30 Sep 2019
Close your eyes and imagine a world where women grow old gracefully and naturally, where the female captivates the respect that men gain with the inevitability of aging. Imagine fine lines and wrinkles symbolize a collection of accrued wisdom, drawn from decades of maturation. Each white hair grows from a daily struggle, mastered determination and wild experience. The elderly stand proud in their...
23 Sep 2019
We are proud to serve the male population with natural options for hair and skin care! While men don't typically use as many products as women, they are still at risk of harmful chemical exposure on a daily basis in their soaps, shampoos, hair gels, colognes, shaving creams, moisturizers, oral care, etc... Luckily, there are 100% natural alternatives out there, it's just a matter of convincing...
17 Sep 2019
The lure of the South Pacific. Warmth. Sand. Sun. Palm trees. Calm. Ocean breezes. La pièce de résistance : Tamanu, The Beauty Leaf Oil.
Tamanu oil is pressed from the Tamanu Nut tree fruit kernel Callophyllum inophyllum botanical. Native to Southeast Asia. The fruit is consumed (like an apple) and the oil is then pressed from the nut through a curing process. Our tamanu oil comes from a...
08 Sep 2019
Jellies. Jewels. Glass. Honey and fudge. Unique clothing designers. Sports memorabilia. Soaps and lotions. Artists, on site, creating magic at their easels. The Arts, Crafts, Hobbies Building, CNE Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto) is now closed.
Working 18 days straight is considered a long stretch in our world of motion. Craft show vendors united in the set up, the venture, the take down...
02 Sep 2019
Murky, misty, muddy, mysterious. Have you ever wondered what floats around at the bottom of an apple cider vinegar bottle? This murkiness lurking is called the ‘mother’. Not all vinegars are created equal and therefore not all have this mother. Instead of educating us as to its attributes, some manufacturers have removed it, making the vinegar clear and attractive. They claim it removes any ‘...
25 Aug 2019
If you are in our Montreal area, please do stop by. Our shop ‘La Boutique Earth to Body’, in the suburb of Valois, Pointe Claire, has been in production for over two years now. Customers have dropped in from as far away as Vancouver. We have customers from Toronto and Ottawa who shop when in town and as we become more known in this area, we now have many regulars to frequent our store. We attend...
18 Aug 2019
Toronto. 5 PM. Hopping into a taxi outside the Direct Energy Building. Exiting a work day at One of a Kind Craft Show.
“Neem? You know about neem? My turbaned cab driver beamed. “We have neem trees in our back yard in India.” Our banter proceeded to fill the cab with animated stories about this miraculous tree. He was so pleased to learn we incorporated the neem oil and powder into many of...
13 Aug 2019
The Versatility of St John’s Wort
If you research this yellow star shaped flower, you will encountercons as to its usage. For some, taken internally, it can help with minor depression, a positive feature for many.
We are interested in its use in skin care. We incorporated st St John's Wort into our Skin Manager as a skin aid, and over the years, our customers have shared the Manager’s wide...
06 Aug 2019
Several years ago, I wrote an article called ‘A Love Story’. A revisit is timely. Summer fun. Vacation. Cottage country. Wherever there is sand, there lays the perfect partner for your feet.
A Love Story
A beach. A riverbed. A desert. An ocean floor.Sand, sand and more sand. Those tiny gritty eroded rocks. Those small loose granular grains that can do absolute wonders for our feet. A perfect...
30 Jul 2019
Open up the average bathroom cupboard or a bed side drawer and chances are you will find a jar of petroleum jelly, commonly called Vaseline. Vaseline is a trade name and rest assured, it is the best choice if opting to put petroleum on your skin. In Vaseline, most of the carcinogens have been removed, so that part is positive…unlike many other petroleum jelly imitators out there.
Petroleum jelly...
