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Echinacea makes a sailor girl feel yar
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.

Petroleum jelly made me do it

Petrocarbon? I'm soaking in it.

Face the elements with no worries
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.

Read any good labels lately?

Showing a bit of cheek
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.

So down on plastic
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...

Eco-Conscious? I’m Eco-Neurotic!
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