From curries to creams, the spice turmeric makes its debut in the first breakthrough organic skincare cream from Passport to Organics.
For centuries, turmeric has been hailed as one of nature’s most powerful herbs, known for it’s anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and antioxidant properties to clear, healthy skin. Yet how many of us actually apply an orange, yellow paste to our faces every day?
Women In India and Asian have been using turmeric as part of their beauty routine for centuries. And in the Indian tradition, Indian brides and grooms use a turmeric face mask to look their glowing best before their wedding day.
It’s hardly a secret but for one American organic skincare company, they’ve been clever enough to produce a turmeric cream that doesn’t stain like the ones you would get from India and Asia.
We all like to take a break from makeup now and again and brave going out with just a light film of moisturiser allowing our skin to breathe.
Well it’s not so scary after all. By following a few simple tips it’s possible to have great, clear glowing skin without any foundation.
1. Invest in a gentle organic exfoliator for your face. Just as you would use exfoliator for your body to get it ready for the beach, use a gentle exfoliator for the face and slough off those dead skin cells. Your skin will feel smooth and exude a natural glow. Tesco’s bNatural energising organic Facial Scrub is a good option.
2. Next pat your skin with a gentle alcohol free toner. Neal’s Yard have excellent high quality toners at affordable prices. Neals Yard Rosewater and Orange Flower water is especially good for glowing summer skin because the rose and orange properties don’t dry out the skin.
3. Make sure you use a moisturiser with an SPF. Organic SPF moisturisers are a little hard to come by at the moment. However Badger has a SPF15 sunblock which meets very high standards.
There’s also Suki’s Tinted Moisturiser.
So dare to go bare-faced this summer! You’ll feel like a million dollars.
We’re all becoming much more savvy now when it comes to what we put on our skin. Have a look at this excellent blog post on a Good Health website. It outlines the 7 easy-to-remember ways of looking for good organic skin care products that say they are organic and mean it.
With Spring underway, we’re looking forward to the warm balmy days of summer and our summer holidays. We can finally wear fewer layers and bare our beautiful skin but it’s important to care for our skin because in Britain we’re not naturally accustomed to blazing sunshine when we go on holiday much as we like to get a tan or top up our tanned complexions.
I’ve often been asked if many of the organic skincare moisturisers and sunscreens have an SPF factor and most don’t. But there are a few that do and are clear about the protection from the sun they offer.
Here are a few as listed in the latest edition of Lovelula magazine. Kimberley Sayer’s moisturisers confidently boast an SPF of 25. In fact Kimberley Sayer’s Ultra Light organic moisturiser for normal to oily skin has been voted a clear winner by the Green Beauty Bible Awards.
One of my favourites is Jurlique. I love the Jurlique range so I’m happy to see that this Australian organic skincare company have opted for an age-defying day cream with a respectable SPF of 15.
One of my favourites is Jurlique. I love the Jurlique range so I’m happy to see that this Australian organic skincare company have opted for an age-defying day cream with a respectable SPF of 15.