• 6 Fall Skin Care Tips - Time to Prepare for the Dry Winter Air
• No Smiling Matter: There Really Is Lead in Some Lipstick
• Unique Manuka Factor Improves Home Remedies
• FDA Announces Suspension of English Language (humor)
• New Products to VashonOrganics.com

You are one of the fortunate recipients of Vashon Organics' newsletter – Our Natural Wrap. I say “fortunate” because this newsletter is free and filled with interesting and useful information. We at Vashon Organics are committed to providing you with information that is both useful and enlightening, and because humor is the spice that makes our lives ever so much richer, sometimes downright laughable. We at Vashon Organics have a few basic rules we try to live and work by: Do no harm Contribute to the health and wellbeing of all people and our planet by offering only the highest quality, eco-friendly, natural personal care products Provide a source for our family of customers where you can find information and inspiration in your search for a happier, healthier lifestyle Vashon Organics believes that we, each of us, make a difference every day of our lives whether we consciously choose to do so or not.

By Ryan Grant, Oct 18, 2007

The onset of Fall and Winter brings decreased humidity, which in turn alters the skin's natural PH level and makes it more susceptible to moisture loss. As temperatures drop and the air becomes drier, follow these 6 tips to keep your skin healthy and looking good.

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Toys made in China aren't the only products laced with dangerous heavy metals: lipsticks manufactured in the United States and used daily by millions of American women also contain surprisingly high levels of lead, according to new product tests just released by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

The lead tests were conducted by an independent laboratory in September on lipsticks bought in Boston, Hartford, Conn., San Francisco and Minneapolis. More than half of the 33 brand-name lipsticks tested contained detectable levels of lead, with levels ranging from 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm).

Article courtesy of The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

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By Steve Reed, Oct 25, 2007

You remember the cures your Grandma used whenever you came down with a flu or a cold? How about when you scraped your knee? Often the cure in our old home remedies is valid, but has not been improved upon after all these years. Until now.

Every year a plant indigenous to New Zealand flowers from September to February. During those six months all the nectar that will become an ancient but rediscovered antibacterial agent is collected and converted for the entire year. But not by human scientists. Manuka flower nectar is collected by New Zealand honey bees and converted into what is becoming an increasingly treasured commodity: Active Manuka Honey.

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By Mike Adams

The FDA's Ministry of Language today announced that the English language has been suspended. From now on, all words will only mean what the FDA declares they should mean. The word, "Pasteurization," for example, will now mean any process used to kill microorganisms, including irradiation, spraying toxic chemicals and launching foods into the dark vacuum of space where they explode like Gallagher's watermelons....

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