NATURAL SKIN CARE IDEAS

Nothing compares to products that make you feel delicious inside and out. Let's go beyond bubbles

Nicole Salter

Apr 22, 20205 min

Self-Care, Pandemic Edition

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

Nicole Salter

May 10, 20193 min

Can You Use Shea Butter as Sunscreen? And Other Burning Summer Beauty Questions

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!...

Nicole Salter

Jan 20, 20194 min

I use organic lip balm and my lips are still chapped - why??

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...

Nicole Salter

Oct 26, 20184 min

Safest Cosmetics for Children

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...

Nicole Salter

May 17, 20186 min

Make It Yourself: Rose-scented DIY Bath Bombs

You love everything about bath bombs - the remarkable fizz, the colourful water, the post-soak-silkiness of your skin - but you don't...

Nicole Salter

Apr 6, 20184 min

Let's talk about BABIES

Awww, cute, cuddly, pudgy, innocent...who doesn't love babies? Apparently, the mainstream bath and body care industry! I am honestly...

Nicole Salter

Sep 14, 20173 min

How to use herbs at home

Anyone who's into living more simply and naturally has probably looked into using herbs as an alternative to everything from...

Nicole Salter

May 23, 20173 min

Remember Vicks from when you were a kid?

Or maybe Tiger Balm is more your style...I never got Vicks in the jar or vaporizer, but I sure did love Tiger Balm. The minty scent was...

Nicole Salter

Apr 15, 20172 min

Baking soda is for cakes, cleaning and...baths?

Just when you thought you had figured out all the secrets of baking soda - toothpaste, fridge freshener, mini volcano fizzer, something...

Nicole Salter

Apr 7, 20173 min

Magnesium deficiency in children linked to ADHD

Did you know there's a very good chance you - and your kids - are magnesium deficient? It's not something you hear about so much in...