| 220 Laboratories have allegedly filed a law suit against | | | | I could quickly hose the splatters away from the |
| Kate Hudson and her hair stylist-guru-to-the-stars, | | | | grout, so they wouldn't stain. My husband would have |
| David Babaii, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, | | | | killed me." |
| over a verbal contract with the Laboratories. They | | | | The mineral rich, oil absorbing volcanic ash contains |
| claim Hudson and Babaii have misappropriated trade | | | | sulfur, which has been used for centuries as a |
| secrets, committed fraud, are in breach of | | | | treatment for a wide variety of skin conditions. The |
| confidence and contract and up to 13 other | | | | volcanic products are said to detoxify and restore life |
| transgressions. | | | | energy through the ancient minerals. |
| The well-kept-secret ingredient to the products, | | | | You can now purchase an Ash Thermal Mask, or an |
| which are said to transform the hairdressing world, is | | | | Exfoliation Scrub and even a Prep & Prime lip |
| black volcanic ash, from the remote tropical island of | | | | refinisher, used as a base for lipstick, all made with |
| Tanna, in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. | | | | volcanic ash. According to Kate Hudson and her |
| Finding more natural products is part of the world | | | | partner you can now also control fly away hair. |
| wide drive to find healthy alternatives for those who | | | | It is astonishing what pulverized cooled molten glass |
| care for themselves and their environment. | | | | and rock, created through violent volcanic explosions, |
| Researchers have recently discovered that the | | | | can do. The locals in Tanna may be burning away a |
| average woman, unknowingly, puts 176 different | | | | fortune, when they gather the ash and use it on |
| chemicals on her body, in her daily beauty routine. | | | | their fires to cook their food, instead of collecting |
| This is not the first time volcanic ash has been used | | | | wood. Particularly since the area has been covered |
| in health care of the body. The Volcanic Earth, based | | | | by the ash. I am sure when it comes to the end |
| in Vanuatu, sells the best beauty tips from Vanuatu, | | | | results however it will be an issue of who has |
| an exclusive exfoliating 'Ash Power' body scrub, | | | | ownership over the precious ash which liberally |
| produced from fine crystals of sugar and volcanic | | | | covers the plain around the foot of Mt Yassur, |
| ash. The scrub has the same color as fertile black soil. | | | | turning the scenery into a backdrop from a |
| It has the feel of fine granulated sugar being rubbed | | | | science-fiction movie? |
| on the skin. The exfoliating action is produced by | | | | However, there is another far more important use of |
| chafing the grains back and forth, scrubbing away | | | | the ash, which only nature can wangle. When high |
| dead cells of skin. After a few minutes of scrubbing, | | | | levels of volcanic ash is blown up into the |
| the grains melt away in lightly fragrant, moisturizing | | | | atmosphere, as was experienced in 1991 after Mt |
| foam. | | | | Pinatubo erupted, there was a global cooling result. |
| One of the ash exfoliate user described it as "It's like | | | | The ash can linger suspended for days and even last |
| dying your own hair. The black as squid ink stuff gets | | | | up several years, screening the sun and cooling the |
| everywhere you don't want it to be. I don't think the | | | | earth. Has anybody considered that a string of |
| facecloth I used to remove it in the shower, will ever | | | | volcanic eruptions could answer the world's crisis of |
| recover. I was so glad we had a handheld shower so | | | | global warming? Will nature lend us a helping hand? |