Foreue – Natural Skin Care (Handmade & Vegan)

Imagine this: you’re sitting poolside basking in the warm sun. You protected your skin with natural sunscreen and your eyes with chic designer shades.  You’re feeling terrific until you go back inside and look in the mirror. You notice that your hair has a case of major frizz.

Unfortunately, frizzy hair is a common hair issue for most women. It doesn’t matter if you’re hair is really curly or stick straight, frizz happens to almost everyone. The good news is that you can easily combat frizz with the right natural solutions and styling techniques. Here are the top tips for fighting frizz the natural way!

All good hair days start with a healthy vegan diet. A healthy diet utilizes pure nutrients found in fruits and vegetables to improve your hair all the way from the root to tips.  Add shine, prevent hair loss, increase hair strength with a variety of vitamins and minerals found in your favorite meals. Its a hard feat for almost everyone to eat a completely balanced diet, even for vegans.  Here is a small list of what you need to incorporate to your meals.  Once you establish a healthy diet, you will notice a big difference in your hair.

Life is so much more enjoyable with a few indulgences every once in a while, and what a better way to indulge than to to enjoy a luxe (vegan) skin care treatment? You don’t need a lot of money nor do you need to spend an entire day at a spa. Just purchase a few of your favorite vegan spa products and use them at least once a week(preferably on a weekend evening when you have time). Here are a few must-have vegan spa products to get you started!

Soapwort is generally considered an alternative to commercial soaps and cleansers. Soapwort is a herb that is often used like soaps, however it is actually gentler on sensitive skin types and does not dry out skin like some soaps do.  Soapwort is also all natural. It features no harsh chemicals, additives, or preservatives, therefore it’s safer. Soapwort contains a natural ingredient called saponins which is what gives soapwort the sudsy cleansing action.

Shopping for vegan skincare and beauty products just got easier, particularly for those with an iPhone or iPod Touch. A quick search on iTunes will yield dozens of vegan friendly applications (or “apps”) that make your vegan lifestyle that much easier. From consolidated shopping lists to recipe apps to green lifestyle guides, you’ll find it all.  And the best part here is that many of these apps are acutally free! Lets take a better look at some of the vegan apps you need now.

Cruelty-Free App for iPhone/iPod Touch.

Garlic is one of Mother Nature’s most powerful healing herbs.  It is a very wise idea to have a bounty of garlic on hand for any given situation– any illness or health challenge.  Many health experts agree that garlic is multi-purpose and provides many  healing medicinal benefits, a  great plant-based vegan skin choice. Fresh raw garlic is a natural antibiotic and anti-microbial.  Eaten and juiced raw, it’s powerful benefits are boundless.

This may sound just like what your mom would to say, but scratching, constant touching or playing with your face is a no-no. Try to pay attention to just how often you touch your face during the day (with dirty hands).  Watch for acne or other skin problems in areas that you touch often. Watch your behavior, then if necessary, change your habits and check out the results. This may seem painfully obvious, but this one BIG tip may make a lot of difference in your future.

My husband and I met in college. What I first noticed about him wasn’t the glasses, the athletic body or the moped he drove around campus. It was his tired skin.

With 22 academic units that quarter, holding a job and volunteering,  he was stretched, to say the least. The dark circles under the eyes, the dull, dry skin were all tell-tale signs that he needed some help. I offered to be a study buddy and co-volunteer. We became friends. Then on day, out of the blue, I gave him a bottle of face lotion as a gift. Needless to say, he looked at me puzzled. I asked him to put some on after he showered:  just a few drops, concentrating on areas around the eyes, cheeks and jaw line. He tried it. He really liked it!

In addition to normal personal hygiene, taking a cool or warm shower is a wonderful way to cool down on an uncomfortable hot day and soothe and relax tired stressed nerves. When you stand under the shower spout and feel all that healing cleansing water soothing your skin and washing away all your woes, it’s just thrilling. Water cleansing your face and skin is a magical feeling that will help you feel alive, renewed, and young.  The key is to use water that is not hot, not drying, but is working therapeutically for you.