Seeing is Believing

Ok this is not easy for me to share ~ however as a visual learning I believe that seeing is believing so I am sucking up my vanity and going to share some before pictures of my skin to help you see why I am loving my Aloette products so much and wanting them to share the benefits with you all. 

I have suffered with cystic acne and psoriasis for almost 30 years of my life. As a teenager and young women, who sadly like others felt her self worth was attached to how she looked on the outside, I admit that I tried just about everything out there to find something that would WORK to make my skin normal and beautiful like other women's.  I believed no one could possibly love me with my ugly skin and as a result I did not really 'love' myself either.

Dermatologist after dermatologist visit, prescription after prescription and eventually because I just could not afford the 'medications' myself even consenting to be a guinea pig in blind study testing of new pharmaceutical treatments for both acne and psoriasis not knowing if I was getting the drug or being the placebo test group or what the human side effects of these drugs were gong to be . Some of these 'treatment's caused my skin to burn, or nasty additional side effects worse than the psoriasis itself. 

As I approached 30 and was faced with other health challenges and my own mortality and how short life can be I began to reflect on what was important in life I decided that it was time to accept that the treatments I was seeking in my vanity to 'look' like everyone else were what was putting my heath at risk and that it was time to love myself enough to stop and invest in my heath.

I decided that my best focus should be on developing my 'inner self' and let go of my vanity that what I looked like on the outside should matter and seriously questioning that the 'pharmaceutical' industry was interested in truly HEALING my skin at all as everything I ever tried made it worse and years later proved to have deadly side effects  causing class action lawsuits in the States! I began seeking ways to be healthy on the inside and worried less about what I looked like on the outside so my goal for my skin became to find a solution that stopped making it 'worse' instead of seeking ways to make it normal ... I was content to just maintain the status quo of my skin as long as it was not making it more painful or making me sick.

So here are some photos of my skin prior to being introduced to Aloette. For my facial skin care I was able to find an imported product through my hair salon that featured an organic natural cleanser, toner and moisturizer option that managed my cystic acne without any harmful chemicals. Although sadly it did little to help with the psoriasis on my forehead / nose which continued to plague me. 

My main skin care routine consisted of using my Enjo spa package to cleanse my skin with its pore deep fibres, I still love my Enjo and highly recommend it to others I combined that with using Coconut oil to keep my skin moist and minimizes the pain, For years this helped to maintain my skin as seen here in the photos and I was content with the status quo ... my skin was not beautiful but the products I was using were not making me sick and they were not making the psoriasis 'worse'. My psoriasis covered about 80% of my body at this point ... with patches on my forehead, in and behind my ears, on my nose and chin as well as majority of my chest, arms and legs.

As you can see by these before pictures for whatever reason my break outs of psoriasis have always been 'even' if I get a patch on the right side of my body a patch on the left side will show up ~ I share this so you can see lower down the difference I saw with using Aloette on only 'one side' of my body and the vast improvement compared to it's counter part.

Right Elbow prior to Aloette

Right Arm Prior to Aloette

Knees / Calves prior to Aloette

Left hand prior to Aloette

Right hand prior to Aloette

In spring of 2013 I found out that my favorite 'facial' skin care line was going to no longer be available in Canada ... I stocked up on the last of what my supplier had in her shop and in Fall of 2013 I began to run out and in panic began searching for alternative solutions ... I met Jennifer Zehr and she offered to come and give me a free facial and let me try the Aloette products. 

I honestly felt an almost immediate 'relief' in my skin after just one treatment it was truly cathartic feeling after so long of everything I tired 'hurting/stinging' me. As a result I bought the skin care line and a couple add on products including the Body Butter Balm and Visible Aid.

My first two weeks I decided to 'experiment' because while my skin 'felt' better I wanted to see just how well these products were actually working in comparison. 

Here are some current pictures after almost 8 weeks using the products with the one side have 6 weeks only ... they still represent the 'difference' I saw where for the first two weeks I decided to only treat 'half' of my body with the visible aid and nutri-hydrating mist as well as the Body Butter Balm and the other half of my body I continued with my standard regime of just my Enjo cloth and coconut oil. The improvement and healing was so very noticeable for me I was so excited to try to 'catch' up my other side of my body!

Arms left/top being treated with Aloette / Bottom  with nothing

Left leg with nothing right leg Aloette Visible Aid / Nutri Hydrating Mist

 

Right hand ... two weeks behind in treating with Aloette

Left hand ~ almost clean after two weeks with Aloette

So as you can see I am truly seeing some pretty remarkable results ~ and why years of suffering I am so passionate about sharing Aloette with others. 

The certified organic Aloe Vera in our Aloette products is proprietary to Aloette ... it is grown specifically for us in the unique location on the tropical island of Hainanand and is clinically proven to be 3-10 times more potent than traditional aloe plants making it really make a punch. Also unlike other aloe products on the market our certified Aloe is also the 1st, 2nd or 3rd ingredient in our products meaning that you are truly going to get the healing powers of the Aloe verses a small token amount that allows them to 'state' Aloe on the ingredient list.

I would LOVE to give you a free facial and make over to help introduce you to the awesomeness that Jennifer introduced me to! 

Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin

Yours in beauty

Margaret

A new journey unfolds!

I am so excited to be able to share with you a new journey I am embarking on!

All my life I have struggled with my challenging skin  ~ I have suffered from painful acne that did not go away after the teenage years ended. Nope instead it has followed me right into adulthood and even with the start of menopause I still suffer painful outbreaks. While that was not challenging enough this charming skin condition was combined with the fact that I also suffer from psoriasis and eczema, a combination of conflicting skin aliments that has always made finding a skin regime a true challenge. 

After years of trying just about everything on the market including what turned out to be some nasty prescribed medications that had a negative impact on other branches of my health I eventually resigned myself to the fact that I was not meant to be comfortable in my own skin! 

The price to pay for ‘medical treatment’ that often burnt my skin or caused it to bleed and ooze with the adage that it has to be ‘worse before it gets better’ was just not worth the risk to my health ~ I have never been an advocate of the common belief that ‘beauty hurts’ cause in my opinion if it does we are doing it WRONG and well than I did not want to be societies definition of ‘beautiful’! 

I was resigned to the fact that this was the way it had to be, I could find products that would maintain the 'status quo' but nothing that truly felt like it HELPED,  well until recently when I was introduced to Aloette. 

Now I am going to admit that I was totally ‘skeptical’ of the claims made by the manufacturer however I consented to give it a try when Jennifer offered to give me a free skin consultation ~ figured what did I have to loose?  Deep down I was sure it would be just like every other skin care product I have tried ~ either it would maintain the status quo  OR it would cause me to break out in even more painful psoriasis patches. 

Well to my shock I was so impressed by the immediate comfort of my skin after just one treatment that unlike any of the times before when I have tried something ‘new’ I did not even bother to wait the 24 hours to see if my skin ‘reacted’ or not ... my skin felt NEW it was not itchy and did not feel four sizes too small like I have grown accustom to feeling with my psoriasis ~ I was for once in a VERY long time comfortable in my skin again! I was so thrilled with the wonderful feeling that I bought the entire Aloepure skin care line and a few add on products from the bath and body line that night and waited with anticipation for my order to arrive. 

 

Here we are a few short weeks later and I have continued to be impressed with the improvement of my skin so much so that I find myself talking about the benefits of Aloette to anyone who will listen ~ for example I had pneumonia during this trial period and in the past being on antibiotics has meant VERY painful skin for me but not this time my skin continued to feel and look improved for a change ~ a change I attribute to my daily Aloette regime and the Nutri-hydrating mist which is like bliss in a bottle.

I am so confident that this product line is not just maintaining the status quo like other products before but the aloe vera, the coconut oil, the Shea butter and the other natural ingredients in this skin care line are truly HEALING my skin for the first time in a long-long time. 

So confident in my results that with every passing day I have grown to realize that I need to SHARE this product more actively with others, that I feel Aloette should be a part of the daily skin regime of every one in my life!

So as a result I have decided to become a beauty consultant with Aloette ~ me the girl who has never been comfortable in her own skin, who stopped wearing makeup decades ago cause it was just too itchy on my skin, who sort of gave up on caring about any semblance of ‘outer beauty’ and focused solely on my inner beauty, me the girl who has woken up these past few weeks with this burning desire to help others find a way to let their inner beauty shine out, to be confident and to truly be comfortable in their own skin cause it is a truly invigorating feeling!

I look forward to sharing Aloette with each and every one of you and help you 'Awaken to Aloette' as I have!

With loving light,

Margaret