The Story of How Mother Moon was Born
Have you ever perused the aisles at your local CVS (or Shoppers Drug Mart or Superpharm) and noticed how many products claim to be free of parabens, sulfates and the like? How often have you purchased one of these items feeling good about a less-toxic product only to read the ingredients later on, thinking "well, great, no parabens, but what the heck are diethylhexyl phthalates?"
Me too.
When I was a young girl, I was hanging out with my aunt Lizette who was applying almond oil to her hands. She shared a nugget of wisdom that she truly wanted me to remember, and it has stayed with me to this day.
"Don't put on your body, what you wouldn't put IN your body.”
Our bodies are sponges, absorbing all that we feed it, both through ingestion and topically.
Since 2009, more than 595 cosmetics and body-care manufacturers have reported using 88 chemicals or more, in more than 73,000 products, many of which we likely have sitting in our bathroom cabinets right now, that have been linked to cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm.[1]
Many of these chemicals should be banned from our consumer products (as proposed in California Assembly Bill 2762, the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act.) But unfortunately, many of them are still being used illegally with not much being done to prevent further production of these contaminants.
As a mother, a conscious-consumer, and a lover of earth, I want to be able to trust the products that claim to be free from toxins… I want to trust them blindly. I want to trust these products as if we are still living in tight-knit villages and our health and beauty care is created by the local community medicine women!
I know, it's a lot to ask. So, I decided to be that woman. I want to offer the naturally-minded modern woman something that does not yet exist, and I want it to be everything she ever dreamed of in a natural product.
We are far away from the idea that your products shouldn't harm you. We believe that health and beauty products should support, heal, comfort and nurture you! And it shouldn't be too much to ask for. Why? Because you are OF nature, and should be utilizing the magic of nature in your body-care routine.
When my eldest daughter, Muna, was born, I purchased all-organic products for her. There were some great options out there! But unfortunately, they were wildly overpriced, didn't work as well as I'd hoped, and some of them contained “unpronounceables”, you know, those strange ingredients that you've never heard of and can barely get through reading their 6 syllables. So here we are, building the brand that I once needed, creating beautiful, effective and natural products for medicine mamas, natural women, and lovers of Planet Earth.
Mother Moon Holistics, and it's everything you've ever dreamed of.
Nourishment for your body, Ceremony for your Soul.
Thank you so much for being here and supporting my journey as I build this life-long dream.
Much love,
Adina Mahalli