Spa Review: Island Mud Treatment at Paradise Point Resort and Spa, San Diego If you can’t find a mud pool, head for the spa. Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego offers a Hawaiian-inspired Island Mud Treatment using ingredients sourced seasonally from mineral-rich clays. Following an all-over dry-glove exfoliation, your therapist will paint layers of [...]
Relax overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Island Spa Catalina in Avalon. Just a 15-minute helicopter ride, an hour ferry ride, or a leisurely sail from Long Beach rests the beautiful paradise Catalina Island, a popular getaway now made even more appealing thanks to the new 15,000-square foot Island Spa Catalina. Located in the historic [...]
An enthusiastic Ayurvedic practioner, Chandanni Miglino believes that what you put on your skin feeds the body. Her new line of beauty products contain organic oils and aromatic essentials oils. Chandanni's signature Face Grace Moisturizer nourishes the skin with organic sesame and almond oils along with essential oils of lavender, bergamot, calendula, and rosewood. [...]
SkinAgain - Vegan, Gluten-free and Cruelty-free Skin Care SkinAgain founder Sherrie Berry developed the formulations for her line of skincare products out of personal necessity. A 2006 chemical explosion left her with severe burns on her face, neck and arms. Today, she has beautiful skin. What she calls functional skin care - the focus of [...]
Spa Treament Review of Dermalogica BioActive Peel In any season, sometimes what our skin needs most is a bit of a refresher. Dermalogica's BioActive Peel is a botanically based version of a chemical peel to revitalize the skin. The benefits include clearing inflammation (including from acne), reducing the appearance of fine lines, fading hyper pigmentation [...]
Go Organic with Your Lube Most women, if they are honest, will tell you they have had a moment or two when a little extra moisture during intimacy is a good thing. Why Use Organic Personal Lubrication It's not a popular topic of conversation, either at the watercooler or over tea, but a woman’s... er...private [...]
A healthy heart begins with insightful nutritional choices. This health continues with the inclusion of healthy heart habits such as calming the mind through meditation, opening our heart to love, and exercising. However, making wise decisions at the table is an important place to begin. If we do not make wise decisions on our plates, [...]
One moment, Keith Mitchell is a linebacker on a football field, wearing a jersey emblazoned with the number 59. In the next moment, he’s taken the hardest hit of his career. One moment, he’s an alpha male gladiator playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars, in the next moment, he’s in a hospital bed with a spinal [...]
Pregnant and Alone The fantasy: Discovering you are pregnant, excitedly revealing the news to your husband and eventually your family and close friends, then having your loving spouse massage your feet and fulfill your midnight cravings. This is a scenario that populates many a woman’s dreams. There may even be a little romanticizing and forgetting [...]
“I need a vacation from my vacation.” We’ve all said it; we’ve all felt it: the blanket of exhaustion that unfurls upon our return from what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation, the disorientation tinged with melancholy that always seems to take us by surprise. Imagining and fantasizing about a trip is energizing. [...]