@jcrumb2

🌶 Happy Ti-Tea Tuesday! Today is all about Peppermint tea and we’re 4 days post Christmas so naturally I decided to wear my candy cane cropped top to deliver the final tea message of 2020.
Peppermint tea: that cool, refreshing, old lady staple known for it’s ability to wake you up, heal your tummy, and freshen your breath. Talk about a 3 for 1!
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Health Benefits:
(1) Stomach health: peppermint has menthol which has a relaxing effect on the gastrointestinal system. The relaxing effect can relieve bloating, stomach inflammation, nausea, and gas.
(2) Headaches: similarly to the stomach, the menthol in peppermint leaves can relax the muscles and vessels in the head and can be used to alleviate certain kinds of headaches, migraines, and sinus issues.
(3)Anti-viral/Anti-Bacterial properties: peppermint has a traditional medicinal history as an herbal anti-viral treatment. It’s antimicrobial properties decongest the nose, and open airways in the chest… considering all we have going on here with Miss Rona, stocking up on peppermint teamight be a good idea.
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Beauty Benefits: Peppermint tea is GREAT for people with oily skin because the menthol (found in the oil from the leaves) helps slow down the production of oil aka reducing the probability of a build-up of sebum.
Peppermint tea is also great for dandruff since and a healthy scalp since many scalp health issues have to do with bacteria or an overproduction of oil — both treatable by ingesting menthol via tea. Some people even use peppermint tea as scalp rinse!
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What do I use it for?
I love mint when I have an upset stomach and/or when I have a headache. Drinking mint tea (or placing mint oil directly onto my temples) has worked wonders for me in getting rid of headaches. Mint tea is also great for studying when you need a low-caffeine pick me up.
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How I make it:
Fresh or dried mint and honey.
So simple but so wonderful.
I like it iced in the summer, with a slices of lemon AND lime.
Today I had loose leaf mint tea, no sweetener. It was cooling and refreshing but still warm going down.
I love it!
Thoughts? Questions? Comments?
Let me know 💛
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🌶 My favorite part of my Christmas look this year was my panda onesie, my second favorite part? My makeup!
As many of you know one of my quarantine projects has been learning how to do my own makeup. I wanted a warm rosy romantic look to wear from the kitchen to the couch.
It was only my 4th time doing a full face of makeup... I think I did pretty well for a panda 😜🐼
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Spotlight on @fentybeauty #Mattemoiselle lipstick in color #MaDamn and #CheeksOut cream blush in Daiquiri Dip @healthgeenie #QuarantineShot #WithJay ...read more

You are already what you are looking for
You are already what you are looking for
@jcrumb2

@jcrumb2

🌶 This post was meant for yesterday so I’m double posting today gasps
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Thinking about how the holiday season is usually centered around proximity to love and family and friends and how so many of us have had to scale back or completely cancel our holiday plans because of the pand*mic. Thinking about how hard this year has been for so many people and how isolating it can be for the year to culminate in a holiday season so far from your tribe.
This is maybe the first holiday in 10 years that I didn’t get to be with my family and although I am so thankful for their and my health and safety, it is also super sad. I miss my people.
I miss the packed airports and the last minute gift shopping. I miss the giant meals and hugs and staying up all night talking and laughing. I miss drinking bottles and bottles AND BOTTLES of wine and last minute trips to the grocery store where you just had to remember your list — not your mask.
Sending love to everyone who gave up a classic Christmas to keep yourself, your family, and your neighbors safe. Sending love to those who spent Christmas alone. Sending love to those who lost people this year. Sending love to anyone who needs it.
Love you and Merry Christmas 💛 @healthgeenie #QuarantineShot #WithJay ...read more

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on*
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on*
@jcrumb2

🌶 Since we are talking about hormone balancing it’s only right that we talk about super supplement known as #eveningprimroseoil
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This supplement can do a lot but today let’s talk about it as a treatment for hormonal acne in women.
Evening Primrose Oil has high concentrations of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids - something we don’t get a lot in the average American diet - and these fatty acids have an anti-inflammatory effect on the skin and acne at it’s core is just an issue of chronic inflammation. (If you read all of my super long captions you’ll notice I talk about inflammation a lot, that is because much of wellness and beauty is just being uninflamed - but that is a a topic for a different day).
Omega-6 is known to heal the skin barrier, promote hydration by preserving water, prevent skin infections, and regulate the production of sebum (that oily crap that clogs your pores).
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If you deal with hormonal acne, you probably deal with that thick, possibly painful acne that we know as “cystic.” Cystic acne is acne that is super inflamed and so Omega-6 is GREAT remedy for it.
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I won’t lie to y’all. I wrote this after 3.5 glasses of wine so I am not sure how cohesive this info is but as always I am happy to answer any questions so DM me, comment me, whatever.
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The gist: Take Evening Primrose Oil to alleviate your hormonal acne. It also alleviates PMS symptoms!!!
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I’m here for y’all, k bye. Happy healing 💛
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🌶 Happy Ti-Tea Tuesday: Today we are talking about the wondrous, hormone balancing, womb healing, super leaf that will change your life. The tea with the impeccable resume, the leaf that keeps on giving: RASPBERRY LEAF TEA
Ladies, trust me, buy some and start sipping. Men, you’ve heard of happy wife happy life? Of course you have, so keep reading.
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Health Benefits: Hormone Balancing
Raspberry leaf tea is an herb that has history in multiple countries, cultures, and time periods. This leaf has been puling its weight and holding its own among women for CENTURIES. Alleviating PMS symptoms (fewer mood swings, less cramps, less fatigue), alleviating hormonal acne, encouraging lactation, helping induce labor, alleviating menopausal symptoms; this tea is really a reproductive pot of gold.
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Beauty Benefits: Balanced hormones means beautiful skin!!!!
Rasberry leaf tea is what I have used (along with evening primrose oil supplements and a consistent beauty regiment) to manage my hormonal acne. Thats it. It took a little over a month and I got an impossible hormonal breakout under control.
Rasberry leaf tea also has astringent properties that tighten and firm the skin.
Rasberry leaf tea is also anti-inflammatory and so it has been considered an herbal remedy for eczema and other inflammatory skin conditions.
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What do I use it for? I drink raspberry tea almost every morning after my coffee. I mix it with whatever other healing tea I am drinking and I use it primarily to keep my hormonal acne under control. Before I drank raspberry leaf tea daily I would drink two cups a day the week before and the week of my period to manage my PMS symptoms.
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How I make it ?
Rasberry leaf tea, despite its name, has a very mild, regular taste. I can drink it plain with no lemon or honey or mix it with another more flavorful tea and not taste it at all. Some of my favorite ways to drink it are Rasberry Leaf Green Tea or Hibiscus Rasberry Leaf tea.
Drink it hot or cold, all year round.
Happy healing 💛 @healthgeenie #QuarantineShot #WithJay ...read more

@jcrumb2

@jcrumb2

🌶 Sunday, Sulfur, Selfie, Repeat!
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I’m an old fashioned skincare fiend.
I still swear by clay masks and I love those old school skingredients like #sulfur and #salicylicacid
Today, let’s lust over sulfur! I’ve been using the @peterthomasrothofficial Therapeutic Sulfur mask since a random girl on twitter (hey girl!) answered my call for good products with sulfur.
Made from #kaolinclay and with 10% sulfur it is a great mask for taming an acne breakout, absorbing excess oil, and just firming up your skin.
Kaolin has a brightening effect on my skin so I like to do this mask once a week, after an enzyme exfoliating mask and (usually) before a date 👀
Doing skin treatments post exfoliation can be a great way to make sure you’re really getting a bang for your product buck because with the excess dead skin gone you can bank on proper absorption/treatment — just make sure you aren’t over exfoliating bc then a second mask could be damaging or painful.
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Pro tip: don’t stop at your chin, apply the sulfur mask on your neck, chest, and shoulders. It’s great for body acne or just giving your skin a little extra TLC.
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Another pro tip:
If you’re like me and you use this mask before a date or special social engagement give yourself plenty of time to double and triple cleanse because the mask smells very... sulfuric and trust me, you DONT want that smell on you when you’re outside of your home.
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Safety tip: don’t let the mask get anywhere near your eyes lips or mouth. The sulfur can be super irritating to your sinuses. It won’t blind you but it can be extremely uncomfortable (draining sinuses, runny nose, watery eyes)
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Hope you guys had a beautiful weekend, happy healing 💛
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