In an ideal world another woman would have taught you how to care for your face when you turned 13. All the suffering and trauma around acne and blackheads might have been prevented during those years transitioning into adulthood. Peri-menopause is another missed opportunity for learning how to care for mature skin. Eventually nothing canContinue reading “Self Care Sunday:Caring for your face”
Category Archives: Beauty Care
Self Care Sunday :Self Massage with Constitutional Oils.
The concepts of constitutions (metabolic style, physical appearance, personality) ,humors (essences with a physical form like “blood”, “bile” or “phlegm” ) and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air space) exist in numerous cultures. If we follow a strict diet, adopt an specific lifestyle, live in a favorable surroundings and engage in certain rituals/practices thereContinue reading “Self Care Sunday :Self Massage with Constitutional Oils.”
Self Care Sunday:The Bath*
Baths are an ideal self care practice. They easily allow us to take charge of our own healing. Bathing has a long, multicultural history of- cleaning, purifying, discharging, rejuvenating, sanctifying, restoring, connecting , stimulating, cooling, heating, celebrating, replacing, nullifying, resolving, clarifying, repairing, blessing, balancing, transforming, regulating and proving communion with various forces. Types Foot-warms, easesContinue reading “Self Care Sunday:The Bath*”
No More Blues Bath Potion (Plumeria)
Well this week certainly requires a long hot bath. Historically baths have been used to cleanse, purify, relax, soothe, heal, sanctify, and release. This mixture has plenty of essential oils to provide the benefits of aromatherapy too. My girls loved the color and scent which brought back memories of our trips to Hawaii .This isContinue reading “No More Blues Bath Potion (Plumeria)”
Skin Care for Tweens and Teens
My daughter has beautiful skin. I keep crossing my fingers that it stays that way because she scars terribly. Many of her friends have acne. She does not. It is not her diet, she loves sweets. I attribute it to genetics and the skincare products I had her use when I started noticing those shiftsContinue reading “Skin Care for Tweens and Teens”
Blackbird's Backyard Pharmacy 