Need a last minute beauty gift? Life around the holidays can get a little chaotic. Between fast-approaching end-of-year projects, countless get-togethers, traveling, and the inevitable amount of time you’re clocking in the kitchen, holiday shopping can easily get pushed further and further down on that dreaded (and never-ending) to-do list. Luckily for you, there are [...]
Make your own vapor rub and healing salve During the winter months, runny/stuffy noses and colds are inevitable. Not being able to breath and having a raw, irritated nose is miserable. Vapor rub not only helps to decongest it also helps to heal the skin around the nose at lightening speed! In addition to the salve [...]
Acne scars, can you get rid of it? Here’s the deal with scars. There are two types: Pigmentation Acne Scars. These are your typical acne scars and most people are only dealing with this type… they’re basically just red or brown marks after your acne has healed. Hypertrophic and Atrophic Acne Scarring. This type of scarring is [...]
Cocoa butter, one of nature’s ultimate moisturisers, is extracted from whole Cocoa beans that are harvested from the cacao (cocoa) tree. Also known as ‘the food of the gods’ the cacao tree is a tropical evergreen that originated in South America and can grow up to thirty feet tall. What gives chocolate its melt in [...]
Green Tea is full of antioxidants. It is anti inflammatory. Applying it to the skin can be very helpful. Drinking green tea is even beneficial for balancing hormones, one of the leading causes of acne. I love apple cider vinegar-I not only drink it, I also apply it to my skin. It will actually exfoliate [...]
Super easy cocnut oil sugar body scrub! If the winter weather is negatively affecting your skin, consider making your own body scrub. What’s better than creating a homemade scrub that will keep your moisturized into the next season? This home remedy is natural, organic, and without any harsh chemicals or perfumes. Ingredients: 1/2 cup of [...]
How can you prevent an acne breakout? Embarrassing blemishes can hit everyone — from eighth graders to adults. While acne is not a serious health threat, it is significant in an emotional and social sense. If you have acne, often you have less self-confidence, and this can affect your social life or even your productivity at [...]
Hair Nourishing Food for a shiny hair - Many times an unhealthy, fast food diet that could be the root cause of most of hair troubles! You may be spending all your life’s savings on high-end products and treatments in the hope of saving your hair that was once beautiful and healthy, but until you [...]
There is a lot of food you can use as face nutriotions! As it turns out, there are many, many foods you can use to create your own beauty treatments from head to toe. And you don't have to search out super exotic ingredients either – in fact, many of them are probably already in your pantry. Cocoa or [...]
There is some very interesting research going on around why colds and flu infections spike during the fall and winter. There are several theories about why that is – the two most popular are 1.) drier air allows the viruses to survive in the air longer and 2.) people are inside and in closer contact [...]
