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The Importance of Skin Health for Well Being<br />
An Interview with Karen Ballou<br />
What personal experiences led to the<br />
creation of Immunocologie?<br />
An interesting part of life’s journey is<br />
when the unexpected happens, and you<br />
suddenly learn that ‘nothing is by chance’.<br />
At those times, you find an inner resilience<br />
to make ‘lemonade out of lemons’. That<br />
happened to me. I worked with a French<br />
company that developed a special green<br />
clay when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s<br />
Lymphoma. The botanist and researcher I<br />
worked with suggested using green clay<br />
as an adjunct treatment, and I began<br />
incorporating it into my wellness protocol.<br />
Five years later I was in remission, that<br />
inspired me to create this brand.<br />
Why the name Immunocologie?<br />
Exploring the word ‘immunity’ was<br />
important, speaking to the body’s innate<br />
wisdom for maintaining health, resistance<br />
and balance. Especially after the collective<br />
experiences lived over the past few years,<br />
people are more aware and interested in<br />
how the immune system prevents damage<br />
and illness.<br />
toxins, reducing inflammation and<br />
transdermal water loss, strengthening<br />
capillary walls and adding nourishing oils.<br />
Immunocologie tells stories from around<br />
the world, with ingredients sourced from<br />
conscientious and sustainably focused<br />
producers. We include shea butter from<br />
Africa, oils of the baobab tree and desert<br />
date seed from a women’s co-op in<br />
Burkina Faso.<br />
What is the importance of including clay<br />
and minerals in the products?<br />
Every product has green clay water,<br />
creating consistency throughout the line.<br />
Initially, this clay was used in agriculture<br />
as a natural pesticide on potatoes, tests<br />
showed these potatoes were richer in<br />
minerals than others, so the clay was<br />
included in health applications. The<br />
clay functions as a conduit, releasing<br />
a negative charge and maintaining an<br />
alkaline environment rich in vitamins and<br />
minerals beneficial for the skin barrier and<br />
microbiome.<br />
What were some milestones you<br />
encountered on this journey?<br />
One was discovering the importance of the<br />
skin as a functioning organ of the immune<br />
system and the other was realizing that<br />
not all clays are the same!<br />
What is the brand DNA of Immunocologie,<br />
and what are the differentiators?<br />
Immunocologie holds a unique and<br />
leading-edge place in the current skin<br />
health industry. My aim was to bring more<br />
attention to skin health, this is the brand<br />
DNA. The differentiator is vital energy that<br />
the products bring to the skin and body<br />
through the delivery system of the Green<br />
Clay Water.<br />
Our core approach to skin health focuses<br />
on absorption and adsorption, referring<br />
to a push and a pull action where we<br />
intentionally add nutrients and remove<br />
How do you bridge science and nature,<br />
and include it in the brand through<br />
ingredients, philosophy and biomimicry?<br />
Our use of natural methods such as<br />
fermentation, cold pressing, and rich<br />
ingredients allows the product to penetrate<br />
deeply in the skin without any toxicity. We<br />
must care for the skin like we care for the<br />
gut or exercise program. Skin has memory,<br />
it knows how to repair itself following<br />
the natural blueprints designed to heal,<br />
protect, and stay healthy and glowing, and<br />
our products support this ability.<br />
How does Immunocologie address the<br />
microbiome?<br />
We now understand that overall health is<br />
all about the microbiome. We need both<br />
good and bad bacteria in balance. We do<br />
not need to strip the skin with peels and<br />
abrasives. There is a trending concept<br />
of ‘dirty wellness’ which asserts that a<br />
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