Tag: Sea Salt

The primary reason for making your own soap is surely the fact that it doesn't contain the synthetic ingredients (including foaming agents and many other chemicals) that most soaps on the market have. The skin absorbs everything that’s put on it, whether it’s natural or toxic. Every day it is already facing pollution found in the air, so why would you make it go through more damage when you are showering as well?

Sea salt can help cleanse your body from the inside and out. Anti-inflammatory and mineral-rich when minimally processed, it can help resolve a few skin conditions. Balneotherapy with sea salt can ease rheumatoid arthritis pain and swelling. Nasal irrigation with sea salt keeps allergies and infection-causing bacteria and viruses at bay. With regard to your diet, sea salt can give you the saltiness you crave with a smaller quantity than regular salt.

If you have trouble falling asleep, you’re not alone. Around 60 million Americans are affected by sleeping disorders every year. Tossing and turning in...

Spending way too much on beauty products with harmful chemicals? Worry no more. Try homemade coconut-oil-based cosmetic products for soft skin. To prepare a coconut oil body butter, mix 1 cup solid coconut oil with 1 tsp vitamin E oil and a few drops of any essential oil thoroughly till you get a fluffy mixture. Apply the mix twice daily for hydrated, soft skin.

Atopic dermatitis is severe eczema with symptoms like dry, scaly skin, redness, itching, rashes, etc. Dry skin, extreme weather conditions, stress, infections, etc are some of its triggers. Medically, it is often treated with creams, corticosteroids, antihistamines, and phototherapy. Taking care of the skin, managing stress, wearing loose cotton clothes, trying sea salt baths, and using lavender are some home remedies that may help.

Having beautiful skin often makes you feel confident and proud. But having flawless, glowing skin and maintaining it is often not that easy because...

There is no simpler seasoning or a more valuable ingredient than salt for any delicacy. Most of us have replaced table salt with natural sea salt as it contains highly beneficial trace minerals and nutrients. However, natural sea salt isn't all that good either. New research indicates that rampant plastic pollution of oceans has led to the contamination of sea salt with microplastics that could affect your health.

Beach waves can be recreated at home with DIY hair spray. Start with sea salt, a magnesium-rich ingredient that creates tousled waves by absorbing moisture. Hydrate and avoid dryness by adding coconut oil. Essential oils can be used to add a scent, while Epsom salt can be used to absorb excess oil. For subtle highlights, lemon juice will provide natural bleaching properties. Combine everything in warm water and shake well before using.

Sea salt can cure dry skin by helping your skin replenish its natural moisture. The high content of minerals in sea salt not only cures inflammation-associated skin infections, but also fights free radicals that cause wrinkles. The abrasive nature of sea salt helps exfoliate your skin while the drawing property helps clean your pores of all the gunk that could have otherwise led to acne and other infections.

Although most of the foods we consume and health products we use are found on land, many healthy foods and products are sourced from our oceans. Foods obtained from the ocean, such as krill oil, wild-caught fish, seaweed, and sea salt offer a myriad of health benefits and protect us from many deadly diseases. Some oceanic products like pearls and magnesium salt have healing properties.

Natural sweeteners such as stevia and licorice are good for imparting flavor and managing diabetes, liver function, and even dental caries. Coconut flakes and sugar can be used for their mineral density. Cinnamon is an excellent anti-diabetic spice and adds its share of flavor. Cocoa powder makes your mocha extra strong and also serves as a mood enhancer. Vanilla beans can add a characteristic floral flavor to coffee. Some unorthodox ways could be to add sea salt and collagen powder, which makes the coffee sweeter with a creamy texture.

Pure essential oils like lavender, frankincense, myrrh, spikenard, and sandalwood are just what you need to cleanse and renew your chakra energy system and the auric field. Taking...

Foot scrubs are easy to make at home, using the ingredients around you. Sugar, sea salt, coffee grounds, essential oils, baking soda, olive oil, or coconut oil can be used as ingredients for your DIY foot scrubs. Using them before you shower is an effective way to clean your feet and also moisturize them and remove dead skin. Using them twice or thrice in a week will make your feet healthy and free from germs.

Don't you just hate it when you have to deal with unsightly acne all the time? You may want flawless skin, but what can...

Vaginal odor causes embarrassment and discomfort. Vaginal odor usually occurs because of an infection or due to other diseases. Whatever the cause, it must not be ignored and must be treated. It may also cause soreness, itchiness and may adversely affect the relationship with your partner. A mild vaginal odor is normal, but, a strong, fishy odor must be treated immediately.