Keeping your Holidays Merry & Bright

Day 13: The Gold Bar

I love a good bar soap, one that doesn’t dry out my skin. The Gold Bar isn’t a bar of soap. It’s a luxury glycerin bar with a unique combination of exclusive ingredients to cleanse, moisturize, and protect your precious skin.

There’s a reason that 30 million plus bars have been sold—it’s a French-milled glycerin bar, filled with softeners, conditioners and natural T36-C5 Melaleuca Oil. The citrus scent is so refreshing that it helps wash away the holiday stress. Try it out today!

Helpful tip: Ditch the expensive makeup brush cleaners, as a professional makeup artist, I’ve tried most of them. I find the Gold Bar not only cleans your brushes but keeps them soft and hydrated!

This super long-lasting bar is only $4.79 It also makes a great stocking stuffer for that special someone who craves a little luxury.

Making Holidays Merry & Bright

Day 12: Sei Bella Leave-in Detangler and Smoothing Spray

Have you seen my daughter’s hair?
She needs this daily, but it is a must for my hair after washing it, too.
This weightless spray smooths and separates strands so your comb or brush melts through tangles, preventing hair from stretching and breaking. Smoothing Spray protects and nourishes from root to tip, with natural botanicals and scientific advantages of Sei Bella’s Protection Complex Technology. It offers UV, thermal and color protection. As with all Sei Bella products, it exceeds EU standards for shiny and smooth hair.
This is a great way to prevent “bad hair” days this holiday season and to always look put together!

$22.50

In the pink!

It’s been a busy on the go kind of day for me! I have to stay hydrated with electrolytes, vitamins, and antioxidants. My favorite is this raspberry lemonade pink drink. It has half the sugar of Gatorade and tastes amazing!
You may not hit the gym every day, but Sustain Active Electrolyte Hydration can still help you stay hydrated! With four delicious flavors, Sustain is easy to take along for a quick hydration boost wherever your daily activities take you!
What are your favorite Sustain flavors? Let us know in the comments!

Keeping Your Holidays Merry & Bright

Day 11: Tough & Tender

I love this because I need a nontoxic, all-purpose cleaner that actually works and doesn’t break the bank.
This quick, effective, 12x super-concentrated all-purpose cleaner cleans up everyday dirt and grime anywhere—counters, tables, appliances, even natural stone-using no caustic chemicals. It smells divine and is gentle on your home and strong on grime.
It’s so concentrated you’re filling most of that spray bottle up from your faucet.

$6.99 for the concentrate, which makes each 16 ounce spray bottle $1.16.
Mixing Spray Bottle sold separately.

Working my magic

I was asked “can you do your magic on these”? while being shown a pair of filthy sneakers.
I love a good challenge!

It’s crazy to think that plants are this powerful! Twenty years ago I would have pulled out the Clorox and not thought twice about the warning label. Today I took a better Ecosense way and look at the results—they look new!
I’m so glad I found a safer way, to get the job done, without jeopardizing our health!

Keeping Your Holidays Merry and Bright

Day 10: Proflex Protein

Did you know that not all protein powders are built the same?
That’s why I choose to rebuild and recover with high-performance Proflex Pro whey protein shakes. Just because it’s the holiday season doesn’t mean my workout time goes away, I still need to keep my muscles strong and healthy so I can carry all those packages and lug all of the decorations from the attic.

I love that this vanilla shake mix packs 30 grams of protein and 6.5 grams of BCAAs in each serving for superior muscle tissue growth and faster recovery. It also comes in chocolate. I like to drink one as a snack on busy days especially after my workouts since it offers maximum recovery and muscle building.

$32.00 – $35.79

A Word About Garlic

Garlic has been a staple in natural medicine for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient Egyptians. Gravediggers in 18th century France crushed it in wine to fight off the plague.

Also soldiers were given garlic during both WWI and WWII to prevent gangrene. It was used as an antiseptic, applying to wounds because they thought it prevented infection.

Lab results show that garlic contains compounds that help kill cancerous cells. The Iowa Women’s Health Study researched 41,000 middle-aged women who consumed garlic regularly. The result? They were found to have a 35% lower risk of colon cancer than their counterparts who did not consume garlic.

There are several studies that connect consuming raw garlic to a reduced risk of some specific cancers:

  • Eating it twice/week appeared to lower odds of liver cancer
  • Eating it more than twice/week appeared to lower the risk of lung cancer
  • Eating it once/week was associated with lower odds of esophageal cancer in smokers and drinkers

TIPS:

  • A garlic press can be one of your best friends in the kitchen. Savvy chefs just use the side of a knife with pressure.
  • Roast garlic with your veggies in the oven to saturate them with avor.
  • Add crushed garlic to salad dressing and sauces.
  • One surprise use for garlic: combine with honey and vinegar to make a healthy tonic

Making Holidays Merry & Bright

Day 9: Vitality for Life Vigor FT

Time weighs heavily on men’s vitality. Beginning as early as age 30, men’s testosterone levels naturally begin to decline. With those steady declines come a host of side effects that can negatively affect men’s overall quality of life. Because the toxins we are all exposed to daily are lowering our testosterone levels…yes, women need it too.

 Testosterone levels have an impact in nearly every aspect of men’s lives—including energy levels, strength, endurance, lean body mass, libido, arousal, and more. These natural ingredients were carefully selected for their proven abilities to help testosterone levels.
In short, he’ll feel stronger, more energized and more confident.
Guess who’s getting this in his stocking this Christmas?

$29.99

I’m 21 Years Clean!

I’m proud to say that 21 years ago I made a decision to start detoxing my home of chemicals.

I must say it took me a while to make the decision. I basically had to after being admitted to hospital for the umpteenth time with life-threatening asthma and numerous lung infections. Having asthma, I was careful, I avoided smokey places, avoided perfume-y places, avoided too hot air or too cold air. But I wasn’t avoiding chemicals in my environment.

My lungs couldn’t handle the chemicals in the products I was using bot at home and at work. I knew if the chemicals existed in my home (like formaldehyde in the carpeting) and I knew they affected me, but I had come to the breaking point. I had to remove the ones I could and fast. I wanted to breathe!

Through a friend I found the Wellness Store and I’ve never gone back to my old standbys. I the first few weeks I saw an improvement in my breathing and energy levels. My new chemical-free products worked just as well —if not better than my old ones. The fact they are cleaner, greener and more affordable is just a plus.

The Wellness Store for the win. Isn’t it time you join me celebrating good health?

Keeping the Holidays Merry & Bright

Day 8: Vitality for Life Collagen Boost

I mix it in with my coffee, smoothie, protein drink, or any drink to give my beverage and my hectic day a boost!

Stress, rushing around, lack of sleep and holiday plans can take a toll on your skin and body. Because beauty begins at the cellar level and not all collagen is created equal, I add Collagen Boost to my busy routine.
Collagen Boost helps reduce the appearance of my fine lines and wrinkles by visibly improving skin elasticity and tone. It even helps decrease the appearance of cellulite. The added ceramides provide improved skin hydration and support for healthy skin barrier function.
Collagen’s critical impact on multiple systems of your body makes it an essential building block of healthy bones, joints, and skin. It’s formulated to support my body’s collagen production to help me look and feel young.
It is a powerful daily collagen drink supplement that’s been proven to boost my body’s collagen production, helping me look and feel young!

$39.89