Homemade Eye Serums and Creams? YES Please!!!!

We have since discovered the joy, fun and benefits of crafting our own personalized body care products using herbs and other natural ingredients that nourish, pamper, cleanse, and protect the skin and all of this can be done without using irritating or harmful chemicals. 

Yamerra provides offerings that are all natural and nutrient-rich in essential oils and fresh herbs that will embolden the skin to greater heights of radiance! In conjunction with our eco-luxury skin and hair offerings, you can always make and use natural skin and hair remedies on-the-spot that are just divine! 

In just minutes, you can whip up dozens of organic treatments that will make your face radiant, your skin glow, your hair shine, and your hands and nails beautiful. From head to toe, you'll find the perfect treatment for every part of our body, whether you're looking for a relaxing bath blend, a stimulating facial mask, a natural bug repellent, an anti-aging eye serum and nutrient-rich creme, or a sensual body cream. Our new craze at Yamerra is to make our own fresh, natural Eye Serum!!!! We have shared 3 different blends that are restorative, soothing and strengthening, with anti-aging natural ingredients and properties:

Ultimate Eye Serum Recipe

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon Grape Seed Oil

1 teaspoon Cranberry Seed Oil

1 teaspoon Pomegranate Seed Oil

1 teaspoon Carrot Oil

Pomegranate Seed oil carries high moisturization, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that are excellent for skin regeneration and repair

Directions:

Combine oils and store in a one-ounce glass bottle with a dropper top.

To Use:

Apply 1 drop of the oil to your finger and gently smooth the oil around eye area at night. Less is more!

Anti Aging  Eye Serum Recipe

Ingredients:

1 ounce Jojoba oil
5 drops Rose essential oil

5 drops Chamomile essential oil

Rose oil carries restorative power to heal the skin, especially scars and blemishes.

Directions:

Combine essential oils with Jojoba oil and store in a one-ounce glass bottle with a dropper top.

To Use:

Apply 1 drop of the oil to your finger and gently smooth the oil beneath your eye and onto the area just beneath the brow bone. Do not apply oil directly to your eyelids.

Cucumber Eye Gel

Ingredients:

1 Tbs. aloe vera gel

1 tsp. fresh cucumber juice

¼ tsp. cornstarch

1 Tbs. witch hazel

Freshly pressed cucumber juices, with sunburn healing properties, and helps to tighten open pores.

Directions:

Mix together aloe, cucumber and cornstarch. Heat until just boiling. Remove from heat source and stir in witch hazel. Stir well and allow the mixture to cool completely. You should have a clear, jelly-like cream. Spoon into a small clean jar. To use: Dab a small amount under your eyes and be careful not to rub or pull the delicate skin under your eyes.  Keep in cool place.
We trust that these natural eye serum blends will help strengthen, soothe, restore the skins radiance and balance. Try them! Let us know how they work for you.

Love,
Maryam 

Why You Should Have Apple Cider Vinegar EVERYDAY: Health and Beauty Benefits

Beauties, 

I have been struggling with increasing the alkalinity level in my body. Taking only two table spoons of raw Apple Cider Vingear a day together with changing my diet (cutting out processed sugars and products high in wheat content, high carbohydrates and starches, and instead eating high amounts of super foods, vegetables and proteins) has really made a HUGE difference in how I feel and LOOK!

An Apple Day, keeps the doctor way! With Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

you will forget what hospitals look like!

I must admit that I have known about  Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV), but have only incorporated it into my daily diet recently – who would have ever guessed that this natural and fermented liquid could be useful for a myriad of health issues?

Over the years, as I have learned more about this natural health aid, I have been amazed at some of the conditions it can be beneficial for. In fact, it is often touted as Mother Nature’s perfect food and is wonderful in helping to maintain the body’s vital acid-alkaline balance. I am referring to the raw, organic, unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar that still has the “mother” floating in it, such as  Bragg Organic  Apple Cider Vinegar.

Only raw organic apple cider vinegar has the actual “mother of vinegar” that makes this vinegar so beneficial to our health. The “mother” is made up living nutrients and bacteria that you can actually see as they settle in the bottom of the bottle like sediment. The “mother” is believed to have anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.

What is in ACV to support it’s reputation for health benefits?

Nutrients Available is ACV:

• Malic Acid – helps in fighting fungal and bacterial infections
• Beta-Carotene-helps in countering damage caused by free-radicals
• Calcium – helps create strong bones and teeth.
• Potassium – helps to prevent brittle teeth and nails, hair loss and sinusitis.
• Pectin – the fiber that helps to regulate blood pressure and reduce bad cholesterol.
• Acetic Acid – helps to slow down the digestion of starch which can help to lower the rise in glucose that commonly occurs after meals.
• Ash – gives ACV its alkaline property which aids your body in maintaining proper pH levels for a healthy alkaline state.

POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF ACV:

Rich in Enzymes & Potassium Supports a healthy Immune System Helps to Eliminate Heartburn naturally Helps to Improve Bowel Irregularity Helps to control weight by breaking down fats so that your body can use them rather than store them Helps with Joint Pain and Stiffness Helps to Clear Up Skin Conditions, boosts radiance Promotes Digestion & ph Balance Helps soothe Dry Throats and Reduce Sinus Infections Helps Balance High Cholesterol Helps to Prevent Against Food Poisoning Helps remove Body Sludge Toxins Helps to Improve Metabolism which encourages Weight Loss Can help to reduce Bad Breath Can be a natural remedy for Diarrhea Potentially helps to reduce the levels of glucose in the blood, thus controlling blood sugar levels Can help alleviate Menstrual Pains Can help reduce appearance of Cellulite

Here are 6 ways to EASILY add it to your diet (unless you are currently eating a diet that eliminates Vinegars):

How to Add ACV into your Diet:

Use it in your Salad Dressings Add a splash to your sauces once they are done cooking (will brighten the flavors) Add a splash to your soups once they are done cooking (will brighten the flavors) Add it to Roasted Vegetables right before eating Use it in your Meat Marinades Make a sipping drink from it (Recipe Below)

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR SIPPING DRINK:

Ingredients:

• 2 – 3 teaspoons Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
• 16 ounces Filtered and Purified Water
• Raw Local Honey (to suit your taste)
• 2 Cinnamon Sticks (optional, but a nice flavor enhancer and stirring medium to keep the “mother” suspended)

Directions:

1.  Mix ingredients together in a glass container and sip throughout the day. It is preferable to sip throughout the day, rather than drinking all at once, to help maintain a balanced alkalized state in your body. Always stir before drinking as the “mother” will settle.

Note: You can just barely warm this concoction on the stove if you would like to sip it warm, but do NOT allow to boil or even simmer. The point is to keep the Apple Cider Vinegar in the raw state.

EAT RIGHT. BE WELL. BE BEAUTIFUL.
xo, 

Yamerra

How to Strengthen Your Immune System and Your Nails, at the same time!

Beauties, 

The major benefit of eating yogurt (all year round) is that it acts to prevent illnesses and infections and helps to improve the health of the gastro intestinal system. Yogurt acts as a regular supply of probiotics - the good bacteria or live cultures found in yogurt, helps keep the delicate balance between good and bad bacteria in your intestines, which helps the body function properly, boosts the immune system and prevents diseases.

"And your nails...?" You ask... How does it help my nails? Grab a yogurt for breakfast or a snack – the calcium will help build strong and beautiful nails! 

Live healthily, sustainably... Ultra Fashionably! 

Xo- Yamerra