Category - Skin care
Turmeric—More than Just Another Pretty Spice (taken from the Rosacea Series)
Beauty, Products, Skin care
Turmeric (curcuma longa) has anti-inflammatory properties as well as being an antioxidant. For this reason, you will cur cumin (the active ingredient in Turmeric) in many remedies for the treatment of skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and atopic…
St. Croix Agricultural Fair 2014
Contests, Events, Products, Skin care
This weekend St. Croix is abuzz with Ag Fest related activities, and we are in the mix of things with our very own booth! Stop by booth #10 and pick up some limited edition items made just for…
Fight Oily Skin With…Oil?
Beauty, Skin care
Yes…that is correct. The best way to treat your oily skin is to use…oil! What?! Are you crazy? I am trying to get RID of the oil. NOT add more oil to my already oily skin! I won’t…
Too Good To Be True…
Beauty, Business, Skin care
And for the most part, those offers usually are. How many times have you had an offer come up or presented and you thought “WOW! Just what I needed!” And there you go full force into the project…
Hair, ACV and Mud! A New start for 2012.
Beauty, Skin care
I have been on a natural hair care journey for the better part of 15 years. And funny, I always wondered why my hair always seemed to be suffering so much. I tortured it for years with harsh chemicals trying…
A Green Treatment for Acne
Beauty, Skin care
There are few ingredients, tropical at least, that work wonders for the skin and keeping the face clear as Lime (citrus aurantifolia) and Lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus). If you are from the Caribbean, then you already know about the wonderful, properties…
My Day of Experimentation :-)
Beauty, Skin care
Decided to take some ME time today. Always a good thing to just let the world function without you for a minute. All the problems and chaos will still be there tomorrow. Anyway, I saw on FB with…
What is an itiba woman?
Beauty, Skin care
The itiba woman is a natural woman, a caring woman. Not necessarily a mother in the literal sense, but nurturing to herself and to others. Her beauty is apparent not because of her features, but because she just radiates beauty with…
To Brush or Not to Brush…
Beauty, Skin care
That is the question 🙂 I recently responded to a piece about exfoliation and thought “Everything is about the latest abrasive or peel or something. What about a simple brushing?” I do Dry Brushing as often as I…
Honey…have some honey :-)
Beauty, Skin care
“Honey is made up from fructose, glucose, water and other sugars. It also contains many enzymes, vitamins, minerals and amino acids that your body needs. Honey contains many antioxidants that are used by the body to eliminate free…