Chickweed and Huh?

Ahhhh coffee...sweet elixir of mornings, how I love thee. But wait you say - isn't coffee "bad" for you? Isn't it acidic and cause inflammation in your body? Isn't it a diuretic, causing dehydration, thus making it a beauty stealing food? And don't people usually add milk and/or sugar to it, making it even more unhealthy? Yeah, yeah, yeah...However, I happen to drink organic, low acid coffee and I use almond milk or organic, non-gmo soymilk and either organic stevia or xylitol as a sweetener...soooooo, I don't feel so guilty! So to all you coffee haters I say, keep your hands off my cup of organic, non-gmo joe and leave me be! :-P

Obviously, I haven't had my morning coffee yet..so moving on. :-) The reason for this post and essentially this blog. I wanted to share my love of all things healthy, natural, and organic, as well as my own health struggles and victories. But like I stated in my last post, it's not that easy. Finding a starting point is proving to be quite a brain teaser for me, but I think I'll just start at the beginning.

I was nine when my skin decided that it was going to turn on me. While most girls my age were playing with Barbies or hanging with their friends, I was busy learning how to hide the nasty blemishes that took up residence on my face with foundation and cover up. To make a really long, and an even more painful story short, my skin became so bad that if I had have had the option, I never would have left the house. To say that my self esteem suffered is an understatement. The scars that acne left behind were way more than just skin deep. To this day, I am still struggling to gain confidence in my looks. While I don't have acne like I used to, I do still get the occasional blemish or two once a month, and I do still have some scarring, but thankfully those are healing (more on that in a later post).

While I could write a book about the effects acne has had on my life and self image, I want to focus more on things that can help to heal it. So, back to the title of my blog. I chose "Chickweed and Blush" because I wanted a name that would encompass all of the things this blog would be about in a nutshell. Chickweed, besides being a cool name, is an herb that has been used to help acneic skin (it also has many other medicinal qualities) and Blush..well, besides the fact that it is a make up item and goes with my theme, skin looks more healthy and radiant when it has a rosey glow. ;-)

Well, lovelies, my brain has decided to take a nap on me, which means I need to go feed it some fruit or veggies. :-)

Until next time! Peace and love.