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Dearest you,
Ahh summer! We look forward to it all year, but somehow seem to forget that it also means sweat, bugs, sunscreen, sunburns (horror!!!), smog and the smell of garbage (which likely doesn't do anything to skin, but sometimes I imagine it gets in my skin and ugh *shudders*) and a multitude of other grossness and that feeling that your skin is chokin' in the humidity. Bleh! And yet, I SWEAR I love this season!
Here my favourite summertime routine using Stark (because you know, I make these products.)
A.M.
Quick mask and cleanse using Eclipse. I smooth it on, walk around blindly looking for coffee, get the water boiling and the beans ground, then rinse my face with cool water. I then go straight for Everlasting, and if it's a very muggy day, will wear just that under my sunscreen.
On other days, I mix a drop or two of City with Everlasting, no sunscreen, and work in front of my computer all day. :(
I chill Petrichor in the fridge and mist mid-day or after being outside to combat the greasies, revive and refresh! Plus, the scent it everything. Grounding, fresh, earthy, lively! Try it during a good summer thunderstorm... so sensual and unexpected.
PM
I take off makeup (if any) and sunscreen (if any) with a good chickpea sized dollop of Aurora. Massage it in well for a minute or two, then take it all off with a soft, warm washcloth and immediately admire my bombass skin. A little more Everlasting and a drop of Midnight smoothed over, then I enjoy my evening. Right before bed, I will apply a little more oil or balm to anywhere I like.
Well, that sums it up! Enjoy your summer skincare routine!
Jess xo
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A fresh-scented defensive shield from the urban elements. Protect your skin from city damage, with these fragrant, nourishing and purifying plant oils and featuring Stark's adaptive, collagen-boosting EVERGREEN complex, which helps fortify skin's natural barrier function and resilience, helps your skin "re-learn" how to function optimally, while gently correcting damage already done.
Who it's for:
Congested, over-active, acne-prone and oily skin that still needs moisture and hydration.
Anyone wanting a lighter daytime oil!
A great "layering piece" as it's a great makeup primer, and wears easily under serums, creams, and SPF. A medium-light oil that absorbs quickly into skin, creating a protective shield from the outside environment, while delivering essential, bio-compatible phyto-nutrients back to the skin, such as squalane. Purifies, tonifies, boosts lost essential nutrients skin and defends from harsh city elements (pollution, stress, indoor air, smoke, weather, etc), with a curated blend of oils featuring a unisexy, deep-in-the-conifers scent. It's a "reset" button for those who are concerned about the effects of pollution on the skin.
40.00 CAD
Combining some of the world's most effective skincare ingredients, including helichrysum, edelweiss, green tea, sodium PCA, milk thistle, chamomile and more, to create a lightweight yet humectant-rich serum with mega impact.
Synergistic power: Everlasting is any facial oil's potent side-kick, as it instantly creates a bioactive, readily absorbed super serum for your face, neck, chest and hands.
Instantly-absorbed skin drink that protects and helps repair skin from signs of environmental damage, scarring from acne, reduces collagen-killing inflammation and makes skin feel incredibly soft and smooth, without any residue.
Calms inflammation of all kinds (weather-induced, wounds, acne, internal or external stress etc), and leaves skin impossible-not-to-touch soft and plump.
Use alone or under a facial oil to super-activate the hydrating and smoothing effects.
25.00 CAD
Protects the skin from the environment with super-antioxidant ferulic acid and green tea extract, while soothing skin with a double dose of cucumber, purifying with white willow bark and undoing environmental stress with nutritious watermelon extract. Hydrating, does not leave skin tight or parched!
4 oz
This POWERFUL mist is not a toner, but a skin tonic, and does not dry out skin (in fact, it's a light humectant and will increase skin's hydration. Rejoice!).
This super-juice gently cleanses and exfoliates skin with the salicylic acid found in white willow bark, while aloe and cucumber soothe and cool skin.
Ferulic acid, an incredibly potent antioxidant found in nearly every plant seed, boosts the effects of the other antioxidants, like the green tea extract, and the vitamins in the watermelon extract in this formula...and studies show may even work better in the presence of UV! (Be sure to wear SPF anyhow.)
Witch Hazel, native to eastern Canada, tones skin, reduces inflammation and irritation and makes pimples vanish.
Watermelon extract provides a nutritious burst of vitamins to the skin (with purported UV-repairing properties!).
Use after cleansing skin, before moisturizing. Can be washed off or left on. Has an earthy, green scent. Ideal for those living in heavily polluted cities, or for acne-prone skin that over-produces sebum.
30.00 CAD
A ultra-gentle, hydrating yet deep-cleansing gel, with both exfoliation and brightening properties, leaving skin feeling very soft. A beautiful black gel that can be left on as a mask or used as a quick, refreshing skin cleanser!
Contains hydrating & nourishing ingredients to leave skin feeling soft, not tight.
Fruit sugar-based Alpha Hydroxy Acids provide gentle exfoliating.
Slightly foaming, does not strip skin. Protects skin's acid mantle and healthy barrier function.
pH optimized at 4.5
Activated charcoal purifies pores or oxidized sebum.
Can be used as a quick cleanse or as a leave-on mask.
Cardamom, sweet orange and cedarwood make this cleanser smell incredible.
35.00 CAD
A fresh-scented feather-light hair oil designed for fine, delicate hair to unruly, coarse hair. For wildly natural tendrils of happy hair.
The tangled vines and knotted palms reach for the canopy. Moss covers the floor like lush 1970s carpeting. The air is rich with oxygen, and everywhere life bursts from every seam of the rainforest. So rich, so lush, with leaves so thick and glossy, vines so strong, you are overcome by the beauty, by this nearly brutal energy each plant exhibits to thrive, to overtake, to grow to incredible new size. "Hair goals," you whisper to nobody in particular, and smile to yourself as you hike on.
A feather-light yet deeply nourishing hair oil with a similar weight and feel to a classic silicone hair serum but created purely with carefully selected plant oils, of course! This oil adds strength and manageability, increases hairs elasticity and protects against the elements with antioxidants. Nourishes and softens tough tresses, won't weigh down fine hair, and helps promote growth. The cleansing scent will detoxify a congested scalp (if using as a pre-shampoo), and perfume your locks with a an herbal-floral freshness. Use as an overnight hair mask or as a leave-in styling product, before or after drying hair.
Can be used as a leave-on hair styling product, as a pre-shampoo oil or as an overnight hair mask!
To style:
Fine hair: Start with just 1-2 drops, and apply through the ends of damp or dry hair. Add 1 drop at a time, as needed. Be careful not to apply too close to the roots, to avoid looking greasy.
Thicker hair: Start with 3 drops, and apply from ends, eventually working way up hair length.
For straight hair, brush out your tendrils once hair is dry. Leave as-is for more defined tendrils and curls.
As a mask or pre-shampoo: Apply 2-3 times the amount you need as a styler, (so 6-10 drops), massage in well then proceed with shower or sleep or what have you.
Camellia sinensis seed oil, Crambe abyssinica (Abyssinian) seed oil, Vitis vinifera (grapeseed) oil, proprietary blend of essential oils, non-GMO tocopherols.
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When you need just a dab of something potent to stop an eruption right in it's tracks. This treatment is packed full of traditional and modern pimple-soothing ingredients...and smells nice, too!
When naming this product, I was thinking about volcanic words. Magma? Lava? Explosion vent? I was trying to bring a little humour to a pimple treatment, but nothing seemed right. It felt too violent, and when you have one of those painful "subterranean" pimples forming, waiting to erupt? You're not really in the mood to giggle, and you certainly don't want to make light of the aggression on your skin. So my copywriter's hat went back on. Out of nowhere, the French word "éteint" came to me... one of those moments when being bilingual is really helpful! Eteint (prononced /etɛ̃, ɛ̃t/... although I can't really tell you how to read those pronunciation things) means to extinguish, or put something out, like a light or a fire. Or a volcano, if you're a goddess. It's such a soft, sexy word. The French have the tendency to make words like that. Anyhow, that's the kind of soft-yet-efficient power you are getting with this spot treatment.
ETEINT is a spot treatment that doesn't leave you smelling like a medicine cabinet. Sweet and fresh, just one drop applied to an inflamed area will help decrease the size and pain of a pimple, allowing it to speed up and disappear quicker...or perhaps stop a blemish from forming at all! It will also help decrease healing time and discoloration of blemishes. Use often (2-3x a day) and use as soon as you feel a pimple forming for best results.
NOTE: Not to be applied over the entire face! Avoid mouth and eye area. This product contains more essential oils than a regular face oil, and isn't meant to be worn over large patches of skin.
Who is it for?:
After cleansing skin and moisturizing, apply 1 drops to the back of your hand, and use fingertips to lightly dab onto blemish. Let the oil be soaked into the affected area. Spot-test if you have very sensitive skin.
15 mLStark's EVERGREEN Complex, Azadirachta indica, Lavandula Angustifolia, Melaleuca Alternifolia, Citrus Bergamia, Litsea Cubeba, Melaleuca teretifolia, Thymus Vulgaris, Helichrysum Italicum, Boswellia Carteri, Styrax Benzoin.
