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Three Words: Organic. Detox. Facelift.
15 Sep 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • eco-living • face • wellness
I try to refrain from making this blog a forum for the blatant promotion of IO products, but occasionally I feel so passionately about one of our services that the need arises for me to get up on my soapbox and blab a bit. So here goes.
The Organic Detox Facelift is our [...]
Summer Skincare in Your Own Kitchen
11 Aug 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • eco-living • face
Forgive me if I sound like Martha Stewart when I say this, but I find it delightfully empowering to know that I can whip up my own skincare recipes right in my kitchen at home, with a few simple ingredients from the farmer’s market. (Or, maybe I’m actually channeling Alice Waters).
And if, of course, I [...]
When You Are Stressed: Practice Simple Skin Care
09 Jul 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: IO in the news • blog • face • wellness
An unfortunate side effect of stress and anxiety (sensations that many of us are overly familiar with and even more these days) is that it impacts our skin directly and visibly. Impurities, wrinkles and other complexion messer-uppers love to show themselves just when we don’t need one more thing to manage.
The fact that we [...]
In Fiore: Let Fragrance Be Thy Medicine
11 Jun 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: IO in the news • blog • face • products
Thanks once again to The Coveted for featuring several of IO’s skin-friendly “eco-products” in their post about facial peels (read article here). And for highlighting the sage advice of IO senior esthetician Alicia Moody, who truly knows her stuff when it comes to what’s good for the skin.
A facial peel is like a really deep [...]
Chocolate, Is It Really Good For You?
26 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • face • wellness
I always crack up a bit when I read an article in a magazine about “recent studies” showing that red wine, chocolate, and excessive sleeping are all secretly good for you.
A part of me thinks that we’re all just looking for a justification for our bad habits. But then again, how can something that [...]
Pocketbook-Friendly Wellness at IO
21 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: IO in the news • blog • body • eco-living • face • products • wellness
Lately in our world we are inundated with fear-based information about the economic situation of our nation and the world. It is a reality. And it’s being felt in some way by every American.
Yet, amidst the gloom and doom, when I continue to wait in line for a seat at a restaurant on an average [...]
Evening Primrose Oil: Inside and Out
14 May 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • face • products
When a smart acupuncturist friend recently mentioned evening primrose oil, I looked it up. There’s a great book called “Prescription for Nutritional Healing“ that offers natural remedies for pretty much anything that ails you.
I’m keen on learning about “miracle” herbal medicinals. I learned that it’s not just prescribed for (ahem) PMS and women’s health [...]
Clarisonic: The Beauty Invention of the Year
21 Apr 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • products
Once in a while, a revolutionary new beauty tool comes along that’s worth raving about in this blog.
Clarisonic is a laudable invention that’s been written up in the Huffington Post as being “spectacular” and “the skin care product — for women and men — of 2008”. We took the rave reviews to heart and [...]
Skin Doctor Alkaitis
16 Mar 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • products
Somewhere in my mid-twenties I got the memo about taking care of my skin. It was right around the time we launched the spa. Extra pressure and extra stress had my skin working overtime.
Even those of us in the wellness world have to manage stress as we try to remember to practice what we [...]
The Almighty MUFAs: An Ode to Avocados
12 Mar 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • face
I know it sounds like a dirty acronym. But what MUFA actually stands for is “Mono-Unsaturated Fatty Acid”. MUFAs are the good fats. And yes there is such a thing.
Fats have traditionally gotten a bad rap in our culture. They are often accused of being literally “fattening”. But in truth, they are a necessary part [...]
