Tuesday T. Bryan: Herefordshire

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Saturday, 2 May 2015

Seggin Bees; Sweet skincare products including my favourite lip balm ever!

Louise Sheppard is the lady behind Seggin Bees. From Honey Fudge to soap bars, everything Louise sells is handmade using honey from the hives in her garden in Leominster, Herefordshire. Products can be purchased online and from the “In A Nutshell” shop in Leominster, and the Seggin Bees team can often be found at various local craft fairs where they will be happy for you to test, taste, and take home their produce and educate you about their little artisan business. Visit the website to see where they’ll be popping up next! http://www.segginbees.luston.org.uk/html

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Today I’ll be focusing on their skincare products, starting with three popular soaps from the ever growing range! Seggin Bees are members of The Guild Of Craft Soap and Toiletry Makers. All of their soaps are crafted by hand using the tradition Cold Press Method, which is a natural, heat-free process which takes over a month. Their soaps are made using local ingredients, many of which are from their garden (you can’t get much more local than that!), including their own beeswax and honey, flowers, and herbs to provide natural texture, aroma, and nourishment. They are completely free from SLS, SLES, and Parabens, making them suitable for use on even the most sensitive skin types.

L-R: Dancing Bee Honeycomb Soap / Dancing Bee Goats' Milk, Honey and Calendula Soap / Dancing Bee Honey and Lemongrass Soap.
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First up is the Dancing Bee Honeycomb Soap. This bar is presented in a pretty draw-string gift bag, tied with yellow ribbon and a cute little Bumble Bee bead – an ideal gift! The soap is moulded to resemble a piece of honeycomb, which not only looks interesting and attractive, but it also gives the bar an exfoliating surface which helps to cleanse the skin and gives you a mini-massage, excellent for soothing tired, achy muscles after a long day! I love to rub it on the shoulders and the back of the neck. It has a gentle formula that is kind enough to use all over the body and it’s strongly scented with sweet Herefordshire honey – delicious!

Dancing Bee Honeycomb Soap.
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Top - Bottom: Dancing Bee Goats' Milk, Honey and Calendula Soap /
Dancing Bee Honey and Lemongrass Soap.
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Dancing Bee Goats’ Milk, Honey and Calendula Soap is perfect for sensitive skin and those suffering from skin conditions as it contains anti-inflammatory Calendula. This clever ingredient helps sooth irritated skin, while honey and goats’ milk hydrates dry areas. This soap is well worth trying if you’re looking for a natural product to help improve conditions such as Eczema and Psoriasis, or if you have very sensitive or extremely dry skin. This pretty bar is flecked with Calendula petals and rustically presented – a true artisan beauty!

Dancing Bee Honey and Lemongrass Soap is my favourite of the three soaps I’m featuring today. I love products with sharp zing scents, and I also adore the aroma of honey, and this soap has both! It’s citrus fragrance is provided by refreshing lemongrass which helps to balance the skin and control sebum levels, excess shine, and blemishes. The reinvigorating scent is provides a perfect pick-me-up to help revive the senses, so it’s ideal for your morning skincare routine! The formula is also infused with nourishing honey to soften the skin, and exfoliating poppy seeds to buff away dry cells and reveal a glowing complexion. It’s non-floral scent makes it ideal for the guys and girls!

L - R: Dancing Bee Goats' Milk, Honey and Calendula Soap / Dancing Bee Honey and Lemongrass Soap.
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For sorry skin that’s in need of a little extra TLC, why not try Seggin Bees’ Dancing Bee Skin Balm? This hard-working product is ideal for soothing and repairing dry hands, irritated areas, and damaged skin. The waterproof formula contains a combination of skin-loving natural ingredients including beeswax, eucalyptus, fragrant rosemary, softening almond oil and olive oil, and healing tea tree. The solid balm melts into a creamy consistency on contact with the skin and is quickly absorbed.

Finally, my favourite Seggin Bees product, the Dancing Bee Lip Balm. It is honestly the best lip balm I’ve ever used, and I cannot rave about this little lip saviour enough! Everything about this balm is just perfect. It is presented as a stick (like a lipstick bullet), rather than in a tin, which I find much more useful as it’s easy to open and apply as they don’t jam (and are much more simple to use when you’ve got wet nails). Just a touch

goes a really long way. It has a super-soft, buttery texture which I just adore. It not only provides the lips with intense nutrients and fast deep hydration, but it also gives them a glossy sheen. The fact that this product is all natural means you don’t get any unpleasant scent or chemically taste, in fact you get rather the opposite! It gives the tempting scent of sticky sweet honey and doesn’t leave any taste on the lips. It’s creamy formula includes some of nature’s finest moisturisers; beeswax, cocoa butter, coconut oil, and Vitamin E. I fell in love with this balm from the first application, and I’m sure you will love it, too!

The Seggin Bees range also includes a number of delicious sweet treats such as their award-winning Honey Fudge, pots of yummy honey from their own hives, and tasty Honey Mustard. They also stock handmade bits and pieces for beehives which can all be found online.

More Seggin Bees' produce.
Via Seggin Bees' Facebook Page.

Bread and Herefordshire Honey. Simple and delicious!
Via Seggin Bees' Facebook Page.

To shop Seggin Bees visit the website at www.segginbees.luston.org.uk. You can follow Seggin Bees on social media using the links below. Be sure to find them on Facebook to see all the latest updates about their new products!

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Monday, 19 January 2015

Herbfarmacy; Top skincare brand utalizes organic herbs; Plus, my favorite face cream of all time!

Today I want to share the wonderful range of award-winning skincare products by Herbfarmacy, based in Eardisley. The man behind the brand is botanist Dr Paul Richards

"Gift For Her" gift set.
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who has been growing a wide range of organic herbs on the Herbfarmacy farm in Herefordshire for 30 years, including Calendula, Starweed, Ginkgo, Meadowsweet, and Cornflower. Knowledge, experience, care, and every spec of goodness from Paul’s organic hand-picked produce is squeezed into each product. Herbfarmacy is Soil Association Certified – organic ingredients are used whenever possible, and all other ingredients are stringently researched. All Herbfarmacy products are completely cruelty-free – the team trial their own products and never use animal testing.

The vast Herbfarmacy range includes all manner of products suitable for all skin types, problems such as dryness and sensitivity, and even more serious skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema. Their natural formulas and organically-grown ingredients make the products gentle enough to use of troubled skin. You can even get your hands on products to ease mild health problems such as hay fever symptoms, dry lips, congestion, bruises, damaged skin, and achy muscles! The herbs and essential oils used in each product also give them a fresh, clean fragrance reminiscent of Mother Nature and The Great Outdoors – commercial products tend to get their scent from chemical concoctions, but the Herbfarmacy range is fragranced only by the aromas naturally occurring in the ingredients used. You’ll find no nasty additives here! Browse the website to discover collections for men, women and children, as well as gift sets and travel kits.

L-R: Skin Rescue Balm, Replenish Face Cream, Just Eyes, Working Hands Cream.
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Wash-Off Cleansing Mousse.
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Have you stuck to your cleansing routines over the hectic Party Season and tiring New Year antics? Now is a great time to give your skincare regime an overhaul. Herbfarmacy’s Wash-Off Cleansing Mousse is perfect for your morning routine. Not only does it thoroughly clean the skin, but it also has a fresh uplifting fragrance and a fun mousse texture – great for a morning boost! Do you suffer from dry areas of skin? An exfoliator will help remove flakes and scrub away dirt and excess sebum. Try Herbfarmacy’s Exfoliating Cleanser to solve flaky patches and cleanse the skin simultaneously.

Rose Face Oil.
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Herbfarmacy describe their Rose Face Oil as “skin food at it’s best”. This glorious oil has an incredibly relaxing natural scent and provides the facial area with deep hydration and intense nourishment. It contains a skin-loving mixture of plant oils and herbal infusions including Damask Rose, Evening Primrose, Apricot, Hempseed, Rosehip, Macadamia, Jojoba, and Vitamin E. This fragrant oil can be used in place of your usual moisturiser or as an enriching serum.

Just Face Cream.
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It’s important to moisturise regularly, especially in winter when the bitter cold air encourages dryness. There are countless moisturisers on the market designed for all kinds of skin. Using products that aren’t suited to your skin type may cause unwanted side-effects. Luckily, Herbfarmacy sell a fantastic selection of moisturisers to keep your skin hydrated and gently help relieve any skin issues you may be experiencing. For a versatile all-rounder, try the award-winning Just Face Cream. Recommended for sensitive skin, this fragrance-free product suitable for using regularly day and night or whenever your skin needs a quick hit of hydration. I also found it worked very well as a primer alternative before applying makeup. Try mixing it in with liquid foundation to create your own tinted moisturiser. This product is 83% organic, and it’s herbal ingredients are Marshmallow, Ginkgo Biloba, Rosehip, and Calendula.

Replenish Face Cream.
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If you want your moisturiser to give the appearance of more youthful skin, Replenish Face Cream is for you! Designed to improve and prevent signs of aging, it’s 84% organic formula contains a combination of anti-wrinkle herbal ingredients including Calendula, Marshmallow, Ginkgo, Rosehip, Evening Primrose, and Vitamin E, and is yet another award-winning Herbfarmacy product gave me great results! Recommended for dry, mature, and sensitive skin, the luxuriously thick and creamy formula was absorbed quickly and gave tighter skin with a desirable matte finish.

Divine Light Face Cream.
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My favourite Herbfarmacy product is the Divine Light Face Cream (in fact, it’s possibly the best face cream I’ve ever used!). Designed for oily, combination, or younger skin, it’s creamy formula contains softening Marshmallow and conditioning Calendula, as well as Echinacea which has a mildly astringent quality. Astringents help to balance the skin, ridding it of unwanted oily shine caused by excess sebum production (sebum is a substance naturally secreted by the skin to keep it hydrated, but it causes oiliness and shine when it’s overproduced). This product worked absolute wonders for my combination skin! It gave my skin balance and glow from the first use, and I would defiantly buy this again. I highly recommended this to anyone whose skin is on the oily side!

Starweed face Cream.
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The last Herbfarmacy face cream I want to share with you is the Starweed Face Cream. It has an uplifting fresh fragrance that reminds me of freshly-cut grass – a great little pick-me-up in your morning skincare routine! It’s wonder-ingredient is Starweed (also known as Chickweed). This versatile plant sprouts up all over the Herbfarmacy fields. Not only is it edible, but it also has skin-softening properties. In this mild face cream it gently soothes the skin making it perfect for use on sensitive skin. It’s even suitable for sufferers of skin conditions like Eczema. It’s effective, non-heavy formula also works well on combination skin types, and it’s proved a winner with men due to it’s clean, non-flowery aroma!

"For Him" gift set.
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Just Eyes.
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Yet another award-winner, Herbfarmacy Just Eyes is a luscious cream formulated specifically for the delicate eye area. The cooling formula leaves the eyes feeling refreshed, so it’s excellent for dabbing on the area when you’re feeling tired and rundown. Cooling products also help to diminish the appearance of dreaded “dark circles”!

Citrus Hand Cream.
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It’s important to keep your hands hydrated, too. Leaving dry patches untreated can lead to unsightly flaky redness and uncomfortable cracking. Tackle dehydrated hands with Herbfarmacy Working Hands Cream. This protective product is 83% organic and contains Calendula, Marshmallow, and Comfrey giving a pleasant, warming, herby aroma. If you prefer something with a more vibrant, fruity fragrance, try the Citrus Hand Cream instead. It contains a blend of essential oils from Grapefruit, Mandarin, Orange and Bergamot, and smells like a squeeze of summer in your hands!

Skin Rescue Balm.
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Nail & Cuticle Oil.
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If you need something that offers more intense treatment than a moisturising cream, Herbfarmacy also produce a collection of skin balms to treat a range of skin problems and provide instant nourishment. Balms have a concentrated formula packed with goodness – a little goes a long way, so apply sparingly to allow it to be absorbed. The award-winning Skin Rescue Balm is perfect for providing hydration to sorry skin on the face and body. Balms harden up when they’re cold, so soften in your palms if necessary before applying to dry patches, cracked areas, and even on eczema. I also like to massage it into my nails and cuticles to keep them in tip-top condition (Herbfarmacy sell an award-winning Nail & Cuticle Oil to condition the nails, too). This excellent all-rounder contains a healing herbal blend of Marshmallow, Calendula, Chickweed, and Comfrey, and it’s 100% organic.

Psoriasis and Eczema can cause major discomfort for sufferers, and it can be a real struggle to find a suitable product to calm flare-ups. However, Herbfarmacy have formulated their Oregon Grape Balm containing extracts of Calendula, Chickweed, and Roman Chamomile essential oil to sooth areas affected by irritating skin conditions. It’s suitable for anyone over the age of 6 weeks, so it’s great to have on standby in case anyone in the family experiences a flare-up or extreme dryness.

Hay Fever Pack
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For the face, Herbfarmacy have infused their Mallow Beauty Balm with Mullein; an oil with a natural anti-wrinkle effect. This multi award-winner also delivers deep moisturise instantly and gives the skin a healthy, youthful glow. Massage a touch into fine lines, or scrap your moisturiser and use in it’s place.

Meadowsweet Muscle Balm.
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You’ll also find a selection of balms to help with a range of minor health problems including Comfrey Balm for soothing bruised and damaged skin, Chickweed Balm for calming itchy areas, Baby's Balm for treating nappy rash, the Hay Fever Pack to sooth irritation and trap pollen, Easy Breath Balm to clear the airways, and the divine Meadowsweet Muscle Balm for relieving achy joints and muscles and gives off a warm, gingery aroma (my favorite!).

Therapeutic Massage Oil.
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   A great way to relieve a stressed body and mind is by indulging in a relaxing massage. Don’t fancy the beauticians appointment? There are countless massage and aromatherapy products on the marked to help you achieve a spa-like experience in the comfort of your own home. Herbfarmacy’s 99% organic Therapeutic Massage Oil contains a blend of nourishing oils to sooth the skin and promote circulation. It’s scented with the fresh, warming fragrance of Frankincense, spicy Black Pepper, and calming Ylang Ylang.

    I could continue to discuss the wonderful produce of the Herbfarmacy team and their rich, organic fields of skin-loving herbs. To see more from the extensive range visit their website at www.herbfarmacy.co.uk. Samples of many products are available to order so you can "Try Before You By" - simple select the "sample" size option when choosing your required product size.
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"Totally Balmy" set.
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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Wild Sage & Co; Handmade skincare delights; My thoughts + photos!!

Wild Sage & Co is a family run business based in Herefordshire, England, producing natural skin care products using traditional methods. Their little handmade luxuries are mild, gentle, and free from artificial fragrance oils and colourants. All of their soaps are suitable for vegans, and none of their produce is tested on animals.

When I opened my delightful delivery I instantly fell in love with the refreshing fragrance of the aromatic soaps. The Lavender & Geranium Soap has a relaxing floral fragrance. It's gentle formula is suitable for everyone, but Wild Sage also suggest it for use on the hair to cleanse and add shine. The uplifting Lemongrass & Tea Tree Soap helps to balance the skin's sebum levels, and the powerful energizing aroma is sure to awaken your senses! For a fresh scent and light exfoliation, try the Rosemary & Tea Tree Soap, which contains chopped rosemary to gently scrub the skin. It's also said that rosemary stimulates hair follicles, so you could try using this one as a shampoo, too! All Wild Sage & Co soaps are handmade with love, care, and the finest natural ingredients.

The Oil Cleansing Method is available for both dry and oily skin types (either can be used on combination skin), and comes with useful information and directions for use. There's no need to wash the face first - this hard-working cleanser battles through make up and dirt without any harsh chemicals, leaving your skin feeling fresh and replenished. And, of course, it smells heavenly!
Face scrubs are one of my favorite cleansing products, and Wild Sage's Balancing Face Scrub scores top marks from me! It has a pleasant texture, a refreshing aroma, and leaves the skin feeling soft, smooth, and positively glowing. This tin of exfoliating goodness is the perfect product for rejuvenating the skin, without the use of damaging chemicals.
The sweetly-scented Argan Balm is a moisturiser with a difference. It's a solid balm presented in a glass jar, but can also be purchased in a little tin which is ideal for travel. I've never seen anything quite like it! It's a great way to round off any skin care routine to leave the skin feeling soft and hydrated. A little goes a long way, so this little pot of beneficial balm will keep your skin feeling glorious for months. Care instructions are included to help you get the most out of it.
Looking for a product to battle dry lips? Well forget greasy, sticky balms and try Wild Sage's Red Clay Lip Balm. It melts onto the lips, and leaves them feeling silky smooth, wonderfully moisturised, and kiss-ably soft - pucker up, ladies! It also gives a subtle hint of rosy colour. Have a pot handy to keep dehydration at bay.
For further information and to purchase any of the above products and more visit www.wild-sage.co.uk.

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