The new 'Absolute Beauty' facial treatment.

After years of research ALQVIMIA reveals the new and innovative 'Absolute Beauty' facial treatment. ABSOLUTE BEAUTY is an intensive day and night treatment in 4 phases: cleans, tones, nourishes and regenerates. 'Absolute Beauty' promotes cellular regeneration and slows down the ageing of the skin.

'ABSOLUTE BEAUTY' is completely redesigned, it's regenerative and and especially the hydrating properties are better than before.

The ingredients of 'Absolute Beauty' are handcrafted or from certified organic cultivation. The product is free of coservatives or any other synthetic additives.

'Absolute beauty' will be presented to the public on 13 june 2008 in our shop. Please be there. Feel it on your skin. Two representatives of ALQVIMIA will be present that day, they will answer your questions.

More information?

http://www.alqvimia.com

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added 26-05-2008

själ. New in our shop. själ.

 Själ is a skincare regimen that successfully addresses most concerns with only a minimal amount of products. The developers, Karen & Kristin Petrovich, noticed skin care lines created all-too-detailed and often confusing regimens.
To create the most comprehensive and well-rounded products on the market, Kristin and Karen decided to merge their personal interest/studies of Eastern and alternative medicines with Western biotechnology. Both Western bio-sciences and Eastern medicines are accessed and blended to provide the formulaic knowledge base for the entire själ family of products.

The premise is that the skincare market needs more than just a moisturizing cream as consumers are seeking a product, which can hold up against today's toxic environment while nurturing the skin to the highest degree. By utilising the finest ingredients combined with the latest in bio-physics and bio-chemistry, själ has been able to create a lifestyle product of both today and tomorrow's generation.

The press in de United States speaks in a very nice way about själ, the formulations are sold in a small number of handselected shops.

We are very delighted to be the first shop in Amsterdam selling this products.

Want to know more about Själ?

http://www.smartcosmetix.nl/index.php?p=cosmetix  (importeur)

http://www.sjalskincare.com

added 22 -05-2008

ALQVIMIA created a new MASTERPIECE

Created to be sensuous, created to seduce, created to be used in your finest moments
The magic formula is a blend of very skin-friendly and non-greasy carrier-oils together with a choice of carefully selected essential oils.

Some of the ingredients:

Bulgarian Rose

Jasmine from Mysore

Neroli from Morocco

Egyptian Geranium

Ylang Ylang from Indonesia

Palmarosa from India

The soul of nature's most sensual flowers combined with alquimic wisdom to draw a woman into a more sensual universe.

added 11-07-07

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LU'LUR by Uspa. The royal cleansing ritual

Launching June 2007

Lu’lur is a luxurious cleansing ritual celebrated on yhe royal court of Central Java. It is tradidionally performed by woman on the bride prior to her marriage. An exotic combination of carefully selected herbal extracts and fragrances will be lovingly applied to the body over forty days before marriage. The ritual is purifying the soul and rendering the skin beautiful and blemish free.

Now, Uspa interpretes Lu'Lur for you.....

Sacred Tamanu Anointing Oil with Jasmine
Profile:
Luxurious Tamanu from Polynesia traditionally used for its healing properties, enhances natural glow with unique fatty acids. Ricebran oil rejuvenates, jasmine soothes skin and enhances restful sleep.
Key Ingredients:
Oil of Tamanu, Jasmine Absolute, Ricebran Oil
Benefits:
Highly reparative, healing, soothing, nourishes and provides anti-inflammatory activities. Good for all skin types, especially dry, sensitive and aging skin.
Use:
Apply a few drops to cleansed face and massage in lightly, tracing with your fingertips. Focus on breath for warming and aromatherapy with the purest jasmine, the "King of Flower Oils".

Traditional Lu'Lur Dry Oil
Profile:
Uniquely designed for rapid absorption, strengthens and heals skin with blend of reparative oils and pure plant extracts.
Key Ingredients:
Coconut Oil, Marigold, Camellia Oil, Essential Oils
Benefits:
Nourishing marigold heals and strengthens the skin, coconut oil penetrates tissues providing antioxidant properties; luxurious Camellia and Evening Primrose provide essential fatty acids and softening properties.
Use:
Massage into skin prior to Hibiscus and Tumeric Body Scrub for gentle exfoliation. Lock moisture in by applying to damp skin after shower.

Traditional Lu'Lur Body Moisturiser
Profile:
Nature's relief for dry skin in a refreshing moisturizer; highly emollient, quickly absorbed to leave no residue. Complex aroma is soothing to the mind.
Key Ingredients:
Orchid, Kukui Nut Oil, Cocoa Butter, Neem Oil, Pure Plant Extracts
Benefits:
Treasured Kukui and Neem Oil soothe and heal a multitude of skin conditions creating soft, supple skin.
Use:
Smooth over the skin following your Lulur Body Scrub for softer, nourished skin.

Mandi Susu Rose Bath Soak
Profile:
Traditional yoghurt bath soak with rose petals provide softening and relaxation to entire being.
Key Ingredients:
Crystals of Magnesium Sulfate, Yoghurt, Rose Absolute, Rose Petals
Benefits:
Salts balance minerals creating health for many skin conditions, yoghurt enzymes soften the skin, while pure rose calms and soothes the skin and psyche; highly hydrating properties combined.
Use:
Add rose bath to running water and soak for fifteen minutes, focusing on breath awareness to create calm. Follow with Lulur by uspa hydration of choice.

Hibiscus and Tumeric Body Scrub Profile:
Traditional scrub to soften and sweeten the skin with hibiscus to cleanse and moisturize.
Key Ingredients:
Fine Ground Rice, Tumeric, Hibiscus Extract, Jasmine Absolute
Benefits:
Potent antioxidant based tumeric and soothing rice provide exquisite gentle exfoliation with earthy aroma.
Use:
Blend with Lulur Traditional Dry Oil for entire body exfoliation, or mix a small amount with water to form a paste and smooth over face; let rest, then gently rinse.

Coco Cream Body Moisturiser
Profile:
Nourishing body butter ideal for dry skin needing extra nourishment; subtle aroma of true vanilla and bergamot.
Key Ingredients:
Organic Coconut Oil, Cocoa Butter, Kukui Nut Oil
Benefits:
Absorbs below skin surface providing anti-oxidants to sun damaged skin; softens, hydrates, and nourishes. Vanilla calms and uplifts the spirit, soothes tension.
Use:
Emulsify product in hands to warm, then massage into skin for superior hydration.

added 26 may 2007

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AVEDA

AVEDA's master-perfumer Ko-ichi Shiozawa created Yatra Pure Fume Spirit, a new fragrance named after the Sanskrit word for 'journey'.
'Yatra' contains four certfied organic essential oils:

• Sandalwood, harvested in cooperation with Australian Aborigines.

• Bulgarian rose and lavender from Enio Bonchev's Distillery in the Bulgarian Valley of Roses.

• Rose geranium from South Africa, from farmers cooperating with Aveda.

Yatra Pure Fume Spirit is for both sexes.

Our opinion: This is a scent of unmatched depth and beauty. The sandalwood adds some dry sweetness to the rose. It is beautiful.

added 29 april 2007

USPA colour therapy.affirmation range

Launching a New Standard in Colour Cosmetics

Each Lipstick in the Uspa Colour Therapy Affirmation Range utilizes a unique blend of colour combinations to help unlock the positive emotional and intuitive side in all of us. Every lipstick blend is energetically connected with specific vibrational energy centres (the Chakra system), hence the blending of their individual colour qualities reflects an inner truth about ourselves and the world around us. This imparts the tools we need to aid our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development. Uspa's unique lipstick range is the perfect tool for the ultimate healing of the self.

Long Lasting Colour Achieved with 100% Natural Ingredients

Renowned for using only premium pure plant extracts and ingredients throughout the Uspa range, the Colour Therapy range is no exception. Formulated with soothing Shea Butter, Sweet Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil and Beeswax, the color glides on, softening and protecting dry, chapped lips. A touch of Peppermint Essential Oil and Cinnamon Bark Extract provide warming effects and aroma, while natural minerals provide the rich pigments for long lasting color. Many of the ingredients natural properties include a high concentration of vitamins, UV inhibitors, skin conditioners and therapy for skin conditions, anti-oxidant properties, and barrier protection.

© text and pictures from USPA

I AM
Essence of life and the symbol of strength. Red is courageous, a sign of vibrancy, a stimulant giving strength and vitality to the body. Red can excite, it gets you noticed, encourages you if you are timid.

Product blend combination: Red, Yellow
Overall view: Red

I CREATE
A sociable colour that creates opportunity. Enhances feelings of joy and happiness. Strong affections and good artistic ability together with courage and joy. Helps to receive information from earlier incarnations on an energy level rather than an emotional one, an acceptance of our past and laws of karma.

Available end of march in our shop.

AVEDA introduces the new Curl Perfecting System. An exclusive plant blend (wheat protein and organic aloe) expands when hair is wet and retracts when hair is drying. This enhances curls. Tamanu oil moisturizes hair and reduces frizz.

Be Curly Shampoo

Be Curly Conditioner

Be Curly Curl Enhancer

Be Curly Curl Control

Now, with Curl Shaper

Available soon in our shop.

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Cleopatra Body Elixir: Inner harmony within an aura of mystery and charm

Contains
Sweet almond oil, frankincense, myrrhe, petit grain.

Properties:
Inspired by the lotions used by the ancient egyptian queens.
High quality body emulsion with a great texture and a sensuous, almost mystical fragrance.
Fast skin absorption, easy to apply due to its silky texture

Sweet almond oil is crucial for skin regeneration.
Frankincense and myrrhe slow down ageing of the skin.
Petit grain reduces mental fatigue and confusion.
· For a complete body treatment use the Cleopatra Body Elixir after morning shower,and the Cleopatra oil at night...
Format : 200ml.

Anti-Stress Body Elixir: Protects while lending sensations of relaxation and wellbeing.

Ingredients:
Sweet almond oil, Citrus aurantium dulcis, Citrus grandis, Citrus aurantium amara,lavender, citrus medica limonum origanum majorana.

Properties:
· High quality body emulsion with a great texture which gets rapidly absorbed without leaving an oily film on the skin.
Almond oil is crucial for skin regeneration.
Citrus essential oils nourish and regenerate the skin, giving a smooth and silky appearance to it.
· For a complete body treatment use the Anti Stress Body Elixir after morning shower, and the Anti Stress Body Oil at night..
Format: 200ml.

Anticellulite Body Elixir: Very effective treatment for "orange peel skin"

Contains:
Sweet almond oil, lemon peel, cypressus sempervirens, juniperus communis, citrus medica limonum, rosmarinus officinalis, hedera helix, fucus vesiculosus (seaweed), equisetum arvense.

Properties:
· Activates microcirculation in the skin and the fatty tissues underneath. Moisturizing, nourishing and toning, lending a smooth and youthful elasticity to the skin..
· Pleasant, non-oily feel with rapid absorption
· Apply after your morning shower, for a complete treatment use the Anti Cellulite Oil at night.

Format: 200ml.

Shape Reducer Body Elixir: A perfect treatment for hips, abdomen en tights.

Ingredients:
.Prunus amigdalus dulcis, juniperus communis, citrus limon, pelargonium gravoelens, cypressus sempervirens, petit grain, tocopherol, (Vitamin E)
Properties:
· A real great emulsion with a choice of oils aimed at loosing weight. Increases burning of excess fat, stimulates bloodcirculation, helps to drain excessive liquids from the tissues underneath the skin. Cellregenerating, nourishing the skin.
· The elixer feels pleasant and silky on the skin without leaving a greasy film on it.
· Apply after your morning shower and combine with ALQVIMIA Anti-Stress Body Oil for an authentic home treatment.
Format : 200ml.

Sophisticated foodsupplements from the Netherlands.

Designed and developed by a dedicated team of phisicians and orthomolecular experts and scientists.

Formulations with a proven efficiency

Produced with high grade ingredients from certified organic culture.

Ortholon is advised by health professionals and only sold in specialized shops.

Health Quest by Joyce started short ago with a few fomulations , after a very positive response from our clients we expanded the range of products from ORTHOLON.

In comparison with other high standard foodsupplements ORTHOLON is less expensive.

....added: december 2007

This is the first product debuting under the Solgar Platinum label.

This product features natural Q-10 made by a fermentation process and encased within nano-siced water-soluble micelles. Because the Q-10 is already in a body-ready state, it does not to be pre-processed by the body. The micelles carry the Q-10 directly to the active absorbtion site where it is released.

More news from Solgar?

How Nutri-Nano^TM works...

Nutri-Nano^TM is a type of nanotechnology that transforms fat-soluble nutritions into ambiphilic ones. (Soluble in both fat and water) How? By surrounding the fat-soluble molecules with a nano-siced water-soluble shell called a micelle. Those are extremely small in size, 30 nm, that's just a fraction bigger than hemoglobin or an average virus...

The tiny size and the water-soluble nature of this micelles result in a much quicker and higher bioavailability. The micelles carry the fat-soluble nutritients directly to the absorbtion site where they are released and absorbed.

Solgar NUTRI-NANO^TM COQ-10 3.1× has the following benefits.

• 3.1 times more bioavailable than traditional CoQ-10 powder. *

• 2 times more bioavailable than oil-based CoQ-10

• Superior efficacy obtained by faster and better absorbtion.

• Formulated with patent-protected award-winning technology

* (clinical trials)

NUTRI-NANO^TM COQ-10 3.1× SOFTGELS are available now in our shop.

For a sound advice about application or contra-indications of nutritional supplements come to our shop or go to http://www.solgar.nl/

added 05 march 2007

Ecologic^® is the brand name for a range of high quality probiotics developed for specific applications. Ecologic^® products are distinguished by proven efficacy performed in co-operation with renowned research institutes and university hospitals. (AMC Amsterdam, St. Radboud Ziekenhuis Nijmegen, Universiteitsziekenhuis Utrecht and Maastricht.)

Website Winclove

Website Ecologic^®

ECOLOGIC^®TRAVEL increases resistance against pathogenic bacteria during travel. Ecologic® Travel supports the build up of the natural flora en helps reinforcing the natural intestinal flora so the risk of diarrhoea is reduced.

Traveller's diarrhoea.....
Travelling could mean... heat, stress, jetlag, bad water, faecally contaminated vegetables, germs on the doorknob, small life-forms in your dinner.

(E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella or Campylobacter.)

Winclove developed Ecologic® Travel, a product that can reduce the risk of traveller’s diarrhoea.

You can minimise health risks by departing with a well balanced and healthy intestinal flora, and by maintaining this during their journey.

Traveller's diarrhoea (pdf)

For background documentation on traveller's diarrhoea, go to Ecologic^®

Winclove developed ECOLOGIC^®AAD:a probiotic which might reduce the risk of diarrhoea due to antibiotic use.

Antibiotics kill germs, but, as a unwanted side-effect, they harm our intestinal flora as well. Result: Very frequent and watery defecation. Loss of energy, dehydration.

Application of ECOLOGIC^®AAD:
Dietary food for special medical purposes to be used during and/or after antibiotic treatment to reduce the risk of antibiotic associated diarrhoea.

For background documentation on AAD go to Ecologic^®

added: february 2007

added: february 2007

... Les encens du monde.

Company with a flawless reputation. Manufacturing and collecting the finest incense from all around the world. Pure, no synthetic additives, no traces of pesticides.
'Les encens du monde' has also a very fine collection of high-grade resins, and burners and incenseholders from cast iron, stone and ceramics.

Until now, products were poorly available in the Netherlands, but a new distributor makes a change in this.

Health Quest by Joyce will have a carefully selected assortment of incense and other products of this company on stock.

More incense in our shop

5 april 2007

......Amethist, pyrite, malachite, chrisocolla, turmaline, celestin, mountain crystal, turquoise, petrified wood, lapis-lazuli, and much more.

New shipment >>april-08