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Pregnancy

Pregnancy natural beauty tips

Looking for the most natural beauty and skincare while you’re expecting? While there’s no evidence that everyday beauty and skincare products cause harm to unborn babies, many women choose to avoid certain ingredients during pregnancy. When we hear about some ingredients having detrimental effects, why wouldn’t we want to avoid them? Disclosure: this post contains references to PR gifted products and products I’ve chosen with my credits as a LoveLula Accredited Blogger. My views are honest and my own. Pregnancy is a life changing time – you want to feel beautiful without worrying, and your beauty and skincare products should support that. Feel beautiful and make the cleanest possible choices with my pregnancy natural beauty tips. A note about safety – please talk to your midwife before using natural products in pregnancy. Some ladies choose to avoid products containing essential oils in the first trimester. Pregnancy natural beauty tips Care for…

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September 2018 natural beauty empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

September 2018 natural beauty empties

In this post, I share my September 2018 natural beauty empties! Not reviewing the LoveLula box this month has seen quite a dramatic decrease in the number of samples I’ve used. Expect to find fragrant rose waters, delicious pregnancy teas, unscented body moisturiser, foaming cleanser, day cream, summery body lotion, and more! As always, I reuse and recycle my packaging. Full-size natural beauty products Disclosure: Zenon Kition Floral Beauty Mist and The Original Body Moisturiser gifted by Zenon Kition. Lavera Exotic Body Lotion gifted by Lavera. Nipper&Co Organic Happy Bumps Tea gifted by Mama Organica. ISUN Rose-Cucumber Face and Body Mist gifted by That Natural Hygge. Naissance Good on You Skin Repair Oil gifted by Naissance. Laidbare Guess My Age Moisturiser in a Beauty Box gifted by LoveLula. My opinions are honest and my own. Zenon Kition Floral Beauty Mist I loved every spritz of this gorgeous rose mist. Obviously I am completely…

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June 2018 natural beauty empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

June 2018 natural beauty empties

It seems like I’ve used many natural beauty products this month – probably true, but there are several single use products in my empties collection, like sheet masks. You’ll also find several regular use products like moisturisers and exfoliators from previous LoveLula boxes. All the packaging has been recycled, where it can be. I hope you enjoy reading my June 2018 natural beauty empties! Full size natural beauty products Disclosure: 3 Korean sheet masks by Nomad Beauty Collection. Dr Botanicals products, and JOIK Sweet Orange & Mint Body Butter in LoveLula Beauty Boxes sent by LoveLula. JOIK Sweet Temptation Candle, and Dr. Hauschka Cleansing Cream with points from my allowance as a LoveLula Accredited Blogger. Little Butterfly Floating On Clouds Bedtime Bath Milk by Mama Organica. Weleda Sea Buckthorn Body Oil, and Weleda Skin Food by Weleda. Weleda Stretch Mark Massage Oil, and Weleda Pomegranate Firming Eye Cream by Megan Edwards,…

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Makeup

Lavera makeup review

In this post I’m sharing my favourite Lavera makeup. Lavera is one of the first brands I chose when I started to buy natural beauty. I’ve already posted about some of my favourite Lavera products, such as Lavera Colour and Shine Shampoo, Lavera Deodorant, and Lavera Sensitive Toothpaste. The Lavera makeup range is really comprehensive. Each product I’ve tried from the range is good quality and excellent value for money. One of the great things about Lavera is that all of their products are NATRUE certified. I come back to Lavera time and time again! I used my favourite Lavera makeup items to create this natural daytime look. For my base I used Dr. Botanicals Kale Superfood Nourishing Day Moisturiser, and Faerie Minerals Maximum Coverage Foundation in Porcelain. My review of Lavera makeup Lavera Mineral Eyeshadow Quattro in Smokey Grey Disclosure: I received Lavera Glowing Highlighter, Lavera Soft Eyeliner, and…

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April 2018 skincare, beauty, and health empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

April 2018 skincare & beauty empties

How are we nearly into May already? Another month of keeping track of the natural beauty and health products we use each month. I hope you enjoy reading my April 2018 skincare & beauty empties. April has been so exciting for me and my blog! I ran my first giveaway, for fertility supplements, and I wrote my first proper makeup review where I looked at healthier alternatives to MAC Vegas Volt Lipstick. This month has been all about trying new products, especially cleansers, shampoos, and conditioners. It irks me I’ve never been able to find the perfect shampoo and conditioner, so I’ve been making a big effort to try new products. Read on to find out how I got on. It’s a long one, but I hope you find it helpful. Disclosure: I was gifted The Rose Tree Intensive Balm by The Rose Tree, and Storksak Baby Wash & Shampoo…

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Natural alternatives to MAC Vegas Volt Lipstick
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Natural alternatives to MAC Vegas Volt Lipstick

I’m so excited to share this post about natural alternatives to MAC Vegas Volt Lipstick! It’s the first I’ve planned in a series where I’ll be replacing some of my less than healthy skincare and beauty with healthier alternatives. And if you’re looking for a roundup of 6 gorgeous coral hued lipsticks for spring, you’re in the right place! Let’s rewind to 2015, when we were planning our wedding. Our theme was orange floral, and my makeup matched the theme. My makeup artist chose MAC Vegas Volt Matte Lipstick for my lips. Have you used it before? It’s a shocking coral that I never would’ve picked myself, but when she tried it on me, I loved it. Reader, I confess. I fell off the natural beauty wagon when we got married. It was like I forgot why I’m so careful about what I use. There was also a craving to…

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March 2018 skincare empties
Beauty & Wellbeing

March 2018 skincare empties

Another month has passed, and I’m really enjoying keeping track of the natural beauty and healthcare products our family uses each month. I hope you enjoy reading my March 2018 skincare empties. Boy has this month been tough! First, my external hard drive blew up which contained all my precious photos, and I stupidly hadn’t backed up for 2 years. All Jonah’s baby photos from my DSLR would’ve been lost. Luckily, it had a tiny bit of life in it, so we were able to copy the files onto a new drive. What a relief! I’ve learned my lesson and am now taking weekly backups. Secondly, Jonah picked up a stomach bug and was properly sick for the first time. We really weren’t prepared for it. Then we caught it too, so we were all poorly and feeling very sorry for ourselves. Now we’re looking forward to a healthy April…

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Lavera Colour and Shine Shampoo
Hair Care

Lavera Colour and Shine Shampoo review

Earlier this year, I got balayage into my hair, so was in need of a shampoo that would support my new colouring. I always go for shampoo without SLS, silicones, and unhealthy preservatives. This time, I chose Lavera Colour and Shine Shampoo, since it supports colour-treated hair with a whole bunch of lovely ingredients. Of course, the best way to protect hair and its colour is to keep it covered up. Not possible most of the time, I hear you say. That’s where products come in. Moisturising is the best way to keep the colour in your hair. That means using a really good shampoo and conditioner specially made with colour-treated hair in mind. You can always try washing your hair less frequently, if you can stand it. Try some of these tips for keeping the colour in your hair. There’s some great advice in there that applies to us…

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Review of Lavera Basis Sensitiv Roll On Deodorant, an effective aluminium free deodorant with skin loving ingredients.
Skin Care

Lavera Basis Sensitiv Roll On Deodorant review

In this post, I review Lavera Basis Sensitiv Roll On Deodorant. These days, I’m able to forgo deodorant far more frequently. Despite being a healthy beauty product advocate, I try to minimise my use of personal care products as much as I can. Some days it just doesn’t matter if I’m not as fresh as a daisy. Jonah doesn’t care! However when I do wear deodorant I’m pretty picky about what goes on my pits. I’ve written previously about the aluminium in antiperspirant debate, and I still choose not to use aluminium salts on my skin. Not just because of aluminium controversy, but because I don’t want to suppress my skin’s sweating, or reduce the number of good bacteria in my underarms. I’m a big fan of Lavera Basis Sensitiv deodorants which contain no aluminium salts or alcohol. The deodorants are certified by NaTrue and are suitable for use during…

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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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