Jane Iredale mineral make-up is considered by many plastic surgeons and dermatologists to be the safest, kindest cosmetic line on the market today. Thousands of consumers would agree with them, given the popularity of the Jane Iredale cosmetics products.

Go for it girls!

And the occasional fellow.

Please be aware that although the vast majority of Jane Iredale Cosmetic products are green-lighted by the EWG as safe as it gets for carinogenic-free make-up, or from any other dangerous ingredients, the EWG does not find the Jane Iredale powder sunscreen a safe bet. The EWG rates the Jane Iredale sunscreen a very dangerous, red-zone seven.

The problem is the titanium dioxide, and a particular combination of other other ingredients which, all things scientifically considered, are dangerous to our health.

Please take the time to check out the EWG site. Once again, EWG stands for the Environmental Working Group. They are our consumer watchdog. The EWG is funded by public donation. They are not in the hands of big pharma, or anyone else. Their unbiased scietific research is top-notch and world renowned. Please make use of their research and stay safe.

There are a few other Jane Iredale cosmetic products which are rated a caution-yellow. By far the vast majority of her products are green-lighted and loved by many. Look them up on the user-friendly EWG website http://www.ewg.org.

You can check them out at Jane Iredale’s website http://www.janeiredale.com.

Perhaps you could write her a little note with regards to the few products that she  manufactures that do not come up to the safety standards set by the Environmental Working Group. Let her know that her consumers are a savvy lot and that she should do domething about the proverbial fly in the ointment. Jane Ireldale Cosmetic products advertising campaings  ensure the consumers that all of her products are very safe for them. Her client-base is therefore more trusting and more likely not to do their due diligence and check out the research on each of her products before using them.

Not good and not smart.

But very trusting.

Drop Jane a line and let her know that the EWG has not given all of her products a clean bill of health.

Just most of them.

Which is a lot better than many cosmetic lines on the market today.

For a full and complete review of Jane Iredale’s cometics, and every other cosmetic company under the sun, please refer to the EWG’s Cosmetic Database.

Be careful and stay healthy!

Pat.

Okay; when I looked up Baz Sunscreen I was probably the only person on the planet that didn’t know that it was a famous little Youtube number by Baz Luhrmann, entitled Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen.

I thought that Baz Sunscreen was a brand name that I had not heard of that was good for everyone to know about, since 40,500 good souls had already googled the phrase. It wasn’t a brand that was on the EWG’s (the Environmental Working Group) list of test sunblocks and sunscreens, yet it was apparently very popular to those in the know.

But Baz is right, even if his glowing reference to the need to wear sunscreen is only a small part of his heartfelt video message.

Baz, meet Badger. Badger, meet Baz.

Badger Sunblock products are the only ones on the EWG’s safe sunscreen list that I can even find in an actual physical store, or on an online health store.

So Badger products it is.

Well.ca is your store online for Badger products at great prices.

Click on the icon!

HI! All you people into World of Warcraft might want to check out the amazing T-shirts at Fighter Warehouse. Death Skulls on every t-shirt in the Xzavier clothing line-up. Amazing artistry has gone into this clothing line developed around the ever-popular death skull theme.

Could someone please tell me what is the attraction?

I love t-shirts as a medium of self-expression. I am not personally in any way enamoured with the idea of death, or skulls. I am glad that I have a skull, but I do not want to see skulls.

That usually means that they are no longer doing their job.

Not good on all accounts.

 I don’t see a skull on this Xzavier t-shirt!

However, that being said, the best place to find lots of skull-covered clothing in one place is Fighter Warehouse. And, if someone buys an Xzavier t-shirt at Fighter Warehouse, and tells their friends to go there also, then they get paid for the referral. Just do it online.

Fighter Warehouse’s affiliate program is the best on the internet. They will pay you 25 % if someone arrives at their site via your link and actually buys something within the next few months.

Try it, you will like it. And so will Fighter Warehouse. You can aslo call it Fighters Warehouse, although that is technically incorrrect. Your website will potentially get traffic from an additional 8,000 viewers that prefer that spelling.

Fighters Warehouse carries excellent pressure pants, pressure shorts, comfy and effective jock support, ball support, whatever you want to call it. Great support, under the evil name of Dirty Boxers.

That name is wrong on so many levels.

Okay, at least on two.

Fighters Warehouse carries high quality mouthguards and supplements. And anti-fungal powders and sprays.

A good scratch can lose the match.

Well.ca carries salve for all of your bruises and scrapes.

So tell all of your friends, children and grandchildren You need money for retirement. And a new pair of Dirty Boxers for comfy support. You don’t need to tell them that part, just the part about needing money for retirement. Force them to sell Fighter Warehouse products. Make sure that they set up their affiliate link under your affiliate link. Make sure that your affiliate link is under my website link, or I will have to kill you.

All my love,

Pat.

Or Queen. Whatever your preference for comparision. It’s an oil, people. Let’s not get too hung up on its gender analogy. It hasn’t really got one.

Kukui oil reigns supreme.

It rocks.

Try it.

You will love it.

Eczema and psoriasis, rosacea and sunburn have met their match.

I bought and used some in Hawaii and didn’t burn once. I was out in the sun all day, every day. I put the kukui oil on religiously every two hours or so. The oil is excellent. It keeps the skin smooth, supple and moisturized without being greasy. Great for the lips also. Prevents cracking, drying, and burning.

Protect your baby-boo.

Well.ca carries Alba Kukui OIl and will deliver it to your door. Add it to a liberal application of Badger Sunscreen every two hours. The EWG, the Environmental Working Group, says that Badger Sunscreen is one of the safest sunscreens on the market today. The EWG tested 258 sunscreens on the market today, including all the leading brands such as Banana Boat, Coppertone etc., and found that only 40 sunscreens did not carry carcinogens or false claims for sun protection, or actually had the correct amount of ingredients to properly and safely protect us from burning or contracting skin cancer.

Badger Sunscreen is the only sunscreen in the top forty safe sunscreens, that I could even find in the local health food super store. It is twenty dollars, Canadian, for a small tube, but our children are all worth it.

And so are we!

Well.ca carries Badger Sunscreen, so we are all in luck. We can all hide safely in our houses until the delivery van pulls up to our homes and unloads these skin-savers into our outstretched, glove-covered hands.

Actually, I just burn to death and then remember that I should have put some kukui oil and Badger sunscreen on.

Duh.

Free shipping and handling in Canada.

Kukui Nut Tree. Enjoy your bath –eczema-free!

Pat.

When I first read that the Canadian company Upaya Naturals provided online customers with raw food delights, I wondered what kind of idiot can’t just buy a raw carrot from the local food store and eat it.  Even if you are a shut-in, local stores deliver, so where is the market for Upaya Naturals?

Silly me. Upaya Naturals provides online shoppers with hard to find, all natural, vegan cheeses and ice creams that actually taste good while providing lots of nutrients.They arrive on ice to your very doorstep, where you can be waiting, crackers in hand, or spoon in fist, in eager anticipation of the yummy, delectable treats that are being delivered to your home. 

Cashew-based Ice Cream. It tastes like dairy ice cream, without the guilt.

If you find the wait too exciting, be sure to order aromatherapy essential oils that calm the nerves, and smell divine.

Get all of your favourite blender recipes at the ready also. Upaya Naturals carriesVitamix and Blendtec blenders, the cadillac of blenders/juicers on the market today. You can prepare bread mixtures, and soups, as well as smoothies and ice creams, without having to fiddle with numerous attachments. Push a button and you are off to the races.

The Vitamix Deluxe 5200 is touted as the best blender on the market, but the following videos offer conflicting evidence in this regard. You can also buy Vitamix at your friendly neighbourhood Costco store, if interested. You can save yourself the shipping fees that way, as they are presently on sale, and therefore cost the same as ordering from the company online. Ask for a demo before you buy.

The Vitamix Blendtec Kitchen Aid Challenge. You decide. The facts in these two videos conflict. Kitchen Aid is far less expensive and appears to do the trick.

The Vitamix Blendtec Challenge. 

 Why pay for Blendtec or for Vitamix if Kitchen Aid is just as efficient, if not moreso?  And it’s half the price at $199.00 How do they all fare with breadmaking? We want more tests please, before we take a Vitamix home!

Upaya Naturals also carries Superfoods, Greens etc. that are vegan-friendly. Power up so that you will have th strength inyour arms to lift that spoonful of healthy cashew-based ice cream to your lips, over and over again. After all, you have many delectable flavours to try. You need muscle mass.

So please, do yourself a favour and check out Upaya Naturals’ website.

I can hardly wait to try the cashew-based ice creams. I have never tried them before, but everyone says that they are great. I know that there are some almond and soy-based ice creams that are out there these days that are absolutely delicious. I wonder if the cashew-based ice creams give them a run for their money?

And don’t forget to brush your teeth! Yep. Upaya Naturals carries healthy,  flouride-free tooth cleansers also. And skincare products. And the kitchen sink. Okay, everything but.

Speaking of the kitchen sink. Upaya Naturals carries one of, if not the best, water filtration systems on the market today: Wellness Kitchen S-III Filtration. This countertop water filtration system can also be easily mounted under the sink with the purchase of an adapter kit. What is most wonderful about this Wellness filtration system is that trace mineral that we need for our health are added back to the water supply after filteration has occurred. If you are concerned about pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and fecal matter making it into your drinking and bathing water, this filtration system will give you the quality of water and the peace of mind you need.

Unless, of course, you enjoy all those pharmaceuticals in your water!

Perhaps we could just bottle it and sell it ourselves to those chronics residing in families that have purchased water filters.

Hmmm.

Just an evil, entrepreneurial thought.

Pat.

These Greek men are actually all over 65 years old.  Blue longevity zone living.

You believe me?!

What are you, a Cretan?

Tee hee.

There is a new product out on the market these days called Greek Island Lab’s Natural Joint. It is not a new kind of pot, like many of you might have hoped.

Okay, like I might have hoped.

It is not made out of the joint bones of Labrador Retrievers who met an untimely demise while vacationing with their owners in Crete. I know that this is what most of you were thinking, but you were wrong.

Greek Island Lab’s Natural Joint is a blend of 37 fruits and vegetables that have been keeping Greek men and women lithe and limber well into their nineties and beyond!
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The good men and women of the islands of Crete and Ikaria have been enjoying better health and greater longevity than the rest of us for long enough. Apparently, their diet is the key to very few aches and pains, and amazing physical well-being. I think it is the red wine, myself, but I am willing to give this vegetable-fruit thing a try.

Google longevity medical or longevity reviews for more information on blue zones. Google blue zones too, of course, and watch Oprah on Youtube.

And if you like movies and lots of colourful pictures, then you will like the Natural Joint website. Dr. Mark Binette will give you a guided tour of the research and benefits of each of the ingredients found in this formula. Well, almost. He leaves out a few ingredients, possibly for proprietary reasons, or because he can’t count. You decide.

Of course, everything contained in the encapsulated form can be found in nature, and eaten in its natural state. Like the Greeks do.

So go ahead and eat these 37 items everyday, religiously.

Or agnostically.

Or simply drink a bottle of red wine, purely for the antioxidants, and gobble a Greek Island Lab’s Natural Joint capsule.

And a spanikopita. Spanikopitas are good.

And flaming cheese, as my once little son used to call Saganaki.

He was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, cheese and Sambuca-loving 6 year old pyro.

  Saganaki, alias, Flaming Cheese. Courtesy of lots of Sambuca. The Greek fried cheese dish that sounds Japanese and is made with Itlalian liqueur.

Since most of us cannot uproot and move to Crete anytime soon, Greek Island Lab has stuffed the entire Greek diet into capsules, sans meat, and shipped it off to you.

If glucosamine and chondroitin aren’t working for you, or if you are allergic to shellfish and sharks or don’t like killing crustaceans and cute little Great Whites, then this power-packed, vegan-friendly product could be your salvation. This product alleviates joint pain, strengthens joints and doesn’t spike your blood sugars like glucosamine.

So far, the reviews are great. Check them out for yourself at http://www.naturaljoint.com.

I’ll join you.

Opa!

And Oma.

Oh yes. Am I bad. That is Dutch – and German.

No wonder the Greeks smash their plates when they say it.

Get over the war, already, YaYa and Pappous!

Thanks to your healthy Cretan/Ikarian diet, you are probably the only ones still alive that fought in it.

Get in on the eternal youth and fitness action. Check out http://www.naturaljoint.com.

I don’t make a dime off this, so it had better be good.

Wait.

That didn’t come out right.

Pat.

Get the lead out, Moms and Dads!

And Grandpas and Grandmas.

                                                    Check paint, plastic, pottery, plasticine.

Children absorb 52 % more lead over the blood/brain barrier than do adults exposed to the same sources and levels of lead.

Lead poisoning happens to children in the home far more often than from any other source. You are their front line of defence, but since lead poisoning also happens to adults, perhaps the resulting brain damage is what is preventing you from acting on your children’s behalf.

Get a household lead test kit, and check your bathtub enamel, your silverware, your ceramics, and your plastic sippy cups and painted surfaces and kids’ paints for lead. There is absolutely no use in filtering lead out of your drinking water if you are putting it right back into your mouth by eating acidic foods and drinks off plates and and cutlery that are leaching lead. Some faucet plumbing is still legally being sold that is full of lead, despite EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) efforts to get it banned. Again; what is the point of putting in water filters at the point of entry to the home, if the lead is put back in at the faucet?

The best household and professional lead test kit on the market today is LeadCheck by Hybrivet. It is sold, in slightly different packaging, to parents and plumbers alike. Hybrivet has given Homax the distribution right to the consumer 2-stick pack in North America, retailing for U.S.$7.99. The packaging claims that the sticks will only do up to two positive tests each, but that has never been my experience.

The United States government has endorsed the LeadCheck lead test kit as the best kit on the market in North America for the past fifteen years. Canada uses the US. stats and endorsements for its own guidelines. Canada also relies on the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA for short, for its independent, publicly funded assessment of the safety of consumables in North America. The EPA also encourages you to be the lead police in your home.

I distribute the LeadCheck kit for Homax here in Canada, and the two-pack will do up to 14 tests per stick, as long as they are stored in a cool, dry place.

Come on people; that is around 50 cents a test. I am sure your family is worth it. Laboratory tests run around $35.00 per test. Who can afford to test all the kids’ toys, mini-blinds, knapsacks, paints and costume jewellery and candy at that price?

Call me, at National Lead Test. I’ll tell you how to get more than two tests per stick. It’s easy, and accurate.

And far less expensive that way.

My agenda is prevention first, profit second. There is no need to use one stick per test in many, if not most, instances.

Call me for the how-to.

           Lead is in 68 per cent of bathtub enamel installed before 1978.  Stand alone old tubs are also full of lead.

My name is Pat Franczyk.

My number is 905-478-2722.

My e-mail is patcakes@hotmail.com.

Lead poisoning causes ADHD, anemia, rage, brain cancer, brain damage, damage to motor functions and cognition, and nephritis (kidney disease). I might write humorous blogs and dedicate humor-riddled pages to the topic of lead poisoning, but lead poisoning is no laughing matter.

Silica-based fluoridation has made the problem even worse. Not only does lead cross the blood/brain barrier, it now crosses the blood/gut barrier. Cases of ADHD and ADD have gone up 600% in townships and villages in New York State that changed over from sodium-based flouridation in the public water supply to silica-based flouridation. The American Dental Association announced, on its website in 2002, that they had made an error in endorsing flouridation and are promoting calcium-based treatments instead.

Cavistat is the name of the product they now endorse. The American Dental Association has not made a big fanfare out of the decision due to fear of class-action lawsuits.

Check it out for yourselves. Meanwhile, drop the flouride. It makes teeth brittle, causes bleeding gums if used excessively, and actually kills people if swallowed by the tube. People, of course, meaning children, as they are the only ones, other than starving or stoned adults, who would ingest it in the first place. Even small amounts of toothpaste eaten while brushing one’s teeth, can result in the proverbial night-time tummy pain that many children complain about.

Try Tom’s of Maine, non-flouride toothpaste, or any other flouride-free toothpaste on the market today. Well.ca, Herbal Remedies.com and Solay.com, all carry flouride-free toothpastes and powders that taste great and are effective.

Solay products are rated the safest products on the market by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The EWG is another independent watchdog organization that tests and reports on the chemical constituents in thousands of consumables.

A strong back. Excellent posture. Good bone and muscle density. Strong, healthy joints. How to maintain this state of affairs as time and traumas march on. That is the key.

Exercise of a reasonable nature obviously factors into the equation. Reasonable, of course, depends upon what traumas you have indeed experienced to various parts of your anatomy. Diet, also, is an obvious consideration. Muscle building proteins and anti-oxidant rich, vitamin-packed foods and/or supplements, all can contribute to the maintenance and repair of the human body at any stage in the game. Adequate rest and stress management are also essential to good health, as we all know.

I cannot begin to tell you how much assistance my family, friends and I have personally experienced  over the last twenty years, from magnetic insoles and magnetic mats. And that is no bull.
Magnetic fields can have anti-inflammatory properties. Asthma and muscle and joint pain all lessen in their severity with magnetic therapy. Colds heal faster. So do ‘flus. I am not going to try to convince you. Try magnetic insoles and a magnetic sleeping mat for yourself. You will be amazed at their effectiveness.

I personally do not sleep on a magnetic mat or wear magnetic insoles all of the time. Some people swear that magnetic insoles and mats can be utilized all of the time, and the body does not get “immune” to them, but I am not willing to find out if that is true or not, since they work so well when I need to use them sporadically when my immune system feels compromised, or when I need my joints and spinal muscles to be amazingly strong for periods of heavy lifting and carrying demanded by my workplace.

Magnetic fields can assist in detoxification, so if you are sleeping on a magnetic mat, it is wise to drink extra water, as magnetic fields may also have a dehydrating effect as they compell the body to get rid of any toxic build-up it may have. Many people find that they sleep like a baby on the magnetic mats. At other times, attempting to sleep on the mat is almost impossible, as one is charged with excess energy. That is when one no longer needs to sleep on the mat. Whatever was making you sluggish has been resolved, and you can put the mat away until you need it again.

Generalising from my personal experience and that of many people that I know, magnetic fields help sprains heal faster, and if applied prior to the stress, they can actually prevent sprains and strains from ocurring in the first place. Hence the usefulness of the magnetic insoles.

Magnetic insoles are like wearing an extra kidney belt or knee or wrist brace, in my extensive personal experience with these products. And you truly can jump higher and throw further with these inserts on than without them. When you go to lift up a heavy box, your back remains straight as a board, and your knees never waiver. The sensation in incredible. And a lifesaver. Try arm wrestling while wearing insoles, and then without. A huge difference.
Unless you have a pacemaker, I highly recommend that you give magnetic insoles a try. And the magnetic mat. Nikken makes both. Magnetico makes an amazing mat. Magnetico’s sleeping pad is designed to be safe to sleep on all of the time, whereas it is not recommended to use Nikken’s mats fulltime, as sleeping on them for more than two weeks can undo any of the good they have performed due to the nature of their design.

Check the literature out on both of these magnetic mats for yourself. Check with you alternative health practitioner and your doctor for their advice on the use of magnetic mats and insoles for your personal situation.

Magnetics have been a godsend for my family. They might prove to be just that for your’s also. Magnetico mats can be found at:  http://www.magneticosleep.com. 

Best wishes, Pat.

Sulfur MSM (traffic generating phrase)

Of course you do. You have lots of them. And if you are like the rest of us, some of them hurt, a lot.

Glucosamine has been on the market now for some time, and many people are finding great relief from joint pain thanks to this product. Until recently, most of glucosamine on the market has been derived from the shells of various crustaceans. Anyone with a shellfish allergy is not encouraged to use glucosamine for this reason. Some individuals just get rashes, others are less fortunate.

They die.

Sulfur MSM

Not Maru. She eats anything. Sentient, that is. And cereal with milk and sugar. A cereal killer.

Others are vegetarian or vegan and would rather suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune than take glucosamine made from murdered, sentient beings.

However murderous those little crustaceans and sharks - as in shark cartilage – might be.

Sulfur MSM

Glucosamine Hydrochloride from a vegetarian source, has quickly become more popular in Europe than other forms of glucosamine for the reasons cited above. Britain seems to be leading the way with the sales of this product on the internet. It is easier to find a reputable source in England than here on the North American continent when doing a web search. Or any search, actually. I live just north of Toronto, and our main hub-town of Newmarket, with a population of 85,000 people, has one of the largest Natural Food and alternative therapy stores around, and they do not carry vegan-friendly, shellfish allergy-friendly glucosamine.

So we’re all shopping in England folks!

Vegan Health and Beauty.com is the website to check out for Deva Vegan Glucosamine, MSM & CMO. Deva Glucosamine is derived from corn. MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane) is a natural source of organic sulphur. The body needs this to produce collagen. It is also required for many of the body’s structural molecules, according to the website.CMO (Cetyl Myristoleate) is a natural anti-inflammatory which this manufacturer has derived from plant sources. Safe for vegans.

All their prices are listed in various international currencies, including Canada and the United States, so we are all in luck.

I am not  receiving any financial reward for sending you to this site. It just offers the best product, in my opinion.

Check with your qualified health practitioner before using any supplement, of course.

Yes.

Right.

Pat.

Song sunscreen.

Alright. Who invented ultraviolet rays anyway, and what good are they? What bad are they seems obvious enough. They leave us with serious radiation burns and damaged retinas, followed by a good chance of developing cancer. Great planning there, gods that be. Psychopathic geniuses. Over-the-edge creators of destructive forces. WTF! Do you want us here or don’t you?

Regardless, we want to continue to be here since we are here already and don’t enjoy looking forward to the prospect of hiding indoors for all eternity, or to frying like bacon sizzling in a pan 30 seconds after we venture forth into the sunlight on our ozone depleted planet.

We need sun protection that works.

And chocolate.

We need chocolate.

And air conditioning.

So the chocolate doesn’t melt.

I am sure that all those African children forced into slave labour on cocoa plantations wouldn’t want their efforts to provide me with a perfect chocolatey treat to be thwarted by 45 degree Celsius heat.  And someone had better step up to the plate and provide those kids with UV  protection. Oh yes, and while they’re at it; an education, adequate food, clean water, clothing, housing, sanitation, and access and/or return to their families.

Fair trade or no trade.

Chocolate is too complicated. I’ll settle for apple juice from Ontario. And potato chips, from Ontario.

And suncreen and sunglasses from whoever makes the best, safest products on the planet. Sans slavery or child labour or evil commercial practices.

Who could this be?

I’ll let you know, as soon as I find out.

Apparently, the right amount of UV rays helps us synthesize Vitamin D. Vitamin D is thought to be essential for the growth of healthy bones and teeth and for the proper functioning of the thyroid. Too little can result in osteoporosis and breast cancer, as well as tooth loss and thyroid trouble. Melanin production is supposed to offset and repair the mild damage this correct amount of UV ray exposure causes.

UVA rays are just a visit from the anti-Christ. They cause deeper, nastier, radiation damage to the skin and the eyes.

UVB rays are the friendlier folks that help us make Vitamin D when they react with certain chemicals in our skin.

Sunshine Superman.

And Sunshine Superwoman!

And all of us in between.

But Sunshine Superman et al had better be wearing Sunshine Superman sunscreen, sunglasses, hat and loose-fitting long-sleeved shirt and light cotton pants over their Speedos if they want to escape Kryptonite poisoning.

Vitamin D is added to milk cartons and vitamin supplements in order to provide us with that bone-mass building boost without risking free, yet unwanted laser therapy from the sun.

I think we need to rethink that phrase, “sunny disposition”.

The sun obviously hates us.

Yellow is not mellow.

Which sunscreens are safe and effective? The Environmental Working Group, EWG for short, has published research on 258 sunscreens popular and available on the world market today. Only 40 of these sunscreens did not contain ingredients that were either ineffective or dangerous, or both. Please check out the list at their website, http://ewg.org/.   Or google ewg suncreen.

The EWG is a stand alone organization that depends upon donations from you, the public, in order to fund its very important research. Their aim is to keep everyone safe from commercial greed and stupidity and financial desperation, any combination of which allows deadly and questionable materials to be utilized in cosmetics, foodstuffs, health care and beauty products. Please check out their site. You will be impressed with the vast amount of information they have provided on thousands of products that we use every day — and often shouldn’t.

The EWG even notes which companies have been using animal testing and which ones are not. The EWG does not condone animal testing.

Good for them.  The EWG sunscreen safety list is a godsend.

It’s a dog’s life. EWG sunscreen list rocks.

I am currently researching the ethics utilized with regard to treatment of workers employed at the various green-lighted companies, so that we can be sure to promote companies  that are attempting to provide proper wages and safety conditions for their employees, as well as excellent products for consumers.

Ditto with regards to sunglasses manufacturers.

Please note that sunscreen should be applied once every two hours regardless of its SPF rating. Higher ratings are supposed to ensure that one can stay out in the sun longer without turning red, but this has not proven to be the case. And if one does not turn red, apparently, UV damage can still take place. The delayed appearance of redness can indeed be contributing to long-term UV damage, by lengthening the amount of time people stay out in the sun.

That’s just great.

From personal experience, kukui oil works amazingly well. Not only does it heals burns and scarring and get rid of little age lines, I did not burn once on a trip to Hawaii after I discovered and used this local product prior to venturing out into paradise. I have no idea as to whether I have suffered long term UV damage, but I do know that I burned to a crisp the first day in Hawaii, when we went to Waikiki Beach. I was only frolicking in the water for a few minutes and was lobster red. I applied aloe vera, which usually does the trick for me, both as a sunburn preventative and as an after burn fix, if I had not had the opportunity to apply anything before venturing outside.

The aloe vera did not work at all this time. One of the lovely locals told me about kukui oil, so we all gave it a shot.

Kukui nut

Kukui oil is a miracle from heaven. It is full of vitamins A and E and other goodies that a great for the skin. And it truly stopped us from burning. We were in Hawaii for two weeks. I would put some kukui oil on before swimming and after I got out, or once every two hours if I was swimming any longer than that, or hanging around on the beach. We went on a whale watching expedition on the Big Island of Hawaii, and kukui oil kept us from burning under the glaring sun.

Take it from me; kukui oil could be the friendly, god-given product that you are looking for.

Well.ca and Amazon.com  and Herbal Remedies.com all carry excellent kukui oil products. I just use plain kukui oil because it did the trick for me.

Why mess with perfection? 

Macadamia nut oil is supposed to be really good for the skin also, and some brands offer a combination of the two oils, as well as grapefruit seed oil and lavender essential oil. Lavender oil is used to treat skin burns and as an antiinflammatory. Grapfruit seed oil is used  in massage oil to break down cellulite.

For  a review of excellent sunglasses, and why they are excellent, please check out my sunglasses blogs at this website, Over The Hill Health Matters. Right here. Simply go the the Categories section and punch up Vision. It’s easy. You can do it. It’s a lot easier than me writing it all over again, when nothing has changed with regard to the information available on sunglasses, except to warn you that some inexpensive sunglasses have been found to be better than some very expensive ones. None of the styles in the brands that I have noted are bad for anyone. Just make sure that you get as much protection for the side of the eye as you do for the front, and all will be well if they are graded as at least  UPF 400. This means that you need to buy sunglasses that have wrap around lenses or very wide temple arms, or both. Opting for stylish but stupid isn’t going to matter too much to you or your fans if you go blind, now is it?

Think smart.

Don’t be a tart.

Getting ready for the beach. Leaving the mud mask on.

Forget bringin’ sexy back, boys and girls. 

Get those godawful goggle wrap arounds. Wear that goofy, wide-brimmed hat and those baggy cotton pants and top. Lather your face with thick viscosity motor oil. It doesn’t burn in engines, so it should protect you from the sun. Carry a giant umbrella. Wear gloves. And oh yes; always wear socks with sandals.

I guess the extremist Muslims are right: buy a burqa and wrap around sunglasses, or stay indoors.

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That goes for you men too! Unless you prefer the balaclava/sunglasses look.

But then you will be shot as a thief or a terrorist.

Better to be a boy in a burqa.

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