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Cheat Sheet | How to Sterilize Old Containers

If you’re living a low waste lifestyle, you’ve probably got a cache of empty bottles and tops that you’re planning to reuse. You’re saving them from the landfill but you’re also conserving the energy it takes to manufacture new bottles and tops by repurposing. Our favorite R, reuse!

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Cheat Sheet | Our Super Easy, Super Thoughtful Gift Guide

Feeling pressure to decorate, go to all the parties, and find the perfect gift for everyone on our list? We have a SUPER easy, SUPER thoughtful round up of gift ideas on our blog with things to buy, things to diy and experiences to give. 

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Cheat Sheet | A Holistic Nightly Routine

Sleep is important for our physical and mental health, so having a daily ritual to prepare for a good night’s rest is one of the best ways you can practice self care.

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Cheat Sheet | Our Repair Balm

You may have noticed that your dry skin essential got a little makeover. As Fall is just around the corner, we’re excited to bring you our Repair Balm in a more environmentally friendly package.

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Cheat Sheet | How to Customize Our Face Mask to Your Skin Type

Masking is one of my favourite ways to take care of my skin, because my skin is left soft, smooth, and renewed. Our face mask is one of my weekly essentials–it's a clay based mask made with organic ingredients that works for all skin types and can be easily mixed with other ingredients to target your skin's needs.

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Cheat Sheet | DIY Deodorant Workshop with Tara

One of our co-founders, Tara, put together a DIY Deodorant Workshop hosted by the Detox Market in Toronto, Canada. She shared valuable information about what kind of ingredients make for great deodorants, and how those ingredients work so your armpits can do their thing. 

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Cheat Sheet | A Look at Our Multi-Purpose Products

Multi-purpose products are one of the easiest ways to simplify your personal care routine. Most of our products are formulated to be  safe for your whole body allowing them to be used for different purposes. Let's take a look at some of our favorites.

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Cheat Sheet | A Seasonal Guide to Summer Skincare

When the seasons change it's always a good idea to check in with your skincare routine. Does your skin need more hydration? Or something lighter? What about a serum that's targeting your skin's needs? As the weather changes, your skin will too. Now that Summer is here, it’s time to protect and care for your skin as the temperatures warm up.

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Cheat Sheet | How to Make the Sun Jealous of Your Skin’s Glow

Exfoliation is pretty simple, it's removing dead cells from the surface of your skin. It can be a confusing topic because of conflicting information on what products to use, how often to use them and why you use them. 

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Cheat Sheet | 5 Quintessential Autumn Foods for Your Skin and Scalp

Rosemary Not just your potato’s best friend, this fresh and woody herb promotes hair growth and stimulates blood circulation. The fragrant oils in the rosemary leaf also dissolve excess and clogging sebum in hair follicles to balance oil production without over-drying. Make your own herbal tea hair rinse with fresh rosemary or apply hair oil with the essential oil.

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Cheat Sheet | DIY Soapless Bath Time for Babes

Sometimes even the most gentle natural soap is too much for sensitive skin. Here’s our recipe for a super gentle bathtime soak that will cleanse and soothe. This can also be used for chicken pox, poison ivy and other dermatitis.  

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Cheat Sheet | Eczema, Psoriasis & an Inflammatory Diet

Tired of having red, itchy or inflamed skin? For many chronic skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema, or other dermatitis it is not only important to eliminate external irritants, but to also search for the root of the issue in order to prevent rather than simply treat signs and symptoms.

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Cheat Sheet | Vitamin E

Fat-soluble Vitamin E contains antioxidant properties, which provide countless benefits to both your health and your skin! Antioxidants work to combat free radicals (harmful substances) in your body. By blocking free radicals from your body, Vitamin E boosts immunity, reduces cholesterol, and reduces the risk of developing cancer.

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Cheat Sheet | Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin important for good overall health. It keeps your heart, lungs, brain, and other muscles working properly, your bones strong, and has a role in fighting off infections. Adequate vitamin D levels can protect you from depression, heart disease, and cancer or aging of the skin!

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Cheet Sheet | Tailor Our Facial Care to Your Face

The MMT Face Regime by skin type...

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Cheat Sheet | Vitamin C

When it comes to maintaining the health of your skin, vitamin C plays a critical role. Also known as ascorbic acid, this vitamin is essential for the growth and repair of tissues all over the body! Its healing properties contribute to clearer skin and a brighter complexion. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant, which combats free radicals that can cause skin dryness, fine lines, and wrinkles. As...

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Cheat Sheet | Vitamin B Complex

When following a vegan diet, it is important to be sure you are getting all vitamins and minerals necessary for good health. Nutrients, such as B vitamins, are of the most essential to sustaining life. This complex of 8 water-soluble vitamins: thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6), biotin (B7), folate (B9), and cobalamin (B12) play a critical role in...

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Cheat Sheet | Vitamin A

Fat-soluble vitamin A is best known for its role in vision…but when it comes to this essential vitamin, there is more than meets the eye! Collectively known as the retinoids, there are three active forms of vitamin A critical for proper growth, reproduction, immunity, and cell differentiation.  

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Cheat Sheet | Moisturize Damp Skin

When skin is completely dry, moisturizer isn’t absorbed as effectively. Damp skin helps to trap water in your surface cells, helps give skin a nice “dewy” look and helps prevent evaporation (meaning your moisturizer’s benefits will last longer). It’s really that easy…just give your skin a quick splash of water before moisturizer application. A hydrating toning mistcan also do the trick. Just...

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Cheat Sheet | The Chemistry of Soap

A reoccurring query that we encounter in relation to our soap is about the use of lye. Generally folks don’t understand what it is and are afraid of it. The word lye, in and of itself, sounds ominous; most people know it as drain cleaner or from the movie Fight Club. After trying to answer questions for people and also to dispel fears, we have come up with a hopefully simple way of explaining lye...

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