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Feeding Your Skin: Natural Aloe Vera Gel for a Vibrant, Softer Face

The Aloe Vera plant is not only a beauty to look at, but it’s packed with many natural beneficial vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, not to mention its powerful anti-inflammatory properties. With all these wonderful benefits, no wonder Aloe Vera is known to help with many different skin conditions including acne, acne scars, and eczema.

Getting Acquainted With Aloe Vera

I’ve heard about Aloe Vera for a long time, but never really used it on my face. However, I have used it in my hair before, and noticed a big difference. I decided to take a chance and rub some of the fresh gel from the inside of the plant on my face, and let me tell you, my skin looked like it was happy to get some much needed hydration.

Natural Skin Moisturizer With Aloe Vera

The thing I like the most about the fresh Aloe Vera gel, is that it moisturized my face without leaving it greasy. At first, when I rubbed the aloe gel on my skin, it felt stiff, but after a few hours, my face felt soft and smooth. I didn’t felt the need to wash it off, so I just left it on like a face cream.

Aloe Vera for Baggy Eyes and Dark Circles

I applied the Aloe Vera from the freshly cut plant, and left it on my face overnight. I woke up in the morning, then washed it off. I must say that it also helps to reduce puffy eyes and dark under-eye circles. I’m just loving this plant so much, and see no reason to stop using it. I wish I had been using it years ago to get rid of stubborn acne and dry skin.

Disappearance of Fine Wrinkles With Aloe Vera

When you apply Aloe Vera to your face or skin, it automatically supplies moisture to your skin, which helps to diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, whether it’s on your forehead, around the eyes, or around the mouth.

Aloe Vera for Detoxing and Weight-loss

In addition to those amazing skincare benefits you can get from Aloe Vera, there’s also other benefits such as detoxing and weight-loss. I drank a cup of blended Aloe Vera juice from the gel that I took from the plant two days in a row, but it didn’t give me that laxative effect like I heard some people talked about. Maybe it’s because I didn’t blend a lot. Some people blend the whole leaf and drink it.

It is bitter at first, but after a period of time, you’ll get used to the taste. Aloe Vera is known to clean out toxins and mucus from your body. There are testimonies from people who claimed that it helped them lose their protruding belly after drinking Aloe Vera juice. However, not everyone can consume it, especially if they’re on certain medications or they may have allergic reactions.

Disclaimer

These home remedies are not to be used as a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Please consult your physician, pharmacist or health care provider before using the home remedies on this website.

Sorrel Drink: Festive Natural, Tasty, Nutritious Drink

If you haven’t tried sorrel drink yet, you are missing out on something great! This is one of the simplest drink you can make from home, with very little ingredients.

Sorrel drink can be made from the dried sorrel or when it’s freshly picked. In the Caribbean islands such as Jamaica, Christmas would not be the same without some good old sorrel with the Jamaican black cake.

Apart from its delicious tangy taste, sorrel is also packed with a bunch of health benefits. Not only can it be made into a drink, but it can also make herbal tea. Believe it or not, because of its rich red color, some people use it as a natural hair dye.

Fresh or Dried Sorrel

If you don’t have fresh sorrel, don’t worry, you can simply use the dried sorrel from the packets. They are just as good as the fresh ones. The good thing about buying them dried in the package, is that you can have sorrel all year round, not only at Christmas time.

Giving Your Sorrel an Extra Kick

One of the main ingredients you don’t want to forget when making your all-natural sorrel drink, is ginger root. That is what’s going to give it that extra kick. If you’re making it for small children or those who don’t drink alcohol, the ginger will make up for the non-alcohol taste.

Adding a few pimento seeds to the sorrel when making it, will also give it a nice flavor. Pimento seeds are commonly used, especially in the Caribbean, to season dishes such as jerk chicken, curried goat, and pepper pickles. The pimento also adds a great taste to stews, fish, soups, and many other dishes. Pimento is also well-known for its medicinal purposes.

Sorrel Drink at the Dinner Table

Add this tasty natural drink to your dinner table this holiday season. You certainly will get a lot of compliments after the meal. Its dark, rich red color will brighten up your table, and add that special unique taste to complete any meal. All you need is sorrel, ginger, sugar, and pimento, which is optional. You can even add some rum or wine to the sorrel, for the adults.

Changing Seasons: Healing Yourself With Natural Light Therapy

As the seasons change, so does our mood. You can enhance your mood and gain back your energy with natural light therapy. The amount of light we are exposed to during the daytime can adversely affect how happy or sad we feel.

Seasonal changes are quite common, since the Sun rises earlier and then sets later during certain seasons. For some people, this is quite okay with them. It doesn’t change their mood, but unfortunately, many others are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder, also called SAD.

Natural Light Therapy for Offices

It is easy for some people to get depressed when they don’t get enough sunlight. A light therapy energy lamp can help combat moodiness as a result of inadequate amount of sunlight. This can also be quite useful for people who share office space that is dark, but just need a little sunshine in their corner to perk them up.

Many people who work indoors don’t get outside much to enjoy the natural sunlight, except for maybe when they are going into their vehicles , that is if they leave their home for work after sunrise. They are then maybe stuck behind a desk and computer for hours.

Relief For Depression With Light Therapy Lamps

To make up for the lack of sunlight, there are Happy Lights that are designed to improve your mood and energy naturally, and to combat depression. They are portable ones that you can place right in front of your treadmill while doing exercises.

Happy Lights for Winter Blues Riddance

Get rid of your winter blues without even leaving your home with the natural light therapy treatment. If you’re feeling sad during the rainy, gloomy days, using the light therapy lamp will make a huge difference. It is also effective when used for people who are bedridden and can’t get outside during the days.