I have a major holistic beauty and skincare stash. Aside from buying high-quality supplements and fancy organic powders, it’s my favorite thing in the world to purchase. I have pretty sensitive skin which is actually my secret weapon in finding the very best holistic beauty products. If my skin doesn’t like it, it’s because there is usually something sneaky hiding in there that irritates my sweet baby skin. Reader requested, here are my go-to holistic beauty products: My Favorite Holistic Beauty Routine for Day (and Night). Oh ya, you read that right. I use the same cleansers and creams pretty regularly for daytime and nighttime wear. One thing I’ve learned- the secret to…
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Creating Balance with Healthcare and Self-care.
Healthcare is Self-care. Like hindsight, illness can also be 20/20. We realize after the fact that prevention is a huge factor in keeping ourselves balanced and our self-care strategy can sometimes be AS if not MORE effective than our general healthcare. Creating balance with healthcare and self-care is actually a strategy your Doctor will appreciate.
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Organic, Natural and More: Misleading Food Labels and What They Actually Mean.
Food companies are getting smarter with their packaging, adding millennial and women targeted customers to their lineup. With the rise of misleading food labels if it looks “green” and “healthy” chances are we are more likely to buy it. Greenwashing is as much as a psychological component as it is physical. Design is everything and lately, the design of the exterior is getting a lot more attention and effort than the design of the actual ingredients. How to Separate the Green From the $reen. Natural This does not mean what I think you think it means. (The Princess Bride reference here!) Natural just means it contains a natural source, not in…
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My Favorite Methods to Tackle Hormonal Imbalance at Any Age.
My favorite way to balance my hormones is to have everyone get away from me. Aside from that no-fail technique, there are a lot of different naturally based methods you can use to approach hormonal imbalance. Food, supplements, or alternative care can all aid you in feeling normal, peaceful, and less sweaty again.
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Product Greenwashing- Are Your Beauty Products Really Green?
There is a lot of money to be made in wellness right now as it’s about to be a trillion dollar industry. So it’s no surprise that virtually every brand is trying to hop on the wellness money train by greenwashing their product design. If we rely on the colorful floral pretty packaging that is selling us “green, wellness, natural, organic or holistic” without understanding the ingredients it’s safe to say we’ve probably been greenwashed. Greenwashing is Designed to SELL Us Wellness. It’s becoming harder and harder to spot a green product from a $reen product on store shelves. Target, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Walgreen and Rite Aids now all have…
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The Spring Equinox Will Light the Way to This Year’s Easter Rejuvenation.
Spring is a time for new energy, rebalancing of the accumulated, and shedding the old. As nature adjusts to it's rising temperatures, our bodies start to unveil our energetic displacements. With the new Equinox representing day and night; a poignant reminder of balance, Easter symbolizes the reflection of your deepest self and unfolding of a new you.
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The Benefits of Yoga and its Super Healing Powers.
In the beginning....there was Yoga. Before your cycling and boutique fitness blah blah class, there was Yoga. It's more than people doing cool looking bendy poses and wearing crazy colorful yoga pants. Yoga is a "practice" or "mechanism" for reminding you of your breath, your body, and the ability you possess to create and work through things. It's been used for healing and depression, mind and body, and the benefits of yoga are the real deal.
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The Not So Secrets of the Blue Zones and Why They Have the Highest Life Expectancy.
I wanna live forever! No I don’t actually but the Blue Zones are writing the book about living RIGHT. These “magical” zones are areas of the globe where people are living healthier happier longer lives and the rest of the world is asking why and how can I? Their secret is in the most obvious of reasons. What are the Blue Zones? In 2005 researcher, explorer and author Dan Buettner set out to find the areas of the world where people live the longest. After a few years traveling he was able to classify 5 regions who beat out the rest of the world in longevity. These regions are places…
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What the Chinese New Year 2018 will Bring for You.
2018 is the year of the dog, not the one who ghosted on you on Tinder but the Chinese New Year that is based on the lunar calendar. This means anyone born during the years 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, and 2018 are a bunch of dogs! It’s a good thing…or is it? What the Year of the Dog Means for You. The Chinese lunar calendar repeats every 12 years with every year being assigned an animal. These 12 animals represent unique qualities and traits that fall onto your person based on your birth year. The Ox, the Pig, the Rat, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon,…
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Personal Love Letters, Supplements and Tub Tea… Making this Valentine’s Day All About Me.
This Valentine’s Day I am loving self-healing and wellness right into my body. Skip the jewelry, flowers and whatever else you picked up at CVS on the way home. February 14th is all about self-action and self-love. I’m going to spend the day feeling good, doing great, and surrounding myself with even better because this year it’s all about ME…and you. My favorite things to do on Valentine’s Day.. for myself. The universe and your body might I add, responds to how you feel so get yourself in a good mood by welcoming in good thoughts and good energy. Listen to your favorite music, wear your favorite outfit, or my…
