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The Mama Guide to Shopping Small this Holiday

Small businesses deserve extra attention this year, and in the maternal spirit of caring and checking in, we're sharing gorgeous picks from our favorite small stores that are perfect for the moms and babes in your life.

Sustainable Gift Guide

We're starting to get in the holiday mood, and that means we're looking to some of our favorite sustainable brands for gift ideas. From wildflower honey samplers, to American-made sustainable wool blankets, there is something for everyone. We all need an extra pick me up this year, so here's hoping this list helps brighten your holiday season.

2020 Holiday Gift Guide

With the arrival of cooler temperatures, our skin craves more moisture and a protective barrier to shield delicate tissue and high points (cheeks, nose, and lips) from the harsh elements.

Treatment Serum Spotlight

Our Treatment Serum delivers targeted nutrients for combatting damage with the help of powerful plant particles. This serum is fabulous for the delicate eye area, but can also be deployed all over the face and neck.

The Restorative Skincare Flow

We all deserve little moments of indulgence after sustained hard work and stress. We find that our most meditative and restorative moments happen in the bath or just after with the help of body lotions, deeply hydrating butters, masks, and detoxifying scrubs. Here’s to cultivating peace and equity on the road ahead. Grace requires self-love and happy boundaries while we collectively create and sustain a new future. You are enough, so treat yourself like you would your best friend and check in.

Why Go Palm Oil Free?

Why go Palm Oil Free? Why is there so much hype about being palm oil-free?

First, the bad news: The palm oil industry is linked to serious global concerns like habitat degradation and abuse of primates, deforestation, climate change and indigenous rights abuses in areas where palm is sourced.

How To: Lavender Whipped Body Oil

This is a recipe for an amazing summer body moisturizer that is easy to make at home.

Weeds As Food And Medicine

Our culture has the tendency to put the most value on plants (extracts, constituents, oils etc.) that are rare, hard to come by or exotic. We have a learned to believe that these must be the most potent secret cures, keys to attaining eternal youth.

Rosemary: One of the major cancer preventing herbs

Want to feel a jolt of mental clarity without drinking an espresso? Try a cup of rosemary tea.

How to: Green Herbal Pestos

I love having fresh pestos on hand. They can be made using a variety of leafy greens, not just basil. I make them with whatever is seasonally abundant and then freeze the extra to use in winter months.

Fennel as Food And Medicine

Fresh fennel is easy to find at many farmers market or grocery stores. Here in California, it grows wild all over the place! And every part of the plant can be used as food and medicine, including the seeds.

The Benefits of Face Oils

These days, face oils are all the rage, leading countless people to ask me how oils can possibly be good for the face.

Sunscreen, Simplified

Sunscreen use is at an all time high, as are new cases of skin cancer. If we’re all doing what our dermatologists tell us, and conscientiously using sunscreen, then what’s going on?

Harvesting Lavender

We are harvesting lavender here to make our Exfoliant Mask. Gently scrub your face with these flowers and let your skin soak in the healing properties!

Jasmine, I'm Yours

I’ve been obsessed with jasmine flowers as long as I can remember.

Currently, I have an Arabian Jasmine plant in my bedroom and a Common Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) on my porch.

Spring Cleaning

Spring is the season for gentle cleansing and green nourishment. Just as we “spring clean” our houses we can detoxify gently and naturally by adding green vegetables and herbs into our diet. Consuming nutrient-rich, seasonal food is just what the body needs to stay in balance.

Medicine: Chamomile Flowers

Chamomile is an amazing herb. While most of us are familiar with it as a non-caffeinated tea option, it is so much more. This underestimated little flower is actually a medicinal powerhouse, and has been long used in herbal medicine.

Herbal Cold Remedies

With a head or chest cold, rest is the key to a speedy recovery. You deserve a break from work to help your body heal—and coworkers will be grateful to be spared exposure. And in addition to sleep, if you want to go a more natural medicinal route, herbal teas and baths can be extremely helpful.