The Skintervention Guide Blog
{A Purely Primal Skincare Project}
Skincare Saturday: What’s in your facial cleanser?
Nearly everything you put on your skin is absorbed into your skin – and into your bloodstream. Biopsies have revealed concentrations of skin care toxins in cancerous masses in the same areas those toxins were applied topically. Translation: the bad stuff gets in! And stays there! Many chemical-laden products are labeled, promoted, and advertised as “natural” or ”organic” – which is confusing to folks. Don’t be fooled! There are lots of wonky ingredients in conventional – and heck, even “organic” and “natural” skin care products, that are flat-out unnecessary! The use of these ingredients isn’t to benefit your beauty – it’s to benefit THEIR bottom line. Avoiding these potentially irritating ingredients is especially importan …Keep Reading
Skincare Saturday: 3 simple tricks for better sleep!
Today’s Skincare Saturday is re-posted from an email-exclusive newsletter from Liz’s personal blog. Enjoy! Ever felt like you’re doing everything right, yet nothing is falling into place? I’m not talking about your quest to be the next American Idol or your mission to knit the perfect chicken sweater. I’m talking about your journey to better health. Do you feel like you’ve got the food figured out, the pantry stocked perfectly, the movement and exercise down pat, and the stress relief nailed down, yet something’s still missing? Is that missing piece…sleep? This is incredibly common, and it’s easy to see why. Sleep is usually last on the priority list. It’s not like you can meal plan, prepare food, take a restorative, proprioception-enhancing …Keep Reading
Skincare Saturday: My Book (EAT THE YOLKS)
Find out more about Eat the Yolks…below the video! My book, Eat the Yolks, is FINALLY here! (And even before its release, it’s an Amazon Best-Seller! WOW!) While this book IS named after one of my favorite activities, it’s not just about egg yolks. It’s about ALL the lies, naughty nonsense, and hilariously head-smack-worthy hijinks that made us forget what REAL FOOD really is in favor of processed “diet food” and other industrial junk. Ever heard the following? Egg yolks increase cholesterol, which causes heart disease. Red meat is bad for you. We should eat fewer animal products. We need whole grains for healthy fiber (and to stay - ahem – regular). When it comes to calories, we should be countin’ and cuttin’. All of the above stateme …Keep Reading
Skincare Saturday: Amanda’s before-and-after!
Hey, guys! Amanda here! You know me as Liz’s Communications Director! I’m the gal answering your emails, posting on Facebook, tweeting on Twitter, and pinning on Pinterest. But I haven’t always been where I am today in terms of my skin care regimen. In fact, it has taken me a LONG time to get to where I am! Let’s start from the beginning! I didn’t have an acne problem in my teen years. For a long time, I thought I got off lucky. I had beautiful, glowing skin. But that changed when I hit my early 20′s – I started breaking out like crazy. Hello, acne! It was embarrassing and frankly just inconvenient! That led me to the nearest dermatologist, where I was prescribed a variety of different creams (containing benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid), topical …Keep Reading
Skincare Saturday: why isn’t no ‘poo working for you?
Due to lots of GREAT questions coming in about this very topic, I’ve replaced today’s scheduled post with this one! One of the most popular methods out of the Skintervention Guide is the “No ‘Poo” (or, No Shampoo) method of cleansing the hair. It’s a simple, inexpensive, basically product-free way of cleansing that uses only baking soda and apple cider vinegar (or another acidic solution, like lemon juice) instead of shampoo and conditioner in the shower! Not only that, but it’s a fun little term to confuse folks with. (“No Poo? what?”) (Note: I’ve had conversations with stylists who are horrified by the idea, fearing the baking soda is too harsh. In fact, however, baking soda has an incredibly low score on the abrasivity scale (a scale often used in dentistry called relative dentin abrasi …Keep Reading
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