Heathcote and Ivory By The Sea Collection

 Discover the beautifully serene new self-care collection inspired by the sea from Heathcote and Ivory.

By The Sea is an elegant, calming line and features a comprehensive collection of products to transform your bathing experience, leaving you feeling energised and revived yet soothed and tranquil.

 

Perfect for treating yourself or gifting to a loved one, this collection is what is would describe as ‘affordable luxury’, thanks to its chic, refined packaging design and rich, aromatic ingredients.

By The Sea Body Wash & Body Lotion Duo (£23)

This beautiful gift set comprises of a luxury body wash and matching body lotion which are infused with the calming and uplifting scents of the sea. 

 

The gentle, rich body wash has been formulated with a seaweed complex, magnesium, potassium, nourishing glycerine and rose flower water to soothe, revive and hydrate parched skin.

Add to a sponge or puff to enjoy a host of plentiful soft, frothy bubbles to gently cleanse your skin while you soak in the gorgeously invigorating notes of lemon and bergamot, fresh floral violets, rose petals, soft iris and calming earthy notes of rich woods, tobacco and musk.

Grounding, charming and sumptuous, it is such a beautiful scent.

 

Continue your experience with the luxurious yet light body lotion.

Infused with the same wonderfully aromatic notes as the body wash, the lotion contains skin conditioning sweet almond, coconut and moringa oils to comfort and nourish your skin, leaving behind an invisible veil of delicate fragrance which lingers on your skin to delight your senses.

 

By The Sea Seaweed Complex Hand Cream Trio (£16)

This gorgeous gift features three travel sized hand creams.

 

Their compact size makes them great for popping in your bag, leaving in the office or simply having one in every room of your home so your hands will never be far away from a decadent hit of long lasting moisture when they most need it.

Formulated with a seaweed complex which contains extract of sea oak, they also contain Vitamin E, shea butter and aloe vera to gently yet effectively basnish dry, sore hands.

 

Velvety in texture, non-greasy and quickly absorbed, they leave your hands feeling wonderfully soft and smooth and feature the same elegant notes as the rest of the collection.

 

By The Sea Body Polish (£8)

Buff yourself beautiful with this gentle exfoliating body polish.

Created with exfoliating sea salt and walnut shell, it helps to reboot your skin and revive your mind with its clean, fresh scent.

 

Enriched with seaweed extracts, aloe vera and arnica flower extract, the luxurious formula gently buffs away dead, dry skin cells when massaged in circular motions into wet skin.

Your skin is left feeling wonderfully soft, smooth and rejuvenated.

 

By The Sea Scented Soap on a Rope (£10)

I think this could be my favourite item from the whole collection.

 

This nostalgic soap on a rope really does evoke images of a refreshing shower after a long day on a warm, salty and sandy beach.

Triple-milled with glycerine, it is both cruelty free and vegan friendly.

Creating a rich, creamy lather, you can now experience a coastal zen from the comfort of your very own bathroom.

The packaging from the collection has been made from sustainably sourced sugarcane and is recyclable, meaning you’ll be helping to save our beaches and sea by recycling.

 

The Heathcote and Ivory By The Sea Collection is available now.

BYRE Body Washes

 I recently discovered a brand called BYRE and I'm so in love!

BYRE are creators of luxury body washes containing 96% naturally derived ingredients.

One hero ingredient that runs through their line is sweet whey powder.

Sourced from British cows, whey is a highly efficacious and nutritious ingredient.

A by-product of milk and cheese production, whey usually goes to waste.

In fact, the dairy industry annually wastes 870,000 tonnes of the stuff!

BYRE are here to support our British farmers by not only using this traditionally discarded ingredient, but by donating a percentage of their annual net sales to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, rabi.org.uk, to help support farming families facing adversity.

Isn't that simply wonderful! 

BYRE's trio of Body Washes are enriched with aloe vera, sustainable poppy seed oil, vitamins and natural extracts gently cleanse your skin leaving it feeling beautifully soft and silky smooth.

Created with a nod to the dairy industry, there are three different washes; Full Cream which is packaged blue to reflect while milk, green which is Semi Skimmed and red which is Skimmed.

As you might imagine, BYRE's Full Cream body wash is a decadent, thick, rich and creamy product.

Lightly fragranced with sweet vanilla, it is enriched with aloe vera, moisture boosting oatmeal extract and sustainable poppy seed oil to effortlessly cleanse and condition your skin.

Poured under warm, running water it creates plentiful soft, frothy bubbles in the bath and glides across your skin, leaving it feeling soft and pampered.

The semi skimmed version possesses a beautiful, light, fruity-floral scent to uplift your senses.

Equally rich in texture as Full Cream, Semi Skimmed is formulated with aloe vera, vitamins E, C, B5 and B6 plus sustainable poppy seed oil.

Gentle and comforting, it makes bathing or showering pure pleasure.

Finally we have the Skimmed Body Wash.

Light and airy yet creamy and smooth, it has a woody floral scent which is simply beautiful!

The most radiant scented of the three, it's the perfect bath or shower companion to help you get ready for the day ahead.

Enriched with aloe vera and sustainable poppy seed oil, it cleanses and conditions your skin.

Free from parabens, silicones, synthetic colours and mineral oils, both the caps and bottles are widely recycled. 

Oh and did I mention that the Full Cream wash is actually an award winner?

Oh yes, it came Silver at the prestigious Global Makeup Award 2020 in the Best Bath & Shower Product category.

I simply love what this brand stands for. I love how it supports our British farmers, I love that it's sustainable and I love that it utilises recycling in more than one way.

I also love the rich, creamy, gentle formulas that are gentle enough for even my sensitive skin.

Priced at £3.75 a bottle BYRE's collection of whey body washes are available to buy now online from BYRE or online and in store from Sainsbury's. 

Win a Tisserand Aromatherapy Bath & Body Collection for your Mum

I love Tisserand. Not familiar with the brand? Here’s a bit of info for you;

Tisserand have been supplying the purest of essential oils to both professionals and enthusiasts since 1974. Our heritage and expertise in blending essential oils ensure we are recognised as leaders in the field of aromatherapy and wellbeing. Sourced from all corners of the globe, all our essential oils are 100% pure organic, wild crafted or ethically harvested, and are used and recommended by professional aromatherapists around the world.

I love indulging in products rich in essential oils because of the sense of wellbeing and relaxation that they create and my favourite collection from Tisserand is Neroli and Sandalwood.

This range has the most relaxing and indulgent aroma which instantly calms and rejuvenates my senses at the end of a long, hard day.

Neroli, Bergamot and Ylang Ylang pure essential oils help to refresh the mind while comforting and warming Sandalwood, Ho Wood and Patchouli nurture the senses. 

Expertly combined with botanical extracts of Ginseng and Chamomile to soothe and restore the skin this collection is guaranteed to leave you feeling pampered and relaxed.

None of the products contain any synthetic fragrances, parabens or SLS’s and where possible they contain organic ingredients too. This isn’t just the case for this collection but across the entire brand.

Good eh.

The wonderful Neroli and Sandalwood Collection comprises of a Hand Wash (£7.95), a Hand Cream (£7.95), a Body Wash (£9.95) and a Bath Soak (£10.95).

Each product is fragranced with the same wonderful essential oils and are so potent in aroma that your skin will be left smelling beautiful for hours.

I love the body wash and bath soak, though do struggle to get much of a froth from the body wash due to the absence of parabens and SLS’s, but this is a good thing!

Combined they offer a fantastically relaxing bathing experience for both mind and body and are actually really fabulously priced too.

Not a fan of Neroli and Sandalwood, fear not because Tisserand have a range of collections all designed to pamper and relax in a selection of scents such as Rose & Geranium leaf and Lavender & White Mint.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner Tisserand have kindly offered one of you the chance to win a collection of your choice for your Mother.  

To enter just fill in the form below and to check out the entire range of Tisserand products head to their website now.

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Spongelle Sponges & Giveaway

Spongelle sponges are literally one of the best things I have found in beauty in recent years!

Designed to pamper your body and delight your senses these super sponges are infused with a luxurious body wash which comes to frothy life when wet in the shower.

Spongelle sponges are designed to cleanse, moisturise, rejuvenate and restore the skin from neck to toe. 

The sponges themselves are quite rigid and tough in texture meaning they work as a fab body buffer and exfoliator, yet when squeezed under warm running water, soft silky foam emerges to smother your skin in a deliciously gentle and aromatic cleanser.

It’s a wonderfully luxurious experience and their proprietary infusion technology provides a guaranteed number of washes, so you can use the sponge time after time, for 14 plus washes actually!

Available in French Lavender, Bulgarian Rose, Papaya Yuzu, Ginger Bergamot and Coconut Verbena, these boxed flowers are all hypoallergenic, dermatologically tested and paraben free.

It’s such a brilliant concept I can’t believe something like this hasn’t been created before, but I’m extremely glad they have now.

Coconut Verbena is my fragrance of choice thanks to its soft, sweet and delightful tropical scent. 

I was worried that the body wash itself may leave my skin feeling dry as it reminded me a little of the texture of soap, plus it left my skin feeling ‘squeaky’ clean, much like soap would, however despite my concerns I found that my skin wasn’t dry at all.

In fact, if anything I found I only needed to use a body lotion following my shower as opposed to my usual heavy duty body butter.

These sponges are really very, very cool.

They look gorgeous, smell amazing and leave your skin feeling soft, refreshed and hydrated. What more could you possibly ask for?

Each boxed flower Spongelle costs £11.95 and in my opinion would make a really lovely gift for anyone who enjoys a little pampering!

You can check out the full range of Spongelle sponges and grab your own from the Gerrard International website.

Fancy the chance to try one of these special sponges for yourself or to win one for a friend, then simply fill in the form below and goodluck!

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