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Winter Foods To Keep Your Body In Tip-Top Shape
The days are shorter, and the cold is closing in. TCM winter foods are exactly what you should be eating for an energizing diet this time of year. They keep your skin looking fresh by adding hydration-packed nourishment, and they infuse your organs with magic. Well, not really magic, but the perfect combination of ingredients to keep you healthy during the cold. Let’s talk about what Eastern medicine thinks about eating with the seasons and managing your diet in the winter.
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Dry Brushing: What’s The Deal With This Viral Beauty Trend?
A-listers from Miranda Kerr to Chrissy Teigan are all doing it. But what the heck is dry brushing, exactly? Believe it or not, this viral beauty trend is actually pretty old. In fact, we’re talking ancient. It comes from the Ayurvedic practice called garshana and it’s been practiced by people for thousands of years. Here’s what you need to know about this old-made-new beauty ritual.
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Post-COVID Revenge Glam, TCM Style
It’s so close, we can ALMOST taste it. After over a year of quarantining, working from home, social distancing, and masking, a post-COVID world is almost a reality. And if you’re like us, you want to get your revenge. You know how after a bad breakup, you hit the town with your best friends dressed to the nines with a fresh blowout and mani? Well, we’re almost ready to break up with COVID. Yup, it’s time for post-COVID revenge glam. We’ve spent the last year in sweatpants and no makeup, so it’s time to put your best foot forward and emerge like a phoenix from the ashes. Here’s our best tips, tricks, and hacks from Eastern medicine to have you looking glam, gorgeous, and ready to get your revenge.
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How To Fix Your Bad Hair Days With Eastern Medicine
in Beauty, Condition Related / / 0 commentsHate bad hair days? Us, too. If you can’t take another day of having dull, lifeless hair that never seems to grow, you may be tempted to buy a fancy new shampoo or try a trendy hair treatment. But before you do that, give Eastern medicine a chance. For centuries, people in Asia have used traditional knowledge to keep their hair healthy, shiny, and thick. Here are some of the best tips, tricks, and techniques from eastern medicine to ward off bad hair days once and for all.
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Your Gut & The Beauty Standard: The Link Between Your Gut & Your Skin
Usually when we try to make ourselves more beautiful–whatever that means to you–it has to do with the “outside” of yourself. Putting on a face mask, applying SPF every day, or using a Vitamin C serum are all external things you do to make yourself more beautiful and healthy-looking. But what if we told you that real beauty came from the inside? That’s right, your gut can help you get that “glow from within” look that everybody’s dying for. Here’s the 411.
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Going Global: How To Do Self Care Like A Global Citizen
Let’s face it–after 2020, we all need and deserve a little extra DIY TLC. And if you’re like us, seeing your friends, visiting family, and going to restaurants without stressing over 6 feet aren’t the only things you’re missing. For those of us who consider ourselves globetrotters, this pandemic has taken away one of our favorite pastimes–traveling. So we put this list together so you can do some much-needed self care while taking inspiration from some of our favorite destinations around the globe.
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Put That Where? Foods You Wouldn’t Think To Put On Your Skin, But Should!
in Beauty, General Wellness / / 0 commentsOh, the battle to reclaim the youthful vibrancy of your skin that time has stolen. However, what if the answer to smooth skin wasn’t the latest product on store shelves – but rather the ancient wisdom that has led thousands to unlock the keys to youth in unexpected ways? For thousands of years, men and women have discovered the secret weapon for fighting aging through the mysteriously practical art of Eastern medicine.
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Sick Of Those Dark Circles Under Your Eyes? Eastern Medicine Can Help
in Beauty, Condition Related / / 0 commentsDark circles under the eyes are the bane of any woman’s (or man’s) existence. They make you face appear dark and sullen, and they definitely don’t add that vibrant or youthful glow that everyone seems to want. While often a dead giveaway for lack of sleep, the reason why we experience dark circles under the eyes is often due to a combination of factors and how that’s viewed in the East and in the West can be quite different…
