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3 Best Organic or Natural Skin Care Products for Spring

Spring, is a fantastic time to examine your skin care routine. As the weather begins to change, your skins needs change with it. Instead of needing the intense moisture you typically need in winter. Look for products that offer hydration and revitalizing nutrients. Being inside during the grey wintry months can leave skin under nourished and dull. By choosing a nutrient rich moisturizer, you help to restore the natural beauty of your skin.

To celebrate Earth Day, this week I swapped out the majority of my cosmetics for natural ones. I have a tendency to accumulate samples and travel sizes, so I had quite a few available. As the end of the week is approaching, there are definitely a few that will be finding a permanent home in my Spring Skin Care routine!

Eminence Thermal Spring Whip Moisturizer

Spring in Vancouver tends to jump between incredibly cold and windy to bright sunny days with little warning. I still like a Thicker moisturizer, one that is going to help repair wind damage, and keep me feeling dewy soft. The scent is fresh and light, peppermint but not overwhelming.  One thing that makes this cream perfect for spring is that it offers both hydration and healing. It works with Sage, and anti-inflammatory  and Horsetail, full of healing, tissue strengthening, flavinoids, to leave skin smooth, clear and ready for what ever the weather.

Burt’s Bees Orange Essence Facial Cleanser

During a recent interview with Cosmo, Emma Stone mentioned her love for Burt’s Bees, especially their cleansers. A relitively new line to Spa Boutique, I’ve been using Burt’s Bees since I was in High School. In fact, the shimmers and tinted balms were the only lip colour my mom would let me buy. (Lipstick was banned pretty much until prom!). Recently, they’ve started carrying a variety of natural skincare products, most of which are at least 90% natural, if not 100%.

The reason why I’m singling out this cleanser, other than Emma’s recommendation, is the natural exfoliation that helps clear away   the winter skin. This allows your fresh spring glow to shine through! Plus, it removes most makeup (except waterproof mascara).

GM Collin Bio Organique Energizing Mask: Masque Energisant

My midweek treat is to do a deeply hydrating masque. I find the weekend gets so packed, that I barely have time to get laundry done let alone fit in a little me time. Instead, I set aside an hour either Wednesday or Thursday while my husband gets dinner ready and sneak off to spa-land.

GM Collin, makes a fantastic soothing, hydrating masque that really focuses on restoring a healthy glow to tired and dull skin.  Winter always leaves me feeling drained and this masque helps brighten my skin. This week, I really enjoyed switching my regular masque (Laboratoire Dr Renaud Hydrascience Multi-hydrating Mask – Masque Multi-hydratant Hydrascience) for this one. It left even my skin glowing! I’m not sure if I’m ready to completely switch over, but it’s a fantastic treat when you really need that boost of nutrition.

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Back to School Skin Care: Get off to a Great Start with a Starter Set!

It’s that time again! Is it just me, or did the summer just fly by? While it’s sad to say goodbye to summer, I personally love this time of year.  The leaves change color, the weather gets cooler, we switch our frozen frapuccinos for yummy hot drinks, and fall fashion is great, isn’t it?  Our makeup changes, our nail polish colors change, maybe we even get a new hair style.  Oh yeah, and it’s back to school time!  Don’t you want to look your best for the start of a new school year?  What a great opportunity to start your skin off on a brand-new system!  For the month of September we are putting all of our skin care starter sets on for 15% off (code SAVEONKITS)!  Here are a few of my personal favorites:

Dear Acne, couldn’t you just go away already?

B.Kamins Clear Skin Kit $56

Kit Includes:

•Acne Wash – a non-drying cleanser that contains salicylic acid to gently exfoliate and dissolve clogged pores

•Blemish Gel 5% – a benzoyl peroxide spot treatment that kills bacteria and  heals breakout

•Matte Moisturizer SPF15 – a light, non-greasy moisturizer with SPF15

•Corrective Mattifier – a blemish and blackhead clearing, oil controlling treatment

•Purifying Mask – a deep cleansing, purifying, healing mask with seaweed

Obagi Clenziderm Acne Therapeutic System – Normal to Oily Skin $117

 

Kit Includes:

•Clenziderm Daily Care Foaming Cleanser – a gently foaming cleanser that kills bacteria and gently exfoliates

•Clenziderm Pore Rinse – a toner that heals blemishes and dissolves clogged pores

•Clenziderm Acne Lotion – a light treatment lotion that further combats blemishes and clogged pores

Au Natural

Jurlique Natural Beauty Introductory Sets $60-$95

 

•Natural & Organic skin care of Australia

•Each set comes with 3 products

•Available in Purely White (brightening, radiance), Age Defying, Age Prevention, and Redness Reducing

 

Eminence Organics Starter Collections $48-$118

 

 

•Natural & Organic skin care of Hungary

•Many different sets available for all skin conditions

 

We have tons of skin care kits to choose from with products for all skin types and conditions.  Click here to view all kits>>

Don’t forget to enter discount code SAVEONKITS at checkout!

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Jurlique Natural Beauty Care: Fresh Organic Ingredients at their Finest

Ok, this is one of those love at first sight brands, or should I say love at first smell? Or touch?

I’ve been an esthetician now for about 10 years.  I’ve worked with tons of different skincare lines and there are just a few that make it to my ‘can’t live without’ list.  Well, congratulations Jurlique, you’ve made it!  This brand is right up my alley; natural with organic ingredients, no colors, no artificial fragrance, no junk, just chalk-full of amazing plant botanicals! The products are light and fresh with beautiful, subtle, natural smells and the packaging is clean and simple.

Jurlique was founded in South Australia and has been around for almost 30 years! Every Jurlique product contains custom blends from herbs and flowers harvested on their very own 153-acre sustainable, organic farm.  Jurlique takes pride in utilizing biodynamic farming methods and having 3rd party verified organic ingredients.  They use recyclable containers and even the ink they use is natural (soy-based).

Jurlique’s cleansers and toners are to die for! The cleansers are suited for any skin type and range from lotions to foaming washes.  The toning mists are heavenly (to say the least) and they are the type that you can spray right over your makeup any time of the day to refresh your skin.  If you like the aroma of fresh-picked roses you will love the Rosewater Balancing Mist which is made with 8000 crushed rose petals in each bottle!

Jurlique offers beautiful, fresh body products with the essences of citrus, jasmine, rose, and lavender.  They have an assortment of pure essential oils and essential oil blends and they even have a line especially for baby care!

What else could you ask for? Starter kits? Yes, they have those too!

If you’re ready to try our newest, natural skincare line don’t hesitate to ask one of our estheticians for help in choosing the products that would benefit you the most.  Have a look at the full line of Jurlique Natural Beauty Care here>

 

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Antipodes: Scientific Organic Beauty

 is an award-winning, natural beauty line created and manufactured in beautiful New Zealand.  Antipodes is certified organic, a carbon zero certified business & all of their products are officially approved for vegetarians.  Each product contains carefully selected botanical ingredients proven to improve the health and the look of your skin.  And of course Antipodes products do not contain genetically modified ingredients, synthetic fillers, artificial colors or artificial fragrances, detergents, mineral oils, petrochemicals, animal ingredients (except honey and beeswax from living bees), or parabens.  No Antipodes product is ever tested on animals.

Key Ingredients

 

Naturally extracted, premium avocado oil is the star ingredient and base for all Antipodes products because it’s a nutrient-packed, clinically-proven skin moisturizer and conditioner.  It’s also full of antioxidants and known to help reduce scars, age spots and heal the skin.

 

The Hymalayan Gogi Berry  is incredibly protein rich, containing up to 19 naturally occurring amino acids. The goji berry restores and replenishes your skin cells and even stimulates the synthesis of collagen!

 

Deeply nourishing and moisturizing macadamia nut oil & jojoba oils are found over and over again in the Antipodes line.  They are also known for their scar healing and wrinkle reducing abilities.

 

Star Products

 Avocado Pear Nourishing Night Cream

 An antioxidant-packed healing and repairing night treatment

 that stimulates the synthesis of collagen production by up to

 an astonishing 92%!

 

 

Organic Grapeseed Butter Cleanser

This delicious cleanser combines nourishing cocoa butter with

soothing oils to soften and hydrate the skin. It also contains

Vinanza Grape, a powerful antioxidant from New Zealand’s

sauvignon blanc grape seeds.  Lavender and blue chamomile

soothe sensitive skin.

                                                     

 

  Nirvana Body Wash

   The Sunday Beauty Awards’ best body product winner for 2009. 

   A moisturizing, cleansing body wash with fresh fragrances of wild

   blackcurrant, spearmint leaf and cardamon.

 

 

 

 

See the full range of Antiopodes products here

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Purely Polished Skin with Eminence Organics Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant

It’s a totally unique facial exfoliant that starts off as a powder!  With the addition of water it becomes both a physical (the scrubby kind) and an enzymatic (the kind you don’t feel) exfoliant in one!  It’s also natural with organic ingredients so it really doesn’t get much better! Oh yeah, and it’s called Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant made by Eminence Organic Skincare.

 This gentle daily exfoliant is made up of tons of great ingredients including  rice powder, oats, lactic acid, chickpea flour, tons of antioxidants, and of course strawberry and rhubarb.  The main exfoliating ingredients are the lactic acid, salicylic acid (found in strawberries), and a combination of the chickpea flour and rice that provide the physical buffing action.  The rhubarb helps to fight the look of fine lines and the oats help to cleanse and smooth the skin.

It comes in a neat metal container with a shaker lid that you twist to open and twist to close.  You don’t need much powder at all – just a couple of shakes.  Add a bit of water and you’re ready to go!  Gently massage the paste over your clean skin for about a minute and then rinse with water.  If your skin is sensitive you may not use it daily, but you can certainly use it 2-3 times a week.  It can also be mixed with your favorite Eminence cleanser to make it even more gentle.  It sells for $48.00 and when used properly it lasts for at least a few months!

Watch our demo video here

 

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