Introducing Glow by Calla Skin Newsletter
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Secret To Naturally Beautiful Skin
My favorite book for a naturally healthy life and beautiful skin: Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko
My favorite book these days is Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko.
Green for life is a book with recipes and research about green smoothies.
I’m sharing it with you because I know if you start including green smoothies in your day, your skin will be healthier and look better.
Green smoothies are an easy and efficient way to ingest healthy amounts of nutrient-rich foods. My husband and I first started with juicing and then switched to green smoothies in order to benefit from the fiber which was being removed during the juicing process. We add fruit, such as apples and mangos etc., for taste, and also to get our daily portion of fruit too.
As a result of drinking green smoothies, both my husband and I have noticed improved health and are feeling great. Recently we started drinking 2 green smoothies a day, and within a couple days were already noticing the difference. These things are amazing.
Benefits:
- clear and glowing skin
- decrease acne
- increase energy levels
- shinier healthier hair
- improve overall feelings of health
- better elimination
- less urge for unhealthy snacking
- weight loss
Check out this book, or Google green smoothies to learn more. If you want to improve your health in an easy and natural way, this is a great way to go.
Which Finger To Apply Eye Cream?
Use the ring finger to apply eye cream. Photo Credit: Magdalena Zurawska | Dreamstime.com
Using the Ring finger is the ideal way to apply eye cream.
Instinctively, most people use their index finger, but that’s a mistake!
The index finger is the dominant finger because it is the strongest and most versatile. As a result, we use it as the primary finger for just about everything. But applying eye cream with your index finger is like watering your flower pot with the garden hose instead of a watering can.
When it comes to the eyes, what’s needed is gentleness and softness, like the soft flow of water on your delicate flowers from a watering can.
The Ring finger is the right finger for applying eye cream because its skin is soft, and it naturally uses just the right amount of pressure to apply the cream without pulling or rubbing the skin.
So the next time you’re applying eye cream, whether in the morning, at night, or both, remember to use your ring finger and dab or tap the cream around the eye rather than rubbing it in. A little goes a long way.
Is Sunscreen Really Important?
A 69-year-old former truck driver shows the effects of sun exposure on one side of his face. CREDIT: Jennifer Gordon / New England Journal of Medicine
Ever wonder what could happen to you if you don’t wear sunscreen?
Look at this guy, who had exposure to the sun on only one side of his face for 28-years driving a truck.
Originally reported in the The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) this man, who is 69 years old “received UVA sun-damage through the window of his truck.” The article say, “The physical examination showed hyperkeratosis with accentuated ridging, multiple open comedones, and areas of nodular elastosis. Histopathological analysis showed an accumulation of elastolytic material in the dermis and the formation of milia within the vellus hair follicles,” and later states, “chronic UVA exposure can result in thickening of the epidermis and stratum corneum, as well as destruction of elastic fibers.” If you’re interested, there is an interview with the patient’s doctor on LiveScience.com.
This underscores the need for sunscreen, even if you are not sun-bathing or spending the afternoon outdoors. Just ultraviolet light that comes through your car windows every day can cause severe skin damage and risk of skin cancer.
I wear sunscreen every day, even in the winter. There are many moisturizers with sunscreen in them. But even if you don’t plan to wear it every day, keep a travel-size bottle of sun screen in your bag, or some individual use sunscreen wipes so if the sun is beating down on you unexpectedly, you can just pull out a wipe and easily apply sunscreen.
Enjoy a happy, safe, and skin-damage free summer!
Additional reading: http://www.livescience.com/20743-photo-sun-damage-skin-cancer.html
