LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ROK Stars PLC, the
consumer products and environmental technologies development
company co-founded by John Paul
DeJoria and Jonathan
Kendrick, has announced its 'Marula by John Paul
Selects' cosmetics business has already provided income for
4,000 women in Africa - and this
figure is set to increase to 20,000 women within the next 2
years.
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Marula by John Paul Selects has organized women's
collectives in Namibia,
Swaziland and Madagascar to wild harvest marula kernels,
which the company then cold-presses and converts into highly
effective all-natural skin care and cosmetics for sale in the
developed world.
With 50% higher antioxidant level, Pure Marula Facial Oil is far
more powerful than the leading Argan Oil or Grapeseed Oil at
fighting the free radicals that cause premature skin aging. Coupled
with fast absorption, a satin finish, and a naturally delicate
essential oil scent, Pure Marula Facial Oil is the ultimate
age-defying beauty oil.
Commenting, Jonathan Kendrick
said, "Marula by John Paul Selects believes in 'compassionate
capitalism' as a means to empower people to free themselves
from the cycle of poverty that continues to plague many people
across Africa. We pay our partners
far more than the national average farm-worker incomes in the
countries in which we have set up our women's collectives and, in
addition, we adhere to Fair Trade practices while also proving
education funds for the children of our partners. In addition, we
plan to build schools and to sponsor mobile medical clinics while
helping to protect marula trees from deforestation by industrial
agriculture concerns."
Within the next 12 months, Marula by John Paul Selects will
produce 100,000 kilograms of raw marula oil, increasing to 300,000
kilograms in 2016.
More information at:
www.marula.com and www.rokstars.com
Notes to Editors:
Maurla by John Paul Selects values the inherent
natural properties of Marula oil and we take great strides to
retain the raw state of marula oil with all its beneficial
properties.
Other mass-produced marula oils are obtained by crushing the
entire fruit (the skin, nut and kernal together) then extracting
the oil using extreme heat and chemicals. This process kills the
naturally occurring properties, leaving residue behind and
rendering the oil void of most of its effective skincare
benefits.
Every single marula nut used for Pure Marula Oil by John Paul
Selects is sustainably wild harvested from marula trees, which
produce more antioxidant-rich oil than the farmed and fertilized
trees. Each marula nut is carefully opened by hand, and only the
purest blonde kernels are cold pressed with no heat or chemicals.
This superior process ensures our Pure Marula Oil is the
highest-quality, maximum benefit beauty oil.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Marula by John Paul Selects has partnered with the Her
Majesty the Queen Mother of Swaziland's Rural Develop Foundation to
empower rural women in Swaziland
and preserve the marula trees there.
Marula by John Paul Selects has partnered with CERET in
Namibia, a private/public
Development Organization in Namibia dedicated to empowering
women and preserving the marula tree.
PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE MARULA TREES!
In places like Swaziland, the marula tree is in
danger. Industrial Agriculture is threatening decade's old
marula forests which are being cut down to create sugar cane
fields, farmed by large multi-national conglomerates. Marula
by John Paul Selects's partnership with HMQM of Swaziland is demonstrating that more wealth
and jobs can be created by preserving the marula forests for the
green production of marula oil as opposed to industrial sugar
cane farming. Marula by John Paul Selects has partnered with
HMQM of Swaziland to protect the
2,000,000-marula trees in the Kingdom.
Contact:
Alison Kennedy
323-394-3999
Email
SOURCE ROK Stars