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terça-feira, 11 de março de 2014

What are your favourite Cat Products? |Part One - Anthony|

Hello Catity Cat Cats!

I can still remeber very well the first product I bought from The Cat Is Organic, it was long before I could imagine that I'd be working with Cátia Cóias in this wonderful Portuguese brand.

So, the first product that I had the pleasure to try was Flash Eyelash! And I can almost hear you questioning: Why have you bought an Eyelash product Anthony? Well, I didn't bought it to use it on my eyelashes, instead I started using it as an hair product! Yes, that's right, that wonderful translucent liquid can do marvelous things to your hair.

From the beginning now: "Flash Eyelash" is a Thickening Herbal Growth Boosting Serum made with loving care and rich ingredients like fractionated Coconut Oil (which naturally draws out impurities). How could I dare not to love this product?

How do you use it!? This is my trick...

1 - After shower, grab a little bit of the serum and rub it on your hands.

2 - Apply it on your hair and massage it on your scalp.

3 - Wait 5 minutes before you style it.

4 - Use you habitual styling product and do your magic.

You'll feel that your hair looks healthy, soft and moisturized. It's really an wonderful miracle t my hair. Usually when I use the serum I just left it that way. No more hair gel needed, It'll look good for the day!

domingo, 9 de março de 2014

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sexta-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2014

The Cat is Organic na Televisão de Lisboa

PT| E para quem não teve oportunidade de assistir, encontra-se finalmente online a 3ªedição do “Trocar as voltas à crise”* um talk show na qual fomos convidados para falar sobre o tema do "Empreendorismo".
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Ver aqui (aos 11minutos): http://tvl.pt/2014/02/20/trocar-as-voltas-a-crise-3/

As minhas escolhas literárias e filmatográficas para o programa foram:

"Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame", Hana Makhmalbaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Ix_Tkyk3A

"Born into the Brothels", Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8niql0q3i6c

"Beauty Academy of Kabul", Liz Mermin http://www.docurama.com/docurama/the-beauty-academy-of-kabul/

Eco Chic, Tamsin Blanchard

E o que levamos nós para troca?...

...o "nosso" pó solto "All That Jazz" que é na realidade um "all in one":

Talco, Desodorizante, Shampoo Seco e Pó Matificante para o rosto!

Tudo "aromatizado" naturalmente com a deliciosa afrodísiaca fragrância do Ylang-Ylang!

*Mais acerca do programa:

“Trocar as voltas à crise” é um talk show, conduzido e apresentado por Andresa Salgueiro, na Televisão de Lisboa.Andresa Salgueiro, depois de viver à troca e com pouco dinheiro, mais de 2 anos, conheceu um número muito elevado de pessoas com vidas, projectos e empresas interessantes e por isso, teve sempre como desejo ter um programa de televisão, com convidados belivadores (saudáveis, ecológicos, económicos, sustentáveis, humanos e felizes).

A Televisão de Lisboa, abraçou este projecto e aprovou o programa “Trocar as voltas à crise”. Um talk show semanal de 30 min. apresentado por Andresa Salgueiro, ideia original de Nuno Gervásio e produção de Ricardo Dionísio.
Entrevistas a convidados, exemplos de boas práticas ambientais, de saúde, de comércio justo, de educação e demais formas de ultrapassar a crise económica e de valores, que vivemos nos dias de hoje.

https://www.facebook.com/trocarasvoltasacrise

sexta-feira, 14 de fevereiro de 2014

Espaço procura-se para Workshop de Cosmética&Higiene Pessoal Ayurvédica

PT| Estamos presentemente à procura de um local para durante 3 horas implementar um workshop de criação de cosmética/produtos de higiene pessoal Ayurvédica em Lisboa ou arredores.Em troca ofereceríamos um voucher a elementos integrantes do espaço,interessados em participar.

Para quem não conhece, a Ayurveda é um sistema de cura tradicional e milenar, originário da Índia,podendo assim dizer-se que ela é a matriz da Medicina desenvolvida depois na China, no mundo árabe, em Roma e na Grécia. Este desenvolveu-se através da observação profunda da natureza (como um todo e o ser humano como seu constituinte), e possui como base a utilização de métodos naturais (alimentação, ervas, óleos, técnicas de massagem, meditações, atividades físicas que integram mente-corpo,etc.) para prevenir doenças, restaurar a saúde, promover a vitalidade, a longevidade (com qualidade e propósito) e sensibilizar e a nossa percepção.

A palavra Ayurveda é um termo sânscrito que significa “ciência da vida”. Ayu significa “vida” (ou “modo diário de vida”) e Veda significa “conhecimento”. A Ayurveda olha para o ser humano de forma singular, com tratamentos adequados à natureza de cada um e também de forma holística, entendendo que somos como um sistema dinâmico de energias formando corpo, mente, emoções e espírito (ou consciência), ou seja, um todo indivisível e dinâmico.

As suas técnicas baseiam-se na crença de que o corpo humano contém três humores biológicos, conhecidos como Doshas.

Dosha é a caracterização do perfil biológico do indivíduo, de acordo com o ayurveda.

Existem três doshas: Vata, Pitta e Kapha, sendo que cada um apresenta suas determinadas características. Todas as pessoas possuem os três doshas, mas em proporções variadas. Eventualmente, há excesso ou carência de um dos três doshas, o que constitui um desequilíbrio, que pode originar uma doença.

O ayurveda restabelece o equilíbio original dos doshas da pessoa por meio de dietas, exercícios físicos, uso de plantas medicinais, meditação, yoga e massagem.

Por favor enviar email para thecatisorganic@hotmail.com

quinta-feira, 21 de novembro de 2013

The Cat is Organic Xtmas Kit Treats

Almost one month to go Xtmas...have you thought about the PRESENTS?

Weeeell,we did and we´ll give you a little paw-help:

More:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.782593558424004.1073741865.554485917901437&type=1

quarta-feira, 30 de outubro de 2013

Don't leave my Purslane out there alone!!

Hi Catity Cat Cats.

Since long ago the Portuguese Cuisine has been praised from every corner of the world for its delicious dishes and desserts such as the Pastel de Nata. But also since long ago Portuguese cuisine has been losing some old nutritious ingredients that were free and lost in the meantime. One of them in particular is tarting to get really famous once again, nothing more than Purslane! Or in Portuguese "Beldroegas" such a beautiful name isn't it? (Sarcasm Implied) :)

Well, theres a lot of Purslane sprouting and growing outside on our backyards, mountains or even on the side of the road, but is it used for anythnig? Wel... No, no one cares about it, but why? Because everybody forgot how to use it or cook it, simple.

This habit is also making it's comeback trough Gourmet dishes such as salads, soups, pizzas and main dishes, because you can boil this vegetable, fry it or eat it clean, fresh and raw.

Did you know that?
- Purslane leaves are really healthy and nutritious, did you know that?

- Also Purslane is able to tolerate poor, compacted soils and drought.

- Purslane contains more omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy vegetable plant.

- Purslane can also be used in medicine, it's leaves are used to treat insect or snake bites on the skin, boils, sores and pain from bee stings.

Nutritional value per 100 g

Energy 84 kJ (20 kcal)

Carbohydrates 3.39 g

Fat 0.36 g

Protein 2.03 g

Water 92.86 g

Vitamin A 1320 IU

Thiamine (vit. B1) 0.047 mg (4%)

Riboflavin (vit. B2) 0.112 mg (9%)

Niacin (vit. B3) 0.48 mg (3%)

Vitamin B6 0.073 mg (6%)

Folate (vit. B9) 12 μg (3%)

Vitamin C 21 mg (25%)

Vitamin E 12.2 mg (81%)

Calcium 65 mg (7%)

Iron 1.99 mg (15%)

Magnesium 68 mg (19%)

Manganese 0.303 mg (14%)

Phosphorus 44 mg (6%)

Potassium 494 mg (11%)

Zinc 0.17 mg (2%)

sábado, 26 de outubro de 2013

i´m blushing!!!

Our NEW lovely pink loose powder blush is made of fine&natural things such as cocoa butter,pearl powder and other edible pigments!Looks sweet on skin and oooh...also smells DIVINE!

But where does Blush/Rouge comes from?
Here goes a a bit of history:

Since ancient times, women have been adding color to their faces by using a variety of different materials. Ancient Egyptians used ground clay to give their cheeks a healthy glow. Women from other cultures used the juice from beets and various berries to stain their cheeks a soft shade of pink. In Victorian times, ladies took great pride in having pale skin, and face paint was considered highly improper. Surreptitiously, young ladies would pinch their cheeks for added color before receiving suitors. It wasn’t until the 20th century that using blush became fashionable once more.

In modern times, rouge generally consists of a red-coloured talcum-based powder that is applied with a brush to the cheek. The colouring is usually either the substance of safflor, or a solution of carmine in ammonium hydroxide and rosewater perfumed with rode oil. A cream-based variant of rouge is schnouda, a colourless mixture of Alloxan with cold cream which also colours the skin red.Rouge originated as a thick paste, and was made from a range of things: from strawberries, to red fruits and vegetable juices, to the powder of finely crushed ochre.

It became popular in ancient Greece, where women whitened their complexion with chalk or lead face powder, and then painted their cheeks with a paste made from crushed seeds and berries. This look was a sign of the wealthy elite, but the lead was also extremly deadly.The rise of Christianity resulted the decline of rouge as it was seen as too flashy and promiscuous.

When the Middle Ages came around, however, women were more inclined to go back to blush. One tactic was to regularly bleed oneself (to obtain the coveted pale complexion), and then put a mixture of water and strawberries on cheeks for a soft rosy color. Others wore egg whites on their faces for paler skin, as being fair was a sign of high class but there was a fine line drawn where acceptable rouge was concerned. It was most common among upper class women and prostitutes, and was often seen as immoral but, as soon as Queen Elizabeth embraced makeup,it became more acceptable. Many women wore lead paints mixed with vinegar to create a past called cerise for whitened skin, and mercury sulfide for rouge. This combination is the reason why high foreheads were in fashion, because the chemicals caused hair to fall out! AKA: receding hairlines for women.

Lead and cerise are later discovered to cause major health issues for women, including facial tremors, paralysis, and even death. When toxic chemicals were in a rouge that was used on lips as well, it could poison not only the woman, but her unborn children: causing miscarriages.

One product that was eaten to produce white skin was called Arsenic Complexion Wafers. They poisoned the blood so that less red blood cells, and thus less oxygen, would reach organs. Rouges were also created with mulberry (a harmless vegetable) and cinnabar: which was indeed a poisonous red shade of mercury.

After the French Revolution, makeup was again seen as extravagant and improper, and women who wore it were seen as fake: trying to capture lost youth.

Sources

Wikipedia www.stylelist.com/read/history-rouge-or-you-know-it-blush/

Know more

here http://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/bcb/rouge.php

here http://www.localhistories.org/cosmetics.html

and here http://www.vintageconnection.net/ModesInMakeup.htm