What's the problem with chemicals?

More than 80,000 chemicals are registered for use in the United States. Each year, an estimated 2,000 new ones are introduced for use in such everyday items as foods, personal care products, prescription drugs, household cleaners, and lawn care products.

Most brands use chemicals like parabens and paraffin in their skincare products. They are byproducts of gasoline production and are very cheap.

When you heat crude oil, you get these products:

• 77-212°F (25-100°C) - Gas (propane) and light fuel
• 212-356°F (100-180°C) - Heavy fuel• 365-482°F (160-250°C) - Kerosene
• 482-680°F (250-360°C) - Diesel• 680-752°F (360-400°C) - Motor oil
• >752°F (>400°C) - A tar-like mass that gets refined into asphalt and paraffin

..meaning if you have products with paraffin, you are putting asphalt on your body.

Paraffin, parabens, and other chemicals can have devastating effects on your skin and overall health:

Clogs your skin pores: They are comedogenic, meaning that they get stuck in your skin pores. Unlike beeswax, they wouldn't let your skin breathe. Over time, this leads to dry skin and bacterial growth because the skin can't regulate the oil production.

Skin irritation and redness: These materials are alien to the skin, and many people get reactions that translate into redness and acne.

Hair loss: These ingredients are proven to cause hair loss when present in shampoos.

Hormone disrupter: Your skin absorbs everything you put on it. Chemicals, especially parabens and paraffine are proven to be highly estrogenic and will lower your testosterone levels. Not good at all.

Sperm count: Males getting exposed to parabens experienced a significant decrease in sperm production in studies.  

That's why Norse Organics stays far away from all chemicals. All our products are 100% free of chemicals.

The power of nature

We get it. When most people hear natural they think weak. This is far from the truth. Some natural ingredients are proven to be much more potent and powerful than their chemical counterparts. Without the side effects.

Not only do we choose the best natural ingredients on earth. We pick them on the Norwegian mountainside where they are the most potent and wild.

Norwegian plants need to survive arctic winters. They need to protect themselves from -30 degrees. The ripening window in Norway is short, and the plants need to get all the nutrition to the bloom fast. Making them more potent than anything else on the planet. The Norse Organics products are filled with them. 

We like flowers that grow amongst animals, bees, and in a field of many different species. This environment makes the soil rich in all the minerals, vitamins, and nutrition neceserry to make the flowers as powerful as possible.

Flowers grown industrially on homogenous fields without animals are weaker. 

Everything in the jar has a purpose

Most skincare products have 70% water. That's the industry standard. The only purpose of adding water is to lower the cost. If you add water, you also need chemicals to mix it with the oils. Oil and water don't mix naturally.

All Norse Organics products are free of water and fillers. We do it to make them as effective as possible. We want as many of the active ingredients as possible in the jar. That maximizes our customers' results. That makes them want to come back to us and buy more because it works. Win-Win.

Industrially processed seed oils are bad for you

It's not only about the ingredients. But how they are made. It's a big difference between cold-pressed oils and industrially produced oils.

Industrially produced seed oils

• The seeds are heated to break down cell walls and facilitate oil release. Heating the oils will lead to oxidation and formulation of harmful compounds such as free radicals and trans fat.
• The seeds are mixed with hexane (bi-prodauct of crude oil) for extraction
• The mixture is heated again to separate the hexane
• It still smells hexan, so it needs to be refined.
  • Degumming: Done to remove impurities created
  • Bleaching: Bleaching clays are added to change the colour
  • Deodorization: Heated to 500°F (260°C) to try to remove odour and flavour from the Hexan.
• The oil may undergo further processing like winterization (removal of waxes), fractionation (separating different types of fats), or hydrogenation (adding hydrogen).
• Added to your food and "natural" skincare products.

Cold-pressed oils

• The seeds are pressed using a mechanical press. Unlike conventional methods, no heat is applied during this process.
• The pressed oil is typically filtered mechanically to remove impurities. Unlike refined oils, it does not undergo chemical treatments like degumming, neutralization, bleaching, or deodorization.
• Added in your products.

All oils used in Norse Organics products are cold-pressed.

Why is it bad to heat carrier oils?

Most brands do one or both of the following things.

Use industrially produced seed oils: These oils are heated to 500°F (260°C) during production, so the damage is already done.

Heat the oils during production of the skincare product: It's easier and cheaper to make skincare products if you heat the oils during production. Almost all brands are doing this. Both "natural" brands and conventional brands use chemicals.

Why does it matter?

Oxidation: Heating seed oils will lead to oxidation and the formation of harmful compounds such as free radicals and trans fat. They are proven to be harmful to human health.

Smoke Point: Every oil has a specific smoke point - the temperature at which it begins to smoke and break down. When an oil reaches its smoke point, it not only starts to lose its flavour and nutritional value but also can produce harmful compounds.

Polymerization: At high temperatures, fatty acids can polymerize, forming larger molecules. Polymerized oils are hard for the body to break down and may have adverse health effects.

Degradation of nutrients: Heat can degrade certain heat-sensitive nutrients in oils, such as vitamins and polyunsaturated fats. For example, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids found in some seed oils can break down when heated. Making the oils less effective for the skin.

Formation of trans fats: Prolonged heating, especially at high temperatures, can lead to the formation of trans fats in some oils. Trans fats are known to be harmful to cardiovascular health.

Norse Organics never heats any oils above 40 degrees in the whole lifetime of the product. From the seed to when the balms are delivered to your door.

Most brands use chemicals like parabens and paraffin in their skincare products. They are by-products of gasoline production, and very cheap. When you heat crude oil, you get these products:

• 77-212°F (25-100°C) - Gas (propane) and light fuel
• 212-356°F (100-180°C) - Heavy fuel
• 365-482°F (160-250°C) - Kerosene
• 482-680°F (250-360°C) - Diesel
• 680-752°F (360-400°C) - Motor oil
• >752°F (>400°C) - A tar-like mass that gets refined into asphalt and paraffin. Meaning, if you have products with paraffin, you are putting asphalt on your body.

Paraffin, parabens, and other chemicals can have devastating effects on your skin and overall health:

Clogs your skin pores: They are comedogenic, meaning that they get stuck in your skin pores. Unlike beeswax, they wouldn't let your skin breathe. Over time, this leads to dry skin and bacterial growth because the skin can't regulate the oil production. 
Skin irritation and redness: These materials are alien to the skin, and many people get reactions that translate into redness and acne.

Hair loss: These ingredients are proven to cause hair loss when present in shampoos.

Hormone disrupter: Your skin absorbs everything you put on it. Chemicals, especially parabens and paraffine are proven to be highly estrogenic and will lower your testosterone levels. Not good at all.
Sperm count: Males getting exposed to parabens experienced a significant decrease in sperm production in studies. 

That's why Norse Organics stays far away from all chemicals. All our products are 100% free of parabens and paraffin.

What's the problem with GMOs (Genetically modified organisms)?

GMO ingredients are different from the real ingredients. They have less nutritional value and are unrecognisable to the body. They can also lead to side effects.

Allergic Reactions: Introducing genes from one organism into another could create new allergens or increase existing allergenicity.

Gene Transfer: Concerns exist about the potential for genes from GMO foods to transfer to cells of the body or to bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. This could potentially lead to unexpected health effects.

Antibiotic Resistance: Some GMOs are developed using antibiotic-resistance genes as markers during the engineering process. There is a concern that these genes could transfer to harmful bacteria, contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

Unknown Long-Term Effects: The long-term health effects of GMO foods are not fully understood, as genetically modifying a plant might have unforeseen consequences on its nutritional content or on how the body processes and reacts to the food.

Pesticide Residue: Certain GMO crops are engineered to be resistant to specific herbicides, which leads to more herbicide use and higher residues on the final product. 

Norse Organics doesn't use any GMOs in our products.

Normal products are filled with hormone disrupters

Chemicals like parabens, phthalates, phytoestrogens, and paraffin are proven by many studies to interact with your hormones. This leads to lower testosterone and higher estrogen in men.

These effects were observed in men using shampoos and skincare containing these chemicals.

Testosterone and sperm count in men is down 50% in the last 40 years. And this is one of the main reasons.

Testosterone is a crucial hormone for male health. Many of today's illnesses and conditions can be caused and worsened by low testosterone.

Low testosterone can lead to: low energy, low libido, infertility, poor muscle mass, man boobs, excess fat, low drive, poor immune system, weaker jawline, bad sleep, and mood.

That's why Norse Organics stays far away from all hormone disrupters. All our products are 100% free of chemicals.