I’m not sure if you know this, but our bodies biggest organ is the skin. It’s alive, it gets thirsty and hungry, it feels things and if it’s unhappy it will show you! When your skin is unhappy it actually means it is unbalanced. There are numerous factors that influence the health and vitality of …
DIY face masks for all your moods during lockdown
I’m sure by now you have caught up on all the series you wanted to watch, had numerous movie marathons, reorganized your surroundings, spring cleaned whatever was possible to clean and devoured all your lockdown snacks. The question is, have you made your own DIY face masks yet? Well, there’s no time like the present! …
Hair loss treatment to get you looking like Rapunzel
“I like to leave as much of my hair around the house as possible, it is my confetti, I am a party.” I’m sure you’ve seen that meme and related if you struggle with hair loss.I struggle with severe hair loss, which is totally not related to the fact that I had my hair peroxided …
Dealing with Anxiety
Anxiety is when you feel everything, it’s debilitating and you feel a constant heaviness in your mind. Anxiety feels like your mind is on fire, you overthink everything and your mind is constantly telling you that everything is a disaster even though everything may be fine. It feels like your thoughts are running rampant in …
Let’s talk about “stress” baby!
Have you ever felt that overwhelming state of mind? That feeling that can make it hard to think, perform or even breathe. I might go onto a stage full of people and find it hard to breathe, but for someone else that would be a breeze. People can feel and respond to stress in different …
Lights off, brain on – insomnia treatment
Insomnia is a reasonably prevalent sleeping disorder. Insomnia can mean the failure to fall asleep (onset insomnia) or to stay asleep (maintenance insomnia). Sleep deficiency can significantly decrease one’s quality of life, but may also increase the risk of various health problems such as anxiety, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Acute insomnia can persist for several …
Understanding make up brushes
Have you ever walked into a makeup store, looked at all the brush options and wanted to run away? Why are there so many? Which ones do I actually need? Which brush does what? It’s intense! Let’s break the options down so that shopping for makeup brushes is not such a daunting experience. My favourite …
How to handle Allergies
I never used to struggle with allergies, I now sneeze about 70 thousand times a day and my nose starts running randomly throughout the day. Why, you ask? I have no idea! Then it hit me, why am I sneezing all the time and what am I allergic to? I then noticed that a lot …
Dealing with Depression
We are currently living in a world that will never be the same ever again. Covid-19 has taken the world by storm, and not in a good way. There are some of us who are blessed to be isolated from the world with our loved ones but others who are completely alone. Everyone in the …
Acne Vulgaris, what is that even?
When you are an adolescent, you kind of expect to be blindsided by pimples. But what we didn’t sign up for is adult acne or breakouts. As if it wasn’t bad enough breaking out as an adolescent! Acne Vulgaris is characterized by pimples, cysts and abscesses, which occur due to the pores in the skin …
