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This Month’s Special: Beautycounter’s Countertime Collection As a Beautycounter Consultant, I’m always watching for the latest in clean beauty products made with safe, non-harmful ingredients. They’ve recently launched Countertime, a new collection to help skin get better with age! The collection uses Retinatural Complex – an innovative blend of bakuchiol and Swiss alpine rose – to visibly firm, plump, and brighten skin. It’s a plant-derived alternative to retinoic acid, which many avoid due to concerns about skin irritation and cancer risks. Countertime has been causing a lot of buzz, so if you’ve been thinking of checking out the regimen, why not treat …

This Month’s Special: Countersun Mineral Sunscreen Mist SPF 30 With summer coming (hopefully soon!) it’s time to start thinking about sun protection. I’ve recently become aware of the dangerous chemicals lurking in the sunblocks and sunscreens that I’ve been using for years.  Not only do most sunscreens contain chemicals that are bad for our bodies, but they also contain chemicals that are destroying the reefs in our oceans.  For this reason, I’m using this safer sunscreen from Beautycounter – it sprays on evenly and blends beautifully.  It utilizes non-nano zinc oxide which means that there is no risk of inhalation when …

This Month’s Special: Liquid D3 by Metagenics This is my FAVORITE vitamin D.  It’s a liquid, which makes for easy dose adjustments, and the bottle literally lasts forever.  Each drop is 1000iu, so you can adjust your dose accordingly as your needs change.  It has a subtle minty flavor and can be put into water, your smoothie, or right on to your tongue.  The D3 is carried in medium chain triglyceride oil, which is important since vitamin D is fat soluble and needs some fat to be absorbed.  To order, go to Aswan.metagenics.com and use code SWAN for a discount on your …

This Month’s Special: Axis Endo Axis Endo is a medical food (sort of like a therapeutic protein powder) which has been specifically formulated to aid in hormone balance, for both men and women.  It contains the vitamins and minerals needed for hormone balance, as well as phytonutrients that aid in healthy hormone metabolism. Axis Endo can be added to your daily smoothie or mixed into water or your favorite liquid. It is non-GMO and gluten free. It’s a great option for women with PMS or endometriosis, and is suitable for men and women on hormone replacement, or anyone looking to …

This Month’s Special: UltraFlora Spectrum When it comes to probiotic supplements, what you see isn’t always what you get! Quality is of utmost importance when choosing a probiotic off of the shelf. Be sure to read the fine print – if a probiotic states that it has 5 billion CFU per capsule (for example), check to make sure that means at the time of expiration, not at the time of manufacture. If the bottle can’t confirm that the dose on the labeling is accurate at the time of expiration, there is no knowing how many bacteria are actually in the capsules …

This Month’s Special: Golden Fusion(TM) Have you tried golden milk? Golden milk is an ancient beverage from Ayurvedic tradition that combines anti-inflammatory herbs like turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom with soothing coconut milk. It’s perfect as a bedtime ritual, especially on these long, chilly winter nights. Turmeric gives golden milk its bold yellow color and its main compound, curcumin, is used medicinally to treat joint pain, inflammatory conditions, and even depression.  Metagenics makes a lovely golden milk blend called Golden Fusion that makes preparing golden milk a cinch – just add one scoop to warm water, coconut milk, or almond …