BioSip Hair Pigment Regeneration Extract Ingredients: He Sho Wu (Fo Ti), Amla, Helichrysum, Gingko Biloba, Black Sesame Seed, Horsetail, Orange Peel, Red Cabbage, Rose Of Jericho, Vegetable Glycerin This is an application of the Doctrine of Signatures—the ancient philosophical framework that the physical characteristics of a plant reveal its therapeutic value—combined with modern structural mineralogy. For hairContinue reading “Shangri-La Green Update: New Adaptogenic Extracts & the ‘Doctrine Of Signatures’”
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Earth Month Project & Process Designs 🌎
Protein-Grafted Edible Resin For High-Volume Injection Molding April or Earth Month is a perfect time, especially in the post Artemis II glow, to put forth environmental design initiatives. Both of the attached presentations concern the modifications of existing industrial processes in order to modernize and optimize them for sustainability and public health. Both are important,Continue reading “Earth Month Project & Process Designs 🌎”
The Shangri-La Green Product Ethos
For the growing Shangri-La Green family of products the following values are important: Transparency, Quality, Sustainability & Artistry. While these are small batch products made in the studio, and not a factory, all ingredients are completely and accurately labeled. I research the most nourishing and effective recipes. It’s important to me for these products toContinue reading “The Shangri-La Green Product Ethos”
Shangri-La Green Store: Superfood Pecan Pie Butter
Ingredients: Pecans, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Molasses, Coconut Cream, Vanilla Extract (alcohol free) In a 12 oz glass jar, this delicious Pecan Pie Butter tastes like the dessert, and is made with love in a volcanic rock / basalt molcajete mortar and pestle which adds extra beneficial mineral content. The star of the superfood ingredients isContinue reading “Shangri-La Green Store: Superfood Pecan Pie Butter”
The Making of Regenerative “BioSip: Seeds Of Longevity” Cold Infusion
Ingredients: Natural Spring Water, Raw Honeycomb Honey, Sequoia seed, Quaking Aspen seed, Creosote seed, Pomegranate seed, Sequoia needle, Dried Basil, Dried Mint, Horsetail, Stonebreaker, Heal All, Horsetail, Cat’s Claw, Huamanpinta, Tomatillo Husk All of these high potency ingredients – especially the Creosote, of which there is only one seed included – are used sparingly. OnceContinue reading “The Making of Regenerative “BioSip: Seeds Of Longevity” Cold Infusion”
Shangri-La Green: Dark Bilberry Beet Tinted Lip Gloss – Batch B
Dark Bilberry Beet Tinted Lip Gloss – Batch B Batch B is the darker tint follow up to Light Bilberry Beet, and the color is just that “Bilberry Beet,” a rich deep magenta pink. The simple 4 ingredients are nourishing and moisturizing, and so beneficial, this tinted lip gloss is also edible. It’s worth notingContinue reading “Shangri-La Green: Dark Bilberry Beet Tinted Lip Gloss – Batch B”
Shangri-La Green: New From Small Batch Botanical Cosmetics
The latest offering from Shangri-La Green small batch, completely nourishing, botanical cosmetics is a modification of a previous recipe – with the same ethos of transparency and therapeutic biocompatibility with ingredients. There’s no alcohol or petroleum derivatives, and it comes in a completely metal container for extended shelf life and increased environmental sustainability. Ingredients: WhiteContinue reading “Shangri-La Green: New From Small Batch Botanical Cosmetics”
Of Futuristic Med Spas & Fine Water Cellars
The future now of healthcare is the medical Spa. This is what hospitals need to become as a much needed upgrade. Let’s have a soothing retreat with the latest physically noninvasive / non-damaging modalities and regenerative therapies, instead of outdated institutional torture that treats people (and animals) like lifeless meat instead of sacred, sentient multi-scaleContinue reading “Of Futuristic Med Spas & Fine Water Cellars”
GMXC: A Versatile, Fully Degradable & Edible Bioplastic
GMXC: A Versatile, Fully Degradable & Edible Bioplastic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395418803_GMXC_A_Versatile_Fully_Degradable_Edible_Bioplastic/references By Sarah Ikerd, Studio Shangri-La Multimedia, August 2025 Sarah.ikerd@studio-shangri-la.com http://www.studio-shangri-la.com; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Ikerd *THIS PAPER IS UNDERGOING REVISION – EXCERPTS BELOW* Abstract This design paper introduces a fully biodegradable, glucose-based bioplastic paste designed to replace conventional disposable plastics used in fast food containers, dinnerware, and single-use packaging. ComposedContinue reading “GMXC: A Versatile, Fully Degradable & Edible Bioplastic”
Return Of Specialty Store Shangri-La Green
Today’s SS news is that the specialty store has been reactivated! Currently there are two products available, and they both celebrate the amazing healing powers of adaptogens. They’re also both edible technically, an indication of wholesome and safe ingredients. I’m proud to transparently present these products of high quality and efficacy. Immortal Full Body ExfoliantContinue reading “Return Of Specialty Store Shangri-La Green”
5 Ways To Make A Positive Eco Impact At Home
Earth Month is the perfect time to embrace small yet impactful changes that contribute to both local and global sustainability. Here are five accessible actions to help build a more eco-conscious future—because even small shifts make a difference. Personally, I’ve enjoyed switching to bamboo toilet paper—it’s soft, sustainable, and a meaningful choice. Composting has alsoContinue reading “5 Ways To Make A Positive Eco Impact At Home”
A 4 Quadrant Solution For Waste Management & Plastics
With a high level systems thinking or systems engineering approach, even the most complex situations can be sifted into manageable categories and then simplified into the approachable, actionable steps. The above infographic simplifies the global waste management, and plastics and microplastics quandary into quadrants of solution. A quadrant is an instrument used for surveying, soContinue reading “A 4 Quadrant Solution For Waste Management & Plastics”
Evolutionary Biology, Technology + Philosophy: A Higher, Deeper Learning Of Sustainability & Energy Pathways
Humanity is getting rewired, and wired further, through our technologies, that mirror to and reflect from ourselves. Collective consciousness is making more of a shift from closed loop thinking, devices and dualities, to more open flexible systems and multidimensionality, in which we can employ multiple perspectives for advances and improvements in both technology and biology.Continue reading “Evolutionary Biology, Technology + Philosophy: A Higher, Deeper Learning Of Sustainability & Energy Pathways”
Everyday Environmentalism: Permaculture Begins At Home
Permaculture is a more natural form of agriculture that respects the natural intelligence of ecosystems and organisms with mindful harvesting. I recently took advantage of how easy this is to do with some mushrooms I purchased from Trader Joe’s that still had the mycelium on the base intact. Before lightly sauteeing the brown beech mushrooms,Continue reading “Everyday Environmentalism: Permaculture Begins At Home”
Design Of Experiment & Data Collection: Ionization Levels & Electron Affinity Of Water
Purpose: Seeking to ascertain the energetic differences between Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen and the state of liquid water — specifically, the ionization levels of the outer valence electrons. That is, what synergetic light wavelength stimulus could it take to move these elements, that also comprise the basic polymeric makeup of plastics, into a new butContinue reading “Design Of Experiment & Data Collection: Ionization Levels & Electron Affinity Of Water”
Design of Experiment (DoE): Light Energy + Molecular Dynamics For Transformation Of Plastic Into Water
Author: Sarah Ikerd, Studio Shangri-La, sarah.ikerd@studio-shangri-la.com Visualizations by Meta AI Llama 3 On ResearchGate The next step in creating photocatalytic circular waste receptacles that can transform plastic into water, as in the beautifully illustrated accompanying visualizations by Meta AI, is to specifically hone that process. The first focus will be on the common PET, althoughContinue reading “Design of Experiment (DoE): Light Energy + Molecular Dynamics For Transformation Of Plastic Into Water”
Microscopy, Materials Science & Functional Design For A Circular Photocatalytic Waste Receptacle
The next projected steps in the photocatalysis project for a circular ‘trashcan of the future’ are to get a more specific and efficient by understanding from the macro to the nano levels what is occurring and optimizing for the desired results of producing useful byproducts, most importantly water. That means developing a consist formula orContinue reading “Microscopy, Materials Science & Functional Design For A Circular Photocatalytic Waste Receptacle”
Philosophy + Evolutionary Biology: A New View Of Cancer & Making Peace With Microworld
With the entrance (and re-entry) of non-invasive medicine and new techniques for their implementation, modern health is turning towards making peace with nature, once again. Noninvasive medicine works synergistically with human biology, without invading or attacking. It’s important to remember that there are different realms of life on this planet, and they are designed toContinue reading “Philosophy + Evolutionary Biology: A New View Of Cancer & Making Peace With Microworld”
Studio Shangri-La Design + Lab: Bold Projects, Cures & Legacy Value
It comes to this — who will bravely build the cures for the greater value of benefit to society and legacy. On more than one occasion I’ve heard representatives from large institutions say they’re afraid of cures or solutions. From a business or competitive standpoint then, losing profit, running out of challenges or ideas toContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Design + Lab: Bold Projects, Cures & Legacy Value”
Health + Innovation: Non-Invasive Medicines Of The Future Now
Dr. McCoy: My god, what is this, the Dark Ages? Here, you swallow that. If you have a problem, just call me… Intern #1: Weintrub said radical chemotherapy or she’s gonna croak… Dr. McCoy: Unbelievable. Intern #1: You have a different view, Doctor? McCoy: It sounds like the goddam Spanish Inquisition! McCoy: My God, man, drilling holes in his headContinue reading “Health + Innovation: Non-Invasive Medicines Of The Future Now”
Studio Shangri-La Research Notes: Pathways From Plastic To Water
In constructing a process and device that uses a photochemistry to break down or rather transform plastics into useful byproducts such as water and hydrogen, it becomes necessary to delve into of course photonics, chemistry, physics, earth science and of course experimentation, application of the concepts in a learn-by-doing style. Climate action is of courseContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Research Notes: Pathways From Plastic To Water”