Showing posts with label healthyliving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthyliving. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

THE PLANT OF IMMORTALITY!!

Aloe vera is such a multi-beneficial plant.  It consist of 75 nutrients, 20 minerals, 12 vitamins, 18 amino acids and 200 active enzymes.  This plant is great for hair, skin, and health!!  The great thing about aloe vera is that you can use it internally and externally!!  Aloe vera is useful in treating skin ailments such as eczema, psoriasis, blisters, insect bites, and so on.  It's great for hair health because it stimulates the production of new hair, and it tames excessive frizz.  Aloe vera also is pH balancing, has anti-fungal properties, and helps hair retain water and moisture.  When taken internally it aids in digestion by detoxifying the body, alleviates acidity, helps with inflammation, and intestinal ulcers.  This plant is such an amazing plant.  You can buy the leaf at your local supermarket, and it won't even break your pockets!!  Here is a aloe vera leave in recipe from BGLH'S website.  Just tap on that link and it will take you right to it!!  There is a video down below on how to extract the gel.





Here is another video on how to make a gel, leave in conditoner, and spray!!  Enjoy!!




Sunday, January 19, 2014

DULSE: WHAT IS IT?

Dulse is an ancient food from the sea that's been used by the people of Asia, Canada, Ireland, and other Northern European countries for centuries!!  Dulse is great for your hair as well as your body.  It contains B6, B12, E, A, and is rich in iron.  Other minerals that it contain are zinc, calcium, potassium, magnesium as well as iodine.  It's practically a hair fertilizer.  It's dark red and comes in different forms. Sometimes it could be in powder form or a chunky form.  Next time your in a health food store, try picking some up especially if you have a hair growth goal.  Have you tried dulse before?  Are you thinking of picking some up?  Leave a comment in the box below, thank you!!