Skincare
Our Top Picks for Year-Round Self-Care Are Just What You Need
Brisk days and cool nights mean there’s no better time to indulge in some serious self-love. Whether it’s relaxing in a fragrant hot bath, treating your skin to a moisturizing mask or lighting a favourite candle, your “you” time starts right now.
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Is there a season for self-care–for taking the time to pause and showing yourself some love? While this practice gets a lot of hype leading up to the new year, we’re strong believers that we should pamper ourselves and our environment year-round. Here are our top picks for turning a cocooning sesh into way more than a nap, ’cause after all, we’re cozying up, not hibernating.
Vichy Minéral 89 Hyaluronic Acid Booster Serum
The number one serum in Canada, this daily moisturizer is designed to combat dry skin.
$41.95
Soja & Co. Bourbon + Pumpkin 8 oz Candle
A warm, spicy scent and the soft crackling of a wooden wick make this candle the definition of “cozy autumn evening.”
$33
Kalmar Peace Reconnect Body and Massage Oil
Whether it’s for moisturizing skin post-bath or to be used as a massage oil—or both— this luxurious oil, which has notes of amber and vetiver, will calm the body and the mind.
$74
Antipodes Aura Manuka Honey Mask
The star ingredient in this mask is New Zealand manuka honey—liquid gold that purifies and moisturizes while infusing skin with an incredible glow.
$50
Masque Réhydratant Hair Mask, Kérastase
Keep your mane ever-so-soft with this gel hair mask that instantly restores hydration, improves hair quality and detangles your locks with a lightweight shiny finish.
$72
Belle & Candide Pink Peppercorn & Spices Bath Soak
This mixture of Epsom and Dead Sea salts loosens muscles and relieves stiffness while its spicy notes of cinnamon, ginger and pink pepper awaken the senses.
$10
GoopGlow Restore + Shine Hair Serum
Take your hair ritual to salon level with this pre-shampooing treatment, which promises to smooth frizz, soften strands, repair split ends and make that mane shine like never before!
$65
IDC Dermo Anti-Aging Multi-Corrective Infusion Ultime Oil Serum
As nourishing as an oil and as light as a serum, this two-phase treatment—which contains vitamin E, phyto collagen and IDC’s patented REGEN16 complex—oils with shea- skin.
$100
Omorovicza Queen Cream
This thermal-water-based balm from Hungary boasts borage, flax and evening-primrose-seed oils and melts into the skin, regenerating, moisturizing and protecting while also working as an impressive makeup base.
$312
Vitruvi Terracotta Stone Diffuser and Dusk Blend
This elegant, powerful diffuser and a blend of ho-wood, lavender and eucalyptus essential oils make for a winning combination to create a perfectly scented home.
$119 for the diffuser and $26 for the blend
The Hair Routine Nurture Treatment
This creamy hair mask combines sunflower, avocado and argan-seed oils with shea-butter, ginseng, grapefruit and bergamot essential oils. The result? Rebalanced, revived, shiny hair.
$40
Pure Almond Blossom Bubble Bath
This bubble bath is ultra-relaxing thanks to a biodegradable formula that is safe for sensitive skin and smells like almond blossom. As an added bonus, the company, which is based in Kamouraska, Que., offers refills at several points of sale across the country.
$8.50
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