Hi all! This week
I've got a guest post from two of my favorite ladies - health coaches Beth Wittig Clayton and Kimbre Lancaster - who have tips for using food and more to help
clarify and fortify your skin. Enjoy! xo Erin
Hi there! Beth and
Kimbre here! We are health coaches here in NYC and have been avid users of Erin’s Faces products
for years. As health coaches, we love the fact that Erin creates products that
are so beautiful, so luxurious for the skin and all-natural. Her products are
one of the first that we will recommend to clients looking for a healthy and
safe way to beautify and clear their skin. As nutritional and lifestyle
experts, we also help our clients to find ways to start at the center of it all
and nourish their bodies with foods that naturally help to clarify and
rejuvenate the skin, while also focusing on lifestyle suggestions that set them
up for success. When you bring incredible natural products together with
self-care and nutrition, amazing things start to happen; you have happier,
healthier, softer and clearer skin.
KIMBRE’S EASY RECIPES
FOR HEALTHY SKIN
Guys! We think a lot
about what we put on our skin, but we sometimes forget that the things we put
in our mouth effect our skin too. It's all connected. So here are some simple
winter recipes that not only warm your spirit but make your skin sing. The goal
here is to introduce foods that fight free radicals with rich antioxidants,
help reduce inflammation and boost both oxygen and blood flow to the skin.
Green Tea and Lemon
Zest: Use a knife to carefully
remove a section of the peel from a fresh lemon. Squeeze the peel, yellow side
down towards the tea, and then allow the peel to steep along with the tea. The
polyphenols and EGCG in the tea boost blood flow and oxygen to the skin, while
the limonene in the oil of the lemon peel helps your risk of certain skin
cancers.
Rosemary Roasted Winter
Vegetables: Sprinkle fresh
rosemary and cracked sea salt over chopped pumpkin, carrots and sweet
potatoes. Roast these dice sized chunks at 350 until softened.This triad of
sweet vegetables is packed with various carotenoids, and the rosemary not only
packs a punch of antioxidants of its own, it's also another powerful cancer
preventer.
Power Nut Mix: Mix together 1 Tbsp walnuts, 1 Tbsp
Sunflower seeds and 1 Tbsp Dark Chocolate Chips. The Omega 3‘s and Vitamin E
from the walnuts help the immune system fight inflammation and clear your skin,
while the flavanols from the chocolate help improve hydration and circulation
to give your skin that rosy glow.
Skin Happy Salad: Mix a healthy portion of fresh kale (stems
removed) with a drizzle of olive oil, a small dash of coconut aminos, some
fresh chopped garlic, and a heaping tablespoon of nutritional yeast. Massage
with your hands until soft. Massaging helps break down the kale for a more
palatable texture, while mixing together all the flavors you just added. The
olive oils polyphenols help control harmful free radicals, the coconut aminos
provide seventeen different amino acids (plus vitamins and minerals), and the
Vitamin B12 from the nutritional yeast helps prevent both dark and light spots
from forming beneath the surface of your skin.
Happy Hour: Hit up your favorite raw bar for raw
oysters in a half shell and ask for the house mignonette. This vinegary sauce
traditionally contains raw marinated shallots. Raw shallots detoxify, making
room for the zinc in the oysters to come in and improve the growth and
functions of the skin cells themselves. Ask your server to help you pair this
with a glass of light red wine to bring in resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant
found in numerous studies to reduce and prevent the signs of aging. Be sure to
stop at one glass, to prevent dehydration.
BETH’S SELF-CARE
SUGGESTIONS FOR CLEAR SKIN
Hydration!
Okay, this may sound like a no brainer but is
SUPER important. The skin’s main function is to remove the toxic and metabolic
waste through the body, and if there are more toxins than hydration in the
body, the skin has to pick up the slack for the kidneys and liver. The PH of
the skin changes, allowing bacteria to flourish.
Change your pillow cases
every few days!
I know! This is a lot.
You may have to stock up on pillow cases. Pick natural fibers that are
breathable as well. The longer you go, the more bacteria is depositing on your
pillow case, and the more is flourishing as you put your head down to rest and
re-depositing on your face, leading to inexplicable morning pimples.
Food Sensitivity
Testing!
If you are sensitive to
a certain type of food, the big ones being gluten, dairy, and soy, then
oftentimes your body will let you know that there is inflammation breeding.
Your skin will become more inflamed as your intestinal track does so. Take the big allergens
out of your diet for a couple weeks and add them back in slowly and one at a
time, to see if your skin or digestion is affected. Knowledge is power!
Include MORE Omega 3’s
and Antioxidants
Just as Kimbre suggested
in her recipes, we need a healthy ratio ofOomega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids in order
to keep inflammation at bay in our bodies. However, the Western diet isn't rife
with Omega 6’s and pretty low in Omega 3’s, so we need to supplement. Bring in
more fatty fish (salmon), hemp seeds, and chia seeds. Antioxidants in deep
purple and red fruits and vegetables also fight free-radicals, which can
increase inflammation. The more Omega 3’s and anti-oxidants you have, the less
inflammation on your skin.
Lower your refined
carb/sugar intake (Replace with sugar-stabilizing carbs)
The more sugar you are
eating (or foods that metabolize as sugar in the body), the more insulin your
body is producing. Just as sex hormones increase acne, so does the hormone
insulin.
Get your hormone levels
checked…
If you feel like you are
doing EVERYTHING right and you are still getting pesky hormonal acne on your
jaw line and neck, it may be time to go to the doc to test your androgen
levels, especially if there is additional hair growth. This could be one of the
signs of polycystic ovarian syndrome or testosterone/estrogen balances.
No need to worry! There are absolutely natural ways to treat this but it’s
great to have the information. For more info, check out The Hormone Cure by Dr. Sara Gottfried.
Rock On & Be Well,
Kimbre & Beth
Who are Beth and Kimbre?
Beth Wittig Clayton
teaches people how to lose weight naturally without all the guilt and
deprivation through fundamentally shifting their relationship with food,
leading to new levels of empowerment not only in their bodies, but in their
lives. www.bethwittig.com
