Beauitiful Skin Carolines Product Range Review

Since hitting my 30's I have noticed my skin go through a real change. Gone is the oily skin of my youth and now I have skin that needs, wants moisture.
I can still hear my mother saying to me when I was young what her mother had told her and her grandmother had told her mother (and all had great skin and aged very well) you must moisturise your skin every day and with moisturiser you can trust, look after your skin as a woman, especially your face, neck, cleavage and hands and you will be forever glad you did.
Even when I look now at photos of my grandmother (whose last boyfriend was 34 years her junior!!) and my great grandmother I am amazed at how great their skin was and how well they aged, even my own mother in her late fifties now looks younger than she is and ix not heavily lined at all.
But did I, a modern girl born in the good old 80's listen to advice from generations of women in my family?? 
Gah, I wish!!
No instead I have spent years in the sun (horticulturalist so sort of comes with the territory I guess), in salt water and when I did put anything on my skin it was usually chemical laden make-up with no doubt toxic levels of who knows what!?
And yes, I have started to noticed those lovely face friends, wrinkles...
Well, good old hindsight and all that at least I am on to it now!!

Proof I am looking after my skin more and getting sun savvy!

So this year in my life self care and self body love is playing a big part.

When I watching the series breaking bad, (yes I was surprised that I got right into it), there was a scene when the pregnant Skylar was moisturising her pregnant belly and her arms and neck, it instantly triggered in me memories of always watching my mother moisturising and I realised that I just don't spend that much time doing simple acts of self love like this...

Am I really that busy or tired after the kids have gone to bed that I cannot spend even 10 minutes shining some love on myself and body?
No of course not so this is now a part of my nightly ritual!!

As part of this I have been on a mission to search out and find brands of skin care products that I can trust, that my skin actually likes and that really resonate with this self love and appreciation act.

In my search I have been delighted to come across a gorgeous brand called

Carolines Skincare

The name appealed to me right away as it sounds like a natural beauty range made by a woman who is proud to put her name to her product.
Of course it was (and some of you may already know I have a real thing about getting parcels ;) sent to me in a gorgeous packaged way with such detail it made my day!

When I first looked over the products I was absolutely thrilled reading the ingredient list - what a change from some out there with all those scary long unpronounceable chemical ingredients!
Here is an example:
The **beautiful** lip balm
Wheat germ Oil
 Borage Seed Oil
 Golden Seal root extract
 Calendula flower extract
 Slippery Elm extract
 St John’s Wort extract
 Simple Tincture of Benzoin
 Pau D’Arco
 Vitamin E (botanically derived)
 Jojoba
 Rosehip
The lush cream:Golden seal
Calendula Herbal extract
Borage Seed Oil
Aloe Vera
Simple tincture of Benzoin
Colloidal Oatmeal
Vitamin A

How could you not be thrilled with ingredients like that? Now I have also been trying quite a few natural skin care ranges lately and some have been great, some meh, some just lovely and the Caroline's Range definitely came under just lovely. Especially the lip balm - which I had to hide from my daughters and my visiting mother ( I guess I know what they will be getting in their Christmas stockings!)

Caroline's is also said to be excellent for Eczema, Dermatitis and Psoriasis.

My review? I really liked the range, I would add this to me fave natural ranges. I find the face wash leaves your skin really smooth and clean feeling, the moisturiser is nice and light - I could probably use a little heavier/deeper moisturising for my skin type on top of it but it felt just lovely on with no greasy residue and you can easily apply make-up after it without having to wait or worry about it not applying properly.
Also I know this range is safe, chemical free and even safe for my kids should they sneak some (which being girls they are wont to do!)
I will definitely add the lip balm to my beauty essentials, it is one of the best I have tried.

You can find the Carolines range and check them out yourself HERE
And find them on FACEBOOK here

Stay beautiful. Live Well. Cherish Yourself and get your self on too!

Bek XX 


Note: This is not a sponsored blog review, I was sent products from Carolines to try all opinions and review is my own at my own discretion.

3 best herbs for skin health & Clear Conscience Soap co.

Nurture yourself and feel beautiful with these top tips from Katie Lee Grech of the beautiful natural company, Clear Conscience Soap Co.


3 Best Herbs For Skin Health
Applied topically, these herbs can have your skin soft and glowing with health. Fill a jar with the herb and pour in boiling water to fill. Leave it steep overnight then strain the herbal water into a spray bottle. Store it in the fridge to keep it fresh. You can spritz this onto your skin to enjoy the herb benefits!

1.    
Lavender

The calming benefits of lavender are famous for easing you into sleep, but did you know that it also calms your skin? It’s anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-bacterial, meaning that you can use it to calm down skin rashes and acne sores.

2.     Calendula

Calendula is growing in popularity for its skin healing benefits. It’s very gentle and recommended for dry skin types, where itching and eczema are a problem. Plus you can add some lemon to the mix and spritz it through your hair to create blonde highlights.

3.     Rose

Saving the best for last, the most popular floral water for skin health. I personally use this one when I have problem skin on my face. My skin type is oily, but still for some reason I get dry scales on my face from time to time. Rose water gets rid of it completely.

There is simply no need to be spending hundreds of dollars a year on skincare, when you can find these beautiful products for free in nature – enjoy!

Thank you so much Katie for sharing your expert advice!

I recently had the absolute delight or reviewing some of Katie's beautiful products from her Clear Consceince Soap Co Range, for many years I have been focusing on eating really healthy, living an active healthy life and detoxing my home from chemicals and toxins but skin and hair care and make-up has I am sorry to say been an area I have only recently really been making a priority!!

After all isn't it crazy to be passionate about food and well-being only to use whatever on your skin?Hair? Toxic make-up? Chemical cocktail hair products?

My oldest daughter has very curly hair that drys out and knots really easily and also cops a lot of product use due to ballet classes and to detangle so we were absolutely delighted with the effects of using the lovely natural conditioner and beer soap in her hair.

To get great results, naturally is a very exciting thing indeed.

We were at first a little nervous and yes, I got some faces from the kids about "beer" shampoo and it being in a soap bar form rather than a liquid from a bottle but the results spoke for themselves and I would happily recommend the products from this range and use them again on my own and my children's hair and skin.

You can check out their entire range HERE
And check them out on FACEBOOK as well HERE

A healthy life is healthy, beautiful, true living life in all aspects of your life.
Be well, shop well, live well, choose well.

Bek XXX