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Natural Body Care

Spring and your Skin

Spring and your Skin

The seasonal shift is in its full swing and spring has arrived! Many welcome longer days, warmer temperatures and life waking up from its deep winter sleep. Yet some, especially at the beginning of spring can feel physically and emotionally uncomfortable and their...

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Vegan Lip Balm

Vegan Lip Balm

The season of cold weather, and windy days is upon us. These weather conditions can lead to dry skin and chapped lips. In this article you will find an easy aromatic recipe created by our director, Jade Shutes. Not only does it smell fabulous but it uses no animal...

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Helichrysum in Skin Care

Helichrysum in Skin Care

If I had to choose only one essential oil to work with for skin care purposes, hands down Helichrysum italicum would be the one. In a way it’s interesting to hear myself say this because it took me many years as a formulator to feel ready to incorporate this essential...

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The Skin Types of Ayurveda

The Skin Types of Ayurveda

I feel very fortunate to say that I truly love my work as a holistic skin care therapist. I love it because I get to work so closely with people and because skin is a very fascinating and very telling organ. One never stops learning about the skin, its interaction...

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Skincare: Holistic versus Mainstream

Skincare: Holistic versus Mainstream

I often come across discussions about skin care which bring up a lot of frustrated commentary and not much else. They usually lead to very little progress in understanding or broadening of horizons between the opposing parties and I find that in the end, a discussion...

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Skin Health and Mask Wearing

Skin Health and Mask Wearing

In the last few months, I’ve been getting many emails and messages from clients asking for advice on how to tackle skin problems related to mask wearing. This post is not a commentary on whether or not to wear a mask but rather it’s a look at how wearing a mask for a...

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