Are you ready to feel and look fabulous with your partner this pre-Valentine weekend?

I would like to share 3 mind, body, spirit, beauty remedies and tips suggested by Dr. Oz.  They may help you reduce stress, improve your mood; nourish and rejuvenate your skin, and keep your heart healthy.

1. One of Dr. Oz’s tips is a relaxing beauty remedies facial mask that you can use to exfoliate, rejuvenate and nourish your winter skin.

Beauty Remedies Facial Meditation with a Hot Cocoa Face Mask

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp cocoa (contains fatty acids to keep skin nourished)
• 3 tbsp plain yogurt (locks moisture in)
• 1.5 tbsp raw honey (reduces inflammation and redness)
• 1.5 tbsp oatmeal (an exfoliant that is also good for sensitive skin)
• some water if needed

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face and neck for 15-20 minutes. Rinse the Hot Cocoa Facial off with water.

2. Dr Oz also believes that having happy sex can help you relax and feel sexy.

Hot Valentine Love

Sex not only reduces stress, it can also help you feel and look happier and younger.

To improve your libido for your Valentine, you might want to include some nutmeg, oysters, nuts and seeds, bananas and asparagus with your Valentine meal.

3.  Finally, Dr. Oz suggests that having a glass of hot red wine may help you prevent heart attacks

Hot Red Wine for a Healthy Heart

If you enjoy some mulled wine with your Valentine– red wine heated with cinnamon, clove, brandy and lemon zest – you can help reduce your risk of a heart attack. It’s rich with antioxidants and inhibits the narrowing of arteries. Bonus: cinnamon and clove can help lower cholesterol.

P.S. Enjoy a Valentine Bonus

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Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor and Coach

Three Hot Tips for a Happy and Healthy Pre-Valentine Weekend

Do you like peaches? Did you know that you can use them as a facial beauty remedy?

Maybe it’s time to try a peach and lime facial soap exfoliating beauty recipe for glowing skin.

Alpha hydroxy acids in peaches and limes, as well as other citruses, help soften wrinkles, sun spots, age spots, and blemishes, and can even unclog pores.

Peach Beauty Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 medium organic peach
• 1 lime
• 1 up soap flakes
• 1 tbsp fine sea salt

Peel the peach. Finely chop it or puree in a food processor. Add lime juice, stir well and fold in the soap flakes and sea salt.

Every morning or every evening use a hazelnut sized amount to lightly massage into your face. Avoid getting the cleanser into your eyes. Rinse off with a face cloth and warm water.(adopted from the book Green Beauty Recipes by Julie Gabriel.)

Click to listen to our interview with author and nutritionist Julie Gabriel on Holistic Beauty Remedies for Your Skin and Hair.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

 Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach

Peach and Lime Facial Soap Exfoliating Beauty Recipe for Glowing Skin

To keep your face looking youthful and beautiful, your figure trim, and to improve your overall health, follow these five magical beauty tips to ageless beauty adopted from the book The Ageless Woman: Natural Health and Beauty After 40… by Nancy Lonsdorf, MD.

Within only a few days, most women will notice a new-found healthy glow and freshness in their faces just from following even one of these simple beauty tips.

1. Go to bed and turn your light off by 9:45pm and get up by 6:00am
2. Take a  walk for at least ten minutes outdoors in the fresh air within an hour or two of sunrise.
3. Eat fresh, pure organic foods with lots of sweet juicy fruits and vegetables during the day.
4. Drink plenty of pure spring water during the day (room temperature or warm, not cold).
5. Eat a light evening meal without meat, rich sauces, or cheese by 7:00 pm at the least.

Don’t forget to breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

Five Magical Tips for Ageless Beauty

The neck and hands will always reveal  a woman’s real age. So, if you want to feel and look younger, learn how to firm your neck and take care of your hands.

Facial magic beauty exercises might help your neck and double chin look younger.

As for our hands, with 27 small bones, 30 joints, and 37 muscles in each hand, we need to take care of them in a different way to avoid pains and injuries. Hand Yoga Beauty Exercises can help.

Here are some great tips on how to take care of our hands from the article Conscious Care for the Hands by Beauty and Wellness Expert Mary Bath Janssen.

Warm up and stretch your hands before beginning your day. Start in the shower, by reaching with energized fingers toward the sky. Stretch your hands throughout the day, and stay mindful of how you sit and stand. Hand discomfort may sometimes be the result of poor posture, which puts strain on the back, neck, and shoulders, ultimately affecting our arms, hands, and fingers. For instance, carpal tunnel syndrome is a swelling of the tunnel just below the wrist, which pinches the median nerve as it passes through the wrist. It’s often caused by repetitive wrist movement, particularly unnatural posturing, or when vertebrae in the neck become misaligned.

To prevent these woes, be vigilant about changing the position of your body and hands when doing repetitive tasks. Take full body stretch breaks, including healthy hand stretches every 10 to 15 minutes. Also consider:

• Interlock your fingers in front of the heart center, then stretch your arms, palms facing away, as far out in front of you as they will go. Feel the lovely stretch throughout your hands and arms. Now raise toward the sky, breathing deeply the whole time. Lower down, then draw the hands back toward the chest.

• Harmony balls—also called health spheres—reduce stress and also stimulate your hand’s acupressure points, muscles, and nerves. They improve blood circulation and energy flow, which in turn build strength and flexibility (I love mine!). Place these two balls inside one hand and revolve them around each other as long and fast as desired. Focus on the melodic chiming sound they make.

• Stress relief or grip strengthener balls are great for stress relief and for developing hand and forearm strength. Keep them in your desk drawer, next to your bed or television, and in your car. This is something so simple that really works! read the rest of the article.

Click to listen to our discussion with Beauty and Wellness Expert Mary Beth Janssen on Spa Rituals and  Self Nurturing Tips for Busy Women.

Breathe, smile and be happy today.

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach and Radio Host

Avoid Pains and Injuries with Hand Yoga Beauty Exercises

What if I told you that you could not only enjoy your delicious desserts, but alos use them as beauty recipes to boost your mood?  This healthy recipe will definitely help you feel fabulous.

If you are ready for some pleasure today, try  this gluten free cake recipe by LindaJoy Rose, Ph.D. from her book  Raw Fusion: Better Living Through Living Foods.

Chocolate (cacao) boosts our serotonin level to help us get in better mood. Studies also show that a good quality cacao  might make our skin smoother and more moisturized .

Walnuts are rich in omega-3 fatty acids to help us beat seasonal depression and insomnia and have a glowing skin.

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Creme Sauce Recipe

• 2 ½ cup walnuts
• 1 pinch salt
• 10-12 medjool dates
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup cacao powder (unsweetened)
• 2 TB. coconut oil
• 2 TB. maple syrup
• 2 TB. water

Place walnuts and salt in food processor and process until finely ground. Add dates, vanilla, cacao, coconut oil and maple syrup and process until mixture sticks together. Add 2 tbs. water and pulse for a moment. Form into a circular cake, about 6″ diameter on a serving plate. A small slice of this rich cake goes a long way!

Options: Garnish with mint leaves or raspberries. Fantastic served with Vanille Crème Sauce Drizzle with vanilla crème or put a spoonful next to each slice.

Vanilla Creme Sauce Beauty Recipe

• 1 cup soaked cashews
• 1TB. Vanilla extract or seeds from 1 vanilla bean
• 2-3 TB. Extra virgin coconut oil
• ½ – 3/4 cup water
• 4 TB. pure maple syrup

Prep: 2 hours ahead. Soak cashews in water. Drain and rinse.

Place drained cashews in blender with ½ cup of fresh water, maple syrup and coconut oil and blend until smooth. Add vanilla and rest of water, if needed, and blend until very silky. Refrigerate 20 minutes before serving. Can be sealed and stored for several days in fridge.

Bon Appetit!

Click to listen to our discussion with Dr.LindaJoy Rose on How to Make Healthy Romantic Dinner.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach and Counselor

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake as a Mood Booster and Beauty Recipe

Are you ready for  some pleasure healing? Would you like to take a healing bath as a small treat to yourself?

A healing bath is the best help with sleep and anti-aging remedy. A healing bath can also help nourish and rejuvenate your skin, detox our body and relax your muscles and mind.

I would like to share with you several bath beauty remedies to detox your body, soften your skin, refresh your brain and make you feel and look fabulous.

“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

I. Natural Body Scrub Beauty Recipes

• Almond Butter Scrub

Get some almond butter and use it as a body scrub to rejuvenate and nourish your skin. Almonds are rich in vitamin E to make our skin smooth and glowing.

• Sugar and Spice Body Scrub

Add one cup sugar to ¼ cup olive or almond oil; mix in one teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger powder. Use in the shower for a morning wake up ritual. Your skin will smell as sweet as pumpkin pie. (from www.ecomii.com)

II. Rejuvenating and Nourishing Detox Healing Bath Recipes

• Ginger Bath

Peel and coarsely chop an inch of whole ginger and put it in an old stocking, tying one or both ends to keep the ginger inside. Place in a tub with very warm running water. A ginger bath will help to detox your body and soothe your skin.

• Apple Cider Vinegar Bath

If you’re tired and worn out, try adding half a cup of vinegar to your bath. You’ll be surprised at how invigorating this is.

• Milk Bath

Cleopatra could afford a bath in pure milk, but, hey, most of us don’t have the deep pockets she had. So if you want to try a less expensive milk bath, add a cup of instant milk powder to your bath water. Doing so will help you have silky soft skin. You could also add a few drops of lavender essential oil to relax you before bed. (all three bath ideas are adopted from www. chetday.com)

*Click to listen to Beauty Expert Mary Beth Janssen on Pleasure Healing: Self Nurturing with Mindful Practices and Sacred Spa Rituals.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

Healing Bath Detox and Anti-Aging Remedies and Recipes