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- over exfoliation: a cautionary tale
I’ve recently had a couple of customers (who shall remain anonymous) turn up at the shop who took a good thing too far. They had oily, blemish prone skin and tried exfoliating with various facial scrubs. It helped clear and “dry” their skin, and they went crazy with it. They used [...]
- Now Open Mondays!
I done got me my first employee, the ever-helpful Erica. She will be working Mondays and every other Sunday this summer. So all of you (like myself) who only have Mondays off no longer have an excuse.
Wait- does that mean I can shop at my own store on my day off? Weird.
I’ll make a decision [...]
- minty, happy (not nappy) feet
Deep Steep peppermint foot goodies have arrived just in time to get your winter feet in shape for summer’s more revealing footwear. The Foot Polish (with walnut shells) quickly smooths callouses and flaky heels. Then the Foot Cream moisturizes and invigorates. This is no mere hand lotion in a different tube- it is absorbed quickly [...]
- It’s nuts, I tell you.
For the past several days, I’ve had a bitter taste in my mouth. No, not my usual metaphorical bitter taste, but an actual bitter taste. Every time I eat or drink, my mouth tastes like I just rinsed it with grapefruit dish washing soap. As my mom would say, “Ish!”. I [...]
- red flower now online!
Now you can order the gorgeous red flower products from Camellia’s website. Don’t know what you want from the Japan ritual bath line? Try the sento kit, a high class cloth sachet filled with 1oz samples of the bath line.
- red flower organic perfume
The red flower order arrived yesterday, and amongst the new products are their organic perfume oils. They aren’t like anything I’ve experienced before, and I mean that in a good way.
The scents are complex, sophisticated, unique and difficult to describe. They all strike me as potentially unisex and grown up, and like all natural [...]
- What’s in your mineral makeup?
Check out this post from the Organic Beauty Expert’s blog on mineral makeup ingredients
Sorry. I’m a blog dummy and can’t get the link to work, so you’ll have to go through her main page if the direct link isn’t working.
A great rundown of what should and shouldn’t be in your mineral makeup. Especially watch [...]
- Chidoriya Accessories in Portland
We’ve carried the lovely chidoriya soaps (and some of the skin care) since the boutique opened, but this week a shipment of their o-so-Japanese accessories arrived. There are Kimono patterned clutch bags, wallets, and the cutest tiny hand mirrors for your makeup bag. Perhaps my favorite are the small hand made [...]