Five Fixes for Dry Skin

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Is your child’s skin still reeling from winter’s low humidity and the central heating used to counteract it? Try these tips to get it soft and silky in no time.


Heart Beet Salad with Sweet Pumpkin Seeds

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Beets are red for a reason. They are good for your blood, which means they are good for your heart. Plus, the crunch of the added pumpkin seeds gives this salad a boost of zinc.


DaLish Eco Entrepreneur

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Melanie Cruickshank developed DaLish Cosmetics with the intention of beautifying women in mere minutes using customizable and dual-purposed natural products that are good for skin and the environment.


Flower Bomb

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Flowers have been blooming all over the runways for the past few seasons, and they are more vivid than ever this spring.


Ask Sheri :: Oily Skin, Under Control

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I have tried everything in an attempt to control the shine and get rid of it, but nothing seems to work. I’m stressing out that major breakouts are not far off. What can I do to remedy this once and for all?


Colourful Eyeshadow

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Get the Look – Colourful Eyeshadow


The Clean Bin Project

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A few years ago, Vancouverites Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer decided to take on a daunting 365-day challenge. The rules: give up consumerism, and produce zero waste.


Green Acres are the Place To Be

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Thanks to my green keener pledge, I started thinking about jumping into the local food movement and using my small urban deck to grow some vegetables in containers. This led me to seek some candid advice from a former urban-dweller who recently gave up city life for greener pastures. Here’s what Brent Preston, co-founder of The New Farm, has to say about growing into a farming career.


The Art of Making Cheese

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Here is a recipe for a basic yogurt cheese, also known as labneh. It has a lot of healthy, beneficial bacteria in it, and, being yogurt, it is perfect for those who are lactose intolerant.