Many women, even those who are super healthy and have an immaculately clean diet, often don’t realise the amount of rubbish they’re subjecting their skin to on a daily basis! According to the Environmental Working Group, women use an average of 12 personal care products a day, which means inflicting up to 186 unique ingredients on your body on a daily basis! 10 reasons you should break up with your toxic beauty productsOnce upon a time the world used to think that the skin was an impenetrable ...
Skin Care
7 green beauty secrets for clearer skin
The core of the green beauty philosophy is an emphasis on keeping things natural and simple – going back to basics wherever possible right? Yet it’s easy to spend our entire time focusing upon what we’re putting into our bodies rather than onto them! Conventional beauty products contain a shocking amount of toxic chemicals that have been worryingly linked to a vast number of health concerns including eczema, acne, infertility, and DNA damage. Most women use at least a handful of products every ...
Are cleansing wipes making your acne worse?
For many, cleansing wipes are a bathroom essential: they are convenient, cheap and most importantly quick, but are the making your acne worse? Let’s face it, we all dread that time of the evening when we have to take off the day’s make-up and grime in preparation for our much needed beauty sleep so anything that makes this chore easier is a blessing, right? Are cleansing wipes making your acne worse? Cleansing wipes contain huge amounts of chemical components to keep them moist, effective and ...
10 tips to balance hormones naturally and heal acne
This article looks at techniques, herbs and supplements which can help balance hormones naturally and alleviate acne and other pre-menstrual symptoms. As you’ve probably learnt from my previous two posts (catch up here and here), unbalanced hormones are probably one of the most common reasons for acne outbreaks in adult women and it’s not just acne that’s a result of unhappy hormones – they can also impact on processes like growth, metabolism, sexual function, fertility and mood! Did you know ...
Hidden dangers in nail polish + non toxic manicure recommendations
This article looks at the dangers in nail polish and how exposure to nail care products containing toxic ingredients can result in unwanted health problems. Plus, I’m sharing my favourite ways to reduce your exposure to harmful ingredients while still enjoying a beautiful non-toxic manicure as if you follow any of my social media pages, you’ll already know my love for a killer mani! Whether it’s shellac, acrylics, or a french mani-pedi, many of us wouldn’t dream of leaving the house without our ...
Honey Cleansing for acne prone skin
If you’ve scoured the internet for natural acne remedies I’m sure you will have come across the oil cleansing method. If not, it involves cleansing your skin of impurities with only oil. Sounds terrifying right?! However, I’m not talking about the greasy vegetable oil that you find in the supermarkets I’m talking about organic, cold-pressed oils like Hemp Seed, Jojoba and Rosehip! I used to be afraid of oils too, convinced that any type of oil was going to cause a horrific acne outbreak. But ...
10 tips for a clearer complexion
I spent my teen years and early twenties plagued with acne. I hoped as I got older my skin would sort itself out, but my poor lifestyle choices meant it never did. In early 2014 I suffered from an exceptionally bad bout of acne which inspired me to act upon the root causes of my constant breakouts – working on my poor eating habits, negative mindset and stressful energy to achieve the clear skin I’d always dreamed of. 10 tips for a clearer complexion Healthy diet, good sleep, plenty of ...
Pore perfecting face mask for acne prone skin
This homemade face mask for acne prone skin is an excellent natural treat for getting rid of acne breakouts and eliminating acne scars. You may have read my previous DIY Chlorella + Peppermint Pore Perfecting Mask, but if not, let’s catch up on why these homemade beauty products containing bentonite clay are a big part of my beauty regime and discover the recipe for another face mask for acne prone skin. Bentonite clay contains a wide variety of minerals including silica, calcium, magnesium, ...
Oleic vs Linoleic: The best base oils for acne prone skin
When switching to a greener beauty regime, the one thing that may terrify you more than anything else is the idea of oil cleansing – especially if you suffer with oily, acne-prone skin. It’s ok! I’ve been there too. I used to run in the opposite direction at just a mention of the word oil! I’d avoid oil-based products at all costs, opting for oil-free cleansers and moisturisers (how can you even have an oil-free moisturiser…it doesn’t even make sense!!) that would strip my skin and leave it ...
Oil Cleansing Method for acne prone skin
A few years ago, if you told me to treat my skin with the oil cleansing method I would have laughed in your face! Oils?! On my skin?! No. Way. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who would react like that! However, I’m now a changed woman and a total advocate for the use of oils in skincare. In fact. It’s pretty much all I use on my skin! When we were teens we grew up with the idea that oil was the cause of our bad skin and doctors would throw anything from anti-bacterial face washes and ...