Soothing Your Skin With Natural Skin Care Products

It seems like with each passing year my skin gets more and more sensitive, often leaving me feeling itchy, frustrated and uncomfortable. I’ve gone from using most anything that struck my fancy as far as body and skin care products go, to being really quite choosey about what I will and won’t use. That lovely scented body lotion just isn’t worth it if I spend the next 24 hours clawing my skin off because it’s so red and itchy.

It can be downright frustrating especially during the winter months when everything is so dry and my skin is dying for some extra care. I try to choose products that have fewer chemicals and fragrance added to prevent irritated skin, but it can be so hard. Even companies like LUSH who pride themselves on their natural ingredients often use more chemicals than you’d think. :/ Which leaves me buying items from hypo-allergenic lines which are effective, but I can’t deny I miss having more fun scented products to use.

Fortunately (I think) spring is here – though we had a bit of snowfall overnight so I’m starting to feel the relief from that dry winter skin. Not only because of the change in seasons, but also because I’ve been enjoying using some products from Duckish these past few weeks.

Duckish Natural Skin Care is a local Nova Scotian company operating out of Halifax which hand makes all of it’s products. From diaper rash cream (their first product), to body butter, lip balm and lotion sticks, Duckish has a wonderful product line-up that not only soothe your skin, but also come in both scented and unscented options.

They were kind enough to send me one of their Best Kind Bundles which allows you to choose what scent you want for each product so you can customize it to meet your needs.

I was excited to try everything, but I was most excited about the bath bombs and the lotion sticks. Back in the day I use to make and sell bath bombs! And it’s been a long time since I had one to use myself so I was really excited about being having four of them, haha. It’s the simple things!

As for the lotion sticks, I was really excited about those because I chose the tea tree mini lotion stick and the lavender lotion stick. Tea tree is my go-to whenever I have a bug bite or something that needs to be disinfected or something like that so I thought having it in a mini lotion stick form would be super handy – and it is. I’ve used it countless times over these past couple weeks on different things. I can only imagine how useful it’ll be once the bugs are out in the summer!

Lavender is another essential oil I use constantly, so again I’ve found it super useful to have it in a stick form that is easy to apply. If they added a peppermint lotion stick to their line up – well then I would be in total heaven!

My beloved bath bombs and the bath salts are both long gone, and thoroughly enjoyed,

I’ve taken to using the body butter every night before bed, and the lip balm has moved into my bag so I basically am taking it everywhere I go.

Using natural products really makes a be difference both in how your skin feels, and how your body feels as well. With so many xenoestrogens out there, it’s nice to know that these products are made without those chemicals that so easily mess us our sensitive hormone balance (usually without us even knowing!). And supporting local businesses is not only important to the business, but to the local economy as a whole. The more we can support local people, the better off we will all be. That’s why I’m thrilled to be telling you all about Duckish today, and I really hope you will check them out!

P.S. Over on their website you can enter to win one of their Mother’s Day Giveaway which ends on April 24th. It’s open to Canadians only and would be a great way to check out some of these fab products for yourself!

Disclosure: I was provided with my Best Kind Bundle free of charge en exchange for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.