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The Power of Plants: eco-friendly, 100% natural and organic cleaning products

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Anyone who reads Frost regularly will known that I am a fan of sustainability. Anything that is good for the environment and cuts down waste has my attention. I also hate nasty chemicals and the fact that most mainstream cleaning products come in single use plastic bottles. Not okay. 

Squeeky cleaners caught my attention because they are 100% natural, organic, eco-friendly, pet safe and vegan friendly cleaning products. I tried out the multipurpose cleaner and I was impressed. It works well and, unlike loads of cleaners I have used, it does not feel like you are breathing in nasty chemicals. No stinging eyes. It works and it is good for you and the environment. What is there not to love? It is also made in the UK. I hope this company goes stratospheric. I cannot recommend them enough. 

It is no surprise that modern day living is more toxic than 30 years ago, more chemicals are used in the home than ever before and pollutants are all around, effecting people, pets, wildlife and our planet. With more pollutants in a normal home than air in some major cities, we do not always think about indoor air quality.

According to the British Lung Foundation types of indoor air pollution include particulate matter (PM) – microscopic particles of dust and dirt in the air, gases – carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide.

We may think our homes are sparkling clean, but air poor quality can affect asthma, COPD and allergies. Indoor air pollution can be caused by many things. These include: cooking, poor ventilation, damp, toiletries and chemicals in cleaning products.

Harsh toxic chemicals found in many household cleaners affect skin, airways, lungs and eyes, with long term research suggesting that certain chemicals cause cancer and can even change our DNA over a period of time.

Squeeky cleaners have created and range of 100% natural, organic, eco-friendly, pet safe and vegan friendly cleaning products which are great for the home and planet. Their products can bring comfort to householders who worry that modern day living cannot be clean and natural without the use of harsh chemicals. All their products are plant based and made with essential oils they are safe, yet powerful and kill over 99.9% of all germs and viruses.

Squeeky cleaners have a range of products to make all areas of the home and garden super clean. One of their most popular products is the Organic Limescale Remover Life Bottle Bundle which brings a super clean shine to bathrooms and kitchens, even to the most toughest stains. The bundle includes a reusable UK aluminium life bottle and refils for just £14.99. For more information visit Squeekyshop.co.uk

 

Purepotions Scar Oil Review

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scars, stretchmarks, beauty, review, rosehip, oil, miranda Kerr, Rosehip oil has been known to heal scars and stretchmarks for a long time now. Its celebrity fans include Gwyneth Paltrow, Victoria Beckham and Rosie Huntington-Whitely. Supermodel Miranda Kerr says: “Rosehip is full of antioxidants and really works to rejuvenate the skin.”  She is not wrong. With that in mine we tried Scar Oil with Rosehip 50ml, £18.99 from Purepotions. 

 

The oil is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and the essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6. Vitamin A is known to promote healthy skin cell rejuvenation, so it’s great for skin damaged by scarring. The Vitamin C in rosehip oil reduces the appearance of dark spots and aging spots. The powerful moisturising effects of the oil are ideal for dry or mature skin, which can help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

 

Purepotions is made from 100% natural and organic ingredients to help soothe and repair skin in a completely natural way, with no parabens or perfumes.   The original skin salvation intensive moisturising ointment is suitable for people prone to eczema, dry itchy skin, psoriasis, dermatitis or for any little skin emergency.

 

The original Skin Salvation was first developed in Natalie Balmond’s kitchen 12 years ago, after she found that absolutely nothing would help her daughter’s eczema. She started to read up on herbs and traditional remedies to help with skin problems, and with much determination and experimentation, she developed a natural salve.

 

Made with oils, herbs and essential oils, it became an overnight sensation with people in the UK and around the world inundating her with emails and letters saying how effective it has been.

 

What did we think? We were very impressed. It does fade scars and stretchmarks. Add in the fact it is handmade and 100% natural and we really are fans. Frost loves….

 

 

 

Frost Loves…The Blend Collective

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I am a big fan of natural beauty as I have skin that used to react to everything. I am one of the lucky few that managed to live through teenage acne without any scarring. Add on eczema on childhood, and, yes, you bet I am fussy!

I was invited to the launch of Blend Collective, a new body care range which is truly natural, no parabans or nasty stuff.

It’s two founders are Pippa Bennett and Clive Walker, both lovely people. Pippa was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and decided to live a more natural and organic lifestyle. Pippa became increasingly interested in what is applied to the skin and its impact, Clive has been at the forefront of the natural and organic beauty industry since the early ‘90s, when he held the position of Marketing Director for Tisserand – pioneers in affordable essential oil-based products.

Clive commented:

 “I wanted to create an experience people can really enjoy and cherish. I am passionate about combining natural actives at meaningful levels with pure essential oil blends to create outstanding products.  Excellence and integrity in all aspects of our brand are important to us from the truly natural ingredients that we insist on through to the design and quality of our packaging”

I have tried the range and they smell amazing, the packaging is funky as hell and they really do work. Not something that can be said of all natural beauty products. The only downside is that I kept smelling myself, which probably looked a bit strange.

At the event I also met Alec Lawless. Alec knows everything there is to know about putting a fragrance blend together. There are three different blends in the range and Alec the enlivening one. Read Alec’s blog.

Alec also gave me some great advice on stress: ‘Fix the source of the stress, don’t paper over the cracks’. Sound advice from a wise man.

The Blend Collective is a team of leading, well-known aromatherapy and perfume experts from the UK combing their expertise to produce an exceptional range of truly natural body care products. The range consists of three distinctive luxury fragranced blends – Enlivening, Unwinding and Balancing – and each one contains four different body care products, all of which are a minimum of 99% to 100% natural and are formulated with delicate essential oils as well as other powerful active ingredients.

BLEND collective has been developed and produced in the UK, using the finest blends of 100% pure essential oils that are chosen for their therapeutic benefits as well as their amazing aromas. To achieve the beneficial aromatherapeutic effect, it is ensured each product contains the optimum performance level of essential oils. Try the Enlivening Collection for an energising lift, the Unwinding Collection to help you relax or the Balancing Collection for a more Zen-like experience.

BLEND collective is the brainchild of Clive Walker – ex-Marketing Director of the Tisserand aromatherapy brand who has been credited for making aromatherapy products available to a wider audience – and his business partner Pippa Bennett who is passionate about the use of essential oils in everyday life.

With so many brands falsely claiming to be natural and organic, BLEND collective is committed to set a new standard of integrity and excellence with its own ‘truly natural’ label. All products in the range are at least 99% natural, contain organic ingredients where possible and are free from the following potentially harmful chemical ingredients: petroleum derived chemicals, sulphates, parabens, synthetic fragrances, artificial colouring, glycols, TEA (Triethanolamine), DEA (Diethanolomine), silicons and PEGS (Polyethylene glycol). 

In order to protect the environment, all BLEND collective product containers are recyclable and sourced only from maintained sustainable forests.

The range consists of the following fragranced blends:

1.Enlivening Blend – by Alec Lawless

2.Balancing Blend – by Emma Nash

3.Unwinding Blend – by Glenda Taylor

Products are available from www.blendcollective.co.uk. More stockists to be confirmed soon.

http://www.blendcollective.co.uk/en_GB/home

Frost Recommends The Blend Collective.