Maria Velve - Green Beauty Curator

Out of office 🌅

Many big changes in the last few months. Taking some much-needed time with the family to rest, reflect, and find peace.

Wishing you all a beautiful summer 💖

Summer, out of office, family time, vacation mode

These mineral sunscreens blend like a dream 🤩

Lotus Aroma
Glow Jar Beauty™
LASPA Naturals

Packed these for a cottage weekend with friends on Vancouver Island, BC. They blended effortlessly into the skin and felt great on. Didn’t attract the bugs either as is the case with “smelly” sunscreens 🐜.

What are you looking for in a good sunscreen? Have you tried any of these? Let me know 🥰

Not every successful chapter is meant to last forever ✨

Pay attention to that quiet feeling.

Deep down you know that something has shifted.

Stop ignoring the moments when something no longer feels aligned💫 .

Simply listen when your heart keeps gently pointing you in a new direction ➡️.

Is there something in your own life that’s asking for your attention right now?

Let me know in the comments ⬇️🫶🏼.

👩‍❤️‍👩 Thank you to my soul sister Laura Wood | Functional & Feel Good Movement for this gentle push to share my inner dialogue.

A Gentle Reminder 💛 If I could sit down with every woman before she entered, perimenopause or menopause, these are a few things that I would want her to know.

✨Your skin will change and that’s normal.

✨You don’t need more makeup. You may simply need different techniques that work with the skin you have today.

✨And perhaps the most important reminder of all…

Confidence isn’t something skincare product or foundation gives you.

It grows when you begin understanding your changing skin instead of fighting against it.

The beauty industry has spent years telling us to chase younger looking skin. Most products are still advertised to us by 20 something models and influencers. Their main goal is to”anti-aging”.

I am here to help you feel at home in the skin you’re in today ❤️.

As you head into a new week, I hope you’ll be gentle with yourself.

Your skin is evolving and so are you.

What is one thing you wish someone had told you before menopause? I’d love to hear your thoughts below 👇🏼👇🏼.
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Some chapters are meant to last forever. Others teach us exactly what we needed before it’s time to begin something new ❤️.

In just three days, I’ll be closing the Green Beauty Curator product shop after 8️⃣ incredible years.

It’s bittersweet, but it also feels right.

I’m so grateful for every order, the conversations, every recommendation shared, and every woman who trust me to be part of her beauty journey.

This isn’t goodbye - it’s simply making space for what’s next 🍃.

If there are any skincare favourites, makeup 💄 essentials, or thoughtful gifts you’ve been meaning to pick up, this is your gentle reminder that July 10 is the final day to place an order.

After that, I’ll be taking a much-needed breather 😮‍💨 before coming back full force in the fall to focus on education, and helping women navigate changing skin with confidence 💪🏼.

Thank you for being here. It has meant more to me than you’ll ever know 💛.

Thank you to all my brands for their trust. A lot has changed in the industry and many are not longer operating🫶🏼 but Canadian beauty is still going strong!!!

👉🏼Shop 🛍️ www.GreenBeautyCurator.ca
Email me 👉🏼 💌 [email protected]

My brands. All clean. All Canadian 🇨🇦:

All Things Jill
ARTIFACT
The Sunscreen Company
ÁVRA | Natural Skincare Tools
Bottle None | Hair + Body Products
CARDEA AUSET : skin + body care
Cocoon Apothecary
Dom's DCocoon Apothecaryn Dom's Deodorant by Nelson NaturalsEsEpic Blend | Body Care
Essence of Life Organics| Kayla | Tallow Skincare | Health | Freedoms GRAYDON SKINCAREc Genesis Tallow | nontoxic ancestral skincarecaHelena Lane Organic Skincare Studio
The Self-Care Tarot DeckssLuxury Organic Silk AccessoriesicLASPA NaturalsatOm Organics - Canadian Natural Skincare SPink HouserePAUMEa Plume SciencetiPure Anada Natural CosmeticsnyThe Other Skincare CompanyTwThree ShipsTaBATHORIUMhlTwo of Earth Tallow Wildcraft | Truly Natural Skincarecanadianbeauty

As our skin changes through our 40s and beyond, the products at once worked beautifully may no longer give us the same results ☹️.

That’s one reason I’ve become so interested in personalized skincare.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m quite knowledgable with skincare ingredients, BUT it’s fascinating to me that I can get skincare whipped up specifically for me without a visit to the dermatologist 🤩!

With RxSkin | Prescription Skincare , rather than guessing which active ingredients 🧪 to use, a detailed online assessment records your skin concerns at this stage of life.

A licensed healthcare professional reviews your information and creates a customized prescription formula based on YOUR individual needs!

My personalized Fountain night cream includes prescription tretinoin. I’ve heard so much about this amazing ingredient, but you cannot get it in Canada without a prescription!

It also contains THD (vitamin C), ferulic acid, and soothing aloe Vera extract in one fragrance-free formula 🙌🏼.

What I appreciate most is how simple it makes my evening routine. Instead of layering multiple products, my treatment brings together ingredients selected specifically for my skin’s needs ☺️. For those nights when, I’m exhausted, this is all I have to apply.

Skincare isn’t about using more. Really, who has time for that?!?

It’s about using the right ingredients for your skin right now.

Have you ever tried personalized skincare or specifically tretinoin? I’d love to hear your thoughts 💛.

*Disclaimer* This product was prescribed after an online assessment by a licensed healthcare professional. Prescription skincare isn’t suitable for everyone, an individual recommendations should always be based on your own skin and medical history.

Gifted RxSkin | Prescription Skincare

For years, I taught women how to choose makeup, apply foundation, and build skincare routines.

But overtime, the conversation started to change.

Women weren’t asking me which lipstick to buy 💄 .

✨They were asking why their skin suddenly felt so different.

✨Why their makeup wasn’t sitting the way it used to.

✨Why products they loved for years suddenly stopped working.

And perhaps the hardest question of all:

“Am I doing something wrong?”

The answer is no 🥲.

Your skin is changing, and it deserves a different kind of support.

Those conversations stayed with me ❤️. They inspired me to create The Menopause Beauty Transformation System - a program designed to help women understand what’s happening to their skin, simplify their routines, and feel confident again.

Because beauty doesn’t end with menopause.

I’d love to hear from you…

What has been the biggest surprise about your skin during perimenopause or menopause?

Let’s start the conversation 💛

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A Gentle Weekend Reminder 💛
If your skincare or makeup hasn’t been working the way it used to, I hope you’ll remember this.

Your skin isn’t failing.

Your skin changes at many points throughout your life.

Sometimes it’s a simple understanding of what’s happening to your skin at this point in time.

The answer isn’t always more products, procedures, time.

So before you buy another product or convince yourself, you’re doing something wrong, take a deep breath 😮‍💨.

This weekend, hope you find a few quiet moments to care for yourself - with patience, curiosity, and kindness.

Perhaps with one beautiful face oil 🌱

Your skin is listening and so are you.

Have a beautiful weekend ✨!

Xo Maria

PS. What are you doing to slow down this weekend? I’d love to hear in the comments👇🏼.

Prime Day K-Beauty haul time! Focus on hydration with these serum pads.

I use them every morning for the ultimate hydration before my other skincare. They're thin, serum-soaked, and leave your skin ready to absorb more. Some evenings I also apply them while I'm reading in bed!

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.for my list of KBeauty favourites that are all about skin hydration! Excellent for sensitive skin too!

If you've been wanting to try one KBeauty product...start simple, start with one. See how you like it....go from there 🙂

I'm curious to know, have you tried toner pads yet?