I truly understand when people talk about dry heat versus what we get here in Toronto. We've just had our first heat advisory of the year (yeah, finally). Remember? We go from cold to hot in a nano second. A couple weeks ago I was in Palm Springs, California. It was hot... like 100 degrees hot. But … [Read more...]
Avocado Oatmeal Face Mask
I'm a simple girl. Taking care of myself with froo-froo beauty treatments is so not my thing. Part of it is my sensitive skin - a rash is totally not the desired outcome of a beauty treatment, but sadly it's sometimes the result when I use just anything off the shelf. The other factor is price. I've … [Read more...]
Lemon Body Scrub
One of my first forays into being 'green' was in the area of body care. I'm a naturally sensitive person - fragrances and colours and preservatives and goodness-knows-what in commercially-available body care products often leave me a rashy, hive-covered mess. It's uncomfortable, and it sure doesn't … [Read more...]
Let Me Hand It To You
Oh shoulder season, you are seriously killing me. Sunny and 18 degrees one day; strip down to bare legs and skip through daisies. Blustery, snowy and minus 1 the next day; dig out your parka, bundle up and endure another day of Mother Nature's wrath. What's a girl to do with the state of her … [Read more...]
How would you describe yourself?
This is an interesting thought. Let's see....I how would describe myself... I am short. My nose is flat and wide, kinda like Winston Churchill. My lips are big. I have no eye lashes. Well not much anyway. My eyes are dark, almond shape and small. If I'm not smiling I look mad. Actually I … [Read more...]
Step 1. Naturally.
I've been learning more and more about the number of chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis. We are already in tuned with what we put IN our bodies and making choices that best suit our needs. But it makes total sense that we need to pay attention to what we put ON as well. It's a little … [Read more...]
Longer, Fuller, Stronger…we’re talking lashes!
Waaaayyyy back during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September I had visited a few "gifting lounges" to the stars. You know, where the celebrities get invited (or have hand-delivered to their hotel rooms), products and services from various companies. It's nice to see Canadian … [Read more...]
How beauty is not wasted & some DIY fun!
I was at a great event yesterday that was held at the Canadian head office for TerraCycle - a company that is passionate about "eliminating the idea of waste". Everything at the office from doors, chairs, decor was made either by repurposed or upcycled or recycled materials. It's urban, cool and … [Read more...]
Scents from my childhood
There's nothing quite like that certain scent that reminds you of a moment in time. My husband gets all warm and fuzzy from the fresh Ivory Snow scent of newborns in warm clean sleepers and always comments about how it brings him back to when our boys were wee little babies - Oh! All the memories … [Read more...]
Lash Out
Sometimes you find a product that changes your life (in some little way), delivers everything that it promises, and the heavens open up a little. Such is the way with Benefit's They're Real mascara. I got a mini-size of this as a bonus with a Sephora purchase months ago, and finally got around … [Read more...]