Too Big To Fail

I have discovered lately the benefit of holding onto your vision for a goal. With all the turmoil going on around us it’s been very easy to lose sight of it and either panic or go into survival mode.

When my family & I started this company I was smart enough to write down what I wanted for its future. I knew there would be rough patches to go through and it would be there to restart my inspiration. I also knew when times are really good that I’d need it as a reminder to help me stay on course. The vision I wrote down keeps me honest, humble, and inspired.

Some of the most successful people kept their goals focused in their mind’s eye; always striving to attain it. No matter what was set before them they only saw their goal.
Everyone can use that advice for themselves for any desire they have in mind, be it money, love, or health.

The organic industry is a perfect example of this vision in action. I think the idea of wholesome, safe, nutritious foods and products have gained a respectable foothold that it can’t be laughed off as a hippie fad. It’s one of those movements that’s “too big to fail”. Healthy organic living has gained a foothold in the American psyche.

Consumers who believe in natural and organic products and ingredients won’t easily go back to the old way because of financial pressures. Some will find a way to stay organic even if means making it themselves. It’s our faithfulness to this idea of an organic lifestyle that will keep it going through this recession and thriving when the market eventually gets revved up again. One’s devotion to their vision for their life is what gives it strength; it makes it grow and inspires others to follow.


Lisa Radke is one of the owners of Wild Natural Beauty natural and organic beauty essentials. Please visit our website at www. wildnaturalbeauty.com.

Why Not Something Different

A couple of years ago I read the book The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne. It was inspiring and life changing. Occasionally, I’ll read other books similar to The Secret. One I came across discussed an intriguing idea. It asked, “What are you dismissing?”. The book explained that inspiration and ideas come when you ask for help but some people don’t accept what is being offered because it’s not what they are familiar with or think that’s not how their problem should be solved. This concept really clicked with me on a personal level, but I also thought about our products too. Could natural and organic products still be too new or foreign to people out there?

Possibly. For years I was hooked on a certain department store brand scented body lotions. I loved the scents they created and even tried to create my own lotions inspired by the store brand. This company used manufactured scents and they were hard to recreate on my own. At that time all I could use was essential oils. I didn’t know how to find the chemically created scents. That’s funny to say now, but back then I wanted the fake smell. Using essential oils of jasmine and rose geranium didn’t compare to the manufactured and chemically enhanced smell that entranced me.

Now if I had remained stubborn and insisted that the store brand knew best and I should just let them sell me what they had, you wouldn’t be reading this blog today. But I didn’t dismiss what the universe was telling me. By trying to imitate the scents I exposed a difference that I couldn’t easily reconcile. The more research I did to solve these differences the more I learned that I’d rather have an essential oil mixture than the store brand scented lotion.

Natural and organic products are new concepts to some people. And what I ask of these newbies is to stay open and learn. Although it is a little alarming to learn about all the harmful ingredients that are allowed in skin care and cosmetics, don’t shut down. Keep learning about what is natural and what is organic. It can be fascinating to learn about the history and processes of some foods, plants and ingredients and hopeful too. The human race has endured millennia and found ways to stay health and cure their ailments.

The answer of how to be healthy and live a happy life is natural and organic living – or atleast choices. Don’t dismiss this movement as a fad, it can change your life and after awhile of living this way you’ll look back and wonder how you ever lived without it.

Lisa Radke is one of the owners of Wild Natural Beauty natural and organic beauty essentials. Please visit our website at www. wildnaturalbeauty.com.

Your Skins Best Friend

It’s funny that one of the most hydrating and protective oils for one’s skin comes from a woody shrub that grows in the deserts of the southwest United States and northwestern Mexico. But jojoba does and its seeds are valuable to many.

Jojoba oil is odorless and colorless and stored for long periods without turning rancid. This stability reduces the need for stabilizers and antioxidants. It easily lends itself to many cosmetic products.

The seeds of Jojoba (Simmodsia chinensis [Latin]) do not contain oil but liquid wax esters. The wax esters in jojoba oil so resemble human sebum that it actually helps to balance the skin’s sebum. When using jojoba oil the body believes the skin is hydrated and protected by its own sebum and therefore does not produce more. This benefits oily skin because it does not over produce oil and potentially clog pores. Jojoba also has strong anti-bacterial properties which discourages bacterial growth that attack the skin. Dry skin benefits too from jojoba from its ability to prevent moisture loss and to act as a protective barrier.

Jojoba oil is rich in vitamin B and vitamin E and minerals chromium, copper and zinc. It’s a rejuvenating oil that benefits and soothes many skin conditions.

Wild Natural Beauty features a Balance Natural Body Lotion. Use this lotion just out of the shower for amazingly soft skin. Our lotion can even help your cuticles. Rub a tiny amount on each finger before you go to bed and wake to healthy and hydrated cuticles.


Lisa Radke is one of the owners of Wild Natural Beauty natural and organic beauty essentials. Please visit our website at www. wildnaturalbeauty.com.