by Sarah Brown
Last week I popped into Turnham Green Health Food store and got chatting about healthy cooking options with the lovely Holly. One ingredient that’s been recommended by a lot of nutritionists recently is Coconut Oil – so I was really interested to hear Holly extolling its benefits too. Apparently it’s full of healthy fats, is [...]
A couple of weeks ago I touched on the amazing processes our skin goes through as we sleep – processes so amazing, that sleep and managing stress have made it into my Age Confidence Five A Day. A lack of sleep and high stress levels really take their toll on the body and prevent it [...]
The winter is well on its way and if Pai HQ is anything to go by, so are our first winter colds! If you’re starting to suffer, try these natural ways to boost your immune system and beat your cold before it’s begun. 1. Sleep Rather than retiring to bed when your cold is at [...]
*Here’s the part where I sound like an HSBC advert…* In Chinese medicine it’s believed that each part of the face acts as a window to another internal area of the body. Whether that facial area is healthy or unhealthy-looking can indicate how well specific internal organs are functioning. This is something we see ring [...]
Following our 2010 Vitamin D deficiency blog, health professionals reinforce their guidelines on supplements for under 5s and some adults. Last week the BBC reported that medical staff in the UK will be re-briefed on the importance of Vitamin D & Vitamin D supplements. A rise in Vitamin D deficiency related illnesses such as Rickets [...]
An intriguing story has recently emerged about the very real effects of a healthy lifestyle on the skin. Scientists at the University of Berlin have developed a skin test that can reveal whether a person has adopted a healthier diet or stopped smoking within minutes. It works by projecting light onto the skin, and ‘reading’ [...]
Scanning over today’s news I couldn’t help but notice that chocolate has been hailed as a new ‘super-food’. Apparently, gram-for-gram chocolate contains more healthy plant compounds than most fruit juices. This is something I blogged about myself a couple of years ago – glad to see those scientists are finally catching up! Obviously these results [...]
Tea has long been famed for it’s skin purifying properties. Green, oolong and white teas tend to be the best for the skin due to their extremely high levels of polyphenol antioxidants which reduce the damage caused by free radicals. Not only is this good news if you’re trying to slow those signs of ageing [...]
I always recommend that sensitive skin sufferers check ingredient lists and give beauty products containing alcohol a wide berth. Ethyl alcohols dry the skin, cause irritation, trigger Rosacea flare-ups and prevent the absorption of Vitamin A – the lack of which promotes premature ageing. These drying alcohols are listed as ‘alcohol denat.’, ‘ethanol’ or ‘ethyl [...]
Pai has been featured as a natural beauty supplier in a new book called Toxic Beauty: How hidden chemicals in cosmetics can harm you. The book uncovers the sheer quantity and diversity of chemicals lurking in our every-day beauty products, and is the essential guide to what to avoid and why. It also shines a [...]
Before developing a skin allergy, I was your average beauty consumer, mixing and matching products with little consideration for what they contained.
After years of research, trials and skin tribulations I discovered the remedial and rejuvenating powers of natural ingredients and Pai Skincare was born.