Katie Flores Health Blog

Whether you go out or stay back at home, sunscreen is an essential ingredient that you should not forget about. Whether your aim is not to get tanned because of the sunlight or prevent your skin from getting burnt, you should carry it with you always.

Sunscreen may not suit you because of your skin type or have created chaos instead of taking care of your skin. If you are afraid because of that, don’t be, we will help you find the best one.

Importance

Let’s start with learning about the small tube’s benefits in the first place. There are numerous benefits sunscreen has to offer you daily.

Suntan

If you have ever faced the red tanned body or if you ever got burnt because of the sun’s heat, then you know how it feels. So if you don’t want that to happen again and again, then consider using sunscreen immediately. If you love to stay at the beach for a long time, you can opt for Japanese sunscreen because they are mostly sprayed ones that are easy to use everywhere.

Harmful Rays of the Sun

We all know about the harmful UVA and UVB and how damaging they can be for not just our skin but our internal organs as well. If these rays get penetrated our skin, it can slowly cause many troubles in our system. Sunscreen blocks the rays from getting in touch with the skin and protects them in this way.

Ageing & Cancer

When you are exposed to the sun for a prolonged period, it can aggravate your aging process, making you look more aged. Not only that, extended exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer as well. Therefore by protecting your skin from direct sunlight or by preventing your skin from absorbing the harmful rays, sunscreen is protecting you from all of these.

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Women and nail polish are two sides of the same coin. How so ever you try, no one can separate them. Besides, why should anyone try to separate them when nail polish is an integral aspect of their beauty. A perfectly done nail manicure allows a woman to make a compelling fashion statement. When it comes to choosing colors, most women prefer to buy OPI gel colors as they have a broad spectrum of colors available for selection.

It is true that having a signature tone is a wonderful achievement, but it does not harm trying out different colors, especially when you have the liberty to do so. Let us discuss some of the best color shades to have in your OPI gel nail polish kit this year.

Top OPI Gel Colors You Should Try out This Year

The Dreamy Denim Blues are back

The blue shades have the lowest wavelength of all colors and hence come out looking resplendent. The various blue shades ranging from the deep violet colors to the lightest sky-blue hues make for exciting choices. You can try out the different blue shades throughout the year and still be left with many new shades to try out by the time the year comes to an end.

The dusky denim blues are the perfect contrast to the more fabulous blue shades with a purple tinge in them.

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After your artist finishes the gorgeous work, the process still extends far. Taking care of a new tattoo might stress you out. It is essential to look after your new art to prevent it from fading, infection, or blurring. Those who get the tattoo done for the first time are unaware of the products that they must use to maintain the intensity of the new colors. So, here are some of the hacks that you can use to make the tattoo heal quickly.

Avoid Anything That Could Cause an Infection

After removing the initial bandage from the tattoo, don’t cover it again with another bandage or cloth as it might welcome an infection. Also, the tattoo needs to breathe to heal up faster.

Don’t Scratch

Remember to not rub on the skin if you feel itching. Scratching can cause fine lines or scars to develop near the design and can lead to fading of the new ink. Use lukewarm water to clean it.

Apply Aftercare Products

The right ointment keeps your skin healthy and creates a hardly-visible sheen around the tattoo to avoid infections. It is crucial to use aftercare products that might be a lotion, a spray, or an ointment. Read the description given below for some of those products.

Sanibalm Tattoo Aftercare Roll

Instead of using ointment, lotions, you can use the Sanibalm roll to take care of your tattoo. It is incredibly easy to apply it without greasing your hands. The tube sticks are small in size and are easy to carry on-the-go.

The powerful healing and hydrating formula of this roll soothe skin ailments as well as fastens the healing process. It features sea buckthorn oil along with other natural emollients that provide intense hydration to the skin. Sea Buckthorn is the plentiful vegetarian source of omega-7 on the planet.

Tattoo Care Black Rose Ointment

The skin protectant ointment includes selected ingredients that accelerate the regrowth of healthy cells. It not only helps to recover the elasticity of dry skin but also keeps your tattoo moisturized. Apart from this, Aloe Vera, Olive Oil, Jojoba Oil relieves itching as well as inflammation.

Known to be the best ointment for tattoo healing, Tattoo Care is trusted by many professional artists. It works for all tattoos, whether old or new, to enhance the color and promote skin regeneration. This cream is dermatologically tested hence, safe to use.

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Why are women beautiful? One school of thought says that God takes a minute more to create a woman than a man. Hence, women turn out to be the most beautiful of His creations.

On their part, women have left no stone unturned to enhance their beauty by using the best beauty products available on this planet. Nail polish is one of them. In the olden days, people used organic nail embellishments. Today, it has turned to synthetic ingredients. However, the result is the same. Women end up looking more beautiful than ever.

Let us see how to get the best Kiara Sky nails at home and look at your elegant best.

Step by Step Dip Nails at Home

Step 1:

Keep all your ingredients ready at hand. The apparatus includes a sterilized nail file/buff, cuticle pusher, lint-free paper towels, basecoat, Kiara Sky powder color, topcoat, cotton swabs, and cuticle oil.

Having these ingredients on hand is better because a dipping powder does not take much time to dry. You would not like to search high and low for something you need desperately, especially with the nail polish on your nails.

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Stress is part of life since you can’t always control your circumstances. However, from a major crisis to minor challenges, you can control how you respond. Having control will avoid stress graduate and become overwhelming as this will toll your well-being. Some of the best ways to relax and release stress are mentioned below.

Exercise

When you put physical stress on your body during exercise, mental stress is relieved. On the contrary, the benefits are stronger when you exercise more regularly. However, physical stress causes pain. The pain can be relieved by some of the best infrared heat lamps for pain relief that are highlighted below.

Beurer IL50 infrared light therapy

The Beurer IL50 infrared light therapy is a special lamp that delivers a soothing heat to the body that can treat pain. This is done by providing a warm relief to the muscle aches and strains. The heat is infrared and penetrates deep in the skin to improve blood circulation to help combat colds tensions and muscle soreness. The lamp has a large infrared light surface that is used evenly on large body parts. It has an adjustable shade for a tilt angle to help achieve perfect body alignment.

The TDP infrared mineral heat lamp

This heat lamp features a sturdy stand with a large head infrared heating lamp and uses a low heating temperature.  However, this does not prevent the infrared rays from deeply penetrating the skin to heal the pain. The TDP infrared mineral heat lamp has a coil and a mineral palate that enables it to emit air. The lamp takes 10 to 20 minutes and for better results, you should use it for 45 minutes.

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Women and nail polish are inseparable. One can refer to them as two sides of the same coin. Women, the world over, have been using one form of nail polish or other for a long time. Well-manicured nails can enhance the overall confidence of the woman to enchanting levels. With all types of nail polishes available, women love to experiment with the astounding spectrum of colors. When it comes to nail polishes, one encounters an array of names, gel polish, lacquer, dip powder, etc. Gel nail polish DND has become a household name today, with a significant proportion of women adopting it to make a style statement.

What is lacquer polish?

Nail polish has been in vogue for more than 5000 years dating back to 3000 BC in China. During those days, nail polish constituted organic materials like vegetable dyes, beeswax, gelatin, egg whites, etc.

Nail lacquer is similar in many ways. The origin of lacquer is in the French word ‘lacre,’ a sealing wax. The difference between lacquer and gel polish is that it dries off quickly when applied to the nails. Besides providing a shiny and trendy appearance to your fingers, it is easy to remove.

Both nail polish and lacquer are made from nitrocellulose dissolved in ethyl acetate. The nail lacquer acts as a thin film on the nails and serves as a protective layer on drying.

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Babies need a lot of care and protection as they are fragile and cannot yet speak up their needs. All you can do is try to figure out the reason for using their expressions, gestures, and crying patterns. Needless to say, the parents of a newborn are always anxious to know how to keep their bundle of joy comfortable.

Here we are going to learn about a few baby bath products and how they are useful as well as baby wipe warmers that help with your diaper time.

Baby Bath Related Products Available

Babies need to get accustomed to their bathing routines, and this can be tiresome in the beginning, but when you have the right products, it becomes easier. Which baby accessories serve what needs and how to choose them are provided below:

Bathtubs And Toys

Baby bathtubs are lifesavers for bathing babies as they are designed for the little bodies and help keep them from drowning and slipping under supervision. Baby bathtubs provide you the peace of mind and comfortability of your babies to sit and splash water as you wash them.

Bath toys keep them engaged and happy as you go on with your business. There are wide varieties of bath toys available in the baby’s section of supermarkets and online.

Baby Soaps, Shampoos, Washes

These are the most confusing of all bathing products as they come in all shapes and colors and claim to keep your baby clean and safe. However, the soap bars, shampoos, and washes need to be well researched for their ingredients and should be chosen carefully.

Doctors advise that these baby products, though labeled safe for babies, should be used after 4 to 6 weeks after they are born, which is safer for them. If any rashes or irritation occurs after using them, you must immediately discontinue the use of them and contact your doctor directly.

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I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and at this point, time is just flying.  I’ve really had nothing to complain about and sometimes I feel like I should cherish this time more.  And then of course, there are other times where I just want to have this baby.

In my opinion, I feel like it’s been going smoothly because if a problem does arise, I try different things to get my comfort back.  They’ve been very useful.  So if it’s been working during my pregnancy, why can’t I prepare for labor day as well?

If you don’t already know, I try as many natural remedies as possible when something is wrong with my body.  So for this pregnancy I don’t plan on having any pain interventions and am going as natural as possible.  In fact, I’m doing a homebirth with a midwife and am very excited about it!  Now don’t get me wrong, with all the negativity around labor, I am nervous about the pain, but with this medicine cabinet of essential oils, I’m ready for the big day.

You can simply smell these oils, diffuse them, place on bottom of feet to ease stress, anxiety, fear.  Once labor begins, massage the oils on the stomach; and keep the diffuser running!

Essentials Oils For Birth and Delivery

• Jasmine: Reduces anxiety and calms Mom. For strong contractions. Helps expel placenta. May speed up uterine contractions.
• Myrrh: Use on umbilical cord to promote healing
• Clary sage: For strong contractions. Kicks labor into gear.
• Lavender: For comfort and peace.
• PanAway: For muscle pain and back labor.
• Valor: For strength and proper presentation.
• Peppermint: Soothes nausea.  Reduces pain and discomfort even with back labor. Boosts energy.  Helps Mom pee after birth.
• Gentle Baby: Soothes tender skin.  Calms Mom, baby, and Dad. May keep baby in birth canal.
• Frankincense: For comfort and peace.  1 drop on baby’s crown for protection.  Promotes bonding.
• Helichrysum: Use with Gentle Baby on lower back to prevent hemorrhaging.

Right now, I’ve been focusing on setting up my surroundings that I want for the big day.  It’s important to stay calm and relaxed.  Smell is the strongest sense too!  One smell can bring back so many memories. So when I take a bath, I’ll use my Lavender Castille Soap for the smell (and bubbles of course), and then come birthing time, will diffuse the lavender to get comfortable.  I’ll be use to it already so it’ll be easier for me to get into that state of mind.

Of course, you don’t need all of these on hand.  Pick and choose which ones you think you may need or that are important to you.  For instance, if your baby isn’t in the proper position and you’re worried about that, pick up some Valor to help the positioning, or PanAway to help with back labor.

Most of these oils you can get directly on Amazon, but some of the oils I mentioned above are blends and are specific to a company called Young Living.  Based on my research I liked that they own their own farms and carefully monitor every step of oil production. Plants and their oils are delicate in nature, and I trust Young Living’s gentle process to ensure that nature’s “living energy” is in every bottle. Their essential oils are 100% therapeutic grade, effective and safe.

If you have any questions about getting started with any of these oils, shoot me an email and I’d be happy to help!

I know I’ve been talking a lot about pregnancy lately so this post is good for everyone.  Whether you’re pregnant or not, water has probably the biggest impact on your body.  With clients, simply reminding them to drink 64 oz. (or half their body weight in oz.) does wonders for their bodies in more ways then one.

Then of course, there’s a lot of people out there that don’t mind doing it, but really hate the taste.  So below, I’ve created a list of ingredients you can add to your juice that not only enhance the flavor, but boost the nutrients as well,

In less than a month, we will be taking a road trip for my sister’s wedding and am totally thinking of doing this.  That way there will be no temptations, right?

Flavored Water Ideas

• Watermelon
• Cucumber
• Lemon
• Cantaloupe
• Orange
• Cherries
• Lime
• Grapefruit
• Basil
• Mint
• Grapes
• Blood orange
• Rosemary
• Lavender
• Strawberries
• Blackberries
• Raspberries
• Pineapple
• Kiwi
• Papaya
• Honeydew mellon
• Fresh ginger root
• Mango

Also, have fun combining ingredients.  Get creative.  By combining I’m sure you’ll never get bored.

• Watermelon and mint
• Cucumber and mint
• Lemon and mint
• Cherry and lime
• Watermelon and cucumber
• Ginger and lemon
• Orange and pineapple
• Lemon and lavender
• Lime and mint
• Cucumber and lime
• Lemon and basil
• Strawberry and mint
• Blackberry and ginger
• Lemon and blueberry
• Thyme and blackberries
• Cucumber and rosemary
• Cantaloupe and watermelon
• Cucumber, lemon, and mint
• Lemon and lime
• Strawberry and basil
• Cranberry juice and lemon (use a capful of unsweetened cranberry juice)
• Ginger and lime
• Pineapple and mango
• Strawberries and lime
• Pineapple and mango
• Strawberries and lime
• Orange, lime, and lemon
• Lemon and a pinch of cayenne
• Papaya and mango.

Of course, there’s many more so don’t let this list stop you from trying more.

*If you’re working with herbs, crush or chop them, squeeze citrus wedges, slice or cube melons, and crush berries.  You’ll get the most out of the flavors with these techniques.

When I originally thought of writing this post, we were here in the lower 80′s.  I’m starting to wonder if I jinxed it because as I write this now we are in the 30′s!  What gives Mother Nature?

Like I said, last week was gorgeous out.  And of course, I was trying to hold out as long as possible without turning the air conditioning on.  Not sure why I do this, maybe it’s because I’m from the Midwest.  We don’t turn our air on until June.  Even my uncle practiced this when he moved to Arizona.  I lived there, and let me say, there’s no way you’re going to June 1st without the air!  He learned fast.

Anyway, I digress.  It WAS warm and I had tried out a few things that made the warmer weather more comfortable.  And it’ll be good to know because I’ll be ready to pop in June.  Hope these help you as much as they did me that very short week of warmer weather.

Tips for Surviving Warm Weather While Pregnant

• Carry a spray bottle full of cold water for heat emergencies (like that scorchking walk from Target to your car).
• Wear lightweight, breathable T-shirts.
• Keep an ice pack handy.  It’s especially good for when aches and pains hit, or during pregnancy hot flashes.
• Camp out by a source of water whenever possible.
• Buy a fabulous maternity swimsuit and show of your belly.
• Stay hydrated.  Check out some flavored water recipes or cool down with a nutritious smoothie.
• Keep your house stock with food so you can avoid making trips to the store during the heat-of-the day.
• Use a highlighter to turn your perspiration into shimmer.
• Get a pair of flip-flops.  They’re easy to put on and if you’re feet are swollen, they’ll fit easily.