Natural Beauty
Mineral Oil's Unhealthy Dark Side
In our quest for healthy, silky skin, were bombarded with a multitude of options: lotions for dryness, moisturizers for sensitive skin, medicated creams for rashes, and so much more. But even the healthiest sounding ingredients can pose risks to our health. Case in point:...
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Make Your Own Herbal Chapped Lip Balm
We keep our lips pretty busy on a daily basis: eating, sipping, talking, smooching…its good stuff! So much so, in fact, that we can find ourselves utterly disturbed by dry, cracked and sore lips due to blistery winter weather. But dont slather on the petroleum products! Heal a...
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A Detox Facial... for Your Vagina
Detoxing your vagina may sound like an odd and even tender torment, but Asian women have been doing it for centuries to regulate their menstrual cycles. The ancient tradition uses a combination of herbs that claim to reduce stress, fight infection, clear hemorrhoids and aid fe...
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Living With Age Spots
I’ve always admitted to being vain. I got that way from my mom. It’s embarrassing. I remember a time very close to the end of her life when she was well into her 90s. She was in the hospital and I was sitting by her bedside. And she kept looking at me and finally said, “You’re...
Read more...Homemade Face Masks
Simple, easy to make homemade face masks can be an important step in good skin care. There is a mask for every skin type and every skin need and the ingredients are often as close as your kitchen. Need to moisturize try a mask. Oily skin problems try a mask. Dull, ti...
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How To Get Rid Of Cellulite
Summer’s Coming. Got Cellulite? Try skin brushing. Skin brushing every morning and evening helps to move the trapped fat towards lymph nodes. Check out this article to learn the proper technique. For faster results, increase your water intake, decrease caffeine, and start each...
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Gratitude: The Beauty Elixir
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”—Albert Einstein Gratitude is a beauty elixir and a secret to life that beautiful women know. Gratitude turns all the switches on. Focus...
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Can Food Help Dry Skin?
Q: My skin tends to get very dry in the winter. Are there any foods that can help?A: In fact, there are. First of all, make sure that you’re hydrated. In the colder months it’s easy to neglect water intake, or to substitute hot caffeinated beverages (which tend to dehydra...
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Product Love – HollyBeth’s Natural Luxury
Finding a new product that really tickles your fancy is always a sweet spot in the day. Well, my latest is HollyBeth’s Grits & Honey Scrub. Grits & Honey is a blend of corn meal, honey and sweet almond oil, resulting in the most magnificent scrub. I ha...
Read more...HERBS ‘N SPICES: BATH BODY RECIPES
A few of you have been asking for bath and body type herbal recipes, and today I have a few to try out. Do remember, if you have sensitive skin or tend to have allergies try these out on a small area first. The sugar scrub recipe was asked for too, and it’s a simple scrub ...
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Nubar Vegan Nail Polish
Question: In what ways do you practice ahimsa , or compassion, off the mat? Companies that bring this yogic yama, or lifestyle practice, into their business model inspire us to take our personal practice even further. Founded in 2000 as the healthy alte...
Read more...Making Natural Perfumes at Home
Centuries ago all perfumes were made from natural elements such as plants; however today most commercial perfumes are made from synthetic ingredients. Since I began working with essential oils in aromatherapy I have found that I have become more and more allergic...
Read more...8 Hair Loss Prevention Tips
It;s usually easier to prevent a problem than it fix it. If you want to keep a full head of hair for the rest of your life, AskMen.com gives eight tips for hair loss prevention. They can't hurt, and they might help. As we age, our bodies inevitably age wit...
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First time Organic Natural Hair Color
Before this experience I had never used a Natural Hair Color - or natural anything, for that matter. I always had a bad time getting my hair done. Ever since I was young I would dread getting my hair colored, but still did it regardless. I knew it wasnt natur...
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6 tips to help you feel good in a swimsuit
I don’t know about you guys, but now that July 4th is here, pool and beach season is in full swing for me. June has been a bit chilly here in Indiana, and we are (no doubt) in store for a big warm up in July. Expect to see lots of pictures of me in my swimsuit. ...
Read more...The ABCs of Sun Protection for your Tween
By Deborah Hernan The summer season provides a unique opportunity to teach our beautiful daughters a critically important life skill: How to protect her face from the sun. Source: Flickr User teresawer “A” is for Always. We become keenly aware of the need for sun pro...
Read more...Divine Health From Your Home Spa
Once upon a time, a home spa was considered a luxury, an indulgence for the rich and famous. That is no longer the case. A home spa can now be considered, along with natural supplements, good nutrition and exercise, an important strategy for maintaining good health, reduci...
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Eco-Exfoliation
We have all been guilty of it at some point - when our consumerist instincts kick in and we come across the latest skincare products on the market, we can’t help but take a peek at what the industry has to offer, right? Of course. Simple browsing surely does no harm...
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Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balms
Just because winter is gone does not mean you should put away your lip balm. Summer can be just as drying on lips (and skin…and hair) as winter, and you still need to provide hydrating moisture to lips. Burt’s Bees new Tinted Lip Balms combine Burt’s outstanding lip...
Read more...Pallete By Nature
I used PBN 5N and 6GD on a 1:1 ratio and got very dark brown/black results. My hair is a natural dark ash brown with 25-50% graying. My scalp is still flaking little black dandruff after 2 weeks. I used lemon juice to lighten it up, which it did...a little. It does NOT cover g...
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Best Mascara Ever
From the looks of the poll (see right-hand column) you would like to see more product reviews. Well guess what? I have LOTS of them for you! Over the past couple of months I have tried many new products – some brand new, some just new to me. Everything from skinc...
Read more...Almond Scrub
> Almond Ground (1-2 tbsp) > Almond Oil (2-4 tbsp) Mix these to ingredients together this is really good for the skin as the oil - almond oil is really moisturizing to the skin this scrub is good for all skin type . Directions - 1- make sure your skin is de...
Read more...Toxic Heavy Metals Found In Cosmetics
Here are the results of the tests: 100 percent of the products contained nickel, 96 percent contained lead and 90 percent contained beryllium. At least one of the products tested contained seven of the eight metals of concern (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mer...
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A House and Hot Weather
They put a house on the market, we made an offer, they countered, we countered, they countered again—and then we accepted. Insert sale pending sign here. Hooray! Now, we just need the home inspection to go well. After which, we can start counting down the days unti...
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Puff Be Gone: Eliminating Under-Eye Circles
Have you ever had one of those days in which your outfit was stunning, skin was glistening, your hair just perfect, but oh no….where did those raccoon eyes come from? Oh yes, as much as we adore the little critters of the wild kingdom, we don’t want to model our l...
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Around the World with Go-Anywhere Leggings
When you travel, three things are at a premium: • space • weight • versatilityYou want to bring things that weigh almost nothing, take up little space in your suitcase, and do double-or triple-duty as part of a multitude of different outfits.In the past e...
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Clarisea Clarifying Salt Treatment Review
I recently discovered a great natural solution for oily/acne prone skin from Clarisea. Its called Clarisea Clarifying Salt Treatment and its an all natural alternative to trying to clear up acne with harsh chemicals that strip and dry skin out. Its made with 100% nat...
Read more...Fake a Rosey, Flushed Glow
Fake the perfect rosy, natural flush with Benefits Benetint. A rose-tinted lip and cheek stain containing rosewater. This award winning lip and cheek stain is water...
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Operation: Beautiful Skin
One thing that I have always liked about my body is my skin. Not so much the skin on my body, but the skin on my face. Once I got past the fact that I was not, and was never going to be, a bronzed beauty, I embraced my super pale skin. I have always been complim...
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Skin-Smoothing Body Scrubs (Recipes)
Skin-smoothing or exfoliating body scrubs can sure be expensive, and there are concerns that they contain harmful chemicals such as dyes, colors and fragrances. Why not make your own? They may be a lot healthier, and they’re certainly cheaper. Here are some recipes ...
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Natural Cures for Achy Joints and Muscles
Are you going through pain in your joints and/or muscles? The cause may be something minor but you do not desire the discomfort. Prior to reaching for the pills, here are a few natural cures for achy joints and muscles. Maybe you’ve just began working out once again...
Read more...Tips For When Shopping For Skin Care Products
Putting your well-being in danger before you even take that first sip of coffee in the morning? Is it even possible? Unfortunately, far too many of us are sleepy-eyed when it comes to splashing the water on our faces in the morning and filling our morning routines with a c...
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Body Love
In this post, BakeryManis is sharing recipes of a different sort- for homemade health products including face scrubby and anti-fungal foot spray ! I have posted the delicious face + body scrub before, but I wanted to post it again as it is featured in the upcoming i...
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Spring Beauty Trend: Pretty Nails
This seasons nail colors work together to create a palette thats fresh, colorful, and just pretty! Spring is the perfect time to get rid of the old and start with new. Spring colors from pastels to brights are in and rocking the runways. E.l.f. (eyeslipsface), ...
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Lavera Organic Cosmetics Earth Day Special
Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd. And though the super green cosmetics brands I use and work with think about the earth every single day, this time of year lots of them are offering some really great deals on their wonderful (and season appropriate) products. ...
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Chintzy
Like that quick flutter when you chat with an old high school boyfriend (though you are now both old, married to others and parents several times over), so too was the gasp of delight when I realized that I could write a post about a woman I loved most dearly and verily i...
Read more...Do It Yourself Natural Beauty Tips
If your wallet isn’t agreeing with everyday beauty budgets, start searching your kitchen cabinets because you can find ingredients to create fresh, homemade, and even organic beauty solutions! Their more effective and cheaper then those expensive drugstore products and you...
Read more...GloMinerals
I have always been skeptical of mineral makeup because my sister uses it and it looks awful (she uses Bare Minerals); but because of asthma I am trying to find things that dont get into my body and cause cell inflammation or hormone upheavals. What I found was Glow Minera...
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Organic Lotion
Did you know that many of the chemicals in skin care products like lotion, make-up, and deodorant can find their way into your bloodstream? I think it’s important to give just as much attention to what we put on our bodies as to what we eat. Many lotions incl...
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Physicians Formula Bamboo Silk Press Powder
Physicians Formula is one of my favorite drugstore make-up lines, because they offer a high quality line of make-up at an affordable price, you can find them at your local drugstore and their creating more natural make-up products with organic ingredients that are toxi...
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