What does skin immunity mean?
Posted by Alexzandrea Lopez
It is easy to imagine our hearts hard at work, pumping blood throughout our bodies, but our skin, our body’s largest organ? Turns out our skin is doing a lot more than meets the eye. Everyday, as we go from home to work, meet with friends or colleagues, our skin comes in contact with bacteria, toxins, microbes, viruses, and uv rays, and handles it.
Back to Basics with Herbalist Ana Ratner
Posted by Smoothtalk Ninja
Grown in a garden in Upstate New York, plants are lovingly made into natural dyes, medicinal salves, herbal teas, and soothing incense by collective Herban Cura. In the past few years the collective has created a space to share plant based knowledge and ways for urban dwellers to experience the benefits of medicine, makeup, and materials that are grown rather than manufactured. Located in New York City, Herban Cura hosts open community workshops from how to process cacao to making tinctures. Ana Ratner, one of the founders spoke with us about her personal journey and outlines the reasons why flora are so vital.
Top 8 Natural Ingredients To Use This Summer
Posted by Smoothtalk NinjaWe all know the saying "you are what you eat" but you're also what you put on your body. Oh, our thoughts exactly. So we called on Mother Nature to help compile our top 8 natural ingredients that do a number on your body (in a good way).