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Serums 101

Serums 101

What is a serum? A serum is a facial care product that contains concentrated amounts of active ingredients to renew, nourish, protect, and hydr...

Watch Out for These 2 Toxic Skincare Ingredients

Ever feel confused when you look at the back of a skincare product and the words have 25 letters, 7 syllables and a bunch of x's, numbers and...

Face Yoga Q&A

Q: WHAT IS FACE YOGA? Just like yoga for the body, face yoga utilizes stretches, held poses, and facial expressions to relax and stretch muscles t...

Summer Gazpacho Soup

Gazpacho Soup I love this soup in the summer! It’s hydrating, easy to put together, and really high in antioxidants like beta carotene and lycopene...

Becoming a Beauty Shaman through Face Yoga

Face yoga, a natural method to tone and rejuvenate facial muscles, involves specific exercises designed to improve blood circulation, reduce wrink...

How to Prevent Pigment This Summer

I love being in the sun, and although I don't mind a few sun freckles here and there, blotchy pigmentation or melasma patches indicate that my ski...

Quick Acne Guide

Acne is very complex and unique to each individual. I recommend seeing a specialist (like an esthetician) to go over what kind of acne you have and...

My Relationship with Sunscreen

It isn’t difficult to find warnings about the potential negatives of sun exposure. While it is of course true that too much sunlight can be a bad ...

Skinfood Salads

Raw Cabbage Salad (for tacos or asian inspired dishes) This is something we use in our house all the time to add crunch, fiber, and flavor to so...

Most Hydrating Smoothie Ever

The Most Hydrating Smoothie Ever Recipe There are two major upsides to embracing this smoothie recipe: 1) all of the ingredients are easy to...

Coconut Chia Pudding

Coconut Chia Seed Pudding Benefits: Good source of plant protein, rich in fiber, minerals and omega 3 fatty acids. Prepare some in adv...

My Routine: Food, Supplements, Body Care, Skincare

As I’m writing this I am 40 and I gave birth 4 months ago. Although I'm still far from a full recovery, my efforts to prioritize my health have def...

Advice to my Younger Self

When it comes to skincare, prevention is always better than "the cure." There are some things I did really in my younger years to prevent skin agin...