Top 5 Natural Ingredients for Great Skin and Hair This Winter

Natural Beauty Essentials for your suitcase, Hair, Body and Planet.

Some may welcome the colder months, but our hair and skin certainly don’t! With winter come the colder temperatures, harsh winds and low air humidity that can leave our hair and skin feeling dry, rough and damaged. While there’s nothing that can be changed to alter these seasonal shifts, nature has some miracle ingredients with nourishing and rejuvenating properties that work to combat the harsh effects of the winter months, and work to restore our youthful glow! Here’s a list of the Top 5 Natural Ingredients that do exactly that, and some of the brands we represent that use or help with these:

1.              Vitamin C, and the Amber ‘Karryable’ Bottle

Vitamin C is by far the most Googled skincare ingredient of 2021, and by now everyone knows it is a must-have product in their routine. The Karry was designed to make travelling with Hero Natural ingredients like this stylish and practical. Designed to filter out UV-rays, the Amber ‘Karryable’ bottle was made to protect active ingredients and essential oils, making it the ideal travel essential to decant your Vitamin C into.

The Karry Pouch (£49.99)

Website: www.thekarry.london

2.              Rosemary Oil

Rosemary Oil has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that help keep hair follicles healthy as well as hydrating the scalp to control natural oil production. Object Beauty’s Rebalancing Shampoo Bar is formulated with Rosemary Leaf Oil to help rejuvenate your hair and rebalance oil levels.

Object Rebalancing Shampoo Bar (£14)

Website: https://objectbeauty.com/

3.              Argan Oil

Rich in fatty acids and vitamin E, Argan Oil soothes, condition and hydrates hair that feels dry and dull from the colder weather. Protect your hair from these harsh winter effects with Object’s Nourishing Conditioner Bar, formulated with a rich oil blend of Argan, Macadamia and Moringa that work together to  detangle and moisturise.

Object Nourishing Conditioner Bar (£14)

Website: https://objectbeauty.com/

4.              Retinol

The skincare buzzword, Retinols are derived from Vitamin A and serve as a skilled skincare multi-tasker. From smoothing skin, to combating dullness, Retinols are sure to help with any of the effects your skin may be feeling after the Winter kicks in. Made to protect your skincare products, the Blue Bottle in The Karry Pouch works by filtering visible light but allowing gentle blue light through. This is perfect for nighttime ingredients, such as Retinol.

The Karry Pouch (£49.99)

Website: www.thekarry.london

5.              Marula Oil

Sourced from Africa, Marula is a real luxury for the skin, as well as being an easily absorbed, natural oil rich in Omegas 6 and 9, that works to hydrate and restore skin without leaving a greasy residue. Grüner's flagship product, the Evening Ritual Oil is a lightweight formula that uses Marula as a base to rehydrate and replenish the skin's natural oil barrier, which is often beaten down by harsh winter weather.

Grüner Evening Ritual Oil (15ml - $40)

Website: https://gruner.shop/

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Spend Wisely (and slowly) this Christmas

For many, buying gifts for friends and loved ones can be a stressful time. Christmas is just around the corner and this year, despite the uncertainty and worry we’ve faced this festive season, is a year when we can really make a difference by shopping consciously, locally, and supporting small or independent businesses with our purchasing.

Black Pound Day is an all-year-idea, and an easy chance to make a small change in your shopping habits to support the growth of Black-owned businesses in the UK. It doesn’t take long to research an alternative for something you need online, or on social media, so we challenge our followers in December to substitute 3 of their regular purchases with products from Black-owned businesses on Black Pound Day - the first Saturday of each month. An upcoming online platform everyone in Beauty should check out is Black-owned businesses: Candour Beauty. Founded by Jacqueline Kusamotu, an agile, tech-driven entrepreneur, online beauty platform Candour Beauty is the UK’s first multi-brand Beauty and Personal Care retailer for Black women and women of colour. Co-founder Jacqueline is also the creator of The Black British Census; a survey designed to uncover insights and aspirations of Black consumers in the UK, to better serve these underrepresented customers. So, in summary, by supporting her mission with Candour Beauty, shoppers can also support the voices of Black consumers to larger brands and organisations, and get their concerns and opinions heard.

Another great way of supporting British brands is finding small brands you love, and sharing them. One of our favourites platforms who curates an offering of independent (and organic) brands is BLOMMA Beauty. Founded by Karen MacDonald, ex-buyer for Fenwick, World Duty Free and QVC, BLOMMA Beauty was created as a platform for shoppers to explore organic, all-natural beauty and wellbeing options by independent brands, with a sustainable and ethical ethos. As well as shopping on the BLOMMA Beauty website, customers are also invited to join experiences, pop-ups (when possible!), live-streams and online consultations, to ensure they find the right products for their skin, or for their friends or family. These, alongside their curated offering, set BLOMMA Beauty apart from the crowd.

We know It can get a little bit tricky when it comes to shopping for guys. But not to worry, SCRUBD, most-loved British men's brand, will help you get your hands on the best male all-natural skincare gifts. Naturally effective and made in England, SCRUBD was founded in 2017 by Mark Helvadjian, out of his passion to craft effective, all-natural products specifically designed for men’s skin. This Christmas, to guarantee you have the right gift for your partner, shop SCRUBD.

No matter the year, winter and the start of each year is always the season for bugs, colds and the like to be spread around. We, like many others, are pre-empting this by reinforcing our defences and strengthening our own immune systems with natural and vegan-friendly supplements from Youth & Earth. This British independent science-lead company was started in 2019 by expert bio-hacker Ed van Harmelen, and has gone from strength to strength. Their variety of targeted Delayed Release Capsules, Powders and Liposomal Liquids are now stocked in Planet Organic and John Bell & Croyden; a testament to the efficacy and strength of their ingredients. For immunity and detox qualities we recommend their Preservage capsules, as its abilities to delay the ageing of cells, ultimately giving more energy for recovery and boost Sirtuin activity. For children we recommend their Liposomal Vitamin C liquid, as this has a delicious orange flavour, and the Vitamin C molecules are delivered exactly where the body needs them, because of their new Liposomal delivery method.

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And we know as well as you how many sets of fingers are crossed that travel barriers will be lifted in 2021.. In fact, we’re already packing our suitcases with HEINRICH BARTH, a luxury, organic range of bodycare designed to soothe your skin, and the planet (all ingredients are organic, and biodegradable, even the packaging is made from PCRP and is 100% recyclable). HEINRICH BARTH’s ingredients are sourced from local flora from specific locations worldwide (e.g. Mykonos and Dakar) to recreate the feel of a destination to linger on as a souvenir. Produced in Italy, and designed to make you feel comfortable in the surroundings you are in, anything from the HEINRICH BARTH ranges is the perfect lux gift to give a moment of calm and self-care to those you love.

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