Tag: skin health

  • The Vitamin C Powerhouse Growing in the Wild: Rose Hips

    The Vitamin C Powerhouse Growing in the Wild: Rose Hips

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    Amelia
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    You’ve heard that you need Vitamin C, so you eat oranges regularly and figure you’re doing a good deed for your body, right? Why do you even need Vitamin C? According to the pharmacy aisle at Walgreens, you NEED vitamin C to stop your cold and if you don’t take their products you’ll never get…

  • Understanding Skin Absorption: Why Your Products Matter

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    Amelia
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    I started dabbling in making my own herbal oils and salves way back in 2012 after I learned that pretty much everything you apply to your skin is eventually absorbed into your bloodstream. I did NOT want petroleum (the precursor to gasoline) in my blood. Your skin has three major layers. The outer layer is…

  • My elbow was talking to me…

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    Amelia
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    Yep, you read that right. No, I’m not crazy. This has happened several times now. After eating something that my digestive tract disagreed with or my body did not like for some reason, my inner elbow on my right arm (for some reason it only happens on that side, perhaps because it’s my dominant arm)…