Natural products excel because they don't contain detergents or synthetic substances that dry and irritate skin. Plant oils closely resemble the oils in your skin and work to nourish the deep layers.

A holistic approach incorporates what you put on your skin, what you put inside your body and your environment. Swapping from a chemical or petroleum-based product will make a difference and keep your skin glowing.

1. Drink plenty of water
to hydrate skin from the inside out and help carry nutrients to your skin cells, and eat lots of juicy fruit and vegies.

2. Pull on an extra woolly and turn down the heaters!
You'll save energy and reduce the moisture loss from your skin.

3. Do moderate exercise and drink warm herbal teas or water
to improve circulation and digestion (just like a hibernating bear, your body's systems tend to stagnate in the cold).
Our suggestions: Vashti organic herbal teas

4. Keep showers and baths short and warm.
A tempting long hot shower will strip moisture from your skin...and we all know that short showers save water.

5. Use gentle, creamy, plant-based natural cleansers & shave creams.
Rinse your face with cold water. Ingredients such as Sulphates, Propylene Glycol and alcohol can irritate and dry skin. Using shampoos that contain sulphates and chemicals can also cause itchy scalp and dry skin problems on your face and body. Soap is not necessarily bad. It is the "free alkali" in soap that causes irritation. Good quality handmade plant oil soaps usually have the excess free alkali skimmed off the top and don't contain artificial ingredients.
Our suggestions: Botani Olive soothing cleanser
Purify facial cleanser (a great shaving lather for men)
Bod cleansing milk
Beauty & the Bees honey cream bath

6. Use a natural moisturiser that works to nourish your skin.
Mineral oil-based moisturisers form a layer on top of your skin to reduce moisture loss, rather than being absorbed in to lubricate and support the skin. Apply the moisturiser while your skin is damp. Intensive plant and essential oil skin boosters like rose hip, sweet almond and jojoba oils do wonders.
Our suggestions: Bod moisturising cream and Morrocan Rose face oil
Kosmea organic rose hip oil
Baby Bee honey & herb baby cream
Vashti body butter

7. Exfoliate and hydrate.
Gentle exfoliation removes the dead cell layer making it easier for your skin to absorb moisturisers. Hydrating flower mists or masks help refresh dry skin.
Our suggestions: Botani exfoliating facial cream
Vashti flower power rehydrating mist
Bod organic rice body scrub

8. Exercise your face!
Daily facial muscle exercises will help improve dry skin and reduce wrinkles. Proof? Apparently men generally have fewer wrinkles than women because of the facial exercises they do every day when they shave. Best of all, it's free and consumes no resources.

9. Protect skin from the sun & wind
with a high SPF lotion containing plant oils.
Our suggestions: UV & Soleo natural Suncreens with TGA approved SPF30 rating for babies & adults

10. Extra care for hard working hands
in the garden and kitchen. Using a synthetic-free dishwashing detergent and castile soap is gentler and less drying. For emergency revival, before bed rub an oil-rich cream into your hands or feet and don gloves and socks for the night.
Our suggestions: Ecologic dishwash detergent
Botani olive hand cream
Beauty & the Bees Gardener's Hand Balm
Est Botanical Salve & oilive oil skin care

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The secret to soothing Winter skin ...can be found in nature.

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The skin all over your body needs some T.L.C. to survive Winter. Sensitivities, eczema, psoriasis and itchy skin are often made worse in the cold, dry weather.

The secret to soothing Winter skin
...can be found in nature.