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Skin Care techniques for busy moms
Every time you see a mom with glowing and radiant skin, you probably ask yourself how does she do it? What kind of products does she use? Well, there are many skin care hacks that you probably didn’t know about. Below we look at some of the most exciting techniques people use for healthy skin.
Drinking lots of water
Yes! Though this might seem quite awkward, drinking water, especially in the morning, can be a game changer. Water brightens, oxygenates and hydrates your skin. It also helps in draining puffiness, and it’s also good for cellulite.
Drinking green smoothies
Regularly drinking fresh green juices made from vegetables will aid in transforming your skin even in a matter of days. The nutritional benefits in the green juices encourages oxygenation and aids in the stimulation of the lymphatic drainage. Green vegetables like spinach are jam-packed with natural-occurring antioxidants that help beautify the skin.
Maintaining a healthy diet
Be sure to eat a diet low in foods with a high glycemic index. Your skin has a natural barrier to retain moisture. Also adding flax seeds in your salad will be a bust to your omega 3, thus increasing your skin’s ability to hold onto moisture.
Avoiding direct heat exposure
Apart from the sun, getting too close to heaters and fireplaces can also damage your skin. Heat causes inflammation and collagen breakdown. Stay at least ten feet away from sources of heat for healthier, radiant skin.
Steaming your face
Steaming your face is when you let steam absorb into your face for several minutes using a bowl of boiling water, or a face steamer. Facial steaming has become more popular these days for its many benefits on the skin. By adding steaming to your daily routine, you’ll quickly notice an improvement in your skin and get an awesome glow.
Sleep
Motherhood may be synonymous to lack of enough sleep but moms should try their best to get enough sleep, by making some adjustments in routine, Lack of enough sleep can cause stress, which in turn leads to breakouts and a dull complexion. Do not deprive yourself of sleep as it helps you recover and regenerate from your day to day activities.
Scrubbing
Scrub regularly to exfoliate and remove the dead skin to unleash the new cell underneath. You have plenty of options, from soft cloth, loofah, or even sea salt or coffee scrubs.
Use of milk
Adding a few cups of milk to your bath water is also a good take for milk contains lactic acid, a natural skin softener. Do this once in a while, as it aids in relaxation too.
Avocados
They contain healthy fats and vitamins C and E to keep skin bright and hydrated. Try adding a slice of avocado to your salads, or use it as an ingredient to your other meals, even as a spread to your morning toast for healthy glowing skin.
Exercises
Workout gives your skin a healthy glow by increasing blood flow. When you sweat, it clears the body of toxins, removes dead skin cells so that new ones can grow. Lack of regular exercise may increase age spots.
Use of lemon
Rubbing lemon on your face gives you a brighter complexion. Lemons have amazing antibacterial and antioxidant properties. They are also rich in vitamin c and citric acid, so they lighten your skin when used over time.
Removing makeup before going to sleep
When you sleep with makeup, it may mix with dirt and oil that has accumulated throughout the day which may, in turn, lead to breakouts. Make it a point to remove makeup and wash your face thoroughly before you sleep.
So there you have it, hope you have somehow learned a thing or two from this post. Hope you can follow us over at Instagram, Pinterest or Facebook for regular website updates.
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Leaving you with a video on a good skin care regimen for busy moms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTbPMdvCAo
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Kamias juice shake is healthy, refreshing and easy to make.
Kamias or Bilimbi juice may sound sour and weird but it is one of the cleanest tasting fruit shakes i have ever tried. Kamias juice shake is super refreshing too!
My first time to taste it was some 20 years ago back when my mom was experimenting with her juicer. My recent encounters with kamias juice though was while devouring Zubuchon lechon!
So we visited an aunt over the weekend, and she gave me a bag of kamias among other fruits that grew in their backyard. I was just asking for malunggay leaves actually but she gave me various fruits and dahon dahons.
‘Mapipintog’ is how my mom would describe the shape of these kamias or bilimbi fruit.
Anyway, i immediately remembered the Zubuchon shake and decided to make some the following day.
Kamias Juice Shake
Yummy of course, but the kids have been wincing due to the tartness — asim kilig, literally. But i told them about the many health benefits of drinking kamias juice.
Livestrong.com and Inquirer.net both published articles on the medicinal benefits of Kamias. Both articles mentioned that it helps control diabetes, hypertension, allergy symptoms, cough. It also improves bone health and increases metabolism. It also aids in constipation.
Health benefits of drinking kamias juice shake.
Anyway, here is the–
Kamias Juice Shake Recipe
Ingredients:
Even the preparation part is easy. Just chop up the kamias fruit and blend.
1 cup Chopped fresh kamias
1 cup ice cubes
1/4 cup water
2 – 3 Tbsps of Honey (start with two then adjust to taste).
*If you do not have sugar issues and you do not have honey at home, you can make a simple syrup by boiling 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup water. Start with two tablespoons as well until you reach your desired taste.
Procedure:
Put everything in the blender and blend for about 45 seconds or until smooth. Serve immediately in sugar crusted glass of desired!
Just mix everything in blend.
Tip: you may want to freeze your fresh kamias fruit so that it will be cooler and yummier the next time you blend your kamias juice shake.
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Leaving you with a video on the health benefits of Kamias or Bilimbi Fruit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK_RBi3GzdE
https://happypinaymommy.com/2018/05/07/easy-miki-pancit-guisado-recipe/
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How to make Camote Tops Iced Tea.
Camote tops iced tea is a refreshing drink I learned to prepare about some five years ago. It is clean and yummy tasting, and has a lot of nutritional benefits.
It has always been magical to see the tea turn into pink as soon as you squeeze calamansi juice into the tea. Like me, the kids are always amazed about the color change each time!
Health Benefits of drinking Camote Tops Iced Tea
And apart from making your children’s eyes sparkle with its *magical features* Camote tops tea helps regulate blood sugar, helps lower bad cholesterol levels, raises immune function. There is also an ongoing study that links it into helping cure dengue symptoms by raising platelet count.
Camote tops tea has immense health benefits.
Anyway for those of you who may want to serve this iced tea to your kids (toddlers two years old and up), here’s a rough guide:
How to prepare Camote Tops Iced Tea:
Here are the ingredients for Camote Tops Iced Tea: Red Camote Tops, Honey, and Calamansi.
Boil one cup of washed red talbos ng kamote (red sweet potato leaves) into three to four cups of water. Simmer for two to three minutes, and let it cool.
Once the tea is already lukewarm, add the juice of 1-2 pieces of calamansi per 8 ounces of tea. Add in half a tablespoon of honey or brown sugar to sweeten it a bit.
Making Camote Tops Iced Tea is simple. Just wash and boil the leaves, let cool, squeeze a calamansi or two, and then add honey or brown sugar.
Add some iced cubes and serve! This drink can keep in the fridge for 2-3 days, and is perfect for the summer season! You can also pair this with your kid’s meal or meryenda because it is perfectly healthy (honey should never be served though to children younger than two years old because of the risk of botulism).
Camote Tops Iced Tea is so great when loaded with a lot of ice!
So there you have it, i hope you can try this recipe at home and prepare some for your family.
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Leaving you with a video on the health benefits of consuming camote tops and other talbos na gulay:
How to make easy banana heart burger (banana blossom / puso ng saging burger)
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