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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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DIY Winter Skincare Tips

Remember when you were a kid and played outdoors or made snowmen for countless hours? Our faces were red, our skin was scaly, and our toes burnt, but we had great fun!  You may not be playing outdoors for hours now, but you still expose your skin to the cold and wind.  Even indoors, your skin is bombarded by dry air, overheated rooms and pollution.  Today, we’re going to talk about what you can do to help your skin combat…
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Posted in Anti Aging, DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care

‘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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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

Why You Should Toy With Carotenoids – For Beauty Benefits Galore

Carotenoids Ever look at the produce isle in your supermarket and notice how rich and colorful it looks?   What you’re seeing is carotenoids at work.  These health essentials will also give you super-gorgeous skin, adding natural color and even fighting premature aging.  They’re also great for you, and turbo-charge your defenses against inflammation, infection and even cancer.   The Glow Au Naturel! We can’t produce carotenoids, but thankfully our skin is especially effective at storing them, so a healthy intake is important. …
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Posted in Anti Aging, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty

4 Stress Reduction Tips: Tone Down the Stress and Get Your Beauty Rest!

Stress kills, that’s for real. Recent studies have shown that high levels of prolonged stress can significantly reduce your lifespan. The stress response in your body, whether it’s from emotional, physical or mental stressors can cause a variety of complications not only to your health, but also your beauty. Conditions that cause stress can include a hectic schedule, perceived threats, and lack of sleep among other things. What’s Happening to My Body? When you experience stress even for a short…
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21-Day Meditation Challenge: Your Invitation to Miraculous Relationships

Meditation is a practice that helps the body discover it’s own inner intelligence. Join our team while we participate in the 21 day Meditation with people around the world.  This is a powerful opportunity to create balance in your life and free yourself of worry and stress while learning techniques to feel whole and create successful relationships. For thousands of years, meditation has been used to find silence that exists to make the pure potential that is already there a…
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Summer Skin Care From Bites to Burns and More!

Even if you take great care of your skin, we often get caught up in the good times during the summer.  Staying out in the sun, swimming, bug bites and making contact with irritating plants like poison ivy can cause serious skin discomfort. There are a few natural ways to look and feel your best even if you forget to take precautions. Take an oatmeal bath to relieve sunburn.  Simply place two cups of oatmeal in a cotton sock and…
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Toxic Perfumes Make No Good Scents

Few people realize something that smells sweet could actually be a harmful toxin. Your designer fragrance might be more intoxicating than you ever imagined. Some of the crap contained in fragrances should never hit your skin.  An endorsement from your favorite celebrity is not a reason to wear a certain fragrance. The WebMD blog revealed a report by the President’s Cancer Panel found many fragrances contained elements that disrupted your hormones. It sound like stinky stuff to us!  It gets…
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