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Explore beauty and wellbeing tips, reviews, and personal insights that celebrate clean, compassionate beauty and nurturing self-care. From nourishing skincare to wellness rituals, the posts reflect my passion for improving parents’ wellbeing. Expect honest reviews of brands and practical routines tailored for health-conscious parents.

February 2020 natural beauty empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

February 2020 natural beauty empties

Welcome to my February 2020 natural beauty empties! I’m late posting my used up products again and while I don’t have many empties for February, they’re all natural beauty products I’ve really enjoyed using. I’ve got anti-ageing face cream, illuminating vitamin C serum, nude lip gloss, gentle baby shampoo, soothing eye cream, zesty body oil, and a comforting buttermilk soap for the whole family. Read on to learn more! February 2020 natural beauty empties D’Alchemy Age Defence Broad-Spectrum Remedy This is a wonder of a cream, softening lines while deeply hydrating and I’m very sad to have emptied it! I reviewed it and other D’Alchemy moisturisers some months ago. The cream is great for normal to dry skin and “provides intensive skin regeneration, lightens up discolouration, fills up wrinkles, and prevents loss of firmness and density” – great news for me – this year I seem to look a lot…

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Home fertility test kit to track your hormones
Pregnancy

I took a home fertility test kit – here’s what I discovered

Hi, it’s nice to see you here! Today, I’m talking about female fertility and using a home fertility test kit. Some months back I was approached by LetsGetChecked who wondered if I’d like to try one of their at home health tests. LetsGetChecked have been offering personal health tests in the UK since 2016. They use the world’s best accredited labs and tests range from sexual health, wellness, vitamin status, lyme disease, and more. Go straight to my discount code for LetsGetChecked! Since most of my readers are women planning or parenting little ones, I was beyond interested to try a home fertility test kit. Our family is complete and I just turned 40, but I still have fertility curiosity, like am I still fertile even though I’m breastfeeding? Am I approaching menopause soon? How quickly is my fertility declining? When can I expect to see menopausal symptoms? I admit,…

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LoveLula hair care picks
Hair Care

Spring Hair Care Picks – What I’m Trying in March

Welcome back beauty lovers! In this post I introduce my spring hair care picks. Spring is a great time to refresh your hair care look and products. I’ve only just started to use these natural hair care products, so I’ll update you on how we got on in a later post or in my empties post. Let’s take a look! Spring hair care picks Tame the frizz with Rahua Cream Wax Humidity in the spring air can play havoc with our hair, causing frizz and making it hard to manage. Spring is the right time to keep it in check with a cream wax. Just look at that beautiful texture of Rahua Cream Wax. I’m already in love with this amazing smelling cream wax that’s suitable for all hair types. It’s made using Amazonian rainforest ingredients along with green tea and rosemary leaf extracts, and palo santo oil. This hair…

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January 2020 natural beauty empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

January 2020 natural beauty empties

My January 2020 natural beauty empties marks 2 whole years of writing about my empties! I really love creating empties posts. I get to share all the lovely skincare that I enjoyed enough to finish up, but might not have had chance to review in a separate post. And it has been a bumper month for using up lots of delicious natural and organic skincare products. I present probiotic serum, age-defying body cream, daily moisturiser for eczema, natural haircare, natural makeup, and much more! So let’s get started rooting through my empties box! January 2020 natural beauty empties Esse Plus Probiotic Serum Have you tried probiotic skincare before? It’s recommended by many dermatologists, since our skin is dependent on the balance of good and bad microbes living on and in the skin. What’s the hype with probiotic skincare? Research has shown that probiotic skincare can protect our skin from bad…

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Finalists announced in CertClean's Clean Beauty Awards
Skin Care

CertClean Clean Beauty Awards – finalists announced

Hello, dear beauty lover! It’s great to see you here! The waiting is finally over! I’m so delighted to announce the finalists in the CertClean Clean Beauty Awards 2020! Back in October, I posted about my excitement after I was selected to judge in the CertClean Clean Beauty Awards. Thanks for nominating me, lovely Renata at Green Life in Dublin. I’m so happy to be part of these 5th annual awards that recognise truly green brands! The Clean Beauty Awards were created to celebrate the cleanest beauty products available globally. These awards aim to promote the growth of the clean beauty movement to help us all be safer and healthier, avoiding controversial and potentially harmful ingredients. The awards are hosted by CertClean in partnership with PurPicks. I was selected to judge lip care. So without further ado, here are the finalists in the lip care category. The top lip care How…

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The Organic Pharmacy Stabilised Vitamin C Serum
Skin Care

Stabilised Vitamin C Serum – Benefits & Use

Hi, beauty lover! It’s good to see you here! Last year I introduced a stabilised vitamin C serum into my daily routine. It’s made a huge difference to my skin. I experienced brighter and smoother skin with fewer age spots and freckles. And now I’m a dedicated daily vitamin C user! In this post, we’ll be discussing: All in line with your natural and organic sensibilities! Sound good? Great! But first… What is a stabilised vitamin C serum? Traditionally, vitamin C came to our skincare products as L-Ascorbic Acid (LAA, the synthetic and chemical name for vitamin C). Pure is good, right? Not always, and especially not for sensitive skin. LAA is potent, but unstable. It has the potential to cause irritation during an initial settling in period and beyond. If used incorrectly it can damage skin, and it might not be the best choice for people with the most…

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Native Essentials Skincare
Skin Care

Fast & effective skincare rituals with Native Essentials

Welcome back, natural beauty lovers! I am so excited to introduce you to Native Essentials Skincare! They’ve recently launched in the UK and offer an outstanding range of clean, natural, high-performance skincare. I know you’ll love them as much as I do! As a busy mum to two, this brand seems to know exactly what I need and want. Skincare products that deliver fast and effective results, without taking too much time? Check. A spa-like experience that doesn’t take hours? Yes, please. Tactile, vibrant, and naturally-scented products? Love it. And of course, beautiful well cared for skin! Native Essentials founder Daniela Pelonaram – a qualified natural skincare formulator and professional aromatologist, formulates her products using native plants and aromatic botanicals from pure and ethical sources. I want the woman who uses Native Essentials to feel special, to simplify her beauty routine and to experience clean skincare that truly performs. Daniela, founder…

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Tamaar skincare
Skin Care

Tamaar Skincare, transforming skin naturally

Welcome back natural beauty lovers! Today I’m sharing an absolutely gorgeous brand and their wonderfully effective natural beauty products. Introducing Tamaar Skincare. Do you ever feel like the stronger the result from skincare, the more the risk involved? For instance, wrinkle-busting retinol can irritate delicate skin, while brightening vitamin C can often tingle? So when a product is both effective and gentle I’m impressed! This is how I feel about Tamaar skincare! Using natural products does not mean you compromise on results. We combine the best natural ingredients, used traditionally across the world, with modern technology to give you the results you want for your skin. Tamaar is a brand to consider if you have sensitive skin, or simply want the purest of formulations without compromising on skincare results. Skincare is better when it addresses real skincare problems. It’s easier to understand skincare in terms of “what will this do…

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December 2019 natural beauty empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

December 2019 Natural Beauty Empties

Hi natural beauty lover! I can’t wait to share with you my December 2019 natural beauty empties with you! I hope you had a lovely Christmas? We had a nice quiet relaxing time with family. This time of year is such a time for reflection and renewal, I love it. And in my final post of the decade, I present to you a varied and interesting selection of natural skincare and beauty empties. You’ll find vitamin C serum, gel cleanser, hand balm, moisturising lipstick, eye treatment cream, natural shampoo, massage oil, lip balm, and more! My photography in this post is so dark, there’s been little sun here in north east England! December 2019 natural beauty empties Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum Heading towards 40 I was eager to introduce a vitamin C serum to my anti-ageing routine. See my post on getting started with a vitamin C serum. I…

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Mill Creek Botanicals
Hair Care

Thicker, fuller hair naturally, with Mill Creek Botanicals

I was really pleased to be introduced to Mill Creek Botanicals by online health and beauty store Omninatural. Founded in California in 1975, Mill Creek Botanicals offer natural beauty products with potent ingredients and outstanding results. Our customers know that they will never find parabens, sulfates, phthalates, artificial colors, synthetic fragrances or any other questionable ingredients when they use Mill Creek. Over 40 years and millions of happy customers we are still defining natural beauty care with style The brand stock some really interesting shampoos and conditioners. Amongst them is their Biotene H-24 range, promising thicker and fuller hair naturally. What really caught my attention about this line is the ingredients, which include biotin and peptides to promote hair growth. I’m excited about this range because thicker, fuller hair are definite hair goals for me. My hair is naturally fine, but it’s also thinned quite a bit since my twenties.…

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