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  Ooh, but it feels like a fab month for new discoveries! I've bought some stuff, been sent some stuff, eyed-up new stuff and wanted new stuff and pretty much all of it has been outstanding stuff!   Here are just some of the high-lights from the March Stuff-athon:     Flower Beauty - Light Illusion Foundation I did actually tell myself that I was to absolutely not buy anymore foundations until I had finished up at least two from my current stash! But I was absolutely intrigued when I saw that Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore was being stocked in Superdrug. I took a gamble and ordered some online without testing the product in store first. The shade I wanted was out of stock for weeks online but as soon as it became available, I ordered immediately. Luckily the gamble paid off - the shade 'Nude' was a perfect match for my skin and the foundation itself if bloody fantastic. I've written a post about my first impressions HERE.   B...

  NK Naturals - Winter Season Oil £15.00 for 15mls BUY HERE   What is it? Winter Oil is specifically designed to combat the issues that can affect the skin during the coldest of seasons. Suitable for Vegans.   Ingredients: Jojoba oil, O at kernel oil, Cacay Oil, S ea Buckthorn, B enzoin and A mber resin     Scent and Texture: Beautiful rich orange colour. Although it's quite a rich oil, it does absorb reasonably quickly, but I wouldn't call it a 'dry' oil. Lightly scented but nothing that lingers.   Application: Massage a small amount onto damp skin in the evening. Alternatively can be used as a booster in your morning routine. Add a drop to your day moisturiser.   Thoughts: I'm absolutely and utterly in love with the idea of season oils. The NK Naturals Winter Oil is the first facial oil that I've bought which is specifically formulated for seasonal use.   The rich nourishing ingredie...

* This product was gifted to me by the brand. Links are not affiliated. Beeutiful ~ Warming Orange and Ginger Body Candle £18.00 BUY HERE What is it? You're probably all already in the loop and know exactly what a body candle is! But this is a new concept to me and I was utterly intrigued to find out more! A body candle looks like a candle, smells like a candle - but when you burn it, the pool that collects is oil rather than wax and you can pour the melted oil directly onto your skin for a luxurious warming massage. The body candle is 70ml and has an 8 hour burn time. Who? Beeutiful is a British Natural skincare brand who use 100% natural ingredients. Their product range uses honey from their own hives and locally collected beeswax. Their products are not tested on animals and they only harvest honey, wax and propolis (which doesn't harm the bees) but never Royal Jelly or Bee Venom (which comes from dead bees). Donations from sales are made to Friends of the H...

Spring has officially Sprung! And to celebrate the most uplifting of all the seasons, the theme for the March Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box is 'Awaken'.       The Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box is a monthly subscription service offering a selection of five full/deluxe sample sized natural beauty, skincare and makeup products.   100% natural, organic, non-toxic, eco-friendly, cruelty free, ethically sourced and often from up and coming British Indie Natural Beauty brands, the products chosen are free from Parabens, Petrochemicals, PEGs (petroleum-based compounds), silicones, Sodium Laureth or Lauryl Sulphate, Phthalates, Propylene Glycol , Synthetic Colours and Fragrances, Triclosan,  Formaldehyde, Toulene, Benzophenone/PABA, Petroleum/Mineral oil, Alcohol, Urea, PEG, PG/BG, Dioxin, Aluminium, DEET, Camphor, Talc and Carmine. A monthly subscription costs £28.00 (Month to Month)  BUY HERE You can also subscribe by 3 Month Pre-p...

The Spoiled Bee - Tropical Bath Soak £18.00 for Full Size (size pictured is not full size product)  BUY HERE   * This product was PR/Gifted.   What is it? 100% natural bath soak made from Coconut Milk Powder, Banana Fruit Powder, Vanilla and Epsom Salts to deeply nourish, hydrate and detox your skin. It's like a smoothie for your skin!   Ingredrients: Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Milk Powder, Epsom Salts Magnesium Sulfate, Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Powder, Vanillin.     Directions: Add 3 to 4 tablespoons of bath soak to running water. You can add more or less depending upon how concentrated and milky you want your bath to be!     Thoughts: For someone who grew up in the 1970s when having a bottle of 'Matey' bubble bath was the absolute height of bathing sophistication, bath time has certainly come a long way in the intervening forty years! It took me a while though - for many of those years ...

The Evering Botanique X My Made in Box   Back in December I chose this box as one of my 'Objects of Desire' , after having spotted it in Evering Botanique's Etsy Shop . And then a few weeks later was deliriously happy to have won the box in a giveaway!   This is a special, limited edition box in collaboration with My Made In Box . It features a pretty comprehensive range of travel sized products from Evering Botanique and includes a mini Lemongrass Soy Candle from Vegan Bunny and a gorgeous small Turkish Fouta towel.   The box is still available in Evering Botanique's Etsy shop and costs £40 ( BUY HERE ) This is a fabulous way to try out some of Evering Boutique's most popular products.     Let's take a closer look at this fantastic box of goodies.   Gigi - Body Balm(15ml)   One word immediately springs to mind with this luxurious oil-based body balm - verdant! Everything about it is fresh ...

  Clockface Beauty ~ Enhanced Recovery Body Oil £25.00 for 30ml BUY HERE       What is it? A spray-on post exercise recovery treatment body oil. Formulated with a blend of seven ingredients specifically selected for their recovery and healing properties. The oil provides immediate cooling and soothing relief; contains natural ingredients which aid in repair and recovery; hydrates, tones and tightens skin without clogging pores and with a scent designed to uplift the mind and soothe away stress and tensions.    Ingredients: Grapeseed Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Pomegranate Seed Oil, Clary Sage Essential Oil, Geranium Rose Essential Oil, Cypress Essential Oil, Rosewood Essential Oil.     Scent and Texture: This oil contains a blend of two of my most favourite essential oil scents - Clary Sage is an incredibly calming earthy-floral scent and combined with the similarly earthy, but slightly sweeter floral scent of Ro...

  Joanna Naturals are a British Indie Artisan Natural Skincare brand, whose products all contain natural plant-based ingredients. All products are Vegan.   Joanna Naturals offer ten different facial oils - each one formulated to address particular skin issues and concerns.   I first became aware of the brand when I received a bottle of Joanna Naturals So Calm Facial Oil in a Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box last year. I remember thinking back at that time that this was exactly the oil I would have chosen for myself. 'So Calm' is particularly suited to Rosacea prone skin; environmentally stressed skin; skin prone to redness and sensitivity and also dry, mature and damaged skin.   Although I don't have Rosacea, I do suffer from redness and my skin can be very reactive and sensitive, particularly around the changes in the seasons. So it was perfect timing that I got to first try out 'So Calm' in November, just at the time when my skin was struggl...