RMS Beauty Living Luminzer

A product that surely needs very little introduction, Living Lumizer is a real cult favourite and one of the few organic make-up products which has made it big time - Make-up Artists Kenneth Soh and Alice Lane are both big fans as are Miranda Kerr and Gisele!

YTTP Age Prevention Firm & Brighten Serum

Occasionally a product comes along which completely and unexpectedly blows your mind and potentially revolutionises your approach to skincare. One such product was kindly sent to me in mid November and on first use the phrase OH MY GOODNESS (loudly, hence the capitals), was repeated numerous times to anyone who would listen - including the cat!

Give And Make-up

In a change to my usual formulation for picking posts from the vault (i.e. finding the oldest), I decided that I would repost a post which I published in the middle of last year. Although relatively recent, I felt that January was the perfect time too give it another airing - I hope you don't mind...

Top Five: Products of 2015

I can't believe this post has come Round again so quickly! My mother always says that time seems to speed up as you get older and I think she's right - but 2015 has really flown by! I am ending the year as I have done for the last two or three with a round-up of my favourite products; an eclectic mixture of nails, skin and make-up.

Top Five: Beard Oils

November. The month of fireworks, poppies, turkeys... and moustaches. Its that time of year when guys around the world put down their razors and put up with the itch in aid of mens health - yes, its Movember!

Neal's Yard Remedies Organic Eye Make-up Remover

I am particularly bad at using a designated eye make-up remover to take off any eye make-up at the end of the day (this served as inspiration for my other Twitter handle @eyeslikepandas). I don't not take it off but I do tend to rely on the goodwill of my other cleansing products to do the job for me... There are however occasions when an eye make-up remover is the answer and there is no getting away from it.

Strobing Products For Every Skin Tone

Contouring is so last year. At long last the Kardashian inspired (and much over [and often badly] used) trend is waining and there is a new kid on the block; Strobing. In all honesty Strobing is nothing new - Make-up Artist have been using this techniques for enos but we just called it highlighting...

Micellar Water from Madara

I'm more than a little slow to the Micellar Water party. In fact you could say that I have walked in to a near deserted room; strewn only with abandoned beer cans, a broken table and some poor soul on their hands and knees trying desperately to scrub red wine out of the carpet... Picture the scene? Slow.

Organic Beauty Week Event

In celebration of Organic Beauty Week, the Soil Association recently organised an exclusive Beauty event at Wholefoods in Kensington. The event was held in order to promote organic beauty and highlight the Soil Associations Campaign For Clarity; in which the Soil Association are calling for the beauty industry to be clearer in their claims and to stop misleading consumers.

Burts Bees Radiance Body Lotion

Thanks to the wonders of the internet, just click of a mouse and we have access to a massive array of natural beauty products from all corners of the globe. Add in expedite postage and a product can be on your doormat within less than 24 hours. 

All this is great but what if you need something in the eleventh hour? On many an occasion I have made last minute (or en route) dashes to the high street to pick up a vital product that I may need for that or the next days shoot. Invariably this means that the products may not have been your first choice but they can be a pretty good substitute.

Top five: Products I'm Loving - Summer 2015

After nearly four years of writing this little blog, I have yet to actually write a seasonal favourites post. After mulling over what I have been using both in my kit and on myself over the past couple of months, here we go...

Jane Iredale D2O Hydration Spray

Earlier this month the UK was hit by a mini heatwave and we were subject to the hottest July day on record. I am not particularly good in the heat and the merest glimpse of an orange triangle (let alone a red one) on the weather forecast and those around me are bracing themselves for a rough ride. As soon as temperatures rise above 25OC (yes I am that intolerant of heat) I am reaching for products and items to relieve my heat induced misery...

Weleda Insight Day 2015 - Part 2

Last week I shared the first part of my recent visit to the Weleda headquarters in Derbyshire. Without further ado, here is part two...

An Evening With May Lindstrom

My name is Laura and I am a May Lindstrom virgin...

So, on Saturday evening I rode the Jubilee line to Bond Street, made the short hop up Marylebone Lane to Content, with the sole purpose of finding out a little more about the brand.

AS.AP Cleansing Oil

My personal skincare routine has undergone somewhat of a transition over the past year or two. From a pretty traditional regime that involved using cleansing lotions and creams to remove make-up and clean away the daily grime followed by a traditional cream based moisturiser, I am now very much about the oils...

Top Five: In Flight Essentials

As Summer rapidly approaches, thoughts are turning into dreams of distant shores and holidays. Sadly I won't be leaving the UK this summer however my easter trip to Sardinia inspired me to put together something that will hopefully help put pay to those long distance travel woes...

Has REN Sold Out?

A week or so ago I came across an article that made me feel more than a little disappointed.  Ren Skincare; pioneers of affordable luxury natural skincare and cult beauty favourite have been acquired by the international giant that is Unilever.

Natural Health Magazine Beauty Awards

This week saw the return of the biggest event in the natural and organic industry calendar; Natural and Organic Products Europe. Held at Excel in East London, Natural and Organic Products Europe is the leading trade show for those in the health food, natural beauty, natural living and health industries and is a focal point for suppliers and buyers alike.

Top 5: Non-Toxic Gym Essentials

Resolutions (not mine). Drink less; eat better; take up origami; clean the car once a week; get healthy; be tidier; get more sleep.... The list goes on...

Getting to the gym surely must rank top of the New Years Resolutions poll every single year. The number of people who resolve to get back into shape on January 1st is probably unquantifiable. Over two months on and how many of those people are still there? I wonder...

Love: Barefoot SOS Face & Body Rescue Cream

This past month or so it has been all about going Barefoot. Like myself my two year old daughter suffers with eczema. It's not particularly severe however definitely does irritate her; especially on her face and back. After working our way though several clean lotions and potions I remembered this cream which I had used on myself a few years ago - and we love it!