Crystals for Beautiful Skin

For youthful skin, my top two picks are rose quartz and jade. Use rose quartz to maintain your beauty, and jade to help prevent wrinkles and fine lines.

Rose Quartz: It is written that the Egyptian goddess Isis searched for river-tumbled rose quartz to use on her face. She would rub the stones in an upward motion over her cheeks and around her eyes because she found this helped keep and restore her beauty. Her beauty ritual, insight and knowledge has been passed on through the years among Egyptian women.

Jade: The stone of longevity, jade heals the body and spirit. In ancient China when people joined their ancestors, all the orifices of their bodies were stopped with jade for purity. Jade was believed to have preservative and protective qualities that would prevent deterioration. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the bodies of emperors and wealthy aristocrats were encased in jade burial suits. Burial suits were believed to be an armor for immortality.