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Is Aging A Pain in Your Neck? – Here are 3 Natural Skin Care Tips to Nurture Your Neck

woman's neck with purple scarf Aging can be a real pain in the neck.  Often we talk about aging and how it affects the face, but as we age our neck takes a definite hit!  From the creases that start to ring our neck to the loose skin and “waddle” that will inevitably develop the neck can show your age way more than your face actually, and as such it needs LOTS of tender loving care. No Bull Beauty’s Natural Skin Care Tips to Nurture…
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Natural Beauty Tips, Skin care ingredients

Vegan Apple Cranberry DIY Facial Recipe Will Give Your Skin a Healthy Glow This Holiday Season

organic cranberries and organic apples Apples and Cranberries go together in so many tasty ways – Apple Cranberry Juice, Cranberry Sauce and Apple Pies on Thanksgiving, Dried Apples and Cranberries strung on the Christmas tree, and…. this awesome vegan DIY facial recipe! Organic cranberries are filled with antioxidants; more than pretty much any other fruit or veggie out there.  This makes them ideal for skin care.  Antioxidants help our skin protect itself from the harsh effects day to day life as well as repair any…
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Posted in Beauty Food, Beauty Ingredients, DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Skin care ingredients

‘Sup with Surfactants: Do Bubbles Mean Trouble for Your Skin and Hair?

Today, we need to talk a little chemistry before we talk beauty.  We’re talking SURFACTANTS! Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid so it increases the contact between the liquid and another substance. Surfactants are sometimes referred to as “wetting agents”, but they can also act as detergents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersants.  You’ve probably been using the most famous surfactant since you were a child – soap – which breaks the surface tension on your…
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Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products

Is Plastic Not So Fantastic? Beauty Product Packaging; What You Need To Know!

If you’re reading this blog, you already know that not all beauty products are created equal – there are the natural, honest products and the toxic BS that craps up your skin with all kinds of nasty additives.  However, it turns out that there are some big disparities in the packaging used to contain beauty products as well.  Plastic packaging screws up the products it contains, and can even be hazardous to your health.  Glass provides a better option, but…
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Posted in Beauty Products, Earth Friendly, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients

Grapefruit Seed Extract, Natural Preservative or Not So Conservative?

Do a quick web search on grapefruit seed extract, or GSE, and you’ll find multiple infomercial-style articles touting its benefits.  All natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal!  Natural medicinal properties!  What your search might not disclose is the fact that this “all natural” product may not be all that natural. GSE’s Dirty Little Secret  What your “all natural” GSE may be hiding are some really nasty chemicals, such as diphenol chloride and  benzethonium chloride.  Look these babies up!   You’ll find numerous scholarly…
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Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products

Toxic Beauty Products Keep Funkin’ Things Up Even After They’re Flushed!

water flushing toxic beauty products down the drain We have long known that using natural beauty products isn’t just important for your precious skin, it’s important for the planet too.  What we flush down the drain matters! The toxic beauty products we wash off our skin and hair don’t cease to exist just because they’re gone from our specific shower, sink, or toilet (yes, toxins from crappy beauty products are absorbed and, thankfully, often secreted in our number 1s and number 2s.).  They often have quite a long…
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Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products

Nothin’ Witchy ‘Bout Witch Hazel | 10 Uses for this Wonderful Natural Beauty Remedy

witch hazel plant with wooden sign Wonderful ‘ol Witch Hazel.  Most popularly known as a hemorrhoid treatment (Yikes!), witch hazel has actually been used for many years as a natural skin care remedy; among other things.  In fact, many Native American tribes used the plant to cure a variety of ailments that included swelling and inflammation.  Native to North America, the bark and leaves of the witch hazel plant (shown below) can be used to make remedies for a variety of skin issues including…. scars Apply…
Posted in Acne, Beauty Products, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products

Greenwashing 101: Beauty Product Labels vs. Actual Ingredients

Greenwashing is a practice that I see commonly, as a professional aesthetician. As someone who has spent years researching ingredients and reading beauty product labels, one of the biggest reasons I started No Bull Beauty was to expose all of the greenwashing going on within this industry. That’s not to say there aren’t those of us who work tirelessly to make effective, honestly natural beauty products. However, there are quite a few others that want to “have their cake and…
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients

Funky Beauty DIYs | Use at Your Own Risk

No Bull Beauty Funky DIY Beauty Recipe Collage Here at No Bull Beauty we enjoy sharing effective, all natural, Do it Yourself (DIY) beauty recipes.  But, you can’t always trust all the  beauty DIYs you find online.  In fact, some homemade beauty DIY recipes are downright nasty! For instance, take the infamous Pepto Bismol Facial I’m not saying it doesn’t do something for your skin; afterall, there’s a reason people keep using a beauty DIY titled “The Pepto Bismol Face Mask”.  The beauty effects experienced from the Pepto…
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Product Reviews, DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Skin care ingredients

Anti Cellulite Creams – The Real Deal?

Private Label I’m guessing no one finds cellulite attractive.  I know it’s not my favorite thing in the world – especially not my own!  Luckily (or maybe not?) the beauty industry has, yet again, come to the rescue.  This time, in the form of anti cellulite creams. But are they the real deal?  Can you really get rid of cellulite with a cream? Well, first off, most cellulite creams on the market don’t necessarily claim to get rid of cellulite.  Instead, they…
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Product Reviews, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
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