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Beauty Secret from the IO Family Farm (OM OF NM)
17 Sep 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • face • mind • products • wellness
As one of IO’s founders and also a child of city folk turned organic farmers, I want to share an experience I just returned from as I journeyed to the high desert of New Mexico for the harvest. Every year in the transition from summer to fall, I return to our organic farm to help [...]
Vitamin D Deficiency: a Sunscreen Controversy
03 Sep 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • products
Recently, our very own IO Esthetician, Cat Wargo, heard the following from a client: “I don’t wear sunscreen every day. I heard that sunscreen makes it impossible to get vitamin D from sunshine, and that Americans are too obsessed with sunscreen these days.” This clearly got Cat thinking since she/we recommend daily use of sunscreen. [...]
5 Spa Refreshment Tips for Summer
20 Aug 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • products • wellness
1. REFRESH-MINT: A Delicious Mint Cooler This refreshing and healthy drink is one of my favorites for summertime. It’s a cold version of fresh mint tea. It’s healthy (no refined sugar and better for you than a can of soda), invigorating and stomach settling. Ingredients Teapot full of hot water One bunch of Mint (either [...]
Natural Deodorant: It’s Good For You
13 Aug 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • products
Bring another kind of “balance” into your life. People in my life know how much I love natural products as an enjoyable and healthy part of my daily ritual. I might even be accused, at times, of being a “pusher” of natural and organic products. If that’s a crime, then I guess I am guilty [...]
Bike Accidents and In Fiore Balm
30 Jul 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • face • products
I took up a new sport recently, bought myself an extravagant birthday gift, a carbon-fiber TREK road bike, and became a cyclist-in-training. Since I no longer own a car, biking seemed like a great way to get around and have weekend adventures on breathtaking back roads around the Bay Area. I wanted to take advantage [...]
Pass the Peas and Peptides, Please.
23 Jul 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • face • products
Yes, I am a good girl and I do generally eat all the peas on my plate. I am also a believer in looking after my skin and keeping it healthy, even indulging it from time to time. So, what do peas and healthy skin have in common? Read on to find out. Since it’s [...]
Healing Your Skin with Honey
10 Jul 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • products • wellness
Recently, our eagle-eyed IO Esthetician, Catherine Wargo, showed me an interesting National Geographic article (June 2008) on the subject of honey as a healing aid for the skin. Honey, the sweet nectar of flowers, the bi-product of honey bees, has long been used in healing and beauty products and, of course, as a syrupy sweetener [...]
Tea Tree Oil is a Quick Fix from Mother Nature
10 Jun 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • products
Tea Tree is one of marvelous Mother Nature’s quick fixes for the face. The human race didn’t actually invent the “quickie”, Mother Nature did. I am indeed a proponent of abandoning fast food, but “fast face” certainly has a time and place in my life. I appreciate some things for their slowly unfolding benefits (like [...]
Spring Approaching
20 Mar 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • products
Early Spring is a time to appreciate the life that is all around us. Many of the plants that sustain everyday life for cultures all over the world also house amazing benefits for the skin. White tea is one of my favorites, not only for the taste, but also the unique benefits it provides both [...]
Exotic Flowers
06 Feb 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • products • wellness
Exotic flowers have always lifted my spirits in wintertime. In February, when daylight is in short supply, when it’s chilly and wet, when cold and flu bugs are percolating, I find ways to “break on through to the other side.” My methods might not be as psychedelic as Jim Morrison’s were, but I find the [...]
