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Easy Tips To Detox Your Skin & Body ( Best Detox Bath Recipe)

Do you realize that your internal health is reflected on your skin? It is not always just what you are eating and drinking that can have an influence on your skin. You can use a weekly exfoliant on your face and body and scrub off dead skin cells but what is going on internally in the body? Is your lymphatic system functioning at optimum to cleanse you out? What about your bowels? If your bowels are stagnant it will reflect on your skin. Most likely you will be dehydrated and your skin will look dry. Is your liver functioning properly? Also your liver point on your face is under the eyes. Yes where you can see the dark circles. In Chinese medicine under the eyes represents the liver. The cleaner your internal body is the lighter the skin under your eyes should be. In this post I will suggest some easy ways to aid the body naturally to detox unwanted toxins. There will be some affiliate links but also I’ll link added information if you want to learn on your own.

First Step Water

The first way to detox the skin and body is with water. We should be drinking 8 glasses of water on the daily. You can check the link here https://missellen.kangendemo.com/ and see why I suggest hydrogen enriched water. You want a great filter system that takes out the chlorine and fixes the waters ph. You can also add a nice herbal tea. How about a nice old cup of herbal tea to clean out the system? There are many herbal teas that aid in detoxing. Various herbs for detoxing are dandelion root, burdock root, ginger, fennel, licorice root, and cinnamon The best and cleanest teas are loose leaf and you want to keep the tea caffeine free. If you don’t have loose leaf you want a clean tea bags meaning silk or chlorine free make up of the tea bag. Some people do a 24 hour water fast and incorporate slowly herbal teas back into the body at the end of the 24 hours.

You can also do a water fast. One of the best ways to detox the body is with a 24 hour water fast. (Disclaimer: Make sure your in good health before trying a 24 hours water fast. Check with your doctor or make sure you have had a routine physical and know that you are in good health before attempting any type of cleanse or fast) I was at one time in my life doing this once a week. It was brutal at first because you do get really hungry but I managed. A 24 hour water fast is basically only consuming water, (you are allowed lemon water you can also ad a pinch of seat salt to a few of your glasses) for 24 hours. A trick is to start at around 8pm and sleep through part of the fast and then finish the next day. I was very lethargic when I did these 24 hour water fasts so I would only do on a day off and when I barely left the house. Just took it easy. The benefits, it is a deep cleanse and overall reset to your systems in the body.

Oil Pulling

Have you ever done oil pulling for your teeth? Oil pulling is an ancient ayurvedic practice to remove bacteria from your mouth. They say oral health is very important. Oral health affects your overall gut health. Gut health affects brain health. So you have oil pulling and then you have ozonated oil. Have you heard of this? Ozonated olive oil or coconut oil. This is when oil is infused with ozone and is great for teeth infections. Believe it or not whatever is in your mouth hits your digestive system quick as in almost instantly. Doing oil pulling for 20 minutes a day helps to remove the bacteria from your mouth and keep your gums healthy. You can take a spoonful of coconut oil and swish around for 20 to 30 minutes. You then want to spit the oil out. If you want you can ad a little bit of tumeric powder to the oil and this has been know to aid in teeth whitening. Healthy mouth, healthy teeth, healthy body.

Clean Eating (No Added Sugar)

Sugar Detox and limiting sugar intake. The more you cut out sugar you will realize how over sweet sugared food taste. There was a study in a lab done with mice and they exposed them to a dish of sugar and a dish of cocaine. Which one do you think the mice kept going back to? The sugar. Sugar is a highly addictive substance. I personally do not have it in the house. If I did it would be the crystalized cane sugar. When you consume a lot of sugar it can build up candida and yeast in your body. Not to good for the health. Alternative suggestions I use as a sweetener are honey, black strap molasses, agave syrup and maple syrup. You can also use stevia which comes from nature but because they bleach it if you get it in the color white it is not the healthiest for you. Just bringing awareness to the subject of sugar in the body. There are a lot of sugar detox plans you can find on pinterest and a 7 day sugar detox. Link here for a dieticians guide on sugar detox. https://rachaelsgoodeats.com/the-7-day-added-sugar-detox-relaunch-is-here/

Bathroom Visits Daily

Elimination!!! Which means bathroom visits at least once a day. I am talking about number 2 or going poop. Just adding this in the detox post because some people are not aware if you are not going poop at least once a day your bowel movements are not considered healthy. Yes that is correct you should be eliminating or going number 2 at a minimum of one time a day. What does it mean if you are not regular in the restroom? Basically you are backed up. Not always necessarily constipated but it is considered unhealthy to not have a daily bowel movement. Some foods you can consume to help your elimination would fiber rich foods such as sweet potato, broccoli, rhubarb, spinach, figs, apples, citrus fruits, avocados, and prunes. Also you want to make sure you are drinking your 8 glasses of water and remaining active. If you are having trouble eliminating there are great yoga stretches to aid in digestion. Anything where you are twisting the spine or forward bending is great at aiding in digestion issues.

Rebounder

Using the trampoline or rebounder. I recently discovered this as a work out and LOVE it! It is so good for your overall health. I wanted to add it here to this detox post because bouncing on the rebounder for 10 minutes a day helps completely move lymph through your body. If you have read any other posts here on the blog I always emphasize about lymph. To me lymph movement is one of the most important things in the body for health, as we do not want stagnant lymph. Your lymphatic system is your filter for the whole body. The lymph helps flush out toxins and sickness (and can keep you younger looking if keep it moving). If you jump on a rebounder or trampoline for 10 minutes a day it is equivalent to having gone running for 30 minutes. (side note) I enjoy jumping on the rebounder and it is so gentle on your joints. You can bounce as light or as strong as you want to. It is such an amazing workout for someone who is short on time. Its the first work out I ever did where you can jump for 10 minutes and not sweat. You don’t even have to think about getting ready in time and showering. Its a quick beneficial work out without a lot of logistics.

Detox Bath

Are you a bath or shower taker? Would you be a bath taker if you had a bathtub? I personally love taking detox baths. They are the best. I got into detox baths when I realized the bath water we are bathing in is full of chlorine. I started to look up how to cancel the chlorine in the bath. Turns out 1 cup of bentonite clay will cut the chlorine in your bath if you plan on soaking in the bath. However, instead of just putting bentonite in the bath I decided to do a detox soak. What are you detoxing? Here is my recipe for the best detox bath with the main focus on releasing heavy metals. Why heavy metals? We are exposed to metals everyday in the form of radiation which includes WIFI waves, processed foods, air pollution and stress. The recipe includes:

1 Cup of Bentonite Clay

2 Cups Sea Salt (or Epsom Salt) Note Epsom salt can help with elimination, bowel movement

2 Cups Baking Soda

1 Cup Borax (Sodium Borate)

You want to place all of these in the bath with hot as you can stand water and mix well. Soak for 20 to 30 minutes and let your body do what it was designed to do, release those toxins. I usually like to ad beeswax candles and soft music. Sometimes Ill do a face mask at the same time. Give yourself a little me time right before bed say once a week. You will usually sleep better that night and deeper. Speaking of sleeping better and deeper if you are looking for the BEST bath filter check out the Anespa DX filter here. It is known to remineralize your body and aids in sleeping. If you want more info about the Anespa DX reach out in the contact page with the subject line Anespa and I can send you a PDF explaining the beauty of this shower and bath filter.

Conclusion

These are a cumulation of tips that you can implement into your life to help detox and keep your body clean. You may already be doing some of these tips and you may have learned something new. I tried to keep it easy. Even if you just start with one step like drinking more water everyday your body is going to start to feel better and your skin will look better. If you don’t have a rebounder its easy to do a bounce routine sitting on a fitness ball. You can find those at Five Below for $5 and bounce on that. (Youtube workout to come) The goal is you want to get that lymphatic system moving. The detox bath is the most relaxing so if you can take the time even to do it once a month it is better than not doing it at all. Even if you don’t have all the ingredients just try to do a detox bath. You can also add some of your own ingredients to the recipe like maybe lavender essential oil or green clay. I hope you enjoy these tips and can implement them in your own life. Let me know if you have any detox tips to add to this list.

June 26, 2025
Five Key Elements to Stay Young Looking (No Botox or Fillers) Naturally
This post will touch on what are the key factors to keeping your skin young looking for many years and what keeps your skin in its best shape naturally. So many times when I am working or talking about being an esthetician a guy will ask me, “can men get facials too?” I always respond of course they do its skin and we all have it male or female its best to take care of it. This post applies to both male and female skin and tips to taking care.

Best Practices to Keep Skin Healthy

A lot of times when I am giving a facial I’ll be asked what is the best product for your skin? That question for me personally the BEST product like a one all cure all doesn’t exist without the key components. I always emphasize lifestyle choices first and skincare or the brand of skincare products is the last on the list. (Not to brag but my tallow cream is a best product for the skin for a lot of reasons) however, i will save that breakdown for another post. The 6 pillars for great looking skin are, hydration, diet, exercise, SLEEP and then products. Allow me to touch on each one of these pillars a little more.

Starting with HYDRATION cannot emphasize enough water water and more water. Our bodies are made up of water. We need it for our health and healthy movement of bowels. If you don’t keep things moving internally it will eventually show on your skin externally. You want to try and get 64 ounces of water consumption daily. Water is so important for the skin to look its best. The main two things that water can do for your skin is 1) it works with your lymphatic system and acts as a filter and cleans your body or system out. If you are getting tiny little break outs but maybe don’t have a huge acne problem, just drinking 8 glasses of water a day will help that. 2) Water helps give the skin a plumpness that is natural. When you are dehydrated it will show in your skin. To the naked eye no, but to a trained eye yes. I can see when I am working on someone if the skin has a bounce back elasticity it means that there is enough water or hydration internally in your skin. If for example you are dehydrated, internally your skin will be more tight and will be lacking an internal plumpness. Just drinking enough water in a day can help keep you looking younger for years. One company I would like to recommend for their water filtration systems and water bottles to get your hydration in yes affiliated:

https://clearlyfiltered.com/?cjdata=MXxOfDB8WXww&cjevent=e3d05118d0f711ef8320dca10a82b832

The second pillar to good skin is DIET or what you consume daily. I would highly recommend if your serious about your skincare to read your food labels. There are a lot of foods out there that have added chemicals in them. I have had a rule for years. If I cannot understand what the word on the label is I probably do not want it in my body. So snack foods and packaged foods just try and find the cleanest ingredient labels you can understand and it would probably be safe for your body and skin. Also you can get a lot of nutrients for your skin based from your food. I noticed when I do a collagen powder in my smoothies my skin looked more plump. That is because your skin is filling out internally from the inside out. Also protein is good for your skin. You can get protein from red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy and nuts. All of those foods when their in clean wholesome form can enrich your skin and give you the vitamins your body needs to thrive. I would recommend all the meat is grass fed, the dairy for me I would do raw as there is way more nutrients in raw dairy and the eggs straight from a farm and try and make sure the nuts are clean or raw with no canola oil.

One thing to note on dairy just to elaborate I am/was lactose intolerant. I was researching something for my teeth and learned that raw dairy has all the vitamins your teeth need. Vitamin K and D3 are the two vitamins that if you drink pasteurized milk your missing those vitamins. If I was to drink pasteurized milk I would have a reaction within hours of pain in my stomach followed by horrible gas two days later. I tried un pasteurized milk as I learned that sometimes people think they are lactose intolerant but the body is actually reacting to the enzymes in the pasteurization process. It was a game changer, I had no reaction to unpasteurized milk. In fact it was more positive for my body as un pasteurized milk has pro-biotics to help your stomach so it was almost healing in a way when I first started drinking it. I don’t go crazy and drink a full glass but I will add to my morning coffee and it is like a natural heavy cream. Very good. The milk will go bad quickly so you can freeze it. I usually buy 1 gallon for a month it costs around $14 and break up into glass mason jars and freeze it and then just switch the jars into the refrigerator when its time for a new week. Also you can include the milk in your hydration glass count for the day because raw milk naturally hydrates you and pasteurized milk no hydration included. Your body knows when something is natural. Sometimes people will ask me if raw milk is dangerous to consume? Honestly our grandparents drank milk straight from the cow and they were very healthy so I think that we have been taught different as time has evolved and I’m down for the more natural way. Also if you don’t love milk raw yoghurt is the best. Its like a heavy natural cream. Look for it at a farm in your area or some grocery stores sell it depending on your location and if not yoghurt the next step is raw unpasteurized cheese. This is much easier to find. You do have to read your labels though. ( There is a swiss cheese that is unpasteurized and is sold in Walmart, Trader Joes and a lot of supermarkets.)

Next pillar for your ultimate best skin is EXERCISE!! I will give you 3 reasons the effects of exercise have on the skin. The first being cardio or sweating. When you sweat you remove toxins. As your sweating your skin is doing what it is made to do and releases those toxins. You will feel better and look better. Sweating is working again with your filtration system but this time removing the unnecessary things that your body does not need. If you are drinking water as you sweat, even better as that is enabling your purifying system to help clean things out. If you are into any kind of stretching exercise whether it is yoga, pilates or even just a stretch program you are helping the elasticity both with your skin and also with your connective tissue. The more flexible your connective tissue the younger you will look and feel. Imagine the difference if you are living on this planet 70 years and you cannot touch your toes as compared to someone who can do a full backbend at the age of 70? My advice on that one is to always remain active and give movement to your life so that you don’t have the aches and pains when you are older. Exercise is also a form of release. Sometimes we don’t realize it if we are going through something emotionally or we are angry that expression wears on your face. Another factor with aging. If you keep emotions bottled in it can age you. Exercise can be a form of release and bring calm to your physical body. Again when you feel good you look good so movement and stretching are a great natural anti aging secret that is actually free.

Next pillar SLEEP! I cannot emphasize enough how much younger you look when you sleep and are well rested. I highly recommend 8 hours a night if possible. If you have a busy lifestyle or work a lot or have children at least shoot for a minimum of 5 hours. Your body needs 5 hours a night minimum to help repair your vital organs such as your heart and brain. If you sleep less than 5 it is very hard on the body. If you cannot get 8 hours a night a lot of times what I do is have 1 morning a week I sleep in. I schedule it. Sometimes with all my jobs I can get very busy and work 10 days straight. I always prioritize sleep and will calculate a day to just sleep in. I give myself permission to stay in bed as long as I want or at least until 12 pm. I look forward to those days as I value my sleep and I love sleeping. On the days that you sleep and look well rested it can take years off your face.

Society has a negative stigma on sleeping and likes to associate it with lazy. I don’t agree with that at all. If I don’t get my sleep I do not function well. Have you ever noticed if your tired and then your emotions get out of whack and everything goes wrong? Honestly after nannying kids for years you can see what happens when kids are tired or need a nap? They start crying and get cranky. Well the same happens to adults and our bodies need sleep just as much as a childs body. A little sleep hack I learned for people who cannot fall asleep. For example I am not a napper. I sleep night to morning like to feel refreshed and then move about all day. But one thing I discovered if you put on headphones and use the Mega Hz music say for example 963 you can put yourself in a relaxed state and you sometimes can fall asleep like that but if not your body still gets into a restful space. I’ve found the videos on Youtube link here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXCKVQiqXyE

Finally we’ve come to the fifth and final pillar for amazing skin, the PRODUCTS you use. I always say the products are the least important if you don’t do the other 4 pillars to give yourself great looking skin and a more youthful natural appearance. Again when I am working in spas or for skincare lines people always would ask me what is the best product for your skin? A lot of times I would feel obligated to sell the product or brand where I was working. Honestly I stopped doing that over the years because what is more important to me is that ones skin is balanced and in the best condition that it can be in. If you drink enough water, exercise, eat a healthy clean diet and sleep you should already be 50% more ahead on your skin game than buying all the expensive products but say not drinking water or sleeping. You could spend the money but not sleeping isn’t going to make that eye cream work any better for you. I have brands and particular products that I love for the face besides my own products and I will save that for another post. The main products you want:
- A balancing non stripping cleanser
- Non alcohol non drying toner
- A good exfoliant 2 nights a week
- A balancing face cream and ad a serum if you prefer
- Also do not forget the neck cream or to add cream to your neck and decollete or chest. (First signs of aging besides hands)
In conclusion as I said at the beginning these recommendations can apply to both men and women because we all have skin. Everything here both men and women can do eat, exercise, sleep, drink water, use a cleanser and cream. Hopefully this has brought an awareness into your lifestyle and choices and if you incorporate these tips you can see a change in both your skin texture and your life. I you have any questions or tips to ad here please use the contact form to join the conversation.
January 5, 2025