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🌱Simplifying Sustainability: Let’s Talk Skincare!🌱

🌱Simplifying Sustainability: Let’s Talk Skincare!🌱

Skincare — only one of our favourite topics, how about you?! To be honest, though, there is a lot of confusion around what constitutes "green" or "sustainable" skincare, so we thought we'd do our best to break it down!  While this is just the tip of the conversational iceberg, we hope that these *4 things to watch* will help you take a closer look at the skincare on your shelf! Our goal is for you to feel more empowered as an eco-conscious consumer. :) Here we go: Safe-for-you ingredients: "Non-toxic" — although not a regulated term — generally means that...

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One Year!

One Year!

One year… and look how far we’ve come!  As friends we often talked about opening a business, about doing something we believed in and challenging ourselves to new experiences. On January 4, 2020, the three of us were on a trip - enjoying a certain someone’s 40th birthday - when we decided we were going to take the chance and open a refillery in Victoria. We had been shopping at some of our favourite refill stores in Calgary and Vancouver and had been making a few products of our own for some time. Some of the most fun we have...

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day

March 8th marks International Women’s Day. It was first observed in 1911 in Denmark, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Over the years it has come to represent a celebration of women’s achievements, to raise awareness, and to advocate for equity. 

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3 Steps to Your Next Candle Refill

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3 Steps to Your Next Candle Refill

ASH solves the problem with the answer of quick candle refills for pickup in Victoria. The perk of finding beautiful glassware we love is to keep it around by reusing those containers and reducing what’s going into our landfills as waste. Refill a candle in a jar of your choice. We take it from empty jar to a candle you can enjoy again in as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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