Lana Karasevych

Hi, my name is Lana Karasevych and here is my story about how it all started.

For years, working in an office, I suffered from very dry skin. I had looked everywhere for a really good moisturiser, whose ingredients would get as close to nature as possible and that would be free of any chemical and toxic ingredients. Unable to find anything suitable, I started experimenting in the kitchen and doing some research.

By that time, I also had been following a vegetarian diet with a high amount of raw foods for about five years. I’ve eaten a lot of uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and sprouted grains which provided my body with the best nutrition. In their natural state, these foods contain much more life energy, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs, etc., than when they are cooked.

So it made sense for me to try and develop a cream following the same principle. And since I would buy only organic food, I evidently wanted to make a product that reflected this too.

After months of trial and error, research and perseverance, I came up with the first ever “living” skin care product, what is now called “Any weather glow”. It was (and still is) hand-made through a special low temperature process, using only organic, cold-pressed butters and oils, infused with some essential oils.

By that time, I had a session with my beauty therapist from Neal’s Yard Remedies in London.

She was amazed with the results since my skin condition had improved remarkably after using my new cream within days! The reason for this was simple: all the life energy, antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and natural goodness in the natural ingredients were truly nourishing and healing my skin. It was my first feedback from a beauty professional.

I gave the moisturiser to my friends to try. The feedback and response was so wonderful that I started selling this moisturiser and soon developed a whole range of living skin care products.