One of my friends recently asked me for some advice about products to help her pre-teen fight breakouts on her face. My first question was: does she wash her face? I’m always shocked to find out just how many people don’t wash their face regularly and then wonder why they have a pizza-face appearance. With […]
Living Naturally
How to Know Which Groceries To Buy
The Environmental Working Group compiled a helpful list of sites you can use to check the health and safety of your foods. I’m passing them along to you for your reference. EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. I always check it when trying to decide which fruits and vegetables to buy organic and which […]
Clear Skin and Anti-Aging with Clarisonic’s Mia
My sister took notice when Gwyneth Paltrow recently blogged about the Clarisonic Mia, a hand-held ultrasonic cleansing device. Lucky me: she got me one for a holiday gift! The Clarisonic Mia removes six times more makeup then manual cleansing, gently exfoliates and allows your skincare to penetrate deeper and work more efficiently. Using the same […]
Calendula Oil Heals Skin Naturally
One of my favorite remedies for healing damaged skin is calendula oil. Calendula is another name for Marigold — the same ones we see commonly in gardens– and when the flowers are infused into an oil base the healing effects can be astonishing. Calendula oil has anti-oxidents and offers antiseptic and antibacterial properties as well […]
A Link Between Migraines in Mothers and Colic in Babies
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco recently announced study results showing that women who suffer from migraines are more than twice as likely to have a colic-y baby than those without migraines. I was not surprised, though, as both colic and migraines can be the result of food and chemical sensitivities and […]
