The MyChelle Refining Sugar Cleanser in your winter Yuzen box is an ultra-refreshing, naturally exfoliating cleanser that clears clogged pores, washes away oils, and brings skin into a healthy balance. It’s a creamy, foaming formula that’s boosted with anti-aging peptides for added firming and wrinkle-fighting power. As an added treat for your skin, it’s also gluten-free, cruelty-free, and vegan, with no GMOs, sulfates, parabens, petroleum, or formaldehyde. (more…)
Rx for Happiness: Dark Chocolate
Even though we’ve always been told that indulgent treats like chocolate are bad for us, dark chocolate has so many health benefits that you can easily make the argument that you need to have at least a little bit of it every day. Plus,eating something that seems indulgent (even though it really isn’t) just makes us happy! (more…)
Balance, Food, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, ingredients, Lifestyle Products, Love, Relaxation, Stress FreeWhat in the World Is Ylang-Ylang?
Ylang-ylang. Most of us have heard this fun-to-say, somewhat musical-sounding name, but what is it, exactly? Well, glad you asked! Ylang-ylang’s scientific name is cananga odorata. Ylang-ylang is a tropical tree that’s native to Indonesia and the Philippines, and the essential oil extracted from the trees flowers is commonly used in aromatherapy and perfumery. (more…)
Great Gift, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, ingredients, Lifestyle Products, Relaxation, Skincare, Stress FreeEverbelle Provides The Best of Coconut Beauty
There are a lot of amazing things about Everbelle, a young company founded by two California mothers named Tasha and Julie. The first is that the name Everbelle is not only a combination of Tasha’s daughter Everleigh and Julie’s daughter Anabelle, but Everbelle also means “forever beautiful.” (more…)
Welcome to McEvoy Ranch
Lots of retired folks take up a new hobby to keep them busy and active in their “golden years”—like knitting, golfing, power walking, reading, or bird watching. Nan McEvoy, however, had muchgrander plans than swinging a club or making an afghan. In her 70s, Nan struck out to find the perfect place “in the country” and ended up with a sprawling 550-acre ranch in Petaluma, California. (more…)
detox, Food, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, ingredients, Lifestyle Products, Natural SkincareHow to Reduce Toxins in Your Body and Your Home
Aimee Raupp, the founder of the beauty company that bears her name, is a women’s health and fertility expert, an acupuncturist and herbalist, the founder of the Aimee Raupp Wellness & Fertility Center, and the author of three books, including How to Improve Your Fertility Now and Into Your 40s. So, what does all of that mean for her company’s beauty and skincare products? (more…)
Balance, detox, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Living, ingredients, Lifestyle Products, Stress FreeGreen, Glorious Green!
Green—bright, beautiful, radiant green—is the color of emeralds, frogs, John Deere tractors, money, and popular characters like the Grinch, the Incredible Hulk, Shrek, and Yoda. (more…)
Dry Skin, Lifestyle Products, natural beauty products, Natural Skincare, SkincareTake Care of the Skin You’re In!
We’ve all seen those little contraptions at the department store’s cosmetic counter—the ones that have you slide levers or press buttons to help you “scientifically” determine whether you have dry, oily, normal, or combination skin. (more…)
Dry Skin, Home Spa, ingredients, natural beauty products, Natural SkincareSugar Scrub So Good You Can Eat It!
Some flavor combinations just seem to naturally go together—peanut butter and jelly, cheese and crackers, milk and cookies. And don’t forget cranberries and oranges, two fruits that are commonly paired together in hair and body products; baked goods, yogurt, granola, and cocktails; and aromatherapy preparations. (more…)
Dry Skin, Healthy Living, ingredients, Lifestyle Products, Natural Skincare, Organic, SkincareThe Benefits of Mud
“Mud bath”—sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? We’re not sure who first slathered their body with mud and decided it was good for their skin; maybe it was an accidental discovery, like when an engineer named Percy Spencer walked past a magnetron and noticed that the chocolate bar in his pocket melted at just that moment… and the microwave oven was born. (more…)
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