Setting: A Friday evening.  Circle Craft Show, Vancouver A young man enters the booth. The palm of his left hand is red, raw, open and bleeding.  I have seen severely eczema-like damaged skin but nothing as extreme as this.  Painful. His right hand was not a mirror image, as sometimes is a norm, but it, too, looked sensitive. In a quiet manner, he explains, “I came to Canada from India 4 years ago. I know diet and climate change can have an effect on us, but I cannot seem to get my skin under control.  Especially this hand, and especially in the winter.  Nothing seems…

A trio like no other. Emu, Argan, Tamanu.I use pure oils on the skin, daily.  Although I love our creams and lotions, sometimes a  pure food for the skin calls to me. While we sell these beautiful oils cosmetically, we hear amazing stories further extolling the virtues of nature’s offerings. On EmuRegina: A Canadian nurse tells the following.  “I was in the Caribbean and witnessed a young girl crying, poolside, severe sunburn.  I approached, explained who I was and offered to put emu oil on her sunburn, as I had a large bottle up in my hotel room fridge and was more…

The holidays are a time of giving, so why not give gifts that create less waste! Here at Earth to Body, we care about the environment so here is a list of gifts that can be reused, recycled and decomposed.  Cute jars are amazing for storing little trinkets or food. We love these jars for herbs, spices, coffee, teas, candies, sugar, salt or other kitchen items.They are also useful for the sewing or art room. Store your buttons or threads in glass containers. Coloured pencils, pens or markers. Erasers and more! Washroom ideas are cotton balls, q-tips or makeup. The possibilities are…

Unlike the name suggests 'Sea Buckthorn' is not from the sea. Rather, it is found on coastal and mountainous areas in Asia and Europe and has a long history of medicinal uses and benefits. “Some Greek historical texts suggest that sea buckthorn’s benefits were discovered by accident. A group of soldiers were confronted with the difficult task of releasing old, useless, unhealthy horses into the wild to die. The horses ran into the distance, never to be seen again… until they came back, coats bright and shiny as ever. The reason for their health turnaround? They’d fed off a natural patch of…

Love your hands.  Toss the liquid soaps in favour of homemade natural soap bars. Liquid commercial soap can be very harsh on the skin as it usually contains strong preservatives like formaldehyde and synthetic detergents. Treasure your homemade natural soap bar on a real soapstone dish Our natural soapstone dish handcrafted by Ian Coffin, beautifully compliment our soaps.  Not only in nature’s colour tones, but in textures, touch and scent.  Earthy and comfortable. The gentle ridges allow excess water to drain and air circulation to keep your soap dry after use.  Soapstone…

Shampoo suds and body creamDelightful lotions adding sheenMake-up cover, beauty shinePerfume plus, scents divineNail polish, colours wildNo harm at all to any child Seriously? Liquid gel or spritz hair sprayDye it pink or colour it greyFake tone a tan, hide from the sunBleach the teeth, smile is funPaint the lips, no fear of leadAll safe for us, so we have read Seriously? Shaving foam and facial scrubColoured bath bombs for the tubToothpaste gel to clean and bleachBody wash within close reachDye, perfume, chemical galoreSkin care earns a perfect score Seriously? What am I really wearing on my…

The phone is ringing at Earth to Body headquarters. “Hi.  My name is Chris, calling from a correctional centre in northern Manitoba. I came across your website and discovered that you sell shampoo bars. We have been government mandated to switch from liquid shampoo in bottles to an actual shampoo bar. We thought maybe you might have something for us.” He went on to explain. “By law, each inmate is granted a monthly allotment of bar soap and liquid shampoo. However, some inmates are practicing techniques at using the liquid shampoo and bottle in creative ways that are not…

Calling all goblins, ghosts and ghouls. Halloween beckons the supernatural. This is a fantasy time of characters, costumes, and accessories. A time of transformation.  Over and above all the commercialism, it is truly a time of FUN. ‘All Hallows Eve’ originated in Ireland, at the end of summer harvest and the beginning of the cold winter. A time when the dead travelled back to the living. These fantastical achievements often involve primers, powders, foundation, creams and congealers, rouge, blush, lipsticks, and colours galore.This is where Earth to Body’s interest lies.…