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Guest Post: Testing Out Natural Skin Care Products by Ioanna Tsaousidou

June 9, 2018 by Claire Fitzpatrick

Testing Out Natural Skin Care Products

As promised! The following post appeared in Ioanna’s Blog, The Colourful Bouquet on MAY 7, 2018


Hey my loves, today I here to review some natural products that I’ve been testing out the last couple of months. For those of you who don’t know it, I’m a beautician and throughout the years I’ve tested a lot of different brands either on the beauty studios that I used to work or on my own. The last few years more and more people heading towards the natural products so today we’ll see if they are actually working. At least these three!


Γειά σας αγάπες μου, σήμερα είμαι εδώ για να κάνω review κάποια φυσικά προιόντα που δοκιμάζω τους τελευταίους μήνες. Για όσους δεν το ξέρετε είμαι αισθητικός και κατά την διάρκεια των χρόνων έχω δοκιμάσει πολλές διαφορετικές εταιρείες είτε από στα ινστιτούτα που δούλευα είτε σε αυτά που είχα αγοράσει προσωπικά. Τα τελευταία χρόνια όλο και περισσότεροι άνθρωποι στρέφονται σε φυσικά προιόντα και σήμερα είμαστε εδώ για να δουμε αν πραγματικά δουλεύουν. Τουλάχιστον τα 3 προιόντα που έχω εγώ στην κατοχή μου!

Squalan Cleanser: I’ll start with the cleanser. It’s from the brand Squalan and I have mixed feelings about it. It says to use 2-3 pumps but for me it’s not working. Don’t get me wrong it removes the makeup but if it’s heave it doesn’t remove it completely. I use 5-6 pumps to remove the makeup perfectly. On the contrary it removes the eyeliner like magic! I’m just impressed! My skin afterwards felt dry but clean and I had to put a moisturizer to feel it soft again.


Squalan Cleanser: Θα ξεκινήσω με το καθαριστικό προσώπου. Είναι από την εταιρεία Squalan και έχω ανάμεικτα συναισθήματα γι αυτό. Η συσκευασία λέει οτι χρειάζεσαι ποσότητα 2-3 πατήματα της αντλίας αλλά θα διαφωνήσω. Μην με παρεξηγείτε αφαιρεί το μακιγιάζ και καθαρίζει το δέρμα αλλά δεν αφαιρεί το βαρύ μακιγιάζ τελείως. Προσωπικά χρειαζόμουν 5-6 για να αφαιρέσω το μακιγιάζ μου. Αντιθέτως με την βάση θα έλεγα οτι αφαιρεί το eyeliner πανεύκολα. Πραγματικά με εντυπωσίασε το πόσο γρήγορα το αφαίερεσαι. Το δέρμα μου με την χρήση του ήταν ξηρό αλλά καθαρό και έπρεπε σίγουρα να βάλω ενυδατική για να τοο νιώσω και πάλι απαλό.

Squalan Pure: Moving on to the facial oil for which I have to the best! I absolutely love it! The key to this one is to find the amount that works best for you skin. For me it was 1 and a half pump. Enough product to cover my face without being too much. With 2 pumps my skin was too oily afterwards and one pump wasn’t enough. The amount of product that you need depends on you skin. For very dry skins I recommend 2 pumps. Mine is normal and sometimes it’s getting a little bit dry due to the weather (especially the wind) so 1 and a half is great. If you have oily skin I’m not sure that this product is for you because your skin will feel more oily afterwards.

I use it only at evening/night after I remove my makeup instead of a moisturizer. I test it out also underneath my makeup but it’s a big no no for me. Throughout the day my skin started to be very oily and the makeup was started to ruin. Using an oil underneath your makeup is never a good idea but I wanted to test it out thoroughly. But using it at night was the best thing for my skin. It feels so soft the next day! I love it.

I also used it underneath a cream to massage the face. The oil in combination with the cream doesn’t absord so quickly and it gives you plenty of time to do a facial massage. So in the end of every facial treatment that I do on my customers I always put a little bit of this oil before the cream. It doesn’t smell at all and for me that’s another plus!


Squalan Pure: Περνάμε στο λάδι προσώπου για το οποίο έχω να πω τα καλύτερα! Το μυστικό σε αυτό είναι να βρεις την σωστή ποσότητα που είναι ιδανική για το δικό σου πρόσωπο. Για μένα ήταν ενάμιση πάτημα της αντλίας. Είναι αρκετό προιόν για να καλύψω όλο το πρόσωπο μου χωρίς να είναι υπερβολική ποσότητα. Με 2 πατήματα αντλίας ένιωθα το δέρμα μου αρκετά λιπαρό και το ένα δεν είναι αρκετό. Η ποσότητα που χρειάζεσαι εξαρτάται καθαρά και μόνο από το δέρμα σου. Το δικό μου είναι φυσιολογικό που τείνει να γίνεται ελαφρώς ξηρό λόγω καιρού (κυρίως όταν φυσάει πολύ) οπότε εναμιση πάτημα αντλίας ήταν ιδανικό. Αν έχεις λιπαρό δέρμα δεν νομίζω οτι αυτό το προιόν είναι για σένα καθώς θα νιώθεις το δέρμα σου ακόμα πιο λιπαρό μετά την εφαρμογή.

Το εφαρμόζω κάθε απόγευμα/βράδυ αφού αφαιρέσω το μακιγιάζ μου αντί για ενυδατική. Το τέσταρα επίσης κάτω από μακιγιάζ αλλά το δέρμα έβγαζε λιπαρότητα κατά την διάρκεια της ημέρας με αποτέλεσμα να χαλάσει το μακιγιάζ οπότε η εφαρμογή του κάτω απο το μακιγιάζ είναι ένα μεγάλο οχι απο μένα. Γενικά το να εφαρμόζεις λάδι κάτω από το μακιγιάζ σου ποτέ δεν είναι καλή ιδέα αλλά ήθελα να το τεστάρω εξωνυχιστικά. Αντιθέτως το να το χρησιμοποιώ τα βράδια ήταν οτι καλύτερο για το δέρμα μου. Την επόμενη ημέρα το ένιωθα πιο απαλό απο ποτε! Το αγάπησα σαν προιόν.

Επίσης το χρησιμοποίησα και κάτω απο κρέμα για να κάνω μασάζ στο πρόσωπο. Το λάδι σε συνδυασμό με την κρέμα δεν απορροφούνται τόσο γρήγορα από το δέρμα το οποίο σου δίνει αρκετό χρόνο για να κάνεις ένα καλό και χαλαρωτικό μασάζ προσώπου. Το χρησιμοποιώ στους πελάτες μου κάθε φορά μετά από μια θεραπεία προσώπου για να κάνω μασάζ. Δεν μυρίζει καθόλου και αυτό του δίνει έξτρα πόντους για μένα!

 

Handmade Naturals Rhassoul & Strawberry Face Mask: The last product that I was testing is the Handamade Naturals Rhassoul & Strawberry face mask. It’s a mask that offers a deep cleansing, detoxifying and pore refining skin treatment. It comes in a powder form and you mix it yourself to make the mask at the moment you want it! That’s pretty cool if you ask me.

Now I’ll start with the only thing that I liked about this one and it’s the clean feeling that you have on your skin after using it. Other than that this mask was not for me at all. First of all it’s smelly for my liking. Every person though likes different smells so that’s not a big problem. Both on my clients and myself I like to remove the face masks with a hot towel. The feeling of the hot towel is very relaxing in my opinion plus it removes the mask in a minute!

This one though gets very tight and dry when it dries and it was a bit painful to remove it with the towel. So I massaged my face with a little bit on water on the tip of my fingers just to make the mask watery again. Then I removed it normally with a hot towel. One thing that you definitely need after using the mask is a moisturizer or oil. The skin feels so dry and if it’s already a little bit of dry it’s almost painful. I don’t recommend it on dry skins but it will work great on oily skins and normal one.


Handmade Naturals Rhassoul & Strawberry Face Mask: Το τελευταίο προιόν που δοκίμασα είναι η Handamade Naturals Rhassoul & Φράουλα μάσκα προσώπου. Είναι μάσκα για βαθύ καθαρισμό, αποτοξίνωση και μείωση της εμφάνισης των πόρων. Είναι σε μορφή σκόνης και φτιάχνεις μόνος σου την μάσκα με νερό όταν την χρειάζεσαι. Αρκετά cool κατά την γνώμη μου.

Λοιπόν θα ξεκινήσω με το μοναδικό πράγμα που μου άρεσε στην μάσκα και είναι οτι το δέρμα σου μετά το νιώθεις πολύ καθαρό. Πέρα απο αυτό η μάσκα δεν με βόλεψε καθόλου. Πρώτα απο όλα μυρίζει αρκετά για τα γούστα μου. Κάθε άνθρωπος όμως προτιμάει διαφορετικές μυρωδιές οπότε αυτό δεν είναι ακριβώς μειον. Τόσο στους πελάτες μου όσο και στον εαυτό μου μου αρέσει να αφαιρώ την μάσκα με ζεστή πετσέτα. Το αίσθημα της ζεστής πετσέτας στο πρόσωπο είναι πολύ χαλαρωτικό και επιπλέον η μάσκα αφαιρείται πολύ γρήγορα!

Η συγκεκριμένη βέβαια όταν στεγνώνει γίνεται πολύ σφιχτή και ξηρή με αποτέλεσμα να είναι ελαφρώς επίπονο το να την αφαιρέσεις απευθείας ακόμα κ με ζεστή πετσέτα. Αυτό που βρήκα σαν λύση είναι να κάνω ελαφρό μασάζ με τις άκρες των δαχτύλων μου και λίγο νερό. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο η μάσκα γίνεται πάλι υγρή και αφαιρείται πολύ εύκολα.  Ένα πράγμα που χρειάζεσαι οπωσδήποτε μετά είναι να εφαρμόσεις ενυδατική κρέμα ή κάποιο λάδι προσώπου. Το δέρμα μου ήταν τόσο ξηρό μετά που ήταν σχεδόν επίπονο. Δεν την συστήνω σε ξηρά δέρματα αλλά για λιπαρά και κανονικά θα είναι μια χαρα.

I wasn’t the only one who tried them though. Claire Fitzpatrick, a lovely american chiropractor tried them also and here you can find her thoughts. Claire and I met at Daiva’s Christmas party (we both had a collaboration with Daiva who runs the Alive Cosmetics beauty studio) we started talking and decided to test some products that Daiva sells at the studio. Claire also tried the eye cream and the moisturizer from the brand Squalan and she also have before and after photos on her post! Make sure to check it out to have a second opinion about the products.  Below you can find links to Claire’s website and social media!

Claire’s website: www.joyhealthandbody.com and  fitzpatrickchiropractic.nl

Claire’s facebook page: here and here


Δεν ήμουν η μόνη βέβαια που δοκίμασα τα προιόντα. Η Claire Fitzpatrick, μια εξαιρετική αμερικανίδα χειροπρακτικός τα δοκίμασε επίσης και εδώ μπορείς να βρεις την γνώμη της. Με την Claire γνωριστήκαμε στο χριστουγεννιάτικο πάρτυ της Daiva (και οι δυο είχαμε συνεργασία με την Daiva που έχει το beauty studio Alive Cosmetics) αρχίσαμε να μιλάμε και καταλήξαμε πως θέλουμε να δοκιμάσουμε σε βάθος τα προιόντα που πουλάει η Daiva στο στούντιο. Η Claire επίσης δοκίμασε την κρέμα ματιών και την ενυδατική της εταιρείας Squalan, στο post της θα βρείτε ακόμα και φωτογραφίες από το πριν και το μετά! Αν λοιπόν θέλετε μια δεύτερη γνώμη για τα προιόντα ρίξτε μια ματιά στο post της Claire. Παρακάτω μπορείτε να βρείτε link από τις ιστοσελίδες και τα social media της!

Ιστοσελίδες: www.joyhealthandbody.com και  fitzpatrickchiropractic.nl

Σελίδες στο facebook: εδώ και εδώ

Photos by me


ABOUT

Stress, anxiety and how I get along!

Hey, my name is Ioanna Tsaousidou, I’m from Greece and I currently live in the Netherlands. I studied aesthetics and cosmetology but as long as I can remember myself I had a strong passion for the fashion industry. I remember that I always wanted to be a model but my dreams were crashed when I didn’t grow taller than 155cm! That didn’t stop me though from following my dreams so I created my blog as a way to express my love for fashion and to inspire petite people like me to learn to love their bodies and wear items that complement them. If you ask me what my style is I would say that is feminine, minimal and elegant.

Alongside my blog, I work as a beautician and I also write for a fashion and beauty online magazine called Stylishly Beautiful. I’m in love with the Italian language and I’m addicted to travelling. There is no way that I’ll miss a chance to explore a new place.

My partner in crime and in life is Alexandros Risis. He is the one behind the blog set up and also behind the camera. He is the one who captures most of my photos! Together as a team we started “The Colourful Bouquet” back in 2014 and we constantly try to improve ourselves.

“The Colourful Bouquet” is a fashion and lifestyle blog for everyone to visit and feel inspired. I hope that my story will motivate you to never stop following your dreams. Come and see the world through my eyes while I try to pursue my dreams.


Hey, ονομάζομαι Ιωάννα Τσαουσίδου, είμαι από Ελλάδα και μένω στην Ολλανδία. Σπούδασα αισθητική και κοσμητολογία αλλά από όσο θυμάμαι τον εαυτό μου είχα πάθος για την βιομηχανία της μόδας. Θυμάμαι ότι από μικρή ήθελα να γίνω μοντέλο αλλά τα όνειρα μου κατέρρευσαν όταν δεν ψήλωσα πάνω από 155εκ! Αυτό βέβαια δεν με σταμάτησε από το να ακολουθήσω τα όνειρα μου και έτσι δημιούργησα το blog μου ως έναν τρόπο να εκφράσω την αγάπη μου για την μόδα και να εμπνεύσω μικρόσωμα άτομα σαν εμένα να μάθουν να αγαπούν το σώμα τους και να φοράνε ρούχα που κολακεύουν την σιλουέτα τους. Αν με ρωτάτε ποιο είναι το στυλ μου θα σας πω ότι είναι θηλυκό, μίνιμαλ και κομψό.

Παράλληλα με το blog μου δουλεύω σαν αισθητικός. Δηλώνω ερωτευμένη με την ιταλική γλώσσα και είμαι εθισμένη με τα ταξίδια. Δεν θα με δείτε ποτέ να χάνω ευκαιρία για να εξερευνήσω ένα καινούργιο μέρος.

Μαζί μου σε αυτό και στην ζωή είναι ο Αλέξανδρος Ρίσης. Αυτός βρίσκεται πίσω από τις ρυθμίσεις του blog και πίσω από την κάμερα. Είναι αυτός που απαθανατίζει τις περισσότερες φωτογραφίες μου! Μαζί σαν ομάδα ξεκινήσαμε το “The Colourful Bouquet” το 2014 και προσπαθούμε συνεχώς να εξελισσόμαστε.

Το “The Colourful Bouquet” είναι ένα blog μόδας και lifestyle για όλους οι οποίοι θέλουν να το επισκεφτούν και να πάρουν έμπνευση από αυτό. Ελπίζω ότι η ιστορία μου θα σας δώσει κίνητρο να μην σταματήσετε ποτέ να ακολουθείτε τα όνειρα σας. Ελάτε και δείτε τον κόσμο μέσα από τα μάτια μου ενώ προσπαθώ να κυνηγήσω τα όνειρα μου.

Contact Mail:

ioanna@thecolourfulbouquet.com

Filed Under: Natural Beauty Tagged With: beauty, beauty blogger, cleanser, facial oil, mask, natural products, natural skin care

Skin Care Review: Squalan Natural Skincare

May 22, 2018 by Claire Fitzpatrick

Skin Care Review: Squalan Natural Skincare

Upshot: I like this brand.
Favorite: The Eye product
Least Favorite: N/A
Overall: Feels great, sinks in, not oily, ingredients are nourishing, non-toxic, don’t expect miracles.
Reveal: Ioanna and I are partners with Alive Cosmetics.  If you purchase from them and you tell them where you found them, we get a small percentage of commission.

Just a Customer

As much as I like natural products, I actually use very few skin care products.

When I was a teenager and a young adult, in order to control breakouts, while my friends used all manner of acne wipes and creams, I used to just wipe my face with warm water. Worked fine for me.

As I got older, I just used whatever natural body lotion I had lying around to put on my face. I never had a special “facial” line. I didn’t think I needed that.

Taking risks

About 15 years ago, I decided to go rogue and went red with my hair. I won’t tell you what brand I used. Sufficed to say it was commercial and bad for me.

It was a departure from my usual “go natural” approach, but my husband loved it and I thought it was fun.  But it was really harsh for my hair; and, at exactly the same time, I began to experience contact dermatitis on my temples.

I lived with it, which was probably stupid (it was stupid). During the ensuing years, my naturally brown hair began graying, so I stayed with the red less for rogue purposes and more of an, “I’m not ready for gray,” attitude.

In an effort to find a balance, I switched from nasty chemical red dye to henna about 4 years ago.  I thought if I used a natural product, my contact dermatitis would go away.

But no, it did not go away; it actually spread.  I now have it on my forehead.

It’s really embarassing for me; but lately I’ve been practicing stepping into uncomfortable territory.  I have pictures that I’ve been taking as I test the Squalan, so I’m going to show you a progression of pics below as I go through the review.

So anyway…

When I came to Amsterdam and started the practice last summer at Nieuwe Achtergracht 61, I rented the space from Daiva Luksyte, owner of Alive Cosmetics.

We shared our mutual love of natural products. Hers was particularly focussed on skin care, and she decided to start her own business selling her favorite skin care products.  It was in this capacity that she let me know that if I sold any of her product in my capacity as chiropractor, I could earn a commission.

That’s nice, I thought. However, I didn’t want to sell the product to my patients without knowing anything about it, so I put the offer on the back burner, so to speak.

I met a cosmetic expert

Time rolled on, and the winter holidays came around. Daiva had a holiday party for her renters: me, massage therapists, and a skin care specialist named Ioanna Tsaousidou, an absolutely charming beautician from Greece.

Ioanna and I got to talking, and we decided to test some of the products that Alive Cosmetics sells so we could recommend them with authority.  She published the results of her review on her blog, The Colourful Bouquet.

The next post here will be a guest post from her on the subject, as a Part II of our review of Squalan. Hers is more from a beauty expert’s point of view. Mine is more of a natural health geek point of view.

Squalan[TM] Skin Care

Squalan’s primary ingredient is squalane, an hydrogenated (therefore, oxidatively stable) form of squalene, Squalene is an isoprenoid compound similar to beta-carotene in structure[1].

It is found a variety of both animal and plant products; in Squalan’s case, according to their website, they derive theirs from sugar cane approved by Ecocert.

Squalane is an intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of cholesterol. Topically, it can act as a natural protection from UV rays. Clinically, it may help lower overall cholesterol and is thought to be a potential treatment in anti cancer therapies[2].

According to the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Database — a MUST for your natural health care resources —  the ingredient is minimally toxic  (see this link)[3].

Squalane is an emollient, which means it can act like an anti-inflammatory on certain types of skin conditions such as papulosquamous disorders, which, for me, would differentiate my skin irritation with contact dermatitis.

In the latter case, a protein rejuvenator like keratin or collagen would probably be more appropriate [4].

But for me…

But for me, I wasn’t sure what was causing my rash.  Evidence of henna causing contact dermatitis, until recently, was considered a very rare event if it was not mixed with other chemicals or when minimal pesticides are used [5,6].  Because that seems to have changed a bit, I will research more pure forms and more information.

But for now, not only did I want to see if Squalan helped my skin feel better and look younger, but did it help my rash?

February 2018

Before photo.

Ugh. I hate looking at it.  Sidesweep is a good thing.

I started by using the Eye serum and the Moisturizer facial oil.

 

 

 

 

The Eye serum is awesome. It was light, it only took a tiny bit to nourish my eyes, and it didn’t sting if I messed up. Look at the bottle. It’s 3 months later and I still have this much.

The Moisturizer was a bit heavy, though certainly not as heavy as my body lotions/oils I’ve used in the past.  I mostly used it at night and after a shower, because in the morning I looked like I’d been running around the neighborhood once or twice.

April 2018

I used the two of these for two months, before I met up with Ioanna again in April to go over our findings.  At this point, my skin looked like this:

Not much better. My eyes look a little brighter, though.

So, I added these two products to my repitoire a month ago: Pure and the Cleanser

I’m not used to a cleanser, so it felt okay. It took a while to remove my eye makeup with it, but my skin did feel tighter.  I continued to use the Eye serum, but I switched the product on my face to the Pure facial oil.

I definitely liked it better on my face. I started using the Moisturizer on my shoulders and arms, upper chest, and it was much better there. Not so well on my legs — too light.

May 2018

So, here’s how my skin looked yesterday:

Maybe I’m looking too long at it, but my forehead looks a bit better, I think. My face and eyes look about the same, but I like the way they feel.

I am sticking with the Eye serum. I love it. The Pure facial oil is also nice, and deserves more of a trial, I think.

The Cleanser? It’s not bad, but I’m not a cleanser kind of person. However, I’m going to also give it more of a trial before I settle on mensa-mensa status with it.

Moisturizer, for me, too heavy for my face, but as a light moisurizer for chest, back and arms, not bad! If you don’t need much moisturizer for your legs after shaving, it’s okay. But I need more.

Tomorrow, I’m going to a local dermatologist to get a second opinion, and I may have to stop using Henna on my hair.

Oh, gosh. I know I like natural, but I don’t think I’m ready to go gray yet. Let’s see…you’ll know when I know! Will she go white?

Stay tuned!

I’ll post Ioanna’s review next time. In the meantime, you can read it for yourself on her blog, here.

If you want to help support Ioanna and me in our business efforts, and you’re moved to purchase any of these products, do us a favor and go here to Alive Cosmetics.  Daiva is a true blue merchant anyway; its a nice mission she’s on.  Be a hero and let them know where you heard about their products.

Talk to you soon!

 

Footnotes:

[1] Kelly GS. Squalene and its potential clinical uses. Altern Med Rev. 1999 Feb;4(1):29–36. [PubMed]

[2] ibid.

[3] this is not to construe that the EWG Skin Deep database endorses the product in any way, shape or form. I am simply reporting on the feature ingredient.

[4] Sethi A, Kaur T, Malhortra SK, Gambhir ML. Moisturizers: The slippery road. Indian J Dermatol. 2016 May-Jun; 61(3): 279–287. [PubMed]

[5] SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), Opinion on Lawsonia inermis (henna), 19 September 2013. [SCCS]

[6] National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Compound Database; (accessed May 22, 2018). [NCBI]

Filed Under: Natural Beauty Tagged With: beauty, face, hair, hair care, health, henna, moisturizer, natural, oil, organic, science, squalan, squalane, toxic

Here’s Five (Plus A Bonus!) Ways to Healthify Your Hair

July 6, 2017 by Claire Fitzpatrick

Want to healthify your hair?

I know, healthify isn’t really a word. But why would you not want to healthify your hair?

I was questioning if I should chime in on this whole hair thing and all.  I don’t have naturally long, luxurious, thick hair.  My hair is very fine, and as the years pass, I find I have less of it than I once did.

But I have to tell you: the hair I have now is WORLDS healthier than the hair I had when I was younger. It’s not even close.

I figured out these well-earned secrets like I have learned most of my hard-earned lessons in life: from 40 years of doing the wrong thing.

I am GIFTING YOU my 40 some odd years of trial and error here.  So, save yourself a couple of decades and read on!

1. Don’t wash your hair every day

My friend on Instagram, who has GORGEOUS hair, by the way, validated this for me last week. If you wash your hair every day, you’re asking for breakage.

Do you remember the movies in which the actress would say they can’t do anything that evening because they were “washing their hair?”

That used to kill me, because I used to wash my hair every single morning. I was so paranoid that my hair would look greasy and oily that it became just the opposite.

I used to have ridiculous split ends that no amount of conditioning could fix.

It wasn’t until I became an entrepreneur that I figured out that washing my hair less frequently helped it stay healthy.

When you work for yourself, you delegate all your time very judiciously. There’s no one else to do it for you, so you have to really regiment your time well…right down to the amount of time it takes to make a meal, to work out, to commute to work, to get ready for bed.

In the beginning, when I wasn’t yet very good at it, my choices started to look like this:

I can either shower or eat breakfast.

When faced with that choice, if I showered/washed my hair the day before, unless I did something extremely body-intensive that morning, breakfast won.

My hair started to get healthier without my even noticing.

I wash my hair two…maybe three…times a week now. I actually schedule my high-intensity exercise around my wash days so that I don’t have to wash my hair more.

2. Make sure your diet is healthy and includes healthy fats and proteins.

I know. So obvious, but it has to be stated.

If your body doesn’t have proper fuel for its nervous system, your bones, muscles, etc…It’s going to conserve its energy and allocate resources from “expendables,” like your hair.  Less effective nutrition = nasty hair (skin and nails, too).

Before I really knew something about nutrition, back in the 80s and 90s, I used to get my eating tips from popular books and vegetarian magazines. It’s not that they were wrong all the time – a lot of their advice I still use today. But back then, fats – all fats — were considered evil.

The covers of these magazines almost always featured a big plate of pasta tossed with colorful nightshade vegetables and silken, “low fat” tofu.

Make sure you get a healthy balance of Omega 3-6-9-7, fats and foods rich in proteins in your diet. If you work out, use undenatured minimally processed whey protein or, if you’re a vegetarian, use an appropriate pea-hemp protein.

Run from saturated, processed, hydrogenated fats and deep fried carbs.

Here’s an overall lifestyle tip: if you’ve seen it in a commercial, chances are that you shouldn’t eat or use it.

3. Use hair products that are all-natural, and sourced organically.

You have to do your homework here. It’s hard to find products that don’t have cancer-causing chemicals in them.  Two brands I can recommend off the bat are Acure and Aubrey Organics.

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If you want to geek out on this stuff like I do, this is a MUST USE source: Environmental Working Group.

I refer to this site all the time. They have a database that details exactly how toxic a chemical is, so you can go to the store armed with knowledge.  YOU MUST make this one of your go-to pages!

4. When you wash your hair, towel dry it BEFORE putting conditioner on.

This has been huge for me.  I don’t know why, but one day it dawned on me that my hair was so wet, the conditioner just thinned out.  So I towel dried my hair before I put the conditioner on, in the shower.

While my hair was in a towel, I shaved my underarms.  I took the towel off, I saturated my hair with the conditioner, and I went about shaving my legs while the conditioner was on my head.

That leads to # 5:

5. Leave the conditioner on for 5+ minutes, then rinse for 10 seconds.

Don’t just do the 60-second wait. Schedule your shower tasks around the conditioner. Leave it on for at least 5 minutes, and when you rinse, don’t rinse your hair until it squeaks! Rinse for 10 seconds (give or take a second).  You know… one Mississippi…two Mississippi…etc…

Here’s a bonus round:

**Bonus**:

[pullquote align=”normal”]Let your hair dry about 85% before you put a dryer to it. Use a high-powered ionic hair dryer and dry it completely. [/pullquote]

When you’re out of the shower, towel-dry, brush your wet hair, and go about putting your lotion, deodorant, perfume, makeup…let your hair dry on your head.

When its about 85% dry, use a hair dryer that is over 2000 watts strong. If you want straight hair, use the flat head funnel adaptor; if you want curls, use the round knobby adaptor.  Dry your hair COMPLETELY. Then use the cold-shot button to set your hair with the cold air.

If you do these things, you’re going to see immediate improvement and obvious results in 3-6 months.

I know you have a tip. Please share!

Filed Under: Natural Beauty Tagged With: acure, aubrey organics, beauty, fat, hair, hair care, natural, organic, thrive market

Lipsticks That Won’t Kill You

October 1, 2016 by Claire Fitzpatrick

Looking good doesn’t mean that you have to be poisoned by your makeup. Here are 5 cruelty free lipsticks and lip products that make a point of using healthy, non-toxic ingredients.

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Filed Under: Healthy Aging, Natural Beauty Tagged With: health, lipstick, longevity, toxic

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