- zest of 5 limes – zest of 2 lemons – 1/3 cup kafir lime leaves – 4 cups warm fatty milk – 3 tbsps. warmed honey – 4 drops spearmint oil – 1 cup jasmine flowers Mix zest, milk, and honey in a large enough bowl to fit both your feet into. Crush the [...]
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Even in the wake of a mild winter, I find that our skin has already started to become dryer and a bit flaky, and some of us even have red patches on our skin. It almost seems evident that our bodies are telling us that we don’t belong out here in the cold. Sometimes, I [...]
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3 tbsps. shea butter 1 tbsp. sunflower oil 1 tbsp. almond oil 1 tsp. oil of lavender 3 drops of emu oil 3 drops of vitamin E oil 2 drops of apricot kernel oil Heat the shea butter in a double boiler or in a bowl on top of a saucepan with water in it. [...]
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1 tsp rice flour 1 tbsp tofu 2 tsps black sesame seeds (grinded) 1 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tsps sesame oil Mix the ingredients together and rub on your skin in circular motions until it becomes more difficult to continue rubbing in (about 5 min). At that time, leave it on your face for 25 [...]
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Facials are a great way to clean your face and help condition it to look its best. Everybody that comes in contact with you, sees your face first, so it’s important to keep it healthy to make your best first impression. For some reason, many people don’t actually know what to expect when receiving a [...]
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Have you ever wondered why one cream costs $15 vs. another at $50? Granted, some pricing has to do with name branding, but it often also has to do with the amount of an ingredient within that cream. The same goes for our foods that we buy- when buying a juice, we already know that [...]
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When choosing your foundation, look in the mirror without any makeup and try to determine what is the most dominant pigmentation underneath your skin: white, blue, pink or yellow. Choose a foundation with that pigment, and then try it at the base of your jawline and wait two minutes for it to oxidize; and if [...]
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Your brows are the single most important line of symmetry on your entire face. If your brows don’t correlate with your face shape, it throws your entire facial symmetry off kilter, and makes you look less attractive than you can be had you used the correct brow shape. So, when deciding how to shape your [...]
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Image via Wikipedia All skin types can become deeply dehydrated; regardless of how thick or thin your skin is. Some people think that that if their skin is very oily (in which case, it will often be a thick skin type), that they have nothing to worry about when it comes to ageing. Unfortunately, this [...]
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