Puff the Magic Dragon Had Puffy Eye Because He Used Eye Cream At Night...tsk tsk

Puffy eyes?  The simple no cost, no product solution? 
 Don't use eye cream at night.   

We need to learn to work with our skin's rhythm.  The fact that your skin has a rhythm is probably something no one has told you...not your esthetician, not the cosmetician at your favourite beauty counter, and most certainly not your dermatologist.  

Humans have alot in common with mother nature and her rhythms.  At night our skin 'breathes' out, just like the earth 'exhales' at night and produces dew on the ground.  When our skin breathes out it is getting rid of metabolic waste products.  The most common sense way to achieve balanced skin is to work with your skin's rhythm.  At night when your skin is releasing waste products, you want to make it easy for your skin to do its job...not make your skin work harder. 

 Applying eye cream before you at night makes your skin work hard to eliminate the waste products through the layer of oils contained in your eye cream.  In the morning instead of looking refreshed, your eye area is puffy because the natural process of elimination was disturbed. 

 Save you eye cream for day time use.  During the day your skin wants protection. Fats and oils from plant, seeds and nuts protect and nourish you skin during the day when your skin is exposed to the elements and other factors like indoor heating.  The right time for your eye cream is day time.  Don't be silly like Puff, keep your eye cream for day time use only.

Deep Relaxation the Dr Hauschka Way

Some people have never heard of a Two Hour Facial Treatment.  Others might think its a decadent expensive indulgence, with no real purpose other then....decadent indulgence.  I thought it was time to explain the reason behind why I don't offer 1 hour facial treatments. The Dr Hauschka Facial that I offer is 2 hours in length for a reason.

Sadly the western world has not let go of the life depleting  ethics of the industrial revolution.  Rest is not valued.  Afternoon naps are thought of as slovenly or for lazy individuals. Diets are  focused on keeping us fuelled up so we can hit the ground running when we wake up and go all day to accomplish our never ending list. Deep restorative rest takes time.  Thats why I offer a 2 Hour Facial. You will never ever see me offer a 1 hour treatment or the even sadder 30 minute express facial. 

We live in a fast paced society.  No need to say more.  Most of us suffer or try to cope with information overload and  multiple demands on our time.  We try to be efficient with our time.  Maybe you incorporate super foods like raw cacao or maca to help give you energy so you can go, go, go all day long.  We are accessible 24/7 with all the technology available to us.  This leaves us very little time to connect with ourselves. The constant stimuli on our engaged autonomic nervous system, leaves our bodies fatigued and our systems lacking regulation. 

At the forefront of creating a facial treatment that address the whole being, we need a reality check on were we are as modern humans.  Most of us are focused on doing and push ourselves to physical and mental exhaustion to achieve so much.  The 2 Hour Dr Hauschka Facial experience is about restoring mind, body and spirit.  The treatment is created to deactivate our overstimulated systems and it works.  I would say 80% of my clients fall into a deep sleep 45 minutes into the treatment.  

In a spa treatment or facial that is scheduled for one hour it is in my opinion, impossible to achieve this level of deep release.  During a one hour facial the focus is usually on productivity...the opposite of what we need.  So much is trying to be achieve in that time frame, including getting ready for the next client..its not healthy or the client of the service provider....I know...I worked in spas for many years....and I remember fanatically racing to be on time for my next one hour appointment. 

In the Dr Hauschka 2 hour Treatment there is time to effect that whole body. Starting with a sage foot bath, then moving on to a lymphatic massage to the legs and feet. Time is allowed for gentle stretching movement to the head and neck.  Arms and hands are massaged and stretched.  All this takes place before the treatment on the face even begins.  Once the body is relaxed, our skin can absorb the beautiful essential oils, plant oils and medicinal herbs that will be applied during the treatment.  We know that if you eat in a hurry or under stress (arguments at the dinner table)...the body does not absorb nutrients as it does when its calm and relaxed. Our skin is the same.

Educating people on how to truly restore, and re connect with the body takes time. A Two Hour Facial Treatment help you become the best version of yourself.

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Jehovahs Witnesses, the Truth and Skincare: how it all got linked together for me.

My passion for truly natural and holistic skincare can be traced all the way back to my Jehovahs Witness upbring.  Yup thats right...a little know fact about me is my unconventional Jehovahs Witness up bring.  So how does a JW childhood and natural skincare fit together? Another little known fact is, the Jehovahs Witnesses like to refer to themselves as the 'Truth'.  Growing up I heard this term the 'Truth' used to label what set the JW's apart from all the other religions out there.  JW's had the 'Truth' and all others had a lie. 

The JW path wasn't my truth, but this idea of truth seems to have stuck with me. When I began my journey into skincare, I was searching for the truth.  So many skincare companies claim they are natural,  or give amazing  results. Skincare procedures claim to make you look younger, cure acne, or eliminate skin sensitivity. I never accepted what these companies said.  I dug deeper.  One of my first digs went like this.  An international skincare company  claiming to be pure and natural used a term in their marketing to describe the distinct aroma's their products have.  The term they use is called Aromaology.  I have heard of aromatherapy but what is Aromaology? I asked their rep and she told me the company  trade branded the name Aromaology to use for their scents.  Why would they need to do that?  If they were simply using pure natural essential oils as the source of their fragrances why the need for this fancy word. The truth is they weren't using pure essential oils, the fragrances in their products were synthetic, but they were marketing themselves as a natural skincare brand, so they made up a fancy word like Aromaology to hide the truth.

I continue to pursue the truth in skincare and how to care for the skin.  I have use Dr Hauschka Skincare for over 14 years and the truth is they are the cleanest, purest, products on the market.  Introduced to the public in  1967, they were avant guard from the beginning, creating organic products made from certified biodynamic plants.  Did you know there is no regulating of how skincare products are made?  That means if you wanted to create your own skincare line, you could start today in your kitchen, with your cat on the counter, there is no monitoring.    Dr Hauschka  has expert scientist creating their products, not amateur formulators and they are made in a factory that also formulates WALA homeopathic remedies, therefor the standards are at a pharmaceutical level.  

If you liked this post and want to experience the benefits of either the Dr Hauschka products or Facial Treatments, am offering a special this September, that gifts you with $30 worth or Dr Hauschka skincare.

 Read about the September Facial Special here:
http://drhauschkafacials.blogspot.ca/2014/08/the-september-facial-special.html 

To book an appointment:
http://www.kathleendaunhauer.com/contact.html

Dance to the Truth here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_atFMCUJ1o

Dry Skin and the Solution

I just finished responding to a client who is dealing with dry skin and the search for the perfect moisturizer that will take care of this issue. Women in their 40-60's main issue with their skin is dryness, as the oil glands due to hormonal shifts are making less oils.  I wanted to share my response to my clients query of what to do to fix her dry skin.  My response follows below:

I have some thoughts on your dry skin.  Many people share with me that they have dry skin and they are searching for the right moisturize to fix the problem.  Often the problem goes further back.  It starts with how they are cleaning their skin.  We talk about not using soap or anything the makes suds...as this shows that the product contains surfactants that strip the skin of its own natural oils.  Even creamy cleansers can suds up and strip the skin of its own oils.  Look at your cleanser ingredients, you want the first ingredients to be high quality plant oils, such as jojoba oil, sesame oil, or avocado oil.  To save money you might even try just using an oil like the ones I mentioned to clean your face with.  

Second thought....dry skin quite simply is an indicator that your oils glands are under functioning, they are not making enough oil.  To simulate oil production, you can try not using oils or creams at night....this way your own oils glands need to do some work...the work the creams were doing...to make oils.  Also the herb kidney vetch which is used in many of the Dr Hauschka products, is a balancing herb, so if your oil glands are underproducing, kidney vetch will stimulate them to make more oil.  The Moisturizing Day Cream by Dr Hauschka is a good choice for dry skin, as it  activate the oil glands to make more oil. Its a deceiving moisturizer in that it is  quite light weight in its formula. Not heavy like the Rose Day Cream.  It is light for a purpose...using the idea from homeopathy of 'like cures like', they make the Moisturizing Day Cream light so that your own oils glands have some work to do...so your oil glands can't be lazy and rely on the creams to provide all the oil.  In this way your skin becomes balanced.  That is what I have found for myself to be one of the major benefits of using Dr Hauschka products.. they have completely balanced my skin...in fact, my skin has no need to use a moisturizer in the day time, because it is completely balanced. I put on the moisturizer to fed my skin nutrients and protect it, not to fix dryness.