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The Color “White” – Ideal for Everyday Calm

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.

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‘White’ is typically associated with a absence of color, however in terms of pure physics, it actually takes all seven colors of the prism to make up this simple, soothing color that is a vital player in practically every healing therapy.

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White Frangipani

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Berries – Ingredients in Anti-Aging Skincare

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.

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UV Environmental stress and the natural aging process generate free radicals. These are unstable oxygen molecules that are short of an electron. Free radicals can be likened to molecular hammers that hack away at our skin cells until they are neutralized by an electron donor.

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Berries are known to tackle damage by MMPs

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Saying No to Paraben and Yes to Carrots in Natural Beauty Care Products

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Sean Daily.

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GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks about the health and environmental concerns within the natural beauty care products industry with Ido Leffler, CEO of Yes To, Inc., whose brand line-up includes Yes to Carrots.

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Soothing the Sunburn

Posted on Sep 07, 2008 by GLI Editors.

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You’ve enjoyed some fun in the sun and now the hint of a burn is setting in. What is your best first course of action, and which remedies will stave off the sting and help your skin repair itself?

A quick trip to the kitchen might reveal that you are fully equipped to soak and soothe your skin back to health…
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Natural Deodorants and Antiperspirants

Posted on Feb 26, 2008 by GLI Editors.

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Whether we like it or not, it is part of our culture: we are perceived in part by how we smell. Since the body’s natural process of cooling itself involves sweating, perspiration is an essential part of its natural functioning.

Thus, most of us use deodorants, which neutralize the smell of perspiration, or antiperspirants, which minimize body odor by blocking sweat from escaping through underarm pores onto the surface of the skin.
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