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How to have baby soft skin with a simple and effective foot care routine even through winter months.

Your feet may not be highly visible during the winter months as you don your winter boots, slippers and woolly bed socks, but it doesn’t mean you should neglect them until summer time.

Come spring and summer, you will want to be putting your best feet forward as you start getting your sandals and ‘flip flops’ out of your wardrobe.

Baby Soft Skin - Foot Care Essentials

1. Remove Dry Skin

This handy invention is something I actually received as a Christmas gift this year, was someone was telling me something!

Anyway, I’ve already used it and I must say it’s one of those beauty secret gadgets that actually does work.

Although I didn’t test it on a balloon, hardly any point as it has to work on your feet not on balloons!



It’s a simple gadget, easy to put together.  It reminded me of a mini cheese grater, not recommended for mixed use by the way, foot and food - not a great (grate) combination!

It certainly does exactly what it says it will do. Absolutely painless and so much more effective than the usual abrasive foot files, achieving baby soft skin in a fraction of the time.

The only negative point, not that it’s something that should stop you using it, is that the ‘dusty’ filings are not fully retained in the container.

So although it is recommended for using “anywhere”, eg: whilst sitting on your sofa watching telly, I’d make sure you have a towel under you to catch any dusty filings, just in case.

2. Foot Bath

Once you have removed dry skin on both feet, soak your feet in a warm bath, or bowl filled with warm water, add a couple of drops of your favorite essential oils for extra luxury.

3. Dry

Towel dry your feet thoroughly, don’t forget in between your toes!

4. Moisturize

For longer lasting effects, moisturize both feet, paying particular attention to your heels, by applying a good quality foot balm. Continue to apply foot balm at least three times per week.

For baby soft skin throughout winter these foot care essentials will help you put both feet forward beautifully when spring and summer arrive.

Try a Organic Lavender Water infused foot bath to add the light and naturally luscious scent of Lavender.

January 3rd, 2009 | Tags: foot care | Category: footcare | Leave a comment

Organic products, such as organic herbs and teas, organic essential oils and organic bath products can provide healthy options for your herbal needs.

Organic products such as organic herbs make wonderful long-term additions to your daily diet.  Flavorful herbs, such as oregano, thyme, mint, basil, bay leaf, as well as spices such as cinnamon, cumin seed, dried ginger and garlic, as well as herb and spice blends like curry powder taste freshest when made with organic herbs and spices.

There are also many organic teas that can offer you a caffeine-free and low-caffeine alternative to coffee and soda pop.  Organic tea comes in a plethora of flavors.  Choose long-time favorites, including peppermint, chamomile, and Earl Grey, or try something exotic like bancha or assam teas.  Teas can be purchased in loose form or in bags.  Bags are quicker because they are pre-measured and contained, whereas you can mix your own special tea blend of your favorite loose teas and place a serving in a metal tea ball, through which the herbs’ flavors are distributed throughout the hot water.  They are all easy to drink, and hit the spot on those cold winter mornings or anytime you need a tasty pick-me-up.

Other organic products find their way into our olfactory system.  Aromatherapy uses the scent released from organic essential oils to help heal the mind and body.  Massage oils made from essential oils of herbs smell wonderful and will add another layer of delight to your next massage session.  Organic bath products are what you need at the end of a long, stressful day at work or with the kids.  You can add herbal blends together into a sachet, which is then placed in the bath water.  Your bathing blend could include herbs such as lavender, orange peel, rosehips, peppermint, and even lemon grass for your enjoyment.  Slip into a world of relaxing fragrance, and let the cares of the day melt away.

No matter what your herbal need is, food, drink aromatherapy and body care organic products made with organic herbs are your safest bet for quality, purity and scent pleasure.  Why take a chance on being exposed to harmful chemicals when you don’t need to?  Instead, organic products provide a healthy alternative.

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Extract article source: Anne Harvester is an herbalist who has studied the benefits of organic herbs. In this article, she explores organic teas, organic bath products, organic essential oils, and other organic products. Anne’s advice can help you get the most out of this powerful therapy.

October 13th, 2008 | Tags: bodycare, organic herbs | Category: body care organic, organic body care | Leave a comment

Are you on the dark chocolate side of organic?

Healthy chocolate is organic dark chocolate according to a wide range of studies.

And who are you and I to argue, especially as it simply tastes so blooming lovely!

Dark chocolate looks good, tastes good and apparently does you good, in moderation! Although I’m not sure that chocolate and moderation quite go together do you?

And organic dark chocolate, being high in cocoa, is full to the brim with flavenoids,  powerful anti-oxidants that support your circulation, and it contains the mood enhancing natural compound Theobromine, amongst others.

The makers of this organic dark chocolate, one of my very favorite brands, tell me that even Harvard University have suggested that eating good chocolate three times per month will help you live almost a year longer!

If you want to add almost another year on your life span

you can buy organic dark chocolate here!

For a regular taste bud temptation

visit The All Dark Chocolate Tasting Club

October 2nd, 2008 | Tags: organic chocolate | Category: organic | Leave a comment

More Than Food for Thought. What’s on Your mind?  Visualize your healthy future to create a healthier “inner” you.

A world famous expert on the importance of quality food and nutrition lets you in on his amazing secrets.

Now, don’t let the crazy hair fool you, because this guy is brilliant.

You’ll see what I mean when…
you watch the video  » Mind Food

Body Care Organic loves finding positive ways that can help you with your bodycare, on the outside and on the inside, so we got in touch with Ryan, the mind movies man, and here’s the info…

“David approaches the topic of food and nutrition as an essential ingredient to EVERYTHING else in your life.
It just makes sense to fuel your machine with the highest quality fuel, for maximum performance.”

Well, you can’t argue with that!

What’s the best thing that ever happened to you AND your health?

All is beautifully explained in this video…

» More than food for thought - this is mind food that nourishes your SOUL!

September 15th, 2008 | Tags: mind food | Category: body care organic, organic body care | Leave a comment

American restaurant recipes

Secret American Restaurant Recipes : Uncover the cooking techniques used by world class chefs from famous restaurants. Especially if you are Not ready to go raw!

You may want to improve your overall health and bodycare yet you are not ready to go raw! So what improvements can you make to your regular eating habits?

Eating a variety of healthy foods is the common sense approach that you already know will benefit your general body care and fitness.

You are ready to incorporate a variety of organic foods into your daily diet, but you are stuck on how to turn these into a variety of mouthwatering recipe dishes!

Cook these secret American restaurant recipes like the PROS do in a matter of minutes!

Organic foods can give you an improved flavor over regular grown foods, so why waste those flavors by using bland recipes?

Now You Can Learn How To Keep Your Organic Taste Buds Happy

The more you enjoy your food, the more you will want to experiment with a wider variety of flavors with organic foods and ingredients.

Get these Secret American Restaurant Recipes Today - to keep your taste buds happy, your family and friends happy, and you happy, by helping you create an exciting range of delicious recipe dishes that you will want to cook.

Imagine using your organic grown ingredients in these fabulous recipes for added flavor, health and bodycare.

You will discover recipes for Good Ole Comfort Foods, a Guide to Grilling, Special Occasion Recipes, Diabetic Delights and even a Kid Approved Cookbook.

September 13th, 2008 | Tags: organic food | Category: organic recipes | Comments (1)

Lavender

Organic Lavender Water has a wonderful aroma and is widely used for it’s therapeutic properties.

Imagine your tired eyes and face being refreshed with a delicately scented spritz of pure organic lavender water.

A soothing mist leaving you…..

…. feeling revitalized
…. looking energized

Lavender water is not only your facial skin care defense on a hot day!

No matter what your skin type, it can:

• liven and add moisture to dull hair
• calm shaved and sensitive skin
• be sprayed onto your pillow to soothe you into a good nights sleep
• give you a refreshing boost before your next office or client meeting
• be used as a refreshing body spray

Lavender water has been credited with being:

• a mild antiseptic to balance facial skin blemishes
• an effective skin toning solution
• beneficial for preventing stretch marks and scarring

… and having cell regeneration properties that aid in the prevention of wrinkles (every little helps as ‘they’ say).

This Organic Lavender Water is gathered through steam distillation, which extracts the Lavender Oil. The water becomes infused with the light and naturally luscious scent of Lavender.

To get the most benefit of your organic lavender water: Mist over your face, once or twice and gently press the mist into your skin with your fingertips. Alternatively, spritz into the palms of your hands and press lightly onto your skin.

Perk yourself up with a refreshing mist any time of the day or night.

Ingesting lavender should be avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

September 10th, 2008 | Tags: lavender water | Category: body care organic, organic | Leave a comment

SLS Free?

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is a strong detergent used as an industrial degreaser and foaming agent.

Do you use SLS free bodycare?

What Are The Facts About SLS?

SLS and this ‘family’ of chemicals has been used in the beauty industry for decades and you don’t have to go far to read up and research the chemical compounds and related sodium lauryl sulphate bodycare ingredients.

SLS is recorded as being an irritant!

Despite this fact, many bodycare products, shampoos, soaps and other bodycare recipes and formulas contain SLS.

There is only one way to ensure that the bodycare products you buy are sls free and that is to check out the side effects of sodium lauryl sulphate, note the SLS chemical family names and then very carefully read the labels on your bodycare products to check whether these chemicals are included in the list of ingredients.

Find SLS free bodycare products here.

August 30th, 2008 | Tags: body care organic, sls free | Category: organic body care, sls free | Comments (1)

Suitable for vegans and vegetarians and for you if you are considering taking the plunge into organic raw food.

How to Get Started with Raw Food is the perfect e-book to get you started and inspired to go raw, no matter where you’re starting from.

Whilst we at bodycareorganic like our veggies and indeed we like many of them raw, we must confess to not being totally raw!

With that confession out of the way, what we can assure you is that we have tried several of these fabulous raw food recipes and we really loved most of them, the main exception was the wheatgrass drink, which, we have concluded is an acquired taste (or we were doing something wrong!).

… But we know you won’t let that put you off if you are really serious about improving your energy levels by bringing more raw food into your daily diet to benefit your overall bodycare.

You Can Do It! - It’s easy, it’s simple, it’s doable.

Find our here, now, why “Body Care Organic Goes Raw“

…. If you want more for your health, improved bodycare and increased energy levels.

August 28th, 2008 | Tags: body care organic, organic body care, raw food | Category: body care organic, organic, organic body care | Comments (1)

Body Care Organic has been looking again at the definitions of both “organic” and “natural” in terms of the consumers perceptions, and the bodycare and food industries presentation, of these definitions.

You’ll recall the “you are what you eat” mantra and the “five a day” fresh vegetable recommendation….

… and it probably won’t surprise you to note that the increase in natural and organic food production, and the larger companies marketing of organic produce, has had a major impact on your (the consumer) perception of healthy eating.

Marketing by large scale suppliers of organic and natural food sources has been prolific in all forms of media. In order to compete with these giants, local farmers markets and suppliers have extended their product range to take advantage of consumer interest in, and the move towards buying, natural and organic foods.

As a consumer these marketing efforts have raised individual awareness of the benefits of healthy eating and in particular the unhealthy pesticides and other chemicals often associated with standard food crops.

Consumers, perhaps you too, are becoming more concerned about not only what you put into your body, but what you are putting onto your body!

Consumers, you and many others like you, have naturally extended your desire for living a healthy lifestyle on the outside!

The marketing powers that be recognize this desire and have extended their own efforts to include the body care organic and natural skincare product choices presented to you.

However, finding your way through the organic natural marketing jargon to get to the defining facts is like wading through mud in concrete wellingtons!

SPINS helps clarify these definitions :

“Consumers are developing greater knowledge about what is absorbed into the body through the skin and therefore looking to avoid potentially harmful ingredients, such as parabens and petrochemicals, while at the same time seeking safer, non-chemical-based products that offer efficacy and purity.”

Industry Definition

Natural Products

SPINS, through partnerships, defines “All Natural” as:

• No artificial preservatives
• No artificial colors
• Minimally processed
• No chemical additives
• No artificial flavors
• No artificial sweeteners
• No hydrogenated oils
• Non-irradiated

Organic Products

The USDA’s National Organic Program certifies products as organic based on farming, handling, manufacturing, distribution and labeling practices:

• No antibiotics or growth hormones
• No synthetic pesticides or fertilizers
• No bio-engineered foods or ionizing radiation
• No GMOs

SPINS defines the Natural Products Industry as the intersection of Natural, Organic, and Specialty food and beverage, Sustainable products, and Vitamins and Supplements. These industry-standard definitions drive SPINS segmentation and analysis across retail channels, product sets, and consumers.

More SPINS definitions for : Sustainable Products, Specialty/Gourmet Products, Supplements, Herbals and Functional Beverages

August 26th, 2008 | Tags: body care organic, bodycare organic | Category: body care organic | Leave a comment