The Cheap and Easy Way I Got Rid of All My Blackheads For Good

Got rid of my blackheads for good!

Today is a guest post from Sabrina at BESskincare.com. She’s going to share with us a cheap and all natural DIY trick that she used to beat of all her blackheads for good! Acne is no fun. It’s physically unappealing and worse, emotionally tolling. I was fortunate that I didn’t suffer from acne in my…

10 Ways to Fall Asleep Easier And Get the Best Beauty Sleep Possible

For best results, don't sleep in a chair

Today we’re giving a shout out to a less glamourous, yet sorely underrated, sister in the acne fighting arsenal: getting good quality sleep. It is a cornerstone of good health and it is highly important for a beautiful clear complexion due its positive effects on your hormones. They don’t call it “beauty sleep” for nothing!…

Top 6 Insecurities I Have About My “Image” & How to Stop Caring What People Think

This dog don't give a dang what other people think

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the concept of images. These are the things in our lives – objects, people, clothes, concepts – that we are attached to, that we take on into ourselves and use them make up this image in our minds of who we are and how we want to be…

How to Source Healthy, Sustainable Food

The Savvy Shopper's Guide to Sustainable Food

I wanted to tell you about an awesome ebook that I have recently read, called “The Savvy Shopper’s Guide to Sustainable Food”, by Raine Saunders of Agriculture Society. I get the sense that for many of you, when it comes to changing your diet to healthier food so that you can have clearer, acne free…

Understanding Why Emotions Affect The Skin

How the brain affects the skin

If you enjoyed the most recent article on The Love Vitamin called “11 Eye-Opening Things Your Skin Could Be Trying to Tell You“, then you might be wondering exactly how and why stressful emotions affect the skin. What’s the science behind it? Well, Ashby, from ashbysalternative.com, is going to give you her take on why…

11 Eye-Opening Things Your Skin Could Be Trying to Tell You

Breaking up can sometimes be a good thing...

I got this comment the other day on a blog post: I just wanted to let you know that after breaking up with my boyfriend, my acne has cleared tremendously!!!!!!! Coincidence? I think not! I’m not sure if you remember, but I was the girl who, sometime late last year, was posting on here about…

The Best Way to Exercise For Strength, Energy, Sexiness, Healthy Hormones, and Gorgeous Skin

Strength training wins

Last post, I said I was starting the intense 1-hour-per-day, 6-day-a-week exercise program P90X. When I posted it, I was hoping that it would spur some people who actually know a lot about exercise to chime in on their thoughts on hormonal health and exercise so that we could get a discussion going about it….

I’m Starting P90x, A 90 Day Extreme Home Fitness Program, and um… I’m Terrified.

Yep, it's straight out of an infomercial

P90X: an intense, yet very popular, program in which for 90 days, you do at least one full hour every single day of hardcore fitness. Am I crazy? Maybe. Terrified? Yes. Why am I doing this? Good question. I don’t really like working hard. When it comes to exercise anyway. So what the heck am I…

Do You Get Period Pain? 5 Things to Consider…..

Period pain

Today is a guest post from Mel at curendometriosis.com. She’s going to give us some tips about treating those awful painful symptoms that you get before your period, and alert you that they could potentially be a sign of something more serious. Having Period Pain is normal right? I mean, every women gets period pain….

Coconut Oil – Turns Out Refined Coconut Oil is A-Okay, And SOOO Much Cheaper Than Virgin

Coconut Oil

Okay, not ALL refined coconut oil is okay, but some is. It depends on how they do the refining, but yeah.. certain brands have a gentle refining process that actually leaves you a decent product at up to a 1/5th the price of virgin coconut oil. This is a discovery that has made my pocketbook…