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By optimizing your skincare routine for the fall season, you can enjoy the beauty of autumn without compromising the health of your skin.

Laurel Shaffer is the owner, formulator, plant communicator, loving center, and driving force behind Laurel Whole Plant Organics, a flower, herb and plant-based skin care line that takes efficacy to a new level by using the highest quality, artisan ingredients.

Besides being great for your health, these teas are simple to make and require no juicers or blenders!

September is Whole Grains Month, so get your black rice fix with this delicious, Asian-inspired salad recipe.

We love that this recipe from the Peak Performance Menu at Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa in Thompsonville, Michigan, can be adapted to virtually any dietary guidelines simply by varying the ingredients.

Contrary to the mysterious nickname for Thai black rice – Forbidden Rice, this phytonutrient-rich food should never be forbidden from anyone’s diet. A sort of superman of super foods, black rice offers an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. With plenty of health-promoting phytonutrients, this Forbidden Rice Salad recipe from Active Center for Health & […]

Let’s face it – there’s a lot of information floating out there in internet land about super foods, which makes it difficult to tell sometimes which are legit and which are hype. First things first: what makes a food a super food? Super foods are foods derived straight from nature, meaning nothing processed, which have […]

As you sleep, your skin renews itself and reverses the damage culminated throughout the waking hours. Therefore nighttime is the best time to slow down the signs of aging.

Drinking water is the obvious way to stay hydrated, but eating your fruits and veggies is also an effective and tasty way to quench your thirst. This hydrating Tropical Fruit Salad recipe, from SiSpa at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort and Spa, comprises fruits containing at least 80% water − and an […]

Aging skin doesn’t just account for expression lines, crow’s feet, or deep-set wrinkles – dull, dry skin can also make us appear older than we’d like. The reason?

While various functional beverages have seen makeovers and new ones have been invented, water additives have reared a new head and created a health and beauty beverage market. Instead of additives to supplement your water with when you’re sick or not feeling up to par, these additives offer an alternative to pills, taking on the […]

From the sea to your skin comes the seaweed anti-aging serum from Cygalle Healing Spa at Casa de Campo. With just 2-3 drops smoothed over your skin, this intensive serum is said to target wrinkles, age spots and sun damage.

For wine enthusiasts and ardent spa-goers alike, vinotherapy is a great blend. Vinotherapy, or spa treatments that utilize products containing ingredients from grapes and grape seed extracts, could almost be considered a vintage practice in Europe, particularly in notable wine regions such as France, Italy, and Spain, before spa-goers across the Atlantic were offered a taste. Now vinotherapy is the toast of many spas across the United States—from barrel baths and merlot body wraps to chardonnay facials and grape massage at spas spanning from Sonoma to the south of Texas to the east coast.

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I have heard a lot about Oxygen Facials. Do you know where the best place to get one would be? I would like the one Madonna gets.

About 80 percent of sun damage occurs before the age of 20, according to Ariel Ostad, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at New York University Medical Center. That’s why products with free-radical fighters (from alpha lipoic acid to vitamin C), are necessities as we get older. They help fight the damage done, by slowing the oxidation process that causes sun spots and wrinkles, and preventing further damage, such as collagen and elastin breakdown. These free-radical fighters also work chemically in the deeper layers of skin to help it endure and recover from sun exposure.

Sometimes a salad at the spa is just not enough. This hearty and spicy sweet duck dish from Red Mountain Spa is the perfect mix of healthy and satisfyingly indulgent. Using extra-lean Muscovy duck, you get a delicious meaty meal that’s made from fresh ingredients and is full of fiber, antioxidants and vitamin C.

The healing effects of turmeric have been known for centuries. DDF has harnessed the antioxidant powers of curcumin, the key component of the turmeric root, in its new Advanced Protocol products. The Advanced Micro-Exfoliation Cleanser (pictured) accelerates surface cell turnover and eliminates impurities for youthful looking shin. Our product tester found her skin noticeably softer, after just one day!

From the renowned house of Borghese comes the brand-new Cura-C Anhydrous Vitamin C Body Scrub, a luxurious body scrub that works at a deep level as it eliminates dull surface cells. Water-free to deliver the purest form of Vitamin C, it leaves skin revitalized and moisturized. It’s formulated with Vitamin C, A, and E, plus CoQ10 and Beta-Carotene for antioxidant and nourishing benefits. Its shea butter, squalane, sunflower oil, and carrot oil soften and smooth the skin.