The quest for yar! Thoughtful design and a quality build gives a sailboat her yar. Am I the only one who sees the connection to vegan botanical skincare? Yar is an idea I use to create my recipes. I want each balm, serum, salve, mask and soap to be right and everything it should be.

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Listen as Shay tells the story of the moment Salt Habit Skincare was born...

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or, How I learned to stop worrying and love Amazonian Rainforest ingredients. I'm trying to do all I can to be a responsible human so have been looking at my carbon footprint...

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Something about the term "anti-aging" rubs me the wrong way but hitting my 50s and leaving the farm to go sailing has me warming up to it. Not that I'm against growing older. I just don't want to look my age.

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If you’re a compulsive label-reader like me, you know a good label is hard to find! Most annoying is when ingredients aren’t fully disclosed. Hiding preservatives under the name ‘parfum’ is pretty low, and hiding essential oils under the term ‘proprietary blend’ is not much better.

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It happened on Instagram. I couldn't help myself. After reading the list of ingredients for a 'daily skin repair lotion' of a well-known skincare brand made especially for sailors, I couldn't stay quiet.

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Hype. Spin. Noise! How nutty it is that in this age of information, we can’t tell what’s real. My remedy has been plugging in to the garden, the 'really real' world...

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I worry about each and every ingredient used in my skincare just like I worry about every ingredient that goes in my food. So I spend alot of time researching. Unfortunately, it’s a moving target.

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