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Taking time to get away from it all is a luxury for most of us. What if you could give the gift of a blissful day of rest and relaxation that your special Valentine could experience at home? What if you could give someone special not only the priceless gift of peace and tranquility but also a luxurious skincare experience that reverses the signs of aging using the healing power of plants? This Valentine’s Day, why not give your special Valentine a lavish spa day at home? KiVi Organics has just the ticket for such an occasion. 

KiVi Organics creates amazing formulas that help reduce age spots and hyperpigmentation, improve wrinkles, and return your skin to a healthier state.

Every product from KiVi is created with a unique low-temperature technique to infuse herbs into various anti-inflammatory lectin-free base oils. Our beautiful base oils contain natural vitamins and helpful fatty acids. They are enhanced with herbs such as Calendula, Comfrey, St. John’s wort, Rosehips, Lavender, Melissa, Reishi, Lion’s Mane, Astragalus, and Echinacea, to name a few. We choose the perfect combination of herbs and mushrooms for our skin and body remedies. Our products are like no other. They are organic, natural, 99.9% plant-based, and made with a whole bottle of love.

The body’s skin has millions of pores and is the body’s largest organ. It removes toxins, offers protection from the elements, regulates body temperature, produces Vitamin D, and, of course, offers us a sense of touch. What better gift could you give someone than a gift of Skin and Body Health with luxury?

Our products contain ingredients that do not tax the body’s natural gut microbiome. Meaning, the body can absorb and use our product’s nutrients, such as avocado, olive, coconut, MCT, sesame, and grape seed oils. Our seed and plant oils are lectin-free and anti-inflammatory. We create formulas designed to nourish and lubricate the skin as up to 60% of what is applied can penetrate the skin and enter the bloodstream. KiVi Organics is so clean that it will only enhance once it’s absorbed, nourishing the skin and aiding the body’s cellular regeneration.

We all have peeps that give us the wind beneath our wings, people that support our dreams, make us laugh, hug us when we feel alone, or reel us in when we go bonkers. For some, it’s a dear family member, and for others, a BFF or Love interest. Treat your special one to a luxurious home spa day with KiVi’s ultimate Be My Valentine Gift Basket. 

This February for our Valentine’s Day Special we are offering a wonderful assortment of KiVi’s most popular products all wrapped up in a Red Organza Gift wrapped box. It’s a wonderful way to experience KiVi and show that special someone in your life just how thoughtful you are.

The Be My Valentine basket contains:

Body and Mind Therapeutic Bath Salts

• Muscle Mender – with Arnica, White Willow Bark, and Witch Hazel Bark
• Relaxation Blend – Lavender, Lemon Balm, Valerian, and St. John’s Wort

Oats and Shea Mini Body Bath Soap Bar

Choose from:

• Neroli & Chamomile
• Peppermint & Lemongrass
• Lavender & Cedarwood
• Geranium Rose
• KiVi Lux

Moisturizing Facial Cleansing Cream

• Our most popular cleansing cream is both tonic and moisturizing

Floral Facial Toner

Choose from:

• Neroli Orange Blossom
• Cooling Chamomile
• Pure Rose

Reishi Rose Hips “C” Serum

• An Amazing Botanical Anti-wrinkle and Collagen Support Serum

Vitamin Rich Body Cream

Mushroom & Herb Immunity Support Serum

• Cordyceps, Chaga, Lion’s Mane, Turkey Tail, Reishi, Astragalus, and Ginseng

Aromatherapy Soy and Beeswax Candle

Choose from these fragrances:

• Lemon Verbena
• Lavender and Cedarwood
• Jasmine and Honeysuckle
• Coconut 

SHOP FOR MY VALENTINE

As it rejuvenates the Earth, it can also rejuvenate our bodies and skin.

In 2020, a friend recommended a Netflix film called Fantastic Fungi.

As I watched, I was transported to another world with mycology expert Paul Stamets. After I finished, I was in awe of the amazing network of eco-intelligence going on beneath and above the Earth’s surface, providing us with substances that give us life and from which we have derived. I’ve always been concerned about the environment and tried to get to the root (no pun intended) of the language of plants and how they relate to the human body and, more specifically, the skin.

In this film, Mr. Stamets states that fungi, as organisms, have intelligence and a language of their own that gives life, and it’s his mission and life’s work to understand this language.

Mr. Stamets gave me another piece of the puzzle in my quest to create skincare that helps the body rejuvenate the skin.

There are over 1.5 million species of fungi, which is six times more than plants, of which about twenty thousand produce mushrooms.

Many people associate mushrooms, fungi, or mold with death, decay, or psychedelics and are afraid of them.

According to food journalist and author Eugenia Bone, mushrooms represent rebirth and rejuvenation. They are not plants or animals, but are a Kingdom of their own.

Some mushrooms decompose dead and dying organisms. Fungi are present at the end and the beginning of life. Fantastic Fungi depicts mushrooms as the digestive tract of the forest.

The decomposers are called saprotrophs. The yeast and molds used in making wine, beer, and cheese are all saprotrophs. For example, penicillin mold contributes to creating Gorgonzola and Roquefort cheeses. Bourbon is made with fungi from fermented corn.

Saprotrophs can break down anything that is hydrocarbon-based. People like Mr. Stamets are harnessing the power of fungi to help us deal with man-made problems such as oil spills using fungi spores, which are mushroom seeds.

The fruiting body of the fungi is called the mushroom. However, the bulk of the organisms is underground, composed of long threads branching out in every direction. The mass of threads is known as mycelium. The network works with electrolytes or electrical pulses similar to our brain, forming massive links like a web. And like the internet, the mycelium allows a communication pathway called the mycorrhizal network, or CMN, through which all plant life communicates. Trees communicate with each other by trading nutrients through carbon, with mycelium acting as a conduit. According to Suzanne Simard, Ph D., University of British Columbia, “there are about 300 miles of fungi mycelium under every footstep we take all over the world.”

The Fungi Kingdom emerged on Earth 4.5 billion years ago, fertilizing the soil that created life.

So how does all this relate to skincare? When we understand how closely related we are to fungi and that we are descendants of mycelium, we can utilize their almost mystical benefits. They correct everything on Earth, helping to support life, convert life, or carry life. The fungi have inherited the Earth and are the most dominant species. We need them to exist. Suppose we learn to understand and respect a species of organism that has been around since the beginning of life, weathered time, and continues to dominate. If we do that, we can better understand how to protect our planet and, of course, our bodies.

Our gut microbiome consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes. The gut microbiome plays a vital role in our health because it helps control digestion, boosts your immune system, and helps in many different ways.

An unhealthy gut can significantly impact your overall health and your skin, including causing breakouts of spots, dry skin, psoriasis, inflammation, atopic dermatitis (eczema), and rosacea. The gut microbiome is the collection of bacteria in your intestines that influences your overall health, especially your skin.

In fact, the skin has a natural microbiome of its own. When we use synthetics or sub-natural products, we challenge the good bacteria, which creates its own issues. Mushrooms carry powerful antioxidant properties that help protect the skin from harmful environmental factors. They also reduce inflammation and soothe the skin, and studies have shown an improvement in pigmentation.

Mushrooms can help restore skin elasticity, increase moisture content, stimulate collagen synthesis, and have a skin-lightening effect; combined, this can make the skin look more healthy and reduce the signs of aging.

Studies have determined that up to 60% of a topical treatment to the skin goes into your bloodstream. That is why using organic, plant-based products on the skin is so important.

KiVi’s entire premise behind our skincare line is the penetration of healthy ingredients that soften and nourish the skin and bring beneficial nutrients into the body via the blood system, which travels through the body’s tissue fibre and organs. The body will not need to work extra hard to rid or equalize toxic substances such as chemical ingredients or the wrong plants or fats that carry lectins.

I have studied fungi ever since I watched Fantastic Fungi. After two years of research, I added mushrooms to some of KiVi’s products. As it is my mission to understand the organ of the skin and the impact of plants, herbs, and fungi on its health, I intend to make the finest products that bring health and beauty outside and in.

I highly recommend that readers watch this Netflix special, and I sincerely hope that it will be added to the curriculum in public and private schools early on in children’s education. We are at a rubicon today, and if we don’t soon understand how vital it is to keep our forest, we will destroy ourselves. 

Looking younger is easier than you think. You don’t need pharmaceutical chemicals or a complicated multistep system.  All you need is three simple steps – 1- Cleanse, 2- Tone, and 3- Moisturize. When you use the right product your skin exfoliates, balances, and rehydrates – all things needed to aid in younger healthier skin.

So how do you know the best solution for your skin? It’s all about the ingredients. The more natural and organic the better with the secret being in the herbs and essential oils.

You can regenerate healthy new skin cells, maintain skin elasticity and strength, help cologne production that makes your skin look full and plump, keep sun spots away, improve the smoothness of your skin, and maintain a vibrant youthful appearance all while keeping wrinkles and sagging skin at bay for years to come. The key is in the perfect balance of natural ingredients. 

The KiVi 3-Step is the most complete formula for just such a task.  Natural ingredients, meaning plant-based as close to their natural state, have a symbiotic relationship with the human body and skin.  When I founded KiVi Organics my mission was to keep my products clean and green, simply put, nutrition for the skin.  We all know that the skin being the largest organ of the body needs to be treated like the important organ that it is.  If we go to the trouble of taking supplements and vitamins, try to eat green products that are organic without GMOs pesticides and other chemicals then why not apply the same logic to what we put on our skin? The key to it all is cleansing, toning, and moisturizing with the right products.

1. Cleansing – KiVi Organics Moisturizing Cleansing Cream works on all skin types, it is tonic as well as moisturizing. Cleansers for the face should not contain soap or alcohol especially for oil skin complexions, soap is very harsh on the facial skin and will dry out and stress it, increasing the odds of premature aging of the skin.  Soaps or alcohol-based cleansers will cause the sebaceous glands to overproduce oil to compensate for the stripping of the natural skin oils and this is double trouble for acne-prone or oily complexion skin types.  Using a lightweight oil such as jojoba which is the most similar seed oil to our own sebum or grapeseed oil (we use both in our cleanser) is wonderfully lightweight and non-disturbing to the skin. These two oils give the perfect amount of gentle moisturizing without leaving the skin feeling oily or waxy.  The herbs which are infused in our base oils (unique to other commercial bands)are measured to provide tonic and astringent properties which help the pores from getting dirt trapped inside as well as aiding to tighten them.  We combined this beautiful-based blend with a synergistic blend of anti-microbial, antiseptic, and anti viral essential oils and tonic Clary sage water. I’ve been using this cleanser for 20 years and have never once had a breakout, additionally great is that this moisturizer is a wonderful shaving cream for men!
2. Toning the skin is really hydration of herbal or floral water which helps to close the pores and rehydrate the skin.  KiVi Pure Rose, Neroli, Cooling Chamomile, and Lavender Toners are all excellent at hydrating and aiding re-balance of the skin’s natural pH level.  There are skin types that work better with different toners. Our toners are designed to aid dehydrated or damaged skin types which may include older skin, normal skin, dry skin, sensitive skin, and oily skin complexions.  We have studied that the following toners are very helpful for the following complexions:
   1. Neroli Orange Blossom – Dry, Environmentally damaged, Aging or Older Skin
   2. Pure Rose – All skin types
   3. Chamomile – Sensitive skin types
   4. Lavender Sage – Oily Skin types
3. KiVi Organics offers Three types of Moisturizers all of them contain varying cold-pressed base oils all being infused with Rosehip seed, Echinacea, Calendula, Comfrey, Horsetail, Melissa, and varying other herbs depending on the skin type all enriching and giving your skin much-needed vitamin support we also add supper oils of borage, evening primrose carrot seed, and rosehip seed. Beautiful combinations of essential oils and herbal extracts and waters top our vitamin fortified moisturizers.  Heaven for the skin.

The Recommended Products:

• Viso di Fiori Facial Moisturizer (for maturing, environmentally damaged, or mature skin)
• Healthy Skin Vitamin Cream (for youthful skin and nonproblematic skin)  
• Equilibrium Serum (for oily acne-prone skin) 

All of the KiVi skincare line is created with organic ingredients and packed with natural sources of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and healthy fatty acids.

We have bundled the simple skincare system in a 3-Step Bundle and it’s now available at a special price of $74.99, a savings over 10% when purchased individually! 

When you order the KiVi 3-Step you can pick and choose the toners and moisturizer best suited for your skin type.

There exist seed oils and essential oils that can improve and even eliminate intrinsic wrinkles, improve sagging skin around the jawline and eyes, increase cell regeneration, and rebalance skin discoloration. 

The aging of your skin can be discussed as two entities: chronological and environmental.  Your skin is the largest organ of the body and it functions as the necessary interface between the internal and the external environment.  Utilizing specific plant and seed oils both carrier and essential oils will help minimize wrinkles and in some cases eliminate them.  Plant oils can increase the skin cell regeneration time which will improve the appearance of your skin, by making it look younger and more vibrant.  The difference between youthful skin and older skin is the regeneration time of new skin cells and healthy collagen which is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body’s various connective tissues.  I’d like to talk about Rosehip seed oil in particular, which is a carrier oil (not to be confused with an essential oil, which it is not), and how rose hips seed oil can help improve your skin.   

As I’ve aged I’ve realized that time stops for no one, and for those who are blessed with growing old enough to see their children’s children, I think finding gratitude for growing old is essential.  That being said, I certainly still have the desire and the ability to stay as healthy and young as possible for as long as I can.  As I mentioned aging is chronological but what of the environmental aging element.  The environment that we surround ourselves in has a great impact on how we age.  Everything from airborne toxins like cigarettes and pollution, clean or not water, healthy and unhealthy food choices as well as alcohol, sugar drinks, caffeine, stress, even being negative can impact your skin, not to mention poor hygiene habits and lack of sleep.  Your skin being the largest organ of your body will reveal the overall health and wellness within your body.  Symptoms can manifest on the skin when there are issues within, symptoms such as acne in teens occur because of the hormonal changes that come with puberty.  When the immune system defends itself to keep microorganisms, such as certain bacteria, viruses, and fungi, out of the body, then we can experience rashes, watering puffy eyes,  skin that itches or may appear blotchy, sometimes hives appear, liver issues can make the skin appear yellow,  my point is that your skin can and does reveal a multitude of things going on within your body.  I have dedicated the last 20 years of my life to studying plants and how they relate to the human body and I have discovered that we can improve the condition of the skin and its appearance with plant oils such as the beautiful rosehip seed oil.  We can help our body and skin first off by living with balance, for example, I still drink coffee and have wine, I eat sweets from time to time, I’ve been known to lose sleep over laughter with family and friends, I for sure won’t give up my side-sleeping knowing full well that my puffy pillow creases my skin nor will I give up on my daily gardening in the sun and outdoor exercise so let’s discuss one of thousands of amazing plants that help slow down and even improve the aging of your skin.    

Beautiful Rose hips seed oil which is a carrier oil not to be confused with an essential oil is considered a super oil by botanists for its high levels of healthy fatty acids. So what exactly is  a Rosehip?  Rosehip seed oil is a pressed seed oil, extracted from the seeds of the wild rose bush Rosa rubiginosa  (Spanish: rosa mosqueta) in the southern Andes.  Rosehip seed oil can also be extracted from Rosa canina, which grows in many regions of the world including South Africa and Europe.  In particular, rosehip seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the wild rose bush  and they are the byproduct of a rose once bloomed.  Fresh rose hips contain a lot of vitamin C, so some people take it as a source of vitamin C in tables to prevent and treat colds, flu, and vitamin C deficiencies.  Rosehip seed oil benefits for your skin, hair, and nails are tremendous,  it is a popular anti-aging substance in the beauty community, though research supporting its benefits is limited.  Rosehip seeds are very high in polyunsaturated fats, which support the healthy skin membrane and protect your skin from inflammatory compounds, such as ultraviolet (UV) rays, cigarette smoke, and pollution.  It is very high in essential fatty acids:  linoleic acid or omega-6, and α-linolenic acid or omega-3.  Commission E research on rosehip oil has shown that it reduces skin pigmentation, discoloration, acne lesions, scars, and stretch marks, and helps retain the moisture of the skin delaying the appearance of wrinkles. It is truly an amazing seed oil and due to its heavy nature, it is suggested that the use of it topically should be up to five (5) percent of any formula.

I love adding  Rosehip seed oil to many of my skincare creations, some of which are, our best selling rejuvenation facial cream Viso di Fiori Facial Moisturizer – Day, which was created specifically for Mature, Aging or Environmentally damaged skin, the Viso Night-Time Cell Regeneration Serum,  the exceptionally healing and cell rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Botanical Serum 50+ (for women over 50) and Anti-Wrinkle Botanical Serum 40+ for women over 40.  KiVi Rejuvenating Eye Cream and KiVi Flawless Eye’s Serum also have the beautiful rosehip seed oil and lastly but not the least are KiVi Rejuvenation Mineral Masque and Nourishing Honey Love Facial Masque.  Let us not forget the body, KiVi has created an amazing everyday body serum that nourishes the skin, unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.  Our Everyday After Sun UV Mender will nourish, protect, heal and moisturize your skin leaving it toned, moisturized, and vibrant. In essence, Rosehip seed oil is a big favorite of mine when it comes to formulating my skin creations.   I like to refer to my products as  “topical vitamins for the skin” that help improve your skin and will never ever harm your body with synthetics or preservatives.   Wrinkles will make their appearance even if you choose not to laugh and sleep only on your back, while others may be experiencing that they may appear to look older than you actually are, which is known as premature aging of the skin, usually a symptom of what I referred to earlier as environmental aging caused by lifestyle choices.  I believe that we can always make things better with a little effort, every day is a new day and with each new day, we can make better choices than yesterday.   Small changes that may include eating better, drinking plenty of water, getting adequate sleep, and putting clean healthy plant-based products on your skin will help it recover rapidly.  Rosehip seed oil is just one of the many gifts that this planet has to offer and I’m so happy to include its rejuvenating benefits in our products.