Shea Monoi - the ultimate natural moisturizer

Our SheaMonoi is the ultimate all natural moisturizer for your skin. Its light and fluffy texture is derived from the highest quality; naturally extracted African Fair Trade unrefined shea butter.

We begin our SheaMonoi with 80% of unrefined shea butter. Then we add Monoi de Tahiti Oil, Virgin Coconut Oil, Meadowfoam Seed Oil, and Vitamin E. Once all ingredients are carefully weighed, it is double whipped into the consistency of frosting making it a luxurious cream with a light, silky smooth texture that melts into your skin on contact, thus creating an intensive moisturizer to pamper your skin. You can enjoy the natural aroma from the fine ingredients or a fresh, clean aroma.

This product is highly concentrated, so a very little goes a long, long way. Be sure to apply less than what you’d need and you’ll be pleasantly surprised as to how far a dab will go.

Benefits:

Unrefined Shea Butter – restore skin’s natural elasticity, protect from UV rays, help prevent stretch marks, nourish hair and scalp.

Monoi de Tahiti Oil – beautifully scented, penetrates and hydrates

Virgin Coconut Oil – yummy aroma of coconut, moisturizes and protects skin and hair


Recommended Uses:
Massage
Daily Body Moisturizing
Dry Skin Relief
Irritated Skin (unscented only)
Razor Burns
Chapped, Red skin
Sunburn
Eczema (unscented)

May is all about the Feet

Too many of us are inclined to forget that we have feet until something brings our attention to them, such as exposing our toes through peep-toe shoes. Walking with confidence in your flip flops or strutting in your strappy pumps with charming to the eye beautifully formed feet is only moments away with Karess Krafters foot care line. Just in time for the summer shoe season!

A good foot care regimen includes: soak, scrub, wash, dry and moisturize

Soaking your feet helps soften the skin and allows the botanicals and oils to penetrate while you pamper yourself as well as take care of your feet. The nicest foot soak to use are the ones with Dead Sea Salt and mint because the salt draws out impurities, relieve swelling and comfort tired feet while the mint refreshes your tootsies. Our Foaming Foot Soak is a well-balanced formula with hints of mint, Dead Sea Salt and botanicals that lavishly soften, condition, and revitalize feet.

Following an invigorating foot soak, wash and exfoliate with our Pumice Foot Soap that has been formulated with natural exfoliants of blue cornmeal, pumice, and walnut shell to help improve rough and calloused areas of your feet. The inclusion of Cocoa and Shea butters lends a moisturizing, yet gentle soap for sore feet and hardened heels combined with Tea Tree essential oil because of its reported natural infection-fighting properties that ultimately reduce foot odor. *Note: the use of a pumice stone may be required for stubborn calluses.

After you have soaked, washed and exfoliated your feet, it is very important to dry your feet thoroughly, especially between your toes.

Finally, use our Lemon-Mint Foot Balm to moisturize and soothe your feet. Our formula is designed for rough, dry, peeling or cracked feet. The beneficial and healing addition of the miraculous Emu oil, skin-loving Fair Trade African Shea Butter and moisture-binding Jojoba oil lends an extremely rich and penetrating balm that will revive your feet. *Note: If you are doing this at night, a special treat is to heavily apply the balm and then put on cotton socks to allow plenty of time for the ingredients to absorb.

Come See Us

Where: Bond Park, Cary, NC
When: Sat, April 26, 2008, 9 - 5
What: Spring Daze

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Local Artist to look for:
Karess Krafters
Brooks Boutique
Orange Cat Art
Cork & Cotton
Vintage Scrap

April is about Karess-My-Face

It is April and it is all about getting your face in radiant order for the warm months to come with our Karess-My-Face product line. This month we will share tips on how to care for your skin and introduce our facial care line that will help you achieve your skin goals.

Your skin is the largest organ of your body that can be damaged by what it is exposed to and is closely dependent on what you eat. Before deciding on what to do with your skin, you will need to find out what skin type you have, which may be sensitive, oily, normal, combination or has been damaged due to the sun and the heat.

The basic facial care regimen should contain: cleaning, toning and moisturizing

Step 1: Cleanse

Cleaning the skin is one the easiest things you can do. You’ll need to find a cleanser that will give you good results without causing your skin to become irritated.


Our Karess-My-Face facial bar gently cleans and exfoliates all at the same time. The addition of rosehip powder deeply removes dead skin cells, while leaving the complexion clean, refreshed and best of all healthy looking. For an even deeper radiant glow, the use of our complexion brush with boars bristles will stimulate lathering action from our facial bar, ensuring a deep, thorough cleansing. Don’t want to lather up to get a good cleanse, then try our Honey O' facial cleanser in a convenient dispensing bottle.

Our Karess-My-Face Honey O’ cleanser is formulated for sensitive skin with organic aloe juice, oat extract, wheat protein, glycerin, honey and other skin-loving agents to assist in cleaning, lubricating, healing, protecting and moisturizing your skin so that it may function properly. Properly functioning skin is beautiful, clear, and glowing and makes your skin stand out from the rest.

Tip: If you wear makeup, you should carry out the routine of cleaning, toning and moisturizing each evening, as well as washing the face in the morning.

Step 2: Tone

Toners main power lies in their ability to wipe away any traces of dirt, make-up or cleanser that remain after cleansing. Of course, the majority of residue are removed during washing, but following up with a toner finishes the job. It balances skin pH, and tones your complexion while maximizing your skin’s capacity to absorb your favorite moisturizer. Our Botanical Toner brings Organic Aloe Vera juice together with an array of extracts and glycerin to soothe and balance the skin. Cucumber extract moisturizes and restores radiance, while organic black willowbark extract aids in skin renewal.

Tip: Use morning and evening after cleansing to refresh, tone and deep-clean pores

Sept 3: Moisturize


Without moisture, the skin will not remain smooth and supple. The face is exposed to the drying effect of the weather, so moisturizers - which form a film over the skin - contain and augment the natural moisture. Our Karess-My-Face Orchid Facial Serum is an amazing cocktail of natural oils and emollients working in perfect harmony to add moisture to your skin and regenerate new cells, while improving skins elasticity, hydration and smoothness.

Tip: Apply to damp skin (face and neck)immediately after toning

While supplies last, we are offering our facial care products in trial sizes packaged in a convenient take along bag. The set includes a facial bar, honey o' cleanser, toner and serum, just enough product to get a feel of our facial line. As always, spot test any new product.

Designer Market Downtown Raleigh

School has been kicking me in the rear this semester, thankfully it is Spring Break for me and I can get some much needed work complete. Before we get into what has been happening with Karess Krafters, let me say this year is starting off with a BANG! We have tripled the amount of business from what we did last year and have been getting orders via our home site (www.karesskrafters.com) weekly. We have also had quite a few interests on how etsy site (www.ccrafters.etsy.com). So what is new?

We have brought back our Aloe Body Wash that is a 2-in-1. It can be used as a body wash or a shampoo, which is an all in one treat for a remarkable price of $4.99. Enjoy Aloe Vera Juice with Glycerin and Extracts of Lavender and Chamomile. A true treat that will work your body from head-to-toe!

Also, our long anticipated wait for a full facial care line is over. In addition to our well-received Karess-My-Face Facial bar with Rosehip powder, we have added a Honey ‘O facial cleanser, Botanical Toner, and our super, super, nice Orchid Serum. Give your face the fresh, radiant, and most important healthy glow it deserves.

If you’re in the Downtown Raleigh area of NC on Saturday, March 22, come check us and many other indie shoppers (see list to the left) at the Designers Downtown Market on West St.

Pix of Latest Soapmaking for the New Year

Well during the Christmas and New Year holiday, I was soaping like crazy. Wanted to get a headstart on soaps for the upcoming craft season as well as try out some new soap flavors. Anyway, here are is pic of our newest flavor, B. Paradise

New Years Eve

Well 2007 is nearing closer to the end. Before we know it a new year will be here along with the tradition of resolutions. I have never been big on resolutions, I mean I make them, but never adhere to all of them. Well here is what I plan to do for 2008:

1. Participate in more craft shows
2. Watch my spending on supplies (in other words, stop buying thing just because...)
3. Market, Market, Market
4. Advertise with more online venues