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Understanding Dark Spots and Why Natural Ingredients Are the Best Removers

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When it comes to skin health, we always recommend drinking water, sleeping more, and following a strict skin care regimen. Sadly, these won’t be enough to eliminate dry patches, dark spots, and hyperpigmentation. Dark spots, age spots, and sun spots can be a major source of our skin sorrows, and require time and quality products to heal. Searching for the best dark spot remover on the market? Our original best Dark Spot Remover and other natural brightening products offer potent results for transforming dull, blemished skin into the glowing complexion we all dream about! What Are Dark Spots? Let’s talk about what dark spots are, and how they can form. Dark spots can appear anywhere on the body, and can range in size from a large patch to a small freckle. Dark spots are essentially blemishes made up of a higher concentration of melanin, which is responsible for the pigmentation in our skin. Dark spots can be caused by physical trauma, like picking at a pimple or rash. They can also be

Tea Tree Essential Oil Benefits

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  Ways to use tea tree essential oil for clear, happy skin If there was a multitasking award for skin care ingredients,  100 pure tea tree oil  would be on the shortlist of those worthy of the honor. With a stellar reputation for numerous skin-healing benefits, it’s no wonder this plant is one of nature’s best-known offerings. What Is Tea Tree? Tea tree essential oil comes from steaming the evergreen leaves of the iconic Australian   Melaleuca alternifolia   tree (not to be confused with the tea plant that produces the warm beverages we love). Steam distillation creates a pure, clean oil without being contaminated by chemicals in solvent extraction methods. This process also preserves its active ingredients such as terpinen 4-ol that make it such a potent anti-inflammatory. It’s hard to miss tea tree oil’s potent yet earthly scent. With more than just an ability to prevent bug bites, this wonder plant can also soothe coughs and colds and has been the cure-all for killing bacterial cond

How to Contour and How to Highlight with Natural Makeup

  How to Contour and How to Highlight with Natural Makeup Contouring is a trend that’s here to stay. It creates flattering lines in the face, and can obscure any curves or edges you’d rather not spotlight. Highlighting has become a makeup phenomenon — everyone (including us) is obsessed with achieving brilliantly glowing skin via super shimmery highlighters. In this blog we’ll teach you how to contour your face, how to apply highlighter, and how to contour and highlight for your face shape (we’ll help you identify your face shape, too). We’ll point you to the right products for each step, including which natural foundations will work best as a highlighting/ contouring base, and will show you which tools to use to get the job done right. What Is Contouring? Essentially, when you contour you’re using shading or shadows to create an illusion of recession. Use  contour and highlight  to help define or reshape your facial features. The areas that are not darkened or shaded then stand out! T

The Benefits of Rosemary Oil for Hair and How to Use It

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Rosemary is an aromatic herb that’s known for both its culinary and healing properties. Native to the Mediterranean region, this woody herb has been used for food and medicine for centuries. Similar to herbs like oregano, and cinnamon, rosemary is often found in the form of essential oils, which are highly concentrated and distilled, making them especially powerful in home remedies for hair. Throughout the past few years, claims have been made regarding rosemary essential oil’s benefits for hair growth. Some individuals swear by its benefits against hair loss, while others might tell you it keeps their hair long and thick. And as it turns out, some of these claims may be backed up by science! Here’s what you need to know about rosemary oil for hair growth–starting from its scientific benefits down to the different ways you can use it. Beauty Benefits of Rosemary Essential Oil While this herb might thrive in cooking, it shines just as well in our bathroom cabinets. We’ve been slowly st

Bakuchiol Benefits: A Natural Retinol Alternative for Radiant Skin

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If there was a fountain of youth, albeit it would be raining with anti-aging benefits from none other than retinol. After all, it’s been the gold standard wrinkle reducer, and skin-plumper do-getter for decades — and still has is reign of benefits for fountain visitors. But for sensitive or reactive skin types, you might be treading that water with more skin irritation than those lines and big pores are worth. Since any skin type can experience sensitivities and irritation from using retinol, it has uncovered another mythical fountain but made from nature itself, jetting anti-aging benefits from the plant-based alternative, bakuchiol. What is Bakuchiol? Discovered in 1966, the unique oil is derived from the seeds and leaves of the bakuchi plant, hence the name “bakuchiol.” While it’s been found in a few other sources like vegetables and animal liver, bakuchiol’s key source is bakuchi plant, making it both vegan and all-natural. As one of nature’s great skin gifts, bakuchiol oil is gre

Polyglutamic Acid: The Hydration Powerhouse in Your Skincare Routine

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Get Ready to Plump Up the Volume! Call it hyaluronic acid’s super-charged sibling, polyglutamic acid is a saint at holding  more  water in your skin and giving an overall moisturized, plumper, and rejuvenated complexion. While we have praised hyaluronic acid to the skies, it doesn’t mean it’s going to give its seat up to  polyglutamic acid . There are times when one acid might be preferred over the other. Let’s reveal more about the enigma that is polyglutamic acid, its skincare virtues and comparisons with hyaluronic acid, and the best products that feature this pint-sized ray of light. Demystifying Polyglutamic Acid Polyglutamic acid is a humectant skincare ingredient. A humectant is designed to address skin hydration by not only preserving the existing moisture in the skin and diminishing escaping moisture but also by drawing moisture from the environment to keep the skin hydrated longer. Skin hydration is one of the keys to smooth, supple, and ageless skin. Benefits of Polyglutamic

Top 5 Best Natural Shampoos for Every Hair Type

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It can be a hairy situation to find the best shampoo, especially considering there are so many different types of shampoos on the market. With increasing concerns about the harsh chemicals found in conventional hair formulas, many people are turning to natural shampoo as a healthier and more sustainable alternative. But with formulas derived from the land , like plants, herbs, and oils to the sea -weed products, we’re often left scratching our heads trying to find the perfect natural shampoo that ticks all the boxes. Just as skin type matters when picking a moisturizer, hair type matters when picking a shampoo. The Allure of Natural Shampoo Is it the pureness from natural ingredients, the peace of mind with healthy formulas, ingredient transparency, or eco-friendly practices that draw us to a natural shampoo? How about all the above — and that’s the tip of the strand! Once you start to unravel the harsh, tongue-twisting ingredients and understand what’s really in your shampoo, you’ll