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If you're like me, you go through lip balm like there's no tomorrow. And if you're like me, you're also always misplacing your lip balms so ...
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Formula Botanica, the online Organic Skincare School, has this month come under new ownership and management. Herb & Hedgerow, a Dor...
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If you've been anywhere near social media in the last year, you'll have noticed that everyone has gone mad for quotes. Everywhere I look, I'...
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This blog post is exciting for many reasons. Firstly, it's 2014 and this year holds many exciting new things for Herb & Hedgerow. Second...
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Making your own natural skincare products can be simple. This isn’t a statement you’ll frequently hear in the mainstream media because most ...
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With so many different cleansers to choose from in the shops, it's hard to know what makes a good cleanser. In my latest blog post, I want t...
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This question has been puzzling me for a while now. The more I delve into the science behind cosmetic formulation, the more I am surprised a...
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Following on from my recent interview with Laura Sanchez, Founder of Lypsso, I am creating a series of interviews with inspirational women. ...
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In my recent series on cosmetic chemistry I've covered topics such as 'can cosmetics be absorbed into your bloodstream?', 'what's the main i...
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I'm sure you've heard of parabens. They are broad-spectrum preservatives used in many mainstream cosmetics to keep beasties such as bacteria...
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I tweet as @herbBlurb on Twitter. Twitter is a brilliant platform for the beauty industry as there are hundreds of influential beauty blogge...
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Here's a question for you. What is the main ingredient used in your beauty products?
With the media full of the horrors of mainstream cos...
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In this blog post I'd like to examine a hotly discussed topic in the world of skincare - can cosmetics be absorbed into your bloodstream?
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Sanchez, the founder of Lypsso. We'd been chatting about natural beauty and thought it wou...
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Do you love social media? I do. I've been on the internet for 18 years and it's never been more connected than it is today. Virtually everyo...
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Olive oil, that golden cold pressed oil we all know and love, is commonly used in cooking, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and even as fuel. It h...
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This blog post is the part of a series I'm writing on cosmeceuticals and their biologically active plant-derived ingredients. This month we'...
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Following on from the great success of my '20 best oils for treating eczema' article, it's clear to me that people are keen to find out more...
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As many of my readers will know, I entered Herb & Hedgerow to be part of Enterprise Nation's Fund 101 competition and was fortunate enou...
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When I first started this blog, I wrote about the fantastic properties of a natural hedgerow oil. I briefly touched on a clinical study that...