Organic Beauty Weekend and Organic Certification

As we move into Organic September hopefully everyone is starting to make their changes. The word ‘organic’ however, is unfortunately very abused and choosing what products to buy can get confusing. It is a shame that there are brands out there who have jumped onto the organic bandwagon, and are deceiving us with clever marketing…

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Visit to Weleda’s biodynamic herb gardens

This week I had a lovely visit to the Weleda HQ and herb gardens up in Derbyshire. Weleda was founded in 1921 by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist and philosopher, and Ita Wegman, a Dutch doctor. Science and medicine are very much behind Weleda but with the upmost respect and understanding for nature. Since their beginnings,…

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Zao – new organic brand to hit the UK

Zao is a French Ecocert certified organic make-up line, that is now available in the UK.  When I first saw Zao’s website I was really pleased to see pressed matt eyeshadows and liquid foundations.  These are both things that I think lots of natural and organic brands lack, there seems to be a lot of…

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Get the look – eco kit

This is a shoot I did last year for Twenty6 Magazine which went alongside a written piece about switching my kit over.  I think I was on a break with the blog at that point so thought I would put it on now.  I mainly used loose mineral pigments from Inika, W3LL PEOPLE and Bella…

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My two new foundation crushes…..

This week I have two new foundation crushes.  The first is W3LL PEOPLE’s Altruist Mineral Powder foundation which is a surprise as I have never been a huge fan of mineral powders, I like to work more with cream formulations for me and in my kit.  I have tried mineral powders on me and at first…

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