KORA Happy Customers

Hi Miranda + Kora Team, I have never written a testimonial before but I just can’t get enough of Kora Organics! I am 16 years old and ever since I turned 13 I have suffered with problematic skin and mild acne. I have tried so many products over the last 3 years, trying to find something that suited my oily but sensitive skin. I had also tried a few antibiotics for my acne and although they made a small difference to the amount of pimples on my skin, they made my skin feel dry, itchy, and I still had lots of scarring on my chin and forehead. Many other cleansers that I had tried in the past were extremely harsh, and made my skin feel tight and dry. I first tried Kora at a friends house, and immediately after using the Foaming Cleanser, Rosehip Oil, and Tinted Moisturizer, My skin felt absolutely amazing. It was left feeling nourished, moisturized without feeling oily, and my skin was glowing! As soon as I returned home my mum asked what I had done to my skin, and after I told her about Kora, she decided to surprise me with some Kora Products for my birthday! I am currently using the Foaming Cleanser, Blemish Gel, Exfoliating Cream, Rosehip Oil, and Day and Night cream. I have never loved any skincare product as much as I love Kora. I have only been using Kora for a few weeks but I have absolutely no pimples, my skin is constantly glowing, and my scars have almost completely disappeared. I have stopped using the antibiotics and harsh creams, and my skin is still looking fantastic. I also love that the products are organic- I know that I am nourishing my skin and not using toxic chemicals that damage my skin. They smell, look, and feel natural and beautiful, and it’s great to know that such simple, natural ingredients are so effective. I had also spent a lot of time looking for an organic product that worked for me, but many of the products I tried weren’t made for oily skin and were way too rich, making my acne worse. For three years, my confidence levels were extremely low due to my skin. I was often teased about it, and even hated going out with friends, being in photographs, and going to school as I felt really self conscious. Having problematic skin can make you feel absolutely terrible. I have wanted to be a model since I was about 9 years old, and I felt as if I had absolutely no chance as my skin was so bad. Now I have even been asked to do a photo shoot that is coming up in a week, and I am super excited! The Kora Organics blog has also inspired and motivated me to live a healthy organic lifestyle. I am now eating for my blood type, practicing yoga and Pilates on a regular basis, meditating, and making lots of delicious organic meals for my family, who had previously been eating quite unhealthily. My new found passion for healthy eating and nutrition has inspired my family to stop eating fast food for dinner nearly every night, and filling their body with nutrients and vitamins. This has especially changed my life for the better. It’s all thanks to Kora Organics that I don’t have to have a separate section of the fridge for my organic ingredients, and I know that my family are enjoying the benefits of a healthy diet and lifestyle too. I can’t wait to try other products Kora has to offer, Like the Tinted Moisturizer, Citrus Mist, hand cream, and Purifying Mask. Even when I have gotten a facial in the past, my skin has never felt so soft and clean. I look forward to coming home from school and using the Kora products- I don’t feel like washing my face is a chore now. For the first time ever I can say that I feel beautiful in my own skin and I have confidence! I would like to truly thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for young girls and women. I have always looked up to you. I feel that you radiate happiness and are so kind to everyone you talk to. You have motivated me to live my life to the full, be the best I can be, and love and accept myself for who I am. I am forever grateful for all that you have done. Lots of Love, Violet. x

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I just wanted to express how much I enjoy using the Kora Products.  I first started using Kora when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2010.  After many years of using the same product, I thought with what my skin and body was going to go through over the next 9 months – I needed to at least really ensure that I used a product that was going to be kind to my skin.  What can I say -Kora was definately that!!  With my mind positive and strong and my skin feeling great, each day was so much more easier to face.  People asked me how I did it – and I always comment that one of my secret ingredients was Kora products. I continue to use Kora and continue to let my friends know -what an amazing experience I have had with these products.  Thanks so much Kora team.

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Hi  Kate
As you know I was lucky enough to win a copy of Treasure Yourself by  Miranda Kerr.
I enjoyed reading the book so much and I loved all the  Affirmations contained therein.

One day  I woke and was feeling a bit down so I asked for a special affirmation just  for me.  I opened the book at random and this came up “Every day I am a  new person.  Each day I create the life I desire.  I am free of  all my limiting past beliefs as I reach for the stars and create my  life”

On  another occasion one of my friends was obsessing about putting on 100g as  she had been trying desperately to lose weight.  She was so depressed  that I immediately  asked for an affirmation just to suit her.   Incredibly when I opened the book at random up popped this one “I am  happy with my weight.  I nourish my body and accept that I am a totally  unique human being- no one else is exactly the same as me.  I am happy  with who I am”
She said she would write it down and always carry it in  her purse.  She has now found the perfect eating plan and has since  lost 1.8 kilos in two weeks.

As you  know I have always been a very positive thinker and I guess this is what  drew us together in the first place.  I have my years as a Tupperware  Manager to thank for that.

Give my  love to Miranda and Therese when you see them and tell Miranda “Treasure  Yourself” is a book that I will read over and over.  it is  timeless.

Choice  not Chance determines Destiny.

Love
Lorraine

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Dear Therese,

I just HAD to write to you today! I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about the evening we had at Organicus and what an absolute pleasure it was to meet you and your family and friends! Thank you so much for the event, I could have stayed all night listening to you guys speak and hearing your stories.

I was sitting right at the front in a white blazer if you remember me I think I was grinning the whole time… I was just so mesmerised watching you and Kate speaking! You both are the most sparkly glowing, sweet women ever .. you just exude radiance and health and are an inspiration to all of us. I’m not sure how many people in the room are avid KORA followers like myself lol but I hope so as it really adds so much happiness to my life reading your blog and learning much more about my health and ways to improve it.

I am English, I’m 26 and have lived here for 3 years with my gorgeous amazing man Andy. 2 years ago I got diagnosed with Cervical Cancer, an absolute shock and I am sure you can image a difficult time in my life, luckily it turned out to be a misdiagnosis and slightly less sinister as I was at the stage just before actual cancer, pre-cancer if you will, but to my shock the dangerous cells had gone deep into the tissue. Mums and daughters have this amazing bond don’t they, boys do to but it’s not the same (sorry boys!) .. my amazing mum bond has to stretch all the way over to England so at times I just need my mum here with me but with her long distance support and the support of the amazing Andy I am here healthy, happy and smiling, I hope I get my own baby one day and I get the chance to give as much as Miranda does to baby Flynn. I had two operations at the start of the year and had 2 biopsies again this week so I await my results and I hope this chapter of my life is now over. Shortly after my diagnosis and to my despair I developed Acne. I guess these things come hand in hand don’t they! This point is where my life changed. I went through feeling sorry for myself, ‘why me’ and then depression teamed with binge eating… and then I got some counselling and decided to really change things around once and for all! I started reading up and looking at what I was putting in my body and on my body and what was in these things, I just couldn’t stop researching and absorbing all I was finding out! It’s baby steps when you don’t have hundreds in the bank, changing a few things here and there and trying stuff and saving up and researching and trial and error but with each change I really felt so different.

I had a pretty difficult time from the age of about 13-20 where I was forced to be an adult when I should have been busy being a young person, I know a lot of people go through trauma and get through, and lots worse than me, I have always been ok but I was very much ‘stuck’ in the past and sadness and negative times and lots of body image problems….I’m sure my cervical issues were my bodies way of snapping me back to attention, getting out of the ‘stuck’ way of thinking and letting these feelings go. I also used to be an absolute luxury cosmetic addict! My bathroom cupboard used to be full to the brim with creams and lotions and potions!! not anymore! I realized so much how important it is to be clear headed, positive, loving and healthy and the discovery what these products had in them was a shocking one. Back to Organicus – I watched you Therese, standing there in front of me, you were gorgeous in orange and talking so energetically about something you obviously feel so strongly about, I could see you just wanted to share all you know about all these foods and products you have come across and I am completely there with you, I want to shout from the roof tops how wonderful all these super foods and organic foods and KORA products make me feel and how it’s not just a product it’s a lifestyle change. KORA really was the final piece in my puzzle. I had the positive thinking, the new energy, the healthy life style and the recovery going on but I still had the acne. Just wouldn’t shift. So many companies are plastering organic over everything so it’s confusing when you are looking and I must admit I had even considered some chemical options again just because I was despairing. I have always had a self confidence issues and I tend not to read fashion magazines much just as I often find myself comparing and fretting .. but I just happened across an article about your lovely Miranda and the mention of KORA, I hadn’t heard of it before. In a few clicks on your site I was hooked. I was a bit sceptical at first about the products but you’ll see from the attached photos the change in my skin in my after pics! and that’s just after 4 months and my skin is glowing and so soft and hydrated my confidence has blossomed … I’m still really struggling with some blocked pores. I wondered if you had some advice? I use foaming cleanser, citrus spray, purifying moisturizer, exfoliating cream, and tinted day cream .. all products I love. I have been saving up so plan to buy a mask and body cream too this time around. I am still getting breakouts often but not nearly as bad as before and I smell amazing! I could use some expert help with getting my gorgeous KORA skin if I can help the pores.

I love my Sydney life now, I spend my weekends shopping at our local farmers market buying all of our lovely foods, and I wash them and just love the colour and the freshness of foods it makes me so happy as does cooking and preparing healthy meals. I wash my face with KORA and love the smell and the richness and the love that’s put into the brand (and the fact when I dry my face after cleansing there is never any make up left on my white towel it’s squeaky clean skin) and I love my health shop visits searching the isles for new things to try and my staple favourites that now fill my cupboards and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE each week relaxing on my lunch break reading the KORA blog updates. I have wasted YEARS feeling sad, self loathing, depressed and demotivated this really is my time to shine and stay healthy inside and out and that is exactly what I am doing and I feel so good.

You touch lives KORA team in so many ways, I can’t believe I got to meet you Therese you are wonderful!

Love and hugs

Leanne xx

Ps Miranda is the most lovely girl I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting through her book. You must be so proud, she is beautiful inside and out. Thank you for your research Miranda.

Pps I tried the sample of the hydrating mask .. OMG … It’s like silky pink icing and is so soothing and the smell is divine, it’s amazing how you’ve used clay but it doesn’t leave that tight feeling clay masks give …my skin looks fabulous I have just put in an order!

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I have been using Kora for the past 5months and it’s hard to put into words how much it has changed my life. I have always taken a rather natural approach to life but Kora has encouraged me on a whole new level. Although supporting my body internally, I have suffered with problematic acne prone skin for years, nothing i was using externally was helping at all, it either made the problem worse or completely dried it out, I knew there had to be another way….
I decided to give Kora a try as I was drawn to Miranda’s energy, philosophy & loved what Kora represented. Wow, i can honestly say the energy that comes out of these products is truly phenomenal, the intent with which these were created is an obvious testament to Mirandas character. From the first time I used Kora, (foaming cleanser, citrus mist, soothing cream, exfoliant, blemish gel, rosehip oil & tinted day cream) I instintively knew this was what my skin needed, true nourishment….after a couple of weeks i was noticing a radiance to my skin, improved hydration levels and healing of existing acne and soothing of redness. The Kora team are amazing, the support from Therese has been so beautiful, I’ve never dealt with a company with such integrity and warmth…..Kora’s blog is fantastic too, it really isn’t just a skincare company but represents a way of life…Kora feels like a community & i feel blessed to be a part of it. Thankyou so much for creating these products

If my story can help anyone in anyway it is worth sharing…

Lots of Love
Sars xxxx

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Hi Therese,

Hope your well.
I have never come across products that can change my appearance dramatically. Your products are amazing and refreshing.

I have to place another order soon as their getting to the last drops
I keep the rosehip mist spay on me at all times, which I even do a spray or two between my opens on a Saturday
I feel that I can tackle any day with it my bag!

I never thought there would be a day I leave the house without foundation..But true. Now I use the tinted moisturiser which gives me a fresher look than when I was wearing foundation.

The confidence boost that they have given me is amazing!!

I cannot thank you enough.

How’s the home going? have a lovely weekend and speak to you soon.

Sylvana