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— La'NA'

When do you find time in your day only for you? If your day is like the typical woman, you must multi-task your time, talents, and gifts; therefore, finding time for yourself is difficult. You are someone’s sister, daughter, mother, and grandmother. What you are capable of doing best is that of being a caregiver—nurturing, healing, protecting, and comforting—to those whom you love and others who are unloved.

Your résumé reads likes Who’s Who — responsible to business affairs, managing the household activities, and nurturing the love and respect of your family. The fact is “Free” time does not exist. Nevertheless, taking caring of business and being a loving person doesn’t impose neglecting yourself. You need to know that you are worthy, and then give yourself the time of nurturing, healing, protecting, and comforting.

Whether they realized it or not, my grandmother and mother gave me some perfect gifts that I continue to use today. One such gift was the understanding that by first caring for me, I am better able to care for others. My day is filled not only with responsibilities, but I also include the fun ways I like to spend my time, leaving me no time for interruptions. Another ultimate gift from my mother is that of gracefully ageing. Who would have thought our Saturday spa time together would decades later keep people guessing about my age?

In the month that is especially for moms and family, I give tribute to the favored women in my life by passing along their gifts to you. Please accept their wisdom in caring first for you that you are not neglected as you care for others. Grow in self-worth, believing that you are deserving of the same measure of care that you bestow upon your family. With self-appreciation, learn the benefits of your choices and give yourself the gift of self-care. Such gifts will uplift your spirit whilst they save you time and expense later.

Pampering your skin in simple ways is a wonderful start.

Today’s women want to know which skincare products would deliver many more benefits to their skin without requiring far more time and effort to use. We at La’NÉ love the nighttime comfort and easy application that Revitalising Night Crème provides.

Key Ingredients & Benefits –

Sandalwood – Reduces the appearance of fine lines.

Geranium – Improves the appearance of sun damage as well as encourages the formation of new cells. Reduces visible surface capillaries.

Palmarosa – Promotes healing, hydrates, and fades scars. Valuable for age lines on the face and neck, this ingredient regulates sebum production and stimulates cellular production.

Orange – Quenches thirsty skins! Soothes inflammation and calms on all levels. Elevates the senses! Brings a healthy glow to the skin, tones the complexion, and improves circulation.

Mandarin – Firming and reduces sensitivities.

Lavender – Encourages cellular regeneration, reduces surface scarring, and is calming.

Chamomile – Originally considered a sacred herb when in use 2000 years ago, it improves the health of everything that it touches including other plants that grow nearby. Reduces painful skin sensations, reduces inflammation, encourages tissue renewal, heals sun-damaged skin.

Rosewood – Reduces sensitivity to light, wind and air pollution. Regenerates skin suffers the effects of premature ageing. Also stimulates cells to expel metabolic wastes.

Marjoram – Encourages a smoother looking skin. Soothes irritated skin conditions and warming to the skin. Protects cell membranes against early ageing and is also firming.

Wheatgerm – Encourages collagen formation.

Avocado – Nutrient rich, it enhances deep moisture levels.

Jojoba – Softens the complexion, repairs damaged cells.

Evening Primrose – A source of essential nutrients, it protects cell membranes against premature ageing and enhances skin texture.

Hypericum – Calms and soothes redness. Containing flavonoids found to encourage effective micro-circulation, it also offers exceptional healing agents. The herb itself has yellow flowers with five petals with yellow being the healing colour! Also known as St. John’s Wort—named for St. John the Baptist and ‘wort’ being the medieval word meaning ‘herb’—it has a long history over centuries in the treatment of skin trauma as it relieves pain and serves as an anti-inflammatory.

No one need be the wiser that you haven’t the time to fuss over your skin. Pampering yourself can be a simple pleasure to a healthier skin naturally.

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