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Is your beauty routine harming your health?

This topic was posted by Dr Mercola in October 2009.

Sources:

Organic Consumers Association October 1, 2009

FoodMatters 

Do you enjoy a shampoo with a rich bubbles? A shaving cream that really foams? Relaxing in a tub full of bubbles?

SLS stays in the body up to five days. Other studies show it easily penetrates the skin and enters and maintains residual levels in the heart, liver, the lungs, and the brain. Yet SLS is found in most cleansing, foaming products – and even in some toothpastes.

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Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), and their cousins like ammonium lauryl sulfate and sodium myreth sulfate produce a lot of foam very inexpensively. But SLS is so strong that it’s also used to scrub garage floors. And it has been proven to cause cancer in the long run.

Have a facial!

Have you ever been to a beautician for a facial?

Or to a beauty spa? How many of us can get there twice a week?

Meeeeeeeeeee

Isn’t it wonderful being there and letting professionals spoil us. In my opinion everyone (who wants) should get a facial twice a month. Beauty facials may seem like a luxury that is way down the to-do list. What do you think?

What is the benefit of doing it regularly?

• Nourish our soul
• Relax
• Rejuvenate & nourish our skin
• Care for our skin before it gets wrinkled & dry like a prune – then it will cost real time & money to un-prune us

Do you exercise? You must know how you feel/look when you don’t stay active. So it is with our skin. You can tell who looks after themselves, & who doesn’t. Of course it’s our choice. But think a bit ahead: what you do today will give you results later.

Watch the video ‘Have a facial!’

See related article ‘A beauty day at home’ or watch the video

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DIY facial 

Here’s how to do a beauty facial at home.

You will need a mask product. See my video ‘Yummy beauty recipes’ for a simple home-made scrub (exfoliating) and masks .

• Clean your face.

• Exfoliate: think of deeper cleaning, where you get rid of dead cells
  • Soften up your skin: apply a warm compress. Soak a small face towel in warm water, wring out excess water. Press moist towel into your face (fold the towel to leave a small space to breathe). Leave on your face for 10 seconds. Re-apply at least five times. Always freshly soak the towel in clean warm water.
  • Massage time. It’s boring, but beneficial because you bring blood circulation to your skin, preparing it to absorb the mask. 
  • Paint on the mask and relax for while.
  • Wash off the mask in lukewarm water. Now your skin is ready to absorb nourishment.
  • Apply nourishing serum, moisturizer, oil – whatever your preference is.
  • You are more beautiful than when you started

Watch the  video ‘DIY facial’

See related article ‘A beauty day at home’ or watch the video

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Lucie

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