Glow from the inside out!

*GLOWING SKIN*

I was chatting to one of my gorgeous customers this week who has the most flawless skin. She has a perfect peaches and cream complexion and she simply glows. Did I mention she’s in her mid-sixties! Not a wrinkle in sight.

We started talking about juicing and she mentioned that people constantly ask her what she uses on her skin because it is so fantastic. She tells them that she has never drank alcohol or smoked. But she attributes her clear skin to making a fresh juice every day since she was 20. She has never skipped a day.

We agreed that whenever we talk to people about juicing they admit that they do in fact have a juicer collecting dust at the bottom of their pantry which sits there idly because “it takes forever to clean”. This is clearly a first world complaint.

People in Africa are dealing with their family members being shot by rebels, have to drink dirty water and only have a cup of boiled rice to eat each day… And here we are in beautiful Australia having a whinge that it takes less than 3 minutes to rinse out 4 or 5 parts of our juicer.

There are endless benefits to fresh vegie juice so leave your juicer out on your kitchen bench, stock up once a week at your local farmers market (or from your own garden) and get juicing! Our morning fave is carrot, apple, celery, ginger, lime beetroot and parsley! What’s yours?

Top 5 Things I LOVED This Wk:

1. Chivalry. It goes a long way gents.

2. Informing a customer that castor oil was not in fact a product from a beaver’s anal glands. Never a dull moment at Essential Health…

3. The weird and wonderful meals and juices you create the week before your holiday to use up everything in the fridge.

4. The cushiness of a new pair of Havianas.

5. Homemade choc mint coconut ice cream made with almond milk! It tastes like a coconut rough and a mint pattie made love!

This week’s Top 5 are coming to you a couple of days early because tomorrow I am heading to JAPAN!!! You see there are a few things worth celebrating… (Clearly I have a fetish for writing lists)!

1. My incredibly intelligent husband has completed his Masters degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology (with flying colours) and scored a great job at a private hospital. My heart beams with pride for how far he has come!

2. It will be my 28^th birthday!

3. On the same day as my birthday it is also our first wedding anniversary!  My husband is the honey in my chai. He makes my life sweet. If I had a flower for every time he made me smile, I’d be walking through an endless garden xxxxx

Looking forward to bringing you a very special Japanese Top 5 sometime in Feb. Sayonara! 

Emma the Naturopath xx

Fresh faced.

I have a newfound fetish for day spas. It’s true. What’s not to love about candle lit rooms, pan flute music playing softly in the background, adorably bubbly beauty therapists and then floating out of your treatment smelling like a meadow of flowers? Indulge yourself!

Here are five super easy tips to set you on the path to glowing skin:

1. Pour yourself a jug of purified water and add the juice of half a lime and ¼ of a cucumber all sliced up. Keep topping up your glass and sipping throughout the day. Other yummy combinations to add to your water are slices of strawberries and green apples, lemon and ginger or halved green grapes and fresh mint. Eat the fruit when you’ve drank all your water and try to buy organic. Great for those who struggle to drink enough water or have sluggish digestion!!

2. Keep your hands clean! How many times a day do you scratch your face or lean on your hand when you’re studying? This is transferring bacteria and more oil to your face.

3. Once a week use a clay mask to draw out any impurities in the skin. Mix one teaspoon of green clay powder in a teacup with one drop of lavender and just enough water to make a smooth paste. After a quarter of an hour, gently wash off with warm water and a very soft cloth. Not only is lavender oil a great antibacterial, it will help you feel chilled out as you breathe in the scent. Ahhhh… now that is worth looking like Shrek for 15 minutes!

4. Make an appointment with a reputable beauty therapist and let them analyse your skin. A lot of people assume that they have oily skin because they are breaking out but they may actually have dry skin and the “oily skin type” products that they are using are clogged their pores. They can also help to show you how to care for your skin as the seasons change.

5. Your skin is a reflection of what’s going on inside of you. Maybe your hormones are running wild, your liver needs a holiday or you’re having “incomplete” bowel movements. Chat to a naturopath to get you squeaky clean on the inside!

Because makeup is SO yesterday ;)