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How to Test Your Clients for Iodine Deficiency

Iodine in not readily available in our New Zealand diet so it is quite common for clients to be deficient in this important mineral.

Iodine supports thyroid function, so metabolism, energy levels and weight regulation can all be affected by a deficiency.

The Iodine Test

Paint a 4cm x 4cm square of iodine tincture on the inside of your clients forearm. If the iodine tincture is absorbed before 12 hours, they are low in iodine.

If absorbed before 4 hours – very low
If absorbed before 8 hours – moderately low
If absorbed within 12 hours or more – good levels

Addressing Iodine Deficiency

Bestow Berry Beautiful: One teaspoon of Bestow Berry Beautiful will provide half your daily requirement of iodine. It is suitable for clients with a moderately low deficiency.

Bestow Beauty Powder: If your client is very low in iodine, recommend they take one dessertspoon of Bestow Beauty Powder as this contains the highest levels of iodine in the Bestow Beauty range.

November 24, 2016

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New! Bestow Blessings Journal

What you notice, grows. Are you spending time noticing the big line of traffic you are stuck in, the way dinner didn’t turn out as you hoped or are you noticing the new spring blossoms on the trees or the warmth of a cup of tea in your hands?

Research shows that the thoughts you think and what you focus your attention on have direct corelations with your physical body.

In fact, it has been suggested that there are four general levels of thought:

PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (rest and repair)
1. Pure thought – Joy compassion, love, peace, forgiveness, gratitude
2. Productive thought – solution orientated – creates opportunity

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (fight and flight)
3. Non-productive thought – Reliving the bad stuff (The Victim)
4. Destructive thoughts – self-criticism

The two higher levels comprise of positive thinking and these types of thoughts calm and focus our body and mind. They also tip us into our parasympathetic or ‘rest and repair’ nervous system and promote the production of seratonin, our happy hormone.

The two lower levels of thought are negative, pushing our bodies and minds into the sympathetic nervous system or our ‘fight and flight’ mode. Unfortunately, once in this state, it is impossible for us to produce any ‘happy’ hormones until we change our thought patterns to a more positive outlook.

We have created this beautiful Blessings Journal to help spend more time focusing on the positive; those beautiful moments happening in your life right now. The process of recording these enables you to be genuinely mindful of the experiences throughout your day that you are grateful for. Somedays it might be something big and other days something as simple as feeling the sunshine on your face.

The benefit of keeping a Blessings Journal is not just the joy it brings when you relive these moments and experiences you had during the day but also the myriad of physical changes that can occur as well. You may begin to enjoy greater energy levels, better sleep patterns, reduced blood pressure, improved attentiveness, a more positive mood and increased joy.

As time passes and writing in your Blessings journal becomes a ritual, you may have a greater sense of appreciation of your daily life and increased harmony in your relationships.

November 2, 2015

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Bestow beautiful skin for brides

Having radiant skin, healthy hair and strong nails is important for your wedding day and your beauty therapist is one of the best people to help you achieve this with the products and treatments she has available at her fingertips.

But another thing you need to consider is what is happening from the inside? As you know, your skin, hair and nails are all created, nourished and renewed from the inside. So this means you are able to improve their appearance by working from within – if you know the secrets to achieving this.

Bestow Beauty is an intensive range of internal cosmetics that make use of will help you look fabulous on your wedding day.

BESTOW BEAUTY OIL
Your moisturiser from within

A great-tasting, edible oil that is mixed or poured over your food to nourish your skin, hair and nails from the inside
Keeps your skin supple and smooth
Helps prevent blockages and ‘breakouts’
Ensures your skin’s oil is healing and anti-inflammatory
Helps reduce redness in inflamed skin
Helps treat skin problems from acne to eczema.

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BESTOW BEAUTY POWDER
Your edible cosmetic

A delicious smoothie powder that delivers the same anti-aging ingredients that your skin care does only directly to the cells that use them in the deepest layers of your skin.
Feeds your skin, hair and nails with all the nutrients they need to be strong, healthy and beautiful
Contains flaxseed fibre, kelp, spirulina, wheatgrass, alfalfa, coconut, blackcurrant extract & pumpkin flour.

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BESTOW BE CLEANSED
Detoxify, purify, beautify

Your skin tends to reflect what’s happening on the inside. If your body isn’t eliminating toxins efficiently, this can result in dull, devitalised skin, and can contribute to many skin disorders such as acne, blemishes and eczema.
Bestow Be Cleansed is a natural detox powder designed to bestow a clearer, more radiant complexion by encouraging the liver and bowel to (gently) eliminate toxins.

Bride image by Tauranga photographers Katie & Quinn Photography

September 17, 2015

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Kombucha – great for gut health… but what about the sugar?

Fermented foods are beneficial for general health, and one of the great ways to keep your gut healthy is through drinking Kombucha. For those who are new to this, Kombucha is a fermented tea-based beverage. It is made using a starter mushroom called a “SCOBY” that activates and propels the tea-based drink (by eating sugar) to become a gut-healing beverage.

As well as promoting gut health, Kombucha also does the following:

It detoxifies the body
It supports the nervous system
It’s anti-aging and supports the joints
It’s anti-microbial
It decreases sugar cravings

One of the concerns people often have with Kombucha is the sugar needed to make it. The sugar in Kombucha is essential as that is what the SCOBY feeds off, creating fermentation and a bunch of wonderful bacteria. We recommend using organic white sugar where possible.

Through the fermentation process the sugar largely disappears and ideally you are left with 1 per cent sugar. In a 100ml serve that’s about ¼ of a teaspoon of sugar, or 1/8 teaspoon of fructose. Be aware that many pre made bottles of Kombucha have higher levels of sugar so try and find one that is less than 5g per 100ml. Also remember, 100ml is all you would need in a day to get a good dose of the benefits of Kombucha.

If you are making your own you could do a taste test after around day 4 or 5 at which stage the brew will be still be slightly sweet but with a good hint of tartness. To get down to under 10g of sugar per litre (i.e. 1%) the brew should be left until around day 7 to 10 (based on an average temperature of 24 degrees). If fermented longer the sugar levels may be even lower but be prepared for a tart tasting brew.

Although, there is a small amount of sugar left after the fermentation process if you stick to around 100ml a day then you will be consuming minimal amounts of sugar and it is definitely worth the amount of goodness you get!

August 28, 2015

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Beauty Powder vs Beauty from Beneath capsules

A common question I’m being asked is what the difference is between the Bestow Beauty Powder and the Beauty from Beneath capsules.

Nutritionally they have similar goals; to provide the nutrients the skin requires for collagen and elastin production, to heal effectively, and for health and beauty. But how they do this is completely different…

The Beauty Powder is a blend of super-foods chosen because of the nutrients they contain. The advantages of this approach are that, being food-based, the nutrients in the Beauty Powder are very bio-available (easily absorbed by our bodies) and will also contain nutrients that we’re not even aware of yet. For example, it wasn’t so long ago we didn’t know of the existence of phytochemicals such as lycopene or resveratrol, but they have always been available in our food and that’s the advantage of using something supplied by nature.

The Beauty from Beneath is supplement-based so the advantage is that you can guarantee the quantities of nutrients whereas food levels naturally fluctuate with each harvest. It’s also very convenient to take and easy to travel with.

You may find that you naturally gravitate to one or the other. It could be because of your diet or lifestyle, maybe you always have a smoothie so the powder is an easy addition or alternatively, you could travel a lot and prefer the convenience of a capsule. Or it could be a philosophy that makes one option more attractive than the other, for example you only eat organic, whole food or you prefer the guarantee a supplement that provides higher levels of nutrients.

Or you could be like me and take both the powder and the capsules so you receive all the anti-ageing nutrients from both sources – the ultimate insurance!

See our stockists to order.

July 28, 2015

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