The beginning of the year is the perfect time to start thinking about ways that you can improve your health, but it is also a good time to look at how you can improve the health of the planet. One of the easiest ways to do this is to reduce our use of skin and beauty products that may be damaging the environment. This doesn’t have to be scary or involve buying all new products because even small changes can make a big impact. Here are 4 simple tips that you can use to make your skincare routine more earth-friendly this year. Stay simple The best tip for making your skincare routine more eco-friendly is to minimise the amount of...
A major factor in ageing is chronic systemic inflammation which produces free-radicals that break down collagen and the skin matrix. It results from various lifestyle factors like stress, poor sleep, eating a diet high in refined sugar and carbohydrates and spending too much time in the sun. Here are 6 natural anti-ageing tips.
Drinking herbal tea is a wonderful way to relax, warm up, and it’s also a great addition to your skin care regimen. Herbal tea is an easy and delicious way to hydrate and nourish the skin as it contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants which help to slow aging, reduce UV damage, decrease inflammation and encourage the production of healthy skin cells. Here are five herbal teas you can use to get radiant skin. Chamomile Tea Chamomile is a calming herb which is packed with antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. Drinking chamomile tea may help to reduce acne, skin inflammation and puffiness while protecting the skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun. Chamomile tea and...
The sayings “you are what you eat” and “beauty starts from within” are both accurate because what we eat has a direct effect on the health and appearance of our skin. Eating real foods with healthy fats, antioxidants, vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, minerals and amino acids will get rid of a tired, puffy, aging appearance and leave you with a glowing complexion.Here are 10 skin superfoods that are loaded with nutrients which directly benefit the skin. Blueberries Eating foods rich in antioxidants is one of the most important factors to healthy, radiant skin and blueberries are one of the highest sources of antioxidants of any fruit and vegetable. Antioxidants scavenge free radicals, the compounds that cause cell damage,...
The skin is the body’s largest organ and is very absorbent, taking in many of the small particles contained in products that we apply to our body. We know this to be true because of the popularity of transdermal patches of nicotine, birth control and pain killers which are very effective. If we are trying to live a natural and organic lifestyle it is so important to pay attention to the kinds of products we use on our skin. Most of the conventional products that we use on our body contain harsh chemicals which end up in our blood and lymphatic system thus leading to certain health conditions. This is even more likely when products are applied over a large...
