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Your Skin Will Thank You

October 14, 2025 by Natalie

Our favourite body care essentials for fall.

Fall is here… and your skin can feel it! With falling temperatures and drier air, our skin tends to lose its natural moisture, becoming drier, rougher, and sometimes even uncomfortable. Now is the perfect time to incorporate a good body moisturizer into your daily routine!

Whether you’re looking for a light texture or an ultra-rich balm, here are our favourite body moisturizers.

OUR FAVOURITE BODY MOISTURIZERS

This all-in-one body lotion visibly firms and tones the skin while providing absolute hydration. Formulated with peptides, antioxidants and hydration boosters, it quickly melts into the skin.

Enriched Hand & Body Lotion
**NUORI**

A fresh, lightweight hand and body lotion that restores the skin’s moisture balance after cleansing. Made with an all-natural and nourishing formula enriched with white tea blossom extract.

Cruise Control Smooth and Plump Body Moisturizer
**DEALBODIES**

A retinol-alternative 2% bakuchiol moisturizer, gentle for daytime. Smooth the look of body wrinkles, and plump deflated-looking skin with collagen-boosting actives, for a supple touch.

Smoothing Body Lotion | Sleep
**BATHORIUM**

Finish your bath routine with Bathorium’s Smoothing Body Lotion. Excellent for après bath: relaxing, hydrating, and reduces inflammation. Goes on smoothly and is non-greasy.

Gentle Genius Barrier Care Soothing Body Cream
**PAI SKINCARE**

A deeply nourishing ceramide body cream for sensitive and eczema-prone skin – dermatologist approved and clinically proven to hydrate for up to 24 hours.

Calendula Body Butter – French Lavender
**HUNA**

A smooth, rich, whipped, creamy, healing and delectable moisturizing treat for skin that delivers fast-absorbing, lightweight and non-greasy moisture and hydration.

MOISTURIZE YOUR SKIN LIKE A PRO

Here are our top tips for applying body moisturizer correctly to maximize its benefits and keep your skin soft and nourished, especially when temperatures drop:

1. Apply To Slightly Damp Skin
Right after showering or bathing, gently pat your skin with a towel without drying it completely. The remaining moisture helps seal in hydration when you apply your moisturizer.

2. Choose the Right Type of Moisturizer
*Milk or lotion: ideal for normal to slightly dry skin.
*Cream or balm: perfect for very dry or sensitive skin, especially in winter.

3. Massage Gently
Take the time to massage the product in circular motions. This stimulates circulation and helps with absorption.

4. Don’t Wait
Apply your moisturizer within 3 to 5 minutes after showering. This is when your skin is most receptive.

5. Focus on Dry Areas
Elbows, knees, legs, hands, and feet are often the most affected by dryness. Don’t hesitate to apply a more generous layer to these areas.

6. Moisturize Morning and Night, if Necessary
In very cold weather or if your skin is particularly dry, applying moisturizer morning and night can make all the difference.

Shop our favourite body moisturizers in stores and online at Etiket.ca.

Fragrance

Fall In A Bottle

September 25, 2025 by Natalie

Scents that encapsulate changing leaves season.

As temperatures drop and landscapes take on warm hues, our fragrance becomes a true sensory cocoon.

Discover creations that evoke cozy evenings, walks in the forest, and moments of comfort. Each fragrance embodies the essence of fall, with warm and deep notes that will accompany you throughout the coming season.

CRISP & COZY SCENTS

Encens Suave
**MATIERE PREMIERE**

A rich and comforting fragrance, perfect for fall evenings. It evokes intimate warmth and the quiet luxury of fireside reading.

With notes of Incense, labdanum, benzoin, vanilla, and coffee.

Oud Maracujá
**MAISON CRIVELLI**

This bold fragrance combines the woody depth of oud with the fruity freshness of passion fruit, creating a warm and intriguing alchemy.

With notes of oud, passion fruit, saffron, Turkish rose, tonka bean, vanilla.

Red Tobacco
**MANCERA**

Intense and spicy, this fragrance is a seasonal classic, steeped in elegance. A refined portrait of autumn: golden leaves, dusky mist.

With notes of tobacco, saffron, oud, vanilla, patchouli and musk.

Smoke Show
**VILHELM PARFUMERIE**

This fragrance evokes elegant and mysterious evenings, with a smoky and woody undertone that is quintessentially autumnal.

With notes of leather, rose, saffron, oud, and smoked wood.

Grand Soir
**MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN**

Lose yourself in an endless night and enjoy the never-ending brilliance of a night in Paris. Enveloping, amber-scented, and slightly sweet, perfect for cooler temperatures.

With notes of amber, benzoin, tonka bean and vanilla.

Intense Café
**MONTALE**

This warm, indulgent fragrance combines the richness of coffee with the floral sweetness of rose. It is highly appreciated for its comforting scent and exceptional longevity, ideal for fall days.

With notes of coffee, rose, vanilla and white musk.

Discover all our fragrances here.

Skin Care

How To Transition Your Skincare Routine for Fall

September 19, 2025 by Natalie

Keep your complexion radiant and resilient through the season ahead.

As fall settles in, the skin’s needs inevitably change. Cooler air, lower humidity, and indoor heating can leave it vulnerable to dryness and imbalance. Refining your routine with richer, more protective formulas now will keep your complexion radiant and resilient through the season ahead.

WHAT TO USE IN FALL

1) A Richer Moisturizer

The air gets drier, especially with indoor heating. Choose a cream that contains humectants, emollients, and occlusives to lock in moisture.

Crème Riche
**TATA HARPER**

Tata’s richest moisturizer is formulated with sixteen sources of hydration and twelve sources of age-defying botanicals that lift, plump, and volumize the look of the skin.

Nourish Crème Riche Face Cream
**SAHAJAN**

A little is all you need of this rich formula, based on the 5000-year-old practice of Ayurveda, a clinically proven cream for glowing, ageless skin.

2) Gentle Non-Foaming Cleansers

Avoid overly aggressive cleansers. Choose formulas with a pH close to that of the skin (≈ 5.5) to preserve the skin barrier.

Daily Cleansing Oil
**PCA SKIN**

Gently dissolve makeup, oil, and other impurities with this lightweight pre-cleansing oil, formulated with emollient moisturizers and potent antioxidants.

Gentle Cleanser
**PRO-DERM**

This cleanser, with an optimal acid pH of 4,5, maintains the skin’s integrity. It contains 40% aloe barbadensis extract, allantoin and is enriched with lavender essential oil.

3) Gentle Weekly Exfoliation

To remove dead skin cells and revive your complexion’s radiance, use a gentle exfoliator once a week.

Retexturing Activator
**SKINCEUTICALS**

This oil-free serum is formulated to simultaneously exfoliate skin and replenish moisture for a smooth, radiant complexion.

Olive Oil & Lotus Exfoliant
**WONDER VALLEY**

A nutrient-rich blend of botanical powders activates with this oil cleanser to provide a deep yet gentle facial exfoliation to decongest and remove dead skin cells, revealing soft and radiant skin.

4) Moisturizing & Antioxidant Serums

Apply a moisturizing serum under your cream to boost hydration. Antioxidants such as vitamin C, resveratrol, and niacinamide help fight free radicals and pollution.

Kine-C
**VIVIER**

An advanced oil-free anti-aging Vitamin C serum specifically formulated to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, as well as to reduce further signs of aging.

Antioxidant Serum
**PRO-DERM**

Combining two powerful antioxidants, ferulic acid and resveratrol, this serum neutralizes the damaging effects of free radicals on the skin’s structures, allowing to prevent and correct signs of aging.

5) Nourishing Nights Masks

Apply a repair mask once or twice a week to strengthen the skin barrier and soothe irritated skin.

Overnight Sleeping Mask
**THE GREY**

A multi-active face mask that strengthens, replenishes and restores the skin while you sleep—supercharged with a 24-hour “chronoactive” active to protect the epidermal lipids.

Ultimate Sleep Mask
**SAHAJAN**

Apply a generous layer to cleansed face and neck avoiding the eyes. Sleep, rinse off in the morning and enjoy your beautiful skin. For extra nourishment, apply after or instead of moisturizer.

6) Sun Protection

Even though the sun is less intense, UV rays are still present. Continue to use light sunscreen.

Clear Daily Soothing UV Defense SPF 50
**SKINCEUTICALS**

A soothing multi-protective SPF 50 with calming Tripeptide technology and bisabolol. Suitable for sensitive and redness-prone skin.

Sunforgettable Total Protection Brush-On Shield SPF 50 | 4 Colours
**COLORESCIENCE**

Provides mineral powder protection against UVA/UVB pollution and other environmental aggressors.

7) Targeted Lips & Eye Contour Care

These areas are particularly sensitive to cold and wind. Use nourishing balms and specific creams.

Lip Karma – Vanilla
**SAHAJAN**

Sahajan’s luxe Lip Karma blends feature castor, rapeseed and argan oils to offer deep hydration and just the right amount of shine.

Restorative Eye Crème
**TATA HARPER**

A refillable, multi-correctional eye cream that brightens, smooths, de-puffs, and hydrates to rejuvenate signs of aging and fatigue. Best for fine lines, dryness, under eye bags, and dark circles.

What To Avoid

– Textures that are too light (ie, gels, summer lotions) – they are no longer sufficient to properly moisturize the skin

– Aggressive exfoliants or too frequent exfoliation can irritate skin already sensitized by the cold

– Foaming or sulphate-based cleansers, which are too harsh for this season

– Forgetting SPF. Even in the fall, UV rays continue to damage the skin

Skin Care

Clear Skin For Back to School

August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by Natalie

Simple yet effective steps and routines to follow.

To achieve clear, glowing skin just in time for back to school (or work), here are some simple yet effective steps and routines to follow:

Morning Routine

Gentle Cleanser: Use a cleanser suitable for your skin type (gel for oily skin, milk for dry skin).

Moisturizing Toner: To wake up the skin and tighten pores.

Vitamin C Serum: Brightens the complexion, reduces dark spots, and protects against external aggressions.

Light Moisturizer: Choose a non-comedogenic formula.

SPF 30+ Sunscreen: Essential even in fall to prevent dark spots and aging.

Evening Routine

Double Cleansing: Makeup remover oil + gentle cleanser to remove makeup and pollution.

Gentle Exfoliation (twice a week): Acids (AHA/BHA) or enzymatic scrub for a smooth complexion.

Hyaluronic Acid Serum or Niacinamide: Hydrates and evens out the complexion.

Nourishing Night Cream: To repair the skin while you sleep.

Additional Gestures

Moisturizing or Radiance Masks (1-2 times per week) depending on the condition you wish to treat

Facial Massage: Use a roller or gua sha tool to stimulate circulation.

Internal Hydration: Drink enough water and eat foods rich in antioxidants (red fruits, green vegetables, nuts).

Restorative Sleep: 7-8 hours per night for rested skin.

Makeup

Red (Wine) Pairing Edit

January 20, 2025October 17, 2024 by Natalie

Burgundy: the colour on everyone's lips

Nothing screams fall makeup like a beautiful, rich red wine shade. This bold, sophisticated hue is easy to incorporate into your beauty routine for an effortlessly chic style. Discover our Red (Wine) Pairing Guide and browse our top picks below to perfect this season’s must-have colour.

Burgundy: THE Trending Colour for Fall

ReDimension Hydra Powder Blush | Hanky Panky
**RMS BEAUTY**

This playfully iridescent magenta plum melts into the skin, creating a silky smooth, luminous finish.

Lip Crème | Risque
**TATA HARPER**

A deep berry red for when you feel bold and a little daring. Rejuvenates the lip contour and envelops lips in plumping moisture.

Lip Sketch Hydrating Crayon | Gala
**ILIA**

This brick rose glides on smoothly, delivering rich, long-lasting colour with a soft-matte finish.

Color Block High Impact Lipstick | Rumba
**ILIA**

A classic oxblood that is long-wearing, truly hydrating and provide full coverage in just one swipe.

Legendary Serum Lipstick | Angela
**RMS BEAUTY**

This rose brown is super lightweight yet deeply pigmented, in a non-drying water-based formula.

Precision Lip Pencil | Vino
**Glo Skin Beauty**

A raisin wine that defines the lip line and enhances lip colour’s wearability.

Skin Care

Back to School Edit

January 17, 2025August 17, 2023 by Natalie

Discover our essentials for getting ready fast during those hectic mornings.

Back to school is often associated with a period of renewal and transition. Vacations, sunshine, and long relaxing days now make way for a return to school and work, shorter days, a multitude of activities, routines and rituals, and a more hectic schedule.

Here are our skincare and makeup multi-tasking essentials, as well as our go-to to make your hairstyle last longer and help you look your best in no time!