It is known that children are less active over summer break. A recent study among children 6 to 9 years of age showed that physical activity dropped by 53% during the summer months. Moreover, time spent in sedentary activities (e.g., screen time) increases. According to the national survey data, children watch more television (+18+ minutes/day) over summer break than during the school year. 

Past research also found that parents often restricted screen time during the school year to encourage homework completion, and then relaxed these rules once school is out of session.

Declines in physical activity over the summer can have adverse effects on children’s health, from weight gain to skin issues because their bodies aren’t moving enough to rid itself of daily toxins. 

So how do we ensure that our kids are in motion during lazy summer months?

Tip 1: Maintain the same amount of structure they had during school days. 

During the school year, children have to get up and get going, but this may not be the case during the summer. Set up a routine that gets them moving. This may involve going to summer camp, taking walks, going to swim lessons, or just having a standing playdate with friends. Continue to implement their same daily rituals like skincare routines using the YELLE Fresh Start Collection, grooming appointments like haircuts and salon visits, and health maintenance appointments like dental checkups and pediatric visits. 

Use this time extra free time at home to really deep dive into your child’s Fresh Start skincare routine to teach them exactly how to use our plant-based products so that by the time school starts back they will be well adjusted to their routine. 

Need tips on your YELLE Fresh Start routine? Read this blog here

The YELLE Fresh Start system is a 3-piece kit that includes: 

• Fresh Start Milk & Honey Cleanser 4oz.
• Fresh Start Daily Moisturizer 2oz.
• And One (1) Mask (Blemish Away Mask or Mattify Mask)

This 3-piece system was strategically formulated as a preventative and treatment skincare regimen created especially for youthful skin.  

Tip 2: Place limits on screen time

With today’s kids, if given the choice, many kids will pick screen time over going outside to play. However, if screen time is limited, they may find something more active to do. One idea is to set your devices to not be accessible during school hours (even during summer) and only allow a pre-specified number of hours of screen time. Have fun and interactive activities that make them think and exercise problem solving skills without making them do work. Fun activities like:

• Outdoor Obstacle Courses
• The Floor Is Lava
• Puzzles
• Timed games
• Parenting Pro-tip: If you are encouraging a fun activity, why not add in a little wellness health through wearing a face mask from the YELLE Fresh Start Collection while enjoying your activity?

Tip 3: Find a buddy. 

Kids are more likely to be active when other kids are around. Scheduling playdates, getting involved in a local kids group like scouts or a sports team are great ways to help kids maintain social relationships and encourage active play during summer. If parents are both busy working during summer, securing a fun day camp could help foster new friendships outside of school while keeping your kiddo busy. 

We’ve programmed ourselves to note things twice about holidays, except for looking at them as an extra off-day. For many, this long holiday weekend marks the unofficial kickoff for summer — some may not remember the meaning behind the Memorial Day holiday. It’s a holiday established to honor those who lost their lives in service to this country, and an opportunity to express gratitude for their brave sacrifice. 

Now more than ever this Memorial Day may stir up lots of emotions for many coping with loss. Coming down from the woes of a global pandemic, we are still coping with such incredible loss during COVID-19; merge that with the ongoing battle of structural and systematic racism that tears at the fabric of our nation’s promise, people who serve or have served in the military are even more a risk of pain and agony. 

Use this holiday as a moment to reflect. Memorial Day is about setting aside time to remember those we’ve lost. Giving ourselves space to feel the emotions that accompany those memories is important. Grief tends to be easier to manage when we engage in community and fellowship with others. While that may not be the easiest way for many to cope, YELLE wants to share with you a few ways you can channel your grief into something healthy and productive to help you cope. 

YELLE has shifted it’s focus from not only skincare but well-being in general. We can attest to the notion that SKINCARE starts within, in your mind, body and spirit. 

Coping with loss can take a huge toll on you, often making you neglect your wellbeing. How can you find ways to cope? YELLE understands that we are all connected through our mind, body and spirit. This is why we are working on developing products that honor and reinforce that connection. Products like candles with essential oils will welcome calmness while soothing and suppressing stress that’s associated with grief.

First off:

Center yourself. We lose ourselves in coping. Now it’s time to rediscover who we are so that we can be everything that our fallen soldier’s remembered us as. Spend a little more time with yourself in the morning, through practicing self-care routines like adding much needed vitamin supplements to boost your mood, or taking a little time in the shower to deep cleanse your face with YELLE’s Awakening Face Wash and Toner or just enjoy a nice pot of chamomile tea to settle your nerves. 

Then throughout the day, implement things that spark joy and special memories of you and your loved one. Did they enjoy doing a special activity like bike riding? Did you all share a favorite meal? Add that special moment to your day as an ode to them and it will foster happy memories to boost your mood. 

Finally, try something new. Now is the time to really rediscover yourself. You’ve worked hard to heal, and it’s time to put all of your effort to work. Get out there and do something new and healthy for a good pick me up. Finally take that new hiking route, or sign up for the dance class you’ve been considering. One little step in the right direction makes a huge difference in your grieving process. 

Creating healthy traditions that honor the service and sacrifice of those we love is a good way to move through the range of feelings that may surface as we think of those who’ve fallen in the line of duty. Traditions like diving into self-care heavily, whether it’s sharing a moment together through skincare; giving your skin the nourishment it needs through our BRAVE Collection’s No Grit Scrub or making a facial mask using the Awakening Serum. Healthy traditions will help you stay focused on being present and healing. 

Learning to unlearn … that is the lesson with childhood trauma. 

Mom, may I ask you a question? Do you ever wonder why you’re stuck in the cycle of people pleasing, perfectionism, and this undoubtedly huge fear of failing your children? 

I guarantee it is a direct result of childhood trauma. 

Many of us grow up as a result of tough or traumatic events that happened to us, molding us into the person we are today. Whether it’s abuse, neglect, the bi-product of divorce, or instability. All of these backstories that we thought we buried in the back of our lives come barrelling their way to the forefront when we become parents. Those wombs and traumas that we thought we overcame and healed suddenly reappears and reshapes us as parents. 

Many are so focused on being the perfect mom and giving your kids the childhood you didn’t have that you often feel  like a failure for every mistake, every moment of struggle, and every negative emotion. Simply put, that is an open womb that is a direct result of childhood trauma. 

This is the pattern that many of us go through, unaware of how strongly our past impacts our relationships, parenting, and emotional regulation. Our family dynamic is the first encounter we have as children, and the first relationships we ever form. So the result and impact of that forms our emotional regulation which in terms molds the relationships we foster in the future, our parenting style, and more. 

Motherhood in particular brings up past wounds deeply. When we care for and love our children, we often want to do a better job or improve on what we lacked as kids; but we fail to realize that we miss the most important component of being better parents, and that is SELF-WORK. 

What does Self-Work mean to parenting: it means that instead of focusing on deflecting your trauma onto your parenting style, you should work on your own healing journey as a direct way to support how you parent with your child. Your healing journey should support you as a parent instead of self-sabotage you as a parent. 

How does Bad Parenting affect kids?

• Stressors can lead to chronic illnesses long term
• Stroke
• Chronic fatigue
• Poor mental and emotional health
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Social interaction limits
• Repeated abuse patterns 

How does your childhood trauma show up in your parenting style?

• Common fears of failing your kids
• Overcompensating for what you lacked (often spoiling children)
• Hyper Focused on being determined to do better
• Overly relaxed parenting style (to avoid being too strict)

These extreme conditions can not only damage the relationship you have with your child, they can also have negative long-term effects on your child and their future as they adjust to life. 

The solution? 1st start with yourself, life is hard at times and so is parenting. As parents it’s important that we have designated outlets to decompress and deal with stress so we don't end up misguiding our anger to our kids. At Yelle., we approach skincare from a holistic perspective and we encourage our users to use their daily routine as a moment for self care. For mothers we will be launching a the “Glow Bundle” which will include a few surprises to help you turn  your daily grooming into a spacation with the addition of aromatherapy candles to help set the mood and QR codes that feature words of affirmation, guided meditation and soothing playlists. 

2nd be intentional about planning activities that foster healthy relationships with your children. - Implement structure and routine so that you feel in control of your parenting style

• Practice listening more
• Find common interests   …
• A great way to build a bond is through routines like skincare. Creating weekly routines like using your FRESH START KIT (designed for young adults)  and YELLE Awakening Kit ( our bestselling line)  is a great way to teach healthy habits while having designated time to talk, connect and bond.  Practice your own boundaries with your parents
• Building your own boundaries will help you keep the stress from your own trauma suppressed. It gives you a sense of control. If you are interested in developing a better relationship with your own parent(s) but don’t know where to start, follow the same guideline of finding something in common, like your love for skincare. Maybe invite your mom over for a little girl time and enjoy exchanging beauty secrets while using YELLE’s Awakening Collection for a little self-care and let the generational healing begin.. and retain moisture to add elasticity to your skin making it more youthful and bright. 

You know here at YELLE we are always about setting the mood. Our founder Yandy always believed that if you change the atmosphere to stimulate joy, you will become joy. That’s why you always see her dancing in the mirror while she’s using her YELLE Skincare products. She personally put together a YELLE Self-Care Playlist with all of the vibes you need to find your peace within. We can’t wait to share it with you so check back for updates! 

Go Green & Celebrate Earth Day Today and Everyday

Hey family! Here’s the thing …Earth needs our attention more than just one day a year. Make time to celebrate the place we live, love and play in on Earth Day and every day. 

I know this is a really out of sight out of mind concept, because we are so busy living on the planet, we actually forget to treat it well. Think of Mother Earth as your home, just like you would tidy up your home at the end of each day, we should be doing the same for our planet. 

After all, it’s only ours for as long as we care for it. 

Try one of the following ideas to get your Earth Day celebration started, or to carry it on throughout the year with YELLE Skincare products. 

Don’t forget, YELLE Skincare is actually plant-based! While that’s dope for the earth, that’s actually BOMB for our skin; because who wants to use toxic ingredients on their skin? YUCK. 

A few things you can do to take care of our planet with your YELLE Skincare set is to recycle our bottles.

If you’re not great at recycling, you can easily clean out and reuse our bottles, tubes, and jars for additional essentials; like:

• The bottles are the perfect travel size and can conveniently store lotions, oils, makeup remover and more
• The mask jars can be cleaned and can store things like cosmetic cotton pads, bobby pins, and more. 
• Our serum jars can be reused to store essential oils for aromatherapy 

The possibilities are ENDLESS. 

While you’re diving in your stash, I dare you to re-up your kit of YELLE Skincare because while we are taking care of mother earth, we have to remember to care for ourselves! 

Many of the plant-based products in YELLE Skincare help combat mental and emotional stressors that can be given to us from the pollution of this world. Scents like eucalyptus, ingredients like hyaluronic acid, green tea, and aloe vera all calm your skin back down from the stressors of this world. 

Take a full look at our ingredient list HERE, then shop our products by addressing your problem areas through our one-of-a-kind skin quiz. 

High Vibration: Infusing CBD Into Your Skincare Routine

Oh we know, that title threw you off a bit huh? Let’s break it down simply, what if you could take your existing YELLE Skincare products and enhance their effectiveness further by infusing them with a single ingredient that has been shown evidence in having remarkable benefits for the skin?

Before we get into the bells and whistles, let’s break down the true artform of CBD.

What exactly IS CBD? 

is an active ingredient in cannabis that is derived from the hemp plant, but it does not cause a high and is not addictive

Where does CBD come from?

CBD can be derived from hemp or from non-hemp plants. Hemp is defined as any part of the cannabis sativa plant with no more than 0.3% of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the mind-altering substance in marijuana.

Now let’s breakdown why CBD can help us with skincare. Simply put, just like when absorbed into the bloodstream through ingestion, the body responds through soothing any stress, pain, or irritants in the body. This is specifically important for pain management, sleep cycles, immune function, and skin homeostasis. CBD is absorbed quickly through the skin for topical applications and activates ECS receptor sites in target treatment areas.

Researchers have observed CBD’s therapeutic and protective effects for skin conditions characterized by inflammation, itching, acne, eczema, and infection.

What does this mean? It means people are using this ingredient gifted to us from the earth to cope with and heal stressors in the skin from skin irritants, allergies, and more.

The key to understanding potency is knowing how much CBD do you need: 

CBD oil is usually designated with a number ranging from 750MG to 12,000MG. These numbers are used to identify how much total CBD, in milligrams, is concentrated in the bottle. A 30-milliliter bottle of CBD oil containing a total of 750 mg of CBD has 25 milligrams of CBD per one milliliter dropperful dose. Alternately, a bottle with 12,000 mg of CBD includes 400 mg of CBD per dropperful.

To quickly calculate how much CBD is in a one milliliter dropperful of CBD oil, you can take the total concentration and divide it by 30.

To make the perfect blend in your YELLE Skincare routine simply add CBD oil (based on the configured dosage calculated above) to your skincare product to make your infusion and mix for 30 to 60 seconds. Voila! You’ve just created your unique custom CBD blend using your favorite skincare product! Now you’re ready to enjoy the added benefits and bask in the glory of perfected skin.

Be sure to check out our Awakening Skincare Collection. It is the perfect kit to add CBD to. You can use these products to truly massage CBD into your skin to assist with irritation or pain management, or to just have an enjoyable and soothing self-care experience. 

Let us know if you decide to infuse CBD Into YELLE Skincare. Tag us in the content you make #YELLESKINCARE