NATURAL SKIN CARE IDEAS

Earlier this week, we got our first order of the season for aloe vera sun gel. Since Toronto temperatures have been fickle at best and...

When makeup and hand sanitizer are found to be unsafe, you do have alternatives

Mask, gloves, soap, scrubs...the new routine can be irritating. But what do you do when your mask causes actual skin problems?

To all my flower children: turns out essential oils are no match for nasty viruses like COVID. Here's when to bust out the Lysol.

Everything is harder than it used to be, so now is the perfect time to be gentle with ourselves. Long hot baths optional.

I handed a natural vegan lip balm to someone the other day and he said 'What, is this, like, Vaseline or something?' No, comma, it is not.

Bee pollen has been touted as a superfood for years now, but is it ethical to use bee pollen? And, what does it do for your skin?

You've heard of natural DIY face masks like yogurt and honey, but natural beauty gets a whole lot weirder

Recently at the Brickworks, a lovely couple came up to me and said they had brought a single bar of our handmade soap to Australia, where...

I have never been able to sleep. Since childhood, nightmares and light, toss-and-turn sleeping have conspired to keep me awake, but it's...

Is that sun we're seeing? Barely...but as every Toronto dweller knows, it can turn from chilly and grim to beautiful and warm on a dime!...

This weekend I made a beautiful, fragrant foaming facewash for a colleague of mine, and when I pulled out the Neroli floral water that...

Perhaps I should have said 'a nervous breakdown' for anyone who can relate to standing in a drug store or health food store aisle with a...

Valentine's Day isn't the only time for lovin. One year we talked about roses, but now we're talking about LUBE! Okay, okay, this is...

Remember the days when all lip balm was called Chapstick and everyone had one in their pocket, the cap all rimed with dirt, and you...

Admit it...are you one of the people who still wishes people a Happy New Year even though it's already February? I do this, especially...

Tonight my daughter will be going to the spa. Yes, she only just turned 6, but this is not her first kick at the spa can. Ever since the...

I was once stuck in an elevator at work with 11 other people for 55 minutes. Apart from being really, really hot, really frustrated...

Everyone has jumped on the coconut oil bandwagon in recent years, touting it as the perfect thing to slather on your face/toast/hair and...

So you are standing there in the drugstore aisle reading labels, because you know you are supposed to do that, and you see all kinds of...