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Mad Hippie Organic Skin Care Picked Up by Earth Fare Store Chain

Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 10, 2013

Mad Hippie, seller of all natural skin care products, was recently picked up by the Earth Fare Store Chain.

This past month, the Mad Hippie skin care line was recently picked up by a thirty-store chain called Earth Fare in the South West. This recent acquisition allows Earth Fare customers to have access to Mad Hippie’s most popular products, including their Antioxidant Facial Oil and Wrinkle Cream.

“We love partnering with environmentally conscious retailers,” says Mad Hippie’s co-owner, Sam Stewart, “We’re glad to add Earth Fare to our network of stores.”

Earth Fare can be described as a “healthy supermarket” that specializes in organic and environmentally conscious products. Every serum, cream and oil in the Mad Hippie skin care line is free of harmful chemicals and other additives. Both Earth Fare and Mad Hippie share a similar philosophy by only offering products that are healthy for consumer’s bodies.

Mad Hippie sells their products in similar organic grocery store chains including Whole Foods and Mother’s Market. Mad Hippie facial cleanser and moisturizers far exceed the basic standards that these stores require.

Both companies are highly against using cheaper ingredients to make a profit, especially if they have seriously negative effects on consumer and environmental wellbeing. Even Mad Hippie packaging materials are environmentally conscious. Mad Hippie only uses BPA-free, fully recyclable airless pumps, and soy ink on the labeling.

Mad Hippie offers skin care products such as facial serums, creams , cleansers and moisturizers that tone and elasticize in a natural way. The organic oils penetrate deep layers of skin while protecting the face against photoaging.

The products use ingredients such as Argan Oil, which provides instant, non-comedogenic hydration for skin cells. This ingredient actually helps heal scar tissue and reduces inflammation. This topical oil contains over 80% of the essential fatty acids that human skin needs, as well as naturally occurring vitamin E, to moisturize and revitalize the face.

It’s the use of natural ingredients such as Argan Oil in their Facial Moisturizer that makes Mad Hippie so appealing to organic chains like Earth Fare.

About Mad Hippie

Mad Hippie started as a family-owned skin care company in Maine, and quickly grew to become one of the most popular providers of natural beauty products. The Daily Serum won in the 2012 New Gorgeous Beauty Awards, and the Facial Moisturizer won in the 2012 Beauty with a Conscience Awards.

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Western Consumers Seek Wellbeing in Online Chinese Herbal Medicine Store

Torrance, CA (PRWEB) September 24, 2008

Since its founding in 2004, sales at online retailer Chinese Herbs Direct have increased some 50% each year. The business carries over 20 different lines of Chinese herbal formulas, making it the largest store for such products on the Internet — a title it will likely retain for the foreseeable future as new herbal medicines are being added to the website each month.

Key to the success of Chinese Herbs Direct is strong demand for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) among U.S. consumers, many of whom are aware that western drugs are often designed based on extracts from natural herbs like those used in TCM. Further strengthening the case for TCM’s effectiveness in consumer minds is the fact that these traditional herbal formulas have been refined through centuries of use, and are still being used by hundreds of millions of Chinese today.

Strong demand by itself does not generate sales, however; a supply of product that meets consumer needs in precise fashion is needed. Chinese Herbs Direct has created just such a supply by carefully listening to its customers, and by providing them with good information about the herbal formulations it sells.

The company’s early research revealed that some western consumers hesitate to buy China-made herbal formulations because of manufacturing quality concerns. Rather than trying to change a hardened consumer perception, the owners of Chinese Herbs Direct located a GMP-certified factory in the U.S. capable of mixing herbal formulas. Using raw herbs grown in both the U.S. and China, the factory now makes the website’s exclusive “Advanced Formula” line of traditional Chinese medicines, which are sold alongside the company’s traditional branded formulas from China.

Chinese Herbs Direct management also realized early on that consumers were frustrated by lack of good information on the Internet about traditional Chinese herbal remedies. Still another communication-related complaint was about Chinese labeling, which consumers often found difficult to understand. In response, Chinese Herbs direct dedicates itself to providing quality information about Chinese herbal formulas. The site maintains a clearly-written reference section about various herbs, herbal formulations and herbal treatments. In addition, all CHD products use US-styled, FDA-compliant labeling.

Zachary Ling, founder of Chinese Herbs Direct, says, “As indicated by our extremely rapid growth, U.S. consumer demand for alternative, Eastern herbal formulas is quite high. The bulk of CHD’s sales now come from repeat, happy customers, though we continue to get hundreds of new daily visits from consumers new to the world of Chinese herbs.”

Based on his experience with CHD, Ling has now launched herbal niche business in the hard-to-find areas of Ayurvedic Herbs and Pet Herbs. The two sites, ayurvedicherbsdirect.com and petherbsdirect.com, are already experiencing healthy growth.

For more information regarding Chinese Herbs Direct products and services please visit http://www.chineseherbsdirect.com.

Contact Details.

Chinese Herbs Direct

Email: support(at)chineseherbsdirect.com

Toll-Free Phone Order Line: 1-877-252-5436

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Store Garden Produce#2- When to Harvest Garlic & Best Way to Store Herbs

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Store Garden Produce#2- When to Harvest Garlic & Best Way to Store Herbs

By: Kali S Winters

About the Author

Kali S Winters is gardening enthusiast and author who spends much of her time teaching others how to setup and maintain beautiful, amazing gardens. Check out Kali’s latest book, “Holistic Herbs~A Beginners Guide to Herbal Gardening”! There you will find 12 free bonus books for your reading enjoyment. Discover more about Fall Gardening Here!

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Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/ – Store Garden Produce#2- When to Harvest Garlic & Best Way to Store Herbs

September in old English terms means “harvest month” and just like the name predicts, there is plenty of leftover bounty to store garden produce for the upcoming winter months ahead. This article should be read in conjunction with Part 1 of 10 of this series. (See Below)

The following are individual tips and techniques to help you store your garden produce:

When to Harvest Garlic or Onions: These two are my most sought after commodity in the garden. Even though you are planting onions and garlic separately, they are harvested and stored in similar fashion. That is why I have combined the two.

When are onions and garlic ready to harvest you ask? Well, you will want to wait to harvest your garlic or onion bulbs until half of the tops are green and the other half is yellow or browned. This will indicate that the bulbs are mature enough and ready for storage. Pluck them from the garden and lay them out of the way of direct sunlight to dry for several days, with the tops still attached. Onions require about a 3-7 day warm drying period.

After drying, gently rub the bulbs with a towel or cloth to remove any loose dirt. Do not wash the dirt off the skins with water, that only adds moisture and moisture encourages bacteria growth. Next, trim the roots back closest to the bulbs. Do not remove the protected, dry skins. You will then want to trim the tops to about 1-3 inches and then use the tops to braid the garlic together to hang for storage. (The same can be done with baby onions; large onions are too heavy to sustain the weight.) If you do not want to braid, (understandable–it does require practice), place the bulbs in brown paper bags, cardboard or wooden crate and store in a cool, dry place — 40-55 degree F, with a relative humidity level of 50-60 percent. You will notice that when both of the onions and garlic have cured, the dry, outer skins will start flaking. (Keeping garlic in warm dry conditions for 3-6 weeks will fully cure them.) Garlic can be kept for about 6 to 7 months while onions up to 8 months.

Note: Do not store your garlic or onions in the refrigerator or around the stove. If you take notice of the produce section at the grocery store, you will find that onions, garlic, tomatoes and potatoes are all displayed in center isles, away from the refrigerated section. Why then, do some people pack their produce home in the plastic bags provided, especially the potatoes and tomatoes, and store them in the fridge? A lot can be learned by observing how grocery stores section off their produce department. Look at several stores to compare.

Best Way To Store Herbs and Spices: Dried herbs and spices should never be kept above or near your stove. The heat and steam from cooking will cause them to loose their oils and retard flavors. Store your herbs and spices in a cool dry place and preferably in a dark glass bottle. Using clear plastic containers like commercialized products will allow you to see the contents within, but it will also expose the dried herbs and spices to too much light and will cause the oils to be absorbed into the plastic itself. This is not good if you want to maintain the quality of your dried herbs and spices. When buying your herbs from the market, either tape dark colored paper around the container or transfer them to dark colored glass bottles.

Fresh vs dried herbs: To dry herbs at home, remove any foliage from the base of the stems and then bunch 6-12 stems together and fasten with a string or twine. Hang the bundle, away from sunlight, in a cool dry place. I use several, circular, old metal lamp shades to hang my herbs.To dry individual leaves, place them on herb drying racks or screens for a good airing. Turn them often so they dry evenly. In the beginning, I used window screens to dry my herbs in the shed. Years later they came out with the herb drying racks which I have found to be wonderful.

Other methods have been used in the past such as drying herbs in dehydrator, oven drying herbs or drying herbs in microwave but they have usually produced unsatisfactory results. The heat from the appliance dries the herb too rapidly so the herbs end up loosing their natural oils. After purchasing enough machinery in my lifetime to dry my