By Tamara Madden When I was growing up, I was constantly told how ugly I was. My mother was stunning and always had men running behind her, but I never thought that I would look like her and never wanted to, surprisingly. I would look in the mirror at my dark skin and big forehead and wonder why people judged me. I always felt like I was a nice person, but nothing seemed to matter more than my outward appearance. My mother was light and I was dark and I often wondered if her complexion and the length of her hair made her more attractive to people.  In high school many girl’s got their self-esteem...

By Tamara Madden It seems like everything is causing cancer these days–from the air we breath, the processed foods that we eat, the toxins that we inhale and the products that we put on our skin.  All of these aid in the deterioration of our bodies. Did you know that your skin is the largest organ that you have? Most people don’t think of it that way, of course, but our skin is obviously necessary for protecting other parts of our body. Everything that you put on your skin gets absorbed by your skin. Many of those things contain lots of chemicals that are completely unnatural and can...