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Honey is Natural Sweetener and contains various minerals and 22 amino acids which could help metabolism, hence, it could preventing obesity. To get rid of cellulite, it is best to drink honey and lemon juice mix, it helps to increase body metabolism. For weight loss, you may drink honey and cinnamon.

Dissolve half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder (or ground cinnamon) in a cup of boiling water. Stir the mixture and cover for half an hour. Filter away any big particles and add a teaspoon of honey. Take it in the morning with an empty stomach about half an hour before breakfast.

Ref: http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-and-weight-loss.html

Facial cleansing scrub

Mix honey with ground almonds and scrub on face.

Firming mask

Whisk a tablespoon of honey together with an egg white, 1 teaspoon of glycerin and about 1/4 cup of flour. Smooth on the face, leave on 15 minutes, and rinse off with warm water. You will be pleased with the results.

Moisturizing pack

Mix 2 tablespoons of honey with 2 teaspoons of whole milk, smooth over the face and throat, and leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse off with warm water, and finish by splashing with cold water.

Moisturizing lotion

Have dry patches of skin on hands, elbows, or other parts? Mix 1 teaspoon of honey with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and a 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice, then apply. Wash off after 15 minutes.

Lip balm

Honey works well on chapped lips and for acne because it has antibacterial properties.

Hair shine

Mix 1 teaspoon of honey into 4 cups of warm water. Use as a hair rinse. And if you’re a blond, add the juice of 1 lemon.

Ref: http://www.amazing-green-tea.com/honey-skin-care.html

For Dry Skin: Avocado & Honey Face Mask

You will need:

2 tablespoons of avocado flesh

2 tablespoons honey

1 egg yolk

To form this anti aging skin care face mask, put all the ingredients in a blender, or mash by hand in a bowl. Use your fingers to spread the mask over your face and neck and leave it on for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer, before removing.

For Dry Skin: Honey and Egg Mask

You will need

1 tablespoon honey

1 egg yolk

1/2 teaspoon almond oil

1 tablespoon yogurt 

Put all ingredients into a large bowl and stir until it becomes sticky and thick. Apply the mask to your face for 5 minutes and wash face thoroughly with a mild facial soap. Honey stimulates and smoothes, egg and almond oil penetrate and moisturize, and yogurt refines and tightens pores. 

For Tired Skin: Almond Yoghurt Honey Mask

You will need:

6oz plain yoghurt

¼oz finely-crushed almonds

2tsp honey

2tsp wheatgerm oil 

Mix all the ingredients into a smooth paste. Apply and massage the mixture into skin. Keep the mask on for 20 minutes. 

For Normal Skin: Apple Honey Mask

You will need

1 Apple, cored & quartered

2 Tablespoons Honey 

Drop the apple pieces into a food processor and chop. Add honey and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Pat the mixture onto your face with a light tapping motion, tapping until the honey feels tacky. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then rinse. 

For Oily Skin: Honey-Papaya Mask

You will need:

1/3-cup cocoa

three teaspoons of heavy cream

1/3-cup ripe papaya

1/4-cup honey and three teaspoons of oatmeal powder 

Mix and apply on your face. After 10 minutes, wash your face with warm water. This anti aging skin care fask mask helps heal skin blemishes, nourishes, draws out impurities, balances your skin pH, and will leave your skin radiant and soft. Good for acne-prone skin.

For Oily Skin: Carrot Face Mask

Your will need

2-3 carrots

4 1/2 table spoons of honey 

Cook the carrots and then mash them up. Mix the carrots with honey and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply gently to the skin and wait for ten minutes. Rinse off with cool water. Carrots are known to be rich in vitamin A and C. They are also rich in potassium. Vitamin A and C are antioxidants. Honey contains sugar, enzymes, minerals, vitamins and amino acids. 

For Sensitive Skin: Banana and Honey Mask

You will need

1/2 mashed banana

1/4 cup oatmeal, cooked with milk

1 egg

1/2 tablespoon honey 

Mix ingredients together. Massage onto face in a slow, circular motion and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse with tepid water. Oatmeal is high in nourishing vitamins and minerals; it gently cleanses and heals skin. Bananas contain vitamin A; eggs contain lecithin, a natural skin emollient; and honey helps to maintain the skin’s natural acid mantle. 

For All Skin Types: Honey and Lavender Facial Mask

You will need:

1 tablespoon raw honey

3 drops lavender essential oil 

Mix the ingredients, dampen your face with warm water, and smooth on the honey and lavender mixture. Leave the mask on for 15 minutes. Then rinse off with warm water.

Finally, I will share with you my favourite face mask - honey and bee pollen mask. Though it’s made up of just two natural ingredients, the benefits it offers are too many. Packed with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, this gentle mask can effectively reduce wrinkles, rejuvenate, tone, and clear skin in days. And suitable for all skin types, this mask works well in nourishing and protecting healthy skin as well as healing and repairing skin that is troubled by acne, rosacea, rash, eczema and other problems. Follow the instructions in the image to prepare. Rinse the mask away after leaving it on for about 30 minutes to an hour. Apply a few times a week. It’s incredibly easy.

ref: http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/face-mask.html

If you’re a frequent traveler and want to do DIY mask anywhere in the world, why not try out these honey sticks? They are packed individually, it’s going to be the best solution for these mask!! 1 tube for 1 mask!!

Hope you all enjoy the masks!!

Everyone, have a wonderful day!

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This is NOT a blog for women only, but also for men… because, we are going to talk about HONEY!! 

I am sure all of you have heard of the good stuff that honey can do! BUT do you know that they have healing effect too??

The simplest one is to drink warm honey water to sooth your dry throat (just a friendly reminder, water should NOT be hotter than 45 Degree Celsius)

Honey could be used in meals and as a substitution of sugar for tea and coffee!! If you haven’t tried it..you should try now… no harm (for real) and if you know what sugar could do to your body, you would have SECOND thought before taking them, (you may know of the harm already… but are you trying to avoid them as well as you could?) 

To name a few of theDISADVANTAGESof taking sugar:

* Sugar can decrease growth hormone (the key to staying youthful and lean)

* Sugar feeds cancer

* Sugar increases cholesterol

* Sugar can weaken eyesight

* Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children

* Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein

* Sugar causes food allergies

* Sugar contributes to diabetes

* Sugar can contribute to eczema in children

ref: http://www.naturalnews.com/022692.html

THAT IS WHY kids who intake lots of sugar, from coca cola, sweets…etc, they are easier to be “hyper”

We are not here to talk about how bad sugar is, but here are few more links that you can look up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/health-effects-of-sugar

SO, what’s so good about HONEY? 

1. Although honey in general might has higher calories than sugar, BUT, honey is sweeter, which means that  you will needLESSthan one tablespoon of honey-LESScalories consumption (Good way to start off diet and weight loss plan!!) Also, when consume honey with warm water, it helps to digesting the fat stored in the body

2. Honey will be absorbed much quicker by body than sugar

3. Honey speeds up the healing process by stimulating wound tissue

4. Honey can be of multiple use, like for barbeque, face mask, sore throat…etc

Want to know how to make DIY mask with honey and get your hands on the honey recipes? 

Stay tuned for our next blog!!

Everyone, have a wonderful day!

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Just heard that Christian Louboutin will have his own cosmetic line, just like Tom Ford, YSL and so many other brands….and Louboutin will be partnering with Batallure Beauty LLC. 

Christian Louboutin is known for the “red-sole”, and who doesn’t want to own one of those beautiful shoes?! BUT talking about beauty line, I’m not sure it will be any different that other brands, like Tom Ford, Burberry, YSL…etc, the difference of these companies are Fashion made Beauty- which means, they do not have any cosmetic producing background, but since they see that beauty market is a huge market out there which can reach so many levels of the society and definitely more affordable than fashion, so WHY NOT?! 

Now, my concern is, despite the design of the packaging, a little twist of the color from other brands, the synthetic perfume in the lipsticks or foundation might be more stand out from the crowd (just guessing here) Is Louboutin really making a “different” beauty line compare with the other brands?!

By the meaning of different, we are talking about ingredients, not the packaging and all human creation kind of different, we are concern about the actual product quality.When Chanel and YSL and so many other individual companies’ beauty lines are owned by L’oreal,  some said they are baked from the same bakery, some said they still have their own bakery, we as outsider, wouldn’t know too much of what is happening in the plant. BUT one thing we can be sure that is, whatever they are making, is not the best for our health, not just lipsticks, even so they claimed that leads could be impurities and it is hard to detect even with a machine, but if a company cannot guarantee that these toxic chemical can be detoxed out of our body, which means that they can be / are accumulative, and to a point which could be harmful, so why should we choose something that has potential hazard to us? It is not a matter of “I need to see it to believe it is true”, when you SAW this happened, it could be too late, so why don’t we avoid all the potential hazard?! Don’t forget that everyone is unique, so is our body, we could have different reaction to a component. So you think this might not be hazard to you, but this could be hazardous to someone else. BUT when the science report has pointed out the fact that they are harmful, why do we choose to ignore that fact?

I’ve found some articles talking about mascara and foundation. 

Daily Mail: What Beauty Industry Isn’t Telling You

Looks That Can Kill

Here is another source where you can see how toxic the shampoo/makeup/ lotion we are using: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

By no means we would like to scare you with this article/blog, we are here to present fact, and you can disagree of course. Our goal is to bring awareness to people on what they are “taking” into their body or what their body is absorbing. Packaging of products is a way to market it, to make it more outstanding and mark up the price, but this doesn’t reflect the products’ quality itself.

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When people say that organic or mineral makeup is now a trend…would you agree or not?! 

If you say it’s a trend, which means that this “trend” will become outdated one day, just like some retro clothing or accessories back then…from our parents or even grandparents generation…and make a come back 20 years later… and company trying to sell organic/ mineral products these days are just trying to own some market shares out there? I wouldn’t deny that there are definitely some companies are trying to get their share on the market when they spotted this trend…BUT some have been doing organic/ mineral products all the way…since they started the company…wouldn’t they worried that this “trend” will be outdated and they will be out of biz one day too?! 

We personally don’t believe that it is a trend, BUT this is a new concept that will be used in every day life sooner or later, which means , there will be organic clothing… which there are already for babies, organic living like veggies and fruit, because natural products are simply not good enough to protect us as they are being injected with different GMOs Who would want to have some scorpion GMO in their body…like Scorpion cabbage?!  or  GMO Corn? Anyone?! Hence, natural products was “HOT” in the market few years back…or still HOT but Organic is just one step further to protect our body….

For us, going Organic is NOT  a choice, it’s necessary to go Organic to be able to protect ourselves fully. Thanks to the advanced technology. We are able to enjoy Organic products from head to toe, even makeup!! 

DON’T start questioning if they are good or not if you have never tried… there are a lot of organic beauty lines out there, which means, whatever color you need, there will be companies that have the products that you looking for… just go out there and try!! i.e. organic pharmacy (UK), Nvey Eco (Australian Brand, it was used in global awards), lavera (Germany Brand) , Couleur Caramel (French) , RMS Beauty (US)….etc

All lines have great collection of colors and they are very high pigmented!! So, don’t look down on organic makeup or have bias against them, because, they are here for a reason, one of the reasons could be, excessive lead in traditional lipsticks so why not go for an organic and natural one so that no toxic goes into your precious body?! 

So what’s your thought on these organic makeup?? A trend? Or it is THE MAKEUP in the future?!

One thing we can assure you is that, you will regret if you don’t try it… it is LITERALLY no harm to try…so WHY NOT ?!

Being a Mom is never easy, when a woman got pregnant, she will need to start taking really good care of herself … For instance, is the mom-to-be eating properly? Is she having a balanced diet?? Is she getting enough exercise?? And for whatever products she is using, she needs to be aware of the ingredients as whatever her body is absorbing, her baby is absorbing too!!

Once, there was a nurse told me that, her baby is having some kind of allergy and that she had to take the baby to visit the dermatologist to find out what is wrong, guess what?! The Dr said, because of so many addictive being added to all products, hence people get allergic very easily these days. so he suggested the baby should avoid using any chemical product to help getting rid of the allergies. The Dr also mentioned that, years ago, allergies were not that popular, because there were less addictive, as the technologies are more advanced, more addictive are added to create different effect for a products, say artificial perfume, more preserving agent to make the goods last longer, thickening agent in shampoo/ shower (concept is, the more foam it is, the cleaner you think you will be)

For mom-to-be,  you may find some stretch marks on your belly and will get some cream or body oil to get rid of it, BUT, you should be careful on what you are putting on their body/ belly, chemicals should be avoided.. even if it works… would you want your baby to absorb those unknown chemical ingredients? I suggest that you start with organic ones, to use the safest products on your belly. Organic products made with essential oil will have a natural moisturizing effect and some could even have calming effect!! Don’t have bias towards organic and think it is just a gimmick. When you found a good company with their products registered as certified organic, you can trust them, Organic ingredients should be chemical free… Meaning-No pesticides or GMObeing used during the planting period of the ingredients. You wouldn’t want to go Natural (which is half way natural as there could beGMO) then your baby will be absorbing those GMO?! just a guess but the thought is quite disturbing. 

Dr. also recommends pregnant women to go organic…

or go here : http://www.thehealthybelly.com/tips.php?type=Nutrition&ref=145

For babies to use natural/ organic product is for their best, this could help eliminating chances of babies having allergies and organic product have some good stuff for prone to allergy skin too!!

The theory of Food and Products being used on baby or pregnant woman are the same, just be careful on what you’re eating/ putting on your skin, those that will absorb into your body will be absorbed by your baby. And as fragile as a baby is, they should really be protected from harmful chemical ingredients, DON’T soak them into chemicals one they are born…

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NEWS FLASH!!! There are toxic gingers in China!! If you think this is the only chemical filled food, I say you’re 100% wrong. With that much food needs to be produced in short period of time to feed the world, ginger is just one thing that they found out today that has been exported. Don’t know where they will be exported or which countries will import ginger or other food from China, but apparently, showering food with pesticides is the way to go to keep food “Fresh” for merchant who wants to earn a lot of money…

During my last blog, I mentioned the reason why I would only sell “Certified Organic” Product, one of the reasons is to ensure the quality of the product is up to certain standard as well as to ensure the majority of the ingredients are from organic farming. Second reason, is to differentiate TRUE organic and the FAKE ones…

Since Organic is the trend, commercial merchant want to get some market share off the Organic market, so they always state that their products are organic and made with organic ingredients, but HOW MANY PERCENTAGE of the ingredients are indeed ORGANIC????  You can claim a product as an “Organic Product” when they have one ingredient that is from organic farming or one organic essential oil. THUS, having the product as “Certified Organic” is Crucial. 

Of course, everything cost money, especially if you would like to have each and every product being “Certified Organic” it will cost tons of money, which means, sometimes small companies cannot afford the cost. That doesn’t matter, any merchant who sells TRUE organic products will have every ingredient listed clearly on the label, which they will also indicate which ingredient(s) is/ are organic and which isn’t. THEN, it’s up to the consumer to decide whether they should try out those products.

Some companies will just be confusing customers with their name!! How so? By naming the brand Organic this or that, but BRAND NAME DOES NOT reflect the product ingredients itself!! 

Check out this page, then you will get a clearer idea. End phony labeling!!

Now that you have been told how to identify the TRUE organic products, you should know how to choose your organic brand.

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But why would I believe in Organic and WHY did I sell these products… answer is simple, they are made with natural resource, that we could eat and digest… it has to be save, that is why i chose organic instead of natural. Who knows if the “natural” is truly natural? They could have been GMO’ed. The only way I can ensure the ingredients being used are truly Natural is by choosing Organic, better yet, certified organic. I know people have doubt on the effectiveness, to be frank, before I experiment any organic products, that was exactly what I was thinking, why should I purchase Organic facial cream when the price is higher and I don’t even know if it will work, the thing is, you will never know if you never step out and try. 

I only go for certified organic because there is organization monitoring these products which means that they have to have certain % of organic ingredients and it cannot have harsh chemicals in the products, so I thought, if it doesn’t work, at least I don’t have any unknown harsh chemicals in my blood stream that cannot be let out of the body system… who knows… look at the lipsticks these days, there are loads of report stated that some commercial cosmetic brands’ lipsticks contain excessive lead, of course those companies would be saying that tiny amount of lead wouldn’t harm human body, but who knows if it can be released out from our body or it will keep on accumulating inside our system. 

Lipsticks caused cancer???!!! 

Those companies wouldn’t tell us what chemicals that they used have exceeded the regulation/standard, SO, today we found out that there’re excessive leads in lipsticks, there might be other excessive chemicals in foundation or mascara or whatsoever, my concern is, what if these chemicals accumulate over time in our body, how will our body be affected?! Like Western medicine, there will be side effects but it won’t show right away!! 

While cosmetic and skincare can be made out of Organic ingredients, then why not try them out?! There are loads of Organic Brands out there and I am sure you can find what you need too !! They don’t have to be pricey. (Brand suggestions? Low- mid price range: Lavera, Burt’s Bees, Mid-High price range: Mukti, Nvey Eco, Juice Beauty, Pangea Organics…etc)

Think again before you buy, you’re buying your health…