Essential Beauty

We are so excited to announce the launch of two new blog series for Fall! Today we are introducing our series Essential Beauty. We are looking forward to exploring a number of ways to pursue beauty, both inside and out! 
To launch this series today I am going to give you my top 3 quick and easy essential oil beauty tips. With two little boys, one high needs, the other special needs and both super busy, I have very little time for a beauty and skin care routine. I also am extremely particular about what ingredients are in anything I put on or in my body. So, beauty care for me has to be quick, easy, and pure. Essential oils are, to me, all of those and here are some of my favorite ways to use them! Get ready to look fabulous and to smell great too!

Always remember to only use 100% pure therapeutic grade essential oils!
Stay tune for our other Fall series later this week!

Hope you have a beautiful day,
Ashley M

7 Easy and Effective ways to Boost Immune System

Because Ebola sucks! No seriously it does. And I want to keep my Family and I as healthy as possible. These are basically free ways to make our bodies more efficient at staying healthy. There are  a lot of other ideas and things to do , so I am encouraging you all to do research on this subject.

Immune boosters:

1. Drink more Water.

When your body is dehydrated it does not function properly anymore, resulting in inflammation and autoimmune disease. Your lymphatic system does not drain and things get all sorts of backed up in your system.

2. Get more Sleep

Sleep deprivation suppresses immune system functions.

3. Stress less

When under stress, cells of the immune system are unable to respond to hormonal control, so they produce levels of inflammation that promote disease

4. Eat less processed foods.

All the chemicals in food lead up to an overabundance of it in our systems which leads to inflammation and a backed up system and as we all know by this point inflammation equals lower immune system.

5. Be happy

Smile more, laugh more, let the small stuff go. The happier you are the more cortisol you produce the healthier your immune system will be.

6. Be Active

When you are physically Active more systems in your body function properly. Things can drain and move out of your body the way they should.

7. Let Go and let God

Trust in the Lord  and He will make your path straight. proverbs 3:5-6 (paraphrased)

This comes in really handy when you can't sleep and are stressed out and you can't seem to get happy.

Love,
Ashley B.













Sources:
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/647040-dehydration-a-leading-cause-of-diseases.html
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/immune-system-lack-of-sleep
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2124128/Why-stressed-wreak-havoc-immune-make-physically-ill.html