Joshua Otis Miller, our CEO, has been voted into the Director’s Guild of America! This is a monumental achievement for Joshua. Being voted into the Director’s Guild of America is THE highest level of recognition for a director in the production industry. 

We couldn’t be more proud of our commander in chief and his achievement! To have been voted in means that other members of the DGA like Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, and Ron Howard recognized the immense talent and dedication Josh puts into every one of his films.

Thank you, Director’s Guild of America members!

We would like to thank the members of the Director’s Guild of America for this golden opportunity you handed to Joshua. Becoming a member of the DGA has been Josh’s goal for a while now and being able to achieve this goal is a testament to how dedicated Josh is to making sure that every production, be it corporate work or a feature film, is produced at top-quality. This is an incredible accomplishment for Josh and one that we will continue to celebrate, but not too hard because there is more work to be done.

And a big o’ thank you, to you!

We want to take a second and say a big thank you to you, our clients and friends, for supporting Josh over the years. It’s because of your loyalty and trust that he was able to achieve greatness like this. We can’t wait to work with each and every one of you again, or for the first time, and show you what we can do as a crew run by a DGA director! Thank you for your continued support and thank you for being a part of this journey!

Congratulations, Josh! We are beyond proud of you for leading C&I Studios to greatness. We can’t wait to see what you achieve with this power. You deserve it!

What does this mean for US??!

Well, for one, this means that C&I Studios is destined for even greater productions. It cements our place as one of the top production companies in the industry because we are ran by one of the top directors in the world. We have limitless opportunities. With Joshua’s lead, C&I Studios will take over the film industry. Get ready to see more of Joshua Otis Miller and C&I Studios!

What does this mean for our clients?

It means that you are working with the best of the best, but I’m sure you knew that! Our crew’s skills and experience are only going to continue to grow. We will be among the best in the industry and will continue to produce the highest quality productions you all are used to.

Social media is at the front of the race when it comes to pulling in new clients, building long-lasting businesses, and reaching people worldwide.

Whatever your gig is, an aesthetically appealing website will bring attraction running towards you and your brand. That’s why you need to be up to date on the newest web design trends.

With that being said, our team here at C & I Studios wants to help you catch the wave by showcasing 5 of Florida’s top web design trends this year. From picture-perfect to using color patterns to psychologically pull in consumers, we’ll help you make it happen.

So, how can we help you make your brand reach your marketing dreams? Read below for our take on these 2020 web design trends and how we’ve already provided amazing services for some of our clients.

CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

You’ve heard the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if that picture could catch the attention of ten thousand viewers online? How about 10 million viewers? With custom photography, you’re adding hints of your custom ‘flavor’ to your site, and that gives it a sense of personality. Are you ready to go viral? How about reaching that breakthrough to all of your goals?

Custom photography is one of the best web design trends right now. It will open the door for those friendly, trustworthy, and inviting kind of feelings with anyone that views your website. This is perfect for highlighting specific aspects of your business, perfect for launching a brand, and really shows off the tone of your business.

Say you’re selling swimsuits, by utilizing custom swimsuit photography you’re optimizing the quality of the pictures. This helps with showcasing your products and captures the details that make it stand out. Plus, it provides you with plenty of options to use that really show the angles of your products as well as gives you the material you can use as marketing material on social media.

Our custom videography can assist in highlighting products through professional filming, lighting, editing and more.  Do you need a cast & crew with makeup and hair? We can make that happen. If you need a model to help make your brand’s fashion pop, we can put that together, too! Every aspect showing off your brand in a movie-like scenario, we’ll customize it and make it help you stand out. We’ll help you share your voice and your ideas!

PSYCHOLOGY OF ORANGE

For years, colors and how we react to them have been studied to comprehend how each color impacts us. Which is why color usage is one the most effective web design trends Blue has made waves with social media platforms and major websites, taking over move major designs. It’s shown to be calming, more preferred by men, and known to pull people in and keep them awake and on a website for hours on end.

However, in 2020 Orange is the new blue. Psychologically, it’s been proven that the color orange makes people feel a variety of emotions. Most often it’s used to reflect excitement and show warmth. Many people reflect on it as a color that entices balance and makes them feel rejuvenated. So no wonder its one of the best web design trends right now! Businesses have been using it as a marketing tactic to represent how friendly and inviting they are, drawing in consumers based off of that positive energy that comes with the color.

Using orange in-text lettering and your call to action buttons is a great way to grab attention for those important must-see links. It helps highlight products and services, encouraging people to purchase your service or product.

PALM TREES AESTHETIC

Vibrant colors, summer scenes, and sunlit images scroll across the screen – people will be captivated by your set up! Palm trees are one of the most photographed backgrounds worldwide. They’re often used to evoke a peaceful yet happy emotion, showing off a bright atmosphere and offering a clean yet gorgeous setting. So of course, they are one of the best web design trends to utilize.

Whether you’re in the business of hosting the next big event or you want to attract people to stay at your hotel, show off those Florida palm trees to drive a little excitement. We recently used them to showcase the gorgeous architecture of the Glavovic Studio in Fort Lauderdale. They offered an artistic outline to really boost the architecture of Glavovic’s layout.

DRONE FOOTAGE

In terms of web design trends, drones are becoming increasingly prominent. They have been on the rise for popularity in the last few years, and through constant advances in their development, they’ve become an incredible tool for photographers to use. Imagine hosting that all too craved event of the year and capturing the large crowds from the sky. Maybe you’d like to record the sunrise or sunset as it ascends and descends in time with your skyrise apartment building. The opportunities are limitless.

We’ve captured some of the most astonishing views with drones, like the Dalmar Hotel, and the outcome has been mindblowing. Not only does it capture the city life below, the hustle and bustle on the ground, but it also produces this quality scene that highlights your business in all the right angles as it stands tall and proud. Talk about leaving an imprint on your consumers.

BEACH LIFE

Last on our list of web design trends, but just as important as the others, is sharing the intoxicating design of the beach life. We recently filmed a surplus of material for Montce Swim’s website and brand to provide them with the highest opportunity to showcase their swimwear. The reason highlighting ideas like this are so popular is because of how exciting it is to hear about the summer. Web design trends revolving around the beach bring goods vibes, high moods, and the happiness of warm weather with adventure.

By using our custom photography services, Montce’s received a unique advantage for its marketing team. We used multiple locations to shoot some incredible footage and even had enough leftover footage to create six additional edits they could use for social media. From the beach to showing off the city, we captured as many aspects of how beautiful the beach life is. We even hit up an artist’s walkway of graffiti and beautiful colors to add in some extra attraction.

Think your dream is too big? Dream bigger! Use these Florida web design trends to create content that is out of this world!

Businesses focusing on the summer seasons, the excitement of vacation, or anything related to the beach and all it offers should definitely direct their web design to showcase just that. It’s authentic, adventurous, and it motivates people to prepare for the next trip.

C&I STUDIOS CAN HELP

So now that you know the hottest Florida web design trends of 2020, what’s your next step? If designing your own website sounds challenging or you’re not sure where to start, reach out to us at C&I Studios. We’re an idea agency that focuses on content creation to bring you top of the line web design, branding, film and photography content for marketing and a surplus of other services. We will help you incorporate the hottest web design trends into your content.

Our team specializes in doing the impossible, making your brand stand out above the others and capturing what makes you unique. No matter how big or small your brand is, we want to work with you to create something magical. Don’t hesitate to dream big with us, because we will help make your biggest goals a reality.

While you may be gasping with envy at such an accomplishment, let’s back it up and recap Kylie’s journey to fame and fortune.

The 1997 baby born into notoriety and privilege, Kylie Kristen Jenner, has captivated households across America since her family’s reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, first lit tv screens. With thousands of fans obsessing over each Jenner-Kardashian plot twist and turn, baby, surgery, fashion style, and trend, breakup, makeup, and marriage, along with several spin-offs series, including Life of Kylie — it’s no wonder the world was ready when Kylie Cosmetics hit the shelves at Ulta.

But is Kylie Jenner the youngest self-made billionaire? That’s pushing it.

Since the infamous E! series debuted on Oct. 14, 2007, though it has continually bombed in the critic’s eye, it has soared with top ratings and remained as the longest running reality-show series thanks to the two camps; the adoring fashionistas who follow Jenner-Kardashian fashion cues and those with guilty-pleasure find their own curiosity entangled in the narratives of the rich and famous. Whether you love the show or abhor it, its success has banked the green and secured an international fan base for each of the family members including, Kylie.

Being born into a family at home in the spotlight coupled with growing up on reality-show that provided a cult following well into the millions was the recipe for Kylie Cosmetic’s ‘overnight’ success.

It’s that simple. The scene was set. The players positioned. The audience anticipating. And just like that, when Kylie Cosmetics went live on Instagram, millions of fans double-tapped to make their purchase scaling profit off the charts. Although Kylie, was already a household name in showbiz, it was the launch of Kylie Cosmetics that landed her in the history books as the youngest “self-made” billionaire.

Hmmm, so how is the privileged Jenner “self-made”?

Ours aren’t the only eyebrows raised. Across many media outlets, people are starting to question Forbes’ standards. According to Forbes, “Kylie is ‘self-made’ as someone who has built a company or established a fortune on her own, rather than inheriting some or all of it. As long as the list member didn’t inherit a business or money, she is labeled self-made.”

Unified with Forbes definition, Jenner explains that from the age of 15 her parents cut off her inheritance requiring her to generate her own wealth from that point forward. Defending her history-making title, “The self-made thing is true. What I’m trying to say is I did have a platform, but none of my money is inherited.”

Convincing?

Not in the slightest.

Forbes goes on to identify a sliding scale created in which they rank how self-made a business person actually is. The scale ranges from 1-10. For someone who has inherited everything will take their position at 1. Whereas, for someone who grew up impoverished and then overcame substantial obstacles will land at a 10, such as Oprah Winfrey.

On the scale, Forbes placed the plight of Kylie Jenner’s achievements as high as a 7, explaining that although she was born into a famous family, she has leveraged her influence to her own advantage.

Hold up.

Doesn’t that sound like Jenner should be at least at a 1 or 2? Certainly not a 7. Did she not grow up in provision, privilege, and prestige prior to 15 and then go to become a millionaire while living on-screen with her celebrity family? Sure, she became a billionaire, only after her family set her up to become a millionaire.

Let’s put it this way, Jenner cruised to the bank in a Lamborghini with no stop lights, yields, or traffic. All she had to do was hit the pedal. Whereas fellow icons on Forbes’ 400 Self-Made list started from scratch, walking their way to the bank, overcoming pot holes, reckless drivers, and the downpour of rain, followed by the scorching sun on their backs.

Take tv-legend, Oprah Winfrey. The internationally-acclaimed celebrity now was born far away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood when she birthed to a single, teenage mother in the poor rural outskirts of Mississippi. From there, she grew up with her father in the inner-city of Milwaukee. After encountering the unimaginable assault of sexual abuse, Winfrey became pregnant at the age of 14. However, this precious child did not survive its premature birth. With the weight of the world baring down upon her such a young age, she forged forward. While in high school, she landed a job in radio. By the time she was 19, she became a co-anchor on local evening news station which unknowingly became her springboard into her history-making career in day-time tv.

So, how again did Forbes decide the achievements of Jenner ranked so closely to the triumph of Oprah?

Not quite sure.

The sobering thing is… we are seeing that when society measures success and promotes one’s accomplishments over another it is actually redefining and reshaping our understanding of what it means to be history-makers and culture-shifters. Frankly, the Jenner narrative doesn’t sit well with us.

Yet, we would be amiss to not let her achievements as the youngest billionaire stir us, provoke us, and spur us onward towards our pursuits.

Landing anywhere on the scale 1-10, success is celebrated. Yet, it always comes with a chance, a shot, an open door, an opportunity. No matter how grand, privileged, accessible, or seemingly hidden, small or downright insignificant, we have all needed someone. Whether it’s been a path paved by inheritance or influence or that one long shot to talk to someone who knew a person who knew that one person who would give you 2 min. of their time- we all have someone to be thankful for. It takes a tribe to succeed, even if just one who believes, pulls, and pushes you, uplifts, and even carries you over the line, all the while they applaud.

Likewise, we will do the same, be that someone for someone.

Fortune or poverty, won’t define our future, because we believe nothing is impossible for those who dream and do. How we arrive; how we pursue, press on, forge thru, battle on, conquer above, and greet our dreams face to face will look different, feel different, be rewarded and recorded different, but it will be savored and celebrated. As Eleanor Roosevelt says,

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

It’s time to stop gasping at Kylie’s headline. Dream and do.

We’ve been asking ourselves… what exactly will it take?

On Friday, the airport we frequent on average more than once a week, made us the most recent city to become a #pray for hashtag.  Five people were killed, six seriously injured, and countless people went through an unthinkably tragic trauma.

We have opinions–strong ones–about gun violence.  We believe that there are ways to mitigate the sheer volume of gun related deaths in our country.  We believe that innocent people should not be senselessly mowed down when waiting for their bags at the carousel.  We believe that some of this can be prevented.

We don’t believe that this is going to go away (evil people will do evil things with whatever resources they have available). We don’t believe that everyone should turn in their guns (It’s called gun control, not gun elimination).  And we don’t believe that it’s easy to change anyone’s minds as it pertains to the second amendment.

But we’d like to talk about it.  We have charts that we’ve studied, we have read the actual second amendment, from “well regulated” to “not be infringed”.  We understand the argument from a federal power vs. states rights viewpoint.  The fact of the matter is that some states make it easier to purchase an AK-47 than it is to own a dog or sell milk.  That seems silly to us.

There are thousands of articles out there like this. Thousands of people spouting off these facts, and displaying these charts, and listing these victims, and pointing towards these petitions, and giving these Congressional email addresses.

But right now, we want to open a discussion.  Because we would rather there be a conversation than a one-sided diatribe.

If you are against strict federal gun control laws: Why do you feel that gun ownership should have a wide window of minimum requirements?  What happens during a firearm purchase in Louisiana is vastly different than what happens in California.

On a personal level, if you own a firearm, why? Do you think it should be easy to own one?

After 9/11, the federal government formed the TSA.  And yeah, it has caused headaches for all of us, but we are all behind it, because we believe it makes us safer.  So… what will it take for us to all get behind more thorough federal regulations of gun ownership?  If tragedy after tragedy in movie theaters, universities, grocery stores, nightclubs, churches don’t do it… If 20 first-graders don’t do it… What is going to do it?

Today, we will elect the next leader of the free world. Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. And no, we can’t elect Barack again, and it’s a bit too late for Michelle to jump in (Michelle 2020!).

Politics is war, and I’m not sure it should be that way or not, but it is.  We have filmed commercials for many political campaigns over the years, and one thing is very true; you really have to pay attention to what the real message is.

Campaign managers are smart, way smarter than you or I.  While they are on TV saying one thing, they are making you feel a completely different thing. It’s an amazing magic trick.  You have to pay attention to the sleight of hand.

Their goal is to paint this picture that the world around you is so bad, that these are two horrible candidates, and, sometimes, that there is no purpose of voting at all.  That your stupid little vote among the millions and millions of people is so worthless.

That is the Magic Trick, and people really do fall for it, all across the country. Many millennials are falling for it.

I hear so many conversations about why people feel like their voices don’t matter, things like:

“Well, I just don’t like her” (You don’t have to–she’s qualified.)

“Well, both candidates are awful” (Stop complaining, and just choose one.)

Here is the reality of the situation: we have a very qualified individual applying for the most important job in the country, and we have one who has not shown the aptitude or character for the job.  You are in the interviewer’s chair, you have their applications on your desk… you can’t get up and walk out of the room, never to return again.  As an American, this is part of your job.  You can’t run away from it, you need to make a choice.

Now, we have already made our choice (yay, early voting!), but this is a group effort, and you need to do your part.  We believe that the most qualified individual should get the job, but this is America, and everyone gets to put in their opinion.

If you don’t vote, then you don’t get to contribute or be a part of any political conversation at all, for the next four years.  Just… shut up.  You don’t get to joke about moving to Europe, or Canada, or talk bad about Obamacare or whatever.  You discredit anything you could possibly say in a conversation by the mere fact that, when you had an opportunity to make a valuable contribution, you didn’t.

I like what my main man Louis CK said (see video below)

“If you vote for Hilary, you’re a grown up;

If you vote for Trump, you’re a sucker;

If you don’t vote, you’re an asshole.”

Today, don’t be an asshole.

We welcome guest blogger, Salma El-Wardany.  Check out her insta.

The death of life and the discontent of a nation

By nation, I mean the whole fucking world. Reality seems to have been suspended, indefinitely, and we’ve accepted a new kind of world, one that is strange and lonely, broken and a little bit empty.

On one side of the pond, Great Britain just kicked themselves out of the EU. America is flirting with the possibility of voting in one of the most ludicrous presidential candidates the free world has ever seen. Right wing sentiment is getting more air-time than it ever has before. The Great Barrier Reef is dead, which literally tells you everything you need to know about climate change. Consumerism is at an all time high, and we’re just so very tired.

We work twelve hour days at tiny desks, while the air conditioning circulates dead dreams and failed ambitions. We don’t like the people we report to and, sometimes, we like our colleagues even less. All the hours we work never seems to amount to hard cash, and we’re still broke. Pensions are a relic of the olden days and retirement is basically a myth. On tired train journeys home we look at BuzzFeed articles with titles like; ‘All the mansions you could afford to live in if you lived anywhere but where you currently live.’ While BuzzFeed is hilarious at times, I could swear its sole purpose is to make you feel shit about your life. It’s a conciliatory place to laugh your troubles away with everyone else who is in an equally bad boat as you. As for love, it’s become so accessible via tiny apps on your phone, that now nobody seems to want it. We’ve saturated the market and no one is buying anymore. We just jump from bed to bed, throwing away relationships as easily as we do our phones the minute the new iPhone hits the market.

Something is terribly wrong. The stench of discontent clings to everything, and I am no longer sure if we’re living, or existing. Can you remember the last time you lived? Like, really lived with a reckless, happy abandon, full of joy and hope for the future? I can’t remember the last time I felt anything but fear for the future. What debt university tuition fees would bring, what job I was going to get in the recession, how I was ever going to get on the property ladder, will I ever find anyone to swipe right to on Tinder, what Brexit means for me, what happens if Trump gets in… and on and on and on.

And it’s easy to sit and grumble about your trials and tribulations. Hell, I could write for days about how shit everything is right now. But no, this isn’t one of those articles that bemoans everything, because let’s be honest, there is enough of them out there.

This is a call to arms. This is an action. A shout. A cry for help and a plea for change. It’s me standing up and saying let’s build the barricades.  Come and stand with me. It’s a hope and a prayer. It’s getting off the carousel and putting my head above the parapet. It’s a dream. A vision. A call to humanity. A stand. A revolution, and it’s long past time we had one. It’s a desire and a want for something more than whatever Instagram is selling us this month. This is the acknowledgement that the way we’re living isn’t right, and it’s time for a change.

It’s easy to see the catastrophic events that are happening around the world in isolation; from wars, to economic crashes, police brutality and dead Syrian babies washed up on empty beaches. But in reality, they are part of a complex structure, intertwined and run by the financiers of this world to create a system of power. A system of discord and uncertainty that keeps us all afraid, guessing and constantly unhappy. Fear, uncertainty and misery are powerful weapons to command.

Fearful people don’t know what to stand for, and when no one is standing, there stands no opposition. A miserable nation constantly buys houses and cars, watches and bags in an attempt to grasp happiness. Our pursuit of happiness happily feeds the economy. An uncertain population does nothing. They sit and continue to read ridiculous articles about how shit their lives are while sharing the latest viral post of ’10 instances of genuine human kindness’. Or something like that. I know you roll your eyes when you see these kind of titles on your Facebook feed, but did you ever stop and wonder why you see so many articles like that? Yes, they’re mostly rubbish, but articles like that go viral because we’re all craving basic human values that we seem to have lost in this new world.

Money is all we aspire to. Love is disposable. Loyalty interchangeable and kindness is weak. That is our world today.

There may be clowns on the street, but Batman isn’t going to sweep in and clean the city up for us. It’s on us. It’s our time to stop accepting this insane world we’re living in and start doing something.

And that sounds terrifying because a revolution means rebels, and rebels die a lot of the time. But no one is asking you to start throwing rocks at tanks or living on the streets. That’s not the revolution we need. We need a human change that revolutionizes the things we hold dear. We need to shift our values onto a better cause than our materialistic possessions. The ‘Top Ten Fall Outfits of 2016’ is absolutely, unequivocally not something worth fucking fighting for.

Instead, what if we started acknowledging that there is a problem. Silence is the most effective way of controlling the masses and by talking about things we normalize behaviour. Let’s start talking about the things that are wrong so it no longer becomes taboo.

What if we realized we didn’t need as much as the brands want us to have.

What if we started valuing time with friends and family, over money earned.

What if we accepted that we didn’t need to own houses, because we can’t take them to our graves anyway.

What if we actually stopped working at 5:30, and left our work phones in the office.

What if we all started telling our managers and bosses that twelve hours was unnecessary and not acceptable.

What if we didn’t spend ten bucks in Starbucks every day, and gave it to a cause instead.

What if we fundamentally changed the makeup of our day with small actions that were based in kindness and love. The kindness to give some of your wealth and time away, and the love to give your friends and family.

What if, every little thing we did, started to change the foundations of our society and we became a country rooted in community and the pursuit of living. Right now our society thrives on ownership and individualism. Everyone is so busy ‘making it on their own’ and trying to be some sort of hero as we accumulate more and more, or at least, die trying.

But here’s the thing that we’re all drastically missing. We weren’t built to be alone, and humans thrive in communities. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, when a beautiful sunset lights up the sky, you still stop and stare in wonder. The money, the cars, how many followers you have on Instagram, it doesn’t fucking matter. None of it matters. What matters are those sunsets and who we share them with.

So it’s time to give the system your middle finger because it’s already taken most of your life. It doesn’t deserve anymore of it. And above all things, you deserve better. We all deserve to live better. Whatever it is that we’re all doing now, it’s not living. It doesn’t even come close.

Laguna Blends Partners with ArDoMi Media Group and C&I Studios to Amplify Market Expansion by Initiating a Media Marketing Campaign

KELOWNA, BC – September 28, 2016 – Laguna Blends Inc. (CSE: LAG) (OTC: LAGBF) (Frankfurt: LB6A.F) (the “Company” or “Laguna”), a network marketing company, announces that it has retained the digital marketing expertise of ArDoMi Media Group and C&I Studios to increase market awareness of the Company’s line of functional beverages made from high-quality hemp protein.  ArDoMi Media Group is collaborating with C&I Studios to launch an initial marketing campaign for Laguna Blends.

C&I Studios has worked with clients such as Polaroid, Nike, P&G, Sony, Universal, ESPN, lululemon, Coca Cola, American Apparel and more.
Los Angeles-based ArDoMi Media Group specializes in digital marketing and branded content, and has successfully developed and launched national and international marketing campaigns for industry-leading clients such as Nike, Adidas, Snickers, Verizon, Spark Communications, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, P&G, Comcast and others.

For Laguna Blends, this caliber of branding and marketing expertise provides the opportunity to increase brand visibility in both targeted and unexplored markets. The initial media campaign’s production shoot date is scheduled for October 7th and 8^th 2016 in California.

“Having been immersed in the plant-based product world for years, I am excited to present Laguna Blends to the marketplace and promote its industry-leading products, bridging my experience that ranges from traditional forms of advertising to social media campaigns. We look forward to introducing Laguna Blends to many more mainstream consumers,” says Herb Dogan, partner and founder of ArDoMi Media Group and I-rey, Inc.

Joshua Miller, Executive Director of C&I Studios said, “We are excited to partner with ArDoMi Media Group for the production of the Laguna Blends Media Campaign. It’s not often that you find such a creative group of individuals to work with as well as such innovative products to rally behind. Producing this shoot in Los Angeles, California is going to be an amazing spring board to already exciting products. This will for sure be a campaign to keep your eyes on.”

“We continue to see increasing awareness and acceptance of the vast health benefits of hemp, and our goal at Laguna Blends is to elevate our marketing strategies to become a leading supplier of hemp and CBD products. We are excited to partner with ArDoMi Media Group and C&I Studios to enhance our business profile and take the Laguna Blends brand to the next level, says Laguna Blends CEO Stuart Gray.”

Ray Grimm, President of Laguna Blends said, “Branding is critical and ArDoMi has the knowledge and expertise in bringing new products into the market through their marketing and social media campaigns.  We are pleased to be partnering with both ArDoMi and C&I Studios, world class Marketing and Media Companies.”

Functional Beverage Products

“Caffe” is an instant, “just add water” hot coffee beverage that is infused with both whey and hemp protein. With 2 grams of protein in every serving, Laguna’s proprietary product packs a powerful protein punch. Caffe, contains Instant coffee, whey protein hydrolysate, hemp protein, natural flavors.

“Pro369” is a single serving, “on-the-go,” plant based, instant, hemp protein that is served cold and comes in 4 delicious flavors. Pro369 is water soluble and can be directly mixed in water, added to milk, almond milk or coconut milk. Pro369 can also be blended in a shake or smoothie. Pro369 is also a source of Omegas, 3, 6 and 9 and contains ginseng.

Laguna Blends has been granted approval from Health Canada for four powdered Pro369 flavours:  Chocolate Banana, Mixed Berry and Vanilla Caramel and Tropical Powder.  Pro369 contains Hemp protein, natural flavors, stevia, and American ginseng.

The Minister of Health from Health Canada has granted Laguna a product license along with a Natural Product Number (“NPN”) for all four of the Pro369 Flavours. They are all listed under the same NPN.

• A source of protein that helps build and repair body tissues.
• Source of amino acids involved in muscle protein synthesis.
• Assists in the building of lean muscle.
• An adaptogen to help maintain a healthy immune system.

Supportive therapy for the promotion of healthy glucose levels.

HempOmega®

HempOmega® is an environmentally sustainable, vegetarian source of Omegas 3 and 6 that boasts a superior nutrient profile. A water soluble, homogenous, powdered ingredient, it can be easily integrated and/or manipulated, with no unpleasant taste or chemical contamination – opening up entirely new product formulation opportunities. Hemp Omega’s greater ability to endure the digestive process delivers unmatched bioavailability, thereby maximizing its potential health benefits.

Hemp has long been recognized by the health and nutrition industry as a super food, cited in many publications as a balanced source of all ingredients required to achieve health and wellness.

CannaCeuticals, CBD Skin Care Products

“CannaCeuticals” Swiss heritage is at the core of Canna’s revolutionary skincare products. It’s pure, cosmeceutical-grade CBD extract hails from the crisp, clean air of Switzerland, but Canna’s heritage goes much further than that. Swiss culture is known for its precision and perfectionism, and CannaCeuticals radiates that same standard in every formula it produces.  Canna’s team of formulators are made up of chemists and product developers that analyze every detail, sourcing ingredients from all ends of the earth to create the most balanced, highly efficacious, anti-aging CBD skincare products in the world.

CannaCeuticals CBD7 anti-aging skincare products incorporate cannabidiol (CBD), a superior antioxidant and a potential anti-inflammatory agent, both of which are significant in anti-aging. Canna’s Swiss heritage influences a sense of unity in its products, and it combines CBD with other essential anti-aging ingredients to create formulas that pack a powerful punch.

Clinical trials were conducted by BioScreen Testing Services, Inc., a third party FDA approved lab located in the USA.  The test subjects that used the Cannaceutical facial serum noticed a 100% overall improvement of the skin appearance within a two-week period.

Laguna has signed a distribution agreement with ISO International, LLC, a transaction under which Laguna has acquired the exclusive right to market, promote and distribute seven CBD skin care products of CannaCeuticals of California, USA (“Canna”)

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We keep on trying to find something meaningful to add to the discourse. Video after video after video. Very violent ones, with blood and screams and terror. It’s easy to want to turn your head and look away, or to see the “Graphic Content” disclosure and scroll past it, but maybe it needs to be watched. Maybe you need to see that weirdly contorted arm with blood gushing out of it. Maybe you need to hear the screams of disbelief. It’s very comfortable where you are right now, perhaps, and seeing a video of a man dying might throw you off for the rest of the day.

Today’s video comes to us from just down the street, and it doesn’t show the bloody part, but it does show the fear part, the disbelief part. From about 50 yards away, a SWAT trained officer, using an rifle, couldn’t distinguish between a toy truck and a weapon. He was told it was a toy truck, but the current explanation is that he was trying to protect the man he shot — by attempting to shoot the autistic man with the toy truck. We won’t delve into the massive list of questions that this raises. (Why was the victim cuffed afterwards? How could three shots miss the supposed gun-wielding autistic guy from such a close range? Why not just listen to the therapist laying on the ground, who is clearly explaining the situation at hand?)

Maybe you’re wondering, what is the deal with this? All of the sudden, so many incidents, it’s an epidemic! No, no. All of the sudden, so many phones that can take video of what has been going on for decades, it’s a chronic disease.

There is a very long and growing list of people, of mostly black men, who have died because they are unfairly targeted by armed men, whether police or citizen cop. If you aren’t black, you probably haven’t had enough of an opportunity to be moved by it, to feel uncomfortable. If you are black, you might say a little prayer when you stick your key in the ignition every day, because the reality is that all it takes is one self-aggrandized officer crossing your path to steal your life away.

There is something in the air right now, and it is going to go beyond the hashtags. What does “to serve and protect” look like? What should it look like? At what point do we, as a nation, join our voices together and say, “Okay, that’s enough. This is a problem that needs to be solved, and now.”? And at what point do you, yourself, step out from behind your binoculars and be a participant rather than an observer?

We never want to post an article without suggesting practical things you can do to be a part of the change. This one is more complicated. Besides protesting, what can practically be done to fix this deeply rooted problem?

Be a part of the change.

Orlando.

By now, everyone has spoken out against the absolute horror that struck a town not too far from our headquarters.  The temporary Facebook profile pics are up, the hashtags are flowing, the gun control debate is raging, the anti-Muslim rhetoric increasing… this is how we do this.  Someone takes a gun into a crowded place, shoots people, and the best we can do is add a profoundly captioned black and white selfie to Instagram, or perhaps a skyline shot.  It’s noise, and we are fooling ourselves if we think it is making a difference.

So, rather than contribute to the noise, we want to suggest real action you can take, to help Orlando and to help society.

TALK TO PEOPLE.

Don’t tweet or post or snap. Look at someone in the eyes and have a real conversation about guns, about hate, about terror and fear.

Incidents like these can be very isolating, and members of the LGBTQ community are already often the victims of exclusion and isolation. So talk to your friends who identify as LGBTQ. A genuine conversation will go a lot further than your hashtag.

WRITE AN EMAIL OR A LETTER.

In America, you can go to a gun show, and buy an assault-style rifle without a background check, and this is legal.  You can go to a dealer, pull out some cash, and pick up a semi-automatic without even producing an ID.  Easier than picking up a 6-pack of some craft brew. If this seems stupid to you, it’s because it is.

Is your Congressman or woman checking out your Twitter? Looking at trending hashtags? No, no they are not. But maybe if enough of us let them know that we’re sick of this, they’ll do something about how ridiculously easy it is to acquire a firearm that can kill hundreds of people in a matter of minutes.  Gun control is just that—gun CONTROL.  Not gun elimination. 

Here’s a quick guide to contacting your Congressman.

PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

49 people lost their lives Sunday morning. They didn’t go to Pulse that night asking for their eventual victimization to become a talking point in America.  They were real people with friends and families and dogs and cats and jobs and hopes and dreams. Now their families suddenly have to maneuver through funerals and cleaning out apartments and trying to figure out how they are supposed to put one foot in front of the other each day.  Send a couple bucks their way. Here’s a legit GoFundMe that will help those family members.

And learn just a little bit about the victims here.

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There’s a lot more that we want to say from behind our Macbook screens, but honestly, we are sick of all of the talk.  Let’s actually do something this time.

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