Veganuary… Plant Based Diet and It’s Benefits

Veganuary… maybe going vegan for a whole month is too much of a commitement but what using the first month of the year to adopting more plant-based meals into your diet. Not only are the benefits numerous for the body, particulary after a seasonal indulgence, but also counts incredible results for the skin too. Whilst the vegan focus is usually to avoid animal products, “plant-based”Read Now

Microbiome and Skin Health

Microbiome might not sound like something you want to look for when you’re trying to optimise skin health, but the microbiome is an important part of your overall health and well-being. Essentially, it’s the mix of natural bacteria and fungi species found living on the skin which works to keep skin healthy and protected against inflammation and infection.  Far from being something unpleasant, your microbiomeRead Now

The Problem with Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is a problem. Easy to produce, durable, and most importantly, cheap, plastic became the “it” material in the packaging world. Since then, humans have created more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics — and 91% of it hasn’t been recycled. What’s more, 70% of plastic waste is estimated to end up in the ocean or in landfills, where it takes over 400 years to decompose. That all means thatRead Now

Mindful Outdoor Meditation, Inspired By Nature’s Healing Powers

Need to reaffirm the healing, restorative power of plants and discover the sheer force of Mother Nature? This is a wonderful read from Mind, Body and Green on the wonders and wisdom of plants, who do so much holistically intricate and biologically unspoken work to improve and restore through nutrition, environmental and emotional healing that many of us take for granted. “By tuning in toRead Now

A Beginners Guide… Breathing to Stress Less

We all need help to quiet the mind, and whilst normally the recommended popular advisory go-to would be yoga or mindfulness, did you know that breath-work can be a powerful tool to aid relaxation during heighted moments of stress? Nadī Shodhana is a form of prānāyama or the breath control branch of yoga. In Sanskrit, Nadī describes the body’s energy channels, while Shodhana means “to purify or cleanse.” AtRead Now

Get Growing Without A Garden

Plant benefits are countless; the love of watching a seed grow into a beautiful bloom, the satisfaction of eating your own produce, the health benefits that greenery bring to the mind and body. Yet being a plant parent requires no garden, and getting your green thumbs on can be done in the smallest of places if your pressed for outdoor space. Celebrating National Gardening Week,Read Now

Revealed: Behind The Brand with Antonia Burrell

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Antonia Burrell Holistic Skincare: take a deeper, holistic look at the inspiration, which drove one of the UK’s best-loved skincare experts, Antonia Burrell, to craft a best-selling, global range of ethical, organic “pure-plant alchemy” that changes lives and skin for the better in just seven days. Happiness… “My clients inspired me to create skincare. The idea came to me as a direct result of talking toRead Now

The Power Behind Essential Oils in Skincare

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Aromatherapy and skincare are perfect partners. Harnessing the life forces of plants and combing this with the knowledge of the true physiology of beauty, is a skill and craft honed over 25 years by expert facialist Antonia Burrell. As an associate lecture in the Chemistry of Aromatherapy, alongside her team of experts, Antonia has taken the dedicated science of biotechnology and married this with theRead Now

Veg out for Vegan Beauty: The Benefits Behind the Beauty Boom

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The trend for going vegan is growing. Leading a plant based diet is said to better for the body and both ethically and environmentally conscious. In the past decade, according to the Vegan Society, veganism has seen a 360 percent uptake, and the lifestyle movement shows no sign of slowing down. Crucially, a vegan diet can be a fantastic benefit for giving glowingly gorgeous skin.Read Now

Forest Bathing: Bathe in Greenery

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I will forever shout from the mountain tops about the power of  the plant kingdom and its sheer intelligence that provides us with such incredible miracle plants that care for every aspect of our holistic health, mind and beauty.  As well as carefully selecting and sourcing the organic plants we use to nourish and heal our skin, we should also take time out to submergeRead Now