Hormonal Skin, Mixed Ethnicity Skin, News, Pigmentation, Polish (Exfoliation), Skin Tones

Pigmentation and Hyperpigmentation: What’s the Difference and How Can I Get Rid of These Pesky Patches?

Hyperpigmentation refers to the darkening of the skin, where as hypopigmentation refers to the lightening of the skin and pigmentation is a loss of colour due to skin damage caused by skin infections, burs, blisters and acne In the deepest layers of the epidermis our cells produce melanin, a pigment which gives our skin its own unique colour. Melanin protects our skin from the sun,Read Now

Hydration, News, Trans Epidermal Water Loss

TEWL! What is it And How Does it Affect Your Skin?

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Your skin is porous, bit like a sponge, and in the same way it absorbs some ingredients in skincare products, it is prone to losing water that circulates to it from inside the body, especially as the surrounding environment dries out due to rising temperatures, air conditioning and drops in humidity. When this happens, it’s called transepidermal water loss, or TEWL and for me as aRead Now

Acne, Hydration, Lifestyle, News, Product Focus

Why Moisturising MUST Play a Key Role in Your Daily Skincare Ritual

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It’s so important to invest in your skin every single day. Not only by investing in quality proven intelligent products, but also by sticking to a diet rich in skinfood superheroes and maintaining a consistent daily skincare ritual. The reason why Antonia Burrell products are such serious game changers is that they are plant perfecting therapy blended by a skincare expert with over 20 years’Read Now

Holistic Living, Lifestyle, News, Self-Care

The REAL Reason Why we Feel SO Happy Near Water

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Did you know that the atmosphere we breathe is full of positive and negative ions, which are sometimes referred to as ‘vitamins of the air’? Heating, air conditioning and pollution literally destroy the negative ions in our air and we need them to give us high energy, a positive mood and increased serotonin levels. The proportion of negative ions are at their highest before, duringRead Now

Circadian Rhythm, Holistic Living, News, Plant Power, Stress

6 Miracle Plants Which Help Induce Sleep

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As a holistic health and skincare brand that inspires happiness, I’m a passionate believer in taking care of your mind and body as carefully as we should our skin. Sleepless nights really take their toll on our energy, mood, productivity, mental health and overall quality of health and life. Stress and anxiety are two of the biggest culprits for causing insomnia, so it’s important toRead Now

Acne, Hormonal Skin, Inflammation, News, Stress

5 Top Tips to Keep Your Skin Happy During Times of Stress

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Stress is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to problem skin. Did you know that stress affects your entire body, not just your mood? Stress can also have a powerful effect on your hair, skin and nails. Unfortunately work, family and financial stresses are all part of life we all have to deal with and get on with at times, but have youRead Now

Holistic Living, News, Plant Power, Sustainability

Happy Earth Day

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This weekend, over 1 billion people celebrated World Earth Day, but what does it mean? Every year, April 22nd marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement of 1970. The idea for a national day to focus on the environment came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, a former U.S. senator. On April 22nd 1970, over 20 million Americans congregated in parksRead Now

Holistic Living, News, Self-Care

10 Ways to Love Yourself and Be Ridiculously Happy

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”Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when your most beautiful.” – Zoe Kravitz After coming across this beautiful quote by Zoe Kravitz, it really got me thinking. Why don’t we take the time to appreciate and love ourselves? Madonna sang in her 1994 hit song Secret, ”Until I learned to love myself I was never ever lovin’ anybody else…”Read Now

Holistic Living, News, Plant Power, Sustainability

Plant Power: Why Should I REALLY have Plants in My Home and Office?

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As a plant alchemist and a firm believer in the infinite power of plants, I’m often asked to share my thoughts on the general capabilities and benefits of plants. Plants are the most magical and awe-inspiring gift from mother nature. Not only miracle workers for our skin, plants also have so much more to offer us… Some years ago, a Clean Air Study by NASARead Now

Eyes, Hydration, Inflammation, News, Stress

Amazing Reasons to Get Your Beauty Sleep

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As a facial expert for over twenty years, I’m often asked to share my secret weapons in the quest for beautiful, glowing and happy skin. One ritual I absolutely swear by is sleep, sleep, SLEEP! They definitely don’t call it beauty sleep for no reason! When you’re tired and deprived of sleep, your body makes more of the stress hormone Cortisol. Raised stress hormones are badRead Now