About Greg and Joanne

I'm sorry to announce that we are no longer involved with the Trivani Company. We have not changed our minds about the products, they really are great. We also like the purpose of helping others in need. We simply have lost confidence in the company and have decided to move on. We are not looking for another network marketing company for now, we have too many other projects going on.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

A Gift with a Global Impact


This Christmas Season, let's look outside our usual circle of influence and give something that will have a global impact.

By sponsoring a child, our donations go to work worldwide. Trivani is the world’s first Purpose Marketing company, using the power and profit of network marketing to provide ongoing Humanitarian Aid around the world.

The Trivani Foundation even partners with other organization such as Globus Relief, Choice Humanitarian, and Deseret International to make each dollar go further than ever. Join Us today at www.trivanijoanne.com.

Click here to read more!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

What Does It Cost To Join Trivani?

There is NO MEMBERSHIP FEE for Trivani. You simply "switch brands to Trivani" for your vitamins, personal, skin, hair and oral care products.

There are 3 different levels of registration: Distributor, Child Guardian, and Double Guardian.

To sign up as a distributor you need to make an initial purchase of at least 30 PV (about $34) of product. This reserves your place in the Lifeline. You need to keep making occasional purchases, because if you have no activity for 6 months you will be dropped from the system.

The best way to join is to become a Child Guardian. You will make an initial order of at least 100 PV (about $130) and sign up for an autoship of at least 100 PV per month. This is how you sponsor a child. This is also one of the requirements for most of the profit sharing bonuses. You can change your autoship every month to try different products if you want.

Double Guardians sponsor 2 children by making an initial order of at least 200 PV and signing up for an autoship of at least 200 PV. Being a Double Guardian is one of the requirements to qualify for the higher ranks on the compensation plan.

Click here to sign up for Trivani now.

Click here to read more!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Trivani Makes You Money With Lifeline

Lifeline is the newest way to make money with Trivani. ANYONE who joins Trivani after you will be in your Lifeline. This Lifeline is made of everyone, globally, who signs up with Trivani. This is exciting because Trivani builds this line for you!

24% of Trivani's Global Volume Worldwide is distributed as Lifeline bonuses. When you sign up with Trivani, your registration is date and time stamped. Everyone who signs up after you is placed in your Lifeline.

Another 45% of Trivani's Global Volume is distributed through their patented 12 levels deep commission plan. This patented method uses "compression" to ensure that we get paid on 12 levels even if some people in your line are not active.

Click here to see Trivani's Compensation Plan.

For more information about Trivani go to my web site at www.trivanijoanne.com

Click here to read more!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A Little Secret to Trivani's Hydrating Lotion...


Those who have tried Trivani’s Hydrating Lotion know of its ability to make skin softer, smoother, and younger-looking. But how does it work? One active ingredient in particular helps to make our lotion as effective as it is: hyaluronic acid.
Hyalruonic acid (a.k.a. sodium hyaluronate) is a key structural component that occurs naturally in the skin. In the dermis, hyaluronic acid functions as a space-filling, cell-protective molecule that provides structure and volume. As we age, the amount of natural hyaluronic acid decreases, leading to dermal dehydration and wrinkle formation.

In the past and even today, many creams and lotions claim to contain hyaluronic acid—and indeed they do. However, most of these products contain a very large molecular weight version of hyaluronic acid that, instead of penetrating skin, functions as a humectant on top of the skin. For topically applied hyaluronic acid to provide any real structural effect, it must penetrate the skin.

Today, the substance of choice to diminish wrinkles is non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA) gel. The best known brands of NASHA are Restylane, Captique, and Juvider, which are all administered via injection by plastic surgeons. Trivani Hydrating Lotion offers a safe, effective, and painless alternative to this because it contains a low molecular weight hyaluronic acid that penetrates all layers of the epidermis within 30 minutes of application.

This type of hyaluronic acid is what you can find in Trivani’s Hydrating Lotion. This incredible, penetrating ingredient has excellent moisturizing and plumping benefits for your skin, which results in that soft, smooth, healthy skin you have come to know and love!

Click here to shop now. (This article is taken directly from the Trivani web site)

Click here to read more!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

CNBC Shows Public Service Spot on Trivani


Did you see the Trivani public service spot on CNBC last weekend? To see it go to click here. A portion of every product sold goes directly to humanitarian projects all over the world. You can help fund these projects just by switching brands to Trivani.

Trivani has a "do no harm" policy for all their products. That means no toxins, no allergens, and no cancer causing indgredients. It also means they do no harm to the environment too, from the field, to production, to your home. Contact me for more information, I'd love to tell you more. I'll email or call you, whichever you prefer.
Click here to read more!

Monday, August 10, 2009

How Much Lutein is in the Greater Vision Product?


This article is reprinted from "Ask the Expert" by Dan Mizer, Chief Science Officer of Trivani. It is interesting to see a piece of the research that went into the Greater Vision formula.

ASK THE EXPERT:
How Much Lutein Is in the Greater Vision Product?

Answer:

Trivani uses an efficacious concentration of lutein in its Greater Vision formula. What does “efficacious” mean, you ask? While we don’t release the exact formulas of our products to the public, we guarantee that we use effective amounts of all ingredients in Greater Vision and in all of our products. In fact, Trivani uses at least as much, if not more, than studies suggest is needed to achieve desired results. Then we blend those ingredients with other quality ingredients that support health from several angles, again, all at efficacious doses.

So how much lutein is necessary to create a truly effective product? The study below shows test subjects’ vision improving with a lutein supplement with 10 mg of FloraGLO Lutein. Suffice it to say, Greater Vision contains more than 10 mg. Read the study below to learn how effective a vision supplement with an “efficacious” amount of lutein, like Greater Vision, can be.

Visual Function Studies
The following is a listing of clinical studies that show positive relationships between FloraGLO Lutein supplementation and visual function, including those affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world (3):
Dr. Stuart Richer from the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in North Chicago and colleagues published the results of the Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial (LAST) in the journal “Optometry.” In this double-masked, placebo-controlled trial, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients were supplemented for 12 months with either 10 mg FloraGLO Lutein, and antioxidant nutritional supplement which also contained 10 mg FloraGLO Lutein, or placebo (21). Ophthalmic testing, including macular pigment optical density (MPOD), glare recovery, near and distance visual acuity, and contrast sensitivity, was conducted at baseline and at 4, 8, and 12 months. Activities of daily living, night driving, and glare recovery symptoms were evaluated on a VFQ-14 rating scale used by the National Eye Institute. Similarly, subjects were provided with an Amsler grid to monitor changes in vision over time.

Results:
In this study, AMD patients experienced a significant increase in MPOD after FloraGLO Lutein supplementation alone or together with other antioxidants (36 and 43% respectively; p=0.03 between baseline and final visit). Glare recovery, contrast sensitivity, visual acuity, quality of vision, and visual function over time also improved in both groups receiving FloraGLO Lutein supplements. The authors conclude that the improvements seen in this study may be due to lutein’s dual role in the body as a blue light filter and antioxidant. These results also confirm that AMD may be a nutrition responsive disorder.

Many companies, when formulating products that have more than one or two active ingredients, will decrease the quantities of each ingredient, often to inefficacious levels. Even though Greater Vision contains numerous active ingredients which provide a full-spectrum of vision support, each ingredient is included at beneficial quantities, and each one approaches ocular health from various angles. This is Trivani’s standard methodology for formulating all of our highly effective products.

About Dan:
Dan Miser graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in chemistry. Throughout his career as a scientist, he has gained over 26 years of professional business experience and 15 years of MLM experience. He worked at Nu Skin for seven years as their Senior Scientist before moving on to Unicity, where he acted as Global Director of R&D. Dan later moved on to Neways, where he acted as Director of R&D and then Corporate Science Advisor. Throughout his career he has designed, formulated, and developed over 150 products successfully sold worldwide in the MLM industry.

He has been with Trivani from the beginning and acts as Chief Science Officer. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and the International Food Technologists. He holds one U.S. patent, with another patent currently pending. He has been married for 14 years and has three boys.



Click here to read more!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Oxygen Positive Campaign Takes Big Step Forward With The Super Trivania Tree

Some of my Kauai friends may be familiar with the strong environmental initiative that Trivani will be launching. It is called Oxygen Positive and, as the name suggests, it is not a program designed to simply offset our carbon footprint; it actually creates a net positive effect on the environment by eliminating more carbon than we emit and producing more oxygen than we consume. This is very powerful science, and it will turn the heads of every major environmental group in the world.

Trivani has worked very hard behind the scenes to engineer a series of plants and trees that have an amazing impact on the environment. The trees are called Super Trivania Trees, and they absorb 900 percent more carbon dioxide than a traditional tree. 900 percent! That is truly amazing, but that is not all. These trees put off nearly nine times the level of oxygen than traditional trees as well. Can you imagine how much good can come from this? Reforestation projects are already underway in Australia and in the rain forests of Brazil.

Bob Steed, Trivani’s CEO, even met with the mayor of one of the cities in the Brazilian rain forest, who is planting Trivani’s trees; the mayor was in tears as he described how important this project is to the region.

These trees are fast-growing, produce a beautiful blossom, and the wood can be used to build homes and furniture in third world nations. They grow so quickly that they are ready to be harvested in only 6 years, and when you cut them, they immediately begin to grow back from the trunk! They can be planted in just about any weather conditions, and their leaves are broad and beautiful. Trivania Trees are amazing.

Do you want to know more about Trivani? Call me at 808-635-2007

Click here to read more!

Friday, April 17, 2009

My Sensitive Skin, Rashes and Eczema Recommendations

Do you have super sensitive skin with horribly itchy rashes? I had it bad, even scratching till it bled. Here is my story and how I got it all under control. Everyone is different, but this really worked for me so I decided if I can help one person, it's worth sharing.

It started with my with my first pregnancy. The rashes were so terrible I couldn't sleep! I was miserable and they couldn’t figure it out. The doctor said I had chicken pox, but I had chicken pox as a child so that seemed unlikely to me. The itching was terrible and because I was pregnant I couldn't take any medication. The only thing that gave me relief was Benadryl cream. It’s thick and doesn’t spread easily and I needed to cover a lot of skin, so I got the most gentle, hypoallergenic lotion I could find to mix with it. I would just put a large blob of Benadryl on my hand, add a blob of lotion and mix it up in my hands. Then I would apply it everywhere. Of course now that you’ve just touched all the itchy spots they go crazy, so you have to brace yourself or distract yourself for a few minutes while you wait for the lotion to work. Finally the doctors gave me some kind of steroid cream. The stuff I have now for occasional flare-ups is Clobetasol Propionate Ointment USP .05%. It was prescribed by a skin doctor.

The rash did start to fade after I gave birth, but I was left with extremely sensitive skin which I never had before. I still had rashes on my arms. Finally, with experimenting I discovered that I was allergic to jojoba oil. Now I was never allergic to jojoba before, I’d used jojoba shampoo for years. And here’s the weird thing. I used straight jojoba oil while I was pregnant to prevent stretch marks on my belly (didn’t work by the way), but I never got a rash on my belly. I had it everywhere else! I didn’t suspect the jojoba because it didn’t appear to affect my skin where I was applying it. The other thing that I realized is that after I stopped using the jojoba, my skin stayed freaked out for 2 weeks. So if I was still bad after a few days I would think “well, I guess that wasn’t the problem” and give up. So give it time, and suspect everything, especially shampoo. “Natural” shampoos from the health food store usually have a lot of fancy herbs and oils in them so be careful of those too.

Here I am 13 years after that first pregnancy and I still can’t use anything with jojoba in it. My hands and arms will start to bump up within minutes. Finally, I discovered that anything with sodium lauryl sulfate will also mess up my skin. It takes a little longer, but I’ll rash up again. For some reason the sodium laureth sulfate is okay. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is in everything that is soap, and if you google it you’ll find that it’s a common irritant.

So after my long story here’s what I would do if I were you.
1. Switch to a shampoo with no sodium lauryl sulfate, and no fancy herbs or oils. You have to read the labels, it’s hard to find but there are a few at your local Stuff-Mart. I use Trivani Shampoo and Conditioner.

2. Don’t use any kind of bar soap unless it's Trivani's Shower Bar. They're calling it the "Un-Soap" because it cleans without using soap. Or use shampoo to wash in the shower, and the clear Softsoap brand liquid hand soap at the sink.

3. Don’t let any kind of dish soap touch you anywhere! I use Softsoap (it has no sodium lauryl sulfate) even on the dishes.

4. Use laundry soap that says “no perfumes or dyes” or set your washer to give everything a 2nd rinse. I’m using Costco’s Kirtland Free and Clear laundry soap and one rinse.

5. Throw away any lotion you have that’s older than 2 months. I never did figure out which drug store lotion is okay, I use Neutragena, but no matter what I use, if it starts to get old the rash comes back.

Again, I use Trivani where I can. They don’t use any irritant causing ingredients in their products. And know this, just because a product says “safe for baby” doesn’t mean it’s gentle. There are toxic and irritating ingredients even in baby products! Baby wipes don't seem to bother me.

Once you’re using all super mild products, you can start to figure out what’s messing you up. This is where I can't help you. You'll just have to experiment with adding items back into your life, one at a time. Make sure you write everything down! Make sure you give each item plenty of time before you add another product. I would give it two weeks minimum. If something messes you up, it can take another week or two to clear up. And remember you might not get the rash where you expect. If I use jojoba cream on my face, my face won't get a rash but my hands will. One thing I didn't try, which might help, is to see an allergist. She can do a really cool skin test that will identify what kinds of things you're allergic to.

The good news is that once you get it figured out, if your case is anything like mine, it will be very MINOR. I do a lot of careful things, but it’s really no big deal anymore. When I say I get a flare-up I’m talking about a few bumps on my hands, wrists, or backs of my knees, that go away pretty quickly. There is hope.

Click here to read more!

Friday, April 3, 2009

Trivani Foundation Partnerships with Deseret International Literacy Program


As a Child Guardian for Trivani. I get weekly emails from the Trivani Foundation telling me about their latest projects. I love to read, so I was happy to see Trivani involved with a Literacy Center. Read on for the exciting news.

In partnership with Deseret International (DI), the Trivani Foundation® has facilitated the donation of four pallets of books to Family Literacy Centers (FLC). Doug Jackson, President of DI, Ken Deyhle, secretary of DI and founder of the Deyhle Foundation—an organization committed to worldwide literacy, Ed Green, Director of FLC, and Megan McMillan, Vice President and Director of the Trivani Foundation, met to discuss arrangements for the donation at the Deseret warehouse while Ken organized a shipment of books headed for India. In addition to providing corrective and reconstructive surgeries at leveraged costs worldwide, DI also focuses on promoting literacy by donating and shipping books internationally.

Just last week, Ed Green took a large portion of these books to Detroit in an effort to start two literacy centers with a local Seventh Day Adventists church group. During his visit, Ed was surprised to find that the public library in the downtown Detroit/Highland Park area was boarded up and closed. With the help of Trivani® and Seventh Day Adventists, and with special thanks to Deseret International, Ed hopes to incorporate a public library into the Highland Literacy Center by using the remaining books of the four pallets.

Trivani Foundation’s primary focus within the U.S. is partnering with Family Literacy Centers to establish literacy centers nationwide. Our more immediate focus is to help Ed Green start literacy centers in Detroit. Detroit currently has a staggering high school graduation rate of 21%. Join us in our efforts to combat and change this static. For more information about our domestic project, check out our March newsletter, available online at www.trivanifoundation.org.

Join me in the cause at www.trivanijoanne.com

Click here to read more!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hormonal Health Conference Call

After listening to Vicki Queen at a recent conference, I was convinced more than ever that we need to be careful about the toxins in our home. I spoke to her after the conference and was able to obtain an invitation for me and my friends to listen to her conference calls.

Her conference call is called “Hormones and the Cancer Connection in our Toxic World” and she has a call nearly every week. To listen in, email me for this week's flyer.

Here's what she covers:
How to reduce your exposure to the toxic soup we're exposed to... No matter how diligent we are about eating and living right, we're constantly being exposed to chemical pollutants in our daily lives. Learn how to help counteract this exposure and reduce the hormonal disruption to our bodies and to our children's!

A few of the Trivani products she mentions are Provani Cream, Suvan: Four-Omega Micro-Mineral Supplement, and Rakan: Micro-Level Super Infusion. Learn more about these products at my site www.trivanijoanne.com. Click on the health tab near the top of the page.

Vicki is an advocate for Natural Hormonal Health, and she is an authority on female conditions such as PMS, pre-menopause, menopause, osteoporosis, infertility problems and the effects of aging. She can be found at www.MenoQueen.com.

Click here to read more!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Trivani Deodorant Mist


Trivani Deodorant Mist has No Aluminum or Propylene Glycol, and Yes - It actually works!! I've been waiting until I really gave it a good try to write my review, and now I've switched for good.

Okay, I was a little unhappy that it's a spray. I was remembering the days when I used a roll-on deodorant and had to do the chicken dance to get my underarms to dry. No chicken dance here. It's not a gel so it dries really fast. The side benefit of a spray is you can use it anywhere without worrying about nasty chemicals. I heard it works great on smelly feet - you wouldn't try a regular deodorant stick between your toes (yuck!).

I really wasn't convinced until I gave it a good test. Some of the tests were: the treadmill test, the long walk through deep sand on a humid day test, and yes, Greg gave it the working in the hot sun on a backhoe all day test. I've even got my father-in-law using it and he works at a construction site. This stuff really works. Get yours here.

So here's how it works. (Get Free Trivani Product Factsheets here)
• Polyglyceryl-3 Caprylate is a plant-based antibacterial substance that provides gentle, on-demand protection for 24 hours.
• Sodium Usnate comes from a lichen, aka Old Man's Beard, and fights odor-causing bacteria. Caprylyl Glycol then helps to improve the effectiveness of Sodium Usnate even further.
• Trehalaose is a disachcharide (sugar) found in plants and is naturally occurring in foods. It slows the breakdown of fatty acids (when acids are broken down they cause odors).
• Vitikol is an active antibacterial that works against the bacteria that are responsible for body odor. This ingredient is effective against staph and candida.

The Trivani Deodorant Mist does not irritate my skin. I love it and will be using it from now on. For more information about Trivani visit my site at http://www.trivanijoanne.com/.

Click here to read more!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Trivani Tech Tools

Greg and I just got back from Trivani Tech, a technical conference on all the tools Trivani has to offer.
Here is a tasty sampler of some of the tools:

Trivani Live A video conferencing program that allows you to have a video conference with up to 40 people at a time. It’s the same software used by NASA and the US Military. Included in the Trivani Executive Business package.

Trivani Live Web A FREE version of the above software. Conference up to 3 at a time. Compare to Skype (no conferencing). I’m excited to get my family in on this!

Trivani Video One of my favorites. Email a video through this service and you get notified when the video has been watched and how much of it was viewed.

Google Alerts Okay, not really a Trivani tool, but they showed us how to use it. You will be alerted via email when certain keywords (of your choice) are used in blogs or websites. A useful tool in getting leads.

List Pipe Are you looking for interesting content to put on your blog? Do you have a blog? This service will set up a Trivani blog for you and feed you personalized articles for it. Once setup the articles are sent directly to your blog – no action required on your part. And the articles are optimized for search engines to find.

Visual Aids We learned several simple ways to effectively promote the products: Taking Suvan or Rakan out of suspension, pH testing before and after drinking Rakan, set fire to traditional deodorant, and restoring a dried apricot with Moisturizing Mist vs. water.

Motivational Speaker We hard Bryan Thayer speak on the secrets of great networkers. Read his book “The One-Minute Networker”.

Product Science Dan Miser is the head scientist for Trivani. He gave us the details on how the Deodorant Mist works.

Connect with Vicki Queen An amazing resource on hormonal health for men, women and children. The toxins in our environment are ruining our health. Email me for an invitation to listen in on her conference call “Hormones & The Cancer Connection in our Toxic World”.

Trivani Dashboard A nice window on your computer desktop that gives you one-stop access to tons of networking tools. It updates automatically to give you the latest Trivani news.

Email or call me for more information or tips on how to use any of these tools. 808-635-2007 Hawaii Time.

Click here to read more!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Trivani Day Protection Serum

I like the Day Protection Serum a lot. I can use it everyday without breakouts, and without getting any allergic reaction.

I went to the Trivani Mini-Grand Launch in Honolulu and heard Dan Miser, their head scientist talk about this Serum. Here is what I learned.

1. The OGG1 is an enzyme for repairing mitrochondrial & nuclear DNA. It complements and mimics your body's own OGG1.

2. The Smart-Spheres explode when they reach a ph of 4 in order to target the lower layer of your skin. In other words, they don't release the OGG1 until they reach the right layer of your skin. Very cool.

3. There is one other company that uses this technology and their product is around $300 for 1/2 ounce!

The serum can repair sun damage, and of course they use enough of these ingredients to be effective! My skin is soft and looks great. :).

Click here to read more!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Trivani Conditioner Review

My first impression of the Trivani Conditioner was not great. Yes it detangles hair, but it is the kind of conditioner that makes your hair light and fluffy. I’m used to sleek and slippery. I had the conditioner in the shower and wanted to use it up so I kept on using it. After about a week I noticed that my hair is really shiny. Now it’s not easy to make blond or light brown hair look shiny without making it look greasy. Light hair will really show any oily residue. I really like how shiny and healthy my hair looks! The light and fluffy formula gives my hair extra body that I really needed. I’m real happy with it. Try the Trivani Conditioner for a week. I think you’ll like it too.
Click here to read more!