when you're putting all these things in
the body the skin has a reaction to it
absolutely so I founded this line
because of my own personal needs with
allergies and skin sensitivities but by
taking all of the reactionary
ingredients out of my line I
inadvertently created this product that
is wonderful for chemo and radiation
that heals the skin so the skin goes
through a lot of different things during
radiation the burns that the patients
receive this is our number one sal so it
is wonderful for just treating that area
calming it hydrating you know you don't
realize how dry the skin gets during
treatment but you really need that
hydration and this is different than an
aqua four or a mineral oil because it's
not petroleum based it is mineral base
the way we process all of our
ingredients cold-pressed avocado seed
oil so we're using expeller press
processes four really great ingredients
that you can trust and that are really
healthy for you and Elizabeth you have
such a great back story because as you
mentioned you started the line in 2015
but it it happened in your kitchen you
you were mixing it in your KitchenAid
mixer I think that's a testament to the
natural plant based products that are
going into it you know exactly what's
going into these products and it's
remarkable to me that so many of the
skin creams that people use it's a long
list of bizarre chemicals that we can't
even pronounce absolutely and a lot of
petroleum-based products mineral oil you
will never find that in our products
ever so we eliminated because of my own
personal need dyes any sort of synthetic
chemicals fragrance I react heavily to
fragrance super irritating for a lot of
people absolutely especially those going
through cancer treatment and I think
once you go through that you are more
aware of what you're putting in and on
your body and to find something that's
healing is wonderful so I'm going to
test a couple of products if I may get
started so this is the Hydra start of
actually let's start with the
restorative cream here this is our
number one cream it's very thick
so a little bit goes a long way and I
like to warm it up in my hands just a
little bit and then I'm going to gently
massage this into her neck see that
little glow that she has on her skin so
this is great even if you're not going
through treatment it's a wonderful
highlight to the decollete it's a great
I like to the cheekbones I personally
use this every night as my night cream
so this is a wonderful cream just to
really give you moisture and hydration I
use it at home I use it on my hands
it's like about yeah and we should
mention oily skin needs to be
moisturized so a lot of people think
Whaley I'm not going to moisturize but
it needs to happen
absolutely and so our botanical cleanser
I'm glad you brought that up because the
botanical cleanser actually does add
moisture back into the skin it does not
strip the skin and that is something
really important and just something
that's non chemical based it's so
important because there are so many
reactive ingredients that are out there
that sensitize your skin and once you're
sensitized you're sensitized which is
what happened to me personally so this
is the hydrastar to face cream so a
little tiny pump gives you a lot of
moisture and I'm just going to put this
under Amanda's eyes so this is actually
it has hyaluronic acid in it so it is
like Botox in a bottle do that twice a
day yes it is it is good stuff
and then you can really feel the
difference let me just put a little yeah
here here would you like something this
stuff used it before I mean it you know
great skin by the way I love that
there's no scent to it I love that knows
that whatsoever I had people early on
try to coerce me into putting scent in
the products I react to that and I will
never put scent in any of my products
right and the other thing that's great
too is it for me
it goes right into the skin you're not
feeling it on a layer still hanging out
right right and that's because of the
quality ingredients the seed oil so
mango seed oil cold-pressed avocado seed
oil really helped the ingredients and
healthy processing it's also interesting
to me that we have this conversation
about health and what we put in our
bodies and on our bodies after cancer
treatment obviously that's a critical
time but shouldn't we not be rubbing
chemicals all over our bodies
365 days a year absolutely we're just
adding chemical upon chemical and the
toxic burden becomes very high and
that's what happened to me and so I
wanted something that I could truly
trust that was healthy and because
there's so much green washing and so
much fancy marketing out there
I really couldn't trust you know what
was in my product so I've created my own
another thing is the cancer care kit
that we have so it has all the pieces
that you really need during treatment it
has the three hydrogen's me the three
restorative creams and you can buy these
as a standalone so if you're not sure
you want to make the full investment of
the whole kit you can try this because
with three we feel like you really need
to have the three during treatment
because it is the hydrating most
hydrating cream and then the Hydra store
ative the botanical cleanser and a lip
balm and I'll just test this as well but
you know the thing is it's really hard
what initiated all of this my friend was
going through breast cancer treatment
her or her husband was an oncologist and
we thought oh my gosh this can't happend
to you right but it did and it's a it's
a common thing I think one in eight
women are diagnosed and that's an
alarming statistic so you know it's what
do you give a cancer patient it's really
hard but you know in talking to my
friend people would avoid her sometimes
and you know they didn't know what to
say to her or what to give to her it was
a really interesting conversation going
through this with her so the cancer care
kit is something healing that's
beneficial for them there's so many
products right that are on the market
that are geared towards raising money
for cancer which is great but we wanted
to take it to the next level what's
something that can help the cancer
patient and how can we help our
community so candle lighters Houston is
our charitable organization which I love
they are really amazing and you know
we're excited every kit that is sold
we're donating 20 excuse me 10% of the
proceeds and we are excited to help them
there were
MD Anderson and with Texas Children's
that's fantastic and as well MD Anderson
you've partnered with them to who they
can get free samples there as well
absolutely going through this but is a
wonderful gift everybody wants to feel
good and be taken care of and that's
such a critical time it's just a little
pick-me-up it's fantastic Elizabeth
great to see you great to see you lovely
skin beautiful and reminder if you'd
like to learn more about Perry
botanicals you can visit their website
perry botanicals calm