10 Tips to Thrive in the Metal Energetic Season Beginning August 7 (Ending October 20)

The Metal energetic season is the optimum time to address demineralization, surface dehydration, puffiness and congestion, and dull, lifeless skin. 

Our Metal energetic line has mineralizing and anti-inflammatory properties, increases circulation, promotes oxygenation of skin, diminishes swelling and puffiness, and rehydrates and rejuvenates the skin.

Lungs and large intestine reflect the spiritual nature of the Autumn season. Open to more clarity of vision. Let go of mental and spiritual rubbish. Take in the inspiration of a breath of fresh air. The lung is described as the receiver of pure Chi from the heavens.

Here Are 10 Tips for Autumn Maintenance Best Practices:

- Practice letting go in all things.

- Release old resentments or hurts. Start fresh.

- When feeling sad or stuck, remember that nothing is permanent. It will pass.

- Eliminate negative and destructive habits.

- Meditate or pray. This is the time of year when spiritual vision comes easier.

- Cleanse your body. Support the immune system by eat more fresh fruits and veggies and less animal products.

- Help your body to rehydrate by drinking lots of water and eating high water content produce.

- Breathe and smell the new scents of nature and the season. Note the subtle or remarkable change in the quality of the air.

- Complete unfinished projects. Prepare for the winter.

- Consider this short practice for the Metal element for Autumn:

LIGHT: Raw Material for Human Life

Light is energy and can be thought of as "raw material" for human life and most living organisms. It behaves as a vibration and it radiates. Light propagates through space in the same fashion as AM or FM radio waves and any other electromagnetic radiations. All radiations are characterized by their wavelength and consequently, their frequency. White light naturally divides in seven colors as we can observe on a well-formed rainbow.

Each of the seven colors includes, and is constituted by, a range of wavelengths — not a single wavelength. Wavelengths are measured in nanometers. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter (a meter is a little more than three feet). Radiation from the visible spectrum are contained between 380 nm and 780 nm. Before 380 nm, there is the ultraviolet range and beyond 780 manometers, there is the infrared range.

To eliminate any potential dangers to clients as well as to therapists, Phytobiodermie light equipment has filters to eliminate any frequencies that exceed the visible spectrum, namely, infrared and ultraviolets. At the same time, Phytobiodermie equipment faithfully offers the basic seven colors of the rainbow with their full complement of frequencies. It also offers additional colors such as pink and turquoise for their specific beneficial properties.

Perk Up Those Eyes

If you are starting to notice aging around your eyes, Ageless’ Eye Serum (by PHYTO 5®) is the product for you. The Ageless Eye Serum dramatically reduces the look of fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles, dryness and puffiness, leaving the eyes looking radiant, hydrated and youthful. 

It is formulated with a unique blend of acacia gum, beech tree bud extract, Easyliance, rose essential oil and rose flower water. These ingredients give you all the skin-smoothing and restoring benefits you are looking for without the potential for irritation. Easyliance is a tightening active with immediate and visible effects especially for crow’s feet and cheeks. Beech Tree Bud Extract is the real elixir of youth as it increases oxygen consumption and cell metabolism, therefore regenerating cells and perfect for the cure of mature skin and eye contour.

The Ageless Eye Serum is easy to use. After cleansing and toning, each morning and evening, place a small amount on your fingertips. Then, gently pant under and around your eye area and massage into your skin.

The Ageless Eye serum will quickly smooth, tighten and regenerate cells, leaving your skin more supple and luminous.

Do You Want to be Ageless?

We believe that, unless your skin is particularly sensitive, a non-invasive peel is needed to achieve great looking skin. And not just any peel, but a peel that resurfaces and also replenishes with anti-aging benefits.

Phyto Peel's unique blend of tropical fruit extract, lotus grains, organic shea butter and 9 organic essential oils will leave your skin feeling exfoliated, hydrated and rejuvenated. The tropical fruit extract contains Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA) that reduce the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, simultaneously toning and firming your skin.

The Ageless Phyto-Peel by Phyto 5 is a creamy, energizing and exfoliating peel that removes dead skin cells with its lotus, shea shell grains and natural AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acid) ingredients from tropical fruits such as banana, mango and mombin plump and leaves your skin firm, plump and moist

The peel is very easy to use. We recommend you use the peel once or twice a week. After cleansing and toning, apply the peel on your entire face and neck. Massage lightly in a circular motion, applying additional water as required, and then leave the peel on for 2-3 minutes. Rinse well with water, using a facial cloth or sponge if needed, and gently pat dry. A little application of the Toner will insure that the peel has been fully removed. Then, apply the eye serum and the Extreme Hydrating Cream. 

This peel is ideal for mature skin, and will reveal a softer and more radiant skin.

5 Minerals That Create Beautifully Hydrated, Supple, Youthful Skin

Oligo, short for oligonucleotide, comes from the Greek 'oligoi' meaning few or containing a relatively small number of units. In this case, these units are manganese, cobalt, zinc, magnesium and copper (plus algae) in PHYTO5's 100% natural origin Oligo 5 sensational product.

We all lose minerals as we age or live in stressful environmental conditions. Certain minerals are needed to hold hydration in the skin. Without them, creams won't help.

Skin can't be properly hydrated without a sufficient mineral delivery such as the proprietary formula found in Oligo 5:

✺ Manganese for vitamin B synthesis; protects the skin against free radicals; soothing and calming properties;

✺ Cobalt necessary for hemoglobin, it's a great antioxidant;

✺ Zinc stimulates synthesis of collagen and elastin–no necessary for youthful skin; great as an anti-inflammatory and skin revitalizer;

✺ Magnesium relaxes muscles and helps smooth wrinkles with a botox-like activity; it acts on cell renewal and energy-production within cells; it also helps to bind calcium which improves skin hydration;

✺ Copper is an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant with anti-aging properties because it stimulates production of keratin, collagen and elastin which make skin look toned and youthful.

✔︎For all skin types

✔︎Apply Oligo 5 daily to face and neck after cleansing and toning and before cream. 

✔︎Keep scalp better hydrated and hair soft, glossy and voluminous by applying after shampoo and conditioner.

Spray It Away

In addition to all the other remedies for stress reduction, there is one amazing, almost magical thing anyone can do to restore serenity, calm, ease and balance!

Aura Flora is an organic certified flower water spray (a special proprietary formulation of rose and witch hazel) that balances and purifies the body's energetic envelope. When the energetic envelope surrounding the body is permeated with this soothing spray, the physical, mental and emotional are affected in turn.

Spray Aura Flora around the body and in the room for the following amazing benefits:

✺ To gain relaxation, self-confidence, peace of mind and serenity in any stressful situation;

✺ To create a balanced and peaceful ambiance in your home;

✺ For mental clarity when you feel overworked;

✺ To help anyone fall asleep (babies, elderly, and yourself!);

✺ To cool and moisturize face and body on hot days or in hot places;

✺ To protect the body's energetic envelope from radiation on flights and from computer use.

Healing with Colors

Chromatherapy, sometimes called chromotherapy, was part of the medicine of ancient Egypt, Greece, India and China. Literally, it means healing with colors. It can be with colors of matter (walls, clothing, stones or topical products), or more potently, with colors of light – a pure form of energy. Phytobiodermie uses the term chromatherapy to refer to both the use of color in matter such as clay masks of different colors and for light therapy using lights of certain colors.

At the turn of the 20th century, light therapy experienced a new level of interest and favor as many scientists and medical doctors had returned to the use of colors to heal serious conditions. 

In 1903, Niels Finsen of Denmark received the Nobel Prize for successfully treating skin tuberculosis and certain skin conditions with light therapy.

In the 1920s and 30s, both Dinshah Ghadiali and Dr. Harry Riley Spitler, among others, conducted substantial research in light therapy and obtained many spectacular results.

But in the late 1930s, with the advent of antibiotics, medicine and medical research were directed toward chemicals at the expense of everything else. Light therapy was temporarily forgotten. Today, with the growing concerns over the long term effects of antibiotics on the immune system, thoughtful physicians and others have returned to older, proven methods that are more natural and noninvasive such as light therapy.

Phytobiodermie is a pioneer in light therapy.