Clean Kiss Lifestyle
3 Simple Ways to Achieve Better Health You Can Start Today
Here we go again. Another new year's resolution list. A list of goals that seems overwhelming is hard to tackle for everyone. You are not alone. There is nothing wrong with you and you are not lazy. Often people don't stick with their goals past January because the list is too long and too hard to achieve. You are setting yourself up for failure if you suddenly decide to go from being completely sedentary to saying you're going to exercise every. single. day. There could probably be a list of over a thousand ways to be more healthy in 2021. We all need to feel that we have some control over how this next year is going to go for us. The reality is that 2020 has shown us that we cannot control the outcomes in life. There is no dress rehearsal. There is no plan that goes as planned 100% of the time. The sooner you are able to come to terms with the fact that we must live in the present and not try to control the future, the sooner you will feel more content and happier.
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8 Things to Do Right Now for Your Best Skin Over 40
The skin is the mirror to your inner health. As women in our forties we start to worry a lot about our appearance and our aging progress. For many this is the first time you start to see wrinkles, grey hairs, bodily changes due to hormones and gravity, and due to our lives becoming often more sedentary. The skin is your largest organ yet we don’t always treat it with the care it needs nor do we stop to think about the ways to get great skin that are within your control. I’m talking about lifestyle factors, not genetics. While genetics do play a role in skin health and appearance, it is often more about your overall health and possibly underlying medical issues that may be causing your skin to look unwell such as dehydration, stagnant lymph, hormonal imbalances, and more. A note about genetics and skin. There is research that shows a set of identical twins who have aged incredibly differently with one looking at least a decade or more older. Clearly their lifestyles and own individual health profiles have contributed to the health of their skin.
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Lifestyle Tips to Help You Overcome Cystic Acne, Naturally
Have you struggled to overcome cystic acne without any success? Know that you don't need to suffer alone. For many people who suffer from acne, their biggest insecurity is their skin. It is not a fun way to go through your teen years, and even harder when you are an adult in your 20's, 30's or later years. We have some solutions here for you to try to overcome your acne challenges once and for all, naturally. Our suggestions all focus around natural solutions vs. harsh chemicals such as alcohols, prescriptions and more. We are a natural skincare company and believe that Mother Earth gave us all we need in order to heal most ailments in our body.
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11 Simple Tips for Kissing Those Zits Goodbye & Natural Acne Solutions
Acne is frustrating, let's face it. Whether you're a teen that feels like each new day you wake up with a fresh zit ready to explode to the point you want to miss a day of school or an adult who is saying "enough already, puberty is done and my forties weren't supposed to be like this!". Fortunately, we have some natural acne treatments & home remedies for pimples. As a women in her forties with a lot of stress and raging peri-menopausal hormones plus three teenage daughters, I wanted to formulate natural acne skincare products to create a healthy daily ritual for fighting acne that doesn't involve harsh chemicals, alcohols or synthetics. These chemicals can not only exacerbate the exact problem you are trying to alleviate but they also fill your body with chemicals that can cause other health issues such as hormonal disruption, headaches, fertility, asthma, cancers and more.
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Three Simple Things to Detox and Cleanse Your Skin, Mind and Gut
This is not your typical blog post suggesting you drink lemon water everyday, eat cabbage soup, and take fibre supplements to make you poop. And it's not about dry January where you ditch alcohol and purify your liver after the holiday binge you went on. While I think those are all helpful to cleanse and detox for optimal health at certain times of the year, this post is more about detoxing in a broader, more holistic, longer lasting, natural sense ~ detoxing three areas of your body that affect Every. Single. Thing. You. Do. Everyday. Your skin. Your mind. Your gut.
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Take this "Simplicity Test" To Evaluate Your Life
I am not a simple person but now that I am in midlife I am definitely making it my goal every single day to live more simply. My friends used to call me High Maintenance and I certainly can laugh at myself as know I can be "extra" at the best of times. But I am at a stage of my life that I crave simplicity and a slower pace. Several years ago I started to reevaluate my career and business choices to be able to focus more time on my own daughters and family. After a lot of consideration I sold my main Small/Medium Sized business after more than a decade of lots of work and responsibility. I was simply getting pulled into too many directions and felt torn, guilty and like I was "half assing" every single thing. Today I am completely a fish out of water with a whole new routine and outlook! And none too soon as all the signs are pointing me to living a simpler, more meaningful life. Tragically we were met with a sudden loss a couple weeks ago and are still grieving the loss of a close friends' son, taken too soon. Add to that about hearing the news reports of fifty-nine innocent lives lost in Las Vegas today while enjoying a Country Music concert. I can't make sense of this world anymore but we all need to find comfort in what we do each and every day. Hug your kids every day and tell your loved ones how much you love them. Today. Find your meaning and find peace. And find simplicity. Rewind back to this past May when I had no idea what the rest of this year held for me except that I needed to find more meaning and peace. I planned this trip to India for November and it clearly was the sign I was looking for to find more spirituality and life meaning. Yoga, meditation, adventure, exploration (and great food!). Now back to my present day "Simpler Life" that started today: I woke up way too early mind racing at around 5:30am (way before my 7am alarm). I wrote in my brand new Two Minute Mornings Gratitude Journal to focus my mind and goals for the day ahead. Check. I looked after some work stuff that had to be cleared off my plate to settle my mind. Check. While getting the kids off to school I threw dinner in my slow cooker to have a healthy meal for my family tonight (chickpea vegetarian curry, yum!). Check. I looked after some physical stuff that I've been neglecting due to too much on my plate (Who really needs a foot to actually walk on anyway? So overrated ;)). Doctors appointment and x-ray done. Check. Then I came home to a quiet house this afternoon and made myself this comforting anti-inflammatory Matcha Turmeric Latte (no sugar, low calorie version). I drank this deliciousness while making my To Do list for the next week ahead for my other small business, my organic handcrafted skincare line, that I can now focus on solely. Today was to me a far simpler day than my usual harried schedule. I felt focused and productive and less stressed. Heck I even got around to writing this blog post! And so here is a quick quiz to help you determine if your life is simple or you need to do some work to scale back. Here's Your Simple 5 Question Simplicity test: Are you always feeling pulled in a thousand different directions and never feel satisfied with any one job you're doing? Are you always half-listening to your children, spouse, and friends while your mind races about something else? Do you look around your home, bedroom, office, car and feel a sense of disarray and disorganization simply because you don't have the time to spend on cleaning up? Do you eat most meals in your car while driving from one thing to the next? Do you look after your health (meaning do you make sure to use healthy products ON your body, watch you put IN your body, and also take time to ensure your physical and mental health is in check)? As much as I am very fortunate to have had career and business opportunities in my life that brought me to who I am today, I am so very excited to now put all of of my passion and focus on my artisan handcrafted 100% organic and natural product line. It is my true passion and includes a natural premium skin care line, organic natural deodorant that really and truly works (or your money back!), natural premium skincare which are all plant based and contain simple anti-aging ingredients from the earth, and our top selling natural face scrub with organic lemons and cane sugar to brighten, exfoliate and create a youthful appearance. About Clean Kiss We create 100% Natural and Organic, Canadian artisan handcrafted products that are simple and pure for your body, face, hair and home. Our specialty is premium skincare, all natural deodorant and other body care, and naturally curly hair products. We are 100% Vegan, GMO free, Gluten Free (and free of all unnecessary garbage!) and Leaping Bunny Certified (meaning we never test on animals and neither do our suppliers).
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Simple Guide for Growing your Greens for Naturally Beautiful Skin and Hair
I love making massive family-sized salads of fresh romaine tossed with simple oil and vinegar and filled with baby tomatoes, mini cucumbers, radicchio and green onion. I also pair it with a lean protein lunch and a grain to fuel my body with healthy carbs and protein. Eating this way helps me to feel super energized and also helps my skin to look more vibrant and youthful. Being the founder of a Canadian natural beauty brand, I know that it is not only important to use high quality plant based ingredients topically to my skin but it is also critical that you detox your skin and fuel your body with clean greens, lean proteins, and healthy fats and fibre.
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Steps to the Ultimate Clean Belly, Clean Skin, Clean Mind
When we look at our skin health we can't look at it as one singular area of health. We need to approach our outer beauty, our skin, as one leg of a three legged stool that will topple over if not in harmony. The other two legs being a clean gut or diet and a clean mind that is free of clutter, stress and all things that don't serve us in the present moment. Sounds easy right? Not so much. Most of us would agree it is a constant struggle to balance and achieve these three areas of health and wellness.
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It's All About the Trip, Not the Destination: My Life Motto
These last forty-eight hours the universe has been sending me a strong message about the "trip". This is how it all started twenty-six years ago. I was sitting in an undergrad psychology class in my first year of university, at The University of Western Ontario, when a girl that I had only randomly smiled at in class who sat behind me, tapped me on the shoulder and said "I have this poem that I think you may enjoy", and she handed me a copy of it. Just like that and very randomly. The poem is titled "The Station" by Robert J. Hastings.
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