Makeup

Aajonus returned repeatedly to the history of lipstick because he considered it a significant example of how an animal-fat-based product had been replaced by something genuinely dangerous. He described at length visiting a laboratory, which he said was a mile long, filled with shelves of roaches. The animals were killed by heat, crushed, and the white fluid that emerged from their bodies was used as the base for lipstick. This substance was, in his telling, the only material they could find that would adhere to lips, take pigment, and remain non-toxic. A polymer was added as a solidifier to seal it onto the lips. He stated this practice continued until approximately ten to twenty years before he was speaking, with his various accounts placing the transition at between eight and twenty years prior depending on the talk.

He emphasized that while the pigments used alongside the roach-fat base were toxic and contributed to pancreatic and breast cancer over time, the fat itself was not particularly harmful. He noted that animal fats and insect fats are among the most stabilizing and strengthening substances a body can have, and that women who had spent years applying roach-gut lipstick had simply accumulated insect fat in their bodies, which was not, in his view, a serious problem. "When you're eating the lipstick that was made from roach guts, you were much better off."

The reason he stressed this history was to make the contrast stark. The replacement of roach fat with petroleum-based waxes, synthetic polymers, kerosene derivatives, and formaldehyde created a product that women ingest continuously throughout the day every time they lick their lips. He stated that he would not kiss a woman wearing modern lipstick because it is, in his words, "all poison." The constant ingestion of these chemicals through lipstick alone represents, in his framework, a meaningful chronic exposure that accumulates in tissues over years and decades.

Aajonus's position on the "natural" cosmetics industry was consistently dismissive. He stated that almost all makeup contains some form of lean (likely "lanolin" or a chemical binder), a kerosene derivative, and formaldehyde, and that this applied even to products marketed as herbal or natural. His reasoning was that processing destroys enzymes, and without enzymes a substance cannot be properly recognized or used by the body. Even if a cosmetic starts from a plant source, once it has been extracted, concentrated, preserved, and formulated, it has become a processed chemical product. He identified specific brand-name cosmetics in his newsletters as containing triclosan and other industrial compounds, including products from Jason Natural Cosmetics, Garden Botanika Powder Foundation, Mavala Lip Base, Revlon ColorStay LipSHINE, and Supre Café Bronzer, expressing particular irritation at the use of the word "natural" in product branding.

When a questioner pressed that there were one or two companies making herbal makeups, Aajonus did not concede the point. He repeated that they were still processed and that their enzymes were dead, making them chemically foreign regardless of their origin.

Aajonus explained that the skin has eleven layers, with subcutaneous fat beneath them and muscle below that. For poisons to pass through the skin and exit through pores, they must be completely liquid. Cosmetics applied to the skin do not simply sit on the surface; the chemical compounds in them, particularly petroleum derivatives and formaldehyde, penetrate through these layers and enter the bloodstream and lymphatic system. Because the body cannot metabolize these substances as food, it must store them in fat, connective tissue, and glands, or attempt to eliminate them through the skin itself, which creates the rashes, blemishes, and eruptions he associated with toxic discharge.

He pointed out that the lymphatic system, which is supposed to both feed the body and cleanse it, becomes blocked by what he called "plastic fats," the synthetic and processed fats derived from petroleum-based cosmetics and other sources. When the lymphatic system is blocked, poisons cannot exit properly and accumulate instead. This accumulation showed up in his iridology readings as dark, mucky irises, gray sclerae, and other visible markers of toxin load.

For women who were unwilling or unable to stop using cosmetics entirely, Aajonus offered a harm-reduction protocol based on applying a layer of raw fat to the face before applying any makeup. The principle was that if the skin is already saturated with a natural fat, the toxic compounds in the cosmetic will have much more difficulty penetrating into the cells. The fat creates a protective barrier that prevents the chemical pigments and petroleum compounds from reaching and entering skin cells directly.

He specified that the appropriate fat depends on skin type. For women with very sensitive or very light skin, he recommended against olive oil because it tends to cause blemishes, small sores, or heat rashes. It is, in his words, "too heavy" for that skin type. For lighter-skinned women he recommended butter. For women with Italian or Latin skin, he said olive oil or peanut oil would work without causing a reaction.

The protocol was to apply the fat, let it absorb for twenty minutes, and then apply makeup over it. He noted that butter specifically should be wiped off right before the makeup goes on, but the twenty minutes of absorption must come first. The skin takes up the fat during that window, and by the time the makeup is applied, the cells have protected themselves. When the makeup goes on after this preparation, in his account, it will not penetrate the cells.

As a direct replacement for commercial lipstick, Aajonus described in detail a method using raw berries and beet juice to produce natural colorants for lips and cheeks. The basic formulas he described were as follows. For a deep purple, blackberries or blueberries are combined with beet juice. For a pure red, beet juice is used alone. For a pink, a light-colored berry such as mulberry is used to dilute the red and break it down to a lighter tone.

He noted that when these preparations are applied to the lips, they stain into the skin rather than sitting on top of it, which means they cannot be licked off easily. They remain for many hours, in some accounts for the whole day, fading only gradually. The same preparations can be applied to the cheeks to create color there, diluted with a small amount of water to get the desired intensity. He recommended a good paintbrush as the application tool in place of the lipstick tube or applicator that comes with commercial products.

He described this system as "very easy" to work with and noted that the colors derived from berries and beet juice are more easily absorbed by the skin than synthetic dyes. He mentioned that beet juice, clay, and raspberries are among the few genuinely natural dyes available, and that these natural colorants last longer than might be expected.

In a recurring story from the source material, Aajonus recounted what he heard from people who had survived concentration camps at Auschwitz. When Nazi guards would walk through and look for prisoners who appeared pale and weak, selecting them for elimination because they appeared unable to work, prisoners would prick themselves to draw a small amount of blood and rub it on their skin to create the appearance of healthy coloring. He used this story directly as a statement about makeup's fundamental social purpose, which is to signal health through color, and to point out that blood is, in fact, an entirely natural colorant. He said simply: "So that's a good makeup. Your own blood."

He also used this story to make a broader point that eating correctly produces natural coloring on its own. He contrasted the artificial coloring of makeup with the natural pink and red cheeks of Swiss mountain people who historically lived primarily on raw dairy, saying, "If you want good radiant health that doesn't require makeup to hide the ill health, eat right."

Clay appeared in Aajonus's framework as one of the few genuinely natural substances acceptable for use on the skin. He mentioned clay and raspberries and beet juice as the natural alternatives to commercial cosmetics. Beyond its use as a colorant or complexion treatment, he described specific clay preparations for the skin in some detail.

From his book, a beauty tip he described involved making a thin paste of one teaspoon of sun-dried powdered clay mixed with one and a half tablespoons of raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, or alternatively clay mixed with one fertile raw egg, or clay mixed with one tablespoon of fresh raw papaya juice with half a tablespoon of good mineral water. Applying this paste to the skin several times a week was described as a method of attracting and absorbing toxins from the skin. He recommended alternating among the three bases, apple cider vinegar one application, egg the next, papaya the next, calling this rotation the healthiest approach for the skin.

He specifically identified papaya preparations as helpful for removing scars such as acne scars. He mentioned a specific product, a silk clay from a supplier he identified as Teramin (www.teramin.com), noting that they carry both a fine silk clay for facials and a grainier nutritional clay, and that the nutritional clay was the one to obtain.

The Primal Facial Body Care Cream was Aajonus's formulated replacement for commercial skin creams and moisturizers. The basic composition is a mixture of coconut cream, dairy cream, and butter. He noted there is more to the recipe than those three ingredients, and in different passages he described additions including a small amount of honey and a small amount of royal jelly.

One version he described in detail involved two ounces of butter, two ounces of cream, two ounces of coconut cream, half a teaspoon of honey, and one eighth of a teaspoon of royal jelly. To prepare it, all ingredients are placed in a jar with blender blades and immersed in warm water until melted, then blended on medium speed for approximately five seconds. He compared the texture when prepared warm to a harder butter, less creamy than when prepared cold, which produced a texture more like a commercial face cream. He noted it must be kept refrigerated.

He described this cream as feeding the skin and helping prevent and gradually remove lines and wrinkles with regular application. He stated it acted in all his empirical tests on all participants as both a sunscreen and a tanning lotion simultaneously. When applied liberally to cuts, scrapes, or abrasions, he said it helps prevent excessive scabbing and dryness and promotes healing without scarring.

Later in his experimentation, he added bone marrow to the cream, based on the principle that bone marrow is the only substance besides sperm and ovum that contains stem cells, meaning cells capable of becoming other cell types. He described applying bone marrow directly to the skin of a patient who had long-standing skin problems related to breast cancer treatment and very thick, scarred, adipose-burdened skin, with the result that she found it helped significantly even while her dietary compliance was only about 80%.

He stated directly: "Stay away from cosmetic and the nanotechnology. Highly toxic. Your cells don't have a choice. Those poisons get right into the cells, and they've been proven to cause many cancerous conditions."

Aajonus described a practice of applying raw meat directly to the face overnight as a method of reducing wrinkles and feeding the skin. He first developed this after a vehicle accident left him bedridden, during which time drying of tissues caused his lips to shrink and wrinkle. He began applying pieces of raw meat to his face and reported that after the first overnight application, approximately 10% of his wrinkles disappeared. He continued the practice a couple of times per week and described it reducing wrinkles by 2% to 4% each session.

He preferred sirloin for this purpose because it is the sweetest. He kept the meat on his face for five to six hours while sleeping overnight, holding it in place with a silk ski mask, which he specified was black silk. He noted that 50% of the scarring on his nose and forehead from a skin cancer condition was reduced through approximately four applications of this method. He acknowledged the meat cannot be eaten afterward because it is too dry by morning, and he described leaving it for crows and vultures.

He also described a separate protocol involving honey rubbed into skin with saliva as a carrier rather than water. The saliva was used first to thin the honey so it would spread across the skin easily without excessive stickiness. He reported that women who used this method experienced a 20% reduction in facial lines from only six applications. He noted that combining this honey-saliva application with oil produced a more intensive effect that could cause rashes as old scar tissue and stored chemicals discharged through the skin. He examined some of the crystallized material coming out under a microscope and identified it as tetracycline.

Aajonus described bone marrow applied topically as producing dramatic results for wrinkle reduction. He stated that applying bone marrow to the skin every day would result in approximately 80% of wrinkles being gone within six weeks. He distinguished this from cosmetic nanotechnology, which he described as poisoning cells to cause them to lose their memory and artificially relax, contrasting that approach with bone marrow, which provides the stem cells needed for actual skin regeneration.

He cited the case of a woman in her mid-30s who had been chronically fatigued since age 20 and had always had very dry skin with insufficient moisture. She had been using the Primal Facial Body Care Cream externally, but this fed the skin from the outside rather than from within, and he noted she had not consumed enough fat through her diet to properly lubricate the skin from the inside. When he began having her apply bone marrow directly to her skin in addition to the cream, the results were significant. He added bone marrow to the standard cream recipe for her as an additional ingredient.

For a patient with breast cancer history and very thick, scarred skin with what he called adipose tissue accumulation, Aajonus described a preparation using three ounces of raw cream combined with an ounce of ginger juice, blended together to make a whipped cream texture. She applied this all over her body.

He also noted more broadly that the skin cells are not designed to consume oils in the way pressed oils provide them. Pressed oils, including almond oil, he said will dry out the skin because they are oil-soluble only. Butter, or the Primal Facial Body Care Cream, are better suited because they provide fats in a form the skin can actually use. He described coconut cream as superior to coconut oil for skin use because coconut cream contains both oil-soluble and water-soluble fats, while pressed coconut oil is only oil-soluble.

Aajonus mentioned urine as a traditional and effective skin treatment, citing his mother's experience. His mother had severe teenage acne and was advised by a neighbor to wash her face with her own urine. She did so despite being vain about her appearance, the acne cleared, and she returned to urine whenever acne recurred. He explained the mechanism as follows: urine delivers microscopic amounts of fat into the cells in the area being treated, so when toxic substances exit through the pores, the skin is protected and not irritated. Urine also contains acetates broken down to very fine molecules that reduce the poisons in the pores to a fluid state, allowing white blood cells to process and remove them without the skin being visibly damaged.

He also described urine as an Ayurvedic treatment for skin irritation from plants such as poison oak, stating that rubbing urine onto affected areas once or twice daily and leaving it on all day and night subdues irritation and heals the condition. The ammonia and proteins in urine help dilute and neutralize oils that have penetrated deep into the skin.

Running through all of Aajonus's makeup-related discussion is the argument that visible health markers, specifically good skin color, pink cheeks, and bright lips, are produced by diet and specifically by the consumption of raw dairy and raw animal fats, not by cosmetic application. He pointed repeatedly to historical imagery of Swiss mountain people, described as having vibrant pink and red cheeks from a diet centered on raw dairy. He contrasted this with the modern situation in which people eat cooked, processed, nutrient-depleted food and then use toxic cosmetics to simulate the appearance of the health they lack.

He made this point concretely through the example of Kirstie Alley, who he said came onto his diet and developed visible color and vibrancy that she had never had before, even during her years on the television series Cheers. He also used concentration camp stories to make the same point in an extreme register: even in that context, people used color, specifically blood, to simulate the appearance of health because health signaled survival. Makeup, in his full analysis, is always a simulation of something that diet actually produces, and every version of that simulation involves some degree of toxicity unless the colorants are whole raw foods applied directly.