“New Year’s Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.”
~Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist – and cynic based on the quote above. New Year’s Resolutions don’t have to be impossible to keep, though. Once you have made the resolution, keeping it is easier if you have a plan that fits into your daily life.

With the New Year here, there is one resolution that is on almost everybody’s list – to get healthy. Help keep this resolution with an easy to follow plan that comes with a long list of benefits. This year resolve to increase your vitamin D intake from the sun.

Using Natural Vitamin D UV Activation Sensors by SkinHealth Technology is a great way to gauge the optimum time in the sun needed to develop vitamin D without going so far as to damage your skin. Vitamin D is well documented as being one of the most essential to human health and deficiency is epidemic.

In northern climates, you may have to wait until early spring to produce vitamin D from the sun. In that case, the sensors will remind you that a little sun is a good thing and you are sticking to that get healthy resolution. It doesn’t take long. Short periods of sun exposure two to three times a week will fortify your body with this critical nutrient. The sensor will tell you when you have had enough. Vitamin D developed this way lasts longer and contributes to overall wellness – so you can focus on the other items on your list!

SkinHealth executives, vendors, friends get together for a small gathering for the Holidays. Here are some pictures:

“I’m 73 years old and play racquetball three times a week with a co-worker who is 10 years younger than I am.

Needless to say, I can be the brunt of some pretty good bruising during our games. My daughter gave me your BruiseCare product to try and it has really worked well to speed the healing process and reduce the pain of the bruises.

Staying active is a key ingredient in staying healthy, so I plan on staying active as long as I can.” -Ron G.

Thanks Ron! You can check out more BruiseCare® reviews, as well as before/after photography, by clicking here!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—right?

If you love cold weather that is!

If you are in the northern hemisphere you’ve begun to experience what we call winter. The days are shorter, the sun is not so intense and it’s cold!

So, with all these layers of clothing we’re wearing—who needs sun protection? The answer: You do!

Year-round use of sun protection cuts your risk of melanoma–the deadliest form of skin cancer–in half.¹

According to Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen…

“This hot news comes from sun-baked Australia, where melanoma risk is two to three times higher than in the United States and Canada. Still, even though we’re further from the equator and it’s winter, stick with a quick daily ritual: Apply a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 to your face and neck (arms and legs, too, if your zip code is in the Sunbelt) and to the backs of your hands. True, the UV Index, which gauges the risk of skin damage from cancer-triggering ultraviolet rays, is low across most of North America in winter. But exposed skin’s still vulnerable, especially if you burn easily, spend more than a few minutes outdoors, work close to a sunny window, or have a long commute (the sun’s rays pass through car and train windows.)”²

And for those of you who take to the slopes this time of year—extra attention is needed to protect yourself from the harmful rays of the sun. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “UV intensity increases with altitude because there is less atmosphere to absorb the damaging rays. As a result, the chance of damaging your skin increases at higher altitude.”

The reflection off the snow also intensifies the effects of the sun. Fresh snow can reflect as much as 80% of UV radiation and almost doubles your UV exposure.

Increased UV strength at higher altitudes combined with the highly reflective nature of snow is what makes skiing and snowboarding particularly risky. Although your body may be well covered in layers of clothing–your face, neck and hands can be at risk. ³

Again, for maximum protection be sure to apply a moisturizing sunscreen like SkinHealth Technology’s UV SkinCare Facial Light Lotion (SPF 35.) This natural sunscreen provides optimum broad spectrum sun protection to help shield delicate skin from winter sun damage and premature aging.

1,2) www.realage.com
3)  www.uvawareness.com

Nearly fifty Palm Coast and Ormond Beach entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds gathered for the event for peer-to-peer connecting.

SkinHealth Executive Director Jack Surrette personally met the Palm Coast and Ormond Beach entrepreneurs and awarded raffle items from the SkinHealth productline.