The heat, humidity and haze are here this July calling for you to be extra mindful of purifying your pores, applying SPF and moisturizing frizzy hair.
This month, the HH team is soaking in summer's long and humid days with lightweight mineral sunscreens, homemade serviceberry pie and evening dips in the lake.
USING
Mary: Salt & Stone Lightweight Sheer Daily Sunscreen, The Cure Face and Eye Cream and Tata Harper Hydrating Floral Mask.
Jeronnie: F. Miller Lip Balm and the Vintner’s Daughter's minimalist skincare trio.
Jenna: Notice Hair Co. The Fixer Shampoo & Conditioner Bar Set and Crowbar Apotheary The Bar - travel-friendly items this month!
Jenny: Facile Reverse Retinol Serum, Tata Harper Purifying Cleanser and Rahua Control Cream Curl Styler.
Nat: Vintner’s Daughter Active Treatment Essence and Vintner's Daughter Active Botanical Serum are my routine base. Tata Harper Crème Riche at night and Monastery Flora Botanical Cream Serum during the day.
Melissa: Salt & Stone Lightweight Sheer Daily Sunscreen and tons of Facile Lip Jelly!
Rachel: Vintner’s Daughter award-winning skin regime and the 19/99 Lash Tint Mascara in Brown - LOVING it!
Tara: Testing a new Rahua Glossing Oil Mist - love! And some new Health Hut products we have coming sooo soon.
EATING
Tara: My new fave summer salad, tomatoes dressed in toasted fennel and anchovy.
Rachel: Egg salad sandwiches and fresh cherries.
Nat: Grilled cauliflower and butter lettuce salad, light and grounded.
Melissa: Smoothies to stay cool and full in the summer.
Jenny: Popsicles! Loving the fun flavours from The Pop Stand at Evergreen Brick Works.
Jenna: Peanut butter spicy miso noodles with asparagus and mushrooms.
Jeronnie: Fish tacos!
Mary: Homemade wildflower salads and serviceberry pie with berries from my front yard.
READING
Melissa: I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson.
Tara: All Adults Here by Emma Straub.
Jenny: The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette F. C. Steeves.
Jenna: Happy Place by Emily Henry.
Jeronnie: A Divine Revelation of Heaven by Mary Baxter.
Mary: The Tyee’s 2023 Summer Reads List.
Rachel: Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton.
Nat: Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill.
LISTENING
Nat: KAYTRAMINÉ all summer!
Jenna: All my old Apple Music summer playlists for nostalgia and good vibes.
Jeronnie: Elizabeth Benton's podcast, Primal Potential.
Melissa: Haley Blais
Tara: 91.1 Jazz FM
Jenny: The Road Home, from a cabin in the woods in Alberta.
Mary: Salt Water Hank’s new album, G̱a̱l'üünx Wil Lu Holtga Liimi.
Rachel: Junius Meyvant
DOING
Rachel: Spending as much time outdoors as possible, playing tennis and hanging with family and friends.
Melissa: Online shopping and going to the beach!
Jenny: Trip to NYC with my mama, aunt and cousin.
Mary: Picking berries, drying herbs and making smoke cleansing bundles.
Tara: Collecting my summer reading list from Flying Books. Enjoying the lake after work in Muskoka.
Jenna: Hosting my best friend's bachelorette and hitting the beach!
Jeronnie: Spending time with family and planning annual trips for the next year.
Nat: Gardening and driving outside of the city with my Mom. Discovering new towns and bodies of water.
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