Turmeric as a skin brightener
Turmeric is an effective skin brightener that is safe to use, inexpensive and widely available.
Mercury is a dangerous skin lightening ingredient
A regularly updated list of toxic skin lightening creams, lotions and soaps reported to contain dangerous levels of mercury.
Signs and symptoms of mercury poisoning
Signs of mercury poisoning include emotional disturbances, fatigue, forgetfulness, and headaches.
As mercury affects the brain, behavior and personality can also change — with low self-confidence, depression, and timidity.
Best emergency pain reliever for tooth pain — castor oil
If you’re having very bad tooth pain and can’t make it to the dentist, please give this strange little remedy a try. It worked for me in 5 minutes.
How to heal your skin from deep chemical damage from toxic creams
Quick fixes are unlikely to restore skin that’s been deeply damaged by long-term use of steroid-based and toxic creams with hydroquinone, monobenzone or mercury. Instead, try slow and restorative healing from the inside out along…
How magnesium oil softened my scar and reduced pain
After 2 months of spraying magnesium oil over my arms, a hard and raised scar softened and flattened significantly.
How I make my own DIY magnesium oil
Store-bought magnesium oil is expensive, but we can make it ourselves in large quantities easily and cheaply.
How I improved my eyesight naturally by using weaker glasses (Part 2)
Read about my continued progress as I try to improve my vision by using weaker glasses.
How to make fermented bananas (simple, delicious and gives you a probiotic boost!)
Fermented bananas are easy to make and delicious — they taste tart and sweet, with an added fizziness. They’re also teeming with good bacteria.
My wisdom teeth surgery — how I healed over 3 weeks
I had wisdom teeth surgery in 2013. This was my experience and how I healed over the subsequent weeks.
Why I say no to lasik
Lasik surgeries can have devastating and life-altering results. Despite what doctors tell us, complications from lasik surgeries are not “minor” when they affect someone’s mental/emotional happiness and quality of life.
How I improved my eyesight naturally by using weaker glasses (Part 1)
Follow my journal entries as I try to improve my myopia by using progressively weaker glasses.
How castor oil healed my scar (with before and after photos)
I healed a three-year old deep burn scar by applying castor oil almost every day for nine months. If you have deep scars that you want to heal, I hope this helps you.
Keep your gut healthy — it’s your body’s second brain
Good bacteria in the intestines lead to higher serotonin levels, which means greater happiness and less pain. If you’re suffering from depression or chronic pain, achieving a healthier gut can increase the quality of your…
Healing ovarian cysts — my personal journey
When I started facing painful periods and PCOS, I thought I was going to have to live with it until menopause. I was wrong. There are many things that can help us heal slowly and…
My cheap and non-toxic alternative to shampoo
Without the chemicals from commercial shampoos, my hair doesn’t get dirty as quickly as it used to. It looks and feels much better.
Find relief from headaches in the palm of your hand
There is a special spot on the palm of your hand that when massaged, can relieve the pain from headaches.
Cheap and effective: Make your own Vitamin C serum or cream
Vitamin C breaks down in heat and sunlight, so it’s no wonder why some Vitamin C creams work less effectively than advertised, or not at all. If you want to use a Vitamin C cream…
When detoxing leads to scary nightmares
As our cells release physical toxins, we also release emotional toxins. Some are tied to the food we ate, and others to painful memories and events. This purging can appear in the form of intense…
What to do if you’ve been poisoned by mercury from whitening creams
While it can be a long process, it’s possible to remove mercury from your body. Garlic, cilantro and ginger can help to move mercury out of cells.
The use of pearl powder for beautiful youthful skin through the ages
Pearl powder can be applied as a face mask or drunk in a tea. It contains amino acids, protein, calcium, polysaccharides and more than 30 essential trace minerals.
Deceptive labeling on skin lightening creams
Skin whitening creams with mercury make their way all over the world, and sellers are able to get away with it due to poor government safety controls in many places. Online sales also make it…
History lesson: lead, mercury and leeches were used to whiten complexions in the 1400s
During the Renaissance period, an ideal beauty meant a white face with reddened lips and cheeks. But as a pure white complexion is impossible for a healthy person to attain naturally, women then used creams…
Rice Powder — an Asian skin whitening secret
Rice powder contains para aminobenzoic acid, ferulic acid and allantoin. When applied as a paste on the skin, rice powder has been shown to inhibit tyrosinase (responsible for starting melanin production).
Black skin, White skin, Asian skin – what’s the difference?
It’s more than color that separates Black, White and Asian skin. Based on ethnicity, our skin also differs in thickness, water content and fat.
A simple and green do-it-yourself storage solution
A simple project where I re-purposed an empty cardboard box into a pretty bin to hold my spare toiletries.
Common causes of skin darkening as we age
Skin color at birth is an indicator of each person’s original shade before environmental and lifestyle factors could have an effect.
Hidden dangers in make-up and skin care products
What we put on our skin ultimately ends up being absorbed into our organs and cells.
How taking extra Vitamin C lightens skin
The saying “one thing leads to another” is especially true of Vitamin C. Ingesting Vitamin C doesn’t just increase Vitamin C levels in our blood, but also two important antioxidants -– glutathione and Vitamin E.
Hydroquinone is not for long-term use
Some skin lightening ingredients work well in the short term, but damages skin when used over a longer period of time. Hydroquinone is one of them.
Do not use monobenzone if you don’t have vitiligo
Monobenzone may be the worst thing that anyone without vitiligo can use.
Castor oil — for beautiful skin and hair
Castor oil has many medicinal and curative uses, and the same properties that make it so effective in healing the body also make it an excellent choice for maintaining beautiful and healthy skin and hair.