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BDS Tries, But Can't Break Dead Sea Product Sales

The unique mixture of minerals at the bottom of the world has been recognized for thousands of years as a wonderful source of healing and youth for the skin and joints. Israel leads the way in bringing the Dead Sea to people around the world via personal care products.

The Dead Sea cosmetics industry brings prosperity to all residents and employees, regardless of race or religion. And the minerals are sourced from undisputed Israeli sources.

However, because some of the factories are on disputed lands, all Dead Sea products have fallen into the realm of the Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement. Consequently, the largest of the Dead Sea brands, Ahava, has closed some of its stores.

Undeterred, loyal fans of Dead Sea products, from America to Singapore and from Italy to South Korea turn to the Internet to find their favorite products.

Read the full article at IsraelNationalNews.com

AHAVA Expanding to Seven More Countries

Dead Sea products to be sold in Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Korea, Greece, Denmark and Cambodia. Company CEO expects 10% growth in sales in coming year.

Read the full article at YnetNews.com

Over 2,000 Dead Sea Beauty Products on ETSY.com

Treat yourself or give a terrific gift - see over 2.000 beauty products made with ingredients from the Dead Sea.

See Dead Sea Beauty Products at ETSY.com

Where to Buy Dead Sea Products in Jerusalem

There are three stores selling Dead Sea beauty products at the Ben Yehuda Pedestrian Mall on Jaffa Road in central Jerusalem. A fourth store is at 28 King George Street, several blocks away. Prices at all four are very good.

Salty tip: Israel's large pharmacy chains, like Super-Pharm and Nu-Pharm, carry Ahava and other brands of Dead Sea beauty products. The pharmacies are conveniently located, but prices are somewhat higher.

Sea of Life Cancels Contracts, Fires Employees

Sea of Life, which manufactures and markets body care products based on Dead Sea minerals, is struggling to recover from a massive fire that destroyed their factory in Arad in June 2011. Sea of Life CEO Uri Ben Hur announced today that he is planning to cancel deals with foreign customers, including an $11 million contract to supply products to four national US retailers.

Read the full article at Globes.com

How About a Calming Cave in Every Neighborhood?

Soon, Dead Sea Works is going to be dredging up millions of pounds of salt from the southern area of the Dead Sea - the stuff should be dirt cheap! How about building "calming caves" in every neighborhood? What would countries be like if everyone "chilled out" before getting in their cars or going to work. Yeow...there's a lovely thought!

"Whether you have a dermatological condition or trouble sleeping, the Corpo Calma salt cave offers a natural way to unwind your mind and heal your body, finds NAOMI LEACH".

See what a calming cave looks like at Cyprus-Mail.com

Fashion for the Dead Sea

Eleven fashion designers have joined forces on this special production by the fashion channel, calling to vote for the Dead Sea.

Read the full article at VoteDeadSea.com

Colorado Spa Uses Three Tons of Dead Sea Salt

Dry salt aerosol therapy, or halotherapy. The Salt Spa Colorado in Boulder claims to be Colorado's "first holistic respiratory treatment center" that is 100 percent natural, safe and drug-free.

The floors, walls and steeple-shaped window frames are all covered in a blizzard of three tons of white Dead Sea salt. The air is filtered outside and cleansed every 45 minutes, kept between 40 and 60 percent humidity and infused with tiny particles of crushed up salt.

The spa is the only dry aerosol therapy facility in the state and one of fewer than a dozen in the nation [United States].

The premise is simple: Inhale the salt particles, and you'll breathe better.

Read the full article at DailyCamera.com

Can a Dip in the Dead Sea Help Cure Diabetes?

A short dip in the Dead Sea facilitates a drop in blood glucose levels and could improve the medical conditions of diabetics, according to an initial study conducted by researchers from the health sciences faculty of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.

Read the full article at Haaretz.com

From India - Recipes for Dead Sea Salt Scrubs

Why is the Dead Sea salt effective?

There 21 types of minerals found in the dead sea salt - for instance calcium, zinc, potassium, chlorine and magnesium, vitamin 'A' and 'C', etc which are essential for our skin. And act as nutrients. When these elements in proper quantum are found wanting in our skin, our skin become lifeless and dry, particularly Vitamin 'A', 'E' and sodium, because these act as repairing agents of skin. Therefore, if once a week of its use on skin would suffice for taking care of our skin.

Read on for great scrub recipes you can make at home! IndiaStudyChannel.com

AHAVA Dead Sea Beauty Products - A Lovely Experience

One of the top brands of Dead Sea mud and mineral cosmetics is AHAVA. There are other brands of similar Dead Sea cosmetics that are less expensive and may contain essentially the same ingredients, but only AHAVA has the "pamper value" usually associated with brands like Estée Lauder and Clinique.

Bottom line: the products are high quality and beautifully packaged. I've used several of the masks and thought they were very nice! (And, I have extremely sensitive skin.) Plus, AVAHA products are excellent for gift giving - a bit exotic and offering "a more youthful complexion" - sounds good, right?

by Sue Schoenfeld

H&B Dead Sea Beauty Products are Excellent!

H&B is my favorite brand of Dead Sea beauty products. I have VERY sensitive skin and H&B always comes through for me. The face masks and skin creams are great! I've used the H&B Dead Sea Mineral Peeling Mask, the H&B Dead Sea Collagen Firming Facial Mask. and the Lightening Cream SPF-20 - all highly recommended!

View selected products Dead-Sea-Cosmetics.net/

Womens' Detox Retreats at the Dead Sea

Here's an interesting detox program: a unique, 7 day, women-only juice fast retreat held in the Ein Gedi Wellness Spa in the Dead Sea, Israel. Women who have attended the retreat explain just how life changing and special an experience the Dead Sea Detox was for them.

From the Website: "Do you want a life changing experience? Is it time to tackle your health issues and find a way of living a healthier lifestyle. The Total Reset Detox is for those seriously looking to transform themselves and adopt a complete new lifestyle, or to enhance an existing regime of healthy living and wellness."

Get more details at www.detoxdeadsea.com/

Stay Young & Beautiful with Sue's Favorite DS Cosmetics

I use several H&B Beauty products on my VERY sensitive skin with excellent results. –Sue
My skin liked Premier, as well. The products are innovative and fun to use, but have more fragrance in them. –Sue

Top Ten Skincare Products from Israel

Searching for remedies to the harsh Mediterranean sun, Israeli skin care experts developed products so effective they're in demand the world over.

Many of the top products feature salt and minerals from the Dead Sea.

When it comes to cosmetics, Israelis are just as enamored of their skincare and beauty regimes as are most other Western nationalities. Perhaps even more so; after all, this is a country where the sun shines for much of the year, wreaking havoc on skin, whether it's on your face or your feet.

And so, Israeli companies produce their own antidotes to the harsh Mediterranean sun, creating products that have ended up in the global drugstore because they're just so good.

True, anything made with minerals from the Dead Sea, whether by Ahava or any other company, tends to win the most accolades.

But don't take our word for it, trust the experts. ISRAEL21c consulted with local cosmeticians, beauty bloggers, editors and skincare experts to get their take on which products deliver results.

Check out the top ten at ISRAEL21c.org