A Short Guide to Antioxidants
Antioxidants have been a buzzy topic in skincare for several years now, and it's likely you've heard them mentioned in relation to free radicals, oxidation and ageing.
Still, you might be wondering what exactly are antioxidants and what do they do in skincare?
Recipe: DIY Relaxing Bath Salts
It's absolutely the most important season to focus on your self-care. This can be anything from treating yourself to a hot chocolate on your afternoon work break, or sitting and soaking in a warm bath for an hour before bed. If it's the latter, we've got a fantastic DIY relaxing bath salt recipe for you to try at home
Recipe: DIY Coffee Body Scrub
In skincare, coffee grounds are a great source of antioxidants so they're great for brightening skin, boosting collagen production and increasing blood flow which in turn promotes healthy cells. Alongside that, the grounds themselves are an excellent exfoliant, not too rough but just rough enough to clear the top layer of skin. So here's a super simple recipe you can make at home to take advantage of your coffee waste.
All About Oil Cleansing
What is oil cleansing? This post explores the benefits of using an oil cleanser in your daily routine for fresh, pampered skin.
The Lowdown on Serums
Skincare routines are getting longer. Any reluctance to add one more step would be well understood. But serums are a vital step for giving your skin a nourishing boost in moments of need.
Our Cloth Facemasks Are The Best
Over the last month you guys have been loving our new cloth face masks. We chose some cute patterns for a fashionable look, tie straps to cater for different shaped heads and a low price to make them accessible to most people. But aside from the aesthetics of their design, we chose the components for a slightly more important reason: sustainability.
Recipe: DIY Oil Cleanser
Skincare doesn't have to be complicated, and if you're wanting to try out a new type of product without the expense, then DIY-ing can be a good place to start. This blog gives you all the information you need to have a go at making your own oil cleanser.
The 28-Day Cycle
We're not talking about your menstrual cycle, we're talking about your skin cycle! Skin is constantly renewing so in this post we’ll uncover just how long it takes to tell whether a new skincare product is working for you.
We’re introducing plastic
Our goals as a business all lead towards two things: happy customers with happy skin, and to being as sustainable as possible, but we're introducing plastic...
Scintilla IRL with John Lewis
We’re popping up at one of the UK’s favourite department stores: John Lewis! See you in Kingston from Monday 8th November.
The Best Essential Oils for Sleep
Broken sleep is a very common problem, so we've compiled a list of gorgeous plant-based essential oils that will naturally help you sleep.
Can Hot Chocolate Help Your Skin?
For great glowing skin, you not only need a good cleansing ritual and some good skincare, you also need to balance out other factors in your everyday life like stress, exercise, water intake, and diet. The good news is, something that might seem a little naughty, like hot chocolate, can actually benefit your skin (a little anyway!)
Three DIY Overnight Face Masks
As if we needed an excuse to pamper ourselves and hop into bed early, here's three overnight masks that you can easily whip up and apply before jumping into your pjs and settling down with a book at 9pm.
Five Food Face Masks
Here’s a round-up of five really good face masks you can make with things from your kitchen cupboards - no need for fancy ingredients here. The recipes that follow are fairly common combinations of foods and work just as well with vegan alternatives so do switch your honey for agave and dairy yoghurt for an almond or soy alternative.
New Year, New You, New Shampoo
We are thrilled to kick off the very first week of a new year and a new decade with the release of a product we've been working on for many months. The Green Clean Shampoo Melts are here to change the way you wash your hair AND change the impact you have on the environment by doing so.
Overnight Skin Hacks
There's a few little tricks that you can deploy, simply overnight, to help fix those naughty breakouts and the trick is definitely less is more. Here’s our quick guide to a few hacks!
Recipe: DIY Body Moisturiser
Through our recipe series, we aim to arm you with the knowledge to have a go at making some super simple formulations at home, for a fraction of the price you'd pay in store. Here’s our simple body moisturiser recipe!
Natural or Nasty? A Quick Yes/No Guide to Skincare Ingredients
With ingredients now a legal requirement for beauty packaging we’re so much more clued up about what’s in our products. Or are we? Lots of ingredients are still a mystery to us, and it’s a common misconception that if you can’t pronounce the name of the ingredient or it sounds like a “science term” then it’s not good for you.
What does “Clean Beauty” really mean?
“Clean” is the new buzzword in beauty, having been slathered all over products, magazines and events around food, it’s now moved on and is being touted by health and beauty brands left, right and centre. Whilst some of those brands are creating “clean” products, many are not and as a consumer it can be hard to decipher what’s legit.