Ayurvedic Beauty Tips With Sahajan Founder Lisa Mattam

Forbes Lifestyle Style & Beauty Ayurvedic Beauty Tips With Sahajan Founder Lisa Mattam Rebecca Suhrawardi Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Following Oct 27, 2023, 06:30pm EDT | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The pioneer in Ayurvedic beauty, Sahajan brings together the best of science and Ayurveda in . .

. [+] effective formulas designed to help skin get back to its healthiest place. Sahajan “I think what Ayurveda has taught me is that we, as a society, tend to look to one thing to be the solution, but in Ayurveda, it’s all about the blends and the purposeful, mindful approach of adding all the little things in every day,” says Lisa Mattam.

The former pharmaceutical executive is a pioneer in the beauty space as the founder of her award-winning Ayurvedic brand, Sahajan, which has been at the forefront of bringing the benefits of this millennia-old practice to the mainstream through high-performing, clinically-tried, and clean products safe enough for even a child’s skin. Sahajan is already a fixture on several Hollywood sets including those of The Handmaid’s Tale, Schitts Creek, and Star Trek Discovery, and as Mattam continues to plot the brand’s expansion across the country, her products will now be the amenity of choice in 200,000 hotel rooms across 400 properties globally including the Four Seasons, St. Regis, The Ritz, and J.

W Marriot. It’s a milestone that will make Sahajan the first Ayurvedic brand in any hotel room outside of India. “The reason people should be engaging in Ayurveda is that you can get your best skin from this old-world science and without relying on conventional products,” says Mattam.

“It’s an opportunity to use clean products and take advantage of ingredients that, perhaps, you may not have heard of, but that are time-tested and high-performing. ” Mattam continues, “I have this belief that our just job is to get you back to your healthiest center. We all have gorgeous skin, we’re all beautiful.

And so our role with our skincare is: We’re going to help you get your skin back to its healthiest place. ” MORE FOR YOU The Best Foundations For Mature Skin According To Experts The 14 Best Candles To Make Your Home Smell Absolutely Divine The Best At Home Laser Hair Removal Devices That Are Safe And Effective As Ayurveda is an approach that consists of using elements based in the natural world which, as Mattam says, are time-tested, in this article she shares some of her favorite tips to achieve better beauty at home with Ayurveda and how her products can make the process all that much easier. NEVER DRINK COLD WATER “One of the easiest things that we share with our community consistently, both for gut health and good skin, is drinking hot water.

Heated in a kettle whenever possible, and if not, then warm temperature. Think of it like this: if you were to eat something greasy, when you go to wash that dish, do you wash it with cold or hot water? It’s the same thing with our bodies. ” AVOID RAW FOOD “This is counterintuitive to our culture in which we eat a lot of salad.

But staying away as much as possible from raw food is a good idea because it’s very hard to digest and it can ferment in the stomach, especially when eaten at the wrong time. For example, eating raw food later in the day or at night is even harder on the digestive system than earlier in the day. This is why when you eat food is as important as what you eat.

Eating with the sun is a great way to time food consumption. Your biggest meal of the day is when the sun is up at the highest, which is lunch, and then in the evening you eat the least. It’s something that is very easily added into a lifestyle to make significant changes to someone’s health.

” TRY MORINGA “In developing countries, moringa seeds are placed into dirty water and they pull out the toxins to make the water usable. It has the same effect on the skin and has been shown to clear pollution and even be anti-pollution. It’s also an antioxidant so it’s good to ingest it, plus it’s rich in vitamins A through B and has 90 plus micronutrients.

Moringas a really good one because of this high micronutrient density especially since our food tends to be very nutrient-depleted, so it’s very helpful to boost nutrition. People are always looking for easy ways to add micronutrients to their food that won’t impact taste or flavor and moringa is one of those things. ” INGREDIENTS FOR BETTER BEAUTY “Triphala, which is so easy to find on Amazon and I’ve even seen it at TJ Maxx, is a combination of three fruits that work synergistically.

Its name actually means three fruits in Sanskrit and combines Amalaki, which is also called Indian Gooseberry, Bibhitaki, and Haritak. The combination of the three is greater than each of them individually. It’s really good for digestive fire and if you’re having trouble with bowel movements, the first thing I always say is for two weeks, take it every day and it will regulate everything.

Not only that, it helps people who have dark circles under the eyes, which I do, and it’s a very strong antioxidant with high levels of vitamin C and significant anti-inflammatory properties. ” DIY SKINCARE “For the skin, look to lemon and papaya. Papaya has high enzymatic properties and lemon is a fruit-based acid that does such a good job as a peel.

Turmeric is great for detoxing, and it’s even great for pimples. Simply mixing turmeric and rosewater is a great spot treatment. Egg whites, too, are really good for the face.

If you’re not vegan, doing an egg mask is a beautiful way to add nutrients back into the skin because eggs have lutein in them, and they also tighten and refresh the skin. ” “The reason that people should be engaging in Ayurveda specifically is that people can get their . .

. [+] best skin from this old-world science and that you don’t have to rely on conventional products,” says Mattam. Sahajan WHY SAHAJAN “For Sahajan specifically, what I’m really proud of is we’ve taken the authentic approach to Ayurveda and we’ve modernized it with science and have been able to create products that work with our modern day life.

This ease makes it simple for people to access their Ayurveda on a shelf and not necessarily mix ingredients daily, and having the products well-packaged makes it easy to travel with so there’s no worry about how to continue your routine when you’re not based at home. We also have the ability to insert highly-clinical ingredients into our formulas which we know are going to deliver. I also wanted to also make a product that was as aesthetically pleasing as it is effective because when we started—we were one of the OGs in the space—the clean beauty products were amazing, but they weren’t the bottles you would necessarily keep on your counter and want somebody to see (think about that jar of coconut oil that’s hiding in your bathroom).

We wanted to change that. At the end of the day, people who want to incorporate things into their routine and want it to be simple. If you have to do a hundred things that are out of your wheelhouse, it’s very easy not to engage.

It’s why don’t people stay compliant with certain things because the barrier seems so high. But if you can take that barrier down and allow people dip your toe into this world, they are going to see incredible results and more people will slowly start walking towards you. If you make it so hard, they’re never going to join you on the journey.

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