Body Care
Bare Skin Confidence
Summer on the prairies is fleeting. I spend most of the year wearing bulky, woolen layers, but suddenly, it’s just me in shorts, a tank top, and th...
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Body Care
The Ever-Enduring Allure of Plant Oils
At Optimum Health and Kolya, we cherish the enduring allure of rituals. There is magic in connecting to Earth's bounty. Oil cleansing and hydrating...
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Body Care
A Century of Weleda
"Healthy skin care begins with a love for healthy soil" -Michael Straub, Weleda Medicinal Plant Garden Manager In your mind, picture a delicate ...
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Body Care
Discover Sea Buckthorn: Nature's Gift for Health and Beauty
Step into the enchanting world of natural health and beauty, where one humble fruit reigns supreme – sea buckthorn! Known as the "wonder berry," th...
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Body Care
Dr.Hauschka & The Four Temperaments
Humans and nature are interconnected. When the founder of the Dr. Hauschka line, Dr. Rudolf Hauschka, began his initial experiments with the benefi...
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Inflammation
Do You Struggle With Acne Scars?
Lets talk everything acne scars - if you have gotten to this stage in your acne journey you probably feel so proud of yourself but also annoyed as ...
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Brand Feature
What Clean Beauty Means to Rose-Marie Swift
Rose-Marie Swift brings 36 years of industry experience, passion, wisdom, and skill to her craft. RMS was first launched in October of 2008, brin...
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Healthy Aging
Can Skin Cycling Make your Skincare Products More Effective?
Skin cycling has become quite the craze over popular social media platforms and rightfully so. It's become the top recommended method for using act...
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Botanicals
Wintertime Skin Part IV - Hydrate and Protect
If the dry winter air has you feeling like your moisturizer is no longer working the way it used to, it may be time to transition to a richer, more...
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Healthy Aging
Wintertime Skin Part III - The Glow Getters: Exfoliants, Essences and Serums
Exfoliation is such an important step in your winter skin care regimen! Skin glows and shines with radiance when accumulated dead cells are regular...
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Botanicals
Wintertime Skin Part II - Cleansers that Protect the Acid Mantle
In Part I of this blog series [Wintertime Skin Part I: Begin Within], we discussed ways you can fortify your winter skin from the inside out, by ch...
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Body Care
Wintertime Skin Part I: Begin Within
In the northern Alberta climate I call home, all the moisture in the air seems to disappear around the second week of October. (Possibly overnight,...
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Body Care
Our Must-Have Skincare Checklist for Fall
Who doesn’t love autumn? There’s a lot to love about the fall season. As we make the transition and the temperatures fluctuate, the way our skin re...
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