The Best Product For Dewy Skin

This week I meet with a client in her mid 60's who is a smart cookie.  I know she is a smart cookie because she is using a whole range of Dr Hauschka products to look after her skin...and her health.  I can't emphasis enough the care we must take in ensuring that what we put on our skin is pure, and of the highest quality.  Our skin being lipophilic allows ingredients to pass through more readily then actually ingesting that same ingredient.  Great news if the said ingredient is borage oil but not so great if its a non organic mineral oil.  But back to my smart cookie client.

What impressed me about this woman was her renegade attitude  toward wrinkles.  She wasn't fighting the natural aging process with invasive treatments or dubious products claiming to make her look 20 years younger.  She was at peace with her age and enjoying life.  What she did want to improve on was the glow and vitality of her skin.  Hallelujah!  Yes, yes, yes...this is what we need to be focusing on mature skinned ladies.  Botox, injections and laser can be administered to the ying yang but if the canvas of the face...your skin, looks lifeless and dull we've really missed the mark.

So whats the solution? Its actually so easy.  Dr Hauschka Rose Cream.  Get your dew on ladies with this beautiful cream that as of May 2014 has a new formula.  Now rich in carnauba wax to provide the skin with even more protection.  It's also richer in roses, biodynamic extras of wild rose hip, rose blossoms, rose wax, rose water, rose oil from damask roses. Each tube contains over 1,075 rose petals. It's a favourite of Kate Moss, Jade Jagger and Cher. It makes sense that being so rich in roses it would make lead itself to providing the dewy glow smart cookies are going for.

The Saddest Thing Women Tell Me

During the course of a week I spend alot of time with women talking about their skin and over all well being.  I share with them what I have learnt from 14 years as a Dr Hauschka esthetician.  I truly want these women to find balance not only from any skincare issues they are dealing with but in their over all life, which is greatly effecting the health and vibrancy of their skin. I use my tool kit of personal resources that have granted me solace.  After a in depth discussion of there skin woes, I share about the transformative power the humble bath.  A simple bath combined with any one of the Dr Hauschka face masks is a woman best friend.

Bath + mask = Skin transformation in the form of radiance, vitality and glow.  So simple what woman wouldn't want to leap into her tub?

 But here is the sad thing I hear over and over again from the beautiful women I am privilege to help.

Women in large  numbers are telling me they don't have time for a bath.  They stare at me blankly and comment that they don't remember the last time they had a bath, or they think wistfully about the concept of having time for a bath.  Something is truly wrong with our society if there isn't  enough time in ones day to enjoy the pleasure of a warm bath.  Time for a bathing revolution!

Bathing helps one reconnect with the wonder of who you are.  Movement and dance maverick Gabriel Roth  wrote that Westerners struggle with traditional eastern meditation practices that involve sitting still for extended periods of time. She advocated moving meditation, dancing, walking, painting, drawing, gardening.  I would add to that list bathing.  Recent research from university of Dublin highlights the physiological benefits of bathing- dilating blood vessels. lowering stress induced blood pressure, and revitalizing the adrenal glands and nervous system. 

Personally a don't miss a day with out a proper visit with my tub.  Sometimes I have 2 baths, a morning bath and evening bath.  If things are on the out and out, 3 baths are the antidote.  I read that clothing designer Tom Ford has up to 7 baths a day, and he looks gorgeous.
While your healing you self in you bathing sanctuary, pour in some Dr Hauschka Bath Essence and slip on one of the Dr Hauschka facial mask.  The revolution has begun.

Sea Buckthorn an Oil Every One Will Love

Have you been noticing Sea Buckthorn Oil popping up on the shelves of your favorite natural food stores?  There is  a resurgence of plant and seed oils being used on the face and body for good  reason.  Did you know our skin absorbs nutrients more quickly then if we digest the same substance?  We really can fed the skin!  Sea Buckthorn Oil is a wonder oil and I encourage you to begin incorporating it into you skin health routine.  In the Dr Hauschka skincare line Sea Buckthorn can be found in the Regenerating Eye Cream and the Daily Hydrating Eye Cream.

 Sea buckthorn gets to the root cause of imbalances in the skin by going deep within the lipid layers and healing from the inside out. Seabuckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides, is extraordinarily rich and vital oil that is perfectly balanced in omega 3, 6, 7 and 9 oils. The oil is also potent in antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory properties, carotenoids like beta carotene, and phytosterols that reduce redness and help heal mucous membranes. it regenerates cells, protects against cell water loss and is rich in vitamins C, E, and pro-vitamins A and B. Seabuckthorn oil is also rich in lipids, beneficial fatty acids and rare palmitoleic acids. All of these extraordinary plant properties contribute to regenerate and revitalize connective tissue.

 Its combination of vitamin E and provitamin A binds free radicals and protects the skin from sun, dry air and wind. The oil supports regeneration of the skin and is thus said to counteract skin aging. Rough, dry skin becomes supple again.

 The other constituents of sea buckthorn also appear to be present in particularly large amounts. The vitamin C content, for example, is nine time that of citrus fruits.

Sea buckthorn has been valued in Chinese and Tibetan medicine for 2000 years and is used particularly for restoring vitality. If you feel washed out, weak or tired sea buckthorn is the right thing to pep you up.

Sea buckthorn is born of the sun and likes brightness. The colour of its berries, crowded together on the branches like numerous setting suns, is a supreme reflection of this preference. But sea buckthorn does not wither and dry out in the intensive rays of the sun. Maybe this is what has made sea buckthorn the plant for helping dry skin.