Tip Tuesday! LESS is really MORE

Avoid over using skincare & anti-aging products to help your skin glow (and thank you)! Here are some tips:

Look for multi-use skincare products to avoid buying tons of products and confusing your skin. Stick to a small arsenal of a few products that really work and pass on the rest. SLATHER FACE & HAND, SLATHER EYE, a SLATHER SCRUB & a good, natural cleanser is really all you need.

Drink lots of water! I know everybody says that, but it is so easy to do and lots of people don't. 

Wash your face regularly and pat dry. Avoid scrubbing with towels or washcloths. A couple splashes of water is better than washing with a cleanser if you don't have makeup on. Over-using cleansers can strip your skin of natural oils, dry your skin, and irritate the eyes. 

Avoid rubbing around the eyes. Do allergies give you watery or itchy eyes? Try rinsing your face or put a wet towel or baby wipe over face for a few minutes to calm skin. Even wetting the skin under your eyes helps. This also is beneficial if your eyes get tired from staring at computer screens or book pages...it helps increase micro-circulation in the under eye area. It seriously works, try it!

Use a natural, high quality moisturizer for face and hands (SLATHER FACE & HAND of course) daily. Apply by patting onto cleansed skin, versus rubbing. Helps prevent skin damage, adds vitamins & antioxidants, improves skin texture, and helps skin stay healthy! Apply once a day, or both day and night. 

Use an eye cream (SLATHER EYE of course) to wake up and de-puff tired eyes. Also helps prevent wrinkles, soften fine lines, and diminish dark circles. Have laugh, squint, smile, and other mystery lines? You don't need another product for those. Eye cream works great for those too! Apply once a day, or both day and night.

Exfoliate with a sugar scrub at least once a week. You can exfoliate as often as every other day if you like. Exfoliating helps soften, deep clean and minimize pores, remove spent skin, increase circulation, and tone and tighten skin. There is a collection of SLATHER SCRUBs to choose from: SLATHER SAND SCRUB {Dry Exfoliant Mask for Face}, SLATHER LEMON VANILLA BEAN SCRUB {Exfoliant for Face & Body} (Brand new! I know, yummy! Will be up online this week), and SLATHER PEPPERMINT ICE SCRUB {Exfoliant for Face & Body}. All SLATHER SCRUBs have either natural plant oils and/or powders and extracts to nourish skin with tons of vitamins and antioxidants. They also have sea salt to add trace minerals and help detoxify skin. Plus, they smell scrumptious! Try one...you won't be sorry.

Follow these tips for healthy skin that can't help but glow!


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{Handmade} BLUSH AGUA FRESCA WITH CHIA

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BLUSH AGUA FRESCA WITH CHIA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Refreshing, Uber Healthy & Delicious! Perfect with breakfast, as a mid-day pick up, or before/after a workout. A fun and festive drink that is also fitting for brunch and parties...wouldn't this be a fun Summer BBQ drink? Unless you live in AZ like me where nobody parties in the summer because we hibernate and wait until the asphalt stops melting so we can go outside again.

Yield:

8 x 8 oz. glasses 

Materials:

2 qts. water

1/2 lemon, sliced into half moons (or however you like!)

4 large strawberries, sliced

10 cranberries, halved

1 tsp. fresh ginger, sliced thinly

chia seeds (add to glass-full to taste, I did 1 tsp per 8oz glass)

Procedure: 

Fill pitcher with water. Add fruit and ginger (do not add chia yet). 

Stir with spoon and squish fruit against side of pitcher walls to release juices. Store in fridge.

To serve, pour into glass, add 1 tsp. chia (or to taste) and stir. Add ice if you like. That's it...enjoy!

Results:

So refreshing! And a great way to drink more water and add more chia to your life!  You can tailor to the food you are serving by switching up the fruits & herbs.  Also great if you are getting sick of chia smoothies and want to spice it up:-)