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This batch of goldenrod and comfrey salve has been infusing for two months and smells like the warmth of summer but heals skin in the depths of winter. Spent some time by the lake and in the forest in Tiny this weekend. It was wet and beautiful and much needed. So much wild chaga has come to the shop from southern Ontario forests, and im excited to clean and dry and process it to include it in teas, tinctures, and oxymels this winter! Guys, Brio Gusto is saying goodbye at the end of the month and what better way to send them off then to join Charlotte St. for Ladies Night. Buy a ticket for $20 for food and drinks at Brio Gusto, gifts, drinks, and discounts at Ritual + Charlotte’s Web + Cottage Toys + Wild Rock + Runners Life + Tribal Voices + John Roberts Clothiers. And get your name entered into a draw to win over 200$ in prizes from all of our shops! Wednesday 5:30-9 Come get a ticket from me or PM if you’d like to come! I’m looking for a part-time employee at Ritual who can definitely work early Saturdays. Bring a resume and a short bio in to me if you are efficient and hard working, organized and calm, self-sufficient and capable of assessing what needs to be done before you are instructed to do it, and interested in holistic health + beauty + plants & nature! A big thankyou to everyone who came to our first workshop last night. We harvested sumac for the last little bits of edible crimson cones and dyed clothing with it to create some really cool dusty roses and charcoal greys. We also made an elixir with elderberry, pine needles, rosehips, hawthorn, honey, and lemonbalm infused gin. It’s a wonderful immune-boosting, antioxidant rich, circulatory elixir! I have the elixir for sale in the shop until I run out if you’d like to experience the medicinal benefits of wild sumac. Try the Atonement Latte (a not coffee mocha latte) @caffeinaptbo Its made with kidney and liver cleansing roasted dandelion root, burdock root, milk thistle & chicory. You can also buy a bag of it and take it home! New Stockist Alert! Forgather Floral Co. Has just opened in downtown Barrie and is officially the prettiest shop in town. Tara has an eye for beauty and colour palette and is THE Florist if you’re in the Barrie area. 🖤🖤🖤 @forgatherfloralco The FLORA Repair cream is back in stock (finally) and available @ritual_apothecary With a new hue in fluffy light blue. @michael_jamesthomas is at the Farmers’ Market today giving out samples of our superfood powders and herbal teas. Come by and try some hot Immunity tea to warm you up on this chilly morning. Its face mask day at the Farmers’ Market! Stop by our stand for a complimentary sample of the GREEN or ROSE masks, and grab a few other bath and beauty products to rejuvenate summer skin and ease into September with. @ptborfm We’re all set up with the usual variety of Willow’s Bark herbal potions @ptborfm Its the weekend. The weather is right. Come say hi 😊 Happy Saturday everyone! Don’t forget to enter this little giveaway before Sunday night! We’ve collaborated with @swellmadeco whose versatile beach bag carryall is packed with our brand new after-sun Rose mineral mask, a reversible bikini by @nootkaswimwear , as well as lipgloss, lipstick and lip/cheek tint by @dalishcosmetics . Enter to win these summer essentials by tagging a pal below and following the link in profile. That’s it! Giveaway closes August 12, 2018 at midnight EST. Open to Canadian and US residents only. Good luck and happy summer! https://www.swellmade.co/made-in-canada-summer/ It may be August; but here in Canada, there’s lots of summer left! We’ve paired up with fellow Made in Canada brands @swellmadeco , @dalishcosmetics , and @nootkaswimwear to help you savour those golden summer days. We have packed the best bikini/cosmetics bag made by @swellmadeco with everything you need for sunny days and getaways. Your carryall will include our brand new after-sun Rose mineral mask, a reversible bikini by Nootka Swimwear, as well as lipgloss, lipstick and lip/cheek tint by DaLish Cosmetics. Enter to win these summer essentials by tagging a pal below and following the link in profile. That’s it! Giveaway closes August 12, 2018 at midnight EST. Open to Canadian and US residents only. Good luck and happy summer! https://www.swellmade.co/made-in-canada-summer/ I absolutely love wildcrafting because I get to closely observe The Goldenrod and sweet white clover as they are blooming and the bees are so happy about it! They get first dibs, always, and I’ll be back in a week for just some of what is left over. All natural skincare is, undoubtably, important, but there’s a huge difference between “all natural” and sustainability. Preserving our natural habitat is where my heart really lies. Even if we’re using “toxin free” beauty and household products, are they made with ingredients that are safely harvested from the land and is it a process with longevity? Sustainability isnt just a philosophy; it is a personal standard that is quantifiably measurable. Sustainable means small; small farms with diverse crops, less overall production and consumption, quality ingredients over quantity, biodegradable or reusable packaging and less of it. Sustainable is water efficient— this means buying from companies and farms that conserve and reclaim water. It means using ingredients that are drought tolerant, and it means foraging for over-abundant weeds and other plants that require no extra maintenance as they feed off the natural water/sun cycle already in place by Mother Nature. Sustainable is energy efficient, low emission, and humane. Sustainable means avoiding natural ingredients like palm oil (what most of your soap and shampoo is made with). Careful wildcrafting allows me to be sustainable, and it allows me the opportunity to connect with my habitat, it forces me to understand it, and to attend to it with more than just my needs; it keeps me in the mode of taking less and giving back. Packaging my goods in UV protected Amber glass means my ingredients are naturally preserved and my bottles can be returned or reused. Let’s embrace more than just “all natural”; let’s make our beauty routines sustainable too. Hey guys, I’ve made a limited amount of bug spray with some potent essential oils to help you get through the rest of the summer. If there’s demand for it, l’ll make more! Available @ritual_apothecary I’m so happy to share my Adrenal Powder with you guys! Made with adaptogenic ingredients like maca, shatavari, ashwaganda, and chaga mushroom, this powder addresses all different types of adrenal issues, hormonal issues, energy bouts, and other bodily imbalances and brings you back to a place of homeostasis. Available @ritual_apothecary and soon to be available on the website. Next time you’re looking for a hair cut or dye, head to @revivehairlounge. They’re a sustainable hair salon that donates their hair trimmings to a company that recycles and reuses the hair. They’ve also got a big selection of The Willow’s Bark product for sale in their retail section. 💛💛 Collected the last of the St. John’s wort at the height of the haze and heat yesterday afternoon—sweat dripping in slow-moving beads down my forehead, still and stupefied swamplands curing wildlife just under the lip of its mossy green surface, weeds thriving on the sandy trailside in the blistering sun; the sun giving birth to strange life on a strange planet in the strangest universe we’ve happened to be born of, and none of us strangers really, because we’re all growing out the same pool of molecules giving breath to all it’s possible forms of expression. We brought our new line of Tinctures to the market today. Made with 80proof Canadian wildflower gin and potent botanicals; one of these blends is bound to cure ya. @ptborfm