Have you noticed that what you eat has a direct impact on how your skin looks? When I maintain a diet heavy on the vegetables and steer clear of hyper-processed foods and refined sugars, my skin looks clear and healthy. When I stray toward not-so-great food choices, my skin flares up. I’m not going to […]

  Winter is usually the time people start to get serious about eye creams and serums. If you weren’t that consistent about using it in the summer or fall, you suddenly become fanatical about it. I always find my skin in need of moisture and healing as we get deeper into winter. These four eye […]

  Rose is one of the most therapeutic and luxurious ingredients in beauty and aromatherapy. Both precious and expensive, it takes around 60,000 roses to produce a single ounce of rose oil. Of course, there’s an art to harvesting roses for oil production. Roses smell different at different times of the day. Blossoms are traditionally […]

Are you new to green beauty? You’ve heard that there are just as many reasons to be conscious of what you put on your body as what you put in it, but you’re not sure where to start? I faced a similar learning curve when I started my journey into clean beauty — we all […]

Were your holidays as whirl-wind as mine? Phew! I’m grateful for the precious time with family and friends, all the love and holiday cheer, but judging from my complexion it’s possible I’ve had a bit too much cheer, if you know what I mean. When I’m indulging more than normal it shows up in my […]

Everyone has his or her own personal approach to New Year’s resolutions. Me? I aim for less lofty goals and focus on small but tangible positive additions I can make to my daily routine. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming big for the New Year, but using New Year’s resolutions as a vehicle for large lifestyle […]

Don’t know about you, but I love wandering the isles of my natural health food market. There’s always something new I haven’t heard of or tried before, and though some of it can be just as gimmicky as the products that line regular grocery store shelves, I find a lot of inspiration in the isles […]

  Like many of you, Christmas cookies are tradition in my family. My mom makes a festive selection of cookies every Christmas, and if for some reason I’m unable to make the trip home for the holidays, she’s kind enough to mail me my favorite, the Orange Date Nut Cookie. Even when I do travel […]

This has been a big year for Laurel Whole Plant Organics. From their participation in A Night For Green Beauty to a move to a new studio space, big things are happening for this line. Try something from Laurel Whole Plant Organics and you’ll understand why. Pure, powerful, healing plants form the heart of this […]

  Are you a late shopper? I most definitely fall into that category. I think about it and think about it, but don’t actually start making gift purchases until 1 to 2 weeks away from Christmas. This year I’m hand-making gifts for many of my loved ones in addition to gifting pretty treats from independent […]