Top 5 Items to Green Your Beauty and Grooming Routine

Healthy is much more than just eating natural foods. It is a lifestyle that begs for you to re-learn your environment and use natural plants, minerals & herbs to not only enhance your body internally, but improve your beauty and grooming regimen Everything that surrounds us is a product of nature. Many of nature’s products serve a purpose and can be put to work in their natural form without all the chemicals and additives that come with mass production of goods.

Here are some mega-natural resources you should check out to add green your health and beauty routines. Grooming and skin cleansing have never been fresher. You may already have some of these items on hand in your pantry, garden or bathroom.

Let’s get to it:

Witch hazel

There are not enough words to say how amazing witch hazel is. Get ready to hear more about it, since astringent companies have now discovered it, and claim to be adding it to everything. Nice, but there is nothing like the “real” thing!

This plant is medicinal in its entirety, from its leaf to its bark! It is a naturally anti-inflammatory, so when you apply the plant directly to your face, you can use it for rashes, itching, acne, swelling, and even to bring bruises down.Put it on your skin for bites, rashes, scratches and razor malfunctions. Any inflammation of the skin will disappear with witch hazel. Some people even take it by mouth to fight digestive disturbances related to inflammation, including Crohn’s disease, diarrhea, and excess gas! To think that you need no medical insurance, no wait at the pharmacy, and no Big Pharm to provide you with one of nature’s most magnificent plants!

You can purchase it in many forms, here are a few:

Witch Hazel Plant/Tree
Witch Hazel Bulk Herbs
Witch Hazel Bark Powder
Capsules
Witch Hazel Astringent

Sábila (Aloe)

Also known as Aloe Vera, I prefer to name it the old school way to differentiate it from the store-bought versions of the same gel. Take the actual aloe vera plant, skin it, and extract the virgin gel FRESH from the actual leaf. Watch for the thorns, of course. If you don’t have a green thumb, you can purchase the gel. However, if you choose to purchase you should seek out the most pure version of the gel that you can find. So far I like the Amara Organics Brand.

Taking this gel with raw honey on a daily basis is said to cleanse your mucous membranes all over your body. A clean mucous membrane means better digestion, better metabolism, better breath, and better skin. Use it directly on your skin as a mask, and feel the cooling sensation sear and unplug your pores.

Pudina (Mint)

Mint oil, crushed mint, or mint leaves mixed with other ingredients will put the world’s number one soothing anti-inflammatory to the best use. Your face will burst with energy, your capillaries will activate, blood will naturally rush to your cheeks, and you will feel fresh and young, no matter how young you are.

Spirulina (blue-green algae)

This amazing product is filled with easily digestible minerals, protein and calming properties that place it as a potential controller of ADHD. Applied to the face, it is thought to replenish any lost minerals that are excreted through the skin by sweating. It’s a high-powered antioxidant that also has nutrients linked to eye and liver health. You can get it in powder, flakes or capsule form. I like this brand the best of the ones that I’ve tried.