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John Masters Organics Hand Creams | Review

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Ah hand cream, you are my weakness. I love the feeling of soft hands but when you are frequently washing hands, this is sometimes seen as the unachievable dream and the quest for the most miraculous product never ends.

For a good while I have been in love with JMO hair products so when the range was joined by hand creams, my eyes were naturally on them. These puppies come in 3 different scents - orange and rose, lime and spruce, and lemon and ginger. The only available size is 54 ml which is convenient on the go, however, I tend to prefer larger bottles for hand creams I use at home. If we are being honest here, 54 ml is actually not much at all and I can see myself running out of the tube very quickly. The description promises these hand creams are concentrated, yet never greasy, and fast absorbing. The main ingredients are aloe vera gel and sunflower oil which help to achieve these promises.

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Neal's Yard Remedies - Going Cult | Review

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Neal's Yard Remedies are trying to save the world, one blue bottle at a time. Established in 1981 as an apothecary, the company grew to build eco-factory and become the first carbon neutral high street retailer. Neal's Yard Remedies (NYR) have a fantastic ethical approach to their work, they try to improve the lives of both the customers who purchase their products, but also the workers who grow and harvest the ingredients. There is a strong stance on the fair treatment of employees, NYR travel around the worlds to meet the farmers in fields and ensure they get paid fair wages. This provides employment to the locals, promotes female independence, helps to support communities and improve education.

The Natural Beauty Box May 2017 | Review

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I said it before and I will say it again - I love simplicity in ingredients! There is no denial, it is very exciting to discover a product with a super ingredient which does wonders, however, to make a product more appealing (and perhaps to make suitable for everyone), companies seldom limit the ingredient list, hence the number of super nourishing oils and super powerful extracts is longer than my to-do list! Personally, this irritates me in several ways. First, say there are 30 ingredients in a moisturiser and they all have their own unique properties for which they have been selected. However, when you apply this moisturiser, you only use approximately half a millilitre per application. How much of a difference can an individual ingredient make in such case, especially when they are at the bottom of the ingredient list? Second, reading a long list of ingredients makes it easy to miss ingredients you are possibly avoiding, especially if it is an unfamiliar brand. Add tiny print, poor lighting, tired eyes and will get wasted money on a product you will not be using. Rant over. Breathe in, breathe out.

This month theme of The Natural Beauty Box is Beauty of Simplicity, meaning all of the selected products contain no more than 8 ingredients each - whoop whoop!

Nourish Beauty Box April 2017 - Review

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Nourish Beauty Box is a subscription service based in the USA. Their selling point? All of the products included in the monthly box are vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free. What about P&P charges you say? They are included too! That's right, free worldwide tracked shipping. In fact, the customs must have also been pre-paid because I did not have to pay any additional fees when this lovely box finally founds its way into my hands. The subscription service is available on the rolling monthly, 3 monthly and 6 monthly services, ranging from $31.95 to $34.95 per box. The products tend to be revealed in the middle of the month, however, you are guaranteed to get the same items in you order the box before the end of the said month. Why it is great? If you are like me and you do not like surprises, you do not have to be subscribed before you find out the contents. Also, if you happen to catch a glimpse of the box you really like on someone else's IG post, you will probably have enough time to get a box yourself. Frequently, previous boxes are also available in the online shop for $45.

LoveLula May 2017 Beauty Box

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I quite enjoyed my last LoveLula Beauty Box and so I decided to keep the subscription going. The Beauty Box is still £12.50/month with free P&P within the UK with overall value frequently more than twice of what you pay and the contents are kept as a secret. LoveLula is a natural online store, however, it is not possible to have a preference for a fully vegan or gluten free box. Everyone receives the same contents except for international buyers for whom nail varnish and/or perfume will be substituted for something of equal value. I have found about the contents of the box from an Instagram post before I returned home to discover mine was sitting patiently on the stairs.

Review: The Pip Box April 2017

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The Pip Box is a relatively new cruelty-free monthly subscription box which offers 5 full sized and travel sized skincare, makeup, body and hair care. The primary focus is on cruelty-free hence natural and vegan items are not guaranteed. 50p from every box is donated to Animal Free Research UK charity.

Catching waves with Deep Steep

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I started using Deep Steep products many many moons ago and I still love their products just as much as I did when this lovely discovery was made.

This USA based company used to be available in the UK, however, for unknown to me reasons, all of the stockists have discontinued their products. Two out of three items below are actually from my old stash that I have purchased through the Feeling Unique website, the other was bought through Amazon when no local stockists were left. Currently, these products can only be imported from abroad and every time I have raised this fact on their social media, I was directed to purchase from iHerb. One might question why would a company not refer customers to their own website instead and this could be because the official website has a flat international shipping rate of $50 which is the highest I have ever seen. Fortunately, my local TK Maxx stocks a lot of items from the Deep Steep range. The whole range features over 15 different scent collections and I am slowly making my way through them. The majority of the products are vegan, with exception of the Fresh Honey collection and moisture sticks which contain beeswax.