organic herbs and oil
May, 1

Anti Ageing Aromatherapy

The best Anti-ageing aromatherapy oils

The definition of anti-ageing is to delay, stop or retard the ageing process. Our bodies are made of cells, and ageing occurs when there is cell death.

An essential oils contains more than 100 components and has many properties. Concerning anti-ageing, we need to focus on essential oils that are healing, astringent, regenerating and antiwrinkle.

Dealing with antiaging means using a very good base oil or cream. One of the most effective anti-aging base oil is Rose hip oil. This oil is regenerating the tissues, it reducing scars and skin discoloration and it is a very good anti-wrinkle oil (not to use on acne or oily skin).

Of course a very healthy lifestyle is beneficial for antiaging.

With holistic aromatherapy, the choice of essential oil is not only to fight against one issue (aging in this topic) but to work on a whole healing body process. For example you can have help with depression, boost your immune system or use an essential oil which will give you energy. Using a synergy of 3 oils is always very beneficial.

Along many essential oils, these 2 oils are very powerful with antiaging:

–Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens var roseae): it has anti-inflammatory, astringent tonic effect. It is a cellular regenerative wound healing oil. Excess of free radicals stresses the cell membranes of the skin and as a result, the collagen can start to being damaged. That would lead to wrinkles. This essential oil is a powerful antioxidant and can protect the cells from free radicals.

–Cistus (Cistus ladaniferus): It is cicatrizing oil. It helps mature skins and it is regenerating for slow healing infected areas. It also has the potential to arrest bleeding. Wrinkles happen when the hormones activities slow down. Less oestrogen secretion causes less collagen and elastin production. This essential oil promotes the collagen production. As an oestrogen-like, it mimics the activity of this hormone. It then reduces the wrinkles formation. This oil needs to be used with other oils to reduce her strong smell.

We can also mention Carrot seed essential oil for reducing age spots.

Create your own aromatherapy anti-ageing cream:

* 15 ml Rose-hip (or neutral cream)

* Rose Geranium essential oil, 7 drops

* Cistus essential oil, 1 drop

* Rose essential oil, 1 drop

* Vitamin E oil (Wheat germ oil for example), 1 drop

* Apply few drops with your palms on washed face morning and evening.

 

Marie Lardy, Aromatherapist.

Don’t hesitate to contact Marie for further enquiries (aromabio88@gmail.com)

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May, 1

Eat your way to a vibrant new you! By Dr Longmore

What is ageing?

Everyone talks about ageing, but what is it??

Why do we experience the symptoms of creaky joints, less energy, and generally slowing down?

More importantly, do we need to experience this?

Of course, no one in his or her right mind would attempt to arrest the progress of time, but you can slow the effects of time, because many of the symptoms are the result of the way we live rather than the inevitable effects of ageing. Age is a number. It is the way you feel that determines your quality of life.

Staying younger, in every sense of the word except age, involves an integrated approach involving both physical and mental health. One without the other is ineffective. You can’t achieve a healthy body without a healthy mind.

To slow the ageing process you need to understand the underlying causes of ageing, essentially every aspect of you comes from only two sources:

  • Your genes (a very small portion)
  • Lifestyle   (the majority of cases of heart diseases, diabetes, strokes, obesity, raised cholesterol, hypertension, arthritis develop as a direct result of our lifestyle)

So, if you adopt a more balanced lifestyle, you may not completely eradicate these conditions but you will certainly reduce their effects.

The body is made up of lots of tiny cells; about 50 trillion. The powerhouse of our bodies lies in each of these cells. They use the energy and oxygen delivered by the blood stream to power themselves. They act in unison as specific organs (such as the liver, heart, brain and muscles) and enable all of the bodily functions to occur.

The secret to feeling younger is in providing our cells with the building blocks that they need to survive and to clear the cellular waste before it accumulates.

Nutrition is at the base of everything we do and everything we are and can play a key part in ensuring healthy cells and a healthier you. You are what you eat.

If you place your health as your top priority, you can achieve much higher quality and enjoyment of life.

In practice this means really simple changes to your lifestyle, such as:

  • Changing your diet  to reduce the risk of disease
  • Lowering stress
  • Exercising

 

Many studies have shown that free radicals play a key part in the ageing process. “Free radicals” is a term used to describe damaged cells that can be problematic. They are “free” because they are missing a critical molecule. Free radicals can injure cells, damaging DNA and this creates the seed for disease. They can also cause a chain reaction leading to an increasing spiral of damage to healthy cells. There are many signs of free radicals, including:

  • Stress
  • High blood pressure and heart disease
  • Cancer
  • Inflammation
  • Pain such as joint pain arthritis
  • Type 1 or type 2 diabetes
  • Eczema and other skin diseases
  • Alzheimer
  • Excess weight or obesity
  • Chronic syndromes such as fibromyalgia, fatigue, sleep disturbance and depression

 

Free radicals steal your years and their presence in your body can be caused by many things such as:

Environmental toxins (smoke, pollution, heavy metals, chemicals in food and over-processed food)

Chemicals in skin products, cleaning liquids, detergents and electronic equipment

  • Radiation
  • Infection
  • Viruses
  • Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Other internal and external stress factors
  • Inflammation
  • Added sugar
  • Poor nutrition
  • Emotional stresses

Free radicals can affect you in a number of wars and can impact on a number of organs and bodily functions such as:

  • Liver, they can impair the liver’s ability to clear toxins from the body. If your liver does not detoxify well, the result is oxidative stress. This can lead to fatigue, acne, wrinkles and rashes.
  • Kidneys, resulting in water retention and oedemas.
  • Mitochondria, these are found in most of our cells and are very important, they produce energy, which the body needs to work and live. Without good energy production, you end up suffering from fatigue, lethargy and early ageing.
  • The Digestive system, this is the source of your youth. Allowing uninvited guests into your stomach and intestines such as bacteria, fungi, and other infestations can cause oxidative stress. Your intestines are connected with your brain and your digestion determines your wellbeing.
  • Joints and ligaments when they hurt or are sore and swollen
  • The heart and blood vessels, causing high blood pressure and heart palpitations
  • The skin, which is your business card wrinkles and sagging skin are cause by oxidative damage to the layer of the skin.

You can stay young with antioxidants, they fight free radicals and reduce the damage they cause in your body.

So to protect your body from free radicals there are some great foods you should eat:

  • Vitamin C and A and the many others micronutrients that we get via a diet rich in quality vegetables, fruits and berries.
  • Root vegetables – they contain water soluble fibres that keep your blood sugar under control, Carrots, sweet potatoes, beetroot, celeriac, turnips, parsnips, Swedes, onions and garlic.
  • Pulses chick pea, kidney beans, cannellini, butter beans, black-eyed beans, adzuki and lentils

If you want to minimise the impact of free radicals you should follow the following advice:

  • Choose organic food if you can
  • Eat good quality protein, fish and lean meat
  • Drink 1 to 1 1/2litre of water or herbal tea
  • Eat regular meals (never skip breakfast and don’t forget your snack)
  • Eat a balance diet with healthy fats, good quality proteins, complex carbs and vegetables.
  • Take a multi vitamin daily and some good probiotics
  • Don’t forgot your exercise and relaxation
  • Control your stress and get enough sleep

Avoid

  • Any chemicals, sugar and excess salt
  • Avoid all white stuff (white bread, rice, flour, pasta etc..)
  • Processed food
  • Trans fats
  • Smoking 

Minimize

  • Dairy products
  • Alcohol
  • Meat
DEEPA D'ANGELOVA
May, 1

Deepa D’Angelova: How to look 10 years younger

This month watch Deepa D’angelova, beauty blogger in a video where she shares 3 Keys to get you focused on FEELING younger. Revealing the secret steps to bring out your youthful looks. Mind, body and soul. Appreciate your beauty and be happy.

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May, 1

Make Me Feel ultimate SUN PROTECTION guide

How to choose your sunscreen?

The sun is great for the mood but not that much for the skin. Without the protection of clothes and  an effective sunscreen against both UVA and UVB, prolonged exposure causes sunburns and can lead to skin cancer and ageing of the skin. Sunburn doesn’t just happen on holiday, you can burn in the UK, even when it’s cloudy.

This is a guide to help you choose the best sunscreen for you and your family.
The Sun Protection Factor (SPF)

« SPF (sun protection factor) is a relative measure of how long a sunscreen will protect you from ultraviolet (UV) B rays. The chief cause of reddening and sunburn, UVB rays tend to damage the epidermis, skins outer layers, where the most common (and least dangerous) forms of skin cancer occur. Those cancers are linked to sun-accumulation over the years. Another type of skin cancer, melanoma, is thought to be caused by brief, intense exposures, such as a blistering sunburn. »

Article of July 2015 magazine issue Consumer Reports.

LEVEL 1

Skin type: extremely sensitive to the sun

Level of protection: Very high

Protection sign: 50+

LEVEL 2

Skin type: sensitive skin

Level of protection: High

Protection sign: 30 / 50

 

LEVEL 3

Skin type: intermediate skin

Level of protection: Average

Protection sign: 15 / 20

 

LEVEL 4

Skin type: fairly resistant skin

Level of protection: Low

Protection sign: 6 / 10

Warning! The total screen terms or total protection terms no longer exist. No solar product guarantees total protection against ultraviolet rays. Since 2006, indices above 50 (60, 80 and even 100 %) have been grouped by the European Commission into a single 50+ index. A measure that was taken to protect consumers and avoid thinking that with a 100 % index they could stay all day in the sun without needing to put on protective cream and without the effects of the sun on the skin.

 

What is the difference between UVA and UVB rays?

UV represent only 5% of the solar radiation received on earth but are very powerful. There are several sorts there. While UVC is stopped by the ozone layer, UVA and UVB reach the earth and have effects on the skin.

UVA: A like age or allergy

Most of us are exposed to large amounts of UVA throughout our lifetime. UVA rays account for up to 95 percent of the UV radiation reaching the Earth’s surface. Although they are less intense than UVB, UVA rays are 30 to 50 times more prevalent. They are present with relatively equal intensity during all daylight hours throughout the year, and can penetrate clouds and glass.

UVB: B like bronzing or burn

UVB, the chief cause of skin reddening and sunburn, tends to damage the skin’s more superficial epidermal layers. It plays a key role in the development of skin cancer and a contributory role in tanning and photo aging. Its intensity varies by season, location, and time of day. However, UVB rays can burn and damage your skin year-round, especially at high altitudes and on reflective surfaces such as snow or ice, which bounce back up to 80 percent of the rays so that they hit the skin twice. UVB rays do not significantly penetrate glass.

Source: Coola

 

Sun exposure

It’s also important to take into account the factor of sun exposure. Depending on where you are, you will have to adapt the choice of sunscreen. The power of the exposure may be low, medium, high or very high. The sun will not have the same impact on your skin if you are high up in the mountains or on a beach in Mauritius than if you are in England on a fine day.

 

Classic VS Mineral: Which is which?

« Classic and Mineral Sunscreens are differentiated by their active sun protection ingredients. Classic sunscreens use chemical (also commonly referred as “non-mineral” or “traditional”) active ingredients designed to absorb and dissipate UVA/UVB rays, while Mineral sunscreens use mineral (also commonly referred to as “physical”) active ingredients such as Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide to scatter and reflect UVA/UVB rays. »

Source : Coola

Source: Coola

 

Waterproof protection

If you spend the day at the seaside or swimming pool, it’s important to buy sunscreen completely water-resistant. This will allow you and especially allow your children to bathe while remaining protected from the sun. Waterproof sunscreens are made to resist on average two baths of 20 min per day.

Which sunscreen texture to choose?

Lotions, oils, sprays, mists, gels… You have the choice! Here’s what you need to know before choosing the right sun protection for you.

Milks and lotions:

As a spray, solar milk is very convenient and quickly penetrates the skin. More fluid than sun creams, milks are very soft and do not form thick and thick films on the skin. This texture is ideal for swimming pool or for hairy areas on men.

Mists:

Thanks to its atomizing format which allows reaching all the areas of the skin, in a homogeneous way and in micro-droplets, the solar mist is also appreciated for the refreshing sensation. Its veil is deposited on the skin to protect it from the sun without weighing it down.

Jellies:

Rich in water, solar jelly brings freshness and hydration thanks to non-greasy, melting textures that penetrate the skin quickly. In tube or pot format, it is often fragrant to bring you a fruity and exotic touch.

Oils:

The solar oil gives us a satiny shine, thanks to their fluid texture which spreads evenly on the skin and allows combining thus tanning and optimal protection by choosing a high index.

Sticks:

The solid texture of the solar stick allows a localized application on sensitive areas of the face (nose, cheekbones, and lips). Its format makes it possible to transport it everywhere. It is recommended for water sports, skiing, and hiking in high altitudes.

Tanning Spray :

They are sun protection products but helping to boost the tanning. For example, some formulations such as Bronz complex from Bioderma stimulates the natural biological tanning process for safely-tanned skin. This tanning complex is combined with vitamin E which offers real cellular protection thanks to its anti-oxidant, photoprotective and anti-inflammatory properties. Moreover, in addition to its surface UVA/UVB protective activity, this complex offers real internal biological protection : Cellular Bioprotection. This product preserves and stimulates the skin’s defences during sun exposure.

Oral supplements:

For intolerant or even allergic people to the sun, taking a supplement rich in carotenoids could help prepare and protect the skin before being exposed. Those complements are also widely used for helping getting a lovely tan faster and prolonging it after holiday.

For example Phytobronz Sun Preparation from Arkopharma laboratory is a food supplement who prepares your skin whilst protecting it from cellular ageing and giving you a natural glowing complexion. This formula combining the best active ingredients: natural carotenoids, vitamin E, Argan, Borage and Sesame.

 

 

What brand to propose at Make Me Feel and why?

La Roche Posay

La Roche Posay proposes a many products solar which protect against UVA. The brand offer a complete sun care range for all types of sensitive skin. Anthelios range offers broad-spectrum protection against UVB and UVA rays, which are responsible for 80% of the signs of premature ageing. Minimalist formulas suitable for adults and children.

You will also find complementary treatments like the gel after the sun which will allow to nourish and rehydrate your skin.

 

The Esthederm Institute

The Esthederm Institute offers you 100% active products, including sun care. The institute has created sun care for sunbathe in complete safety and preserving the youthfulness of the skin. Esthederm offers its offer according to 4 types of skins and 4 levels of intensity of the sun.

Esthederm helps the skin to protect itself against UV. He offers a solar response of high technicality, for incomparable results. The institute recommend a broad-spectrum sunscreen offering protection against both UVA and UVB rays.

 

Frezyderm

The Frezyderm brand offers you a very wide range of solar products ranging from adult cream to infant cream. The Frezyderm cream range offers you safe and effective protection. All creams have non-oily textures, work instantly and can be easily applied. The range is water resistant and easily applied, leaving no white tint.

There is also a range in this brand for children and babies. These especially formulated baby sunscreens from Frezyderm contain natural filters only, making them suitable for protecting baby’s sensitive skin. These creams are also suitable for children with sensitive skin.

The spray Frezyderm is such a convenient product. This sunscreen mist combines ease of use with very high protection. It is suitable for all ages and offers effective protection against ageing and free radicals caused by sun exposure and UVR. The spray is water resistant, making it ideal for the beach where there is intense sun radiation and high humidity.

 

Mustela

For your babies and children, you can use Mustela sunscreen. The brand offers a range of sun protection specially designed to effectively protect the skin of your young. Mustela offers sun cream very high protection 50+ and after sun-sprays to protect the body of your baby or child.

Solar products are very good for your children because they contain good ingredients. In order to protect the precious wealth of cells in babies’ skin, Mustela researchers working at Laboratoires Expanscience have selected the avocado from among dozens of other plants. Using their unique expertise, they have succeeded in identifying molecules that are extremely rare in nature – molecules whose role is to aid the fruit as it grows and matures. These molecules have been extracted, purified and concentrated and have yielded a patented natural active ingredient: Avocado perseose.

 

Make me feel’s advice

We have to be careful because the chemical filters do not suit children’s skin under 36 months. For babies, only use mineral based sun protection.

Do not forget, with the contact of the towel, with the drops of perspiration or the frictions of the sand, the sun protection disappears quickly, so it’s important to put in regularly. To be effective all day long the sun protection must be apply on the skin every 2 hours.

Finally, it’s not recommended to keep a sunscreen from one year to another. Once the tube has been opened for a long time, exposed to sand and sun, it loses its effectiveness so it is better to throw it away at the end of the holiday and buy a new tube early in the summer.

May, 1

NEW AT MAKE ME FEEL: injections / Dr Nguyen

Hyaluronic acid injections from Filorga with Dr Nguyen

With years, skin loses its moisture and becomes thinner. Lines and wrinkles start to settle. Hyaluronic acid injections can help smoothing them without surgery.

What is hyaluronic acid?

Hyaluronic acid is naturally present in the body. Like a sponge, it absorbs water and maintain the skin deep layers hydrated. It’s possible to inject this molecule as a gel to give volume and plump the skin or smooth wrinkles. The hyaluronic acid will mix with the one contained in the body and will progressively resorb. It is advised to have regular injections done, every 6 months on average depending on patients. Reversibility is an advantage compared to the permanent effect of a cosmetic surgery.

What can we treat?

The most common treatments concern the naso-labial and marionette lines around the mouth. It’s also possible to reshape the lips or give them more definition, or contour the face and add volume on the cheekbones.

The treatment in itself

Most of product contain local anesthetic but some don’t. A numbing cream can be applied before to improve the comfort during the injection. The procedure is quite quick, between 15 and 30 minutes depending on which areas are treated. A massage of the area will be performed to make sure the product is well placed.

Cost

About £350, but it varies with the product used and the number of syringes required to treat the areas.

The results

They are visible instantly but the effect is maximum about 10 days after the injection when the body integrates the molecule and pumps water. The treated area may swell for a few days, bruise or present redness, but you can apply make-up while everything is getting back into order. Depending on people, their metabolism and their personal habits (cigarette, sun exposure, physical activity), injections have to be repeated every 6, 8 or 12 months in the best of cases.

Contra-indications

There are very few as the molecule is naturally present in the body, the risk of allergy is extremely low. Injections should be avoided when pregnant or breast-feeding.

 

About Dr Nguyen

Thu–Linh is a French dentist. She graduated with honours from the Faculty of Montpellier, France. She worked in private practices and Dentalcare centers in France before working in UK (Oxford and London), delivering both public and private dentalcare.

She also offers Facial Aesthetic treatments, using dermal fillers to improve the peri-oral area by reshaping the lips and give a more youthful look by filling the lines and wrinkles.

Thu–Linh is highly appreciated by her patients for reassuring them, providing gentle and relaxing care, and for explaining the treatments in detail. Thu-Linh trained with Bob Khanna, a famous British cosmetic and reconstructive Dental Surgeon.

 

Testimonials:

 

 

“The results are very satisfying and very natural. I haven’t experienced any pain. I was chatting with a colleague who did not know I had injections, she found that I was looking great since I got back, so the effect is very natural. It is just perfect” S.V.

 

 

 

 

About Filorga:

Founded in 1978 by a French doctor, Filorga Laboratories in France have provided a revolutionised solution towards anti-ageing products. Now an international recognised brand available.

Filorga specialise in an extensive range of cosmetics to include anti-ageing creams, serums, masks, eye creams, night balms, sun care treatments, cleansers, resurfacing agents and moisturisers. In addition to this, Filorga manufacture medical injection fillers to replace lost Hyaluronic acid; a dual function to smooth out facial wrinkles whilst re-establishing facial volume to eradicate sagging skin.

Clinical studies have reported that 100% of patients were completely satisfied with their results immediately after their treatment with XHA-3 and also six months later. Their tolerance levels were proven as excellent with the initial injection and a booster given two weeks later. Wrinkles are miraculously absent and completely invisible, including the deepest of nasolabial folds formed between the cheeks and nose area. All treatments carry a CE marking, to show they have met the standards and guidelines of European conformity.

Apr, 2

Marine’s Product of the Month

This month I want to introduce you to the new health and wellness brand that won a Beauty Shortlist award 2017(the biggest award in the UK): POTION LONDON.

POTION LONDON is a brand dedicated to making your life healthier, easier and more beautiful. Optimum health and nutrition is at the heart of what Potion London does. They are passionate about quality and work tirelessly to source the best ingredients from the best UK suppliers. Potion London offers a variety of supplements for specific heath, beauty and fitness requirements. The brand is available exclusively at Make Me Feel and Harvey Nichols.

I’ve decided to try The Collagen Boost from this range. It has been formulated to complement and support the collagen function in the aim to help maintaining a healthy skin, increasing the elasticity and fighting against visible signs of ageing. I have started very recently and to get the full results we need to wait around three months so I will keep you updated in a next newsletter.

To celebrate their award, get 3 for 2 across the whole potion London range at Make Me Feel.

Apr, 2

New at Make Me Feel

Esthederm suncare products have been unanimously praised by women’s magazines in France. Behind their success is the conviction that all types of skin have a right to enjoy the sun.

To protect your skin’s original beauty, Esthederm have developed a water that’s designed for it: inspired by the water in your skin, cellular water optimises cell energy, helps to protect their youthfulness and enhances the effectiveness of all of the products.

Esthederm skin-friendly formulas respect the skin’s integrity, provide it with constant protection against ageing, optimise its cellular metabolism and strengthen its ability to adapt and improve its resistance to environmental stressors.

With Esthederm products your skin will learn day after day to adapt to the environment and resist the test of time.

 

Skincare brand FOM London concept is very simple: bring skin to a healthy state, protect skin from future damages, and help improve skin resilience to environmental stressors including pollution.  FOM London is the first skincare brand to take care of protecting your skin from pollution that is outdoor as well as indoor.

The brand has developed a line of products using silk proteins: a powerful synergy of pure liquid silk and unique botanicals with potent anti – oxidising and balancing properties.

The products are designed specifically to boost skin’s natural repair mechanisms and enhance collagen resulting in brighter, healthier complexion to all skin colours.  Final result is a healthy glowing skin with increased resistance to everyday stressors and pollution that is aging us all prematurely.

The brand goal is to help you look and feel good! One of their founding strict principles is to source only 100% natural and organic ingredients: the range is free from parabens, minerals oils, silicones etc.… and they never tested on animals.

 

FREZYDERM was established in 1986, the brand aims to design and manufacture safe and effective, high quality, products that conform to strict pharmaceutical standards. FREZYDERM innovative and unique Face Care product range has been formulated to effectively treat all skin types and skin conditions, without irritation.

I wanted to introduce you to the specialised care range and more precisely the Anticort Cream: it’s an alternative to steroid cream, which reduces inflammation and irritation, strengthens the skin barrier and provides soothing and antibacterial activity on skin with eczema, contact dermatitis, hand eczema, itching, redness, rashes and diaper rash. The Anticort cream is suitable for infants, children and adults.

I also wanted to talk about FREZYDERM Baby Care range, which has been formulated to include safe and effective pharmaceutical materials that gently care for and nourish delicate infant skin. The main ingredients of this range of products are:

  • Chamomile, which has excellent soothing and anti-irritant properties that reduce inflammations and redness
  • Wheat proteins, which are known for their softening and moisturizing effects

In addition all baby products are: Free from added color, alcohol free, and free from parabens and preservatives.  The range was awarded by the Beauty Shortlist Mama & Baby Awards 2016 as the Best Baby Skincare Brand (International).

Apr, 2

A BeautyFULL Partnership at Make Me Feel

   

This month I am so honoured to announce my partnership with the beauty expert and blogger Deepa d’Angelova.

I met Deepa on my (essential) morning trip for getting my coffee on Abbeville road a month ago and we started the conversation on how French women incorporate prevention on our skincare routine before moving to why we love sharing our experience with our customers.

Deepa also offered me her book which I absolutely loved! It is not a magazine type of book giving you the same recipes and answers to sort out that and that but it is more a holistic approach about how to feel beautiful in your body, soul and mind.

I am so happy to have met Deepa who is not only a beauty skin care expert, but also a healer, a mentor, and mother to her little Anya. For fifteen years, Deepa has specialised in skincare and wellbeing, working with her clients, celebrities, and the industry’s best at exclusive spas including Harrods, Mandarin Oriental, and Sofitel.

 

Deepa is also a writer, she has written many articles about women’s health issues on renowned magazines like the daily mirror or female first.

After gathering experience, Deepa decided to write her first book entitled: BeautyFULL secrets where she is revealing how you can better understand your skin, body, mind, and soul. Inside this reference book you will find product guides, motivation and mostly the keys to love yourself.

BeautyFULL secrets is of course available at Make Me Feel.

Very naturally we decided then to join our expertise to provide the most interactive and interesting content for guiding you and surely make you feel radiant!

From now on watch out our blog and newsletter for the union of our 2 worlds: the scientific and the beauty part.

Our articles will help you to understand the benefits of investing in products recommended for your skin type, why adopting a proper skincare routine.

Click here to visit her website.

Apr, 1

Promotion at MMF

Until 15th April, we are offering you amazing promotion to Make you feel very special!

30% off NUXE, A popular French leading cosmetic company which is number one on the natural-origin cosmetics market

25% off VICHY, the brand known for their Dermablend range of foundations and concealers. Vichy products are effective as they work to enhance and transform the skin.

And at last but not least, 25% off Kiss the Moon. Their range of 100% natural beauty & wellness products will help her sleep beautifully and wake up looking and feeling gorgeous.

Apr, 1

ESSENTIAL OILS OF THE MONTH: focus on Eczema

 

Eczema or dermatitis is one of the most common skin diseases affecting many of adults or children. It appears most typically on arms, legs, knees and elbows, cheeks and forehead. The symptoms are redness, swelling. It is often itchy, flaking and sometimes bleeding. Eczema can dry or wet. It is believed that it is due to an overreaction of our body to certain allergens.

Each treatment depends of the patient. Following a routine (not too much bath, checking allergy, hydrating the skin etc…) will help relieving the symptoms.

With aromatherapy, we can alleviate the itchiness and help the skin to heal. On top of essential oils, hydrosols in spray (Lavender hydrosol, German chamomile hydrosol or Immortelle hydrosol) are very interesting, especially for babies as it is completely safe. Moreover, the choice of the carrier oil is extremely important. This is what can really help the skin to heal properly and prevent from dryness and infectious. Always check any possible allergy of the ingredients.

Coconut Oil hydrates, nourishes, softens the skin. Is also has anti-inflammatory properties. Shea Butter is rich in vitamin A and works as an excellent moisturizer that nourishes and heals the skin. For dry eczema, Aloe Vera Gel can temporarily relieve symptoms by cooling and moisturizing the skin.

TWO INTERESTING ESSENTIAL OILS TO USE WITH ECZEMA: (always with a carrier oil or gel )

·      Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia): it has healing, immune stimulant, antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, calming, soothing, and anti-inflammatory properties. It speeds up healing and prevents or reduces scarring of the skin. It is one of the best oils to treat skin issues.

·      Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens): it has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiseptic, anti-infectious, wound healing, cellular regenerative properties.

EXAMPLE OF CREAM RECIPE:

Shea Butter Eczema Cream with 5% essential oil

  • 20 ml Shea butter (or coconut oil or calendula cream)
  • Geranium essential oil, 7 drops
  • Atlas Cedarwood essential oil, 7 drops
  • Lavender essential oil 6 drops

Apply two or three times daily locally until healing.