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Guru swayed by wool power

Icebreaker founder hobnobs with stars, thanks to a spiritual link.

Deepak Chopra, California's wealthy and controversial "guru to the stars", owns 15 merino clothing items made by New Zealand export success story Icebreaker.

And, strangely, he has elevated Icebreaker founder Jeremy Moon to a spiritual leadership pedestal alongside him.

At Chopra's invitation, Moon holidayed with him and his powerful friends in Costa Rica. They became close friends and Chopra helped brainstorm an idea to have "baa-codes" attached to clothing that tell the buyer which sheep station the wool has come from.

Now, 41-year-old Moon has written a chapter for Chopra's latest book, The Soul Leadership , in which he reveals his mantra for building up a $120 million international company from his bedroom. "This will work if I don't screw it up," Moon repeated to himself.

It may not have the gravitas of the teachings of the great Hindu gurus, but the mantra caught Chopra's imagination. In his book, Chopra, 64, writes of how Icebreaker started in Wellington, "on New Zealand's South Island", [sic] and grew into the most sustainable clothing business in the world.

The guru arrives in New Zealand next week to speak at functions in Auckland. Tickets cost from $75 to $250.

Chopra has been hailed as one of the top-100 heroes and icons of the 20th century by Time and as "a pioneer of alternative medicine" by former US president Bill Clinton.

But his philosophy of "quantum healing" has been widely derided by traditional doctors and scientists, who say it has no scientific basis.

His celebrity status inspired British actor Mike Myers to make the Hollywood comedy The Love Guru , in which Myers' sleazy character seeks to depose Chopra from his slot on the Oprah show.

With Myers, Chopra's devotees include Madonna, Lady Gaga and, until their deaths, singer Michael Jackson and former Beatle George Harrison.

Speaking from Italy this weekend, Moon said he attended one of Chopra's leadership courses and the two men clicked instantly.

"I went to him and said, 'Deepak, I'm interested in the intersection between business and spirituality'," Moon said.

That afternoon, he was invited to Costa Rica to join Chopra and friends, including former president Oscar Arias and powerful Mexican banker Roberto Hernandez Ramir.

Over the next three years, Moon regularly visited Chopra's family home in San Diego, Southern California, discussing business ideas over dinner.

Tesco Cotton Wool Balls Product Review

Tesco Cotton Wool Balls Product Review

Posted by admin on July 31, 2011

Since I was a little girl cotton wool was always a product which was in the house, I never really knew what it was used for until I started to wear make up and nail varnish and since then I have never been without a bag of it. I find that the Tesco’s My Baby bag of cotton wool balls seems to be one of the best I have been able to find.

The cotton wool balls come in a clear plastic bag which has a small white rectangle on the front, in this there is a cute picture of a baby elephant on a cloud and the product name, there is also the Tesco my baby logo here too. On the back of the bag there is another white rectangle which has all of the product information in. The cotton wool inside is white in colour and they are small balls.

Each ball is a good size and almost round in shape, each individual one does slightly differ. They are nice and fluffy to the touch and very soft. I have found that the balls can actually be opened up and the cotton wool can be used flat in a sort of pad if needed, I have never really had to use it this way as the balls are perfect for what I tend to use it for. The thickness is good and I find they can hold a lot of moisture.

I tend to use these for makeup removal, I find by just putting a small blob of baby lotion on the ball allows me to fully remove all of my eye makeup, one ball is needed for each eye. The cotton wool is very soft and does not irritate the delicate skin and I find I don’t have to apply that much pressure either to get it all off. I also use these for removing nail varnish. The thickness of the ball means that I am able to get enough of the varnish remover onto a pad so they manage to remove one complete set of nails with just one ball.

I did use cotton wool on my boys when they were babies. When bathing them as new born I always wet the balls and used them on the face and delicate eye areas, they were great in this job, the cotton wool does not break or fall apart when wet and it does firm up enough to be able to remove dirty marks and even small amount of sleep which had formed in the corner of babies eyes. They are very mild on the soft skin and do not irritate at all.

The cotton wool balls are made from 100% cotton which means they are pure and soft and ideal for delicate or sensitive skin. Hubby has on occasions used these and has not had any reaction on his sensitive skin.

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