Foreue – Natural Skin Care (Handmade & Vegan)

The best way to show your love, appreciation, and respect for animals and the wildlife, next to adopting a vegan diet, is to use 100% organic natural products, natural skin products and plant essences. Every choice we make in life has an immediate direct effect on Mother Nature.  These choices can affect Mother Nature in either a positive or negative way.

Colorful fruits and herbs are wonderful for natural healing nutrition and creative artistic beauty.  When you mash a tablespoon of each:  blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, coconut oil, olive oil, or jojoba oil–a tablespoon of each, and mint into a creamy paste, you have before you a lovely mixture for creative beauty.  Add a touch of fresh indigo and cinnamon, and you can have some creative artistic fun.  I’ve seen artists do some creative beautiful things with their hair and skin with these colorful plants.  It’s artistic, colorful, and beautiful. And the best part is that it’s completely natural and it helps to preserve health environment safety.

There is no doubt that global warming is affecting the environment that we all share. And if we’re all causing this, then shouldn’t we do something about it? There are so many ways to get involved to make the Earth a better place to live. There are ways that we all can help, and here are just some of the many ways to get involved.

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.

There are many facets to being a responsible Earth Steward. An Earth Steward is someone who demonstrates complete integrity and mutual respect; self-respect and respect for all beings and creatures of Mother Earth.

Ahimsa, which in ancient Hindu Sanskrit, means “reverence for life,” is an important integral facet of being an Earth Steward; in other words, ahimsa emphasizes compassion.  As a responsible Earth Steward, Ahimsa should be extended to include all beings; two-legged, four-legged, winged, and finned.

Its no secret that you should use natural beauty cosmetics and handmade skin care products simply because they are healthier for both you and the environment. And despite the fact cosmetic companies and FDA claims that these mainstream products are completely safe to use, many scientists have discovered that these products do contain harmful chemicals, and that over time, the use of such products could harm us. So it comes as no surprise that many companies try to create all natural cosmetics, some are truly natural beauty cosmetics, but others are not. So here is a list of ten chemicals to avoid, when out shopping for all natural cosmetics-

The day I was introduced to natural hair products helped me to become organic and aware.   A haircut became quite the educational eye opener.  As the aesthetician massaged my neck, she filled the room with healing soothing aromatherapy.  I relaxed and began to feel alive, energized, and at ease.

She and the salon owner talked to me while she cut my hair and educated me about the wonderful products.  I learned something upsetting, but it opened my eyes.  For years, I had followed my Mom’s strange ritual of applying baby oil to my face after washing it with a supposed skin-softening soap bar, and washing my hair with not natural hair care products.

An endless selection of personal care and cosmetics on the store shelf can be very confusing.  One common confusion is understanding the difference between organic and natural and vegan.

Organic is a wonderful way of living your life in the most natural manner possible, completely free of toxic chemicals and damaging irritants. Anything that is grown and processed organically is done so without the use of harmful environmentally polluting petro-chemicals.  Petro-chemicals are derived from petroleum.  Common soothing organic natural skin care ingredients are lemongrass, peppermint, lavender, coconut oil, sandalwood, patchouli, and aloe vera.  These natural botanicals are especially safe and healing; if they are grown free of synthetic petro-chemical pesticides.

I love cosmetics and skin care products- but I really prefer to use vegan or all natural skin care products instead of the cosmetics being tested on animals. Every year, companies(including cosmetic companies that produce beauty skin care products) injure and kill animals by making them ingest harmful chemicals, inhale harmful aerosol sprays,  among other ways.  Also, cosmetics being tested on animals are not necessarily good for people as animals have different body chemistry than humans; what could harm an animal might not hurt us and vice versa. Either way, animal testing is wrong, and I won’t partake in it. Now here is how to make sure that you buy natural or vegan products and cosmetics.

Olive oil. Strawberries. Sage. Lemon grass. Coconut oil. Mmmm….what taste bud doesn’t enjoy the tantalizing flavors? We can savor them in our mouths. And in our skin.

Yes, we can and are eating our soap. The epidermis (outer layer of skin) is the largest sensory organ of our body. It has the special task of communicating with our environment. It breathes, perspires, drinks and eats what we put on and in it.