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Health & Wellness Tips - Easily Achieve a Naturally Radiant Complexion

6 tips to easily achieve a naturally radiant complexion
Beauty is more than just skin deep, inner health is equally important. Here are some tips to help you achieve natural beauty:
1. Facial Acupuncture – Promotes blood circulation and rejuvenation, enhances skin radiance and elasticity, prevents wrinkles, and reduces dark circles
2. Consume Bird’s nest - Provides essential nutrients for the skin, enhances the skin's ability to retain moisture, and improves skin texture
3. Applying Sunscreen - Helps block UVA and UVB rays, slows down skin aging, retains skin moisture, and reduces wrinkles and dark spots
4. Drink flower tea – Tea with Rose, red dates, and Goji berries* can help replenish blood and regulate Qi, improving your constitution. (*Avoid drinking during menstruation)
   • Ingredient: 3 Red dates + 20 Goji berries + 2-3 Dried Roses 
   • Preparation: Cleanse ingredients with boiling water briefly, then pour in 250ml of boiling water, steep ingredients with cover closed for 10 minutes. Enjoy!
5. Dietary habits – Eat less spicy and greasy food. A naturally smooth and supple complexion comes from a healthy stomach.
6. Good sleeping schedule - Sufficient sleep allows the body to repair itself by healing damaged cells and tissues.


Learn these 6 acupoints to effectively enhance your journey to beauty
Method: Massage lightly on the acupoint for 1-3 minutes by using your thumb
• Quan Liao point (SI18):  Whitens and retains skin moisture, promotes face blood circulation, and reduces smile lines. Locate the point by drawing a line directly from the outer corner of the eye down under the cheekbone.
• Ying Xiang point (LI20): Prevents sagging of muscles, reduces smile lines, promotes face blood circulation, and improves nose sensitivity. Point is located at the outermost point of the nostrils. 
• Jia Che point (ST6): Relaxes facial muscles, slims down obvious chewing muscle, and reduces water retention. Point is located halfway between the corner of the mouth and the bottom of the earlobe or clench your jaw and feel for the muscles that flex in the cheeks.
• Tong Zi Liao point (GB1): Prevents wrinkles. Point is located at outer corners of both eyes.
• Zan Zhu point (BL2): Improves swelling and dropping eyelids and promotes metabolism. Point is located at inner tip of both eyebrows.
• Cheng Qi point (ST1): Prevents sagging of eyebags. Point is located directly below the pupil, between the eyeball and lower eye socket bone ridge.