Why Sugar Scrubs are Beneficial Year Round

I wanted to get caught up and introduce our newest additions to our Product Line, our Sugar Scrubs.  If you haven't tried a sugar scrub, now is the time!  Okay, seriously, sugar scrubs are one of the most natural and beneficial items to add to your beauty routine year round.


So, what exactly are they benefits of sugar scrubs?  Sugar can help skin naturally glow because of its fine texture. Unlike some skincare products, sugar scrubs don’t clog your pores, preventing you from icky breakouts, making them great for people who suffer from eczema and psoriasis. Sugar scrubs act as natural exfoliators that are better than using chemical based products. Despite its grainy feel, sugar in a scrub is gentle enough to be used on the skin and protects against the loss of moisture. Surprisingly, the use of sugar scrubs in your skincare routine can also help eliminate blemishes and restore balance to the skin’s natural oils.

Unlike a salt scrub, sugar scrubs do not dry the skin. A sugar scrub is alpha-hydroxy rich. Alpha-hydroxy is an active substance with exfoliating and emollient properties.

 

This is a quick list of all the benefits you will see after using our sugar scrubs:

• Sugar scrubs are the most perfect way of getting rid of the dry, flaky skin that develops over the day.
• Sugar scrubs are user-friendly for all skin types because they leave no side effects in their wake.
• They work wonders in preventing skin ailments like eczema and psoriasis because they hydrate skin so effectively.
• Sugar scrubs are a great way to fight cellulite in the body.
• Sugar scrubs for face are used not only for skin exfoliation, but also for cleansing and massaging it. The advantage of which is that they do not clog the pores and are easily absorbed into the skin. Thus, sugar scrubs for acne are a great idea to help prevent acne.
• They act as the all body polishing agents as well, leaving clean and smooth skin. This is because they are packed with the goodness of alpha hydroxy which is essential for a glowing skin.
• Repeated use of sugar scrubs will help one to have healthier, glowing, uniformly textured and colored skin.
• They are a much better choice than salt scrubs because they aren't as harsh as salt scrubs and are much smoother than them.
• Sugar scrub benefits also include the fact that they can be used by children without any side effects.
• Sugar scrubs can be used as a soothing agent after a rough shave.
• Sugar scrub benefits also run into the fact that they can circulate and stimulate the lymph nodes.
• It acts as a preventive measure against tanning.
• Everyday use will also help to formulate a protective layer for the skin and prevent areas like the knees, elbow, etc. from becoming dark.
• It works on the toughest of skins while providing it with the richness that it deserves.
• Sugar scrub benefits can also be seen in healing of blemishes.
• Sugar scrubs can be used on the lips as well. Sugar scrubs for lipsworks wonders because it helps in preventing chapped lips and skin.
• It also helps to soften callused and rough skin, leaving it smooth and fragrant.
• It is much more smoother for the skin than the use of pumice stones and the like.
• Sugar scrub benefits also include the reduction in use of separate skin moisturizers and cleansers because it has moisturizing properties incorporated.
• Sugar scrubs also help to absorb the oils and dirt from the skin and balance the natural oils.
• It helps to keep the skin constantly hydrated and radiant.

Our sugar scrubs additionally go the extra step of added natural herbs and teas for a rounded, targeted benefit to meet your skins needs.  I will be adding many more sugar scrubs in the days to come, each designed to target specific needs, making it easy for you to find the perfect one for you.

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Aging Skin Care

As many of us know, as we age we start to see differences in our skin.  Increased roughness, wrinkling, irregular pigmentation (coloration) or inelasticity. These are all normal changes in our skin as we age.  As a result, your skin requires different care than it did when you were younger.

We have all seen the ads promising we will look 10,15, or 20 years younger if you buy whatever it is they are selling.  The truth behind many of these products is that while you may convince yourself it is working, over time, the long term damage to your skin in irreverseable. 

I have many times been asked what my suggestions are for dealing with the affects of aging on your skin.  My answer, start with Shea Butter.  Shea butter is one of Nature's wonders, but it is a special one. It has been used for millennia by many generations of African people for skin care, baby care, healing and food. The Shea tree is considered sacred because of the bounty of goodness it can do for your skin, hair, beauty and health. The secret of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti's legendary beauty, Shea Butter is powerful enough to renew, repair and protect the skin against aging and harsh climate.

Extracted from the nuts of the Shea tree (Butyrospermum parkii), which grows in the savannah of Western Africa. The English name Shea comes from its Bambara name "sii", which means sacred. As a sacred tree, it is treated with particular respect.. Growing up to 60 feet tall, the Shea tree does not flower before it is 20 years old and can live up to 200 years. What makes Shea butter an extraordinary skin care choice and an amazing body healer is its richness in precious constituents, which include unsaturated fats with a large proportion of "unsaponifiables" components, essential fatty acids, phytosterols, vitamin E and D, provitamin A and allantoin. All these are natural and make Shea butter a superfood for your skin (and hair), but that is not all it can do for you because it is:

• Wrinkles, fine lines and scars repairing
• Antioxidant
• Anti-inflammatory
• Deeply moisturizing
• Stimulating for the superficial microcirculation
• Skin strengthening
• Skin protecting
• UV protecting
• Skin regenerating
• Collagen production stimulating (makes the skin stronger, more supple and younger)
• Minor cuts and burns healing
• Muscle ache healing
• Physical endurance enhancer

Given its high content in anti-inflammatory and healing components, Shea butter helps the healing of skin disorders and problems like:

• eczema
• psoriasis
• rash
• hives
• insect bites
• poisonous plants contact dermatitis
• skin cracks
• burns
• minor cuts

Moreover, Shea butter is deeply soothing and calming on any irritation and inflammation. Because it helps the healing of the skin, it can take care of heel and skin cracks in record time. But it does even more.
Shea butter is very beneficial for sportive men and women, as it prepares the muscles before the workout and helps them to recover faster after. It also helps to reduce muscle aches as it stimulates the elimination of toxins from the muscles.

Shea butter is a "super food" for your skin!

Try our Shea Butter based soaps and look for our new Shea Butter Body Lotion and Shea Butter and Oatmeal Facial Soap, coming soon.

Winter Weather and Your Skin.

Winter weather, as we all know, takes a huge toll on your skin.  While the summer sun and water and weather can also be damaging; winter temperatures seem to have an extremely harsh affect.  It also seems to be easier to ignore dry, scratchy or damaged skin because it is covered with long sleeves, pants, and winter clothing.  This time of year is the perfect time to start healing, repairing, and renew your skin before the warm spring and summer days hit and shorts, tank tops, and flip flops become common.

I wanted to spend a little time talking about some of the products we have that can help repair, heal, and soften your skin before bikini season.  As well as introduce the newest product to our line, our Soothing Salted Soap Bars.

To truly begin the healing process, your skin will require products that encourage natural cell regeneration.  The first step is to get rid of the old, dead, or dying cells that are still hanging around.  To do this without rubbing yourself raw, try our Just for Heels & Elbows Exfoliating Soap.  By incorporating a slice of loofah into the soap, it becomes a gentle cleanser, helping to rid your skin of those nasty old cells and rejuvenate your skin by allowing the fresh, new, health cells to be exposed.  The natural coconut oils and palm oils in our detergent free glycerin soap add the additional softness necessary to help nourish those new cells, making them strong and beautiful.

Or, to detoxify and cleanse your skin, we recommend our new Sonoman Sea Salt based Soothing Salted Soap Bar. 

 

Sea salt contains skin nourishing minerals such as magnesium, zinc, calcium, potassium and iodine.  Some of the many benefits include:

- relaxes skin muscles
- cleanses and detoxifies face and body
- sea salts draw toxins out of the body, which will naturally lead to feeling refreshed
- grainy and therefore makes for a great scrub
- increases blood circulation

Sea salts also help Rheumatologic Conditions, sea salts can be effective in balneotherapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Osteoarthritis. The minerals are absorbed stimulating blood circulation.

Common Skin Ailments, research has demonstrated that skin disorders such as acne and psoriasis. One study concluded that the high concentration of magnesium in sea salt was instrumental in improving skin hydration and reducing inflammation.
Allergies, the high concentration of bromide and magnesium in the sea salt can relieve allergic reactions by cleansing and detoxifying.
Skin Aging, further research into sea salt benefits has shown a 40% reduction in the depth of wrinkling.

And don't forget the healing properties of our Old Fashioned Milk Bath and our Lavishing Bath Salts.

Finally, don't forget the importance of nourishing your skin daily.  Choose from our Lotions, all including Vitamin E, Allotin and Sunflower Oil, know for their healing and protecting properties.  Choose from our Facial lotion with added horsetail butter, great for fine lines by adding collagen and elasticity to your delicate facial skin, Silky Smooth Body Lotion with added mineral oil, or our Rich & Creamy Body Lotion with added palm butter blend for hyper moisturizing ability or our Satin Body Lotion, nourishing with being oily.

Replenish, refine, heal, rejuvenate, protect!