There is perhaps something symbolic about spring, a time when the snow starts to melt, when we can start to feel our better selves emerging after a bone chilling, soul crushing length of winter. Spring is a time for renewal, rebirth and rejuvenation. Although the roads are a mess and the walking trails are muddy, I can sense a freshness in the air and finally, finally, I feel the familiar uplifting feeling of hope: Hope that this year, I will make smarter choices, be healthier, be more patient with the people around me, and just generally “be” better. Yet how can a busy parent achieve this? So many times, I have sat down to write a new blog post, only to become paralyzed by the…
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DIY Strawberry Sugar Scrub
DIY Strawberry Sugar Scrub Strawberries are a good source of vitamin C, folic acid and dietary fibre. They are sweet, delicious, and satisfying to eat. Their nutritional qualities, which nourish our bodies from the inside, combined with their unique acidic nature, which beautifies our skin from the outside, lets them do double duty as a great food and DIY beauty product ingredient. This recipe is for a leg and foot scrub that will slough off dead skin cells, rejuvenate your tough skin, and enable your moisturizer, sunscreen, and body serum to penetrate fully and work as best they can. You will need 1 cup of ripe fresh strawberries and 1 cup sugar. The rest is up to you. For the strawberries, you can mash them…
30 Days of Love
The 30 Days of Love Challenge Well we are 30 days away from Saint Valentine’s Day. Although it is primarily a celebration of romance and romantic love, I think it’s the perfect time to celebrate all aspects of love. Many of us are in such different stages in life, may it be happily married or trying to feel love again for their partner, a new parent overflowing with love, a teenager experiencing their first love, devastated after a breakup and trying to feel self-love or a new relationship that is in the initial stages of bliss. All of these situations present the opportunity to celebrate love. It is said that the frequency of love vibrates at 528 Hertz, which is higher than the frequency of…
Goddess Spotlight – Kari Tribble
Goddess Spotlight I wanted to create the Goddess Spotlight so that it could serve to inspire women to awaken their inner goddess and let their inner light shine. I would love it if we all could feel like we were in a state of enchantment that allowed us to feel beautiful, sensual, confident, passionate and empowered. Where we all felt valued, cherished and loved while truly expressing our inner truth. Our Goddess this season is Kari Tribble. I have followed her on Instagram the last few years and truly adore her as I find her to be inspirational and very knowledgeable about energy. She has written some pretty amazing blog articles, of which my favorite was Recycling Negative Energy with The New Moon | A…
New Beginnings This Spring
Forgive the cliché, but every year when the snow melts and the Earth shows us little hints of green, I cannot help but look forward to new beginnings, new life, and a fresh start. For the purposes of this blog, we will say that for us, from a beauty perspective, a fresh start means sloughing off the old, sad, dull winter complexion and revealing fresh, firm, rosy skin from head to toe. I plan to invigorate every inch of my delicious body with products from the Crystal Hills Organics line. Additionally, I am going to experiment with natural beauty recipes for the face and body and share these recipes and the results with my readers. I am hopeful that you will have some fun with…
Holiday Decorating
Holiday Decorating The holiday season is upon us. The stores are full of all things Christmas. It can be overwhelming, so I thought I’d let you in on a few of my favourite things in holiday decor. Lit Birch Trees I am a sucker for the lit birch trees by Restoration Hardware. Other brands offer similar trees in different price ranges. These are a holiday staple for me. I use them inside and out and I think they look best when they are done in groupings. I like to nestle bunches of poinsettias at their base. It is such an elegant touch. White Lights I like crisp and clean – white lights always work. The coloured ones just don’t do it for me. I also…
Goddess Spotlight – Kristina Matisic
Goddess Spotlight: Kristina Matisic Who could be better suited to be our first Goddess than the lovely Kristina Matisic. She perfectly portrays the modern-day Goddess: when you are in her presence, you can see her inner light shining brightly. She is a beautiful, motivated, compassionate, kind-hearted, and successful woman. I asked Kristina some questions about herself so that we could find out a bit more about her with the hope of inspiring and empowering all of us to live our most brilliant life. Let’s all Shine Bright and Be Amazing. How did you get started in your career? I got a lucky break at the Squamish, BC radio station Mountain FM. I had just finished journalism school in LA and had moved back to Vancouver…
Goddess Spotlight
Goddess Spotlight I wanted to create the Goddess Spotlight to inspire women to awaken their inner goddess and let their inner light shine. I would love it if we could all feel like we were in a state of enchantment that allowed us to feel beautiful, sensual, confident, passionate, and empowered; where we all felt valued, cherished, and loved while expressing our inner truth. At some point in our lifetime, we all go through tribulations where our strength and resilience are tested. It allows us to rise up and determine what we are made of. It helps us to learn that we are worthy of respect and love. This has certainly happened to me: I have been faced with challenges and had to decide…
Matcha Green Tea
My friend Mary was born in Japan. Everything about her is exotic, and she exudes natural beauty and good health. I asked her one day if she knows of any at-home beauty tricks that women in Japan use, and she said to me, “Nicole, it all begins with matcha.” Mary’s recommendation is to drink at least one full serving of matcha green tea powder per day, dissolved in hot water, as you would an instant coffee beverage. She swears that the potency and benefits of this daily beverage are unparalleled. Matcha tea is different from regular brewed green tea because matcha powder is composed of straight stoneground tea leaves. Drinking a single serving of matcha gives you the equivalent benefits of drinking ten cups…
Radiate a Healthy Glow with this DIY Peach Facial Mask
Peaches are a wonderful gift from nature. During the summer months, we can enjoy them as a snack, for dessert, and of course as part of a DIY skin treatment. The best time to make this mask is when you have a lovely peach that is fully ripe and appropriately juicy; even a touch overripe will do. The key is that the peach needs to have an aroma when you sniff it, and the flesh needs to have flavor and depth. For this mask, you will need: 1 ripe, fresh peach ¾ cup plain, nonfat Greek yogurt ¼ c. whole oats 1 teaspoon raw honey ½ teaspoon organic vanilla extract Blend all the ingredients together. Apply about ¼ cup of the mixture to your face,…