Ahava Dead Sea Mineral Shower Gel

by Aly Hazlewood on May 10, 2012

 

I do love my morning shower ritual. I had to get extra shelving put up in my bathroom to house the multitudinous bottles of shower gels, creams, oils and natural soaps I collect. I can’t bear having just one or two bottles because I never know which mood may take me or which scent I might need to help clear my sleep fogged brain. My only criteria are that they are natural, free from environmental nasties, or organic. But they MUST smell divine!

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Purity Organic Skincare GIVEAWAY!

May 9, 2012
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The lovely folk at Purity Organic Skincare have provided me with a whole set of their wonderful certified organic products to giveaway to one lucky blog reader. “Purity Organic Skincare is efficacious, using hard-working, sustainably-grown ingredients, few in number and cleverly combined to encourage skin to work as it should. Where possible the same core [...]

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Strivectin-EV – Does it Work?

May 6, 2012
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Let’s talk about Strivectin. When it first launched in the UK I was sent a sample to review. I have to admit that there was something about the product that didn’t appeal to me. It may have been a combination of the packaging (which to me is very clinical and for some reason that puts [...]

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Aly’s pro kit featured in What’s In My Handbag

May 3, 2012
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Photography by Colin Ross Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed (and rather less pleasure being photographed for) What’s In My Handbag.com For budding make up artists out there, take a look into (a fairly small selection) of my pro make up kit and get the lowdown on my summer product recommendations, my [...]

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Elemis Product Amnesty

May 3, 2012
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If you haven’t been to town just yet, make sure you do as John Lewis on Oxford Street has just re-launched their Beauty Hall and to co-incide with the new launch and new Elemis counter, Elemis will be offering a Product Amnesty. So while stocks last, customers are free to bring in their current face [...]

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Baby Face Cleansing Bar

April 26, 2012
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‘BABY FACE’ is the latest addition to the ‘Essential Beauty Oils’ range available to buy online at www.prendsletemps.co.uk. Created by Kirstie Garrett, co-founder of the natural aromatherapy brand Balance Me, this fresh, natural and seasonal aromatherapy range of products are specifically designed to feed and protect the skin with moisture and nutrients, according to the [...]

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YSL La Laque Couture

April 25, 2012
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Regular readers of my blog will know that I don’t get hugely excited about nail polish on the whole, perhaps because I rarely wear it myself. It’s hard to keep one’s nails immaculate when one is continually removing chipped polish from model’s hands. However, news of YSL’s new nail collection elicited a little flutter of [...]

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Get Lippy!

April 19, 2012
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By Hollie Kiernan I know very few women or girls who are not perpetually accompanied by a well-used tin of Vaseline, or a collection of battered lipsticks. Whether or not their lips are particularly dry, most women apply a slick of balm out of habit, or dap on some lippy to add a dash of [...]

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Paradise Lost with Olwen Bourke

April 17, 2012
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Fashion films are an increasingly popular way for designers to showcase their new collections. Paradise Lost is a recent film I collaborated on with a brilliant young designer called Olwen Bourke whose collection I coveted! Watch this space, Olwen is set for big things.

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Pure Coconut Oil

April 4, 2012
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A friend of mine does the cooking on a yoga retreat in Ibiza, and was recently extolling the virtues of Coconut Oil for a healthy diet, and more interestingly, for weight loss. Now I’m no scientist, so please excuse the slightly anecdotal tone of this post. However, there have been several studies carried out into [...]

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Dr Lewinn’s Private Formula Range

April 3, 2012
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  By Hollie Kiernan I have been a bit lax with my skincare (and blog posts) of late. I have to admit I’ve reached for the baby wipes more than once over the past month, and sometimes I even committed the cardinal sin of sleeping in my Saturday night make up – which is both [...]

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Islamorada

March 28, 2012
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More apologies dear readers, posts are very thin on the ground right now. I am shooting swimwear in Islamorada until April, and the schedule is jam-packed. Here’s a few photos to keep you going, but I hope to be back in blogging action soon. Products I’m loving on this trip so far are: Clinique’s SPF [...]

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Groupon under fire from Office of Fair Trading

March 21, 2012
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And frankly I’m not at all surprised. Here is a link to a recent article about Groupon and it’s less than transparent practices. The Advertising Standards Authority are closely monitoring the situation at Groupon over the next 3 months. I’ve lost out on a couple of hundred pounds on 2 separate Groupon deals thanks to [...]

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Beauty Brush feature for The Independent

March 20, 2012
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Springtime offers from my fave brand Ila

March 19, 2012
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A Lift Facial

March 19, 2012
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I was recently invited to try the the newest anti-ageing nano-current facial on the block, the A Lift at Karen Betts Clinic in Harley Street. “Research has found that by externally applying currents that mimic your body’s own electrical frequency, your cells can be recharged, boosting your ATP (adenosine triphosphate) levels – your cells’ energy [...]

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Blue Illume Toothbrush

March 18, 2012
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This last week my morning ablutions have been brightened up considerably by the addition of the Blue Illume Toothbrush from Sweden which launches soon in the UK. It has a little button on the front which when pushed, emits a super-bright blue light which helps to whiten your teeth and inhibit bacteria (and therefore plaque [...]

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