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To look fabulous you will need to eat proper foods, exercise and take care of your face. Here are some tips how to use foods you have at home as facials to exfoliate,soften, rejuvenate, nourish and moisturize your skin.

Take care of your skin with instant facials that take very little time and that are free? Take a look at my beauty remedy video tutorial and listen to some beauty remedies tips, and let me know what you think.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Counselor and Nutrition Coach

Are you a chocolate lover?  Is it because you appreciate chocolate for its health properties. If you know chocolate can be healthy, did you know that its because of the cacao (cocoa) beans its made from, and that healthy chocolate needs to contain at least 72% cacoa.  Cacao  contains flavonoids that have high levels of antioxidants, which can boost your immune system.  Chocolate can also protect you from heart attack and stroke by lowering blood pressure, reducing inflammation and improving your mood.  Did I mention that chocolate can be used as a homemade beauty recipe to improve your skin?

So if you want to feel healthy and look fabulous, try these two homemade chocolate recipes.

Homemade Chocolate Facial Beauty Remedy Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp cacao
• ½ tsp honey
• 1 tbsp sour cream or yogurt / kefir or 1 tbsp avocado
• 1 tsp oatmeal powder

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Apply on the face, gently massaging it so that oatmeal can start exfoliating the dead skin cell layer. Leave it on for about 20 minutes and rinse off with luke warm water.

Healthy Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound (about 250 grams) of good-quality semisweet chocolate (72% cocoa content)
  
• 1/4 cup all purpose cream (or whipping cream) 
• 1 teaspoon strong coffee
• Cocoa for dusting

Directions:

Melt the chocolate. Warm up whipping cream in a saucepan. Add one teaspoon coffee to cream, stir, and remove from heat. Mix all the ingredients and stir well until thicken. Put into refrigerator for at least for thirty minutes and then form into truffle-sized balls. Roll the truffles in the cocoa. Lay out on waxed paper and refrigerate again before serving, but serve at room temperature.

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

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach

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It’s cold and windy outside.  Are you taking care to pretect against dry skin and face wrinkles?

Whether yes or no, you may want to try some homemade facials and masks. Home-made facials and masks are safer than commercial brands because they contain no chemicals and toxic ingredients.

I would like to share with you these easy to make homemade facial and mask beauty remedies (facial meditations*) to heal, soften, rejuvenate, nourish and moisturize your dry winter skin. Every facial will help you relax, which is very important if you want to stay healthy during cold and flu season.

Six Homemade Beauty Remedies and Recipes for Dry Skin

Cottage Cheese Facial Beauty Remedy

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp. cottage cheese
• 1/tsp. raw organic honey
• 1 tsp. olive oil

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face and neck for 10-15 minutes; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it.  Rinse with lukewarm water. Don’t forget to eat the leftovers.

Avocado Facial Beauty Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp avocado, mashed with a fork
• 1 tsp raw organic honey

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face and neck for 10 -15 min.; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it. Rinse with lukewarm water. Don’t forget to eat the leftovers.

Variations:

• Avocado plus plain yogurt or kefir
• Avocado plus olive oil

Persimmon Facial Beauty Remedy

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp mashed persimmon
• ½ tsp raw organic honey

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face and neck for 10-15 minutes; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it; rinse with lukewarm water. Don’t forget to eat the leftovers.

Banana Facial Beauty Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp mashed banana
• 1 tsp sour cream

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face and neck for 10-15 minutes; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it; rinse with lukewarm water. Don’t forget to eat the leftovers.

Oatmeal Facial Beauty Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp oatmeal cooked with some water

Directions:

Apply it slightly warm to your face and neck for 10-15 minutes; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it; rinse with lukewarm water.

Pumpkin Facial Beauty Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp canned or cooked pumpkin (mashed)
• 1 tsp olive oil

Mix all the ingredients, apply to your face and neck for 10-15 minutes; relax and enjoy the moment – you deserve it; rinse with lukewarm water.

No time to make a facial? Don’t worry! Apply one of these ingredients by itself:

• Avocado
• Cottage cheese
• Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Honey
• Yogurt / Kefir
• Sour Cream

* I call the time we have to enjoy our home-made masks  – facial meditation. There are a lot of variations of basic meditation. One of them suggests sitting or lying down doing nothing, but being aware of our breathing. Just sit or lie still with your mask on inhaling slowly through your nose, then exhaling through your mouth. Enjoy taking care of yourself, enjoy your facial meditation time.

Click to listen to author Julie Gabriel on Holistic Beauty Remedies for Your Face and Hair.

Click to listen to Naturopath Pamela Reilly on How to Take Care of Your Dry Winter Skin.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Counselor