The dead sea is home to many natural beautifying elements such as seaweed, algae, sea salt and sea mud that have been used for their high concentrations of nutrients. Seaweed is an especially touted ingredient because of it’s healing powers that can easily be tolerated by sensitive skin types. Natural seaweed extracts, oils and vitamins are used in skin care to restore radiance to the skin by providing it with nutrients it may be lacking. Seaweed is also a major constituent in modern Japanese skin care because of it’s natural tendency to reduce excessive irritation and redness. Continual use of natural seaweed skin care can improve skin’s elasticity and increase levels of hydration to promote a healthy complexion. There are different types of seaweed that can be more effective than others. The main types of seaweed used in products are green, red and brown seaweed, which each have a different role in contributing to the care of your skin:

Green seaweed is high in vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12 which is useful in protecting the skin’s surface and reduction of inflammation. It is also said that these nutrients are able to penetrate deep into the skin more efficiently than other skin care ingredients to help your skin maintain it’s firmness and bright tone. This seaweed is specifically known for it’s therapeutic properties in treatment of dry, oily, sensitive and acne prone skin. These skin types respond well to the hydrating properties of green seaweed. This power plant is packed with high concentrations of minerals which will enable you to achieve a irritation-free and restored skin complexion.

Red algae is rich in nutrients such as fluorine, magnesium and calcium. A commonly used red seaweed – asparagopsis armata – is high in anti-bacterial properties that works well for the treatment of acne. This seaweed is best for drawing out impurities and toxins and regulating oil levels on your face. Natural red algae is popular in spa treatments for oily or acne prone skin because of it’s ability to work gently to promote circulation and healthy skin rejuvenation.          

Brown seaweed is a savior for dry skin. The minerals contained in this sea bound plant help to maintain the skin’s natural moisture balance – which is neither too dry or too oily. Brown seaweed is able to give you a moist, dewy complexion because of it’s ability to penetrate deep into the skin and balance out unruly skin tone. Brown algae can maintain a luminous appearance to your skin by mildly exfoliating dead skin cells to brighten your overall complexion.

Epsom salts are named for the mineral rich waters of Epsom, England, where they were known at least as far back as Shakespeare’s day. When bathing, the magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) is absorbed through the skin and is an inexpensive and natural way to reduce stress, treat skin problems, and draw toxins from the body.

Epsom salts has been a long time remedy natural remedy for a number of ailments. An Epsom salts bath is known to relieve aching limbs, muscle strain and back pain. In addition, it has been known to heal cuts, reduce soreness from childbirth and relieves colds and congestion. Furthermore, Epsom salts will flush toxins and heavy metals from the body.

Epsom saltst is a natural stress reliever too. Stress drains the body of magnesium. An Epsom salts bath absorbs magnesium into our body thus helping to relieve stress. The magnesium helps to produce adequate amounts of serotonin, a mood-elevating chemical within the brain that creates a feeling of calm and relaxation.

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I am a woman who has suffered hair loss in the forms of telogen effluvium (TE) or chronic telogen effluvium (CTE) several times throughout my life. Over the years, I have done countless hours of research and probably tried thousands of dollars worth of products. Some have worked and some have actually made my hair loss worse. I need to disclose that I’ve never found a hair loss shampoo that could stop hair loss overnight. But, there are products though that can control or decrease shedding and / or can support healthy regrowth by decreasing inflammation.

Finding the best hair loss shampoo for you requires defining what you are looking for in a product. For example, do you prefer a natural or herb based product or are you more interested in concentrated products that reduce DHT or soothe inflammation?

Here is a list of what I consider to be the best. Because I’ve suffered TE and chronic TE, I do not rely as heavily on very harsh DHT blockers. I like products that clean and nourish my scalp to support regrowth. I alternate and rotate the shampoos around because I find that if I don’t, I could get build up over time and / or the products lose their effectiveness a bit if my scalp gets overly used to them. Also, it’s my opinon that hair loss shampoos should be just one weapon in your arsenol on hair loss.  In my experience, they alone are generally not enough to get the results that you are looking for.

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“Give me a 64-ounce steak, double-baked potato with extra sour cream and an apple pie for dessert. No, not a slice – give me the whole pie, please.”

If you have ever had the opportunity to go out with a bodybuilder for dinner, you would be familiar with that kind of order delivered to the distressed waitress. These high-carbohydrate, high-protein, and high-fat diet meals were the popular method for packing on muscle and climbing the scale. “I’ll pack on all the weight I can now, then melt off the fat later,” was the common motto.

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I am sure I am not the only one out there that has a spa gift baskets sets to buy for a very special women. I can’t say how many times I have been in the situation where I have to buy a spa gift baskets sets. If it has been for my Mother in Law, a co-worker or teenager, the best idea that I have come up with is a gift basket full of stuff that any women would love…bath stuff.

However, the search from a great bath product to put in your spa gift baskets sets can be a little overwhelming. Numerous times I have gone to many different stores to try out their products and have been disappointed. Either the smell is not exactly what I am looking for or I can never find the right product. It just seems as though sometimes bath products are made a bit on the cheap side and there are thousands of different kinds, it seems so hard to find the right one. I always found it so frustrating going into a store that had hundreds of soaps, bath bubbles, bath salts and I would feel lost on where to start.

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