20 years ago I had a rare opportunity to live for a year in one of the most interesting and unique locations in the world – The Amazon basin of Brazil. As a young man, I was enthralled by the beauty of the country and I was fascinated by the unique and interesting things that were a part of everyday life in Brazil but had somehow managed to never make it to the US.
Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to Brazil again. The beautiful beaches, people, and lifestyle immediately brought me back to the discoveries I made 20 years ago and I began to look closely at things Brazilians were using in their everyday lives. What immediately struck me was how natural and healthy the people lived and how close to nature a lot of their products were.
When I lived there I fell in love with the Guarana soda that is as popular in Brazil as Coca-Cola is here. Now Guarana is used in practically every energy drink on the market. 20 years ago, I was also fed bowls of the super food acai, although I have to admit I wasn’t a huge fan. Today acai is being sold in nearly every juice and health food store. Coconut water, which is a daily beverage where I lived, is now stocked in practically every store. The list goes on and on. Is seems like we have finally begun to discover some of Brazil’s secrets.I walked the markets and talked with my friends and the people I met about what were the most interesting and unique “secrets” that Brazilians used in their daily lives that the US had yet to discover.
Almost every person I talked to mentioned the natural skin care products that they used. These products almost always contained ingredients from the rain forest that had been around for centuries and were used to help with things like blemishes and to help firm and tone skin to make it look younger and healthier. Looking at the people around me and remembering all of the beautiful people I had seen in Brazil, I thought maybe I had discovered something. Maybe this was the reason Brazil is famous for its beautiful women! 
The very next day, a friend introduced me to the owners of one of the most popular and fastest growing natural botanical boutiques in Brazil. Over an amazing dinner that night they told me their story of how their family had been crafting all natural high quality products for over 50 years, and how they were growing fast all over Brazil and had already opened a store in Paris.I thought to myself that this would be the perfect product to introduce to the US market. I returned to Los Angeles and was energized to somehow bring these products to the US.
Upon returning to the Los Angeles, I just happened to be having lunch with a group of friends and described my recent trip to Brazil. As world travelers, some of them had been to Brazil themselves and they also had fond memories of the Brazilian lifestyle. They shared stories of other countries and regions they had been to and the discoveries they had made in their travels. We all thought how great it would be if we somehow could share our discoveries with others. As fate would have it, some of these friends were in a unique position to help bring these ideas to reality.
These friends (now partners) and I formed The 4th Street Group. www.the4thstreetgroup.com (Named after the street where we all met playing beach volleyball). Its sole purpose is to discover and share secrets from all over the world. We decided that our first project was going to be the amazing skin care products I discovered in Brazil.
Over the next year, my partners and I worked in our spare time with the contacts I had made to create a customized product line manufactured in the Amazon and using the best natural ingredients. Everyone we talked to and all the research we did pointed to a couple of natural extracts as being the key. The main extract we chose to focus our first product line around is Andiroba (ANDY-ROW-BAH).
Andiroba has been used by the tribes in the Amazon for centuries and its benefits are actually fairly well known in the circle of botanists. A google search forAndiroba lists many entries in botanical databases describing it’s properties as soothing skin, relaxing muscles, healing wounds, reducing inflammation, and killing bacteria and parasites. One of the reasons we chose Andiroba is that this seed oil extract is totally sustainable, being harvested from the nuts and seeds of the tree and not damaging the original tree in any way.
We decided to call our product line Deeply Amazon, a name that reflected both the source of the natural ingredients used and also the effects the products have. We decided to focus on a group of 4 products that benefit the entire body. A body wash to use in the shower or bath to fully clean and hydrate. A body cream, designed to nourish and replenish the skin on your entire body. A body mask/exfoliant containing white clay from the Amazon that absorbs impurities and buffs away dry cells. Finally a Facial moisturizer that is specifically designed for helping one’s face look healthier, younger, and more beautiful.
So after a year of hard work, with the testers, manufacturers, export, import, logistics, the FDA, websites, e-commerce, and marketing preparation - I am very excited and happy to announce that www.deeplyamazon.com is now live!
We are extremely happy that everyone who has used the products absolutely LOVES them. As a way to get these new products out there, we have decided to offer a 15 day free trial of the entire product line.
So feel free to try us out, if you love the products and notice the Andiroba making your skin feel like a Brazilian beauty, keep them and your card will be charged a special package price of $89.97 for the four products. a $120.00 value. If not, call us and cancel within the first 15 days, you will only be charged for shipping and handling. If you decide to keep them, we will resupply you every 30 days for your convenience. -but feel free to call and change the delivery schedule to your needs or cancel anytime if you wish.
I hope you enjoy the hard work we have put into bringing this secret of Brazil and the Amazon to your door and wish you all the benefits of a beautiful healthy life!
-Nate
