Fatty Acids and How They Help Our Skin
This will be the first in a series of blogs on fatty acids and how they are fundamental to healthy skin. Lucky for us, we can get fatty acids two ways: we can eat them in our foods and we … Continue...
View ArticleLinoleic Acid and Skin
What is Linoleic Acid? Linoleic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid that is required for our good health and is involved in healthy hair, skin and wound healing processes. Linoleic acid is literally...
View ArticleLinolenic Acid (ALA) and Skin
What is Linolenic Acid? Linolenic acid is also known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid. It is also one of the essential fatty acids (EFA) and is part of the Omega 3...
View ArticlePolyphenols and Phytochemcials in Skin Care
Have you ever stopped to appreciate what amazing things plants are? They must feed themselves, reproduce, protect themselves from the elements and fend off animals, insects and microbes, all without...
View ArticleHome remedies for eczema (part I)
What is eczema? The word eczema comes from the Greek word ekzema and means to boil over. It is a fit description since people with eczema literally have a problem with an overproduction of epidermal...
View ArticleHome remedy to treat eczema (part II)
Today we continue our discussion about natural home remedies for eczema and we will focus on herbs and oils. It’s worth restating that there is no known cause of eczema and no known cure as of today....
View ArticleSmall manufacturers are producing green, clean personal care and household...
It should come as no surprise that it is the small, entrepreneurial manufacturers who are leading the way in the green revolution of personal care products and household cleaning products. The large...
View ArticleCosmetics companies are polluting the environment with toxic chemicals they...
There’s a dirty little secret that our nation’s cosmetic companies are keeping. They don’t want you to know that the products they make contain toxic chemicals. And we are not only impacted by these...
View ArticleMajor beauty product companies are using harmful ingredients in their baby...
Today I read a very disturbing report on how Johnson & Johnson is continuing to use dangerous chemicals in their baby shampoo here in the States, but have discontinued it abroad. My first reaction...
View ArticleOil vs. Lotion
Why are so many people afraid of using oil? There is a lot of confusion out there regarding oil and lotion: Oil vs. Lotion Many of us are used to using lotion on our skin and have never thought about...
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