Inflammation is really not great. By that I mean it can wreak havoc on your body and is responsible for causing and exacerbating many disease processes and syndromes. Following injury or infection, acute inflammation is a normal and healthy immune response that actually helps a person to heal. But when inflammation becomes chronic it can…
Category: anti-aging
To B or not to B
You don’t like your wrinkles but you don’t like the idea of injecting chemicals into your face, specifically something that sounds as treacherous as BOTULINUM TOXIN into your face, and you don’t want to “have to keep doing something”. I get it. So let’s break this down. If you are a person who has no…
Sunscreen – what you need to know
As I sat down with my cup of coffee to write this blog, I realize how confusing the sunscreen issue is. I had been reading about the recent pulling of sunscreen off the market in Hawaii, (due to its toxicity to the coral reef system), and other articles on how some of the chemically based…
DETOXification and YOUR SKIN
The skin is the biggest organ in the body. It is also the organ that releases the most toxins; over 30% of our toxins are released through the skin. We don’t really think of it as an organ , or as having as any functionality other than protecting us, and either looking good, or bad…
Do It Yourself Beauty
Want a quick pick me up? But lack time and money? Here are some tried and true easy do it yourself remedies for skin, hair, nails, teeth, lashes, bloating and AGE spots FOR SILKY SMOOTH SKIN: Want silky smooth skin all over your body? Two things; you need to exfoliate the heck out of it,…
Hair
A sign of health and beauty is a full head of shiny luscious hair. Many health issues and medications can result in loss of hair or damage to hair. Some folks are also genetically inclined to lose their hair–mostly males — but it can happen in women too. Statistically women account for 40% of…
meditation – calming the beast
The monkey mind. Chatter. Noise. Distraction. If you live in a city and have a job, or go to school, and have to commute and live with other people; your life is likely as insane as mine is. From the moment I wake up in the morning it feels like an assault. And its nonstop….
Lasers and facials and peels, oh my!
Young skin. You do not appreciate young skin until you are older, and wistfully look back at old photographs. I remember my mom gazing at me (years ago, ha) and saying “look at your skin, its so beautiful”. I remember thinking, “it is skin; my skin looks like skin.” No, my skin looked like young…
The best face cream ever
Sadly or not, it doesn’t exist. There are lots of amazing products out there but no one product that works for everyone, does everything, treats all skin types, nor is there any product that is “the best”. Gorgeous packaging can be found and amazing textures and glorious aromas – but no “secret sauce” that does…
anti-oxidants and why they matter
Read more about anti-oxidants and how they prevent aging
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