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Castor Oil to the Rescue

Falling off his skateboard was not a fun ride, nor was limping the block home. Jas didn’t cry on the way back, but when he saw his mom, the tears flowed. She hugged him, propped up his ankle and iced it well. He then watched her prepare a castor oil...
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Clean. Tone. Cream.

You like to be clean. You need to be moisturized. The tone part is the icing on the cake. The cosmetic counter specialists offer mega information. The day cream, the night cream, this cream, the that cream. For day. For night. Aging skin? Acne prone...
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'Huh-how-buh'

If you phonetically digested this title correctly, you read ‘jojoba’, the oil we so love in skin care. The sturdy desert ‘jojoba’ shrub lives 100-200 years! Found in Arizona, down through Baja, California, into northwestern Mexico. jojoba oil (it is...
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Pumice Meets Neem

Shake hands with a gardener, a mechanic, a landscaper and you may feel a roughness of their hard work. Admirable. But perhaps, for them, uncomfortable at times. The answer might be using pumice sand to exfoliate away the dead skin cells, returning...
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Cinnamon is Holiday fare

Cinnamon is part of the fall vibe and definitely a welcoming scent to our holiday season. Simmer a pot of cinnamon on the stove top or the wood stove. Throw a few bark sticks into the fireplace. And the next time you shake your cinnamon spice to...
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First Soap in a Bottle

In 1918, Proctor and Gamble introduced the first liquid Ivory soap to the market. The above ad reads… I vory Soap cleans the hair and scalp thoroughly. Its copious lasting lather absorbs the dirt, and then rinses out easily and completely...
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Is my Honey ‘RAW’ or ‘FAKE’?

Raw honey or fake honey? A good question. Raw is good. Fake is not. Chances are, even if you buy a honey that says honey, pure honey, looks like honey, tastes like honey and the price is right, it may not be real honey. It may be the fake version...
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Remembering ‘Go Cold so no Cold’

We often tout the benefits of a cold shower, cold water. Years ago I wrote about the cold in ‘Go Cold so no Cold’. It’s winter. It’s flu season. It’s time to remember cold can be good. Be 2, or 3 or 4 years old in Siberia. Have your parents take you...
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Sunscreen’s Shocking Truth

‘14 out of 16 ingredients in sunscreen are not safe' So admits the FDA. We are inundated with this relentless media mantra: ‘Don’t forget your sunscreen! Summer. Winter. Wherever. Whenever you are outside.' We know too much sun can cause burning,...
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Eczema Dilemma

Mama faces an eczema dilemma. Her tiny daughter, with long bouncy hair and an infectious grin just celebrated her 5th birthday. Her name is Hailey. Sadly, she suffers. Hailey’s bum is covered in eczema. Hailey’s mama is beyond frustrated. Hailey had...

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