Beauty Swellness: Surya Brasil Sapien Women

Since I take no fewer than 10 showers a week (thanks to training for races along with other workouts, I’m in the shower way too often), great bath and  shower products are essential.

My latest favourite is from Surya Brasil — the Sapien Women Body Scrub and Body Moisturizer (which will soon be available on well.ca). The products from this company are natural and organic, and are free of sulphates, silicone and ethyl alcohol.

What I love about the scrub is is the fine grain (it’s composed of coconut bark and buriti); it rinses off well and doesn’t leave the tub a mess with bits and pieces of exfoliant. And the moisturizer leaves skin well hydrated, which my dry winter skin desperately needs.

Both products have a lovely light tropical fragrance (I believe it’s coconut with some notes of mango). It’s not overpowering; just enough of a fruity scent to get you dreaming of a getaway to a beach paradise without being so strong that anyone will notice (unless they’re real close to you).

A great way to get skin fresh and glowing now so it’s ready to be exposed come spring–and with the tropical scent, a good coping mechanism until sunny days are here again.

Leave a Comment February 20, 2014

Why you should drink organic milk

A new study from Newcastle University published in the Journal of Dairy Science found that organic milk contains more essential fatty acids than conventional milk–seems like an easy switch to make to get more CLAs and omega-3s in your diet.

(now if only milk were still packaged as quaintly as in the photo above from artist Scott Moore–I think I’d be more inclined to drink more of it…)

4 Comments January 17, 2011

The healthiest eaters

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who are the healthiest eaters of us all?

Turns out childless couples are the healthiest eaters, consuming 4.4 lbs of fruits and veggies more per person per two-week period, according to a new study published in European Review of Agricultural Economics.

(And that reusable shopping bag above? In my effort to eat more veggies myself, I’m thinking I need to get me one of those–it’s like a readymade shopping list!).

Leave a Comment January 10, 2011