What I’ve Been Eating & Drinking Daily Harvest: Daily Harvest made it into my list of favorite things two months in a row! That rarely happens, but the honor is well-deserved. For those of you that follow me on Instagram, you probably know that for most of this month I have been following a pretty…
Common Mistakes that Negatively Affect Hormones
Hormonal imbalances in women are so common that 80% of us will experience some sort of hormonal issue in our lifetime. In other words, not only is it common, it’s actually the norm. Unfortunately there is very little information out there when it comes to both the causes and symptoms of hormonal imbalances, leaving many…
My Favorite Natural Spot Treatments
Pimples aren’t fun. That’s a given. Thankfully, there a few tricks that we can employ to make pimples a little less severe and a lot more manageable. Before I dive into my favorite natural spot treatments, I want to preface this post by saying that spot treatments are not an acne solution. In the vasty…
Hormonal Issues: What To Do First?
In the few months that have passed since posting my entire hormonal acne story, I’ve received an unbelievable amount of support and feedback from women so thankful to hear a story similar to theirs. I’ve been so thrilled to hear how many of you have noticed positive changes in your hormonal issues, acne or otherwise,…
How to Combat Dry Skin
For years I suffered with incredibly dry skin. This always seemed a bit odd to me given that I also suffered from hormonal acne and it’s common to associate acne with excess oil. Regardless, for years I had to deal with not just pimples, but incredibly sensitive, flaky skin that was hard to cover with…
My Hormonal Acne Update
It’s been a few months since I first shared my story about my 5-year battle with hormonal acne. Not only that, but I recorded a bunch of videos and posted every single one of my steps for finally addressing the root cause of my acne and slowly but surely healing my skin over the course…
Why I Made the Switch to Non-Toxic Makeup and Skincare
It’s no secret that I struggled with persistent acne for 5 years. And, let it be known, when you struggle with acne, natural and non-toxic makeup and skincare sometimes isn’t at the top of your priority list. It might seem counter intuitive, but when you have acne, you often just want it covered up and/or have…
6 Mistakes People Make with Sensitive and Acne Prone Skin
After struggling with hormonal acne for half a decade, I’ve come to learn a lot about skin health and what strategies work best for managing sensitive and acne-prone skin. Whether you’re skin is dry, oily, sensitive, acne prone or otherwise, there are some simple techniques that you can employ to help keep these issues at…
VIDEO: How I Cured my Hormonal Acne Naturally
This video is a followup to my first video about Topical Treatments for Hormonal Acne. In this video I discuss everything I did internally to address my 5 years of hormonal imbalance and hormonal acne. Watch the video below and find links to all of the products I talk about underneath! Please comment with any…
My Health Journey, Part 2
If you didn’t read Part 1 of this post, I suggest you go back and do that first. Summer of 2010. That was the summer I went off birth control and it is where Part 2 of this story will begin. That summer, I’d been on a hormonal birth control pill for about 5-6 years. The birth control…
