Mother-Daughter Dressing
With Mother’s Day on Sunday, perhaps it’s time to stop and consider all the things you’ve inherited from your mom—whether it’s a fashion, beauty or a distinctive laugh.
Sunny Davis
Sunny is a graphic designer graduating this month from the Herberger College of Design and the Arts at Arizona State University with a BS in Visual Communication Design. She is a cellist, dancer, and loves to cook with her extensive apron collection.
Debbie Davis
Great Tip for all skin types!
I think that one of the things I hear most often is that people get too tired at night to actually take care of their skin. So my best advice is to not wait until you are too sleepy-when you are in “cleaning mode” earlier in the evening-washing the dishes, bathing the kids, etc., that is when you should just go in and cleanse your skin and put on your favorite products. It takes only a few moments, but the impact on your skin makes ALL the difference! Then, go ahead and put your feet up and watch that show or read that book-if you then get sleepy, you can go to bed with no guilt and wake up with better skin!
More Tips on Skin Care:
- Eat less crap-C-carbonated drinks,
- R-refined sugars,
- A-artificial sweeteners and colors,
- P-processed foods.
- Eat more food; F-fruits & vegetables,
- O-organic lean protein,
- O-omega 3 fatty acids, D-drink water.
A great new book I recommend is Eat Pretty (Nutrition for Beauty inside and out) by Jolene Hart!
Since summer is coming soon and we live in Az., hydration is key. Ms. Hart and I recommend doing this with anti-inflammatory and cooling foods like cucumbers, watermelon, zucchini, and coconut water. Sipping chilled herbal teas like hibiscus and mint throughout the day is terrific. I find a great ready made brand called REBBL True Tonics at Whole foods. Also drinking fresh lemon water is a great liver/kidney purifier-so healing for skin and digestion!
Here’s a fresh juice you can make at home in a blender: Purple Cow; 1/3 head of red cabbage cut into wedges,2 kale leaves. 1 red bell pepper,2 red apples-(wedges). Juice all in the blender and enjoy the Most skin- friendly drink (great for acne too).
Home Made facials:
I also would love to share a couple of facial masks that you can whip up at home ( in between facials 🙂 )
- This one is for dehydrated/dry skin; Mix some plain greek yogurt with honey, and mashed up strawberries leave on for 10 minutes and remove with a warm washcloth. You may add in lemon juice if your skin is acne prone (skip the honey).
- Virgin coconut oil is wonderful for aging skin-apply a light layer after cleansing. Another homemade face mask is to mash some avocado with honey and leave on 10 minutes-soothes, hydrates and feeds the face!
- One last one to try if you have break-outs-mix some oatmeal with lemon juice and spread on the face for 10 minutes-all removal may be done with a warm washcloth.
Thanks for taking the time to read this! I wish you Happy Skin!