Happy Spring 2025!

Love Notes from the Sea

Whole Plant Skin Cell Replacement Therapy ~ Natural Exfoliation Techniques

Our bodies replace billions of cells on a daily basis. Every 6 to 9 months, organs such as the heart, liver, kidneys, and skin replace all of their cells. Bone cells are replaced every 7 years! Alt...

Clean Lunching

Today's raw vegan lunch was inspired from a trip to the local Produce Place @produceplaceofsuntree which never seems to fail in getting my creative juices pumping with their constant change of seas...

Plumeria Pickin'

Plumeria blossoms ready for extracting! One of my favorite flowers for extractions, the Plumeria flowers I use are grown entirely by myself here in coastal Florida. The beautiful natural fragrance ...

A Red, White, and Blue Healthy Skin Treat!

I hope you are all enjoying a peaceful, loving day surrounded by those you love on this Memorial Day weekend. Keeping with the red, white, and blue theme (see my previous post for a free special gi...

Free Memorial Day Travel Kit!

Freebie alert! ⚪️RED WHITE & BLUE FREEBIES⚪️This weekend only receive a complimentary travel set for all orders $50+Use coupon code STARSANDSTRIPES20 for 20% off too! Each kit receives 1 Chamom...

By Colleen Miller on 2018-05-22

Skin (aka the integumentary system) is an organ composed of oil glands, hairs, blood vessels, nerves, sweat glands, and receptors working together to regulate and protect.Each square inch of skin c...

Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Did you know?May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Most doctors recommend doing a skin self-exam monthly and having an annual full body skin exam by a board-certified dermatologist annually. (Learn h...

New Sampler Kits

Thinking about starting a fresh new way of skin care? Try one of my new sampler sets. For $25 you get 5 products good for a week's worth of use, with three different skin types to select an an opti...

Beauty Balm Love

Beauty balm love...the tropically-fused magic of vibrant, medicinal plants living inside these jars are just waiting to hug and kiss your skin with their dense phytonutrients and antioxidant powers...

Skin Pigmentation - Protect, Balance, and Treat

Melanins are tiny grains of color pigment proteins produced by skin cells called melanocytes that determine skin, hair, and eye color. Melanins help shield skin from sun damage. Genetics, sun expos...

Plant Infusion Beauty

Fresh vibrancies of plant love being bottled up by myself in lil batches today. The quality of this oil after its been infusing and strained is gold. It is rich and enchanting when I am able to har...

Island Skin Purifying

ISLAND NECTAR sitting lovely by ISLAND JAVA. One is warm, sultry, and smooth while the other bursts with sweet beautiful berries and enzyme-rich honey. Both are delicious tropical skin exfoliators ...

Fresh from Satellite Beach, Florida

All of the products in my shop are handmade and when I say handmade I truly mean....made by hand. These are not products you will find sitting on shelves for a year or more before it touches your s...

Plant Medicine for Skin Sensitivities

The internal membrane of the skin is delicate, and aggressive treatments can worsen the effects. Sensitive skin, redness, hyperpigmentation, acne, and broken capillaries are just some types of irri...

Plant Alchemy

Mermaid Petals Cleansing Grains - I measure whole plant materials inside my big antique ceramic pottery bowl, before grinding up their sweet vibrancies into exfoliating skin magic.

Beauty Balm Bliss

Three beauty balms....so many uses! I frequently recommend diving the fingertips in Petal Dew for your morning ritual care, as it goes on light and contains uplifting and energizing essential oil m...

Manual Exfoliation

Dull and dry skin can be extra common this time of year and exfoliation is an effective treatment to remove buildup of dead skin cells that can cause skin to appear dull.Here are two tips to keep y...

The Salt and the Sweet on Ingredient Formulas

As a product formulator, I am always reading labels. I read labels on every food item I purchase, a habit that developed when I discovered and adopted a plant-based (vegan) diet in 1994. Still toda...

Coco for Coconut Oil

Are you nuts over coconuts? Or, do you find coconuts to not be valuable to your skincare? In the esthetics world there seems to be a great deal of confusion. About 10 years ago (2008-ish), I would ...

Sweeten up Your Skin with Natural Organic Plant Honey Treatments

Raw honey is filled with antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties that contribute to healthy skin. Honey is a humuctant which helps keep skin soft, and is also a gentle exfoliator with...