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Looking Natural with Living Nature
My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to remove as many
synthetic, nasty-filled products from my skin- and hair- care regime as
possible and ohmygoodnessme, spring is almost here and so far I’ve been true to
my word. In my research I’ve come across a number of fantastic natural
cosmetics companies, but none have been better than my current favourite Living
Nature. Based in New Zealand, the philosophy of the brand is that ‘when it
comes to beauty solutions, nature has the best answers,’ so with that in mind
they set about creating a wonderful range of natural, safe and effective products designed to ‘care for your skin and
the planet’.
Harnessing the
amazing properties of some of New Zealand’s most ancient native plants – for
example, from the Totara tree can be harvested Totarol, a super anti-oxidant
and antimicrobial – Living Nature have created a unique collection of products
fashioned to answer your every ablutionary and cosmetic need.
One of my favourite
products from the range is the Living
Nature Harakeke Firming Eye Cream (10ml £22.45) – Harakeke is the Maori name given to the plant
that is commonly known as Flax. Traditionally employed for a wide variety of
medicinal and household uses – everything from calming toothache and soothing
boils to making baby rattles and blankets – Harakeke gel is utilised in this
product for its remarkable hydrating properties. Blended with
moisture-locking Larch Tree Extract and healing Manuka Honey, the Harakeke works
to plump fine wrinkles, reduce puffiness and tighten pores, leaving you with
happy skin and sparkling line-free peepers. The firming eye cream is simple to
apply and quickly absorbed, so is perfect for use under make up. Scent-free and
extremely gentle, this product is a joy to use and produces noticeable results
within days.
The Living Nature
Active Manuka Honey Nourishing Hand
Cream is another one to get a big thumbs (fingers, palms and knuckles too)
up from me. As well as being available in a 200ml (£25.00) bathroom pack, you
can purchase the cream in a perfect handbag-sized 50ml (£10) bottle, being
super-absorbable this is the ideal cream to carry with you in winter. Manuka
Honey has long been known as beneficial to the skin – it soothes, calms,
nourishes and has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties –
so it is the perfect medium to build a hand cream on. When you add in deeply
hydrating Macadamia oil, known for containing high levels of rejuvenating and
nourishing Vitamins E and A, and Larch
Tree oil to prevent moisture loss, you have yourself the perfect little weapon
in the war against winter hands. The one slight negative is that the scent
isn’t overly appealing, but it fades quickly, so don’t let that put you off.
As well as producing a wealth of unisex products and those
aimed specifically at women, Living Nature have also created a range just for
men. The Skin Essentials for Men set
(£22.55) contains a non-drying Gentle
Cleansing Shaving Gel (made from a natural foaming agent found in Kumerahou,
a native New Zealand herb, combined with Manuka Honey, Manuka Oil and soothing Witchhazel
extract), Soothing Aftershave Gel
(which again combines Manuka with the Harakeke Flax gel and adds in cooling
Calendula, St Johns Wort and Witchhazel) and Soothing Moisturiser.
Living Nature products ‘contain absolutely no synthetic
ingredients or endocrine disruptors’ (minute concentrations of chemicals
that can potentially disrupt our biological systems in the early stages of
development), are organic, have not
been tested on animals, are presented in fully recyclable packaging and are
created in a carbon-neutral hydro and wind energy powered facility, which uses
only filtered rainwater. You don’t get much more dedicated than that.
© Purple
Peccadilloes
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