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Karapeka Olive is manufactured and distributed from Cape Town, South Africa. The manufacturing facility at our affiliated company, Edelweiss Pharmaceuticals, allows for on-going product development and research. The facility complies with the highest international quality requirements and manufacturing standards for cosmetics and is involved in continued research to improve the range of products. The products have been designed and are manufactured under the personal supervision of our pharmacist, James Gibson.

Karapeka is committed to developing products that use natural preservatives and are free of SLES and petroleum derivatives.

Karapeka Olive is a company that has focused it's efforts on the health and wellness sector. There are many facets to this massive industry and Karapeka Olive has chosen to concentrate on and to excel in skin care and nutritional supplementation, with special regard to the health of mature skin.

At first these may seem to be unrelated but there is no doubt that a healthy body contributes to healthy skin. Modern eating habits combined with constant exposure to radiation, pollution are a recipe for an unhealthy existence. Unless, that is, one adopt a pro-active regime of compensating for these negative forces. The Karapeka Olive approach for a healthy skin is thereby two pronged – excellent and effective skincare products aided by nutritional supplements.

Karapeka Olive has developed a range of skincare products that are world-class in terms of their quality core ingredients and in their approach to revitalizing your skin. We have taken advantage of the healing properties of botanical extracts and nutriceuticals. By formulating these ingredients into our base materials, our products transcend the traditional role of skin care products. The active ingredients in our skincare products have been scientifically proven to be the best available treatment to prevent, repair and restore damage to skin tissue.

By keeping our world-class products affordable we believe that Karapeka Olive will become a well respected company renown for effective, quality products. By achieving this we will build a sustainable and successful business. The owners and management of Karapeka Olive are committed to continued improvement and will constantly develop effective world-class products that take full advantage of the latest knowledge. We at Karapeka Olive are also committed to ethical business practices and sustainable relationships with our suppliers, our sales consultants and their customers.

James Gibson is the Managing Director and pharmaceutical inspiration behind the Karapeka Olive concept. He has many years of experience in the manufacturing of herbal and complementary pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. His depth of experience in the industry has culminated in the artful creation of the Karapeka Olive Range, whose essential formulation is a unique blend of distinctively African natural and herbal ingredients.

James is a pharmacist who holds a B.Pharm degree from the University of Cape Town, together with an MBA and an M.Phil in Futures Studies from the University of Stellenbosch. When time permits, he plays golf or takes to the mountains around Cape Town with his dogs. He enjoys oil painting and plays the Irish tenor banjo and the guitar. He loves treating his wife and children to the ballet and the opera.

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