Exfoliating Luscious Island Mask

Clear away dead skin and heal sun damage with a recipe from Whole Beauty that uses the gentle exfoliators found in tropical fruits.

  I’ve been visiting Kauai since I was fifteen, and one of the first things I do when I land on that red, rich earth is go to the farmers’ market and pick out my pineapples, papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and lychees. They don’t last long in our house, but whatever we don’t eat, I use ...

Simples Tonic with Traci Donat

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson -

One of my daily go to practices are making herbal teas and tonics. I usually make a  nettle, oat straw and red clover blend which can help with calming the nervous system, balancing hormones, and assisting in beautifying our skin and hair. Since we are lacking so many minerals in our food source, this is ...

A Balancing Hormone Supplement ~ Genesis Gold

I am really realizing how much hormones are crucial for a higher quality of life. Basically our hormonal drive is what drives us. It’s what motivates us and gets us to reach for the stars and back. As women once our procreating hormones slow down, we can become complacent and lose that desire to ‘create’. ...

White Bean Hummus with Wonder Valley Olive Oil and Black Sesame

How much do we like hummus? Hummus a high protein dish typically made with chickpeas, but I have been mixing it up using white cannellini beans and adding sesame seeds as a topping. This is such a quick and easy summer dish recipe perfect for summer pot luck evenings or to take for a picnic ...

Chaga Power Mask

A superfood for your skin

Chaga powder has been the latest superfood that I have been experimenting with.  An exotic whole food source of antioxidants the Siberian Chaga or Birch mushroom is wonderful as a tea, but now you will see it more and more in skin care products. This fungus contains some of the most powerful antioxidants known. Over ...

Passionate for Passion Fruit

A recipe for a brightening face mask

With New Year’s Eve around the bend many of us roses are trying to insure our skin is glowing, luminous, and shining as the light within us. Many ladies are succumbing to micro demabrasion, peels and other harsh ways to rid of the top layer of the skin. I am realizing more anymore how vital ...