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Face Mud - Herbs & Heart - review

2/24/2018

Premium skincare artisans, Herbs & Heart, have created a stunning line of natural skin care products, which are made purely from organic fruit and plant extracts and natural botanicals. I have been using their Face Mud, a nutrient rich cleansing mask, it smells sooooooo amazing, good enough to eat and the ingredients are so pure you probably could!

I love this mask!, it’s so different and unique to other masks I’ve tried. The Face Mud is blended with 3 main ingredients, which are manuka honey, orange peel and sandalwood. Manuka honey is a top ingredient of mine, it's derived from the Manuka bush found in New Zealand, it's soothing and healing and helps to promote the structural integrity of collagen in skin cells, healthy collagen is what we want more of as we start to age!

Orange peel is a natural astringent, high in vitamin C which prevents oxidative stress in skin cells, it helps to cleanse and renew skin. It detoxifies and exfoliates.

Sandalwood evens out skin tone and brings out a natural radiance, it actually has special properties to relieve skin of prickly heat, which is inflammation of the skin in hot weather. Sandalwood gently takes care of skin, leaving it feelings soft and smooth, it is one of my favourites, I actually wear sandalwood every day as a scented oil, I love it that much.

With this mask, you mix it up with a bit of water so it turns into a paste, apply all over face and wash off after a few minutes, it is a combination between a cleanser, scrub and a mask, so your getting 3 in the 1 product. Honestly, it feels amazing.

It has a cooling action to it and makes me feel very calm, maybe that’s the sandalwood coming through with it’s relaxation properties.

So far, I’d say this is my favourite mud mask, my face feels soft and radiant and I feel like I'm putting so much healthy goodness into my skin. I am heavily into herbal remedies and feel that this company have really tapped into using the right herbs to help with healing skin. The ingredients are full of B vitamins and vitamin C. It also contains walnut shell powder which helps with the exfolation.

Other ingredients include coconut oil, dead sea salt, aloe leaf, apricot kernel oil, rosemary oil, cinnamon bark extract, thyme, lavender extract, citrus lemon peel and mentha leaf extract. It's no wonder this smells so divine.

Herbs & Heart are proudly cruelty-free, vegan and use only ethically sourced ingredients in their fully recyclable range of products. Australian made and absolutely no nasty ingredients. I love the glass jar this comes in, I always prefer products in glass jars. I can't wait to try their other products.

Available at Herbs & Heart.

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Deluxe shea butter - review

2/18/2018

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Deluxe Shea Butter is an A+ grade certified organic shea butter. The fact that it is unrefined, which means it is completely pure, no bad chemicals, just 100 percent natural, makes this such a pleasure to use.

I found this shea butter particularly good for my very dry skin, especially on my hands and feet, I’ve actually been taking this to work with me, as I work in a library with a lot of paper and books, I re-apply this half way through the day and it’s prevented me from getting any paper cuts, at the same time keeping my hands feeling really smooth. I also like to keep my nails looking fabulous, this worked really well in keeping my cuticles healthy.

I found it very good for treating cuts, seeing as I have a cat who likes to play rough! Also wonderful for using on my little nephews soft skin on his cuts and grazes. This salve is also gentle enough to use on babies skin. It is a very good alternative to using vaseline.

This particular shea butter is extracted from the fruits of the shea tree which grow along the west Africa savannah, this ghana gold is referred to as nkuto butter by the locals and has been used traditionally for it’s cosmetic, nutritional and medicinal purposes.

Deluxe Shea Butter is fair trade practice and sustainably harvested. It sources its A-grade ’nkuto butter' directly from female co-operatives that operate within the Kumbungo district of Ghana. The process, which draws upon traditional methods, involves the collection, cleaning, segregation, drying, and pounding of the Shea nuts into a paste where it is then mixed with water and agitated by hand to produce a form of curd. This top layer is collected and then purified into an oil and left to cool and solidify, resulting in unadulterated, pure Shea butter.

Deluxe Shea Butter is rich in so many vitamins including vitamin a, e and f, stearic and oleic acids. It can be used on all skin types and is very helpful in treating eczema and psoriasis. Can also be used on stretch marks and wrinkles and even on sore muscles, as it has natural anti inflammatory benefits.

This is my new go to product for my feet and especially cracked heels, it might save me a few trips of having to get so many pedicures!

The business began operations in 2007 when the two founding brothers formed a partnership with their mother and Auntie, the late Nana Adubea Yeboah II, Traditional Chief of Aduamoa in Kwahu, Ghana. Initially supplying Shea butter to the Ghanaian community in their adopted hometown of Adelaide, South Australia. Increased conciousness of the benefits of Shea Butter has seen Deluxe Shea Butter Australia grow steadily from local roots to be an international presence.

A wonderfully soothing and effective salve, I love the natural scent of it too.

Available at Deluxe Shea Butter.

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5 Easy Ways to Save Money on Beauty Products

2/10/2018

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By: Boris Dzhingarov

Staying beautiful isn’t always easy, or cheap! In fact, many of us would relish any opportunity to bring down the amount that we regularly spend on beauty products. This seemingly impossible task is actually much easier than you think. You can save a lot of money by buying smarter, rather than buying less. There are also a number of ways that budding entrepreneurs can generate a little extra income to fund their habit.

Here are just some of the ways that you can drastically reduce the amount you spend on cosmetics products without sacrificing your overall look.

Use What You Have

Far too many of us end up abandoning makeup, lipstick, and other cosmetics without using the entire product. This is a huge source of wastage, even when we discard products because we decide that we don’t like them. In most cases, there is no need to throw the products away. Instead, have a look around for some creative ways to use them. Alternatively, you could see if a friend would be willing to swap it for something that might suit you better.

Switch Brands

Consumer psychology is an interesting thing. It turns out that when we pay more for a product we feel, perhaps even ‘know’, that it is of a higher quality than a cheaper product. However, once you dig beneath the surface, you often find that this isn’t the case and that the cheaper ‘inferior’ product actually performs just as well. This is as true for makeup as it is for anything else. Try a few different, better priced, brands rather than just sticking to the established – and more expensive – big name brands.

Start a Fund

If you’re really dedicated to your preferred brand or retailer and don’t want to change, then you might find it helpful to get into some good savings habits. That way, you’ll always have some change on hand when you need it. There are a million and one ways that you can start a little fund like this for yourself. If you think of yourself as an entrepreneur in the making then you might want to look into how you can break into the world of investments. If you already know what you’re doing, look here to get the latest forex news.

Buy Online

Internet shopping truly is a wonderful thing, especially when it comes to cosmetics. The big, and obvious, the drawback is that you can’t try products that you see on a website without ordering them. However, once you have a particular brand and product that you like, you can look into ordering it bulk and saving yourself quite a lot of money in the process.

Sales and Samples

The internet is a great platform for finding the best possible prices on products, whether you buy individually or in bulk. You can also often find coupon deals for individual retailers if you search online for ‘[retailer] discount codes’. Some retailers will offer free samples with orders and many high street chains will allow you to try free samples before you commit to buying.

Buying cosmetics doesn’t have to be a massive drain on your finances, not if you follow these simple tips and try and spend as sparingly as you can get away with.

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