Hello Everyone!

It’s been a long while since I have written a blog post and a lot of new and exciting things have happened. For one, we have a new website, so be sure to check it out when your done reading the blog…but for today this blog post is to welcome a new addition to our team and to tell you about a very fashionable upcoming event….

New Addition to our Team: We would like to introduce you to Alexandra Conn, our newest sales representative and special event coordinator. Alexandra is based in Brooklyn, NYC and is looking forward to meeting our customers and client facilities. In addition to sales, Alex is a talented artist who just recently illustrated a healthy cookbook for children (although the adults have been cooking from it and love the recipes just as much as the kids do!)

Check out the facebook page and or just go straight to The Supernatural Kids Cookbook website to place your order.Your kids will LOVE you for it!

Alex recently participated in the last two D&A (Designers and Agents) green room shows in NYC May & June 2011 and met many new and current Dr. … Read More »

Heart of Fire

Summer has seared through the core of me

Exploding hearts travel the fiery path

of Love

a free love

a freedom love

free of fear

free of pain

free of doubt

as it draws it’s ethereal veil across our souls to lift us higher…

I fall with abandon into my earth.

by Pavitra Rai

Hello Everyone,

The ‘Summer of Love’ creative contest is now closed and art work will be posted following this post. A BIG Thank You to those who played along and showed us what inspired your heart this summer!

Since the submissions were on the low end we are going to post all the photos and poems together here today. The rules are still the same:

All fans and friends should vote only once for their favorite piece of artwork or writing, even if there’s multiple photos.

All names are included with the art. Simply reply at the bottom of the posted artwork that you are voting for with either the name of the artist, and you may share a comment if you like too!
The challenge of this contest is to create a piece of art or writing inspired by :

Summer
Heart Chakra
Love
Fire

The top four who gets the most ‘likes’ on facebook and or comments here on the blog will WIN the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Travel Kit. This contest will officially end next Monday at 5pm, where the top four winners will be announced!

Good Luck everyone.

Enjoy the art and feel free to share the link~

Peace and Health,

Trish

Hello my cyber friends!

Please excuse my tiny hiatus from this blog. I had the unexpected joy of finding a garden apartment in NYC that required a swift and focused move. Now that I have a few herbs in the ground and a couple of wonderful get-togethers behind me, it’s time to have some more summer fun with you!

This is the last of our Product Blog Series, having covered our entire line; the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Travel Kit is pretty self-explanatory.

So we thought to make things more interesting it would be fun to throw a contest where four lucky friends will win a Dr. Alkaitis Travel Kit!!

A retail value of $ 45.00, the kit contains 8 products: Purifying Cleanser, Toner, Soothing Gel, Nourishing Treatment Oil, Eye, Day, and Night Crème, and one mask pack, all in a clear plastic, re-sealable and re-usable airline friendly bag. This product kit should last anywhere between 7-12 days.

Calling all Creative Types!!

“Summer of Love” is a Month Long Creative Contest open to anyone who has a desire to express him or herself. You do not need to be a professional and it’s open to all levels.

This Creative Contest is all about:

Summer
Heart Chakra
Love
Fire

There will be 4 … Read More »

Untied Hemispheres Cover – 5/2009

United Hemispheres – 5/2009

Welcome back everyone to Week 14 of our product blog series…

You know that saying about saving the best for last… well, I believe our very own Dr. Alkaitis Organic Mascara and Eye Make-up remover has hidden powers that even took me by surprise, and definitely qualifies for the best revealed secret in eye care maintenance that I have ever encountered…read on….

You see I have always used mascara, and I have always had very short eyelashes.

For years I never used eye make-up remover because, quite frankly, I was too young and too lazy.

I thought that was such an ‘adult’ thing to do.

How did I remove my eye makeup?

I figured out a way to use our cleanser so that it wouldn’t sting my eyes. Do not try that at home! It doesn’t feel good when the cleanser gets in the eyes!

Right about now, the ‘ skin care gurus’ are probably rolling over with horror, that I dare treat my delicate eye area in such a manner, and truthfully, they are absolutely right.

Enter: AGE.

At some point, I noticed my eye area needed some extra TLC, and after years of glancing at our mascara and eye-make up remover at an arms … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 13 of our product blog series!

This week we’re revealing our recipe for healthy, strong luxurious hair featuring Dr. Alkaitis Organic Shampoo…

Aloe Vera, Horsetail, Wild Chamomile, Greater Nettle, Rosemary, Garden Sage & Wild Rose,

are just a few ingredients in this lovely garden of therapeutic and restorative herbs.

Our Shampoo was formulated for:

normal
dry
oily
color-treated hair

It will never dry out your hair, and will leave it shiny and full. I know, because depending on the time of year and what I am doing, my hair will fall into anyone of the aforementioned categories!

In the dead of winter in New York City, my hair is oily beyond belief – and to be able to wash it every day without further damaging my fragile hair is an absolute gift.

Dr. Alkaitis put years of research into this shampoo and developed it to specifically support regeneration and to stimulate blood circulation to the skin and the roots. How fabulous is that?  Click HERE for the full ingredient list.

Does it lather? YES. Like most other shampoos, the lather really activates on the second wash.

Is it safe for babies? YES, it’s actually safe for the whole family, kids, dads, moms and pets! (remember, a little goes a long … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 12 of our product blog series!

Last week’s post on the Universal Mask concluded our face care line, for now!

This week’s post will cover the other 90% of your body leaving your skin feeling silky smooth with the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Herbal Body Wash.

As our bodies’ largest organ, our skin is a powerful protector that safeguards us from the external world and it needs to last you a lifetime.

Too many daily care products are loaded with drying detergents and synthetic chemicals making it harder for our underappreciated skin to hold moisture in, block water out, naturally slough off dead cells and, most importantly, shield us from overexposure to the sun.

This is why our organic herbal body wash is formulated to do a whole lot more than merely ‘wash’…read on:

Handcrafted with vitamins, pure essential oils, organic medicinal herbs and a castile soap that has matured over six months, this product, gently, thoroughly and lavishly cleans the skin, leaving it moist and supple.

Check out this plethora of living, raw and organic ingredients:

Ingredients: Into Dr. Alkaitis’ Organic Castile Soap Base made from organic, cold pressed, virgin Olive*, Jojoba*, Coconut* and Apricot Pit* Oils, the following herbals are blended: Organic Aloe … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 11 of our product blog series.

Last week’s post was all about getting that youthful glow from fruit for your face, this week’s post follows the tasty theme with the restorative power of veggies for your face!

What skin condition is the Universal Mask good for?

Aging
Acne
Oily
Normal
Damaged
Sensitive
Dehydrated

What exactly does this mask do?

The ultimate therapeutic treatment mask, Organic Universal Mask nourishes, soothes, calms and rejuvenates sensitive, irritated and inflamed skin. An excellent follow up mask for post skin peels and microdermabrasion. Filled to the brim with all your veggies, healing grasses, and seaweeds, this mask is extremely high in minerals, vitamins and antioxidants.

In a spa setting this would be one of two of our ‘finishing’ mask treatments, with the other being the Cellular Repair Mask.

Good to Know

This mask contains grass. Do not use if you have grass allergies.

Something that comes up a lot is that people want to know what is the ‘active’ ingredient in our products that make them ‘work’.

Every single plant, oil, and herb that Dr. Alkaitis uses are abounding with richly beneficial and active ingredients. One is not more important than the other. Each ingredient has equal value, and every product is 100% plant active.

When they are all … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 10 of our product blog series!

In last week’s post we offered a gift of a Dr. Alkaitis sample kit to the first lucky winner to guess what this week’s post was about – many of you guessed correctly, but the early bird to get the worm was Anu Isoaho. Congratulations!! Thanks for playing along!

So, let’s get right to it…. why you would want fruit on your face….

What skin condition is the Organic Cellular Repair Mask good for?

Aging
Acne
Oily
Normal
Damaged
Sensitive
Dehydrated

What exactly does this mask do?

Organic Cellular Repair Mask will repair, regenerate, and fortify your environmentally damaged and/or aging skin. In a spa setting this would be one of two of our ‘finishing’ mask treatments.

Good to know

This mask contains real strawberries. Do not use if you have allergies to strawberries.

Why I LOVE this mask

Check out these ingredients and tell me it’s not heavenly! Chock full of your antioxidants, and not only good for your outside, but good for you inside too – (as all our products are).

Did you know that all our products are ‘edible’ ?

Not that you would want to eat this mask, but your animals just might be sneaking into your bathroom and stealing from … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 9 of our product blog series.

For those of you who have sensitive and acne prone skin, last week’s post about the organic flower mask might have made you feel a little left out… but I already knew that this week was going to be for you!  (Well, it’s actually for everyone but has a special place just for you!)

Who is the Organic Exfoliating Enzyme mask good for?

Sensitive skin
Acne and troubled skin conditions
Normal skin
Dry skin
Oily skin

What exactly does this treatment mask do?

Organic Enzyme Exfoliating Mask is a biological peel and is ideal for skin that needs to be renewed, refreshed, and rejuvenated. It is a gentle and effective anti-aging treatment. It thoroughly removes all of the accumulated debris in the skin, while supplying essential phyto-nutrients, antioxidants, and minerals to the skin. This mask also has a brightening and lightening effect, which makes it excellent for hyper-pigmentation.

Good to Know:

This mask should not be used more than twice a month or left on longer then 7-10 minutes. (10 minutes recommend for thicker oily skin)

Why only twice a month?

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your precious tender skin, is to over-exfoliate! This can create a greater imbalance … Read More »

Welcome back to Week 8 of our Product blog Series.

What perfect synchronicity that today’s post coincides with the first days of Spring! Dr. Alkaitis’ Organic Flower Mask is a skin rejuvenator; literally, it’s springtime bursting forth in a jar.

Read ingredients here: Certified Organically grown Lavender flowers, Blue Mallow blossoms, Cornflowers, Roman Chamomile flowers, Marigold blossoms, Rose buds, Elder Flowers, and Oat buds.

This beautiful bouquet of flowers will not only enliven your senses but it will restore your skin’s natural health!

While these ingredients may sound innocently delicate and gentle, I can assure you that out of all four of Dr. Alkaitis’ masks, this one is the most invigorating. Sure to bring a sullen complexion back to life, Dr. Alkaitis’ Flower Mask is an activating and energizing product.

It will leave your skin glowing while improving the overall skin-tone. Our customers have described the mask’s fresh aroma as blissful and divine. This mask has a soft yet very effective exfoliating texture, therefore it is not recommended for those with acne and sensitive skin.

This is an active and clarifying mask for Normal and Oily skin conditions.

How to Use:

Weekly Exfoliating Scrub

Apply a teaspoon of mask into the palm of your hand.
Slowly add water … Read More »

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to Week 7 of our Product Blog series, we continue today with the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Night Crème.

Nothing can soothe, nourish, and repair our mind, body, and spirit faster than those precious eight hours of blissful beauty sleep.

But let’s face it, in this fast mad-paced world; are we really getting the hours we need to achieve full health?

I find that taking time in the evening to unwind and create small rituals; such as a simple cup of herbal tea, a warm salt bath, and to mindfully perform my skin regime, all help to ease my nervous system to allow a more peaceful sleep….

To nourish your tired skin: Dr. Alkaitis Organic Night Crème

The combination of herbs and oils were specifically chosen for their reputed therapeutic benefits, which includes healing your skin while you are in a state of ‘rest’. It’s when your body is in a restful state that you have the best chance to fully heal and rejuvenate.

This rich, luxurious Organic Night Crème restores the skin’s natural radiance while you sleep and diminishes the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and open pores.

Some therapeutic benefits include:

Stimulates circulation and cell renewal
Rejuvenating and healing
Hydrates, … Read More »

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to Week 6 of our Product Blog series.

The lovely scent alone is reason enough to put your best face forward when starting the day with Dr. Alkaitis Organic Day Crème.

This lightweight crème is expertly blended for normal to dry skin. If you’re like me and tend to have an oily complexion, I recommend trying either the Soothing Gel or Toner instead of the Day Crème.

However, even though I fall into the latter skin condition, you should know that I cannot live without this nurturing crème in the dead of winter.

My beauty advice to you: beware of getting stuck in the same old routine. Be sure to customize your skin care regime based on the seasons, travel, diet, and stress. All of these factors will affect your skin.

By being more aware of your environment and the potential stressors you can prevent skin damage and slow down the signs of aging just by addressing your skin’s needs day-by-day.

Dr. Alkaitis Organic Day Crème is a wonderful moisturizing elixir capable of repairing, healing and protecting skin against daily environmental damage while stimulating the oxygen supply to the skin’s surface thereby increasing luminosity.

Some therapeutic benefits include:

Stimulates circulation and cell renewal
Rejuvenating and healing
Naturally … Read More »

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to Week 5 of our Product Blog Series. Today we are covering Dr. Alkaitis Organic Eye Crème.

Thanks to a crew of super talented eco-conscious hair and make-up artists from both sides of the pond; such as Rose-Marie Swift from RMS beauty, Mary Greenwell, Renata Helfman, Leanne Lurie, Leo Won, Obi Reyes; just to list a very few…

Dr. Alkaitis’ products have landed in the hands of some pretty glamorous and talented beings gracing the runways, silver screen, and ad campaigns across the world.

I think writer and fashion blogger, Susan Kirschbaum said it best here.

It’s exciting to have a product line that is touted by the who’s who of the fashion world, especially since their endorsements are unsolicited on our part; thereby making them real!

When I asked bi-costal hair & make-up artist, Alejandra Nerizagal why she found our eye crème to be so effective when preparing a celeb’s face for a photo shoot she offered this explanation:

” It’s excellent for hydrating the skin under the eye especially during the winter season. The skin under the eye during the winter months as well as everyday pollution in the air makes it more difficult to get that smooth application of concealer. … Read More »

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to Week 4 of our Product Blog Series…

The whole purpose of highlighting ALKAITIS products on our blog is to give you in-depth information in an informal and relaxed way, because, well, you asked for it! Since so many of our products are able to multi-task, it makes sense to take some time here to explore your technical questions and quell a lot of skin anxiety in general.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I have been jumping up and down with anticipation of the perfect timing to tell you all about Dr. Alkaitis Organic Nourishing Treatment Oil.

In the spirit of LOVE and FUN, I get to share a secret with you that has actually never come up in our trainings or materials….

Every single ingredient in the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Nourishing Treatment Oil is an APHRODISIAC!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ~ now go have some fun!

Want to know more about herbs and oils to stimulate your love life? Check this great website out: http://www.anniesremedy.com/chart_remedy.php?tag=aphrodisiac

Dr. Alkaitis Organic Nourishing Treatment Oil

Yes, it is true… Here is another one of our products that offers multiple therapeutic functions:

Anti-inflammatory
Anti-viral
Anti-bacterial
Hydrates and conditions skin
Excellent for scars & stretch marks
Good for Eczema, dry, itchy skin
Good for the … Read More »

My Story

Hello Everybody,

I am excited today to talk to you about the Dr. Alkaitis Organic Soothing Gel. I have to admit that this product is one of my personal favorites and I have been known to fondly reference to it as my herbal first aid kit and my skin savior.

It was there for me when after years of having flawless skin, at age 29 much to my dismay I broke out with the worst case of cystic acne from cheek to chin to cheek. So bad that my ‘celebrity esthetician’ deemed me unfixable and sent me off to go get a prescription for a year of Accutane.

Many tears later, and a firm resolve that I must get to the bottom of this naturally and organically, as Accutane was NEVER an option for me: (http://www.drugs.com/accutane.html) a bottle wrapped in a plain paper bag labeled simply GEL arrived in the post.

This was the greatest gift my father had ever given me. Trust me, when I tell you I had tried everything; the more I put on all that smelly synthetic stuff on my skin the more irritated and inflamed my poor face got.

Since Dr. Alkaitis had just formulated this product, it didn’t come with … Read More »

Hello Everybody, Trish here again.

Today you will learn about the amazing qualities of:

Dr. Alkaitis’ Organic Herbal Toner and how to incorporate this product in your daily skin care regime. First of all, this marvelous product is a: Toner, Astringent, and a Skin Balancer. It has multiple therapeutic functions such as:

Anti-inflammatory
Anti- viral
Anti-bacterial
Heals burns
Excellent After-Sun treatment
Hydrates & Conditions skin

It will not dry out the skin and can be used as a moisturizer for oily complexions. It contains:

Vitamins
Medicinal herbs
Therapeutic oils

It is also a vegan, living, raw product. You must admit this is a long list of outstanding qualities!

How To Use Dr. Alkaitis Organic Herbal Toner:

In the palm of your hand dispense a dime size amount of Toner. Apply over the entire face, using your finger-tips. Massage well into the skin. (It’s not necessary to use on cotton pads, the ingredients are too good to waste on it).

Oily skin types may use the Toner during the day instead of Dr. Alkaitis’ Organic Day Creme to promote a smooth and shine-free complexion, and use Dr. Alkaitis’ Night Creme before going to bed.

In the morning, after washing my face with Dr. Alkaitis Organic Purifying Facial Cleanser, I will then apply the Toner with my … Read More »

Hello Everybody, Trish here again..

Today I will talk to you about the use of our facial cleanser, but before I start I want to tell you a little bit about the ingredients, which are used in our products.

We make  skin food.

A holistic skin care range made from 100% certified organic plants.
Wild-crafted plants.
We absolutely do not use any chemicals.
And of course our products are never tested on animals.

There is no need for that simply because people have been using the same ingredients for thousands of years.

We work with living ingredients carrying on an age-old and almost forgotten tradition going back in our Western culture as far as the Hellenistic period (600-400 BC). At that time, chemists and alchemists already had a highly developed knowledge of the natural world.

Working in this tradition has the advantage that dangerous substances from plants and their effects on our bodies are known, unlike all the different dangerous effects and damages that can be caused by chemicals.

In countries like India and China the traditional method of healing is thousands of years old and is highly developed and it is still used by 80% of the world’s population.

So, welcome to our Natural World, a world dedicated to your Health, Happiness and … Read More »

Hello Everybody,

Dr. Alkaitis’ motto is “a healthy skin is a beautiful skin,” I therefore decided to start our weekly talk discussing stress.

Stress causes among other things:

sleep problems
depression
pain of any kind
obesity
skin conditions, such as eczema and acne.

It can suppress our immune system, raise our blood pressure and it can speed up the aging process. Unfortunately our skin is the only place that visibly shows our physical and psychological ailments and scars.

I found an amazing website at http://helpguide.org. In it you will find anything and everything you ever wanted to know about stress. The following is from this website:

“The body’s natural relaxation response is a powerful antidote to stress. Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, visualization, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, and yoga can help you activate this relaxation response. When practiced regularly, these activities lead to a reduction in your everyday stress levels and a boost in your feelings of joy and serenity. What’s more, they also serve a protective quality by teaching you how to stay calm and collected in the face of life’s curveballs.”

I hope you will find a few moments each day this week to practice a form of stress relaxation.

New post coming tomorrow!

Peace and Health, Trish

Hello Everybody. Happy 2010!

Wishing you all an abundant and healthy year.

This is Trish Alkaitis.

Over the years I met and talked to many of you. We had interesting discussions, I answered your questions and some of you brought up the subject how helpful it would be to learn how the use Dr. Alkaitis products prior to buying them. We listened.

I am very pleased to be able to meet you here in the blogosphere and invite you to our Dr. Alkaitis Home Spa – a virtual organic wellness center and beauty lounge. Each week we will share our At-Home Skin rituals and tell you how to properly use Dr. Alkaitis’ products; we will send you interesting websites, names of books, recipes, articles, Dr.Alkaitis answers to the questions we will ask him, in other words we will discuss life.

Please feel free to email and/or include your comments and wishes, we will keep listening.

Peace and Health, Trish Alkaitis