The January Natural Beauty Box

The theme for the January Natural Beauty Box was Cosy Nights In and the box really lived up to expectations with 7 beautiful items for a perfect winter night at home. 

The January Love Lula Box

Following up on December's great box, January's is also another stunner!

Review: Kinn Living

Kinn Living launched their range of plant-based body care and home cleaning products in March 2017. They are Soil Association COSMOS certified, vegan and cruelty-free with recyclable packaging. I was kindly sent 2 products to try.

Review: Joik Lemon and Vanilla Body Range

I'm always banging on about things smelling nice on this blog. I just can't help myself. For something to smell of both lemon and vanilla, well it doesn't get much better than that in my book. I adore the scent of vanilla and I love anything that smells of citrus, be it toilet cleaner or perfume!
So when I bought Joik's Lemon and Vanilla Body Scrub and opened the jar and sniffed, I was already composing a glowing review in my head before I even scooped that first morsel out. 😀

Review: Dr. Organic Hair and Skin Care

It seems like Ebay isn't the cheap place it used to be. It's full of shops selling items inflated above the RRP and bargains are few and far between. However, now and then, I manage a coup on a green beauty item and I got myself this bundle of Dr. Organic goodies a while back.

Dr. Organic is a British brand sold at Holland and Barrett. They are cruelty-free and vegetarian. Some of their products contain honey.
In the bundle there were 75ml travel sizes of shampoo, conditioner, body wash and 2 x 30ml tubes of body lotion.

Review: Botanicals 'Try Me Pots'

I recently tried two of Botanicals 'Try Me' pots that they are promoting during the Soil Association's Organic Beauty and Wellbeing Week, running 15-21 May.

Botanicals are a cruelty-free, organic and vegan skin care company. I've enjoyed previous products that I've tried from Botanicals (see reviews here and here) and am very impressed by their ethics. 

Review: Urban Veda Skin Care

Recently I tried a few products from Urban Veda, an award-winning UK company whose products are based on Ayurvedic principles. They are cruelty free, certified by the Vegetarian Society (some products contain beeswax and honey) and contain no SLS, mineral oil or parabens. Their bottles are made from recycled plastic.This is going to be a mixed review unfortunately as there are elements to admire about the brand and elements I am not too keen on.

They have four ranges, based on doshas:

Purifying range - for oil prone skin, based on the Kapha dosha, with Neem and Botanics
Radiance range - for dull and pigmented skin based on the Vata dosha, with Turmeric and Botanics
Reviving Range - for sensitive skin, based on the Pitta dosha, with Sandalwood and Botanics
Soothing range - for mature and dry skin - tridoshic - with Rose and Botanics

I did the dosha questionnaire and came out as a Vata with elements of Kapha, although I could argue that I contain aspects of all the doshas. My skin is prone to blemishes, although not oily, with red patches and isn't radiant. It is also mature and dry (but not too mature *cough*).

Urban Veda sent me some trial sizes from both their purifying and radiance ranges.