ABOUT NANCY K. BROWN

Don't be afraid of life, embrace who you are and age gracefully, look your best at any age with Nancy K. Brown Skin, Body, Hand, Foot and Nail Care products. 

Founded in 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, named after its founder, NANCY K. BROWN from the beginning has been a company of firsts, a company of innovation. Driven by a vision to provide people with products that make a real difference, NANCY K. BROWN has been at the forefront of the modern skin care industry.

Unlike the 'traditional' skin care industry which at best enabled people to maintain the status quo, leaving many users feeling frustrated and powerless; the modern skin care industry has brought a renewed focus on effective products, products that deliver the results they promise.

The focus of NANCY K. BROWN is to empower you, our customer, with the knowledge and products to achieve the results you are looking for in your personal care. It is for this reason NANCY K. BROWN concentrates on skin, body, hand, foot and nail care. We do not cloud the issues, or insult your intelligence by hiding behind environmental or social causes. Does this mean we are not socially or environmentally conscious? Certainly not! It means that we let our products speak for themselves by delivering you unparalleled RESULTS.

ANTI-AGING:
All Nancy K. Brown products are designed to work in unison, to provide a balanced and holistic approach to your skin and body care needs, as opposed to the more common hit-and-mis approach. Nancy K. Brown products are formulated to work with your skin and assist it from the inside-out, by bringing your skin the nutrients and help it needs to function optimally; allowing your skin to support and repair itself. You will not find products which are especifically designated as anti-aging, for all Nancy K. Brown products are formulated to provide anti-aging action and benefits. At Nancy K. Brown we belief that your entire regime, no matter at what age - from your cleanser, toner, exfoliant, hydrator to sun protectant - should provide you with anti-aging action and benefits. Having a single bussword anti-aging product is, in our opinion, just so much hype and provides very little real benefit. A holistic, intergrated skin care regime, which is part of your daily routine, such as that offered by Nancy K. Brown, will provide you and your skin with true, lasting Results and Value. 

ANIMAL TESTING:
Nancy K. Brown supports the ethical treatment of animals, as such we do not engage in nor endorse product testing on animals. This does not guarantee that the individual ingredients were not tested on animals at some time in the past - no honest and ethical company can claim otherwise. For new ingredients testing is sometimes essential to determine safety. Where ever possible, and governmetal regulations permit, Nancy K. Brown encourages and supports the scientific community's efforts to move toward producing valid tests that do not use animals, but rather cell cultures called "in vitro testing" as well as predictive computer models.

ENVIRONMENT:
In our effort to respect the planet we all share, Nancy K. Brown strives to conduct business in an environmentally friendly and responsible manner. Your order will be shipped in a recyclable box with garden-friendly bio-degradable organic packing chips (do not throw them away, use them as organic food for your house plants or garden - add water and they disintegrate). Our literature, where possible is printed on recycled paper. Your invoice is printed on both sides of the page. Nancy K. Brown products do not come in throw-away pakaging, such as outer cardboard boxes. These are just some of the actions we take to reduce our environmental foot print and impact on the environment.

PRODUCT PACKAGING:
Nancy K. Brown's packaging speaks volumes and tells you clearly who we are and what we stand for: straight forward, no nonsense - quality and results.

• 100% recyclable packaging 
• classic and elegant - understated classical and elegant packaging which can be used by both women and men
• functional - easy to use, from dispensing the product, to seeing which product is which - it is the reason Nancy K. Brown pioneered the STEP system
• ergonomic -
  • bottles - easy to grab, handle and hold in places such as the shower or bathroom
  • jars - form-fitted to the contours of your hands - with round bottoms and flat tops - so you can hold onto the jar's bottom while easily removing its lid
  • caps - depending upon which product - bottles are fitted with easy to use dispensing caps (flip tops) or orifice reducers to allow you to control the amount of product you use
• minimalist - provides you with all information that is necessary to properly use your products and get their maximum benefit. What the product is, what the product does, its ingredients and usage can all be seen on the product container - no boxes, inserts, etc., to waste your time and money
• environmentally friendly -
  • no outer cardboard boxes - as these are discarded after purchase
  • the outer security seals for jars and bottles perform double duty as protective wrapping during shipping
  • these measures allow Nancy K. Brown to reduce or eliminate excessive packaging waste
• security sealed - all Nancy K. Brown products are security sealed for your safety and peace of mind (a measure employed by Nancy K. Brown from the very beginning - and only now being implemented by a select few forward looking competitors).

Instead of wasting resources on throw-away packaging and marketing hype, we concentrate our efforts on what is really important - the products inside. This allows us to bring you products of a quality better than that available anywhere else in the world! DELIVERING YOU THE RESULTS THAT MAKE A TRUE DIFFERENCE!

PRESERVATIVES:
Where needed, Nancy K. Brown uses preservatives. There really is no such thing as a Preservative-Free product. We have all heard how preservatives are supposed to be bad for you. Contrary however, to what certain companies would like you to belief, in most cases, preservatives are actually good for and essential in cosmetic / skin care products. Without preservatives, products would mold or spoil in a matter of days. The warmth and dampness of bathrooms, where people use and store their cosmetic / skin care products, can be ideal environments for micro-organisms to flourish, including in your cosmetic / skin care products.

Preservatives keep micro-organisms - bacteria, mold, fungi and yeast - from establishing themselves and multiplying in your skin care / cosmetic products. Applying a skin care / cosmetic product which has been contaminated with micro-organisms onto your skin is not a good thing, and can lead to a whole host of complications.

At Nancy K. Brown we use preservatives only where necessary and only in those amounts needed to provide you with stable, effective and safe products. Many of Nancy K. Brown's ingredients, such as vitamins, do double duty, for beside their primary functions, they also serve as preservatives to keep your products fresh and usable. Other ingredients, such as our Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis), have innate anti-microbial properties. Companies which claim to have no preservatives in their products are not telling you the whole truth.

NATURAL versus SYNTHETIC (man-made) INGREDIENTS:
The terminology and debate surrounding the topics of "natural", "organic", "botanical", "holistic", etc., is often misleading and confusing, sometimes made so deliberately, by companies, industries and special interests.

There is a general assumption that "natural" products are better or healthier than similar ones using synthetic (man-made) ingredients. Often, however, these "natural" ingredients are no different in chemical composition than their synthetic (man-made) counterparts. In fact, a synthetic substance can sometimes provide a purer, more stable, safer and thus effective ingredient - which gives the product greater efficacy and longer usable life.

Nancy K. Brown strives to strike a balance between natural and man-made ingredients. If a natural ingredient is available which provides all the properties and qualities of, or is better than its man-made version, Nancy K. Brown will use the natural ingredient. If, however, the man-made version provides better properties and qualities, than the natural, the man-made ingredient will be favored. Certain ingredients, such as Salicylic Acid, do not occur naturally, as such the man-made ingredient must be used.

We invite you to explore our website, created with you, our customer in mind, designed to be informative and entertaining. Experience the difference NANCY K. BROWN can make in your life. Our products are effective, simple to use and affordable! If you are serious about your skin, we are serious about helping you! This is our commitment to you! We want to earn your business!

Sincerely,

NANCY K. BROWN
- the high-end professional skin, body, hand, foot and nail care line that delivers real RESULTS !