Archive for the ‘Herbal & Natural Beauty’ Category


Rosemary’s Many Uses

You may only know the herb rosemary as a cooking spice, but this inexpensive, abundantly grown herb (it is even found in the wild all over in the Pacific northwest, you can walk down roads and see it growing wild many times) has many other uses. They are uses ranging from beauty to therapeutic health [...]

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Cocoa Butter’s Chocolatey Smell, Skin Health Benefits

So I’ve been tanning to get my dose of vitamin D in a specially designed UVB tanning bed that my husband and I purchased. I have to admit, it’s nice to also lay back in this bed and pretend it’s summer time, and with the long winters here, we really need to feel like we [...]

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Vitamin A Derivatives in Sunscreen May Actually Promote Skin Cancer

I may have reported on this before, but there is startling evidence that a common derivative of vitamin a, which is used in a lot of sunscreens currently, may actually accelerate skin cancer. It was found to be a promoting agent of skin cancer, which is the unhealthy growth and mutation of healthy skin cells [...]

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Natural Mineral Makeup : Benefits

Mineral makeup has been increasing in commercial visibility and consumer popularity for the past ten to fifteen years.  The reasoning behind using the mineral makeup is that it is all natural, good for your skin and provides the look and feel of bare beautiful skin while providing coverage for problem areas. The various companies that [...]

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New Page : Natural Deodorant

We have a new page which talks about something I feel is very important : natural deodorant and anti perspirant. We bombard our bodies every day with toxins from our environment, from our food, and from the products we apply to our skin. If you think that the products you put on your skin don’t [...]

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