Sep 18, 2011

Skin Care from the Old Country with RenuDermaBy Emily FordSalisburyPost.com

Salisbury, NC – Using formulas created by her eastern European grandmother 70 years ago, Maia Janashia Smith has launched a line of skin-care products she says will help women look younger naturally.

“Here, ladies don’t pay attention to skin,” Smith said. “They wear $300 purses, but their skin looks like a dry prune.”

Called RenuDerma, the cleansers, moisturizers and scrubs are available online and downtown at Smith’s boutique, Maia’s Fashions, 103 S. Main St.

“Why I value them so much is they are simple recipes,” said Smith in her heavy accent. “They are mostly organic oils and beeswax, from recipes that passed down to my mother and then to me.”

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