HAUT COSMETICS

My new handcrafted soaps are flying off the shelf. My personal two favourites are the MAPLE SOOTHE (in photo) and MANGO ENERGY. For my dogs I like the LEMONGRASS PURE as it neutralizes odours. You can use this bar as a face wash, body wash, shaving cream, to clean your makeup brushes, and as a natural drawer freshener. They all smell really amazing, except the charcoal - it has no scent for those who are extra sensitive. I created these because there are synthetic perfumes or... ‘parfum’ in everything and that one ingredient can contain 300-500 different chemicals. The more you cut out products with ‘parfum’ the more it bothers you when you use a product that does, it is so overwhelming. These bars are also SLS free which is a common irritant in soaps to create the foaming property. Lastly and most importantly, for anyone dealing with eczema, contact dermatitis, and other skin conditions, this is an alternative to soap that does not damage the skin’s natural moisturizing factors. I highly recommend the CHARCOAL DETOX for anyone struggling with any type of skin issues. https://hautcosmetics.ca/product/handcrafted-bar-soap/

canadian glacial clay, tumeric*, humic + fulvic acid*, amla*, maca*, goji*, acai*, hemp*, e3 live afa*. custom superherb boosts in 2.7oz: beetroot*, damiana*, chaga*, hibiscus*, vanilla bean*. *organic as a face wash: mix less than a half teaspoon clay with water to form a mixture similar in consistency to liquid soap. apply the prepared clay to the wet face / body. massage for a few minutes. rinse thoroughly.... as a face pack: running low on time, mix with water and apply before shower. then rinse off while showering and you have yourself a wonderful and detoxing facial. or you can get fancy and mix crushed fruit or organic coffee into it! reduces dryness (79%) reduces flakiness (41%) improves skin clarity (68%) improves skin elasticity / firmness (24%) improves skin texture (106%) https://hautcosmetics.ca/product/glacial-clay-cleanser-mask/

It’s that time of year again. When I barely mix any makeup and it is just straight custom caramel tan formulas for days. This is the COCONUT-FREE anti-aging formula. This particular formula was originally created to be an under eye hydrating cream but I couldn’t resist mixing it with my caramel tan as an experiment and I have never looked back. I love products that multitask. What better kind of body butter than one meant for around your delicate eye area. https://hautcosmetics.ca/product/caramel-tan/

SUPERNATURAL HEAVY METAL CHELATION THERAPY is a source of: 1. Trace minerals. 2. Protein. One hundred grams of kelp also contains 1.7 grams of protein.... 3. Some vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K. Kelp is also particularly rich in folate. 4. Soluble fiber. 5. Many other phytonutrients. 6. Fatty acids including a little of the omega-3 fatty acids and others. Mold Produces 600 Times more bio-toxins when EMF is present. Not only that but the bio-toxins produced from EMF are much more virulent and poisonous. This supplement is a potent source of whole food plant based iodine which replenishes trace minerals and calcium while chelating heavy metals. Iodine also kills excess Candida. Chelation treatments are gaining ground as a potential therapy for a range of conditions from Alzheimer’s to cancer and heart disease. Heavy metals poison us by disrupting our cellular enzymes. Toxic metals kick out the nutrients and bind their receptor sites, causing symptoms by affecting nerves, hormones, digestion, and immune function. https://hautcosmetics.ca//supernatural-heavy-metal-chelat/

This protocol is one of my favourites because it shows your liver some love and you can just sit there and relax. It combines ozone therapy with the traditional castor oil pack. It balances hormones, calms anxiety, and heals the gut among many, many other things . No gut healing supplement or protocol will work in just a few days - no matter the marketing. There is no timeline to your unique gut healing journey and there isn’t one modality or supplement that will heal the gu...t. My favourite part is children can benefit from it too. Anxiety is something that children are struggling with at much younger ages. What I observe not only through experience in the beauty and wellness industry but with my past journey is that we trash our bodies for years and years and then get frustrated when they don’t look or perform the way we desire them to. We expect our bodies to be functioning after giving it a week, at best a month of goodness. Healing is not linear, it is not miraculous and it is not a quick fix. The best advice I can offer is to be patient, gracious and kind to your body - the journey can take years, and will be ongoing - as it should be. https://hautcosmetics.ca//supernatural-oxygen-castor-oil-/

I created my custom makeup line of colours by taking my favourite shades and textures that I couldn’t live without as a makeup artist and creating a natural formula version. I decided that I couldn’t keep doing makeup if I wasn’t okay with the ingredients I was applying. I was starting to see severe skin problems and even if it wasn’t a reaction to the makeup, a cocktail of chemicals could not possibly be helping the situation. I learned the most about makeup and life in gen...eral from my 40+ clients. Confidence, authenticity, and a sense of humour about life is real beauty and at that age, women start to really exude that, makeup or no makeup. At that time I had been able to travel, as well as work and live in different countries. I gained experience and training with over 50 different lines of makeup - some natural and some synthetic. My own personal style has always been that no-makeup makeup look. I was fired from a lot of professional makeup shoots because I couldn’t pile on the makeup. Next month it will be 18 years since I created my own line. Looking back I can’t help noticing that everything I was curious about went against the grain. It has taken me half a lifetime to be okay with doing something my own way. I have always wanted to fit in but I have some very different ideas. Having all those makeup lines at my finger tips made me want less. When I travelled I was drawn to multitasking products because I could keep my makeup and skincare to a minimum. As a freelance artist this was also a plus as I would often do location work where we were hiking up a mountain to the shoot. My line remains the same, all the basics. I have added a few more formula options over the last decade only because of more sensitivities and allergies out there. If you ever want to know more about the best product(s) for your skin, lifestyle, and climate, just click on the link below. To those new to my line, welcome! To those who are still supporting this crazy passion of mine after all this time, I can’t thank you enough!! https://hautcosmetics.ca/consultation/

My COCONUT CREAM is a favourite for clients’ husbands (if they have discovered it). This cream moisturizer doubles as an gentle exfoliant because of all the organic fruit enzymes packed into it. They digest dead skin cells on the surface of the skin to reveal smooth new skin. ORGANIC COCONUT is a superb acne treatment and razor burn preventative treatment because of the two microbial agents - capric and lauric acid. CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP has a greater enzyme-inhibiting eff...ect compared to several other healthy plant foods such as berries. It contains more than 54 health enhancing compounds like manganese, potassium, zinc, calcium, and skin healthy vitamins A and B. VANILLA BEAN FERMENT is an active ingredient that acts like an optical brightener, absorbing UV light and adding radiance. I recommend using this cream under your foundation and tapped over your makeup where you would like a glowy look like cheek bones and bridge of nose. https://hautcosmetics.ca/product/coconut-cream-moisturizer/

why a patch? what happens when you swallow your supplements: when you swallow a dietary supplement pill, it travels to your stomach, where the pill is immediately introduced to a powerful mix of digestive acids. depending on what other foods you’ve eaten, the supplements in you stomach remain there for up to 4 hours as part of the normal digestive process. during this process the supplements in the stomach continue to be degraded by powerful digestive stomach acids.... after approximately 4 hours, the remaining supplements’ nutrient value starts its journey into the small intestinal tract where it will be absorbed into the bloodstream and delivered throughout the body. studies have shown that on the average, as little as 2% of the original dietary supplement taken survives the digestive process and is absorbed by the body, dramatically reducing the dosage originally taken and its resulting effectiveness. with a transdermal patch: as soon as a patch is applied to the skin, body-heat activates the supplement formula and the nutrients begin to transit through the skin into the small blood vessels called capillaries that are plentiful under the skin. this is direct delivery of nutrients to the bloodstream or what is called transdermal delivery because nutrients are absorbed directly through pores in the derma (skin). because the nutrient delivery process is done over a period of many hours while a patch is worn, we call this ‘time-release delivery’. -maximum dosage absorption patches allow you to absorb up to 10 times the dosage that comparable orally taken supplements deliver. -patches release nutritional supplement ingredients directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the harsh acidic environment of the stomach and digestive tract that destroys most of the original nutrient value of supplements taken orally. -patches deliver their nutritional supplement load directly to the bloodstream the moment a patch is applied to the skin, versus up to 4 hours with supplements taken orally that must pass through the stomach and digestive system. -incredible convenience there is nothing easier than applying a patch before bedtime or in the morning after showering, instead of having to remember to take multiple pills day after day. https://hautcosmetics.ca/prod/turmeric-ginger-frankincense/

I envision a future of prospering farmers once again drawing close to the land. A tomato plant with ripening fruit can't lie nor create sensationalism. In the future, the goal will not be to grow old and outlast the battery of your car, but to fully live. That means terror holds no grip as fascination leads us into the unknown. Listen to the poets. For freedom to march it must have honest reasons to be brave. For you and me and nobody else. Are we that brave? I have felt lik...e marching and it feels like truth burning in the night. Miracles come to the miraculous, not to the arithmetician. They who affect our imagination, who could not make their hands meet around their objects, the rapt, the lost, the fools of ideas - they suggest what they cannot execute. They speak to the ages, and are heard from afar. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. Leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded." RALPH WALDO EMERSON See more

Repost from @hellobc Reflecting on the past year of challenges and recognizing the moments of beauty that came with. Photo: @jamesrelfdyer