You probably already know all the ways that chlorophyll is basically magic. I mean, plant blood that allows herbage to soak up the sun and transform it into food? Heck yeah, that sounds like something Professor Sprout would teach in Harry Potter. Though there hasn’t been enough fuss about the green stuff’s quasi-magical properties, word […]
Continue readingSmearing old coffee grounds on your face might seem at best pointless and at worst really, really strange. But coffee doesn’t have the same effect on our skin as it does our bodies; in fact, putting coffee on skin provides a powerhouse of beauty benefits. Stayed up late last night finishing that essay and now you have […]
Continue readingOnce upon a time, I used to slather my face with night creams in hopes of waking up to rejuvenated, glowing skin. In the morning, I’d wash my face as usual and then reach for another, lighter moisturizer for the daytime and then top that off with yet another layer of primer to help my […]
Continue readingYou might not realize it, but you put a lot of trust into your eye makeup. Your trusty mascara or eyeliner gets VIP access to one of the most vulnerable and sensitive area on your body every morning and is left basically unsupervised. This, along with the fact that eye makeup (mascara especially) flakes off […]
Continue readingAlthough you won’t find them in a basic makeup routine, lip liners are perfect for getting those full-on lips that celebrity makeup ads are always banging on about. Giving your lips a proper shape or just filling them in does wonders for your pucker, and everyone deserves a little kiss-up from time to time. And […]
Continue readingLet’s face it; we all slip up sometimes. Spending ten minutes in the sweets aisle at a supermarket convincing yourself that flooding your belly with sugary chocolate isn’t technically breaking your diet- don’t even try to pretend you haven’t done it. So here’s a little more motivation to trick your dopamine receptors – fatty foods […]
Continue readingYou might not know it, but you probably have goat’s milk on your face right now. Yup, at this very moment. We know your secrets. Okay, okay, don’t worry; we don’t have a secret security camera watching you at every moment. Neither do we have a telepath on the team (though that would be really […]
Continue readingLet’s be real here; your store-bought shampoo probably contains a lot of nasty stuff that you’re spreading onto your precious hair multiple times a week. On the alphabet soup ingredients list at the back, you’ll find known carcinogens- take sodium lauryl glucose or polyethylene glycol (PEG) for instance- hormone disruptors that can mimic estrogen- parabens […]
Continue readingThe first, really detailed discussion on the benefits of aloe vera is found in the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to around 1550 BC. Since then, various aloe vera benefits have been heralded by civilizations from every corner of the globe, from Persia to Greece to India. And we’re still talking about […]
Continue readingLooking for another all-natural wonder tool to add to your skincare arsenal? Apple cider vinegar (ACV) might just be your next pick. Let’s face it; our skin can be a bit of a diva sometimes – breaking out left right and center, giving you laughter lines one moment and frown lines the next – and […]
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