It is a point of fact: you cannot cleanse your body without freeing your mind and you cannot cleanse your mind without freeing your body. So give them both a break – away from technology. Even if you can only do so for an afternoon or an evening, stay away from the computer. Leave your [...]
The key word in the phrase “health and beauty” is health. The key word in “health and skin care” is also health. Being healthy is paramount; it will improve every aspect of your life. The best way to start attaining that is by cleansing both your body and your mind. To cleanse your body, eating [...]
Staying active is beneficial to every aspect of our lives: it makes us healthier; it improves our circulation, which in turn promotes health, beauty, and skin care; it gives us time to relax and reflect while rejuvenating; and it just generally allows for an overall healthier lifestyle. Granted, it is a busy, bustling world out [...]
In this last installment of skin care fundamentals, we are going to focus on the benefits of dry brush exfoliation, which describes a process that involves using a soft, dry brush to slowly, gently brush and rub your skin. It can remove dead skin cells and debris, as well as give you better circulation in [...]
We have discussed oily skin and we have discussed homemade face masks which help out with acne. Now it is time to deal with another skin care problem that is common in the summer – and the fall, spring, and winter, for that matter. Oily skin is practically preferable to dry skin, which can make [...]
As aforementioned in earlier posts, acne can be seriously exacerbated by the heat and humidity of the summer months. There are, however, some natural, homemade facial masks specially designed to help with acne outbreaks. First up, we are going to take a look at the simple but popular and very effective Baking Soda Mask. You [...]
Summer is a good time – or bad time, depending how you look at it – for sensitive skin. Some of us have to use a lot of cleansers and scrubs to make sure that our pores stay open and clear of dirt, debris, sweat, and ground in makeup in all of this humid heat. [...]
Oily skin can be a real problem during the summer months. We are hotter, we sweat more, the heat practically makes makeup and lotions melt into our pores. Simply put, it gets nasty! Of course, oily skin and clogged pores can easily lead to blemishes – besides pimples, whiteheads, and blackheads, these things can exacerbate [...]
If there’s one thing that we as human beings have been given to play with, where our own bodies are concerned, it has got to be our hair – Alice Walker introduced me to that idea. While I can’t take credit for the theory, I do fully ascribe to it. Still, we need to be [...]