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How Yoga and Pilates Improve Your Skin and Beauty
We all realize fitness activities are a good thing for our bodies. But exercise such as yoga and pilates take it a step further. They improve your skin and overall beauty along with your state of mind. Since our stress level is often high, this is some good crap to unwind and reap the benefits from!
Yoga maximizes your flexibility to help avoid strains and pains. WebMD reports doing yoga also improves circulation and helps to minimize stress. Certain postures,…
Tagged with: beauty, natural skin care, pilates, yoga
Posted in Anti Aging, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Posted in Anti Aging, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Are GMOs Sneaking Under Your Skin?
The hot topic of the day is eating foods that are actually genetically monitored organisms. Many people don’t want to put foods into their body that have be significantly altered. While we are aware these foods exist, could you be putting genetically monitored organisms on your skin too? Sounds like mad science!
Referred to as GMOs, CSA states these plants are created for use by humans or animals by using molecular biology techniques. They are not plants in their natural…
Tagged with: beauty ingredients, genetically modified organisms, GMOs, natural, organic, skin care
Posted in Beauty Food, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients
Posted in Beauty Food, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients
Is Greenwashing Another Term for Hogwash?
With greenwashing running rampant, we like to call out bull when we spot it. Sometimes it hides behind flowery terms but we can smell the crap a mile away. In the corporate world, they refer to this marketing tactic as whitewashing. Here, we refer to greenwashing as hogwash.
Greenwashing refers to corporations that attempt to go green by changing their labels, packaging and marketing. They realize consumers are concerned about their health and the environment. Their goal is to improve…
Tagged with: greenwashing, natural, non toxic beauty, organic, safe cosmetics
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
BS Free Memorial Day Beauty Tips – The Natural Way
Memorial Day weekend means summer is almost here and the living is easy. Fuss-free beauty means going natural with no bull beauty tips that make you look and feel your best.
Warmer weather means it’s time to drink more water. Ideally, you should have six to eight medium-sized glasses of water each day. Perspiration and sun exposure can cause dehydration. Keep your body hydrated and your skin smooth by having plenty of water. It’s really good crap for your beauty…
Tagged with: beauty tips, memorial day, natural skin care, organic, skin care, vitamin d
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients
Tricky Triclosan, Hidden Pesticide in Your Beauty Products?
Antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal agents are good crap, aren’t they? Though they might sound beneficial, these beauty products could be hiding something we refer to as tricky triclosan.
Few people imagine something that sounds good for them could be bad. This is the situation with beauty products containing triclosan. The aromatic compound is represented by both ethers and phenols. Sounds like confusing crap eh? No doubt….
Triclosan is used in pesticides, insulation and mattresses to slow the growth of mildew,…
Tagged with: natural, non toxic beauty, organic, skin care products, triclosan
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Poopy Plastic Packaging – To Toss or Not to Toss?
Savvy cosmetic buyers read labels more carefully to ensure their products contain natural or organic ingredients. Nobody wants chemicals or toxins in anything that touches their skin. But did you consider whether these cosmetics are encased in poopy plastic packaging?
It takes more chemicals to make plastic packaging than simpler choices such as glass. While glass might be breakable, the toxins in plastic packaging actually leach into your cosmetics and skin care products. No doo doo in my products pleeeeaase!…
Tagged with: natural skin care, non toxic beauty, packaging, plastic, skin care products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Aromatherapy for Mood and Skin – Pure Poopy or Real Deal?
There’s a lot of discussion about the healing attributes of aromatherapy. Many holistic and natural practitioners are revering the use of certain scents to relieve a variety of ailments. It leaves many of us wondering about using aromatherapy for mood, skin and other conditions -is it pure poopy or the real deal?
According to the Mayo Clinic, there therapeutic use of essential oils from plants is called aromatherapy. Currently limited research is available regarding the effectiveness of aromatherapy. Some studies…
Tagged with: aromatherapy, essential oils, natural, organic skin care
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Top Ten Toxic Turds in Cosmetics
Cosmetics might look colorful and smell wonderful but could be hiding one or more of the top ten toxic turds! Looks are deceiving and you need to read the ingredients to unearth the scary truth. The largest organ we have is skin. Research indicates more than half of what we put on our skin can be absorbed into the bloodstream. We don’t want to soak up crap into our systems!
Frankly, none of us want to put anything that goes…
Tagged with: cosmetics, natural, organic, skin care products, toxins
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Is it Time to Toss Your Makeup? The Lowdown on Bacteria and Poop in Cosmetics
Is your favorite cosmetic item ready to do more harm than good? Knowing when to toss your makeup prevents skin irritation and other crap from occurring. Sometimes it is hard to let go of a product that may no longer be available. Look at it as a golden opportunity to try something new that might be even better.
If cosmetics have a bad odor, odd color or change consistency, it’s time to toss them. But sometimes this doesn’t happen and…
Tagged with: makeup, natural cosmetics, non toxic beauty, organic skin care
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin Care Products
Are There Poopy Ingredients in your Beauty Products?
Unless you use non-toxic and organic cosmetics, it is likely there are poopy ingredients in your beauty products. Even natural and organic cosmetics “may” contain harmful elements. The harsh reality is The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics revealed cosmetics are one of the least regulated products sold for human use. Reading the ingredients in your cosmetics is essential to keep crap off your skin and out of your system.
Fragrances are confusing crap because they are simple referred to as “fragrance”…
Tagged with: acne, mineral makeup, natural, non toxic beauty, organic, skin care, skin care products
Posted in Acne, Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Acne, Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
