We all do our best at keeping ourselves and our kids saturated with the best sunscreens. But even mothers with the best of intentions may sometimes miss an application for themselves or their children. Some damage is cumulative; it creeps up on us bought through years and years of exposure to the sun’s rays. UV light is well known to cause a cascade of oxidative radical formation within our skin’s tissues, thus leading to long-term degradation of collagen and other proteins. Damage does not only occur while we are in the sun — much of it actually happens in the hours after sun exposure. Free radicals form upon first interaction with the sun’s rays, and ‘cascade’ into various different forms until they’ve been quenched by our own natural antioxidant defenses. Fortunately, simple home-made aromathearpy formulas can effectively do the job as well.Natural essential oils are highly effective antioxidants. Clove essential oil is one of the strongest natural antioxidants known, with and ORAC value of over 100,000 — though it might be a little spicy to use on your face. There are a great many other essential oils with strong antioxidant action packed are known healers to the skin from which […]

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