(Anything I find swell. Posted on Sundays. Real scientific, I know…)
“Oh. Em. Gee. She’s straight outta an Anthropologie catalogue.”
That’s what I thought to myself when I met my latest girlcrush, the lovely Jelena in her darling pink sundress and her white-blond hair in the garden of the Belzeb aromatherapy shop in Grenada where she works. There were chickens walking and clucking their way around the herbs and flowers. The whole scene was almost too good to be true.
I’ve got bath and body products galore at home but I did pick up some fantastic lemongrass tea here, which I’ll enjoy in the pretty new cups I picked up at West Elm.
November 13, 2011
Alice may have time for tea parties in Wonderland, but girls in the city need a way to tote their tea so they can load up on anti-oxidants on the go. A sleek solution? Libre Glass n’ Poly — it features a double wall thermal construction with a glass interior (keeping your teas and tisanes fresh tasting and hot) with a sturdy polycarbonate exterior. A filter keeps the loose leaves from messin’ with your lip gloss and sipping pleasure.
March 30, 2010
This week, Health & Swellness is spotlighting some of the get-gorgeous hot spots in Leslieville. This east-end Toronto ‘hood is best known for its brunch, bakeries and coffee shops, but a girl cannot get by solely on caffeine and cupcakes, and, thankfully, a few beauty shops have started to crop up, too.
Who: Steeped and Infused
What: Jennifer Best opened up her tea shop in Fall 2009. Besides stocking 80 varieties of loose leaf tea, Steeped and Infused also hosts Intro to Tea and health workshops along with tea leaf readings — fun!
Why: Get your green tea fix here to beautify from within. Green tea, in case you haven’t heard, is truly a beauty potion. It’s been linked to everything from weight loss, and healthy skin to having a younger biological age. Health & Swellness’s fave: Steeped and Infused’s Japanese Cherry variety.
When: Mondays 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays to Fridays 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 11:30 to 5 p.m.
Where: 1258 Queen St. East; 647-348-1669
March 23, 2010
