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What Are the Most Effective Hair Removal Methods?

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Best Hair Removal Methods

The Most Effective Hair Removal Methods, Revealed! 

Beauty treatments exist so that people can look and feel their best. There are so many things we can control when it comes to grooming; our hair color, lashes, and eyebrows can all be tamed. With eyebrows being the gateway to hair removal for most of us, hair growth is a constant battle, but what are the most effective hair removal methods? Let’s look at each method in detail so that you can decide which is best for you.

Depilatory Creams

Depilatory creams are a popular hair removal method because they’re easy to use and inexpensive. However, depilatories can cause allergic reactions. If you have sensitive skin, this wouldn’t be a good option.

Apply the cream evenly over your entire leg or underarm area. If you apply too thin of an amount, it won’t remove all your hair. You must be careful with this method because it can cause irritation on sensitive areas like the face, neckline, or bikini line. Specialty versions of these creams exist if you need to smooth those areas.

Tweezing

Tweezing is a regular part of many people’s beauty routines, but it can be an uncomfortable experience if you’re not prepared. People generally tweeze small areas of the body, such as the brows and upper lip. Using tweezers incorrectly can cause pain and injury because they’re sharp enough to cut through the skin.

Threading

Threading is an ancient hair removal method that originated in the Middle East, India, and Pakistan. It involves using a twisted thread to remove hair from the entire face, including your upper lip, chin, and cheeks. Threading is a good option for people with sensitive skin because it doesn’t use irritating chemicals or creams.

Laser Hair Removal

One of the most effective hair removal methods is laser hair removal because it is permanent. The process involves placing the laser on the skin and burning off individual hairs, causing them to be shed from the root. This is the best method for black women who suffer from ingrown hairs. Laser hair removal can permanently solve this problem.

There is a lot more detail on how laser hair removal works and why it is most effective for people with dark hair and light skin.

Waxing

Waxing is one of the most popular methods of hair removal. This method removes the hair from the root so that it grows back slower than shaving or tweezing. While waxing can be painful if you have sensitive skin, this pain usually subsides and can be managed by using soothing products such as aloe vera gel.

Managing ‘Unwanted’ Hair

Hopefully, this article has given you some insight into effective hair removal methods. We would like to reiterate that it’s important to find a method that works for your body and lifestyle so that it doesn’t become an overwhelming task. Remember: the best way to manage unwanted hair is through regular maintenance. Another way to manage is to see why it’s ‘unwanted’ in the first place, to work through your beliefs and thoughts around it, and to make decisions accordingly!

MORE: The Sweeter Side of Hair Removal


Best Makeup Tips for a Gorgeous, Natural Look

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Best Makeup Tips for Gorgeous, Natural Results

Best Makeup Tips for a Gorgeous, Natural Look

Wearing makeup can make you feel more confident and personalize your look, but it can be difficult to make it look natural if you’re unsure how to apply it. You’ve probably seen countless makeup trends on social media you’d like to try; however, mastering the basics is essential before trying complex looks. Check out these things to consider when applying your makeup to achieve impeccable results and gorgeous skin.

Cleanse Before Applying Makeup

Cleansing is arguably the most critical step in your beauty routine, whether you use makeup or not. Keeping your skin clean is essential, as your makeup may not apply well to skin with excess dirt and oil. Additionally, your final makeup look may depend on your skin’s freshness before application; therefore, adequately cleansing your skin before you even think about applying makeup can increase your overall skin quality.

Choose the Right Shades and Colors

Makeup products come in countless colors and shades, but they’re not all suitable for every skin tone. Because color is one of the most important factors in wearing makeup, you should consider a variety of shades to find the foundation, blush, eyeshadow, and lip colors that work best for you personally. You might love a certain color on your friend, but it could potentially look different on you, and that’s okay! The beauty of makeup is finding what works best for your skin and features.

Stick to Your Own Products and Tools

While sharing makeup products with your friends or family may be fun, it’s not the best decision. Believe it or not, sharing products and tools is one of the easiest ways to transfer foreign bacteria to your face and cause acne or other infections. In fact, sharing makeup products and tools is one of the many daily habits that may worsen acne. When in doubt, use your own makeup to avoid any unwanted skin issues.

Learn How To Make It Last

Wearing makeup is all fun and games until it doesn’t last through the day. Luckily, incorporating a few steps into your routine can help your look last longer. Before applying foundation or other base products, using a primer can help blur your pores, create a smooth surface, and provide something for your makeup to stick to so it doesn’t move throughout the day.

If you frequently get oily during the day, you may benefit from applying a translucent setting powder over your cream-based products to help prevent oil from shining through and keep your makeup from smearing. Additionally, you can use a setting spray to ensure your makeup doesn’t move and lasts through even the hottest days.

The main purpose of wearing makeup is to enhance your natural beauty and give you confidence, but applying it can be a little daunting. You can drastically improve your beauty routine after learning these things to consider when applying your makeup. Once you understand and master the makeup basics, you can branch out and experiment with more complex makeup looks.

What are your best makeup tips?! 

 

MORE Makeup Tips : 4 Makeup Tips for Busy Moms!

2022 Beauty Trends You Can Create With Pigment Powder

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2022 Beauty Trends You Can Create With Pigment PowderAs we enter the fall of 2022, we can look back on all the beauty trends that have skyrocketed during the year. Earthy eyeshadows, nature-inspired nail polish, and bold eyeliner have taken the US by storm and show no signs of slowing down. You can find these beauty trends in almost every store.

However, your skin will appreciate it if you create custom versions of these trends, as this allows you to focus on natural ingredients that best suit your complexion. Pigment powder is the key to doing that. Keep reading to learn more about the 2022 beauty trends you can create with pigment powder.

Earthy Eyeshadows

Natural makeup with earthy tones has become one of the popular makeup trends of 2022, and one of the best ways to show off those earthy colors is with eyeshadow. While you can go to the store and buy almost any shade of eyeshadow you want, making eyeshadow yourself gives you the opportunity to customize the shade for your skin and control the ingredients.

For a loose powder eyeshadow, all you need is the pigment powder of your choice and a makeup brush for application. Pressed powders require the powder of your choice, some kind of binder to hold it together, a container for storage, and something to press the powder down with so that it doesn’t stay loose. Crème eyeshadow requires powder, beeswax, shea butter, skin-safe oil, and glycerin. No matter which kind you choose to make, you can customize the color and use ingredients that you want on your skin, unlike all the chemical ingredients you’ll see in eyeshadow at the store.

Nature-Inspired Nail Polish

Eyeshadow isn’t the only beauty product taking inspiration from the earth. Nature-inspired nail art has taken the US by storm. Base coat colors now come with names like “autumn rose,” and the most popular nail art details are natural elements, like stars.

If you don’t want to waste time finding the right color for your nail art, then you can make it yourself. All you’ll need is an empty nail polish bottle, some lacquer base, the pigment powder of your choice, and a toothpick. Pour the lacquer into the bottle, add a pinch of pigment powder, mix, and you’re good to go. You can create any nature-inspired look with your own custom colors.

Bold Eyeliner

One of the trends you’ve probably seen all over social media this year is bold eyeliner. With the right color and a thin brush, you can create dramatic graphic looks that will help you show off your personal style and stand out from the crowd. While you can find almost any color of eyeliner in the store, it’s healthier to make your own, and it gives you the option to customize the color.

To create your own eyeliner, you just need eyeshadow and either eyedrops or clear mascara. You can make your own eyeshadow, then add a drop of eyedrops or some clear mascara to the loose powder. Mix it with a brush, then apply it to your eyelid in any design you want.

The best 2022 beauty trends you can create with pigment powder are earthy eyeshadows, nature-inspired nail polish, and bold eyeliner. Making these beauty products gives you the opportunity to customize these beauty trends to fit your needs.

The 7 Day ‘GoOD Life’ Challenge – Rules and Tips!

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7 Day GoOD Life ChallengeThe 7 Day ‘GoOD Life’ Challenge – Rules and Tips!

Welcome to the GoOD Life!

Welcome to our 7 Day ‘GoOD Life’ Challenge! As discussed on yesterday’s Meditation With CurlyNikki, this week (8/31-9/6), we’ll be waking up (at least) 15 minutes earlier, dropping something unnecessary, and picking up our mantra as often as possible. Join us!

1. Wake up 15 minutes earlier

  • Like it’s your job, like it pays you because it will, it does.
  • You’ll feel better and more accomplished, which means you’ll be even more productive for the rest of the day.
  • You can place your phone in the bathroom or in the other room so you HAVE to get up to go turn it off… you can do the 5,4,3,2,1 feet on the floor countdown… or you can just accept the belief that sitting in the presence of God, for even just 15 minutes will radically change your life.
    • During these 15 minutes you could sit with us in our Love Charging Station (download the app and join us at 6:30am ET) each morning this week, and/or you can journal, you can meditate, you can chant, you could sit in front of a picture of your favorite Deity or teacher, and listen to a gorgeous song that moves you into the inner smile and holds you (t)here.

2. Drop something (a food, a habit, etc). It’s like our own little Lenten season. Like, 

  • The news
  • A Worry – but be specific. Drop that problem or issue just for this week. Every time your mind goes there, pick up the mantra.
  • IG or all social media (I wish I could, I basically do for weeks at a time lol)
  • Added sugar ** this is my challenge, replacing it with Divine Sweetness, and grapes 😉
  •  Gossip (my grandpa used to say, ‘If you ain’t got nothing nice to say… don’t say it.’
  • Alcohol

The more you practice this Love, the sweeter it becomes, and the easier it’ll be to drop things. You won’t even feel like you’re missing out or lacking, because you’re so full of the Real, so full of the True.

3. Pick up a mantra – chant as often as you can remember internally

  • Pick ONE mantra and chant it as often as you can remember. While you’re driving, eating, dressing, cleaning, etc. It should be going on in the background all the time, the way you’re usually thinking about random stuff while you’re going about life, you’ll be chanting instead.  Bottom line– your main priority is to chant, everything else, including idle chatter, is secondary. You’re going to put everything into this week, everything into your practice, and prove to your Self that this is the way. Ram Ram Ram, or Peace Peace Peace, or Love Love Love, or I am Loving Awareness, or Fullness, Fullness, Fullness, or Eyes Fixed, Eyes Fixed, or ‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus’.  The shorter the better for all day chanting.

The Manifesto-

“I am SO thankful that I am now consciously aware of my Inner Power. This natural feeling of Love is my constant reminder of who walks with me. I fear nothing. I am loved, confident, and free. When I feel this current of inner Bliss, I am feeling God’s infinite wealth flowing to me now, and forever.”

Write yours, and read it to yourself 3 times, with feeling each morning during the challenge. Then, set it aside, and sit or lay with your eyes closed for a few minutes. Keep your attention on the area in the center of your chest. Feel Love/Bliss there as your breath flows in and out. When thoughts come, bring your attention back to your heart. Back to the smile. Allow your heart-feeling, breath, and mind to become One. If you’re doing this right, you’ll feel yourself smiling again. It feels good. If you feel nothing, that’s fine too! Just keep at it. The Bliss will reveal itself.

Remember that the Bliss isn’t something that comes and goes or something you create with your mind—It’s always there. Keep rediscovering It this week. Welcome to the GoOD Life.

Maharajji chanting RAM

Ram Dass singing RAM

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Top 5 Ways To Relax and Unwind This Fall

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Top 5 Ways To Relax and Unwind This Fall

Top 5 Ways To Relax and Unwind This Fall

It can be difficult to balance a busy schedule, work, social life, and time at home. It’s important to take the necessary time for yourself. Following these top ways to relax and unwind this fall will help you develop healthy habits to maintain your mental health and feel great in your skin.

Take a Walk Outside

It’s easy for all the things in your home to distract you: constant chores, scheduling appointments, and the stress of daily life itself. Exercising is a good way to help alleviate some of that stress.

One way to unwind this fall is to partake in some exercise. Take walks in the morning to admire nature and the cool breeze as the fall season rolls around. If you’re feeling more up to it, adding more exercises to your routine is also an option! Listen to your favorite music or something that makes you feel at peace. A short burst of exercise is a great way to check something off your to-do list for the day in such a short amount of time.

Find a Relaxing Comfort Drink

Drinking hot herbal teas can be incredibly beneficial. It can calm anxiety and stress, improve sleep, and soothe an upset stomach.

Different hot teas can affect you in different ways. If you’re looking to unwind, some of the best options for calming teas are chamomile, peppermint, lavender, and lemon.

There are also other options if you dislike herbal teas, such as hot chocolate, lemon water, apple cider vinegar mixed with water, and even spiced milk! The goal is to find something that is comforting to you and will calm your stress and nerves when you need it most.

Treat Yourself to a Facial

Another way to relax and unwind this fall is to treat yourself to a facial. One of the greatest benefits of getting a facial is that it promotes relaxation and is a great way to cleanse your skin. Whether it’s an at-home facial or a facial at a local spa, this can be the perfect way to unwind. Allow it to clear your skin and make you feel refreshed for the day ahead.

Pick Up a Few Items Around the House

When looking around the house, you may notice that things can get disorganized quickly. Deep cleaning isn’t the goal here. This is the time to de-clutter and remove a few items that are in the wrong place. Put away a few dishes, put dirty clothes in the laundry basket instead of the floor, and wipe down your makeup counter.

Reflect on the Day

At the end of the day, just breathe. Take a moment to be proud of yourself that you got through the day and reward yourself for all the things you’ve accomplished. Writing and meditation are great ways to reflect. Make a mental or written list of what you can continue to do during the next day!

Prioritizing your mental and physical health is essential to living a happy and healthy life. With these tips, you’ll experience the most relaxing fall season yet.

Check out more Life Hack articles, HERE! 

Beauty Newbie: 6 Makeup Application Tips for Beginners

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Beauty Newbie: Makeup Application Tips for Beginners

Even the most talented makeup artists or at-home beauty gurus began their journeys somewhere. As a beauty newbie, there is so much to learn about makeup. Create beautiful looks by following these makeup application tips for beginners.

Apply Foundation in Downward Strokes

There are thin strands of hair on your face. Typically, they’re unnoticeable. However, applying face products like foundation and concealer can “highlight” the peach fuzz on your face. To achieve a flawless look, always apply foundation in downward strokes. This avoids making the hair standout. To further “calm” the hairs, use a beauty blender to blot down the strands.

Mix Foundations for Perfect Color

Black women’s skin tones are unique, and there’s no single color that works for every black woman. In fact, you may have a variation of colors on your face. That’s why it’s challenging to the right match. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Create a foundation that’s as unique as you by mixing products. Grabbing light and dark shades lets you concoct the perfect color. Before you apply, swipe the shade on your cheek to ensure that it matches your skin tone.

Exfoliate Lips Before Wearing Lipstick

Applying lip products on rough lips is frustrating. No one wants cracked and dry skin ruining their beautiful look. To ensure a smooth and soft canvas, exfoliate your lips before wearing lipstick and other lip products. The best part is that you can make your own DIY lip scrub with simple ingredients. Here are some combinations:

  • Honey and sugar
  • Coconut oil, sugar, and cinnamon
  • Ground oats and honey
  • Finely ground coffee, olive oil, and brown sugar
  • Coco powder, agave, and raw sugar

Melt Eye and Lip Pencil Liner

Melting your eye and lip pencil liner is a great makeup application tip for beginners. Pencil liners tend to tug on your eye and lip, creating a chalky or rough appearance. Before using either pencil, melt the tip with a lighter for a few seconds. Then, apply the pencil to the desired area. You can easily glide the tool across your eye and lip, and it also creates a “creamy appearance.”

Pro tip: After melting the pencil, glide the product across your hand to ensure that it’s not too hot for your eye or lip.

Never Skip Topcoat Polish

Nail polish is a big part of a beautiful look, and you can complete cute at-home manicures. However, the durability and appearance of your nails depends on the topcoat polish. Skipping a topcoat is a common nail polish application mistake to avoid because it affects the manicure’s durability. The topcoat seals your manicure with a glossy and hard finish. It also prevents chipping!

Select Warm and Natural Tone Makeup

Neutral shades aren’t all the same. Depending on the product’s undertone, makeup can appear gray and ashy on darker skin tones. Complement brown skin with warm and natural cosmetic products. Gold, terracotta, caramel, and metallic bronze are excellent choices. Don’t be afraid to find colors and products that enhance your skin tone!

We hope our makeup tips help you create gorgeous looks. Remember, makeup just enhances your natural beauty. Whether you have a full-face makeup look or all natural, make your melanin pop and stride with confidence any day of the week.

MORE- Best Makeup Tips for Soft, Natural Look! 

What advice would you give to a beauty newbie?!

Simple Steps for Building a Healthier Lifestyle Starting Today!

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Simple Steps for Building a Healthier Lifestyle

Simple Steps for Building a Healthier Lifestyle, NOW!

There can be a lot of pressure to live a healthy life. It’s intimidating to think of drastically changing your habits, but it doesn’t have to be a daunting process. If you want to start to make a change, read about the simple steps you can take to build a healthier lifestyle.

Eat Substantial Meals

Coffee is a lovely addition to your morning, but it’s not a meal replacement. With a busy schedule, it’s easiest to grab fast food or a snack whenever you can. However, this isn’t the proper way to create healthy habits for your body.

Find foods high in protein, incorporate fruits and vegetables, and minimize consumption of processed foods when you can. If you have trouble making meals during the week, meal prepping is a great resolution. Once you get into the routine of making meals ahead of time, you’ll notice the difference in your energy over time.

Drink Plenty of Water

Do you know how much water to drink every day? Drinking plenty of fluids—primarily water—is the second most important step for building a healthier lifestyle.

Drinking water is the best way to make sure your body functions properly. This includes having healthy urination and bowel movements and replenishing your body after exerting energy all day long. No matter if you’re exercising or sitting at a desk at work, water is your best friend.

Relaxing After a Busy Day

Experiencing stress and anxiety is inevitable with a busy lifestyle. While you should consume the right types of food and plenty of water, that’s not the only way to be healthy. Finding your unique relaxation preference is essential to being healthy and happy.

Start a skin-care routine to remove oils and dirt collected during a busy day. Or give yourself a facial followed by a relaxing bath before bed. Taking the time to treat yourself is a great way to feel rejuvenated for the next day ahead.

Time To Socialize

When you think about building a healthy lifestyle, socializing with friends isn’t likely at the top of your list. But it should be a priority. Positive social interactions with loved ones are among the best ways to improve your mental health.

It’s easy to get caught up in your busy life—errands to run, a house to clean, and people to care for—but you need to care for yourself. Don’t neglect your personal needs. Regularly socializing with friends is the best way to get you out of the hustling mindset and into a relaxing, fun one.

Have a Proper Sleep Schedule

If you wake up each morning exhausted, odds are you aren’t getting enough sleep. It’s easy to run on fumes and get only six hours of sleep. Try to train your body to fall asleep earlier in the night so that you can receive closer to eight hours of sleep each night. It will feel odd at first, but your body will thank you in the long run.

Change doesn’t occur overnight, but it’s possible to adjust your habits over time. Keep trying, and you’ll reach any goal you have in mind to live a healthier lifestyle.

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Burt’s Bees ‘Style Your Smile’ Makeover Series Celebrates ‘The Power Of The Smile’

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Burt’s Bees ‘Style Your Smile’ Makeover Series Celebrates ‘The Power Of The Smile’

Burt’s Bees ‘Style Your Smile’ Makeover Series Celebrates

‘The Power Of The Smile’

Burt’s Bees’ new “Style Your Smile” series is everything we love about a makeover show: the surprise (and emotional) ambush, the peek behind the curtain, and then a magical reveal at the end, where you can literally see the dynamic shift in confidence on full display. 

Plus, watching gives us that easy, nostalgic feeling of sitting around the hair salon on a Saturday morning, marinating in the #BlackGirlMagic vibes that inevitably flow when we get together to chat, and connect over all things beauty and self-love.

What we know for sure is that when you feel good, you look good, and when you look good, you feel good. We keep that feedback loop looping!

Burt’s Bees put together a top notch team, consisting of its product designer Abena Antwi and makeup artist Bobbie Riley. The pair hit the streets of L.A. to give surprise makeovers to unsuspecting everyday women, using lip care products from Burt’s Bees. Instead of the typical over glammed-out looks you might expect (thanks, social media), these women were shown how to style their smile by enhancing and celebrating what they’re already working with, using just a hint of natural color, and starting with the lips.

Why the lips? Because smiling is a whole mood – it’s face yoga! A conscious, half-smile (even when you don’t feel like it!) has been shown to produce endorphins that help decrease stress and improve your overall health. So, it’s no wonder that a powerful way to express how you’re feeling is with a lip color to match! Elevate your smile, elevate your mood, elevate your life.

Try it right now, as you’re reading these words. Allow a smile to come to your face and notice how your body feels. I bet you felt a shift, some peace – even if it’s just a piece of peace, it’s a start! Hold this intentional smile (and the peace) as you read on.

“You can create a whole new look starting from the lips,” says Antwi. “When we smile, it is not just an action, it’s an attitude, and a reflection of how positive and joyful we feel inside.”  Antwi is also the mastermind behind two of Burt’s Bee’s marquee lip products – Tinted Lip Balm and Lip Shimmer – which served as star players in the makeovers.

Burt’s Bees ‘Style Your Smile’ Makeover Series Celebrates ‘The Power Of The Smile’

Meet Ciara

Ciara, an officer in the US Air Force, who works in health care planning and operations, was one of Abena and Riley’s top picks. The Queens, NY native can’t wear makeup on a daily basis because of the nature of her job, but she loves to enhance her natural beauty for weekend activities like brunch, and is already a lover of Burt’s Bees.

After the duo’s friendly “ambush” got Ciara into Riley’s chair, the two quickly connected over their similar backgrounds and a mutual respect for each of their crafts. When Ciara shared that she has sensitive skin, Riley was able to give her some great skincare tips as well as suggestions for some of Burt’s Bees’ “mindful and clean” products, while she worked her makeup magic.

When asked what “Styling Your Smile” means to her, Ciara’s response is simple. “It’s about making sure my face is on point. Doing my hair and maybe putting on some light makeup.”

“I’m such an introvert,” she continues. “But when I feel confident, I genuinely smile more. The warmth of my smile allows me to make more connections with people than I would have otherwise!”

Of course, the final touch on Ciara’s beat was all about the lip. I wanted to “give her lip a pop and accentuate her natural tone,” shares Riley, who used Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Hibiscus. Riley notes, “It has a natural pink to it that enhances that natural pink in her lip tone and provides her with moisture.”

The Tinted Lip Balm is made with handcrafted shea butter, as well as community-sourced beeswax, so you get that eight-hour moisture you’re used to with the classic Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm, plus a hint of color.                     

“With Burt’s Bees, we’re looking for color with care,” explains Antwi. “It’s not just color for your lips. We needed something that’s going to give you moisturization.”

And, Ciara thought the Tinted Lip Balm and Riley’s application both scored high marks. “I would definitely give it an A! I love my smile.”

And, we love it, too! Lip care is an amazing way to start off this holiday season with a restorative self-care routine and Burt’s Bees offers up incredible products, including their Tinted Lip Balm and Tinted Lip Shimmers, to help uplift and make everyone smile.

Click here to check out some of their great lip care options to #StyleYourSmile! And press play below to watch a recap of the makeover! 

Are you still smiling?! Let us know if you can feel the shift!


Theraflu Hot Beats Cold

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theraflu hot beats cold

We relish late fall and early winter for curling up by the fire, sipping on seasonal specialty drinks, and of course, enjoying the holidays. What we don’t look forward to is the drama of the cold and flu season. According to the CDC website, seasonal flu begins in October and tends to peak right around the December to February time frame, just as we’re traveling to visit family, hosting holiday events, and gathering in groups for end-of-year celebrations. That means, ‘tis the season to step up our self-care routines, honor our bodies, and prepare our immune systems for the potential onslaught of seasonal germs.

As our grandmothers and mothers knew, heat is the best way to beat the cold. Remember running in from school, or tumbling in from playing in the snow, getting wrapped in a cozy blanket and handed a steaming cup of cocoa, or a bowl of soup to warm us from the inside out? We like to channel the wisdom of our elders and access that feeling in our everyday lives. So we consulted with Rosalynn Daniels, La Guardia Cross, and Balanced Les on a few of their favorite warm remedies and hot health routines!

An Ounce of Prevention

Rosalynn Daniels (@rosalynndaniels), Lifestyle Content Creator

Life can get really busy really fast for a multi-hyphenate professional, wife, and mom of 3, like Rosalynn Daniels. So this lifestyle maven takes solace in finding a good spa treatment. And when a broken foot kept her from the spa, she brought the spa, and a relaxing hot stone massage with an essential oil shower, to her home!

 

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La Guardia Cross (@laguardiacross), Creator of ‘New Father Chronicles’

We can’t take care of others without first taking care of ourselves, a fact La Guardia Cross knows well. The working husband and father of 2, finds end-of-the-day respite in a warm, reinvigorating foot soak, a routine he and his wife use to decompress once the kids are asleep.

 


Les (@balancedles), Founder of Balanced Black Girl podcast

As an expert on mental wellness and self-discipline, Les knows the importance of sticking to a self-care routine. Soaking in a warm, essential oil-infused bath for a few moments of self-reflection is always on her ‘to-do’ list.

When the Cold Creeps In

Sometimes the signs of sickness inevitably creep in, so Rosalyn, La Guardia, and Les each reach for Theraflu to help alleviate those flu-like symptoms!

Rosalynn’s perspective is, “With the changing of this weather and all of this cool air coming in, I need pampering now more than ever.  With flu season upon us, let’s make sure we stock up on some Theraflu, so we can make sure we do something good for ourselves, even when we’re sick.”

LaGuardia reaches for Theraflu in the unfortunate case he gets sick because, “We don’t get sick days off from parenting, so I’m so glad that Theraflu is formulated to fit our busy lifestyles and get us back on our rested feet fast.”

Les relies on this self-care tip when her cold symptoms crop up: she mixes a packet of Theraflu into 8 ounces of water. “Theraflu products act fast. They give you symptom relief to help you rest and recover. You know what they say: you can’t pour from an empty cup.”

Self-care is so much more than a catchphrase, it’s a lifestyle. Whether it’s a hot stone massage, a steam or sauna, or even a few extra minutes in the hot shower at home, you need a tried-and-true recipe for daily recovery to help you stay active in all the ways that matter to you most.

And when symptoms do arise, reach for mom’s tried-and-true, Theraflu, available over-the-counter, without a time-consuming doctor’s visit or a prescription. We know you don’t have time to be sick. Theraflu is a cold and flu medicine formulated to fit your lifestyle.

To learn more about how Theraflu offers fast day and night relief from the symptoms of cold and flu,

visit Theraflu.com!

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