Your nails can be remarkably revelatory in revealing tips about your overall health. Organ issues and more can often manifest as a discoloration, odd texture, bleaching or reddening of the nails. If you identify any of these following nail-bed anomalies, contact your primary care physician.

What Your Nails Are Telling You About Your Health

Overly pale nails can be a sign of anemia, congestive heart failure, liver disease, or malnutrition. If your colorless fingertips are accompanied by weakness, chest pains or dizziness, contact your doctor.

Very dark lines appearing beneath your nails can be a result of serious skin disorders. These lines can be cause for alarm in certain folks and should be checked out by a primary care doctor as soon as possible.

Discolored nails that appear yellowish are most often a result of a fungal infection or, in very rare cases, a more serious condition. If the infection is allowed to worsen, the nail bed may retract, and nails may thicken and crumble.

Textured or rippled nails can be an early sign of psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis. If your nails develop deep, rolling ridges, contact your physician at once.

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A huge part of skin care, some may say the most important part, is nutrition. This modern world offers limited time for judicious eating, and options can be narrow depending on when and where you are. A great way to jump start a healthy eating regiment is with one of these three skin supporting juice and smoothie recipes.

3 Juices To Boost Skin Health

Radiant Red Juice Recipe

(From JuiceRecipes.com)

4 carrots

1 small beet

1/2 cucumber

2 celery

1 inch of ginger

1 cup dandelion leaves (or 1 cup spinach if not available)

2 apples

2 leaves of kale (optional)

1 orange

 

Vitamin C Super Juice

(From HelloGlow.com)

1 whole head broccoli

2 oranges, peeled and seeded

1 large apple, peeled and cored

 

Glowing Skin Juice

(From MindBodyGreen.com)

1/2 small red cabbage

1 medium beetroot

1 carrot

1 medium cucumber

1 large orange

1/2 lime

2 inches of peeled ginger

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As summer approaches, folks with a rigorous grooming routine may feel a bit overwhelmed. Shaving, waxing, and threading can really add up over the course of a steamy summer season, but there are alternatives to the everyday shaving, weekly threading or monthly waxing routines — especially when those routines have in been in place for a while.

Laser hair removal is a practical alternative to common grooming routines. For anyone whose grooming habits have become unmanageable or unsustainable, we have three reasons for you to make a laser hair removal appointment right now:

3 Reasons To Make An Appointment For Laser Hair Removal

Your Wallet Will Thank You

Consider how your life would change if your biggest grooming cost was eliminated.

Your Skin Will Thank You

Your largest organ would love to never be yanked, nicked, plucked or shaved for the sake of anything other your own private wiles.

Your Self Confidence Will Soar

To never worry about problem hair again is to eliminate a substantial stressor from your life.

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Like most grooming trends, the body hair trends of femme identifying folks are flexible and ever-changing. While 2017 ushered in trends like natural brows, bushy pubic areas, and glittery underarm hair it also sets trends in the normalization of a gender spectrum rather than a gender binary. The feminine mystique was no longer an opaque concept concerned with antiquated roles, but rather a source of power and beauty that could not be contained in one or two facile trends.

For many, this led to ease of access to the tools of gender performance, such as laser hair removal. Perhaps the biggest and most important trend of 2017 was finding comfort in one’s own skin regardless of biology or tradition.

In 2018 we expect to see a strengthening of these ideals; that there is no one way to look or be, but instead that confidence and comfort can be profoundly liked with enviable style. That said, superficial issues that prevent a person from moving about the world with self-assurance should, in 2018, be surmounted. If unwanted patches of aberrant hair cloud your ability to celebrate your own unique beauty, then let’s get rid of them! If your interpretation of peak feminity is smooth, luminous skin unmarked by coarse body hair, then so be it! Or if you’re simply exhausted with grooming, but remain enthusiastic about your results, let’s make those results permanent and eliminate the expense and uncomfortable hassle of shaving or waxing.

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DIY skin care is a topic that genuinely interests us. Working with so many varieties of skin tone, texture, and age gives us a unique perspective on skin care. We wholeheartedly endorse utilizing your own pantry for common skin care needs such as moisturizing, exfoliating and toning, but sometimes, it’s nice to splurge and treat yourself to a cleverly branded lotion, potion or tonic. Here are a few natural products we love:

3 All-Natural Skin Care Products We Love

RoseMira – RoseMira is an organic skincare brand founded by Mira Herman, a master of herbal skincare tonics. Each product is painstakingly formulated for maximum results and only contains the highest quality botanical ingredients.

Nourish Organic – Nourish Organic’s entire skin care line is USDA certified organic. Each item in their extensive skincare line contains at least 95%-100% organically farmed ingredients. We especially love their Overnight Recovery Serum, featuring evening primrose, orange, and avocado oils.

Skin & Bones Therapy – Skin & Bones Therapy is a singular luxury organic skincare line. Though Skin and Bones Co. was originally founded on the promise of discovering the “perfect moisturizer,” the company now offers an exhaustive skincare line featuring only the best organic ingredients.

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The special springtime combination of unpredictable weather, stiff winds clouded with pollen, and sudden prolonged exposure to sunlight can all be overwhelming for sensitive skin. And when springtime arrives in Portland, it can be particularly difficult for the more tender-skinned among us. Fight the aggressive skin agitators of springtime with these three all-natural products that we just love for sensitive skin and make this spring your most luminous yet.

Protecting Sensitive Skin In Springtime

Lush ‘Honey Trap’ Lip Balm – This soothing balm is the perfect panacea for winter-chapped lips. Its butter-soft formula glides on ultra-smooth, moisturizing and protecting lips.

Aesop Blue Chamomile Facial Hydrating Mask – This mask expertly combines the weight and dewiness of a moisturizer with the luxury of a spa-style mask. The price tag may be a bit on the hefty side, but for sensitive skin struggling through the atmospheric changes of spring, it’s a perfect tonic.

Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer With Sunscreen – Everyone’s favorite drugstore powerhouse Aveeno is also the maker of this remarkable moisturizer created for ultra-sensitive skin. This calming formula can soothe redness, impart moisture with no greasy residue and even packs an impressive SPF 15.

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As summer looms, it may be time to start giving some serious consideration to laser hair removal, especially if your grooming routine becomes high maintenance when bikini season approaches. If you’re still on the fence about whether or not laser hair removal is the right choice for you, just read what these few Redditors had to say on the subjects of their own laser hair removal.

3 More Laser Hair Removal Success Stories

User Mercedene_Morghon says, “…the results are awesome and now I can still only grow like, prepubescent fluff, which I eppliate off every few weeks. I’m very dark haired and I had a lot of hair to get rid of, but it was one of the best decisions of my life.”

User Serae says, “…it hurt less than electrolysis, waxing, and for me…shaving. I have insanely sensitive skin and no matter what I did shaving my lady region resulted in painful rashes, ingrowns, and itchiness that lasted for weeks…It was pretty much life changing for me. I need nearly zero upkeep. I don’t suffer weeks of pain from one shave. And I’m less shy in the bedroom.

User Sock_Bunny says – “I saw a significant difference after each session…I hated shaving before I got this done and now it’s not a big deal. The shave is so smooth. Laser hair removal ended up being cheaper than Brazilians and the results are so much better.

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The weather is so fickle these quickly retreating winter months. You may be puckering your face as your sinuses frost over first thing in the morning, but by the afternoon, you’re likely shrugging off a light sweater because you’re beginning to overheat. These wild temperature fluctuations can be difficult for your skin. Look for these warning signs that your dry skin is in desperate need of moisture:

3 Signs You Need To Moisturize More Often

You Skin Appears Dull – If you notice your skin losing a bit of its color and elasticity, revive yourself with a moisturizing mask and several glasses of water. Parched skin does not reflect light with the same vigor as moisturized skin, so lather on your lotion of choice to get your luminescent skin back.

Your Skin Feels Tighter Than Usual – Another sure sign that your skin is thirsty is the feeling of tightness in your jaw and hairline. Skin dry enough to tighten is likely to also crack, so take this warning sign as an indication that you need to hydrate and moisturize post haste.

Cracked Lips – You can slather on all the lip balm in the world, but without proper hydration, cracked lips will persist. Make sure to avoid this common winter malady by drinking water every day as well as using a hydrating cleanser and lotion.

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There are many popular skin, hair, and elective body enhancing treatments available these days. While laser hair removal is on the less polarizing end of the self-care spectrum, you may be surprised to know what treatments are most popular today, especially among young adults.

1) Botulinum Toxin Type A  (7.23 million procedures in 2017) Botox injections work by weakening or paralyzing targeted muscles by blocking nerves. The effects can last about three to twelve months, and can treat everything from fine lines to migraines to over productive sweat glands

2) Soft Tissue Fillers  (2.69 million procedures in 2017) From FDA.com, “Dermal fillers, also known as injectable implants, soft tissue fillers, or wrinkle fillers are medical device implants approved by the (FDA) for use in helping to create a smoother and/or fuller appearance in the face, including nasolabial folds, cheeks and lips and for increasing the volume of the back of the hand.”

3) Chemical Peel (1.37 million procedures in 2017) From Webmd.com, “Chemical peels can improve the skin’s appearance. In this treatment, a chemical solution is applied to the skin, which makes it “blister” and eventually peel off. The new skin is usually smoother and less wrinkled than the old skin.”

The fourth most popular cosmetic procedure in America is laser hair removal.

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Grooming trends are as ephemeral as morning fog; for the masculine among us, one day it’s the height of style to have a sharply trimmed goatee and the next, it’s practically required that your entire face be baby smooth. And the trends are just as fickle for female-identifying individuals. On one hand, body hair has become far less stigmatized with younger generations, and on the other hand, it really feels great to just be smooth. Regardless of our own fickle tastes in body hair, one thing is for sure, trends will come and go but the most attractive trend will always be feeling great in your own skin. Here are three grooming trends we foresee being popular for 2018.

Lumberjack Chic Redux

Unkempt beards were a Northwest style trend particularly popular with folks we appeared to have never once built a log cabin with their bare hands. The progression of this grooming trend (or ironic rejection of a trend) has led to neatly kept beards, worn full but clipped close to the skin.

Deliberate, Personal Landscaping

Removing a bit of hair from between the eyebrows, knuckles or other such seemingly inconsequential zones is a simple and wonderful way to build self-confidence — which never goes out of style.

Keeping it Natural

Skincare and haircare brands are making big shifts toward natural products, but many of the best skincare products can be made right at home. Find a natural routine that works best for your skin and glow your way right through 2018.

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