We (finally) had the pleasure to “interview” Eha Urbsalu.<\/p>\n
Viking Beauty Secrets Founder Eha Urbsalu from Northern Europe, where \u201cClean\u201d and \u201cGreen\u201d equals normal<\/b><\/p>\n
She grew up in NORTHERN EUROPE and used to use local, NATURAL SKINCARE PRODUCTS made from PLANTS NATIVE TO THE AREA.\u00a0 These Nordic super antioxidant BERRIES have been used for skincare and health benefits for centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n To be precise, Eha grew up in Estonia, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union. <\/span><\/p>\n At 17, she was one of the Miss Estonia winners , as well as the first and last Supermodel of the Soviet Union. At 18 she came to the US to compete at the Ford Supermodel of the World competition. Eha placed 4<\/span>th<\/span> and started to model around the world. But her skin started to break up in New York from all the chemicals used in the skincare products, and in the food.\u00a0 Eha kept bringing skincare products from Estonia for herself and her model girlfriends\u00a0 in New York. Until finally she decided to start her own skincare brand, Viking Beauty Secrets.<\/em>\u00a0 And the rest will be in Eha’s own words..and we will share her recent VIDEO interview on climate change with Scott Amyx.<\/span><\/p>\n I want to add that Eha is multi-talented – actress, singer and director – but that is for another story.<\/p>\n What have you discovered during your research?<\/b><\/p>\n While spending time with my late mother who, in her 80s\u2019, still had rosy cheeks and healthy skin, I finally understood the secret was in nature. We must eliminate chemicals and return to using the nordic unpolluted ingredients native to Northern Europe and Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n I know I wanted to use these Nordic \u201cViking\u201d superberries as ingredients. We all know that Northern Europe is the eco-friendliest region of the world, sparsely populated, with cleanest air and cleanest soil, and highest scores on the Yale Environmental Performance Index.<\/span><\/p>\n What does the \u201cSecret\u201d in Viking Beauty Secrets stand for?<\/b><\/p>\n The secret is in our local ingredients grown on the unpolluted Nordic land. Viking Beauty Secrets\u2019 products are inspired by the unique nature that Nordic people grow up with. My absolute favorites are three Viking super berries: Rowanberries, Cloudberries and Sea Buckthorn<\/em>.\u00a0 These berries provide a megadose of antioxidants , vitamin C and give you that \u201cI slept really well\u201d glow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n EuroCircle’s note:\u00a0 Cloudberry is the favorite berry of many Finnish people. They are hard to get – and quite expensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It makes a difference where the plants grow. You cannot just take a plant from Northern Europe and plant it in China, and expect the same results.<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, there is a quote I have from Dr. <\/span>S. Dharmananda, PhD, Biology, Director of the Institute for Traditional Medicine and Preventive Health Care:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cPlants that evolve in severe climates produce special proteins, amino acids and antioxidants that help them survive, grow, and repair, and they can convey their protective and reparative actions when applied to the skin.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Also, <\/span>\u201cIn order to survive extreme cold temperatures as low as -50\u00b0C, arctic berry species, such as sea buckthorn, cloudberry, bilberry and cranberry have developed a highly unsaturated lipid profile. Seed oils from arctic berries are enriched with \u03b1-linolenic and linoleic acids, the two essential fatty acids together constituting up to 90 % of the total fatty acids. The special fatty acid composition makes arctic berry seed oils a valuable source of essential fatty acids for both internal and external care of the skin.\u201d <\/span><\/i>(<\/span><\/i>www.aromtech.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n So what differentiates Cloudberries for example from other high Vitamin sources?<\/b><\/p>\n For example, the Cloudberries we use, really like VERY COLD. They survive in Finland in minus 46 degrees Celsius in the winter, so when they come up in the summer, they soak up all the antioxidants , so when you harvest them in the end of the summer, they are super potent, as they are ready to survive the 9 months of winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the long nordic summers they produce extremely high amounts of Vitamins. Comparatively, 100 grams Cloudberries pack twice as much vitamin C as 100 grams of oranges. Their impressive concentration of antioxidant Vitamin E helps heal your skin and protect it from the damaging effect of free radicals. Omega-6 and omega-3 help minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The berry is so potent that it became one of the main ingredients in our night cream.<\/span><\/p>\n