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What the Frick Folliculitis! Annoying Arm Bumps and Natural Bump Busters!
Afflicted with annoying red itchy bumps on your arms, legs or back? There’s a good chance it’s folliculitis. Read on to lean how to bust those annoying little bumps.
What the Frick is Folliculitis?
Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles, the tiny pits in the skin from which hair grows. Usually, the inflammation is due to infection with staphylococcus bacteria or a fungus. Don’t stress about staph – it’s a normal inhabitant on our skin. The trick is…
Tagged with: Cellultis, Folliculitis, Folliculitis Treatment, Follicultis Cure, Hot Tub Itch, Razor Burn
Posted in Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin Care Products
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…
Tagged with: beauty ingredients, beauty products, Grapefruit Extract, GSE, GSE diphenol hydroxybenzene, Natural Preservatives, natural skin care, non toxic beauty, organic, organic skin care, safe cosmetics, skin care products, toxins
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
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!
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…
Tagged with: beauty products, earth friendly, microbeads, Mother Jones, natural skin care, non toxic beauty
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
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
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….
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Apply… Anti Cellulite Creams – The Real Deal?
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… Calling All Men and Those Who Love Them | Get the FULL Skinny on How to Shave Successfully
Women aren’t the only ones that need our straight, no bull approach to personal care. Men need us to cut through all that crap out there too. So today we’re here to give you the skinny on how to shave without getting in grown hairs, razor burn, or other skin issues; and all without using any toxic chemical funk filled products either!
Use a Sharp Razor
First and foremost, no matter what else we share here, if you have a…
Tagged with: beauty care, oil based shaving products, shaving, tips for men
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Skin Care Products
Rose Hip Seed Oil As A Powerful Antioxidant
Antioxidants protect and repair tissues in the body which is why they are great for your skin. All natural ingredients such as these are a naturally effective way to fight wrinkling, uneven skin tone, sagging and blemishes. Rose hip seed oil offers so many properties you don’t want to be without this ingredient in at least a few of your products.
Rose hip seed oil contains a range of antioxidants including lycopene and beta-carotene as well as Vitamins A and…
Tagged with: antioxidants, rose hip seed oil, Salicylic Acid, skin care ingredients
Posted in Acne, Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Acne, Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Firming Face Creams, A Bunch of Bull?
Getting older often means inevitable tiny wrinkles and some areas of sagging skin. From just general aging, to excessive sun exposure and even facial expressions, there are many reasons why these wrinkles appear. Firming face creams seem like a good solution, but are they all just a bunch of bull?
Some anti-aging creams make claims they simply cannot fulfill. Expecting to get the skin of your early teen years is impractical, c’mon now. Your goal should be to attain…
Tagged with: anti aging, firming face creams, natural skin care, non toxic beauty
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Beauty Gone Bad – Procedures Gone Awry and Aging Gracefully
Some of the most beautiful women get self-conscious with age. They want to erase the telltale signs of years gone by and go for extreme procedures. Unfortunately, there are several cases of beauty gone bad in Hollywood.
Fillers and related procedures are often used to give women fuller lips and plump out wrinkles. Unfortunately, they frequently wind up giving the woman a false face instead. Examples of down-int-the-dump beauty procedures gone wrong include Priscilla Presley and Meg Ryan.
A face…
Tagged with: beauty procedures, beauty products, natural skin care
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
