Wellness

HARVEST BEAUTIES FOR YOUR BODY

Pomegranates and pumpkins, iconic autumn harvest fruits, are particularly beautiful for you, inside and out. We found some of the most beautiful pumpkin and pomegranate treats to clean, nourish, and embellish your body.

Photo: Courtesy of Fit Tips. Pomegranate.

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit is like a jewel, with its shiny vivid arils, or juice sacs.The pip at the core of each aril contains up to 20% oil, by weight. Loaded with polyphenol antioxidants, vitamins A, C, E, the oil can inhibit inflammation, ward off wrinkles, and a host of other gifts for your body.

Photo: Courtesy of Ann Marie Gianni Skin Care. Pomegranate Seed Oil Skin Regenerator.

About 80% of the oil is punicic acid, one of the few plant-based omega-5 fatty acids. It also contains a form of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which has been shown to lower triglycerides and reduce cholesterol as reported in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Pomegranate seed oil also contains phytoestrogens, which have been shown to improve menopausal symptoms, as recently reported in the journal Menopause.

Photo: Courtesy of Audrey Bull Narberth. Pomegranate oil lamp.

Pomegranate oil soothes your senses when it warms and releases its soft exotic fragrance. This gorgeous signed limited edition lead crystal fragrance lamp, by British glass artists Andrew Sanders and David Wallace, comes pre-loaded with pomegranate oil.

Photo: Courtesy of Active Skin. Pomegranate Emporium Body Butter.

Pomegranate Emporium Body Butter, by the Australian luxury body products company, Mor, turns you out velvety soft. This sumptuous cream is loaded with shea and cooca butters, olive and rosehip seed oils. The packaging is lavish, with Etro-esque patterns, elegant black grosgrain ribbon, and stamped insignia.

Photo: Courtesy of Asper & Jones. Pomegranate and Fig Fine English Soap.

Beautifully handcrafted Pomegranate and Fig Fine English Soap from Asper & Jones is triple milled and infused with moisturizing oat milk. We like its delicate fruit scent, its pretty pleated wrappings, and its luxe packaging.

Photo: Courtesy of The Chocolate Bottle. Cut up pumpkin.

Pumpkin is another super-food super-beauty ingredient that is finding its way into skincare products and cosmetics. It’s loaded with anti-aging, brightening, exfoliating goodness.

Photo: Courtesy of Tata Harper Skincare. Pumpkin Honey Facial.

Tata Harper’s Pumpkin Honey Facial is a fresh mask that nourishes your skin with serious doses of antioxidants, vitamins A and C . Rich in enzymes, the cream spurs cell renewal while it deeply moisturizes.

Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Hyde Skin. Pumpkin Facial.

You can make your own pumpkin mask very easily. Simply mix 2 tablespoons of organic pumpkin puree with an egg white and you are good to go. Or mix the puree with a tablespoon of honey. Either way, slather it on and wake up 15 minutes later exfoliated, moisturized, and soft.

Photo: Courtesy of Indulgy. Pumpkin Cheesecake Lip Balm.

Pumpkin can also make kisses softer. Pumpkin Cheesecake Lip Balm from The Soapbox Company makes them sweeter too. Avocado oil, cocoa butter, shea butter, and essential oils, keep them supple.

Photo: Courtesy of Painted Ladies.

Even your eyes can look more beautiful with a pumpkin treatment. Makeup artist, Sheila Arkee, of Painted Ladies blog, created this gorgeous autumn-inspired eye using pumpkin, copper, and gold colored shadows, including MAC’s Coppering, Omega, Fake, and Shroom, along with BTE Dragon Slayer and Urban Decay Perversion pencils. Topped off with Makeup Forever Smoky Lash mascara.

Photo: Courtesy of Beauty Bar. Pumpkin Chai Candle.

Warm your thoughts with the spicy sweet scents of the Limited Edition Pumpkin Chai Candle from Nest.

Enjoy a perfect blend of wild pumpkin, spicy masala chai, cardamom, ginger and cinnamon. Housed in a sophisticated brown translucent etched glass vase, the blush orange soy-based wax candle is beautiful to behold.

Read about beautiful harvests all this week, as it relates to Arts/Design,Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact, including Harvesting Hope,Reaping Hope, New Crop of Harvest Books and Apps, After Harvest, It’s Still Alive, Beautiful New Harvest Treats, Fresh Art Harvest, and Beautiful Harvest Celebrations.