May Lindstrom Skin The Blue Cocoon

May Lindstrom, model turned self-proclaimed "beauty chef" is arguable the darling of the green beauty world. Her concoctions are elegantly packaged and smell divine. Each product is a daily sensory experience; incorporate two or more and you've got yourself a serious ritual.  

Her Jasmine Garden Mist (not pictured) is a light floral and chocolate-ly  scented mist that revives complexions midday. I keep a bottle on my desk at work and I get a lot of zen out of the 3 seconds I take to close my eyes and spray it over my face -- no matter what my officemates must be thinking. 

And her Blue Cocoon balm, blue with blue tansy, is a mystical looking solid oil that melts instantly upon hitting the skin. It's soothing and hydrating, and great at quelling inflammation. It heals angry breakouts, and works as a great lip balm and eye cream in the parched winter months. Just be careful if you open a tub of this in July, I sloshed a good bit of it all over my bathroom counter. Yet another reason to break this one open in the winter. 

One Love Organics Vitamin C Serum

Another product from the deservedly much hyped collaboration between Elizabeth Dehn and One Love Organics,  this Vitamin C based facial serum is my favorite of the four. Its perfect supple texture sinks into skin immediately, giving it a rested and healthy luminescence. 

If you're looking to gift someone (no matter what age, skin type or climate), you can't go wrong with a bottle of of this serum. The first two ingredients, jojoba seed and shea nut oils are readily absorbed into the skin, delivering a strong drink of water and increasing skin resilience. Green tea seed, meadowfoam seed, Vitamin E, rose hip and sea buckthorn oils follow afterwards, all of which are high achieving antioxidants.

Why the fuss about antioxidants? They'll help your SPF do its job, armor skin against pollution (free radicals) that will eventually cause skin damage and discoloration. A pump of this underneath your daily moisturizer or night cream will both help stave off signs of aging, but also nurture your skin during its nightly repair.