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Green People is a UK pioneer of certified-organic skincare, haircare and sun care for the whole family—including pregnancy and baby ranges.

January 2018 skincare empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

January 2018 Skincare Empties

It’s a thing amongst beauty bloggers to share their empties each month. I’m always incredibly curious to learn what gorgeous natural skincare and beauty products other beauty bloggers have used up. So I thought I’d hop on the bandwagon by sharing my own January 2018 skincare empties! I appear to have consumed a lot of skincare in January. However, some of these products have been open since 2013 (I don’t adhere to use by dates). In January I made a conscious effort to use up old products, for several reasons. First, I’ve been sent new and lovely skincare products to test this month, and need to make room. Second, I’m now a LoveLula Accredited Blogger with an allowance each month. I have a burning desire to break out of my comfort zone to try new things! Third, I’ve been taking better care of myself and actually using the products in…

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Natural beauty Christmas gifts to adore
Beauty & Wellbeing

Natural beauty Christmas gifts to adore

This post will help you choose the best natural beauty Christmas gifts for yourself or your loved ones. I would absolutely love to receive any of these fantastic natural beauty gifts! That’s because on Christmas morning, you can find me under the Christmas tree, smelling the outside of presents trying to find “the smellies” gift. I eagerly open it, only to be disappointed. It’s a beauty product I definitely wouldn’t use because it contains unhealthy ingredients. Sigh. It’s disheartening isn’t it? As happy as I am to receive a lovely gift, I feel so strongly about natural skincare I just can’t go back to using mainstream toiletries from big brands. I donate unwanted Christmas gifts to my favourite charity, as there will always be someone who does use these products and donating them ensures they don’t get wasted. Without further ado, let’s dive straight into my pick of natural beauty…

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Baby Jonah
Children's Skin Care

Four ways to choose truly natural baby care products

Many large toiletry manufacturers are jumping on the natural skincare band wagon by creating natural baby care products. But can these products really be trusted? Nobody wants to purposefully expose their child to harmful chemicals, but the truth is that many personal care products designed for babies and children still contain unhealthy ingredients. Large brands know that parents are looking for safe skincare options for their children, and they wrap a wolf in sheep’s clothing through what is known as “greenwashing”. Greenwashing is the term used to describe the duping of customers into buying something they believe is natural and healthy, when in fact they’re buying something that contains unhealthy ingredients. How can we as parents be sure that the “natural” brands we use are truly healthy? Well, a bit of detective work is all it takes. Try these four tips to help you find truly natural baby care products.…

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Review of Green People Gentle Cleanse and Makeup Remover
Skin Care

Green People Gentle Cleanse and Makeup Remover Review

Want to know one of my desert island natural beauty products? Green People Gentle Cleanse and Makeup Remover! I’ve never found a better product at removing eye liner and mineral makeup than this. Using it is a self-care ritual that makes daily cleansing a pleasure. I have used it for many years and wouldn’t change it for another cleanser. It’s creamy, it’s comforting, and it’s expensive. But it’s totally worth it! If I’ve been wearing makeup, then I’ll double cleanse with this and the equally fantastic Green People Foaming Face Wash. If I’ve not been wearing makeup, then I’ll just use foaming face wash or water, since I only like to use the bare minimum amount of product possible. In the morning, I finish my cleansing routine with Green People Day Solution moisturiser. The cleanser removes eye makeup without irritation. It comes in a handy pump dispenser which I love, as…

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Prevent and treat nappy rash with natural nappy creams
Children's Skin Care

How to prevent and treat nappy rash with natural nappy creams

This post focuses on how to prevent and treat nappy rash. Does your little one suffer with nappy rash? So many babies and toddlers do. Whether it’s teething, colds, food intolerances or eczema. Sometimes it takes some sleuthing to get to the “bottom” of it. This post will help you figure out how to prevent and treat nappy rash with natural remedies, lifestyle changes, and natural nappy creams. Towards the end of my pregnancy, I started to give nappy cream some thought – maybe I would need nappy cream in my hospital bag, and at my baby’s changing area? I pondered if mainstream nappy creams would be full of junk ingredients, like a lot of mainstream baby products. Like a lot of parents to be, a Bounty newborn baby pack was thrust into my hands, with its free mini tube of Sudocrem Nappy Cream. Scanning over the ingredients (including sodium…

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Helen, about me
Pregnancy

Four beauty products to rethink in pregnancy

Pregnant and still using mainstream beauty and skincare products? If you haven’t already, here are four beauty products to rethink before baby arrives, and some great alternatives that are kinder to baby, you, and the environment. How much of what we put on our skin is absorbed? In researching this blog post, I wondered how much of what we apply to our skin actually gets absorbed. Figures fly around the internet at something like 60 – 70%. Well, this isn’t true, because there is no one magic percentage. This article explains why we don’t know how much of an ingredient will be absorbed when applied topically. To step back a little, penetration and absorption are actually separate things – penetration is where a chemical makes it down into the deeper tissues of the body. Absorption is where a chemical actually enters the bloodstream (source). Both depend on several factors: When pregnant or breastfeeding, and…

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Green People Nappy Balm
Children's Skin Care

Green People Nappy Balm review

In this post, I review Green People Nappy Balm. Experts say you should only use nappy cream when baby’s bottom is red. We like to use a tiny smear of nappy cream at most nappy changes – it works well for us. Despite frequent nappy changes, if we don’t use nappy cream, the dreaded redness appears. Thankfully, we’ve not had a serious case of nappy rash yet, so we must be doing something right. For Jonah, I only use a skincare product when absolutely needed – and nappy cream is a skincare need, since being in a nappy for almost all of the day is not very natural! We’re huge fans of Weleda nappy creams – White Mallow Nappy Cream is our absolute favourite, with Calendula Nappy Cream following a close second. However, since I’ve had such great results with Green People products, I thought we should try Green People Nappy Balm…

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Green People Children Spearmint and Aloe Toothpaste
Children's Skin Care

Green People Children Spearmint and Aloe Toothpaste review

In this review, Jonah tries out Green People Children Spearmint and Aloe Toothpaste. We’re huge fans of Green People and use their products daily. I completely trust them with my own and my family’s skin and dental care. Jonah’s teeth came through on Christmas day 2016 when he was just over 6 months old. As with most babies, it was the bottom two at the front to come through first. We started brushing Jonah’s teeth everyday since he cut his first tooth. Although I use fluoride toothpaste on myself, I don’t want to use fluoride toothpaste on Jonah. So I chose his toothpaste very carefully. On one hand, I consider fluoride a beneficial ingredient to help with tooth decay. On the other hand, Jonah is too young to know to spit his toothpaste. The EWG recommendation is to avoid fluoride on children under 2 years old. Fluoride is not the…

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Green People Day Solution
Skin Care

Green People Day Solution review

I’ve been using Green People Day Solution for perhaps five years now. It is a staple in my natural skincare routine, along with Green People Gentle Cleanse and Makeup Remover, and Green People Foaming Face Wash. As with all Green People products, it’s certified organic, and in fact has 88% organic ingredients. The moisturiser is certified by Non Food Certification Company (NFCC). Who should use Green People Day Solution? Green People describe Day Solution as being light and balancing, which I would say is an accurate description. My skin is best described as combination – it suffers both dryness and greasiness, and is prone to hormonal breakouts. I simply can’t use overly-rich face creams as I get very oily and my breakouts get worse. At the same time, my skin gets quite dry, especially on my forehead. So I really need something non-greasy, non comedogenic, yet moisturising. Tough call, isn’t it?…

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