Wellness Wisdom

Am I beautiful? Am I as beautiful as others? What does being beautiful mean? Loving ourselves is a life long journey. For many women the subject of beauty can be painful. Rachel Buchanan has a long history of supporting women's health. After having an Acupuncture practice emphasizing natural remedies for women's health she noticed how each woman's environment, including her beauty and personal care products, were effecting her physical health. Rachel reports clients being diagnosed with diseases where the environment contributed to the decline of their health. Rachel shares about how many beauty products contain harmful ingredients and there is a lack of government regulation in personal care products. This led Rachel to finding a natural beauty product line that advocates for skin health in Washington D.C. Our skin is the largest organ in the body and absorbs whatever we put on it into our system. Rachel reports that 90% of products have not been tested for human safety. She feels it is a basic righ