I’ve never liked cigarettes. Never could stand the smell. The on-call obstetrician that delivered me into the world even tried to walk into the delivery room with a smoke dangling from his lips  and my father promptly made him put the damn thing out. (Go dad! This was 1970s Quebec, after all.) Still, I don’t… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Have you seen this line of UK skincare (pretty new to Canada) that proudly advertises it’s free of artificial perfumes, dyes or “harsh irritants” – Simple?  Free of fake scents is always a good thing (synthetic perfumes always lead to a long list of toxic ingredients) but that claim about “purest possible” ingredients is awful vague.… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Actually, I was talkin’ head to toe bodycare detox. Okay so we ran out of time before we got to the toe part (namely nail polish), we did cram a heck of a lot of good info into one segment, if I do say so myself!  If you’re wondering why I’m doing the monster dance,… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

With less than a week to get your butt in gear for Mother’s Day, a lot of people will be popping into their local Body Shop looking for prezzies. Actually, the Body Shop was the first store I ever turned to for stuff that wasn’t tested on animals and I loved their banana shampoo because… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

It seems like everyone and his multinational corporate uncle has come out with a green line these days – and Garnier is the newest kid on the eco block with a natural line free of parabens and silicones — Garnier PureClean. Since a lot of you have started asking about it, I decided to do… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

After my article on the hidden toxins in everyday things for NOW’s green issue, I got a lot of reader mail asking me what drugs I was talking about when I mentioned that some pharmaceuticals contained hormone disrupting phthalates and parabens. Figured it was time to expand on the topic with a whole column of it’s own.… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

This week was our big Green Issue here at NOW Mag and I’m proud to say I’m on the cover! What a Bizarro World-experience to walk around Toronto and spot your face under people’s coffee mugs on tables — especially when there’s been a moustache graffitied onto it (okay fine, I was the one pencilling… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

I was sent to a Shopper’s Drugmart on a mission for my guy with one prescribed task…buy some flash tape, whatever that is. Now keep in mind, going to the pharmacy is never a 5 minute pop-in for me…I’m always compelled to scour a few random product labels and suddenly an hour’s gone by. Call… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸