An autoimmune disease is a condition where a person’s immune system attacks the body by mistake. Typically, the immune system can differentiate between the body’s cells and foreign cells. With an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of the body as...
Last week we shared with you some ways to celebrate the spring season. As with most things in life, with the good, comes the bad. As you start to roll out your spring and summer wardrobe in anticipation of the good weather, let's not forget about another season -...
The arrival of Spring is one of the most celebrated occasions around the world, regardless of time and culture. From the sugarcane fields in India to the snow-dusted fields of Vermont, the March vernal equinox is welcomed with open arms as a sign of the new year, a...
BE BOLD FOR CHANGE. That's the motto for this year's International Women's Day and we've figured out five beautiful ways to help women, around the world and close to home, any day and every day. 1. Donate Your Used Clothes & Fund a Girl's Education Simultaneously...
Seventeen... what isn't magical at 17? The world is your oyster, your body is in peak physical condition, your brain is absorbing information exponentially, your hormones are in full flush, causing your loins to tingle multiple times a day; and if you were me, you...
This past Valentine's Day while we gave you four reasons to use organic and natural personal lubricants, many of us dreamed about gifts we want or how to be spoiled by a significant other. Some of us rushed to book waxes or go shopping for lingerie deals, and some...
As Donald Trump struts towards inauguration, a million or more women will gather in D.C. the day after, to mark his first day of presidency in protest and state to his cabinet and the world, that women's rights are human rights. That is the moral of The Women's March...
I have to be honest with you...I've been sweating over writing this piece. Setting an intention for our brand in the new year while reflecting on the past year is the post I most look forward to writing all year. This year was a little bit more difficult for me than...
Out of an estimated 85,000 chemicals currently in use in the environment in the United States, only about 200 have been tested for safety. Of those chemicals that have been tested, most have been evaluated only for their acute impacts to adult males in industrial...
Each year, Maxim Hygiene celebrates a handful of Fierce Women who are making the world a better place. We believe that at the heart of every community lies women and when their needs are met, society can take larger strides. This year we have featured high school...
Michael Phelps' derrier can arguably be credited for cupping's recent rise to fame during the Rio Olympics, but the benefits of acupuncture, meditation, and other complementary alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have long and quietly been extolled as an integral...