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Curly, straight, thick, thin, kinky or silky, tamanu loves all hair.  And scalps. Nutritionally dense yet gentle, tamanu is an effective and versatile nut oil. It stimulates, helps promote growth. prevents hair loss,…
Imagine a product so 'skinlicious,' so versatile, that it tackles inflammation, fights acne, moisturizes, tones, and calms your skin simultaneously. If you reside in Canada, nestled near a forested area in one of our provinces or…
Mama faces an eczema dilemma. Her tiny daughter, with long bouncy hair and an infectious grin just celebrated her 5th birthday. Her name is Hailey. Sadly, she suffers. Hailey’s bum is covered in eczema. Hailey’s mama is…
If you phonetically digested this title correctly, you read ‘jojoba’, the oil we so love in skin care. The sturdy desert ‘jojoba’ shrub lives 100-200 years! Found in Arizona, down through Baja, California, into northwestern…
  ‘14 out of 16 ingredients in sunscreen are not safe' So admits the FDA. We are inundated with this relentless media mantra: ‘Don’t forget your sunscreen! Summer. Winter. Wherever. Whenever you are outside.' We…
We often tout the benefits of a cold shower, cold water. Years ago I wrote about the cold in   ‘Go Cold so no Cold’.  It’s winter. It’s flu season.  It’s time to remember cold can be good. Be 2…
Shake hands with a gardener, a mechanic, a landscaper and you may feel a roughness of their hard work. Admirable.  But perhaps, for them, uncomfortable at times. The answer might be using pumice sand to exfoliate away the…
Raw honey or fake honey? A good question. Raw is good. Fake is not. Chances are, even if you buy a honey that says honey, pure honey, looks like honey, tastes like honey and the price is right, it may not be real honey…