featured 6 Tips for A Gorgeous Décolleté!
The décolleté is the part of your upper chest that includes your neck, cleavage and shoulder area. The word is French and literally translates to “wearing a low-neck dress”. It’s one of the most visible yet most commonly unattended parts of our body. The décolleté is usually second in line after the face when it comes to precaution and care which is...
6 Ways to straighten your hair without heat
Straightening your hair with conventional methods is a) expensive if you go to a salon and b) heat intensive and causes permanent damage to your hair. Save yourself some pain and a lot of trips to the hairdresser getting trims and make the switch to straightening your hair naturally. Here's our recommended tips for all types of wavy to stubbornly curly locks:...
Face Washing Don’ts – How not to wash your face
Most people would claim that they know how to care for their skin or at the very least how to wash their faces correctly. You’d be surprised how many skin related ailments are caused by careless and improper face washing techniques: excessive dryness, flaky skin, discoloration, breakouts and redness are just a few bad things that can happen. Just lathering and rinsing...
The History of Dead Sea Skincare
THE EARLIEST DEAD SEA SALT COSMETICS AND LOTIONS The Nabataeans harvested Dead Sea salts, mixed them with essential oils and balms and derived their income by selling what are the earliest known examples of Dead Sea salt cosmetics and medicinal lotions. CLEOPATRA’S DEAD SEA Cleopatra was an enthusiastic user of Dead sea salt cosmetics, skin creams, and lotions. She was gifted the...
The History of Skincare
3000 BC Some of the first natural skincare products created by the Egyptians used olive oil, ostrich eggs, dough, milk and essential oils from plants and herbs such as frankincense. Scrubs made with aloe-vera and sand is made for exfoliating the face and body followed with plant oils for moisturising. Anti-aging serums with concentrated fenugreek oil were used to reduce wrinkles, fine lines and...
Enlivening Dead Sea Minerals
So named for the lack of any aquatic life, The Dead Sea is characterized by its hyper-salinity which is just one of the things that make it so enigmatic. Bordered by Palestine and Jordan, it’s almost 10 times saltier than the ocean but also contains eight times more minerals than most sea water, minerals that are essential for beauty and health. Having...
Dry Skin vs. Dehydrated Skin – Know the difference
Most of us plan our beauty regimens without understanding this very fundamental difference between these two common skin deficiencies: dehydration and dryness. Knowing which prevailing condition your skin is ailing from is imperative for choosing the right skincare products and doing right by your skin. Think of your skincare products the way you would of your wardrobe: you should change your products...