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5 Swaps to Un-Plastic Your Laundry Routine

Cleaning up your laundry routine is one of the easiest ways to transition single-use plastics out of your life. While there are so many laundry-rel...

Winterize your Skincare Routine

As we transition into the colder months, it’s important to switch up our skincare routine to protect our skin from cold, dry conditions. Here are a...

Resuscitate Parched Lips with this Soothing Lavender Sugar Scrub

Winter is coming. If you’re like me, that means dry, chapped, flaky lips. Good news: this recipe was made for you! Parched Lips = The WORST One of ...

Get Cozy With Superfood Elixirs

Though it is officially still summer, there’s no denying that fall feeling in the air. Love it or hate it, we might as well embrace it! And what be...

Review: [UN]WELL Episode 1: Essential Oils

I recently watched the Netflix series [UN]WELL and was especially impressed with the episode on essential oils, given that the questions posed in t...

The Other Essential Oil Product That You're Completely Overlooking

Why You Should Be Using Hydrosols -- And How What Are Hydrosols? You may have come across the terms floral water, hydrolates, and hydrosols and won...

Top Skincare Tips from the Apothecary Team

We asked a few of our team members for their favourite skincare tips and here they are! Emilie, Digital Marketing Strategist "Don’t skimp on sunsc...

Zero Waste Essentials: Scenting Unscented Products

If you're living that #zerowastelifestyle, you likely buy a few products in bulk that are unscented. Shampoo, lotion, shower gel, laundry detergent...

Un-Plastic Your Dental Care Routine With These Zero Waste Options

Clean Teeth, Piles of Garbage? Floss and brush teeth daily, ideally at least once a day for the former and after each meal for the latter -- that's...

RECIPE: Lavender Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

If you've visited our shop, you have probably noticed our large collection of herbs. From the use of ashwagandha to ease anxiety, marshmallow root ...

Reduce Your Waste Output with Low-Waste Menstrual Care

The following post is a guest post from Plastic-Free YYC and was first featured on the Plastic-Free YYC blog. Menstruation: periods, Aunt Flo, “tha...

RECIPE: Lilac Infused Cream

The vibrant purples and sweet scent of lilacs symbolize new beginnings to many, announcing the transition from spring to summer. Capturing the Scen...