While surfing for winter tips, I found some interesting suggestions.  While I did not agree with everything said, (some of the recommended moisturizers would do just the opposite), I liked the main tip categories and decided to share some with you. When appropriate, I suggest some Earth to Body products to help. 1. Stay cozy but at a comfortable temperature:  Too warm a room will dry you out.  Our soy candles can help provide a calming Zen atmosphere but moisturize at the same time.   Don’t hesitate to use a humidifier if you have one.  Or take a nice Dead Sea Salt spa bath! 2. Sunscreen in…

Amla (emblica officinalis), Amalaki, Indian gooseberry.  In autumn, in wet forested hilly areas of India’s subcontinent, the amla or gooseberry fruit ripens.  Sacred to India, sour in taste, sumptuous to eat.  In many countries, food good to eat is also food good for the skin. Canada is listening. I am very conscious of what feeds my skin.  We started Earth to Body 15 years ago, due to an illness that stripped me of my job and much of my life at the time. But it was also the start of a new journey.  My healing research, introduced me to the amla tree.  Fortuitously.  We now use amla in two of…

Halloween is here.  Party weekend.  Dress up.  Monday night ‘trick or treat’.  The fun begins. Whether you read this now or later in the week, whether you actually do dress up, paint your face, become someone or something on Halloween, this article applies to all of us, all year long.  All the time. We use cosmetic products on our bodies, daily.  Halloween merely requires excess.  Our concern is to avoid the toxins as much as possible.  A few years ago I wrote this poem, ‘The Trust and The Truth’.  Our customers loved it and I thought I would share it again as many of us are about to embark…

Halloween is just around the corner.  Let the fun begin.  Surveys show that for many, Halloween is a favourite time of the year and if you google why you will find the answers. We can be gluttons.We can decorate our homes for fun and inexpensively. We can let our kids talk to strangers.  Within earshot of course.We can listen to music favs like, Monster Mash, Ghostbusters’s, Thriller.We can revisit movies like Psycho, The Exorcist, The OmenWe can party without fear…by morphing into whomever we like.  Outside the box. We can win Best Costume. We can carve a pumpkin, gorge on candy and revel in…

How are your feet?   Last spring, I wrote 'Your Neem Footprint' discussing neem* and feet.  People were thinking about wearing sandals and were concerned about the condition of their feet. The calluses, the toenail fungus, the itchiness, the cracked heels.  It is time to revisit this issue.  We tend to neglect our feet, especially in the winter months when they are under cover.  Need I remind you?  Winter is here.  Start using neem throughout the winter months so that by spring your feet will be presentable and sandal worthy.   And if you never don sandals, rest assured that your shoes and…

The above photo is a glimpse into our new shop production area. Russ is pouring an assembly of Tooth Cleansers, soon to be labeled and brought out to our storefront.  Some will also be sold online, or at a craft show somewhere else in Canada. People are loving the cleanser.  It may take a little getting used to creating a 'green splash of sink art’, but the tooth cleansing results are proving worth the effort. Green is clean.  Whoever purports toothpaste to be white may not truly understand the full benefit of the wonderful ingredients that should be in toothpaste.  It is true that coconut,…

I guess you can say I’m hard headed, or maybe stubborn. Or perhaps this day after being at the Calgary Stampede day in day out I was just tired. Either way, in this particular case, I was just adamant that my point was going to get across no matter what. Hundreds of thousands of people come through this world-renowned exhibition. You must have thick skin to do what I do, and at this show even thicker! It was probably day 6 or 7 of the 11 day stretch. I was alone in the booth, morning shift. Just opened up and was having a nice cup of joe.  I look up to see an older gentlemen walk into my…

A while back I wrote a blog called ‘Tireless Tamanu’  which you may wish to peruse on our website. It discloses the source, the sustainability and the certification of our Tamanu Oil.  It talks about the incredible journey of the tamanu seed by the South Pacific waves, where the seed roots and how the oil is so amazing on the skin.  The article will remind you to always look for dark green, high quality, organic oil and to beware of scam versions now entering the market. I have been researching and selling Tamanu for several years now and it has become one of my favourite skin nutrients. Your…