January 25, 2010

Beating the Winter Blues

Filed under: Wellness — Olivia @ 11:37 am

Fun & tasty tips for battling the winter blues!
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I think the “winter blues” began as a cute little colloquial saying to describe what happens once the days start to get shorter and it gets dark earlier, but studies have shown that it’s an actual affliction. In fact, a UK psychologist actually created a formula that [...]

January 5, 2010

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

Filed under: The Body Shop, Wellness — Olivia @ 10:46 am

Helpful tips for a New Year’s Resolution win!
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We all do it: make resolutions and begin with the best intentions, and then abandon them just a few weeks into the New Year. Don’t feel sheepish: changes are difficult to make and take time to stick. You can teach an old dog new tricks, you just [...]

November 18, 2009

De-Stress Your Holidays

Filed under: Wellness — Olivia @ 12:31 pm

Quick ways to help relax during the season of joy and peace!
It’s about that time of the year where we begin to head into the seasonal space known as “The Holidays.” While the holidays can be about family, food, and the spirit of giving, they can also be incredibly stressful, if we’re honest with ourselves.
With [...]

September 21, 2009

15 Ways To Fight Aging

Filed under: Wellness — Olivia @ 12:47 pm

15 easy (and fun!) ways to fight off aging
We’ve all heard the saying “age is nothing but a number,” or “you’re only as old as you feel.” Well, if that’s the case, then why feel your age at all? If you’re looking for healthy, practical, and entertaining ideas to combat aging, then take a look [...]

June 25, 2009

30 Ways To Keep Cool

Filed under: Beauty Tips, Wellness — Olivia @ 2:21 pm

With the temperatures getting out of control this summer, here are 30 easy (and fun!) ways to keep cool when the heat gets unbearable.
1. Drop a few flavored ice cubes in your water, or better yet, suck on them like little stick-less popsicles
2. Buy one of those plastic baby pools and fill it up with [...]

May 27, 2009

The Benefits of Reflexology

Filed under: The Body Shop, Wellness — Jeremy @ 11:07 am

The practice of reflexology seems to be gaining quite a bit of momentum these days. As more people seek out alternative healing therapies, reflexology falls right in line with other practices like massage and acupuncture.
If you’re unfamiliar with reflexology, it’s an ancient form of bodywork where specific points on the feet and sometimes hands are [...]

April 16, 2009

10 Tips For A Good Night In Bed

Filed under: Wellness — Tags: — Olivia @ 10:29 am

At The Body Shop, we hold to a set of beliefs that we call our Core Values; values that helped to build and strengthen the company. One of those values is protecting human rights, which means helping to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by partnering with MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation for our “Yes Yes Yes!” [...]

March 6, 2009

30 Things To Do To Feel Beautiful

Filed under: Beauty Tips, Wellness — Tags: , — Olivia @ 12:33 pm

Makeup is fun. We think so, which is why we’ve come up with so many shades for you to explore. But makeup is just a tool to help accentuate your natural beauty, which is something that women can lose sight of in the daily rush. So we’ve come up with little activities to remind you [...]

February 3, 2009

Tips For Giving The Perfect Massage

Filed under: Wellness — Tags: , — Olivia @ 12:13 pm

Massages are one of the most natural, pampering gifts of physical touch, in my opinion. I try to fit one professional massage a month into my budget, because I feel that it’s just as important to my wellbeing as eating healthily and exercising regularly. Research on massage therapy suggests that it can also relieve pain, [...]

January 12, 2009

How To Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution

Filed under: Wellness — Jeremy @ 3:47 pm

New Year’s resolutions are tough to keep, no matter how simple they seem. After all, resolutions are really things you want for yourself to be a better person. One of our core values is to Activate Self-Esteem, so anything you do to make yourself feel better about who you are is a step in the [...]

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