Great book espically for any beauty lover this Christmas!

YUM Scrub was created for the need to have beauty products that are free of toxins and chemicals.  And we aren’t the only ones who think this is important to our health.  The authors of No More Dirty Looks, Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt are spreading the truth about what is actually in so many of the most popular beauty and cosmetic products!!

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/

Check out their site and their book.  It’s truly an eye-opener for anyone who not only cares about what they are putting in their body but what they are also putting on their body!

Fitness First Open House

You still have a few more weeks to get in some great workouts, before the over induglging begins!! Start your New Year’s resoultion early and check out Fitness First’s open house at their Gaithersburg location this Saturday.

While you are there you can meet with local vendors,  receive membership discounts, personal training seminars, play games and be entered to win awesome prizes, including one from us!!  Our his/her gift basket worth over $115 of YUM Scrub Organics!

For more information and to sign up to attend visit:

http://www.fitnessfirstclubs.com/gaithersburg-health-club.html

Here’s to some yummy workouts!!!

 

Another awesome testimonial!

This one is from our client who owns her own yoga studio and teaches yoga as well.  Thanks Mary Ann!

“I have very dry skin and have always had trouble finding a moisturizer that really works for me.  The YUM Scrub hydration serum is wonderful! It softens my skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles.”

–Mary Ann P.

Denver, CO

Can we get away-from BPA?

Yet another reason we should be watching what we not only put IN our bodies but what is also put ON our bodies!

A new study by French scientist now confirms that BPA (Bisphenol A) which is typically found in many plastics on the market, can now breach through our skin, especially when we handle thermal receipts.  Thermal receipts are carriers of very high levels of BPA.   

Scientists tested the levels of how much BPA can be absorbed into one’s skin.   By using pig ears, which they obtained within two hours of the animal being killed,  they found that more than half of the BPA rubbed onto the top level of the skin was absorbed.

To then further their research they tested several different levels of BPA when applied to dry human skin (they received small samples from women who were avg. age of 40 and had undergone abdominal surgery).

From both the pig and human skin, more than half of the BPA passed through the surface of the skin and into the growth tissue.  More studies are being conducted as to the full spectrum of effects BPA has on our estrogen levels.

For the full article:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64972/title/Skin_is_no_barrier_to_BPA,_study_shows