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Sweet Orange Chilli Soap

Orange and chilli – the perfect combination, even in soap! Using pre-blended oils from Cocavo and the delicious Sweet Orange and Chilli fragrance from Zen Aroma, this soap is so easy to make – even for beginners! […]

Bath and body

The Day After Christmas – Bath Salts

Discover these revitalising “The Day After Christmas” Bath Salts featuring a refreshing blend of sea salt, Epsom salt, activated charcoal, peppermint, and lemongrass essential oils. Perfect for a morning after holiday festivities, this invigorating soak provides a luxurious mix of skin revival and mental clarity after the holiday hustle. A quick and easy tutorial for the perfect last-minute gift! […]

Bath and body

Gingerbread – Body Scrub

Do you love the warm, sweet, spicy scents of Christmas? This delicious Gingerbread body scrub not only captures the essence of the season but is also quick and easy to make. Perfect for a last minute gift! But likely you might want to keep it for yourself, because it leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth, and it smells oh so yummy! […]

Bath and body

Copy Cat formulation: Cheeky Clean Spray

My first copy-cat formulation! Not only is this completely natural and great for your skin (on a certain part of your body), but you’ll also be doing something good for the environment. This spray is a natural, eco-friendly alternative to wet wipes, and it’s so easy to make! […]

Skin Care

Frankincense & Rose Repair Serum

This water-based anti-aging and rejuvenating Repair Serum has a beautiful light texture that leaves your skin feeling soft and hydrated. Containing few but powerful ingredients, such as rose, frankincense and hyaluronic acid, it is easy to make, yet can hold its own with high-end skin care products. Anti-wrinkling, balancing, softening, soothing, calming, plumping, radiating, hydrating… do I need to say more? […]

Herbal remedies

Kawakawa ointment

Kawakawa a traditional Maori medicinal plant found in New Zealand has many medicinal properties. This kawakawa ointment maximises the benefits by using both the oil-soluble compounds and water-soluble compounds of kawakawa, packing it full of goodness. A must-have in your natural, herbal first aid kit! Use it on grazes, cuts and small wounds, skin irritations and infections, insect bites and stings, as well as muscle and joint pain. […]

Skin Care

Foaming face cleanser with manuka and kumerahou

A gentle, natural foaming cleanser with manuka and kumerahou. Suitable for all skin types, but particularly for acne-prone or blemished skin due to its anti-microbial and anti-bacterial action. It is pH adjusted to the skin’s pH and contains hydrating and soothing ingredients to keep the skin’s moisture barrier intact. […]

Cold process soap

Ukraine Soap – with natural colourants!

A pure olive oil soap using a two-technique colouring method with natural botanical colourants to create this layered Ukrainian flag inspired design. Making soap using different techniques simultaneously can seem daunting, but with a little planning it’s as easy-peasy as making your first soap. Well, nearly anyway. […]