If you’re still here, thank you. Thank you for being our earliest supporters, customers, and cheerleaders.  When we first started testing a ghee-based lip balm, we really didn’t know where it would go. We vividly remember choosing that black and gold packaging, making the lip balm ourselves, and at times, thinking what are we even doing. But when the orders started coming in and even our toughest critics (moms who probably have enough ghee in their pantries) became our repeat customers, we knew we were on to something.  We’ve spent the last couple of years working with a lab to deve ..read more

We hear it all the time: Is ghee good for you? And what are the health benefits of ghee for skin and the health benefits of ghee for hair? Let's talk about it.  Your skin is your largest organ and one of the hardest working ones, so why not treat it like it is? Moving away from seeing our skin as something to fix and upkeep and approaching our skin as a part of our bodies that we can bring to healthier and happier places is key to anyone on their skin and hair journey. And the secret to great skin and hair? A healthy skin barrier. It's essential to note here that our scalp is skin; we bel ..read more

Whether ingested or used topically, ghee has been a core pillar of Ayurveda for centuries. And though the benefits of consuming ghee are more widely known, it is also an incredible ingredient to layer into your skin and hair care routines. This kitchen staple is one of the healthiest forms of fat you can pamper yourself with, so why not extend its use beyond your usual wellness regimen? Here are four ways to use ghee to amp up your "it factor" this season. Moisturize, hydrate and defy time Whether you're looking to hydrate the more delicate skin on your face or want to dive into some deep hydr ..read more

Dosti दोस्ती, pronounced 'dostee': Friendship Based out of Toronto, Daniel Bezkool is a private chef and health and wellness aficionado with a knack for storytelling through various mediums. He shares his passion for being one's best self through his work at manaryu eleven, and through every conversation and interaction that he engages in. Living passionately and embodying self-love is something he prioritizes and encourages those around him to do. After all, what is life without love? AT THE CORE, WHO IS DANIEL BEZKOOL? Hmmm, at my core, I'd say that I'm someone who is passionate about life a ..read more

Dosti दोस्ती, pronounced 'dostee': Friendship Based out of Toronto, Tahsine Al Hassane is an artist and mother working, creating and living both intuitively and iteratively. Her work exists in and speaks to the spaces between shifting and chiselling, picking up and laying down, pushing and pulling and beyond. Consideration is a big part of her life, and we believe that to live with consideration requires one to slow down the speed of their life; how else can you observe if not by extending the gap between stimulus and response?  At the core, who is Tahsine Al Hassane? At my core, I'm a hu ..read more

In hopes that April showers really will bring May flowers our way, we've all started diving into spending more time drawing inspiration from our day-to-day, moving, being, and blooming. Here are our team's Spring favourites. READING Waxing poetic about poetry, Janu has been reading Yanyi's breathtaking work, Dream of the Divided Field. "I feel like I've been in this weird grey space creatively, so I've been reading a lot of poetry in hopes of finding myself and some semblance of inspiration there," she shares before getting into the book itself. "Yanyi almost suggests that we enter and exit al ..read more

Dosti दोस्ती, pronounced 'dostee': Friendship Sukhman Gill is an architect by day and an actor and model by passion. Focusing on impact vs. output, he is working towards shifting the entertainment industry as we know it. When he's not working on his personal and professional creative pursuits, he's focusing on uplifting and empowering his surrounding communities. If there is one thing that we can say about Sukhman, it's that he doesn't stray from his heart's compass and is never willing to compromise his pursuit of a purpose-driven life.  At your core, who are you? The best way to put it ..read more

Q1 has come to an end, the warm weather is rolling in, and our team is settling into our 2022 groove. What better time to give you the inside scoop on our lives than now? Keep reading to get to know what our team has been loving in March. READING "I've been reading Jay-Z's Decoded this month," shares our co-founder Varun, "Decoded is a book that I've wanted to read for a long time. Jay-Z is my favourite rapper, and I've always been captivated by his story. I remember listening to his first album in high school, and his hustle and entrepreneurial mindsight has always been so inspiring. Decoded ..read more

Dosti दोस्ती, pronounced 'dostee': Friendship Meet Natasha Singh, a creative business leader from Toronto that has helped brands like Shopify build connections with international and diverse lifestyle, fashion and film communities. More recently, she took a step back from bridging the gap between tech and culture and has stepped into thoroughly and unequivocally choosing herself. So naturally, we sat with her to get to know more about her rituals, old and new, that are helping her stay grounded, and happy. At your core, who are you? I'm an aunt, sister, and daughter. And, I like to think of my ..read more