Vegan Hair Care Made Easy

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You already live a natural life. You eat healthy, consume the right products, and you may even be a healthy vegan, but what about your hair?  Are you aware of the dangers in using harsh shampoos, conditioners, styling products, or boar bristle hair brushes?  Like choosing your food, natural skin care products, and cosmetics, you must make smart choices when it comes to choosing vegan products for hair care. Here are just a few ways to beautify your tresses the vegan way!
1- Rethink Your Products: Despite what most hair care product companies will tell you, shampoo is really just soap. Choose one that was formulated with pure ingredients like Ole Henriksen Natural Hair Wash wit Sea Kelp. Keep the same method in mind when it comes to selecting conditioners and treatment products.
2- Embrace The Nature Of Your Hair: You already know that frequent use of heat styling hair appliances will eventually damage your hair, so why continue fighting nature? Instead of trying to change your hair, you should work on nurturing it. Instead of blowdrying your hair 4 or 5 times a week, let your locks air-dry. Instead of trying to straighten your curly locks, use vegan hair care products specially formulated for frizzy and dry hair. Try Josie Maran Argan Oil Hair Serum and Phyto 9 Daily Ultra Nourishing Botanical Cream for Ultra Dry Hair, Dread Fusion or Knotty Boy Soap
3- Be Creative: Say your hair is dread locked and of course you want it to be ” fab”. Get an interesting professional hair cut, or braid or twist your wet hair to form waves or that curly look.  Once your hair is dry, you can undo them and arrange your style.  Grab any loose hairs that show up before you twist you hair and roll them together in your fingers like you would a lock, finally you place them inside the base of the nearest lock and up along side the lock while you twist the two together. Repeat this with all other loose hairs. You will gain a cleaner look.  Remember, African hair (especially if treated like European hair) is more fragile than Caucasian hair.  For this reason, use products made especially for your hair, whenever possible.  Dr. Bronner’s shampoos are vegan friendly, organic, fair trade and so good for the environment and humanity at the same time. Style by allowing hair to hang freely, or  tie hair with some of the longer lock strands, with clips, with other ponytail holders.
4- Think Simpler Hair Styles: You don’t need 30 different hair products to have fun with your hair, you just need a little imagination. Do you want to transform your straight hair into loose and soft waves? Start with clean damp hair and make a loose braid,  then secure it with a ponytail holder. Let your hair naturally air-dry before taking out the braid. Gently brush the waves to enhance your hair’s look. You can also try different styles of ponytails, braids, and more. All you need is a comb and ponytail holder or two.
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Natural Beauty Tips for Expectant Mothers

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Despite the changing science of chemistry, more and more people are turning back to the roots of nature. The reasons for this may very from individual to individual, but the face remains the same, natural and organic skin care is better for you and the environment. But if you’re expecting a bundle of joy within the next nine months, this can be even trickier as you have to monitor everything you use or consume(even the natural products) for the benefit of your child.

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Get A Natural Look From Your Natural Skin Products

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You use natural skin care products, you use natural hair care products, and you even use vegan products and mineral cosmetics on a daily basis. However, you have yet to learn the art of applying makeup, to make it look natural, so it looks like you’re not wearing any natural skin products or cosmetics at all. It is important to use only mineral makeup ( includes all vegan products) when trying to achieve this look, because most other cosmetics have either poorly made pigments or pigments that don’t appear natural looking. Here are some helpful tips.

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Taking Better Care of Yourself, with Natural Beauty Products

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The number one secret to living well, naturally is to take care of yourself. It is not about just scheduling time for yourself, nor is it about pampering yourself. Taking care of yourself the proper “natural” way by using only natural beauty products is actually more of a lifestyle.

Its not something that happens overnight, it happens over time. It will probably start out as something small and occasional, but it should work up to a daily ritual in your lifestyle. And it is important to remember that one method may work for some, but not all methods work for everyone. Think of this as a starter guide to living well–the natural way.

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Synthetic Versus Natural Chemicals In Skin Lotions

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As I have said before, many products that claim to be natural, like natural skin lotion, are really not. Sure they may contain emollients, emulsifiers, and humectants, which can be derived from natural sources, but sometimes they are chemically made(read: not from natural sources).  How do you know the difference? Do your research and read the labels. Here is some information to help you.

Emollients are often found in lotion in skin care products, like natural skin lotion. The difference is that natural emollients are biodegradable and synthetic emollients are not. Natural emollients are found in plant oils (such as avocado or rosehip oils), shea butter, or cocoa butter.

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Neem Oil: Summer skin’s new best friend

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Neem? Unless you are from South or Southern Asia, this unfamiliar sounding name is a mystery. But there is no mystery in the power it has against mosquitos, skin inflammations and even gum disease…just to name a few.

Neem (Azadirachta indica) is an evergreen tree found all across India, Burma (Myanmar) and most of South Asia. Neem oil is most commonly used in medicinal and farming products. Now neem has crossed over to beauty products. There is no mistaking the bitter scent of neem. The triglycerides and large amounts of triterpenoid compounds is what gives neem it’s bitterness. It can best be described as a cross between peanut oil and garlic. Don’t let that deter you though from it’s wonderful benefits!

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Benefits Of Water

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One of the most important ingredients in most natural beauty products and natural beauty cosmetics is something that we use every day. Its also something that we get virtually for free.  It is often considered a natural resource. I am talking about water (H20). Even though a good portion of our bodies contain water, we still need to replenish it. Water is important to drink (at least eight glasses a day), and its also a key ingredient in a lot of natural beauty products.

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Do-It-Yourself Beauty Products

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So you want to start making your own vegan homemade skin care products, how do you start?  Its not really that hard, just simply do your research on not only actual recipes, but the benefits of certain natural or organic plants. You cannot just take a salad and throw it in the blender and expect to make, let’s say, an exfoiliant scrub. Here are some tips and ideas to get you started in your kitchen beauty lab with homemade skin care products.

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Three Websites For Vegetarians/Vegans

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Whether your vegan, vegetarian, or thinking about becoming one,  knowledge is power. While vegetarians and vegans are more and more commonplace, it’s not a movement that has gone completely mainstream yet.

Often, it can be hard to find products or information that will help better your health and the environment.  But thanks to the world wide web, you can find a lot of information, publications, stores, and so much more. Listed here is the best of the vegetarian/vegan web of vegetarian friendly websites.

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The Difference Between Natural, Organic, and Vegan

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If you’re just discovering the importance of natural true beauty skin care products and cosmetics, you probably have a lot of questions. One of the most important questions to help you get started is to clear up the difference between  natural, organic, and vegan skin care products.  You can walk into a natural food or beauty shop and find an array of products that claim to be natural, organic, or vegan- it seems that people automatically assume these three things are the same thing, but that is not the case. Read on to find out the difference between these labels.

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Extra Virgin Coconut Oil ~ The Beauty Elixir

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For centuries, natives of India and the Pacific Islands have been noted for their beautifully thick, long hair and glowing skin. What’s their secret?It’s definitely in their diet. It’s definitely on their bodies. It’s definitely the humble coconut.Coconut meat and especially the extra virgin coconut oil are the champions of beauty products.

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Simple Organic Natural Store Shopping in a Changing World

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The Industrial Revolution has complicated life for many people, especially with consumable products.  The 21st Century has made it even more complicated.  In order to stay healthy and protect your loved ones from unhealthy toxicity, it is wise to ensure that everything you eat, drink, bathe in and use for beauty and self-improvement are non-toxic, organic, and healthy.

Your safest choice is to shop in an organic natural store.  Unfortunately, the majority of the products that are sold in mainstream stores are potentially toxic and laden with petro-chemicals and lung irritants.  All these toxic ingredients contain potentially harmful synthetic ingredients.

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