Ever read the ingredients in your favourite cosmetics? If not, take a look – you might be surprised at the flock of unpronounceable ingredients they contain. We’ve discussed chemicals in cosmetics, and love that more toxin-free companies are sprouting up, with natural alternatives to our toiletry must-haves.

Ottawa-based Sweet Violet is one of them, committed to developing and selling non-toxic, paraben-free and sodium lauryl sulfate-free skin and health care essentials. All of their products are made with a pure simplicity, giving you botanical-based ingredients from all natural, organic resources.

Traditional skin care products hold a myriad of synthetic ingredients and chemicals, used for their anti-fungal properties and improving their shelf-life. Sweet Violet gives us the 411: these ingredients, which claim to rid you or wrinkles, soften your dry feet, and free you of aches, pains and discomfort are actually just used as fillers to reduce costs.

By incorporating 100%, all-natural ingredients, Sweet Violet ensures that chemical-allergies are kept at bay, health is improved from the benefits of essential oils, and skin is improved from less irritants from synthetic ingredients. We couldn’t wait to find out.

We’ve had the opportunity to test out four of their products.

Too Hot! Roll On

Too Hot is designed with the woman in mind: specifically those experiencing their mid-life night sweats, hot flashes and other menopause discomforts. In its convenient roll-on container, put your sporadic hot flash episodes at bay by providing your pressure points with a little love.

The verdict? These essential oils live up to their claims. After a few untimely episodes, rolling on the temples and wrists did the trick just fine. We also love its earthy scent.

The ingredients include Sunflower Oil, Jojoba Oil, Cypress, and Clary Sage, all built to have a soothing effect for nervous tension, and a natural connection with balance and female reproductive organs.

Bug Bite Rescue

An all natural solution to sooth and relieve insect bites, this is the perfect answer to keeping itchy, red, and burning blotches at bay. Truly a marriage of its highlighted scents, the lavender and lemon give a fresh and relaxing aroma while giving you protection from the predators.

Ingredients include Aloe Vera Gel Juice, known for its magic to soothe burning skin, Witch Hazel, a must to relieve itching, and a great smelling blend, highlighting an anti-viral, cleansing mixture of Lemon, Lavender, Eucalyptus, and Cajaput.

Compared to popular commercial brands, such as Afterbite, this is a chemical-free alternative, as opposed to the active ammonia in the drug store brands.

No More Monsters

This roll-on is designed for children to aid in easing their nighttime anxiety. Say goodbye to nightmares with a healing mixture of Lavender and calming Chamomile. It’s rich Lavender scent is often used for insomnia, anxiety, and stress relief, without popping your little ones pills to ease their worry.

Studies have shown that a lavender scent increases deep sleep, giving you a perfect solution for that tossing and turning.

Although we didn’t have any kids experiencing nightmares to test it on, the soothing scent combination was a perfect relaxing roll-on for evening evacuation from the real world.

Earth Angel Body Polish

Less is more in this concentrated mixture that smells incredible, exfoliates your skin, and leaves you feeling supple smooth.

The body polish is a mixture of oils, Shea Butter, Dead Sea Salt and Essential Oils to create the perfect at-home spa experience.

The scents include Bergamot, a citrus-derived oil that is reminiscent of orange, known to combat those days where you are just feeling a little off kilter. Rosewood, too, balances the body while lifting your spirits. Combined with Pink Grapefruit, which purifies oily and acne prone skin, it’s a winning combination.

And you can keep it eco-friendly: the label easily removes for a handy reusable container after the scrub is finished.

We especially love the gentle citrus scent and our fresh and smooth heels as we step away from the winter months.

Sweet Violet’s all-natural answers to our every day needs are a perfect combination of sweet smelling scents and effective, chemical-free solutions. We love the ones we tested, and have our eyes on some more!

Too Hot! Roll On – $10
Bug Bite Rescue – $13
No More Monsters – $10
Earth Angle Body Polish (60g) – $25

Available from their website, sweetviolet.ca

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