Skin Care Articles

Taking care of your skin is an investment - one that quickly becomes expensive! That’s why we hate to waste product, even the tiniest drop. But when you've scooped out a dollop too much of face cream or have leftover lip balm, don't waste the excess by wiping it away. 

Try these three tips instead to get the most mileage from your quality beauty products:

(1) Massage Face cream into...

Red, itchy skin can be both uncomfortable and embarrassing.  If you suffer from irritated or eczema prone skin, your main skin care goal is to avoid irritating ingredients.  Potentially irritating ingredients may include fragrance, dyes, sodium, parabens and lanolin.

Wash with gentle facial cleansing creams, oils and gels; they are less drying than cleansers.  Here are our top picks:

With the harsh winter season just around the corner, Fall is all about prepping and taking care of my skin and hair:


(1) St. Ives Mineral Clay Firming Mask:  With the constant changes in weather, and travelling in and out from the cool outdoors and toasty indoors, my T-zone tends to gloss over. This clay mask saves the day and keeps my skin from premature wrinkles (yikes!).

(2) MAC Lipgelee

It's hard not to worship the sun a little when summer serves up the most delicious weather we've had in years, but when fall kicks in, looking in the mirror reveals pigmentation, dark spots and other effects of sun damage.  Cheer up, Lasses!  There are several ways to undo or at least treat damaged post-summer skin:

Zap it
The only way to really salvage scorched skin is IPL photo...

Are you on a quest for youthful looking skin? We’ve got our top picks plus the newest products about to hit the market.

Keeping it Natural
The Body Shop Nutriganics Smoothing Serum ($24) is a non-greasy, organic formula designed to give you noticeably softer skin.

Mad Hippie’s Repair Butter ($25): from the natural skin care company, their repair butter is reputed to effectively reduce the...

Okay so the brand isn't new, but bodyFood opened a Toronto location this past May - and we like what we see.

bodyFood is a Canadian line that makes face and body products from 100% natural ingredients. It's all about using essential oils to nourish and soothe your mind and body through aromatherapy.

You can pick up pre-made products (average price $30 CAD), but the highlight of bodyFood is...

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Notice the wrinkles at the bridge of Nicole Kidman's nose? Well,...

Upper Canada Soap has a new body balm on shelves this month, and it claims to battles three of a beauty maven's biggest annoyances: dry skin, sunburns, and insect bites. Not only that, but Naturally Body Butter Balm (also called a wonder stick) comes in the form of a stick small enough to fit in your purse. It's 100% natural too.

The stick shape is meant to allow for easy application on...