Nontoxic Beauty Secret from around the world.

How does your Beauty secrets compare with the rest of the world

The world we live in is image conscious, it has become an increasing demand to look as good as one feels and to maintain one’s look even in the presence of an illness. The perception of role models and public figures from all areas of lifestyle like in sports, entertainment, fashion, and beauty display a youthful alluring appearance so as a result many youths have become obsessed and very self conscious about the way they appeal to the rest of the world on a daily basis, which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it and to what extent you model these public figures—do you perceive the benefits of loving and caring for yourself  the way that suits you or do you over critic yourself for not having those attributes or meeting this beauty quota. Focusing only on outward appearance underscores the fact that beauty comes from within, and that the best approach to feeling great and looking better is one that looks into the internal foundation upon which the external beauty is based. This is one of the primary reasons why a holistic approach to wellness and age management is essential. The Holistic philosophy is one that helps to enhance the whole self by implementing proper nutrition, balancing hormones, appropriate skincare and of course regular exercise.

Attraction to beauty is global, no matter how beauty is defined. Everyone wants to feel attractive and beautiful. It’s not superficial or vain; it is reality and this reality has economic, psychological, and social effects that directly affect our progress whether we choose to recognize it or not.  Investment into living healthier is an investment in “feeling and looking good”. “If you live well, you feel well and you will look well”

The skin is the largest organ of our body and can be quite embracing when it’s not appealing to you.  It is the first thing people see when they look at us—“your skin’s appeal”. When our skin is healthy and vibrant, this is a good reflection of one’s total health and well-being.  The skin renews and repairs itself, as we age; the physio-chemical homeostasis of the skin becomes compromised, leaving it more susceptible to intrinsic and extrinsic stressors that ultimately degrade its impact on accelerated skin aging. External factors that contribute to skin aging are Environmental pollutants, toxic and harsh personal hygiene products.

Growing older is inevitable; however, we can try to slow the aging process and prolong our lives by taking measures to promote continuous cell rejuvenation and renewal. To help you feel good and look your best we have put together some Alternative beauty products and secrets tips from around the world that can help keep you safe from toxins.

Secret Tips from Japan: Rice bran, the brown outer layer of the rice kernel is used by Japanese women for skin care because it contains rich oil, making it a great exfiolante. It contains B-complex that helps improve blood circulation in the skin. It also contains vitamin E, antioxidants and fatty acids. Rice bran can be used to cleanse, revitalize, prevent wrinkles, exfoliate and make skin blemish free.

Japanese women use chili peppers to stimulate circulation, wake up tired feet. At the end of the day take chili peppers and put into some hot water and let your feet soak for ten minutes.

White camellia oil is commonly used for moisturizing, conditioning, nourishing and softening of the skin. Camellia oil gives the skin a healthy glow while helping it eliminate wrinkles, treat burn scars, revitalize hair growth as well as strengthening nails. Camellia oil is also used on the hair as it is high in olein acids and glycerides---it adds shine and conditions.

 Secret Tips from India: India eats good antioxidant food plus they use coconut oil. You can heat up some coconut oil mildly and apply to the scalp, this helps seal the cuticle and prevents split ends. Coconut oil contains lauric acid, the most essential fatty acids. For great looking skin---women turn to yogurt and almonds; they ground up almond and mix it in yogurt, apply to the face as a mask and then rinse for a smooth look finish.

Secret Tips from Brazil: Natural Brazilian love their natural glamorous looks---they are known to lie on the beach near the sea water while rubbing beach sand on their skin to help exfoliate the skin as well as stimulate the blood flow to the skin to reduce cellulite. That is how they get their sunset beauty.

Secret from the French: The French soak up toxins and purify the skin by using clay mask which absorbs oils and impurities without drying out the skin. Simply mix up powdered clay with water and smooth over dry your face and body, rinse and dry. Remove eye makeup with sweet almond oil, which keeps the skin smooth and soft.

For hair, they use flour mixture with distilled water and vinegar to apply to hair for half an hour to smooth out the hair shaft and keep it smooth and healthy.

Greek secret---Greek women exfoliate naturally and they eat a bit of vegetarian Greek salad. They use olive oil mixed with lemon juice and sugar applied in the shower and washed away. The oil loosens layers of dead skin while the sugar sloughs it off. They give their feet a treat by dipping them in warm olive oil and then buffing with coarse sea salt. Olive oil is a great source of fatty acids and antioxidants.

 

Polished secret from Poland: In this part of the world, for women is all about the “wild Honey”—if you want to be a honey, use honey on skin and in your diet. Apply a layer of honey to their faces as a moisturizer because of its firming and moisture-retaining properties. After letting the honey sit for a few minutes, they rinse skin and they get a smoother complexion. Honey is also applied to the lips to soften and plump.

Coat your hair with wild honey, cover with a shower cap and leave on for 30 minutes, wash out. Your hair will look soft and shiny

Secret Tips from Belgium: The natural beauties of Belgians turn to mink oil to look their best and to diminish the appearance of aging. Mink oil is the most absorbable and compatible oil for human skin and it helps reduce fine line and wrinkles, age spots, blemishes, stretch marks, and scars. It can be used as a face moisturizer (or mixed with foundation to set makeup), a nourishing treatment for the bath and to revitalize thinning hair.

Secret from china, for the Chinese—it’s all about the teas, green and white teas. Great tea is known to be a great antioxidant, helpful in detoxifying the body and for maintaining healthy weight—weight-loss. Green tea can also be great for the hair when mixed with rosemary oil. To fight aging though, Chinese women turn to white tea, taken from the tip of the green tea plant. The plant contains many antioxidants in the tips and they act as shield against free radicals thus fighting off aging.

Australian beauties use tea tree oil as a beauty quick fix choice. Tea tree oil gives skin a great glow and helps to repair damaged skin caused by dry skin, sun, fungus or acne; it is also a great disinfectant. Tea tree oil also has a great disinfectant. Tea tree oil has great oxygenating properties for the skin, is also very mild and safe for sensitive skin.

Asian, Thailand and Middle East women avoid shaving, waxing, plucking their hair instead they prefer threading---a painless way to remove hair without aggravating the skin.

In Australia aboriginal women use Yarrow root to prevent stretch marks. 


In the Dominican Republic women have discovered the secret to strong nails adding garlic to their nail polish.
 

Egyptian, Caribbean, Africans use coconut oil, jojoba oil, palm kernel milk and Apricot oil an amazing antioxidant, it helps soften the skin, and it’s very rich. Coconut oil is great for anti aging, softening the appearance of fine lines, it’s a natural sunscreen, people in Jamaica use this daily to protect their skin from the sun.
Women in Egypt use almonds to keep their body beautiful. If you have dry dead skin, just grind down the almonds use a little bit of milk to make a paste, rub it all over your body then wash it off and you will have incredible skin. 

 African women have known for years the natural healing power and sweet gratification of smooth, healthy, and glowing skin credited to brown sugar or natural cane sugar, Sugar is used as an exfoliate for the skin. You can use lemon sugar recipe by adding lemon, plain non-dairy yogurt to natural cane sugar to help slough off dead skin and renew the look and feel of your skin.

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Facial Cream

Silky-smooth moisturizer helps revitalize dull, dry skin and restore moisture balance with antioxidant-rich seabuckthorn and Ester-C.

Camellia green tea skin cream by Madre-Labs diminish existing skin damage, helps reduce oxidative skin damage, helps maintain skin Hydration and firmness while brightening and balancing skin tone.

Camellia green tea skin cream contains EGCG from camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) plus resveratrol and hyaluronic acid that have antioxidant, anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties.

Avalon Organics, MoisturizingCream Shave, Aloe-Unscented is made with plant oils and Aloe Vera that helps nourish, moisturize and provides a smooth glide.  Beta Glucan helps speed the repair of nicks and irritation. Avalon Organics Moisturizing Cream Shave is safe, effective and contains 100% vegetarian ingredients with no artificial colors, synthetic fragrances or parabens, harsh preservatives. Avalon Organics Moisturizing cream is cruelty free and is EU Cosmetics Directive Compliant.              

Honeybee Gardens, Truly Natural Lipstick,Camelot

No mineral oil, no FD&C colors. Only natural beneficial ingredients like coconut oil which penetrates and moisturizes lips, shea butter which protects your lips, sesame seed oil to heal and soften vitamin E as an anti-oxidant, and pure botanical extracts which act as a 100% natural preservative.

Anti-aging tips for Everyone

Consuming a balanced alkaline diet that includes raw vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, nuts, and quality protein such as fish and soy foods helps reduce sign of aging. Consume less or no animal protein. Include in your diet broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, mushroom, spinach, kale, fruits, whole grains, nuts, oats, seeds, and soybeans. Avoid processed foods.

• Eat dark-skinned fruits such as red apples and nectarines, which are good sources of bioflavonoids. The skin contains the bioflavonoids, so leave it on. Red delicious apples have the most bioflavonoids in the skin; fuji apples have the most bioflavonoids.
• Eat blue berries, raspberries, and blackberries regularly. Wild blueberries contain more bioflavonoids than domestic varieties. Bioflavonoids found in most fruits and vegetables keep free radicals from harming the brain and may help protect against Alzhemier’s disease.
• Eat 80 to 100 grams of protein a day, meting it out evenly at three meals and two to three snacks. Protein, along with exercise, is important to prevent muscle wasting.
• Consume four to five small meals daily. Eat foods that are fresh and cooked in a fashion that maintains their nutritional content.
• Black, green, and orange pekoe teas all contain bioflavonoids called catechins. Green tea contains the most epigallocatechin-3-gallate, an antioxidant effective in preventing degenerative brain disease.
• But exercise caution with green teas because they contain vitamin K, which can make anticoagulant medication less effective and the caffeine in green tea could cause insomnia, anxiety, upset stomach, nausea, or diarrhea.
• Include garlic, onions, shiitake mushrooms, and pearl barley---they are good sources of geranium, potassium, and many other nutrients that lessen free radical damage and acts as catalysts in the supply of oxygen to oxygen-poor tissue.
• Co-enzyme Q10 protects the heart, increases tissue oxygenation, and is vital for many bodily functions. The liver and heart muscle have the highest levels of coenzyme Q10 of tissue. Since the liver is the main detoxifying organ of the body, optimal liver functions are vital for reducing damage to all the body’s tissues.
• Alpha-Lipoic acid, a powerful antioxidant, has been used successfully to treat alcohol-induced liver damage. It aids in protecting the liver and pancreas from alcoholic damage. You can get alpha lipoic acid from eating spinach, broccoli, potatoes, brewer’s yeast and alpha lipoic supplement. Alpha Lipoic acid should be taken with L-carnitine to maximize its effectiveness.
• An occasional glass of red wine is good for the heart, limit your alcohol consumption.
• Cut back on salt.
• Quit smoking cigarettes or overexpose yourself to harmful environmental pollutants.
• Stay out of the sun because exposing the skin to the sun promotes free radicals. To prevent wrinkles, stay out of the sun and use all natural lotions or oils that contain nutrients and antioxidants.
• Sleeping is essential, allow yourself some rest because it helps your body and mind renew itself therefore preventing inflammation and diseases in the long run.
• Avoid excessive drinking---Alcohol damages brain cell and liver.
• Remove fried and saturated fats; increase your consumption of omega-3 fats.
• Eat less refined food and artificial sweeteners.
• Become a vegetarian---eat no meat, consume complex carbs like whole grains, flax seed, wheat germ, legumes-lentil, fruits, and vegetable like avocado, tomatoes and plenty of omega-3 fatty acid food.
• Reduce your caffeine in-take, avoid red meat, white flour, white sugar, chemical food addictives, drugs, pesticides, and tap water.
• Get exercise—it is the most important factor in slowing down the aging process because it increases the amount of oxygen available to body tissues, a key determinant of energy and stamina.
• Avoid Toxic hygiene products. Do not use harsh soaps on your skin. Use olive, avocado, or almond oil to cleanse the skin. Pat the oil on, and then wash it off with warm water and a soft cloth. Use a facial loofah occasionally with the oil and warm water to remove dead skin. Use liquid creams and lotions (avoid solid creams) that contain nutrients and natural ingredients to keep your skin from becoming too dry. Do not use cold dreams, cleansing creams, or solid moisturizing creams. These are hardened saturated fats that become rancid rapidly and then create free radicals, which can cause premature wrinkles. Free radicals can cause the brownish spots on the skin known as age spots.
• Taking pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) keeps hair healthy, with little graying, and prevent premature hair loss. It is also very important for normal adrenal and immune function.
• Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) is one of the B vitamins. It keeps skin healthy and delays wrinkles. Combination of PABA and dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) has been found to enhance brain function, immunity, and cellular regeneration.
• Dimethylglycine (DMG) is a derivative of the amino acid glycine. It boosts immune function and improves tissues oxygenation.
• Consume steam-distilled water. Drink even when you are not thirsty—98% of the body is made of water so you would want to drink lots of water to avoid dehydration.
• Improve your blood’s oxygenation and circulation with deep breathing exercises. Try holding your breath for thirty second every half hour.
• Keep your colon clean. It helps ward off degenerative diseases and slow the aging process. Eat high fiber food and use a cleansing enema once weekly. Get extra fiber by eating plenty of fresh vegetables, whole grains, bran, and oats. Coffee enema and psyllium husk helps in colon cleansing.
• Read---keep your mind awake by learning new things because your brain connections and cells gets stronger the more you use them, it helps you remember more. Learn how to relax—stay active and enthusiastic about life. By keeping up your appearance, using biofeedback games and been involved in hobbies and other activities you can keep your mind active. Taking Dimethylglycine (DMAE) is beneficial for memory and mental ability, acting to increase alertness and focus. It may also enhance mood and vision.

Helpful Tips that can help you help your liver?

In our civilized lifestyle we are bugged down by stress, poor diet, smoke, environmental pollutants and excessive alcohol, over-medication, toxins or waste products in our blood stream that cause the liver to function sluggishly and when your blood is loaded with toxins due to a weak and inefficient liver, there is limited capacity for the blood to carry nutrients and oxygen supply for the brain and other parts of the body. As a result, tissue and organ cells are malnourished. If left untreated the cells will begin to age and eventually die.The brain needs oxygen to function properly but when the liver is not functioning properly, in essence filtering and circulating good blood, oxygen cannot be distributed to the brain—(the brain makes up only 2% of our body weight but it needs 20% of our oxygen supply).  You should know that the liver is the most emotion sensitive organ and its weakness is linked to emotional sensitivity or some kind of toxicity. Individuals who are emotionally sensitive are more prone to liver damage—weak liver. Poor liver contributes to faster skin aging. When the liver is not functioning properly, you feel constant fatigue, memory-loss, insomnia, and thyroid problems which then lead to weight gain or obesity. Malfunctioning of the liver and kidneys is the leading cause of Alzheimer disease, Brain tumor, insomnia, memory loss, night blindness—vision problems, stroke, dizziness-fatigue-poor energy level, deafness, headaches, tinnitus, fainting-convulsion, stiff muscle, weak tendons, age-related vision problems, etc.
According to the Chinese, the liver and kidneys are the organs that "age" us. That is why almost all longevity herbs used in Chinese medicine is liver and kidney tonics. An efficient liver and kidney is the key for health and vital energy, so we have put together some helpful tips that can help you help your liver.

Alpha-Lipoic acid, a powerful antioxidant, has been used successfully to treat alcohol-induced liver damage. It aids in protecting the liver and pancreas from alcoholic damage. You can get alpha lipoic acid from eating spinach, broccoli, potatoes, brewer’s yeast and alpha lipoic supplement.

Vitamin E in its natural form is known as d-alpha-tocopherol is more available for the body and it is a potent powerful antioxidant that prevents cell damage that can be caused by free radicals by inhibiting the oxidation of lipids (fats in the body). It protects other fat-soluble vitamins from destruction by oxygen. Vitamin E improves oxygen utilization, vitamin A utilization and boost immune system. Find more info on vitamin E.

Avoid saturated fats and fried foods, which put stress on the liver. For essential fatty acids, use primrose oil supplements plus small amounts of cold-pressed organic vegetable oils like olive oil, flax-seed oil (lingnan oil).

Go on a ten-day live green juice and half cleansing fast to help remove toxins from the body quickly. Get plenty of rest, especially in the early weeks of recovery, to allow your body to cleanse and repair itself.

Avoid drugs and substance that can be toxic to your liver except those needed prescription that has been prescribed by your physician. 

Avoid all alcohol especially if you’re pregnant, suffering cancer or other illness. Total abstinence is an absolute requirement for regaining control over your life. Avoid people, things, and places that are associated with drinking. Make new friendships with people who do not drink. Take up a hobby, become involved in your fitness--exercise to promote self-esteem and provide a productive outlet for energy.

Burdock root is also known as bardana, beggar’s buttons, clotbur, gobo, lappa and thorny burr. It contains phytochemicals such as acetic acid, arctigenin, arctiin, beta-carotene, butyric acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, costic acid, inulin, isovaleric acid, lauric acid, lignin, myristic acid, propionic acid, sitosterol, stigmasterol and other nutrients such as amino acids, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, silicon, zinc, vitamins B1, B2, B3, and C. Burdock root acts as an antioxidant that can help protect you against cancer by helping control cell mutation. It helps eliminate excess fluid, uric acid, and toxins. It purifies the blood, restores liver and gall bladder function, as well as stimulates the digestive and immune systems. In addition to this, burdock root has antibacterial and antifungal properties; it can help treat skin disorders such as boils, carbuncles, relieve gout and menstrual symptoms. Burdock root can be used as a hair rinse to promote healthy hair and scalp. Take caution when using burdock root because it interfere with iron absorption when taken internally. Also burdock root is not to be used if you’re pregnant, breast-feeding woman, diabetic or have heart or cardiovascular problems. 

Red Clover contains pytochemicals like beta-carotene, beta-sitosterol, biochanin, caffeic acid, campesterol, chlorogenic acid, coumarin, coumestrol, daidzein, eugenol, formononetin, genistein, isorhamnetin, methyl salicylate, myricetin, p-coumaric acid, salicylic acid and other nutrients like calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, and zinc, vitamin B3, C, and E.  Red clover has expectorant, antispasmodic and relaxing effect. It helps fight infection and bacterial infection like coughs, bronchitis, inflamed lungs as well as treat inflammatory bowel disorders, kidney problems, skin disorders and liver disease. It can help strengthen the immune system, suppress appetite and purify the blood.

Activated charcoal can help cleanse the blood stream of toxins.

 

Dandelion root can be boiled and eaten like any other vegetable or salad. It contains phytochemicals like Beta-carotene, beta-sitosterol, caffeic acid, cryptoxanthin, lutein, mannitol, p-coumaric acid, saponin, stigmasterol and other nutrient such as calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, vitamin B1, B2, B3, and C. Dandelion acts as a diuretic, it cleanses the blood and liver, and increases bile production, reduces serum cholesterol and uric acid levels, improves functioning of the kidneys, pancreas, spleen and stomach, relieves menopausal symptoms. It is very useful for treating anemia, boils, breast tumors, constipation, fluid retention, jaundice, rheumatism, age spot, breast cancer, liver cirrhosis and hepatitis. However, it should not combined with other prescription diuretic and it is not recommended for people with gallstones or biliary tract obstruction.

Silymarin (milk thistle extract) helps repair damage done to the liver. Silymarin is extracted from seeds of the herb milk thistle; silymarin has been used for centuries to treat liver disease. The active ingredients in milk thistle are several types of flavonoids known collectively as silymarin that acts as a powerful antioxidant. Silymarin guards the liver from oxidative damage. It also protects the liver from toxins, drugs, and the effects of alcohol, and promotes the growth of new liver cells. In addition, silymarin increases levels of gluthathione, superoxide dismutase, and catalase, potent antioxidant enzyme that protect the liver. It has been shown to reduce insulin resistance, which may help patients with diabetes in controlling their blood sugar levels.

Curcumin, the yellow pigment in turmeric, is the active ingredient that helps fight free radical damage, protect the liver against toxins, inhibits platelet aggregation, aids circulation, lowers cholesterol levels, and improves blood vessel health. It has antibiotic, anticancer and anti-inflammatory (COX-2 enzyme) properties.

Rosemary fights free radicals, inflammation, bacteria and fungi. It helps detoxify the liver, and has anticancer and anti-tumor properties.

Oregon grape root helps purify the blood and cleanse the liver. In addition to this, it acts as a laxative and can be helpful for acne, psoriasis and other skin conditions.

Psychological support and biofeedback can help prevent liver damage related to stress and emotional problem like depression.

  

As much as possible, avoid stress. Cultivate patience and live a Nontoxic Lifestyle; this will be needed in the long run for self balance, recovery and it will help your liver function better.

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