by Emily Fritchey | Sep 2, 2021 | Herbs for Skin, Self Care
Your backyard medicine cabinet is our heritage of healing as a civilization stems (pun intended) from humans using the local, regional plants most conveniently located to them for aiding the most common issues that faced them. The medicine people belonging to lineages...
by Emily Fritchey | Aug 26, 2021 | Toxic or Terrific
Cloudberry Seed: Toxic or Terrific? It’s easy to conjure up an image of the poetically named Cloudberry (Rubus Chamaemorus) as some sort of heavenly fruit perched loftily in the sky, but what is this ingredient really all about? Is it as innocent as it sounds, or does...
by Emily Fritchey | Aug 12, 2021 | Aging Skin Concerns, Self Care, Skin Texture, Sun Block
Whether you’re indoors or out, your skin is affected by the environment. Your skin is bombarded by environmental aggressors daily. Air pollution and blue light from your computer screen and electronic devices produce free radicals that cause daily oxidative...
by Emily Fritchey | Jul 29, 2021 | Holistic Skin Care Practice, Self Care
How do you get clean while getting down and dirty on the trail? It may seem counterintuitive at first, but if your equal parts are intrigued and perplexed by what exactly ‘forest bathing’ is, read on What is Forest Bathing? Contrary to its name, forest bathing...
by Emily Fritchey | Jul 15, 2021 | Self Care, Toxic or Terrific
Jewelweed: Toxic or Terrific? Enjoying the great outdoors in the height of summer, but the effects of too much sun and too little moisture got you down? Summertime poses a unique set of challenges to the skin. Beach time causes a sunburn which leaves the skin dry,...
