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Gwyneth Paltrow is Now Promoting Skincare Products That Have Been Meditated Over
Gwyneth Paltrow is Now Promoting Skincare Products That Have Been Meditated Over
March 12, 2016 by Hemant Mehta
Last year, we wrote about actress Gwyneth Paltrow because she was promoting the idea of women getting their vaginas steam-cleaned to balance their hormone levels. (As everyone who knows things pointed out, the procedure won’t accomplish anything.)
Now she’s back with even more pseudo-science. The latest Goop newsletter promotes a skincare product that supposedly works because it’s “treated to extensive prayer, meditation, and music before ever appearing on shelves.”
Because, as we all know, applying lotion to your body is pointless unless it has been treated with meditation and chants.
That’s a very long way of saying: Give us money for this bullshit product.
Ruth Graham at Slate wisely points out:
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What’s amazing is that Paltrow, like Jenny McCarthy, is selling this drivel and people are buying it. Their gullible followers are immune to facts, science, and common sense.
At least with Paltrow, they’re only throwing away their money.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/12/gwyneth-paltrow-is-now-promoting-skincare-products-that-have-been-meditated-over/
March 12, 2016 by Hemant Mehta
Last year, we wrote about actress Gwyneth Paltrow because she was promoting the idea of women getting their vaginas steam-cleaned to balance their hormone levels. (As everyone who knows things pointed out, the procedure won’t accomplish anything.)
Now she’s back with even more pseudo-science. The latest Goop newsletter promotes a skincare product that supposedly works because it’s “treated to extensive prayer, meditation, and music before ever appearing on shelves.”
Because, as we all know, applying lotion to your body is pointless unless it has been treated with meditation and chants.
“It’s about doing anything to increase the energy of the products,” [founder Annee de Mamiel] says. “We put crystals around the oils. As we macerate the herbs, we play music. As we add the base oils, we use more music, crystals, and meditation. Then when we add the flower essences, they sit out with music, too.” She estimates the whole process takes about six to eight weeks. She blends the oils the way a perfumer blends notes: “In the blending room we say blessings of love and grace and gratitude; I add the oils in a certain order, and I chant as I blend them. I like to burn frankincense as I do it, to clear the room — it’s sacred, energizing, and such a pure smell.” Each product has its own chant. Once the blend is ready I meditate. Usually three words of intention come up for me in that meditation, and I like to put those on the label. Then it macerates for two months.
That’s a very long way of saying: Give us money for this bullshit product.
Ruth Graham at Slate wisely points out:
… 0.34 oz. of de Mamiel’s “altitude oil” is a mere $44. But take heart: the snake oil is free, and it’s glorious.
...
What’s amazing is that Paltrow, like Jenny McCarthy, is selling this drivel and people are buying it. Their gullible followers are immune to facts, science, and common sense.
At least with Paltrow, they’re only throwing away their money.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/12/gwyneth-paltrow-is-now-promoting-skincare-products-that-have-been-meditated-over/
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This woman just gets more and more cray cray.
Gwyneth can't even meditate correctly.
You adopted the latter position in post #4. 
The uncharitable read is that, if she rakes in all the money from the suckers, she's very far from cray cray.
With most of these pseudoscientific claims, it's really hard to tell if the proponent is cynically exploiting the rubes or is sincerely deluded. If I had to bet, I'd say that Paltrow is sincerely deluded but sees this product as a chance at "doing well by doing good." She can magnanimously help spread the benefits of meditated-over face cream and turn a nice little profit while doing so.