, sprinkle your bath water with Therapeutic Soaking Bath Salts and ease away muscle aches.  My personal favorite after a typical hectic pace is my Aromatherapy Blend Stress Relief Blend.  A few minutes in a tub with this wonderful concoction and the day begins to melt away.  It is now time to freshen your skin with an exfoliant.  Sweet P’s offers three choices.  Incredible Honey Brown Sugar Scrub is gentle enough to use on your face and aggressive enough to remove dry skin on your feet.  You control the dry skin removal with the amount of moisture on your skin.  The less moisture the more aggressive.  Massage into skin until crystal dissolve.  Rinse and you have moist fresh skin.  You may choose Buttery Creme Sugar Scrub or Souffle Salt Scrub.  Either of these are able to be scented as you wish but not recommended for your face as they are too aggressive.  If you shower, turn the shower head away from your body and enjoy the muscle relief massage.  Rinse.

Step out of the water and wrap yourself in towel.  Protect your skin from the Free Radicals with Prickly Pear Juice Lotion, a concentrated antioxidant treatment.  The secret to capturing all that moisture you just had on your skin is to moisturize within three minutes.  Sweet P’s specializes in moisturizing products.  The selection is tailored to your needs.  Select from Organic Shea Butter, Organic Jojoba Oil, Caressing Body Oil, Rejuvenation Massage Balm, Hand and Body Lotion, Hand and Body Whip, Solid Luxury Bar, or Organic SunBlock.

You have now pampered yourself with your own Home Spa.  Simple luxury in your choice of products and fragrances.  In today busy life style, it is important to remember to take care of our skin with toxic free products.  Call me @ 520-909-1192 with questions, inquiries or for help.

Sweet P’s is a member of shopopensky.com

February 13th, 2010

Sweet P’s proudly wants to announce its alliance with Open Sky.  Shane Shirley-Smith, the owner of Environmentalbooty.com, one of the 100 Shopkeepers of Open Sky and a very special caring person, brought me into the community.  Shane purchased a wide variety of Sweet P’s products from Sampler Sets to 16 ounce Organic SunBlock.  We began our relationship through twitter.  Many of Sweet P’s clients start here and soon are calling me and asking questions.  As the owner of Sweet P’s, I want personal contact.   We love inquiries, questions, and want to share the unique passion that we are.  

 

Shane Shirley-Smith and Environmentalbooty.com represent OpenSky as a Shopkeeper.  The principle of Open Sky is to provide commerce based on relationship.  It was a “No-Brainer” for Sweet P’s to accept the invitation to become a part of Open Sky as a Supplier.  Sweet P’s has always held every customer relationship special and is passionate about what we create.  We want every client to receive the products they need in exactly the fragrance they want.  Shopopensky.com encourages interaction, believes in products that they believe are the best, and share a passionate vision.  The Organic Consumers Association choose Sweetpskincare.com as the “Gem of the Luxury Organic Skin Care Web Sites”.  We are proud to be a member of the Open Sky family and look forward to sharing our passion and vision of Luxury Organic Skin and Home Care Products.  Thank you Shane Shirley-Smith for bringing Sweet P’s into relationship commerce and thank you John Caplan (founder of Open Sky) for your vision.

Experience the Power of Prickly Pear Juice from Sweet P’s

January 12th, 2010

Relive sunburn pain and parched skin with nature’s best anti-oxidant.

Sweet P’s Luxury Organic Skin Care has introduced a rich skin treatment in its Prickly Pear Juice Concentrated Anti-Oxidant Lotion.  Sweet P’s unique formula contains 80% concentrated fresh prickly pear juice, harvested directly in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona where the company is located.

After cleansing and exfoliating, it is essential to use an anti-oxidant that protects skin from environmental damage.  Sweet P’s Prickly Pear Juice Concentrated Anti-Oxidant Lotion soaks in immediately and prepares skin for sun protection products.  It is also an excellent sunburn remedy.  The pain caused by the release of prostaglandins in the skin is countered by the properties in the Prickly Pear juice.

Recent studies have shown that Prickly Pear juice promotes optimal cellular health.  It has been described as the “superfruit” because of its radical scavenger activity, high moisture content, rich proteins and high anti-oxidant levels.  Analysis has shown that the Prickly Pear has higher beta-carotene levels than any other vegetable.  It has been highlighted by MSNBC, eHow, Duke University, Home Remedy bible, and studies at he University of Arizona and Texas.  The juice is a storehouse of nutrients with broad and high contents of amino acids.  It contains high amounts of Vitamins A and C, magnesium, calcium and potassium.  Sweet P’s organic, cold-processing method ensures that these healthy attributes carry through directly to your skin.

Get the Personal Attention You Deserve with 10% off!

January 3rd, 2010

SweetPSkinCare.com goes the extra mile to provide personal attention.  We listen to our clients and ask what they need.  We encourage personal contact either by email, PMorris@Sweetpskincare.com, or by phone (520-909-1192). We want you to experience the same service our clients receive when they schedule a visit to our Skin Care Studio.

This month take advantage of making personal contact and getting the exact Skin & Home Care Product you need in the fragrance you desire with an additional 10% off coupon.  Simply make contact and place an online order and use the words, “thank you”, in the coupon code and receive 10% off of your purchase.  We have packaged Sampler Sets for those who want to try a variety of products in small sizes and price.  Do you want to sample fragrances in these Samplers?  Sweet P’s makes it easy.  Call or email your fragrance choice by product. Say you want to try the Hydrating Sampler.  The three products included are the Rejuvenating Body Balm, Hand & Body Whip and Ultra-Healing Foot Creme.  Now you would like to try these three products in different fragrances.  Pick up the phone or email and request the product and the fragrance you want.  We will custom mix and send your products to you just the way you request.  This way you get to experience three products and three fragrances at a fraction of the cost!

Some clients look over our Fragrance Collections and do not see the scent or the scent combination they want.  They make contact with us and more often than naught we have the scent they are looking for.  Sweet P’s will be revising our Fragrance Collections soon so that they are more extensive.  We also love to have clients that like fragrance blends that we do not offer.  Many years ago, We had a client that ordered a bottle of Lilac and a bottle of Vanilla Hand and Body Lotion just so that she could combine the scents.  This fragrance combination has turned out to be a favorite for floral lovers.  We also receive request to duplicate a scent that they can no longer find.  We try to duplicate to our customers satisfaction.  Take advantage of January to try products you have wanted with the 10% off coupon.

Get the Personal Attention You Deserve with 10% off!

Detox Your Skin Care

January 2nd, 2010

This is the time of year that everyone turns their thoughts to what they can do to improve their lives.  One of the most effective things we can do is to “Detox our Skin Care”.   Our skin, the largest organ of the human body, absorbs 60% of the ingredients used in personal care products everyday.  One of the most easy and effective steps we can take is to remove skin care products that have toxic chemical links.  We must read labels and know the names of these chemicals that have adverse effect on our health and the environment.

The task of “Detoxing Your Skin Care” can be overwhelming!  Everywhere you look it seems that there are chemicals added to products that are harmful.  Key words to look for are Sodium Laureth Sulfates, Parabens, Propylene glycol, Phthalates, & Petrolatum.  These words may be disguised with other names and go undetected.  The frugal person lines up the products currently on their shelves and in their drawers and shudders when they realize how much money has been spent on products that have ingredients that risk our health.

Sodium Laureth Sulfates (SLS) are detergent like petroleum-based ingredients classified by the EPA as a probable human carcinogen and a know animal carcinogen.  They are found in shampoos, body wash, baby soap, tanning products, moisturizers, and lotions to name a few.  They are used in about 90% of products that produce foam.  The cleaning industry uses SLS for floor cleansers and engine degreasers.  SLS is a harsh skin irritant that may be a potential carcinogen.  Animals exposed to SLS have experienced eye damage, depression of the central nervous system, diarrhea, severe skin irritation and even death..

Propylene glycol promotes moisture retention in cosmetics but is really an industrial anti-freeze and a prevalent ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid.  It helps make ingredients absorb quickly.  Tests show that it can cause allergic reactions and acne and can be a strong skin irritant.  It also may cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.

Parabens are a preservative and are know to be toxic causing skin rashes.  They are endocrine disrupters and may alter the hormone balance.  They have been found in breast tumors and to accumulate in the body and concentrate in fat tissue.  

Phthalates are plasticizers or fixatives that help fragrance last longer and transform nail polish from liquid to hard enamel.  It is believed that using these chemicals affect the development of developing male reproductive organs.  The Endocrine Society has actively lobbied to seek a reduction of the human exposure an individual as in utero or in other stages of life.

Petrolatum is mineral oil and a by product of the petroleum industry.  It is made from crude petroleum oil and is used in products as an emollient giving it “slip and slide”.  Many massage product use this as its base as it is cheap and meets the need of the product.  The reality is that mineral oil is also used by the industry as metal-cutting fluid.

Eliminating products that contain these ingredients will help “Detox Your Skin Care”.  Read the ingredient labels and when in doubt refer to SkinDeep.org Database to help research names that you want to know the safety.  Have a great start to your New Year by cleaning out the old toxic skin care products.