Curiously Awesome

I think I just figured out what I want to do when I grow up! Yes…me a stay at home mom, full time wife and mother of many, homeschool educator, and many other things…has also decided that I want to pursue a career in personal training. This means that I need to figure out how to earn my fitness certification, and I think I just figured out how I am going to do that!

I found a great website that will enable me to earn my personal trainer certification in as little as three to four months and at a cost of about $600. And the best part is that I can earn my certification through home study.

I am so excited! If I get started right away, in a few short months I will be on my way to not only improving my own and my family’s health, but on my way to helping others improve their health as well!

Shea butter is an incredible ingredient as long as you are getting the real thing.

Shea butter comes from the Karite Shea tree in Africa. It bears fruit and it is the nut inside the fruit that contains the shea butter.

There is raw or unrefined shea butter and there is refined shea butter. There is a big difference between the two types. Raw shea butter is the most natural and least processed. The raw form is the purest and most effective. Refined shea butter is processed using chemicals and this strips the shea butter of its many healing properties.

When chemically processed it is refined, bleached, deodorized, and degummed, which destroys the shea butter.

Raw, unrefined shea butter is good for dry skin, skin rashes, skin peeling after tanning, sunburn, blemishes, cracked heels and skin, itchy skin, frost bite, stretch marks, scars, chapped lips, eczema, small wounds or scrapes, diaper rash, hair moisturizer, burns, athlete’s foot, insect bites and stings, arthritis, muscle fatigue, pets’ dry skin, sunburn, scrapes, and as a natural mechanics lubricant.

Once you have used true raw shea butter you will quickly see the difference between refined and unrefined shea butter and you will never go back!