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June 11, 2021 - R.A.W. Body Essentials brings the Spirit of Aloha to Ashley Park
]]>"It starts with my own story of authenticity and truly embracing my own identity" shares Ceandrys.
The journey did not begin completely on her own. Ceandrys first sought out a manufacturer who would handle the chemistry aspect and dabbled first in the blending of scents to test her creative abilities. That was how she started her perfume line RAW Perfume Inc. While the scents were unique, impressing even the chemist with her unusual combinations, the saturated perfume market was difficult, if near impossible for a newbie to penetrate.
One day her youngest daughter suggested using the unique blend of perfume scents in a bath & body product which she could make herself without a third party involved. And that is how the journey to natural began.
"The turning point from synthetic to 100% natural came when my [eldest] daughter’s eczema started to become inflamed as she was carrying my first grandson. Then when he was born with eczema I knew I wanted a product that used herbs and natural extracts. My philosophy was finding solutions from the earth, that the Creator has blessed us with."
With hours of research and her own testing, Ceandrys was able to craft a product that resulted in major improvement in her grandson and daughters condition. This initial success motivated her to spend countless hours, while everyone was asleep, taking courses and studying the process of products. She focused on which ingredients blended and which didn't. She studied how those blends could work for all races and impact the most sensitive skin types. This is how RAW was Released.
Today the brand revolves around the mantra that it takes 26 seconds for what enters into your skin to go into your bloodstream. "Practice what you preach and give your skin the care that is so often overlooked. It is protecting and being that protective barrier to every organ and part of your inside" coaches Ceandrys.
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]]>My 3 Tips for Self-Care
Tip 1: Drink Water
Tip 2: Rest
Tip 3: Pick a Day to Pamper yourself
My go to products for Sunday (part of my Self-Care Sunday Shower routine)
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]]>So why not pamper your mom today with some of our favorite do-it-yourself spa goodies. If you can't run the bath water for her yourself, ship her a variety of our shower misters to brighten her day, refocus or energize. If you live nearby or in the same home why not run her bath for her and slip in one of our Peach or Mystery Moolah bath bombs. Allow her to soak her feet with our bath salts or scrub them for her with our Orange Sugar Scrub. Let her wake up to a clean house and the aromatherapy from one (or more) of our popular soy candles. On island? Visit us in-store to create a custom gift box for mom.
Just for laughs here are a few of the surprising things (well surprising to us) that made the list for worst Mother's Day gift from our interviewees:
If you'd like to share your own thoughts, complete our survey and enter to win* a $25 Starbucks Gift Card. Keep it for yourself or add it to that amazing package for mom this Mother's Day.
*only submissions entered by Friday May 10th 2019 11:59pm HST will be eligible for the gift card drawing.
]]>2. Describe a time when you struggled to be authentic. What did you do? I've been through a lot in life and I still am, but when I met Aunty Ceandrys my life really did change for the better. She just knew who I was from the beginning, she read right through me. As an employee of RAW, I am learning what Authenticity really is and slowly learning everyday to love and accept myself. So thank you Aunty Ceandrys and RAW Body Essentials because my life is changing for the better.
3. What is an authentic woman? An authentic woman is one who loves herself for who she is and not what other people want her to be. I'm not quite one yet but slowly and surely I am working my way up to it. I am becoming someone who can accept and love myself for me and not who others expect or want me to be.
]]>2. Describe a time when you struggled to be authentic. What did you do? I have lived behind a mask for years so the life I'm living at this moment is the most I have struggled. It has been a self-check every minute of the day to see if I'm living my true self. My God-identity not man's opinion, but who He says I AM. So my authentic answer is "everyday is a struggle to be authentic".
3. What is an authentic woman? An authentic woman is a woman who knows her worth and living a genuine lifestyle. Its about excepting the flaws and all. She lives outside of the box or rather outside of what people may think she should look, act or think. She is a risk-taker. She is authentic!
]]>Authenticity is embracing your true and unique self. Going back to what your inner being knows you are comfortable with, not society's norms or standards. Being the true you inside out.
2. Describe a time when you struggled to be authentic. What did you do?
Embracing my leadership role of influence was extremely hard. I found I didn't fit with the traditional standards of my role. When I was my true self it went against man's standards especially in the religious sector. It was extremely hard because I felt like an outcast. It was then that I began to realize the war that so many are experiencing. We have the power to create, but are we ok with not fitting in the box that the world or in my case the church has created?
3. What is an Authentic Woman?
A woman who is free to be her true self. She is the epitome of the creator's limitless power flowing through the universe. She is a reflection of the light and love empowered within; to paint and draw a picture of herself daily with a brush from black, white, gray, patterns, vigorously stroking life as truth. Because she understands authenticity, she can embrace others, free of intimidation and comparison because she is the authentic me.
Learn more about living your best and authentic life. Get your copy of From WAR to RAW by Ceandrys Black.
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