by Marie | Jun 15, 2017 | The Archive
I’m on a huge hydration kick these days. Well, not so much a kick as a lifestyle change. I’m making hydration a serious priority, and my skin is so much happier for it. While staying hydrated in Calgary is always a challenge, summer is a different kind of challenge: sun exposure and more time spent outside means more wind and elements exposure, but it also means I’m less inclined to reach for heavier moisturizers. That’s where this lovely humectant packed mist comes into play.
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by Marie | Mar 9, 2017 | The Archive
This pretty yellow Rejuvenating Pine Pollen Facial Toner packs a punch for skin that needs a bit of a kick in the pants in the refreshing category. Rich in humectants and alpha hydroxy acids, this toner helps encourage your skin to regenerate and stay hydrated so your complexion can be all “✨🌿🌟” instead of “💀🍤🍂”.
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by Marie | Jan 23, 2017 | The Archive
The first thing I should get out of the way in regards to these Chocolate Sugar Scrub Nuggets is this: please don’t eat them. You will be sorely tempted, and I’m guessing they probably don’t taste all that bad. After all, they are mostly cocoa butter and sugar, and that right there is sort of white chocolate, so I can understand the temptation, but you really shouldn’t. Truly. Save these nuggets for the bath, and pick up some proper nuggets for nomming from a place that does not specialize in exfoliation and bath treats that lie.
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by Marie | Jun 30, 2016 | The Archive
Summertime means heat, exposed limbs, lots of sunscreen, and lots of sun—a recipe that can leave skin feeling a bit clogged and parched. Fortunately that’s nothing a quick sugar scrub can’t fix, and this one is definitely up to the task. A handful of rose petals, some sugar, and some coconut oil will buff off that coating of sunscreen and hydrate summer skin in no time!
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by Marie | Jun 2, 2016 | The Archive
I’ve got a disgusting cold right now, and this Essential Oil Cold and Flu Roller is my new favourite thing. It helps clear the sinuses, soothes my assorted aches, and helps cut through the pea-soup fog that has temporarily replaced my brain. Loaded with refreshing, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral essential oils, it’s easy enough to make when you’re so congested it feels like your synapses are on strike, and it’s downright lovely to have on hand when you’ve devolved into a sniffling, red-nosed, achy, whingey mess. Urgh. Colds stink.
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by Marie | Feb 25, 2016 | The Archive
This lovely creamy shea exfoliating scrub was born of a recipe request from Carmen, who wrote “I was wondering if you can create a creamy body/face scrub like the ones you buy in supermarket. If you can have a base of unrefined shea butter (USA / Canada) but make it creamy, as a lotion and add some scrub in it, like poppy seeds. I know you have body scrubs , but they are not creamy, like the lotions. And if possible something that lasts at least one month. Thank you.”
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