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Plastic-Free Natural Skincare – The Ultimate Environmentally Friendly Brand
BODY HAIR LPN Blog NATURAL BEAUTY SKINCAREIt wasn’t long before Earth Day I came across this amazing brand – Ethique . They have become my latest and greatest eco-friendly plastic-free travel companions – especially for short haul flights. Let me explain why. Ethique does things…
High Vibe Skincare: Why it Matters – An Interview with Max & Me Co-Founder Tanja
BODY LPN Blog NATURAL BEAUTY SKINCAREI love when serendipity strikes. It happened again this weekend when I was traveling to Vienna to practice yoga under the beautiful teacher Elena Brower. This was so special because not only was I given the gift of indulging…
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post on treating your yoni right, using natural treatments. One of those treatments was yoni steaming (the ancient practice of allowing the warmth of herbal steam to softly permeate the exterior of…
Last weekend I wrote a post on naturally caring for your body during your period and moon cycle more generally. It received such a great response, I thought I would continue on this topic that seems to be…
Period-proof panties, vaginal steaming and menstrual cups. When it comes to natural care for your yoni, the market has gotten pretty overwhelming. Here are a few thoughts on why naturally caring for your yoni is essential when it comes…
Best Natural Products for Sun Protection and Sun Damage
BODY LPN Blog NATURAL BEAUTY SKINCARE Sun CareSummer is here, and in full swing. To celebrate, I teamed up with iHerb to pick out my fave pre and post-sun favourite natural products and remedies from their site to share with you. Here’s what I’ve selected for…
Here’s My New Year’s Detox (And No, It’s Not a Juice Cleanse)
BODY Body Care Drinks FOOD & NUTRITION HAIR LPN Blog TreatWe often start the new year with resolutions to change and do things differently. It’s a time to renew and restart. This year my intention is detox – but not only in the traditional and physical way. I want to…
Credo’s Top 5 Must Haves in Green Beauty This Year
Body Care Cheeks HAIR Lips LPN Blog MAKEUP Moisturizer NATURAL BEAUTY SKINCARE StyleOn my last trip to NY, I met some of the beautiful ladies who are behind the green-beauty brick-and-mortar shop, Credo. Think of this as the Sephora of green beauty. Packed with products that are #naturally best in class…
EWG Has a Verification + WIN The EWG Verified Beauty Box worth $540 USD
Cheeks LPN Blog NATURAL BEAUTY Oils & Serums Perfume SKINCAREToday is a special day for 2 reasons: first, it’s my birthday (wahoo!) and second, The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has launched a Verification Program that marks natural beauty products as healthier for you. To celebrate, we’re giving away 5…
Bali Bliss – The BaliSpirit Festival + Travel Necessities & Treasures
BODY NATURAL BEAUTY SKINCARE TRAVEL NATURALLYIt’s been a mere few hours since touching my feet back down in Oslo, and already I’m missing the magic that is Bali. There is something about the island… something about its magic. You immediately feel it when you…
This is an original post I wrote for MindBodyGreen, and I thought in case you missed it, I’d also share it here. I love the idea of a bright and white smile, but not just for cosmetic reasons: Healthy…
LPN’s February Natural Beauty & Wellness Faves
BODY Body Care Face Life & Style LPN'S FAVES MAKEUP Moisturizer Oils & Serums Toners TreatmentsSpring is on its way, but the weather is still cold enough up here to warrant a few skin faves that are good for those dry skin blues and transition temperatures. This month’s faves is a lot on skincare,…
LPN’s January Faves – Natural Beauty and Wellness
Body Care Cleanser Eyes HAIR LPN'S FAVES Oils & Serums TreatWhat better way to start off the new year than with some new faves? Ok, It’s not my first post of the month, but I needed some weeks to try some amazing new products and get my results before…
Spiritual Beauty – The Latest Trend in Natural Beauty
BODY NATURAL BEAUTY Profiles & Collabs Supplements & Superfoods Toners ToolsSpirituality: A slightly unorthodox topic for a wellness and natural beauty blog, no? But hear me out. We are all energy and within that energy comes power – and that, my dears, is related to quantum physics (have a…
LPN’s Holiday Gift Guide Part IV: For the Green Beauty
Body Care Cheeks Nails Supplements & Superfoods TreatmentsA million and one things could go on this list, but I thought I’d narrow it down to some faves and some new products that I would like to find in my stocking this holiday season. As the LPN…
Fa la la la la…. <3 Hard to believe but it’s (almost) (already) that time of year. To kick things off to festive start, I thought I’d start off by publishing LPN’s First Holiday Gift Guide of 2015. Given…
LPN’s iHerb Shopping Cart – My Fave Natural Beauty & Wellness Buys
Eats LPN's Shopping Cart Moisturizer Oral Care Supplements & Superfoods ToolsI get a lot of questions about what products I use, foods I eat and beauty tips I use for my day-to-day life. This morning I was filling out an iHerb Order, and I thought to myself, it would be a…
LPN’s August Faves: Natural Beauty & Lifestyle
Body Care Cheeks Eyes Life & Style LPN'S FAVES Perfume Supplements & Superfoods Yoga & FitnessIt’s that time of the month (no, not that one – ha ha). Time for another monthly faves post on all that I’m loving in the natural beauty & wellness space. Today’s post is a combination of beauty, skincare,…
Blissful Bali – LPN’s Yoga & Natural Beauty Travel Necessities
Body Care Cheeks Style Sun Care TRAVEL NATURALLY Yoga & FitnessMy beautiful souls <3 Over the past month, I have been on a journey. A most powerful and beautiful journey. My beliefs have been challenged. My ideas of what matters have been realigned. My love of this life has…
LPN’s April & May Faves: Natural Beauty Love
Body Care Cleanser Lips LPN'S FAVES Style Tools TreatmentsThis might be considered cheating — but I slammed April & May faves into one post this month. Why? Well, because life has been a bit crazy as of late and I haven’t been able to update as frequently…
LPN’s February Faves: Natural Beauty Products
Body Care Lips LPN'S FAVES Perfume Toners Treatments WELLNESS & YOGAHappy Sunday, Gorgeous! I have some exciting news to start off the post today — LPN has turned 3 years old!! Can you believe it?!?! It has been such a blessed and blissed out ride, and I can’t…
LPN’s October Faves: Natural Beauty and Healthy Home Products
Drinks Lips LPN Blog LPN'S FAVES Nails Oils & Serums Supplements & Superfoods TreatIt’s one of those grey, beautiful Sundays and I just can’t get enough of cozying up inside with a giant mug of tea and a pile of natural beauty products that I wanted to share with you. Here they are,…
September Favourites: Natural Beauty Products & Some Other Faves
Body Care Healthy Home LPN Blog LPN'S FAVES Moisturizer Toners TreatmentsI am a “seasons girl”. I love them all, but every time October rolls around, I am reminded how much I absolutely adore the fall… Everything becomes so much more cozy. The sweaters come out of hiding, the wooly…
My lovelies, I’ve been away for these past couple weeks focusing on some big changes in my life. It is taking me some time to get my head around what has been happening. While I’m healing, I want to…
Natural Hair Removal & Silky Skin: BodyHonee, Matarrania & C&Co Naturals Reviews
BODY Body Care LPN Blog TreatmentsDuring the winter, I find it a little easier to let my leg hair get long enough for a wax. The problem with removing hair with the drugstore products (and even spa products, for that matter) is that they…
Move over Chanel No. 5, there are some new (non-toxic) girls in town! Look it up on the Environmental Working Group’s Cosmetics Database, and you’ll quickly see why artificial fragrance should be kicked out of your beauty routine! Not…
Coconut Oil – Your Best Natural Beauty Friend
BODY Body Care Life & Style LPN Blog Moisturizer SKINCAREOh you’ve heard about it time and time again, but there is nothing like a little refresher now and again, right? This post was inspired for three reasons: I thought my last post on coconut oil for beauty could use…
Bronzed Skin, Naturally? No Sun Required – Melvita’s ProSun, Green People’s Self Tanner & Living Nature’s Bronzer Reviews
Body Care LPN Blog Sun CareSummer. Ohh, summer. While it is one of my favourite seasons, I certainly am no sun goddess. In fact, it might be accurate to say that I am one of the least qualified people to speak on anything with…
A New Doctor is in Town: Dr. Woods Shea Vision Castile Soap & Exfoliating Daily Cleanser
Body Care LPN BlogThere are a lot of doctors in the natural skincare playing field (Dr. Hauschka and Dr. Bronner’s for example). But today I want to introduce you to a US based brand that takes natural to heart, Dr. Woods Naturals.…