Tuesday, April 14, 2015

La Pomme Organic Skin Care makes its debut!

http://www.greenmaidorganics.com



As an avid user of high end cosmetics and a self proclaimed skin care junkie, I have tried everything from the most expensive brand names to drug store skin care and cosmetic products.  I have spent thousands of dollars on anti-aging skin creams, serums and cosmetic products throughout the years.  Some of them seemed to work but I never achieved the results that they all promised.  I have fair, combination/aging skin with large pores and used to spend hours in the sun in my younger years before I finally grew up and learned to protect my face with an SPF.  I used to live in Southern California where the beach and sun are a way of life.  Unfortunately, with too much sun exposure the damage and havoc I wreaked on my skin was already done.  I was in desperate need to find a daily skin regiment that wasn’t made with harsh ingredients with chemicals that I couldn’t even translate, let alone know what the effects were on my body!  I experimented with all sorts of natural ingredients such as herbal tinctures, essential oils, organic botanical s, butters, and antioxidant packed fruit extracts and vitamins.  What a difference it made on my skin!  My skin was visibly more plump and radiant.  It was at that point that I told myself that I’d never go back to conventional skin care. All the while I was making organic cleaning products for my Green Maid™cleaning service company. With the proverbial slap to my forehead I said to myself  ” you already have a Lab, make your own skin care”. If only it had been that easy, but after years of hard work perfecting product, La Pomme™ was born.  La Pomme organic skin care regimen is gentle enough to use daily and packs a powerful punch in the aging process.  I use La Pomme Organic Skin Care products daily and religiously.  The results are astounding!  I noticed changes immediately.  I absolutely love these products!  I highly recommend La Pomme™ for those who want to improve their skin’s appearance, look more youthful, and eliminate harsh toxic chemicals.  OK, so I’m a little obsessive, I wanted great natural skin care and so I created it. Not for the faint of heart. I can’t say it’s all peaches as the work is hard. I can’t say I did it all myself as I’ve had lots of help from some very creative and scientific people (you know the type). Well it’s here and I hope you take the time to look it over and maybe give it a try. I’m sure you’ll be happy you did and I’d love to hear about your experience with LaPomme™ organic skin care. We’re on twitter.com/greenmaidorgani, facebook.com/pages/Green-Maid-Organics-Com and www.greenmaidorganics.comI'd love to hear from you! Ciao, Chantal

Saturday, March 21, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!



All Organic, Natural and Vegan, Beauty and Home Care products made in a State Certified Lab by hand, all in view of the customer in
Wilton / Georgetown. Grand Opening week begins Friday March 20th.
Ribbon cutting ceremony march 24th with Wilton First Selectman Bill Brennan 1 PM


Green Maid Organics .Com has a new outlet store and manufacturing lab at 991 Danbury Road Rt.7. Wilton CT 06897

Green Maid Organics .Com features a cosmetic skin care line, La Pomme and Green Maid home care products. In addition Green Maid offers organic soaps, candles and pet supplies. Uniquely, Green Maid Organics .Com offers it’s customers the choice to pick their product, pick their container and have a personalized label made making the perfect gift. Green Maid Organics and La Pomme products are hand made in the store in view of patrons. There is nothing like this anywhere. Green Maid Organic .Com is the only State Certified cosmetic manufacturer of it’s kind in Connecticut.

Chantal Gaasrud is the proprietor and CEFO (chief executive & formulating officer). She has been working on her formulas and testing her products for five years. Finally they are now ready and available to the public.

Chantal owns and operates Green Maids, a cleaning service company in Southbury that uses organic products exclusively. Searching for quality natural products for servicing her upscale clientele, Chantal decided to make her own. “There was nothing I could find that worked well enough or if it did, the scent was not what I wanted to present to my discerning clients”. Her customers are now extremely satisfied, so much so that the cleaning service is expanding to the Wilton / Ridgefield /Redding area.  “It took some doing but I had finally created the products we needed and wanted. Adding to that I came up with a line of linen sprays and kitchen scents that my clients adore. As a user of high-end expensive cosmetics and skin care products myself, it dawned on me, why can’t I create those as well? I have and I’ve been extremely happy with them. Now I can’t wait to see lovely ladies and men (as there are men’s products too) enjoying my line of La Pomme hand made skin care products.”

All organic products and natural ingredients are from FDA certified suppliers. Most products are vegan. No animal testing ever, period.


Store hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-6PM

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Green Maid's Room: Green Maid celebrates their 4th year in business t...

The Green Maid's Room: Green Maid celebrates their 4th year in business t...: Posted 9/17/13 - Green Maid wants to GIVE BACK to the community!  Each month Green Maid will give a monetary donation to a Charity of the M...

Green Maid celebrates their 4th year in business this September!

Posted 9/17/13 - Green Maid wants to GIVE BACK to the community!  Each month Green Maid will give a monetary donation to a Charity of the Month.  "Our community was so supportive of our family when we lost our home and pets in a devastating 2007 fire, it's the least we can do," says Chantal Gaasrud, President & Founder of Green Maid, Inc.  For the month of September, GM would like to recognize the Southbury Fire Department, in Southbury, CT for their bravery and commitment in saving lives and property.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Nature is the great provider, but when we think of its many gifts, we tend to think of the big ones: food, air, water, and the like. Yet much of what nature offers, while not necessarily crucial, is no less extraordinary. And lately I've been considering what may be its single most impressive minor wonder of all: the magical essence called vinegar.
It started with strawberries. The season is in full swing here in the northern borderlands, but you gotta eat quick because even the best-tended berries start rotting within hours…unless you know the trick I tried last week: bathe them in a 10:1 water-to-vinegar solution. Washing delicate berries before storage is, I know, a death knell. But not with vinegar in the mix. Our berries are still holding their own days later. Vinegar zapped what could have ailed them, and it got me thinking… Just how amazing is this stuff?
The short answer is pretty-darn-oh-my-goodness-yes-amazing.
Vinegar, a.k.a. acetic acid, is what happens when alcohol itself ferments. The bacteria that feast on things like wine and cider produce it as their waste product. But this highly acidic effluent is hardly "waste."
In our house we have all kinds of vinegars (wine, rice, balsamic, malt, cider) for cooking, and a big jug of plain old distilled vinegar for everything else. It's a great substitute for all kinds of products. Here are a few of my favorite uses for this incredible natural resource:
  • When our drains are clogged, I toss down a half cup of baking soda followed by a cup of vinegar to gets things flowing.
  • Run a cup or two through the coffeemaker to remove clogging mineral deposits. (Run a few cycles of water afterward so your coffee doesn't taste like salad!) It's great for coffee-stained dishware, too, and I use it in our washing machine and dishwasher to similar water-deposit-dissolving effect. I've even soaked clogged showerheads in it.
  • Zap mildew in bathrooms and other places.
  • Combine equal parts vinegar and olive oil to remove water stains from wood. (Always rub with the grain!)
  • Deodorize anything anywhere. (I've yet to meet the odor that won't wilt under a vinegar assault.)
  • Remove haze from glassware. (Just soak, rinse, and air dry.) It's also great for removing the haze that accumulates on the inside of my car's windshield, which I've heard actually comes from (ick) the fumes emitted by dashboard vinyl.
  • I pour it on driveway weeds to keep little used parking areas and other places where wheels rarely go from looking overgrown and abandoned.
  • Biggest pet peeves: a nasty can opener blade.
  • Cleaning our toothbrush holders and electric toothbrush stands. These can get pretty nasty, but vinegar keeps the guck away.
  • Cutting goop of all kinds. The decorative antique pie pans we keep behind our stovetop get grimed to high heaven by cooking splatters but vinegar washes it right off. And it removes errant stickers, glues, adhesives, and other forms of goo, too.
  • Before we had a garage, I would spray a 3:1 water/vinegar solution on the car windows for simple, frost-free winter mornings.
Those are a few of my favorite vinegary things. What are yours? Let us count the ways we love vinegar in the comments box below!