The Radiantly Clear Rosacea Skincare System contains 5 products which can be used in 5 simple steps. Once you’re familiar with the products and how they feel on your skin,  adjust based on your needs which will change with the season.

In the coming weeks and months, I’ll be uploading new videos on rosacea skincare as well as interviews with happy customers who want to share their skin transformation. Sign up for the Glowletter at the bottom of this page to be notified when new videos come out. I also suggest watching the FREE Rosacea Masterclass which will guide you in your next steps in healing rosacea naturally and holistically.

Please visit healrosaceanaturally.com for free articles on healing rosacea naturally or if you’d like to work with me 1×1.

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Video#1 How to use the Rosacea Skincare System (all 5 products)

Step 1: How to use the Exfoliating Botanical Powder

Step #2 How to use the Soothing Flower Water

Step #3 How to use the Aloe Vera & MSM Sulphur Serum For Rosacea & Demodex Mites

Step #4 How to use the Radiantly Clear Essential Oil (EOS) Blend

Step #5 How to use the Radiantly Clear Face Oil

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Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

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Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

 The difference between eating celery
& drinking celery juice

First, let’s talk about the difference between eating celery and drinking celery juice.

Eating celery stalks, while very healthy and important, is not the same as drinking pure celery juice. When celery is juiced, the pulp (fiber) is removed, and its healing benefits become much more powerful, especially for someone with chronic illness.

You’ll also be able to consume far more celery as juice than you would by eating it.

How to make celery juice

If you’re new to the celery juice craze, here’s how it goes:

First, you’ll need a bunch of fresh organic celery.

Why organic? Because you don’t want to be juicing pesticides; that would be counterproductive, wouldn’t it?

One bunch makes about 16 oz, and you’re supposed to work your way up to 32 oz a day. (I couldn’t do it.)

Depending on the season or where you live, finding organic celery can be tricky and pricey.

Here in Quebec, Canada, in winter, an organic celery bunch costs anywhere between $2.50 and $4. I’d buy enough for the week (which literally filled ¼ of my refrigerator!), so you’re looking at $17.50 to $24 for your weekly dose of celery juice.

Finding enough organic celery for the week can also be a challenge, so you may have to shop around. Ideally, you’d want fresh, organic, locally grown celery, but that just isn’t possible in Quebec in the winter.

Second, you want to juice your celery, not blend it.

Sure, there are many people who’ll tell you that you can blend it and strain it, but it just doesn’t have the same benefit as a proper masticating juicer.

Once you’ve juiced your celery, you’ll want to strain it to remove the fibers, which will make it much easier to drink, quite frankly!

Third, drink immediately on an empty stomach.

(I personally didn’t like the taste, so I’d drink it in one shot!)

Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

What happened during the celery juice challenge

Day 1

I didn’t experience much of the usual detox symptoms — headaches, fatigue and extreme brain fog — probably because I’d slowly started cutting out sugar, gluten and alcohol a few weeks prior to starting the cleanse.

I think the celery juice definitely helped banish these symptoms as well, since it’s such a powerful detoxifier.

Day 2

By day 3, I started to feel the benefits of celery juice and the cleanse by way of more energy, no crash mid-afternoon and less brain fog, which was awesome.

Day 4

MY SKIN STARTED TO BREAK OUT LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

And I mean SERIOUS breakout. It was insane. (Insert shocked emoji here!!!)

My forehead broke out in a series of red acne-like pimples — I never break out on my forehead, and I’ve never had acne.

Eczema or psoriasis? I couldn’t tell the difference) started to appear on my cheeks, forehead and near my mouth. The last time I had psoriasis, I was 12 years old, so this was a bit of a shock, to say the least.

People with skin conditions tend to break out during a cleanse because, well, they’re cleansing the body of toxins, and they’re coming out through the skin. But this was much worse than I had ever experienced before.

But I was determined to see this celery juice cleanse through, and I thought the more I purged these toxins, the happier my liver will be.

Day 5 to 20

At some point, the breakouts stopped, but the patches of eczema (psoriasis?) on my face were still extremely itchy and were not fading, they seemed constantly “inflamed” even though I was eating a non-inflammatory, alkaline diet .

I now have a renewed sympathy for glowgetters who struggle with eczema and psoriasis on a daily basis. The itchiness can drive you crazy! Thank goodness for Calendula balms; they saved my life.

I bought 4 different kinds of balms and left them all over my house so I could have them when an itching attack hit!

Day 25

My skin wasn’t healing at this point, and I just had to come to the conclusion that the celery juice was doing more harm than good.

So I decided to stop the celery juice on day 25 of the challenge and give my skin a break even though the general advice from Medical Medium die-hard fans online is to “KEEP GOING, don’t stop!”

The eczema/psoriasis calmed immediately and my skin cleared up within a few days of stopping the celery juice.

Celery juice side effects

1. On your digestion

If it’s your first time drinking celery juice, be prepared to RUN to the bathroom in the first few days. Celery juice will CLEANSE your intestines, my friend! Plan your juice consumption accordingly!

2. On your skin

As you can see, it is possible to have a strong skin reaction to celery juice. From the comments I’m getting on my celery juice post on Instagram and from my research, I can see that many people have similar reactions to drinking celery juice.

My skin’s reaction to the celery juice cleanse

Why I think my skin broke out so badly
while drinking celery juice

There are many factors influencing our capacity to detox: if our liver is in good shape, the amount of heavy metals are in the liver, if we’re detoxifying too quickly…

Personally, I think I shocked my body by doing this detox AND introducing celery juice on top of it.

In Liver Rescue, William shares that a detox is actually hard on the liver and body. This was also mentioned by my guest Maggie Berghoff in episode #3 where she shares the proper steps to prepare our body for a detox. She always advises clients to nourish first (this can be over a period of 3 months) and then detox.

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Self care to support detoxification

Exercise

Exercise helps with the detoxification process, so I made sure to sweat by way of movement every day. Exercise pushes the blood to circulate more efficiently through the body, allowing nutrients to easily reach our organs and muscles. At the same time, exercise helps lymph fluids circulate through the body, which helps remove toxins.

One of the most well-documented reactions that take place during and after a workout is the production of endorphins. These non-addictive, feel-good molecules are polypeptides that bind with neurotransmitters in the brain to reduce pain symptoms. The human body produces at least 20 types of endorphins, which benefit the body in myriad ways. Besides relieving pain, endorphins help reduce stress, boost immunity, slow the aging process and create a sense of euphoria.

So many women DM me saying that they won’t exercise anymore because it makes their rosacea worse. Exercise is so important to clear stuck energy in the body and mind!

Don’t stop moving, sweating, and living your life because you have rosacea! Moving the energy in your body and clearing your mind will sustain you on your journey to glow!

Saunas

I know that a lot of experts say to avoid saunas when you have rosacea, but I tend to disagree with that.

Saunas are detoxifying and relaxing. Since stress is one of the major culprits behind hormonal imbalance and poor health in general, I find that a sauna’s benefits far outweigh the temporary redness on my cheeks. Plus, the detoxifying effects of saunas help clear out toxins, and my skin looks much clearer and brighter the next day.

So personally, yeah, huge fan of saunas, and I’m grateful to have one in my home.

Relaxing baths

A relaxing bath with a few drops of essential oils mixed with a cup of Epsom salts will do wonders for your mind, body and soul. And yes, it’ll help support the detoxification process.

I like my baths really hot, but again, I’m ok with my skin being a little more red from the heat for a few hours. The benefits of a hot bath, feeling relaxed and a deep regenerative sleep does wonders for my skin and well-being in the long run.

*I’m writing a full blog post on busting the myths about the dos and don’ts when you have rosacea as I’m so sick of the generic advice thrown around on the internet. If you’re interested, make sure you’re signed up to the Glowletter so you can be notified when this post goes live.

Physical symptoms after the 30-day
celery juice challenge

Changes I saw after drinking celery juice: 

1. The mid-afternoon brain fog was gone
2. I had more sustained energy throughout the day (no more mid-afternoon energy crash with my bed calling me to take a nap)
3. Better digestion
4. Feeling less bloated in general, but that’s not just the celery juice; cutting all the “whites”, most grains, and gluten will make you feel immediately less bloated
5. Lost 5 pounds (I fit into my yoga jeans again!)
6. My skin was overall clearer, especially once I stopped the celery juice, which seemed to be really aggravating the eczema/psoriasis
7. My skin seemed more hydrated, and I had fewer breakouts in my cheeks which is where rosacea is for me

What didn’t change or improve

1. My rosacea did not improve enough for me to really say celery juice helped, but my skin was overall more bright and luminous
2. The reaction from the celery juice was so bad for the whole month that now, I had acne scars on my forehead and dark patches caused by the eczema/psoriasis which is annoying as scars can take a long time to heal :/

My skin now (June 2019)

Conclusion

Although the benefits of the celery juice were in large part positive, I just couldn’t reconcile the fact that my skin had reacted so badly.

After speaking to so many Journey To Glow Skin Healing Experts, I’m coming to the conclusion that it would have been much smarter to start more slowly rather than jumping in, to start by nourishing the body, then slowly moving into the detox phase and then incorporating celery juice when my body was ready.

I know that this post may raise more questions and comments from the journey to glow community, and I want to invite you to join in on the conversation either on Instagram or on FB by commenting under my “30-day Celery Juice Challenge post.”

Lastly, I want to remind you to always trust your own inner guidance, friend.

If you feel that a certain diet or path is right for you, trust yourself. We are bombarded by advice online, many times from people who have no expertise or training to back it up. Learn to shut out the noise and trust yourself, it’ll serve you on your journey to glow.

We’re working on a gentle yet effective Skin Glow program with Journey To Glow experts; if you’d like to join us when it launches, make sure you sign up for the Glowletter!

Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

Podcast interviews on the clear skin diet
& the Medical Medium protocol

JTG #74 The Link Between Histamines, Rosacea & Acne With Holistic Nutrition Practitioner Luka Simons

JTG #74 The Link Between Histamines, Rosacea & Acne With Holistic Nutrition Practitioner Luka Simons

In this episode of the Journey to glow podcast we talk to Holistic Nutritionist Luka Simons about the link between histamines and rosacea, acne and other skin “issues”.

Luka Symons is a Holistic Nutrition Practitioner for people who are wondering where their food + body groove has disappeared to.

Through her uplifting & informative workshops, talks, and one-on-one consults, she’s here to shake up your approach to food and your gorgeous self — while making it all feel like a walk in the park.

As a former radio host and child #3 of 4, she isn’t known for being quiet nor shy. When she’s not being all nutrition-y, you can find her daydreaming of driving her red scooter with a milk crate full of books on the back with her two favourites in tow (husband & daughter), on the hunt for the best cup of joe on the planet.

Luka works one-on-one with clients via private consultation and runs classes around her adopted hometown of Calgary. Check out both the live and online classes to see what might best suit you!

Luka is one-half of the mavens at Histamine Haven; she is also on staff as one of the instructors at The Light Cellar in Bowness, Calgary.

In this episode Holistic Nutrition Practitioner Luka Symons and Journey To Glow founder Caroline Frenette talk about: 

1. Your skin is NOT against you, she’s showing you what’s happening IN the body
2. The link between histamines and rosacea, acne and other skin “issues”
3. What is a low histamine diet
4. The SIBO + histamine aka BI-PHASIC diet
5. How histamines and SIBO may be the missing link in healing rosacea
6. How histamine can actually “trigger” skin “issues”
7. What are histamines and how they work
8. What are mast cells and how they influence inflammation in the body
9. The immune system, inflammation and rosacea
10. Foods to avoid if you have a histamine intolerance
11. Hidden ingredients that can trigger a histamine reaction and make your rosacea worse

If you loved this conversation on the topic of histamines, rosacea and acne, you’ll love episode #32 Histamine Intolerance And Acne With Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist Vivien Allred.

Link & Resources:

Luka’s website lukasymons.com

Histamine Haven histaminehaven.com

Luka’s Instagram instagram.com/lukasymonschnc

Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

Key takeaway from the session

Ingredients that can trigger a histamine reaction and make your rosacea/acne worse:

• Guar gum
• Carrageenan
• Acacia gum
• Preservatives
• Colorants
• Fake foods / processed foods

What to do about it:

Tip # 1 Eat REAL food meaning make your food from scratch using fresh organic ingredients

Tip #2 Eat as fresh (in season) as possible

Tip #3 Reduce high histamine heavy hitters: bone broths, vinegar, fermented foods

Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

JTG #54 Elevate Your Natural Haircare With Amber Makupson Founder of Meraki Organics

JTG #54 Elevate Your Natural Haircare With Amber Makupson Founder of Meraki Organics

This glowing Goddess is Amber Makupson and she’s the founder of Meraki Organics, a high performance, natural & vegan hair care brand that will ELEVATE your shower rituals. 

Creating high performance, nontoxic yet luxurious hair products is no small feat my friend, but Amber has managed to crack the code!

And she just got featured in O (as in OPRAH) magazine #YASSSS

If you’re curious about what it takes to build a clean beauty brand, how to use crystals in your everyday life and Amber’s inner and outer beauty rituals, don’t miss this incredibly inspiring episode.

About our guest…

Meraki was founded in 2018 by Amber Makupson, as a labor of self-love, self-empowerment and dedication to wellness.

A native of Ohio, Amber moved and settled in Atlanta, Georgia at a young age, and started to focus on a healthy, holistic lifestyle and make her own natural remedies during her pregnancy when she developed skin sensitivities.

Her background as a licensed aesthetician specialized in botanical treatments helped when, after suffering a serious chemical burn from an over-the-counter beauty product, Amber was fed up of the toxic ingredients damaging so many other women and decided to create Meraki Organics, a non-toxic vegan haircare brand infused with gemstones to nourish skin, hair, body and soul.

“Meraki for me was created around the idea of self love, finding my passion for life, and being fearless in the pursuit of the things that set your soul on fire. The word “MERAKI” is a Greek word that means to do something with love, soul and creativity – to put the essence of yourself in your work. So essentially my brand combines Beauty+Wellness+Spirituality, to form high vibrational products that nourish your mind, body, hair, and soul.”

1. Stones & crystals to have by your bed for optimum sleep
2. Looking to the energetics if you’re not feeling like yourself
3. The importance of rituals of self-care and cleansing your energy especially if you’re picking up on the collective energy at this time
4. A quick way to get out of your head and into wisdom
5. How Meraki was born out of a desire to embody a clean beauty lifestyle
6. Creating a product line for all hair types focused on nurturing, nourishing and hair care as a ritual
7. How Amber infuses crystals into her products
8. The benefits of crystals in our skin and hair care
9. The importance of “clean” cleaning products in our home

Shop Meraki Organics shopmerakiorganics.com

Meraki Organics Instagram instagram.com/merakiorganics_

Meraki Organics Pinterest pinterest.ca/MerakiOrganics

Facebook facebook.com/merakiorganicproducts

Mentioned in the episode: Beauty From The Inside-Out With Kimberley Snyder Commune online course

JTG #53 Healing SIBO Naturally & Holistically
With Ramona Remesat

JTG #53 Healing SIBO Naturally & Holistically With Ramona Remesat

It’s a pleasure for me to share this episode with Ramona Remesat, a fellow Canadian, inspiring woman and aspiring herbalist who kindly agreed to share in details her journey into healing SIBO.

If you have a diagnosis of SIBO or are suspecting gut issues and can’t for the life of you figure out what’s going on, this episode will be of tremendous value!

About our guest…

After suffering from uncomfortable gut symptoms for several years, Ramona finally received a diagnosis of SIBO. She immediately dove into learning all she could about this condition. Her thirst for knowledge and her fierce determination to uncover the underlying cause for her condition led her to become a SIBO educator and advocate and to return to school to study Herbal Medicine. Today, she helps others, new to the SIBO journey, by sharing resources, research, and ways to advocate for themselves with their medical doctors and healthcare practitioners.

In this episode, Ramona Ramesat talks to Journey To Glow host Caroline Frenette about:
✔ Her journey healing SIBO and every step she took along the way
✔ Healing SIBO naturally & holistically
✔ The importance of taking the healing process into her own hands and never giving up, even when conventional medicine doesn’t have clear solutions
✔ How to work with your allopathic doctor, even if he doesn’t know about SIBO
✔ Functional testing to pinpoint the root cause of SIBO or other health issues

If this conversation was helpful, please consider leaving a written review on iTunes or sharing on social media tagging @lovemyjourneytoglow. Thank you!

Ramona Remesat on Facebook

Monsanto Bayer payout BBC News

Dr. Ruscio’s website drruscio.com

Dr. Nirala Jacobi’s interview journeytoglow.com/sibo-rosacea-doctor-nirala-jacobi

Phoebe Lapine’s interview SIBO Made Simple With Author & Chef Phoebe Lapine

JTG #38 Skin Positivity with Photographer Sophie Harris Taylor [Epidermis]

Skin Positivity with Photographer Sophie Harris Taylor [Epidermis]

In this episode we talk about the skin positivity movement with photographer Sophie Harris Taylor and her lastest exhibit, Epidermis.

The skin positivity movement is one of the best things to come out of social media. One project making major waves across Instagram right now is Epidermis by Sophie Harris Taylor. The series, which features 20 images of bare-faced women showcasing their common skin conditions including rosacea, acne and hyperpigmentation in all their glory, is a refreshing and much welcome move in the age of filters and Photoshop.

About our guest

Documenting the personal lives and experiences of her own and others, Sophie’s work is effortlessly truthful, approached with a sensitivity and confidence. She is renowned for her images created with natural and ambient light sources, which lend her work an unusual softness and depth. Typically portraiture based, with some elements of place and surroundings, she uses people to express her own preoccupations and concerns. Although seemingly diverse in subject matter and to an extent documentary, there is consistently some element of her own vulnerability. Regardless of content, Harris-Taylors’s work is crucially bound together by aesthetics, always seeking to in some way glorify that which is not conventional.

Sophie’s latest exhibit Epidermis breaks down the stigmas of skin issues. Sophie lives in London and received both her MA and BA (Hons) in Photography from Kingston University.

Coaching segment

We start the episode with a 5-minute coaching session where you’ll explore how to awaken to your true power on your journey to glow.

In this episode of the podcast Journey To Glow founder Caroline Frenette talks to Sophie Harris Taylor about:

• The idea and movement behind Epidermis
• Why young women feel so much pressure to hide their skin conditions
• Why it’s so damn important for women to love themselves and the skin they’re in
• The mental and emotional impact in the pursuit of perfect skin
• The problem with social media and the fashion + beauty magazines projecting an unattainable image of beauty
• What is body and skin positivity and how to join the movement
• The beauty industry perpetrates an unrealistic representation of women with size zero and photoshopped, poreless skin
• What impact Sophie hopes Epidermis will have
• How we can change the beauty industry
• How to lead courageously and embody the change we want to see in the world

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1. Sophie’s website sophieharristaylor.com

2. Follow Sophie’s work on instagram.com/sophieharristaylor

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Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine For Rosacea

As a Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Skin Herbalist, Certified Advanced Transformative Coach, and someone who’s personally been on a rosacea healing journey, I’m equipped to work with clients in a unique capacity.

My approach – which is personalized and designed to support each of my clients’ bio-individuality – enables me to get to the root cause(s) that brings about skin inflammation.

Once we’ve pinpointed the possible root causes (emotional, physical, or environmental), we work to support the body back into balance, so it can heal itself.

The result? Clear, glowing skin.

An interview with Journey To Glow Founder Caroline Frenette

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by one of my previous podcast guest and Functional Health Coach, Brigit Danner on why I created Journey To Glow!

In this video, Bridgit and I talk about:

1. Caroline’s story with rosacea and her inspiration for her new podcast
2. How to become a detective in your healthcare
3. How to listen to your internal thoughts
4. Bridgit’s recent episode on the Journey to Glow podcast, all about testing for toxic mold in your home, and mold detox techniques
5. The importance of taking care or your liver
6. Evaluating your mindset and its effect on your health and skincare
7. How stress affects hormones, skin and quality of life