Yes! You can finally feel it. The early morning breeze is beginning to chill ever so slightly. Autumn will soon make its grand entrance – and it will be welcomed. But with cooling temperatures comes dry skin and chapped lips. Before your skin starts to feel the changing temperature, ready your beauty arsenal with these autumn skin care essentials.

Beautiful skin starts from the inside out, and eating these six foods could help your body's largest organ avoid sun damage, stay moisturized, fight wrinkles, and even prevent cancer.

Taking care of yourself should always be a high priority, but all too often we let me-time slide in favor of other obligations that seem more important. However, your health – including your mental health – is by far the most important factor in your quality of life and that of your relationships. Plan a D-I-Y summer spa day and pamper yourself for a few hours to renew your body, refresh your spirit and reinvigorate your mind. The key is to make the day work for you, choosing treatments, tastes and entertainment options that suit your personal desires.

Considering our skin is our body's largest organ absorbing what we apply without much in the way of a filter, many of us have come to realize the importance of making the switch to more natural skincare options. It can be tough (read: feels impossible) to leave behind our reliable moisturizers, hair styling products, concealors, lipsticks, etc... in favor of something a little less packed with potentiallyharmful ingredients for fear that they just won't work as well. In an ever expanding sea of "natural” beauty products, it can also be a challenge to find products that truly stand up to their claims of being clean and effective without a ton of trial and error and wasted cash. Which eye cream is paraben free and will help with those pesky crows feet? What lip color stays put and isn’t laced with lead? Is there such a thing as pthalate-free fragrance that lasts? Enter Goodebox, (pronounced 'good' 'box') a new service providing trial sized, healthy and sustainable beauty and wellness products. 

There is probably a really good reason that aliens never seem to have any hair. Although we do our best to make it look sleek and shiny, it can be pretty annoying to deal with—from the constant brushing and combing to watching it thin out and fade to gray. Caring for our hair can improve its health, but those expensive brands pushing their "miracle" shampoos may also be selling you a big fat lie. Washing hair too much can cause lasting damage to your hair, not to mention your bank account.

Warm summer weather  is in full gear, which means cooling off takes a little more creativity. Your skin usually helps you keep cool by sweating out toxins and evaporating water from its surface, so why don’t you return the favor and pamper your body’s peel with a cooling homemade facial mask?

Summer...the sun in the sky, warm temps, outdoor activities and water play.  Let’s face it (literally). Increased outdoor activities in warm summer weather, working up a sweat coupled with higher humidity, a need for extra sun protection, temperature fluctuations and exposure to the elements can all create the perfect storm for your face. Do you find you'd rather hide than come out to play due to break outs, sunburn, shiny face and hyperpigmentation? We’ve pulled together a few skin care product quick fixes (and some requiring a little time and diligence) to address these summer skin challenges.

The quest for a "safe" tan is not a new one. Ever since the link between skin cancer and sun over-exposure was established, not to mention the aging effects, those of us seeking the brown without the burn have often turned to self tanners. Since the 1970s, from the ever so orange hue of Coppertone’s QT to today’s very sophisticated salon procured spray tan, we've been getting our glow on sans sunlight with the help of a chemical called Dihydroxyacetone, or DHA for short (not to be confused with Docosahexaenoic Acid, a beneficial Omega-3 fatty acid found in cold water fish like salmon).

Summer can be harsh on hair: humidity, sun, saltwater and chlorine, not to mention more frequent washings now that showers can take place more than once a day due to all of the above. Take care of your hair this summer… here are four easy tricks for every hair type!

Before you slather on the lotions and sunscreens this summer, prep your skin for show by sloughing away dead skin with a homemade sugar body scrub. This recipe for a do-it-yourself coconut vanilla sugar body scrub will leave your skin ready to flaunt, even in the dreaded swimsuit!