About Aly

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Aly has created 30 blog entries.

The Ultimate Guide to Making the Switch to Natural Deodorant

Let’s talk about sweat baby! Chances are you use some form of antiperspirant or deodorant every day. If you reached puberty sometime in the 90’s or 2000’s you likely remember the Girl’s Teen Pack Personal Grooming Kit that came with your first stick of deodorant, and if you’re anything like me, you stuck loyally to that stick well into adulthood. And now you’re on your skin-healing journey, making changes to your diet and lifestyle, and starting to get woke to the different ingredients that linger in your personal care products and what they could be doing to your body [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Making the Switch to Natural Deodorant2018-08-28T19:16:49-07:00

6 Effective Tips for a Healthy Summer Glow

Suns out, bums out! Summer’s here and if you’re anything like me, you’re a sun worshiper, and take any opportunity to have that beachy, sun-kissed glow! However, there’s a fine line between a healthy glow and too much sun. When we get excited and overdo it on a sunny day, not only can we spur on early ageing (hello wrinkles), but we can damage our skin in such a way that leaves it looking tired, dull, and dehydrated. So this year, I’m preaching sun safety, and sharing my tried and true effective tips for a healthy summer glow. Admittedly, [...]

6 Effective Tips for a Healthy Summer Glow2018-07-02T09:51:01-07:00

Beautycounter: Simple Swaps for Safer Skin Care

Last year I went full hippy dippy and started to make all of my own skin care. In fact, if you have taken my free skin care course, you’ll have received my tried and true DIY formula for a hydrating facial cleanser! I was making everything, from the cleanser to toner, to masks, lip balm, deodorant - you name it! I even built a full-on video course for those who also wanted to take the plunge into the world of DIY beauty. While I wasn’t about to start making my own makeup, as products ran out, instead of me [...]

Beautycounter: Simple Swaps for Safer Skin Care2018-06-29T16:13:58-07:00

Gluten-Free Vegan Banana Muffins

When life gives you bananas, make muffins! That’s how the saying goes right? One of the biggest challenges my clients have when they are navigating foods that may trigger acne is figuring out what snacks they can eat that won’t cause a breakout. These gluten-free, vegan banana muffins are an excellent morning or afternoon snack option as they have no dairy, no gluten and no-refined sugar, yet they are full of healthy fats and lots of fibre. From start to finish, these muffins take less than 30 minutes to make and will please even the toughest critic. (They are [...]

Gluten-Free Vegan Banana Muffins2018-02-16T16:11:27-08:00

Try Changing How You Eat to Get Clear Skin

You could be doing everything right. Soaking your beans, eating your veggies, and avoiding anything with sugar, gluten or dairy. It’s hard work, but you do it because you’ve been told that this is what you have to do to finally get clear skin. And while all of these things are part of the equation, there’s the second part that is often not talked about; the part that literally determines how your body handles the food you so lovingly prepared for yourself. So instead of focusing purely on what you eat, you may wish to try changing how you [...]

Try Changing How You Eat to Get Clear Skin2018-02-09T14:30:01-08:00

Gluten & Dairy-Free Anzac Cookies

G’day mate! This post comes to you while my feet are firmly planted on the red soils of Australia. I decided to escape the Canadian winter for a taste of Australian summer so that I could visit my bestie in Sydney. January 26th is Australia day, and I’m stoked to get to don my green and gold to celebrate in true Aussie fashion this year. Imagine a BBQ on the beach, and channelling my inner mermaid while frolicking in the Bondi waves. Also to celebrate, I’m sharing my recipe for healthy, gluten-free, dairy-free Anzac cookies! Anzac cookies are an Australian [...]

Gluten & Dairy-Free Anzac Cookies2018-01-11T11:11:41-08:00

33 Clear Skin Tips for 33 Trips Around the Sun

Guys, I just had the best birthday! Which is saying something because my birthday used to be totally cursed. Setting aside the obvious pitfalls of having a birthday that lands in the hangover period of Christmas and New Years, I’ve also experienced other not so great events on January 3rd over the years. For example, I’ve come down with chicken pox, had birthday plans canceled due to too much snow or not enough snow. Plus, one year I was in Australia and I was so excited to finally have a Summer birthday, but the country’s 700-day drought broke on [...]

33 Clear Skin Tips for 33 Trips Around the Sun2018-01-06T00:29:57-08:00

Instant Pot Bone Broth

So Santa brought you an Instant Pot eh? Or maybe you picked yourself up one at a wicked good price on Black Friday? However you got your lucky little mitts on one, please, please, pretty please, do not let it sit in the box until Easter. It's time to throw on your apron, tear that box open, and make your very first delicious miracle - Instant Pot Bone Broth. You know you're getting older, when you're away with friends for the weekend, and in between the glasses of wine and cans of cider, you and your friends are also [...]

Instant Pot Bone Broth2017-12-21T20:38:25-08:00

Gluten-Free Molasses Cookies

There's something about these cookies that makes you want to throw on some reading socks, curl up with a good book, a mug of tea, and settle in for the evening. These gluten-free molasses cookies are totally guilt free, and since they have no refined-white sugar, they are a wonderful indulgent treat that won't wreak havoc on your skin. I have so many childhood memories of Saturdays in December, Christmas baking with my mom, and having these cookies fill the house with the most welcoming aroma. But back then, the traditional recipe called for white flour, and white sugar. [...]

Gluten-Free Molasses Cookies2017-12-22T20:51:35-08:00

Holistic Nutrition for Your Acne

I am grateful for my acne. I thank the universe everyday that I did not grow up with perfect skin. You must think I’m crazy for saying this, but it really is the truth. Having acne has shaped my life in many ways, and but the most prolific way is that it allowed me to discover the world of holistic health. You may have ended up here because you’re deep into exploring your options for clearing your skin using holistic practices, or you might have just clicked a random search result and this is the first you’re learning of [...]

Holistic Nutrition for Your Acne2017-12-20T16:50:40-08:00
Go to Top