About La Ishá Products and Formulas

It is a fact that around 60% of what you put on your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream. This is how anti-smoking and motion sickness patches work and why - in an ideal world - you would never apply anything to your skin that you would not put in your mouth!

La Ishá was established in 2007 in response to medical reports linking the use of toxic chemicals in women's cosmetics to cancer, serious skin reactions and illness. If you or someone close to you has been touched by cancer, you can appreciate the need for healthier anti-aging skincare options.

Every product in our skincare line is:

  • Made without synthetic preservatives, artificial colors or fragrances
  • Free of all-known potential cancer-causing agents including parabens, phthalates and petroleum derivatives
  • Made with organic, cold-pressed therapeutic grade oils of maximum potency
  • Never tested on animals
  • Earth-friendly: packaged in recyclable containers
  • Always made fresh to order, one small batch at a time

One of the most highly-effective ingredients used in La Ishá's anti-aging organic skin care line is Pure Organic Pomegranate Seed Oil. Revered since biblical times for its' healing and medicinal properties, it has become the recent focus of international scientific research for many good reasons:

  • Its' antioxidant properties are seven times more powerful than that of green tea and twice as powerful as dry red wine.1
  • Studies show that Pure Organic Pomegranate Seed Oil promotes the growth and thickening of the skin's epidermis and is thought to strengthen the cell membrane, making it less susceptible to free radical damage. This results in younger looking skin.2
  • Exceptionally emollient, Pomegranate Seed Oil has superior moisturizing, healing and anti-aging properties. It can restore moisture to dry sun-damaged skin, dramatically fade age spots and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
  • Pomegranate Seed Oil appears to protect against the harmful effects of the sun by stimulating an increase in the body's own built-in antioxidant glutathione which interferes with pigment producing pathways and increases the SPF effect of topically applied sunscreens.
  • Anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial, Pomegranate Seed Oil provides relief from minor skin abrasions, burns and irritations.
  • A rare source of plant-based Conjugated Fatty Acids, research is currently exploring how the CFAs in Pomegranate Seed Oil may help inhibit breast and prostate tumors, melanomas, colorectal, stomach and skin cancers.
  • The high punicic acid content in Pomegranate Seed Oil is being studied for potential therapeutic effects that include anti-tumor, anti-obesity, anti-atherogenic and anti-diabetic activities.
  • Pomegranate Seed Oil has adaptogenic properties3 that address a wide variety of skin care needs. Adaptogens have a normalizing influence on the body and are effective in helping cells adapt to and resist physical, environmental and chemical stressors.

Footnotes

  1. The Pomegranate Council at www.pomegranates.org
  2. Pomegranate as a cosmeceutical source: pomegranate fractions promote proliferation and procollagen synthesis and inhibit matrix metalloproteinase-1 production in human skin cells. Aslam MN, Lansky EP, Varani J. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103: 311-18. (February 2006)
  3. Winston, David & Maimes, Steven. Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief, Healing Arts Press, 2007.