Rose clay face mask
Rosie, pink, silky. This is the perfect face mask for dry and sensitive skin. Rose is one of those flowers that’s been used in pretty much every civilization throughout history both medicinally, in skin preparations, cosmetics, perfumery…
Benefits of 1:1 nutritional counselling
Are you trying to make healthier life choices and becoming a more improved version of yourself? That’s great! Sometimes, simply making this decision and sticking to it is enough, but other times you may feel…
natural vs "natural" bathbombs
Not all bathbombs are made equally. Although they might seem like fun and innocent little additions to spark up your bathing experience, many comercially sold bath bombs contain toxic chemicals that absorb straight into our skin…
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS FOR GLOWING SKIN
One of the most important things to me is taking care of myself and especially my skin. Since i was a child i’ve been guided by my mom, who is an esthetician like me, on how to care for my skin, what products to use, how to choose…
Honey Turmeric Summer Glow Mask
Works wonders, your skin is going to shine like the sun! And, you probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen, so win win, you don’t even have to make a trip to the store. This mask…
Luxury Lilac Body Oil
Besides its heavenly, floraly, ultra feminine scent capable of evaporating all your stress and worries, lilacs possess some pretty impressive health benefits. Lilac is a powerful vermifuge…
Stinging nettles for allergies, hair & skin
Is spring time your least favourite season? Do your eyes and nose get runny? Do you start sneezing like it’s going out of fashion the second you step your foot outside the door? Are you the first to know when flowers and trees start sprouting…
The Dark Side of Sunscreens
We have all had that nasty sunburn at least once in our lives, tomato red, painful and peeling, so the only reasonable thing to do is to protect our delicate skin, right? Well, yes and no. The sunscreen business…
Live enzymes and skincare
Many spas, beauty salons, and plastic surgery cliniques offer expensive enzymatic and chemical peels of various kinds and degrees, some more aggressive than others, in the persue to combat the signs of aging. The purpose of an enzyme peel is to…
Matka Botanicals online store is live
This is it! It is finally happeing! For so many weeks i have been working away at the back end here of my website to make one of my dreams reality. Well, goal reached. Ladies and gentlemen…. suspenseful drumroll….
Spirulina - heavy metal chelator & super detoxifyer
Most of you probably remember the spirulina craze a couple years back and how it was incorporated into all health related topics. If you don’t, let me refresh your memory. Spirulina is a blue-green freshwater algae that is…
THE TRUTH ABOUT DAIRY
Dairy Intolerance Symptoms: Acne on face and/or back, eczema, bloating, gas, abdominal cramping, loose bowels, flatulence, nausea, fatigue, weight gain, allergy-like symptoms, recurring sinus and ear infections, bedwetting and incontinence, arthritis…
Plant Oils vs. Synthetic Oils
“But i have oily skin, won’t oils make it even worse?” “I can’t use oils as my skin breaks out very easily?” “Won’t my skin feel greasy if i’m using oil on it?”…