One of my favourite  natural brands, Australian Bush Flower Essences,  has excelled itself again with their Love System Evening Rose Soothing Body Lotion.    

Using this lotion makes me feel as though I am walking through a pretty garden path with the light scent of roses lingering through the air.  It's soft, gentle aroma is very comforting and completely different to synthetic rose. The aromatherapy benefits of rose essential oil soothe the nerves and lift the spirits.   Not only good for the mind, but it also helps balance moisture levels in skin, reduces the appearance of skin imperfections and promotes an even skin tone and healthy complexion.

Bush flower Essences Love System range is made from only pure and organic ingredients, infused with specially selected flower essences.  The essences contained in this lotion are Billy Goat Plum, Crowea, Five Corners, Flannel Flower, Mulla Mulla, Oak and Wisteria.  All carefully selected to purify your senses and help to put your mind at ease. 
 
Applied after a shower and before bed, this lotion carries me away and puts me in a restful state of mind, at the same time leaving my skin evenly moisturised and feeling velvet smooth.   

It has a light consistency for all over body use, so it melts in quickly and won't leave any residue.   I really love massaging my feet with this, it's feels like an aromatic reflexology massage and it helps me sleep.  So nice after a stressful day.     
 
It is very affordable, comes in a beautifully decorated bottle and lasts for a long time.   
 
I always feel so at ease when I'm use Bush Flower essences products as I know how nourishing they are, they always agree with my skin and leave me feeling content.

Love System is a certified organic skin care range made by Australian Bush Flower Essences, winners of the Natural Health International Beauty Awards 2015. 

Australian Bush Flower Essences has been developed and researched by Naturopath, Ian White, a fifth generation Australian herbalist.  Love System was created by Paul Loveday who spent 7 years developing this healing line of skincare.

​The Soothing Body Lotion can be purchased at Australian Bush Flower Essences.
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​This post has been contributed by Laura.

Work on that smile

Smiling is the one thing that can express your personality instantly. You can tell a lot by someone's smile. So if you don’t feel confident in yours then do something about it. It’s the natural beauty that can be expressed within you. This might mean visiting your dentist and discussing problem areas. It might mean considering teeth whitening services. Even if you just up your brushing game. Get the confidence in your smile and work it.

Get more sleep

Finally, getting more sleep can work wonders for how you look. It can erase any black marks under your eyes or bags that may appear. It can make you feel better and more confident because you are rested. If you struggle with sleep, then consider your routine before you head to bed. It might mean making some small changes like not using your phone before sleep. Or drinking a relaxing chamomile tea instead of something caffeine based or alcoholic.

I hope these tips help you to improve your natural beauty this summer.

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​​Botani’s Olive Skin Serum is an intensive anti-ageing skin serum. The reason it is so effective in preventing premature ageing is because it contains 100 percent photo-active Olive Squalene (from olives), which resembles the built in moisturiser each of us has in our skin.

Squalene decreases as we age, which has an effect on the way our skin ages, this is why it’s important to keep the squalene levels in our skin topped up.   

Using only organic and pure ingredients, the founder of Botani's amazing skincare science is Australian Naturopath and Herbalist Barbara Filokostas.  Barbara uses the ancient wisdom of naturopathy, plants and natural beauty to formulate this luxury range of plant based skincare.   

When I apply the serum, I first find that it gives my skin a nice dewey glow, I apply it all over my décolletage and face and love the instant impact it has on dry skin, making it look and feel soft and supple and almost glowing.  
I use this twice a day, morning and night. The serum is smooth enough to sink into skin evenly and is a perfect base for foundation. I didn’t even need to use a moisturiser when I use this.   Perfect for use during winter and summer, to soothe skin, smooth out scars and heal dry skin patches.   It leaves skin feeling hydrated, at the same time not leaving it with an oily residue.  It does feel as though it gets into fine lines and somehow plumps up my skin, making it appear more youthful.  Perfect for all skin types and very healing for those with Eczema, Psorisis and Rosacea.

I was already a fan of Botani as I had used their Acai berry serum and loved the way it felt.   Very high quality and using ingredients that are extremely effective for anti ageing, with the scientific and naturopathic research to back it up.   

The ingredients are - Olive Squalene, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Lecithin.  You really can't get much more pure than that.  

Once you start to feel and see the impact Olive Squalene has on your skin, this might be your next anti-ageing weapon!   

Botani's Olive Skin Serum can be purchased at Botani.