Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Wacky Wednesday this December is fast approaching
Two Zero One Nine (2019) is waiting to bid us farewell and Two Zero Two Zero is waiting
to 'Welcome Us'.
It is winter time, winter brings in Christmas, gifts and loads of fun.
But, winter also dries the skin, both tender and old, but "When there is a issue in nature,
nature provides a solution" and today to discuss this natural solution to beat the dryness
of winter and otherwise also we decided, we introduce a very beautiful guest.
She's beautiful inside and outside.
Just like her products or just like her creations.
Yes, dear friends we are happy to welcome 'Parumitha' the force behind Mishka.
Thank you so much!!
Thank you Parumitha.
Thank you for joining us.
Parumitha, what is the star of Mishka creations??
The star of Mishka would definitely be the 'Shea Butter.
Shea butter and I love Shea butter "A" because I'm a vegan and Shea butter is a plant-based
butter.
Parumitha, what are the benefits of health benefits of Shea butter.
Shea butter is a multi-faceted butter and innumerable benefits.
To state a few it has a lot of anti-aging properties, it heals dry skin and very good
for itchy and flaky skin, it is a very very good Moisturizer and it surprisingly is a
Natural Sun block, so it has SPF and great in Singapore.
Perfect for Singapore weather.
So it's good in winters as well as Summer one can say.
Right!
See Shea Butter has loads of Linoleic, Palmitic stearic, oleic fatty acid which is not only
help to retain the moisture and moisturize the skin, but also help the skin and hence
in my holistic practice I find that it's great for skins which have issues such as eczema
and psoriasis.
Right?
now also because it's a nut butter it has wax and that's kind of locks of the moisture
within the skin.
Now in my clinic what I normally do is I personalized oil blends Aroma oil blends for my patients
and these oil blends then I ask them to add to this natural Shea butter and then when
they apply it into the skin not only does it help the skin, but it also helps to heal
internally.
Isn't that a win-win situation??
Yes, Now a word of caution, here if you have tender skin or a sensitive skin or a skin
which has certain skin issues please do a test dose.
So what do I mean by test dose??
So let's say you are going to use a new product, please take a bit of the product and apply
it at the base of either your wrist or behind your ear, leave it for 24 hours, if it doesn't
bring up a rash or doesn't turn red, which means you're not allergic to that product,
now let's say it has not brought in the rash or the redness doesn't mean you suddenly start
applying, go in gently, so apply small amounts little bit here and a little bit there and
slowly from there start increasing the amount that you add and then going from every other
day to every day.
So hasten in but gently do it very slowly very steadily because tender skins can react
to the most simple natural products.
On that point Parumitha, I wanted to ask you where do you make or blend these Shea butter.
So everything is done in my house, in my kitchen.
Wonderful, so "It's straight from the heart, from the heart of a house her Kitchen. and
I've heard that they add a lot of preservatives and a lot of other items to the Shea Butter.
What do you add??
I don't add anything.
What is on the label is exactly what's inside and it's just always Shea butter and cold
pressed coconut or almond oil, depending on the client's needs and usually for my hair
mask, I use olive oil.
See the point that she made which I want to focus on “depending on the client”.
So it's a dialogue between the creator and the client.
What they want which is what I'm saying personalising in.
Lot of you out there might be thinking why should I use Shea Butter, why not use coconut
oil instead??
Great!!
Virgin coconut oil is great!! but what's the difference between Virgin coconut oil and
Shea butter, if you want to know do check out our video.
Which we have done a interview with the Ayurvadacharya Doctor Varsha where she explains what's the
difference between a Butter and Oil and why sometimes butter is better than oil.
But Parumitha likes to bring different forces together, so she has come up with a very beautiful
looking oil bar, or oil cake if you want the call it.
Doesn't look like a cake, but oil bar and I would like to Parumitha share with us what
goes into this beautiful product.
So this I use again coconut oil, Shea Butter and as you can see the color comes from Turmaric,
which is an natural antiseptic and for Singapore weather I think it's quite well suited, it's
not just for Singapore weather.
Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory and it's great for all weathers.
It's a natural skin whitener and so this has the virgin coconut oil this has the Shea Butter,
this has the organic turmeric and I ask my patients to add their personalized oil onto
it so it's a win-win situation for everybody, Isn't that a creative creation??
Since we are talking about Shea Butter, Where does Shea butter come from Originally and
from what is it really made??
Shea butter comes from Africa and it comes from the Shea tree, so from the nut of the
Shea tree.
Yes it comes from Africa , which is the mother continent and as all of us know that for years
the very inhabitants or the natives of Africa have been exploited through different trade.
So it's very important to know whether a product follows the fair trade practice.
So Parumitha do Mischka products follow the fair trade??
Absolutely, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Yes and that's very important dear friends.
Which part of Africa do you source your Raw Shea Butter from??
This Shea Butter comes from 'Durban' and it's personally sourced by us.
So we are very very sure about the grade and quality of what we are using.
She spoke about grade, Shea butter comes in grades, from A to F and these grades are given
depending upon how much processing and preservatives and other things have gone into it.
So just for our audience Parumitha can you tell us which Grade does your Shea butter
to belong to.
This is grade A as you can see there are no preservatives or no additives at all.
You can see the colour and Dr. Priya why don't you feel texture.
Yes, I wish you could feel it too.
It's almost edible.
It's so soft, well but then, this is the butter clarinated butter Krishna butter that I used
to eat in childhood.
But you see this butter....
I'm goingh to rub it in the hand why waste it, Yes this butter that goes through the
processing of love and care in Parumitha kitchen and then comes out as this product.
Right!!
So this is Mishka but honestly I have a secret to share with you.
This beautiful looking lady is a mother of three and she has a house full of guests always,
a very busy husband and a very busy social life and yet she decides to kind of toil in
her kitchen to come up with these beautiful natural products and I would like to ask Parumitha
what was her inspiration behind Miska.
My inspiration and how my journey really began was when I wanted to give my children products
without any Parabens, Chemicals, SLS and you know the other ingredients which you read
or Creams and Shampoos and research also shows that on an average women put about 168 chemicals
on their body.
Hence the rise in... you know... the number of Cancers and other diseases so that was
something which really shook me and made me really think, that I need to do something
and you know to just begin maybe in my house and also for the environment of course, you
know!!
I make the children aware of these issues, so that's how it started at home and then
my children were using it and then the friends started asking for it for their sensitive
skin.
Yes!
Dear Friends honestly Parumitha doesn't need to do anything, she can just sit back in a
lovely home and relax all the time, but yet she toils in a kitchen to empower her passion
and I would like to ask for Parumitha what is the advice you can give all the lovely
women in our audience today??
I think the advice that I would like to give women in is that you should follow your dreams
and no goal is... you know too unrealistic...
every journey begins with the first step, so if you're really passionate about something
you know you should really follow it and try your best because I think when you make a
difference to even one person out there it is a very wonderful and fulfilling feeling
you know and so whatever you know, it could be anything whatever is your talent, whatever
it is that you know how to do best, I think that you should go out there and just do it
for yourself and for others and I'm sure Parumitha feels very happy when people call her and
say auntie my skin heal, I want that product again.
What kind of a feeling is that??
It's just very heartwarming and it makes everything worth while for me.
Yes, all the hard work is worth it.
And dear friends you know...
It's very rare that we have here with us Mothers and we are really lucky that we have Parumitha's
beautiful mother who's here to bless and hug all of us.
So auntie please come and bless our audience with your presence.
Thank you Priya besides sharing name and I have my daughter with you and I'm so happy
that she's doing what she wants to do.
I'm so happy she's here isn't she beautiful??
On that beautiful note dear friends wish you all a very happy Two Zero Two Zero (2020)
in advance and Thank you Parumitha for coming here and being a part our Wacky Wednesday.
Thank you, It’s my honor.
Thank you dear friends, Bye, Bye.