If you have never had eczema yourself, you probably know tons of people who have.  Eczema is an extremely common skin condition characterized by chronic extremely itchy and rashy skin and it is extremely annoying and difficult to live with.  The National Institute of Health estimates that 15 million Americans suffer from some sort of eczema, which tends to worsen during the winter months due to weather conditions that dry out the skin.
Skin care brand Surgeon’s Skin Secret developed a special line of moisturizers to treat eczema.  These products use natural beeswax as a special ingredient that protects skin from …read more

Before I started researching Glimpse Skin Care by XanGo I didn’t really know what a mangosteen was.  I’m not sure that I would recognize it in the produce department and the name sounds like one of those tricky new laboratory fruits that combine a mango and something else that ends with “steen.”

Joe Morton discovered the mangosteen on a trip to Southeast Asia while searching for a special natural nutritional supplement.  His interest in the mangosteen led to research and development of delicious and nutrient-rich mangosteen juice that would be used to start XanGo, a company that now offers a wide …read more

I received some samples of yummy-sounding natural sugar scrubs from a company called Simple Sugars.  The multiple flavors like Pomegranate and Coconut came in a beautiful package with great graphics and containers.  I started to flip through the background information about the company to find out how these products were made and I did a complete double take at the first paragraph…the founder is how old?  Lani Lazzari, the creator of Simple Sugars’ all-natural handmade facial, body, and foot scrubs started the company when she was eleven years old!  Incredible!

I love supporting small local companies that provide handmade products with …read more