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Laidbare  Pack Your Bags Lighten & Tighten Eye Cream £7.99 for 30ml. What is it? An eye cream containing Buckwheat to help reduce puffiness and dark circles, Shea Butter to hydrate and Eyebright to help reduce the appearance of redness and to brighten the skin. Ingredients Aqua Caprylic/capric Triglyceride Cetearyl Alcohol Glycerin Glyceryl Stearate SE Cetearyl Glucoside Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Prunus Amygdalus Dulicis Oil Benzyl Alcohol Panthenol Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Xanthan Gum Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Dehydroacetic Acid Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Polygonum Fagopyrum Seed Extract Sodium Benzoate Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Euphrasia Officinalis Extract Pantolactone Potassium Sorbate  *Warning - Contains Almond Oil Scent and Texture Unscented. White cream texture. Application Laidbare recommend use in both morning and night routines. They also recommend application by pressing into the...

2019 was a year of discovery for me. Most of the products I bought, used and loved the most were from some of the UK's best natural skincare brands. And the UK really does have such an amazing nationwide tribe of Indie skincare brands who are showing the bigger brands exactly how it should be done!  Ingredient and production transparency, ethical commitment to fair trade, recyclable packaging, reducing the carbon footprint, cruelty free, small batch, personalised customer service - these are the qualities that are most important for me when choosing products and I think all the brands mentioned in this post deliver all of these qualities as well as exceptional products. Viva Indie Skincare! * This post contains PR Samples* Best Brands of 2019 I have tried so many products from so many fantastic British Indie Skincare brands this year and it really was difficult to judge one above another. The brands I've chosen this year are brands where I have either tried their ...

Love Lula Box delivery day again. This seemed to come around quickly - this year is just flying by! The Love Lula Beauty Box is available as a one-off box for £19.95, or on a rolling monthly plan for £14.95 - both of these prices are inclusive of postage and packaging. Other subscription plans are available - Subscribe  HERE . The October box featured three full sized products, one deluxe travel size and one sample sachet. Total value is £59.00. There's also a 25% off discount code which can be redeemed at Love Lula against any products from the brands featured in this month's box. I hate to admit it, but I felt less than excited by this month's box. I didn't feel particularly eager to get stuck into any one of the products. In fact the one that most appeals is the sample sachet. I think this can be one of the problems of being a subscriber to a beauty box. On the one hand, it's the greatest feeling of excitement to receive a box of prod...