Dry brushing has been part of my routine for a long time, but I can remember when the concept seemed novel and a little weird. Now I wouldn’t dream of skipping this easy but effective step. Dry brushing is simple: you “brush” your dry, bare skin with a dry, soft-bristled brush. Most dry brushing […]

From season to season, it’s important to drink water to maintain healthy skin, hair and more. We’re more susceptible to dehydration in the summer when the heat alone causes us to sweat more than normal or the nice weather inspires us to be more active. The side effects of dehydration are not pretty, and trust me—as […]

  Deodorant is typically one of the first items that people switch out when cleaning up their personal care products. I often tell people who are interested in healthier products—if nothing else, change your deodorant. Most conventional deodorants contain aluminum and parabens, among other undesirable ingredients. Aluminum is what traditionally makes deodorants “antiperspirant”, but aluminum […]

  With flower essences and therapeutic essential oils at the heart of their products, Lotus Wei is a healing and transformative line on multiple levels. There’s a lot to choose from, including the “mood” you’d like to address or enhance as well as the delivery method. You can choose to take flower elixirs internally, spritz […]

  From the moment I first tried the Lotus Wei Infinite Love Elixir, Perfume and Serum I was absolutely smitten. It’s difficult to explain why, apart from the smell-good feel-good qualities that are readily apparent, Lotus Wei can be so transformative long term and so pleasurable and peaceful in between, so we asked Lotus Wei founder Katie Hess […]

  Early last October, I attended an event hosted by W3LL People at their studio in Austin, Texas. The evening was memorable for so many reasons. For starters, it was there that I met Terri and Marc from Integrity Botanicals and this blog collaboration was born. It was also where I met Brandie Gilliam, the […]

    Sleep makes an enormous difference in your overall health, and sleep habits show up in your skin, too. It all goes back to inflammation. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body increases its production of the stress hormone cortisol. Elevated cortisol levels raise your body’s inflammatory response, putting your entire system on […]

  One of my favorite ways to practice simple aromatherapy is to take a relaxing aromatic bath. You can easily make your own bath salts if you keep a few basic ingredients on hand. Epsom salts make a great, affordable base for your mix, though you can mix Epsom with sea salt for added minerals […]

When people ask me how to clean up their beauty and personal care routines, conventional perfume is one of the first items I recommend ditching. Not everyone wears perfume daily, but I wouldn’t even risk wearing it occasionally. Thanks to trade secret laws that protect perfume companies from disclosing their secret ingredients, there is no […]

  It’s late in the winter season. The holiday flurry and New Year’s excitement is well behind us, but the days are still short, dark and cold. This is always the most difficult part of winter for me, and I start craving summer days and feeling quite impatient with the winter season. I know I’m […]