And as a diligent skin care professional and devotee, I care for my skin as best I can. I want it to look luminescent and glowing now, and for many years to come. And (stay with me on this one) using skin-enhancing products and embracing how your skin ages aren’t competing concepts. You can appreciate the beautiful signs of maturing skin—and at the same time, use topicals that keep your complexion plump, firm, and lively....
To help you in your green gifting search, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite eco-friendly products and brands, such as luxury textile brand Micro Cotton. In an effort to reduce the amount of water and energy used, Micro Cotton utilizes a zero-liquid discharge technology, which allows them to recover and reuse 98.5% of the water in their production process. That’s 89 towels created with the same amount of water it takes a conventional towel manufacturer to create one....
Whether your inner voice is responding to a present situation, reflecting on a past experience, or helping to guide you in the future, astrologer and author of Cosmic Health Jennifer Racioppi says, “No matter what, the inner voice is the voice of truth—our unique voice of truth that comes from within. Simply put, our inner voice is our innate intelligence.” And when we listen to it, she adds, we turn inward “to hear what our body and soul have to say before looking to the world outside of ourselves for direction....
You are silent. And comes in meaning thousand fold, comes at long last over everyone." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke From the moment we rise in the morning, we are engulfed in external noise – the alarm clock buzzing, music blaring, coffee pot beeping. We live our lives amidst noise everywhere, and some of the most pressing and stressing sounds are the ones we live with internally. Our minds are filled with woven thoughts – always one after the next....
“Think about the amazing food!!” he said. Since my only experience with Thai food was way-too-oily sauces with a few unrecognizable vegetables all dumped on white rice, the food wasn’t exactly a selling point for me. So off to Thailand we went, him: excited about the food, culture, monkeys, and elephants, me: excited about the massages. And now back from Thailand, I’m missing, craving, yearning, cooking the food, reading books on Buddhism, practicing more yoga, diffusing lemongrass essential oils, displaying elephant figurines around the house, and he’s saying, “I big fat told you so!...
Here are 15 bold and beautiful plants that can climb indoors wherever you place them without much effort. “I recommend working backward from where you want your plants to end up, [taking] into account how much light that space will receive,” Ellise Uyema, CEO of plant-centered lifestyle brand Live Long and Plant, tells mindbodygreen. Here are a few other tips to help your climbing plant thrive indoors: “Moss poles are a great way to train a plant to climb,” says Uyema....
Truly loving someone means caring for them in the ways that they need to be cared for, with no strings attached. (That’s why they call it unconditional love.) There’s not a one-size-fits-all instruction kit for how to love someone, but relationship experts do recommend some specific ideas: “Make an effort to offer your undivided attention to your partner,” Pataky says. She adds that you can show love by “putting away your phone” and not allowing your mind to get distracted by work, emails, TV, or the news while spending time together....
