Whistler local combines top-tier cosmetic science with spiritual-based beauty processes.
words :: Feet Banks
As a middle-aged dude living the Mountain Lifer dream, I contribute very little to the $570-billion-a-year beauty industry. I mean, do whatever makes you feel good. But for me, drinking lots of water seems easier, cheaper (and less batshit crazy) than something like the new hot beauty trend of salmon-sperm facial injections. (And please tell me they aren’t using farmed salmon.)
But medical intuitive and Whistler local Lily Chandra wins me over to the idea of skin care pretty quickly with a common-sense, mountain-fueled philosophy.
“My secret to beauty is not complicated,” Lily says. “Fall in love with yourself. Know who you are and be who you are. When you are happy, that is the beauty you project into the world, and that is what happens to you. We’ve all seen people who just radiate—it comes from within.”
“Fall in love with yourself. Know who you are and be who you are. When you are happy, that is the beauty you project into the world, and that is what happens to you.”
With more than fifteen years of experience in the self-care industry, Lily’s Cosmetic Energy healing facials harness people’s own energy—along with that of herself and the greater cosmos—to help rejuvenate the skin and heal blemishes on a cellular level. She explains this while rubbing one of her Divine Rose skincare creams into the thought lines on my forehead and the crow’s feet by my eyes.
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Lily’s signature line of Brahmi products—face cream, magic balm and lip plumper—are all organic and plant-based with no fillers, no added water and are professionally lab-made in Canada. “They can compete with any high-end products out there,” she says, “but I also meditate with each product before I ship it. I say a mantra and give them the sacred frequency to help fuel the self-love, but they are also just top-tier great products for your skin. The energy is in the product, but the science is there, too.”
Born on BC’s Sunshine Coast and raised in Vancouver by immigrant parents, Lily connected with the mountains at an early age. “We grew up skiing. My family bought our first Whistler property in 1991, and I bought a place and moved here in 2021. There’s just something about these mountains.”
One thing about the mountains, though: They can be hard on our skin. “We get weathered,” Lily says. “All the wind and the sun and the dry cold. So many people are walking around up here with dry skin and it’s not good for you. Your skin is the largest organ in the body. If you have a damaged skin barrier, toxins and allergens can easily enter the body. This may cause chronic skin conditions like acne, eczema and psoriasis.”
After my session in Lily’s Whistler studio (with incredible views of Wedge Mountain and the Armchair Glacier), my skin did indeed seem to have more radiance and glow.
“Your skin is the largest organ in the body. If you have a damaged skin barrier, toxins and allergens can easily enter the body. This may cause chronic skin conditions like acne, eczema and psoriasis.”
The lines on the outer edges of my eyes still appeared when I laughed, but there’s nothing wrong with laughing, is there? Nor squinting to take in a mountain sunset—if it makes you happy, it probably makes you beautiful, too.
And if not, autumn of 2025 will see strong pink salmon returns in Squamish. See you at the river, fellas. There will be plenty of fish sperm for everyone!
On Saturday June 21 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., join Lily for a Summer Solstice Manifestation Ritual in The Dome on Whistler Mountain.
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