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DISCLAIMER.
I am no longer the proprietor of the physical business called Alpine Beauty Clinic in Myrtleford, Victoria.  I started that business, then sold it and then managed the business for the new owner for some 20 months whilst training a young person to a Pt. 111 in Beauty therapy.
I have now started a new Natural & Beauty therapies business called Tranquil Oasis on Glenrowan, Victoria.  I can be contacted on 03 5766 2372 and the physical address of the new business is 30 Gladstone Street, Glenrowan, Victoria 3675.
Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance.
Christina.


My name is Christina Nash and I have been a professional Beauty and Skin consultant for 23 years.  I also help people with the challenges that life offers.

During these years I have seen a lot of people, I have dealt  with a number of different products, some more effective than others - but all people are different even those we try to group them in categories just to make some general recommendations.  It pays to remember you are a unique individual and what applies to someone else may NOT be perfectly right for you.

On this site you will find articles which hopefully will be helpful and will be a start for what you are trying to find out.  You will find other sources of information on the "net" but always remember - YOU ARE A UNIQUE HUMAN BEING.  

How do you check things out?  Well you can always ask someone who has some professional training, your medical advisory may be willing to give an opinion - but at the end of the day if it doesn't feel right, then tread carefully.

Products  come in a wide variety of choices - and prices to match!  It is a well contested market and everyone has their own opinion on what is best.  Basically products are either "Active" or "Non Active".

Active products will have perhaps a tingling effect on your skin - especially at first because they contain normally some form of Alpha Hydroxide Acids (AHA's).  These products are designed to slough off the outer layer of your skin revealing a smoother complexion underneath.

Some products are based around Vitamin A - which basically works from the inner layers of your skin outwards.  Your skin normally has to become accomstomized to Vitamin A, so you will need to start with gentle doses and not dive into concentrated forms from the beginning.

Vitamin C is another well documented product which is very good.  Questions alway exist as to how stable the Vitamin C is, so check out the manufacturers claims, keep it in a dark cool place and don't expect it to be effective if you open it and leave it for a few years before using it.

Before letting you go to read other articles there is one important vitamin I want to bring to your attention - and that is Vitamin D.  We all need a certain amount of vitamin D for our bodies to perform well.  You get vitamin D from the sun, but in recent years we have all been advised to cover our bodies in Sunscreen, often SPF30 - to block out the sun's rays.  There is a balance you have to reach between not letting the sun burn your skin yet to let sufficient sun to fall onto your skin to generate vitamin D.

If you have any questions relating to beauty and skin care you may contact me via the details on the "Contact Me" page.  Please make your questions short and specific to a single topic.  

I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible.

Here's to a fabulous skin, a healthy body and a zest to live life to the full.

Christina

May I share this poem with you that I wrote in June 2003


Love is the lovliness all around,
The birds singing sweetly - oh what a pretty sound:

Yourself happy and well,
All the loving things you do to show and tell:

Love is the puppy in your life,
The one you have adventures with and land in lots of strife:

Love is your furry cat you cuddle when sad,
Love can make all things right - even if you have been bad:

Love is a clucky chicken that lays you a fresh golden egg,
Containing good nutritritonal value important for healthy bodies:

Love is the cow with her calf in the meadow,
Grazing on grass to produce milk to help us grow:

Love is the flowers in springtime - their perfumes , color and blooms,
Strong majestic trees, foliage of splendor - all this made by God our creator:

Love is the beach on a bright summers day,
With the warmth of the sun, the breeze and the soft gentle sea spray:

Love is the feeling of sand between our toes,
The waves splashing on us - in and out they go:

Love is the swim that we enjoy so well,
Can you remeber how good you feel?

Love is the vegetables that grow in the ground,
All colours of the rainbow - without a sound:

The fruits we enjoy that makes us healthy and strong - banana and orange,
pineapple and grapes,
All different colors and funny shapes:

Love is the sky, high, high above,
Blue is the color - the color for love:

Night time is dark, quite and still - the stars twinkle brightly,
The moon boldly lit and smiling contently to guard us at night:

All is well, all is right,
As we sleep in our cosy beds, fast, fast asleep:

Love is your mummy, love is your dad,
Love is your brother and the sister you may wish you never had:

But then it's time to give warm fuzzies and show,
Your love by a great big hug:

And all is forgiven,
because ....all there is in this world is LOVE.

Christina Nash June 2003

Eagles In The Storm

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?

The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come.

When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm.

While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm.

It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God (or your own personal god - or whatever your personal beliefs are). The storms do not have to overcome us.

We all have burdens.

But it is not these burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.