2018 Favourite Products – Natural & Organic

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2018 Best Natural & Organic Products

So it is that time of the year, wonderful time of the year, my favourite time of the year – Green Beauty Yearly Favourites time of the year. If Green Life In Dublin Green Beauty Awards existed, these would be it! So let’s get started, shall we? We all know I love to talk and to review good products, so majority of them will have reviews either on their own, or as part of Favourites posts – so be sure to hit that search box either here or in my previous blog with 400+ posts here. Just a reminder, my skin is dry, uber sensitive and dermatitis prone. Hair is thin, but lots of it, with a sensitive scalp to boot. Lucky girl, I know 🙂

 

 

(Full disclosure, some, but not all, of the links are affiliate links, and I  thank You for using them - they are at no extra cost to you as a consumer. All products mentioned here are tested thoroughly by me, and truly my Holy Grail products - I would never recommend anything that isn't my true favourite. Some of the products date back for years and haven't left my Yearly Favourites for well, years! I also want to point out that Google collects data while you browse my blog, but I think we all know that at this point.

MOISTURISER

  • Bella Aura Daily Repair Moisturiser
  • Bella Aura Night Cellular Renewal

My Holy Grail skincare line, see review here.

*Update on why I no longer stand by this brand, even though I still think their products are fantastic here, scroll down to the very end.

  • DrHauschka Rose Day Cream

Holy Grail prior discovering Bella Aura, but still a Hero in winters due to richness, when the temps really drop. See review here.

FACIAL OIL

All amazing for different reasons, but I LOVE them equally. Mahalo has a review here, all others are still waiting their turn. After being a face oil fiend for years and years, I had to give them up due to developing dermatitis (which hates oils) but I still add them for winter, when my skin isn’t coping very well on it’s own in the harsh elements.

WATER/ ALOE BASED SERUM

  • Earthwise Beauty Nap In The Meadow
  • Alteya Organics Rose Otto Regenerating Concentrate

OIL BASED SERUM

  • see facial oils

Healing BALM

  • Mahalo Rare Indigo
  • May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon

Please let me explain why I chose these balms that are both uber expensive – it is purely because I need all the healing help I can get with my dermatitis, which sometimes flares up for no apparent reason, and blue tansy, which is present in both products, seems to be the magic that heals my skin. It is my face after all! While Mahalo Rare Indigo is a firm fave for the last three years (just check my 2017 & 2016 Favourites posts), I wanted to change things up a bit this year and purchased Blue Cocoon, which seems to be equally impressive. Pricy as they are, both jars last a year, which makes me justify the price point for them. I see more blue balms popping here and there, so I intend to try more of them out.

LIP BALM

  • Hurraw

ACNE TREATMENT

DERMATITIS TREATMENT

  • Mahalo Rare Indigo
  • May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon
  • LaVigne Mayan Magic Balm
  • Uliv Skincare

All seriously the best from what I have tried.

FACE CLEANSER (GEL /CREAM/ LIQUID)

  • Alteya Certified Organic Rose Otto Face Wash
  • Dr. Hauschka Soothing Cleansing Milk

BALM CLEANSER

  • Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm

OIL CLEANSER

face SPF product

  • Kimberly Sayer Ultra Light Organic Facial Moisturiser SPF30 – 120ml
  • Alteya Organic Rose Otto Face Sunscreen SPF25
  • W3LL People Bio Tint Multi Action Moisturiser SPF30

Kimberly Sayer is what I used for the last four years or so, but it might be overthrown by the next two, which are newer discoveries, but oh-so-impressive. I’ll talk about them soon. W3LL People, if you are reading this, come back to EU! I’ll campaign to make it happen if I’ll need to!

BALM WITH SPF (BEACH BALM & LIP BALM)

FACE EXFOLIANT 

  • l’OdaĂŻtès PĂ©pite de la Palmeraie – Gentle Polyphenol Exfoliator

MAKE UP REMOVER

  • Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm
  • followed by a regular cleanser

EYE MAKE UP REMOVER

FACE MASK

  • 100% Pure Caffeine Sheet Masks
  • Isla Apothecary Refine & Radiate Mask
  • 100% Collagen Boost Sheet Mask
  • Chobs Sheet Masks
  • My own manuka honey DIYs

TONER/ MIST

  • Isun Skincare Ormus Myst
  • Dafna’s Personal Skincare Active Mist
  • Alteya Organics Certified Organic Chamomile Water
  • Alteya Organics Certified Organic Rose Water

FACE /NECK TOOLS

 

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BODY SCRUB

  • Natura Siberica Oblepikha & Honey Body Scrub

BODY WASH

  • Kathleen Natural Sensual Rose Bubble Bath and Shower Gel

Hand cream

  • Neal’s Yard Remedies Bee Lovely Hand Cream (am)
  • Kiss The Moon Love Night Cream for Hands (pm)

Nyr cream is a good all rounder, but Kiss The Moon is a must in winter!

DEODORANT

  • Elsa’s Organic Skinfoods

BODY OIL

  • Inner Senses Body Oils
  • Kathleen Sensual Rose Body & Massage Oil

BODY SPF PRODUCT

  • Green People Sun Lotion Scent Free

 

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SHAMPOO

  • Rahua Volume Shampoo

CONDITIONER

  • Tabitha James Kraan 4in1 Organic Conditioner Amber Rose

HAIR AND SCALP OIL

  • Alchemy Oils Grapefruit Hair Oil

DRY SHAMPOO

 

FOUNDATION 

  • Pure Anada Mineral Foundation
  • English Mineral Makeup Company Mineral Foundation
  • Inika Certified Organic Liquid Foundation

All of them are long standing favourites!

 

BB CREAM

Inika Organic BB Cream Foundation

CREAM CONCEALER

POWDER CONCEALER

  • Pure Anada Loose Mineral Foundation used a a concealer

Setting Powder

  • I do not use it because I have dry skin

BLUSH

  • Inika Peachy Keen (loose)
  • Pure Anada Forever Summer Pressed Blush

BRONZER

  • Inika Bronzer In Sunkissed

MASCARA

  • Inika Long Lash Mascara

HIGHLIGHT

  • Inika Highlighting Creme

EYEBROW PRODUCT(S)

  • Pure Anada Brow Powders
  • Alverde Brow Pomade

EYE PENCIL

  • 100 Pure Creamy Long Lasting Liner

LIQUID EYELINER

  • Couleur Caramel Liquid Eyeliner

SINGLE/ DUO EYE SHADOW

  • Inika Pressed Mineral Eye Shadow Duo in Golden Oyster

EYE SHADOW PALETTE

  • Couleur Caramel Eye Essential Palette Nr1 – Warm

LIPSTICK

  • Hynt Beauty Pinkibelle

LIP GLOSS

  • 100% Pure Peacock Ore

LIP BALMS

  • Hurraw, especially Moon Balm
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NATURAL PERFUME

  • Walden Natural Perfumes

NATURAL(ISH) NAIL POLISHES

  • Glossworks

DENTAL CARE

TOOTHPASTE

TOOTH OIL

GUM HEALTH

MOUTHWASH

  • Weleda Ratanhia Mouthwash

TEETH WHITENING

  • Warpaint 100% Natural Teeth Whitener

TONGUE CLEANER

WELLNESS:

I hope this was in any way interesting and/or helpful to you, and if it leads to at least one person finding a good product, then my work is done. Please be on the lookout for the reviews of many of these products, and let me know your favourites as well, so I could check them out!

If anyone’s interested you can check my 2017 Yearly Favourites here and 2016 ones here.

 

Lots of Love,

Renata.

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Green Beauty Blogger’s Christmas Wishlist

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Welcome back! And welcome if you are new here xoxo

One of my last posts this year  is the post I think all of you going to enjoy – mine and a few fellow green beauty blogger’s Christmas Wishlists! I did one last year (see here) so I am continuing it as a beautiful tradition 🙂

P.S. I will link to everyone’s Instagram pages, so please make sure to hop over there and give these wonderful ladies a follow! Sharing green beauty love all around, and it feels so good. Continue reading “Green Beauty Blogger’s Christmas Wishlist”

Reviews I Never Posted

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Today is the day I have to get over myself and bring out less than positive feedback on products and brands – even if it brings me out in rash! As a natural people pleaser I want to be nice to everyone around me, and I am always about support for fellow green beauty sisters! Green Beauty community is largely nice and supportive, and in my mind I would like everyone to get along well and be supportive of one another. But at the same time I know there are undercurrents in it, as any other industry.  This post is not about throwing people under the bus or some people’s or brands kind of nasty behaviour behind the scenes – although I could tell a few stories.

Continue reading “Reviews I Never Posted”

Walden Natural Perfumes Review

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Welcome back! And if you are new here, welcome xoxo

Walden Natural Perfumes Review

Today I am coming at you with a review of some fabulous natural perfumes that are still into my Top Three Favourites, ever since they launched a little more than a year ago, and I wanted to share my thoughts with you.

Walden Natural Perfumes are 100% natural and made from the finest absolutes, resins and essential oils in the world. They are named after Henry David Thoreau’s seminal novel Walden. Part meditation, part handbook for simple living in natural surroundings the book has inspired countless readers and Walden Perfumes is proud to follow in those footsteps. Offering a natural alternative to mass-produced fragrances made by industrial processes and shilled by celebrities, Walden Perfumes is proud to return to the glory days of real perfumery when fragrances were made by hand in small batches from natural ingredients of the finest quality. They are housed in simply stunning bottles, they are very simplistic, but elegant, there’s chunky square glass bottle with a wooden lid and a simplistic label. The fragrance feels very decadent and luxurious to me, exactly the way I like my perfumes to be. There’s five scents to choose from.

A Little Star-Dust: Ylang Ylang, Iris & Jasmine with Amyris & Tonka Bean
(Finalist for ‘Best Natural Beauty Product’, Natural & Organic Awards Europe 2017)
A Different Drummer: Pepper, Cedarwood, Amber, Amyris & Sandalwood
Castles in the Air: Citrus, Tropical Flowers and Lavender
The Solid Earth: Petitgrain, Vetiver, Patchouli Oil & Amyris
Two Eternities: Wild Roses, Jasmine, Iris, Bergamot & Sweet Orange Oil

A Different Drummer Walden natural perfume

I chose “A Different Drummer” one as it appealed the most to me, and I am pleased to say I got it right (sandalwood and amber – yes please!) – I can’t stop oohing and aahing over it ever since I got it! I fully intend to try samples of them all as the time goes by, “A Little Star Dust” is calling my name too, but I am sure “A Different Drummer” will be in my favourites forever. When first applied, it can be a little heady and strong, but soon sinks into your skin and transforms into a natural scent that smells classy and exotic at the same time, almost one of a kind! I like not smelling like everyone else, and that is exactly that type of a smell. Choosing fragrance is very personal to me, and that is why I am so picky about it, I reject 95% of the fragrances easily. That is why I am so chuffed with myself for getting it right from the very start with Walden. The scent can easily be worn by men or women, I noticed my hubby sneakily using it too. I simply adore this scent and I am simply under the spell and utterly in love with it! I look forward to wearing it – that is saying something, believe me. Well done, Walden Natural Perfumes, your products are simply exquisite! I am looking forward to wearing them for years to come. As you can see from the photos, I love it so much that I invested in a baby roll version of it, so I could carry it with me at all times!
The fragrances are available in a few different formats, 50ml bottles, 15ml purse sprays, 10ml oil based roll ons, cutest baby roll ons bottles that you can fit in any sized purse, and of course, sample sizes, so you can try before you buy. Don’t you love samples? All available via LoveLula (sadly no more).
(free shipping worldwide for all orders ÂŁ15+ woohoo or what?)

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That’s it for today. Have you tried Walden natural perfumes yet and which one is your favourite? What natural perfumes are you guys loving? Please share with me, I would love to know!

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See my last Love Lula post here – a review of Alteya Organics Facial Sprays.

 

 

That’s it for today, see You here next Tuesday.

Lots of Love,

Renata.

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My Favourite Green Beauty Products

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Green Beauty Products I Love & Recommend

First and foremost I wanted to say HUGE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART to each and every one of you who read my blog, followed me on my green beauty journey – I love you guys!

If Green Life In Dublin Awards existed, these would be it!
Each and every single product is well and thoroughly tested by me – I would never dream of recommending a  product I haven’t used and loved myself. 

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Green Life In Dublin favourite natural make up

Foundation 

  • Pure Anada Mineral Foundation
  • English Mineral Makeup Company Mineral Foundation
  • Inika Certified Organic Liquid Foundation

All Holy Grails for a few years now.

BB cream

Inika Organic BB Cream Foundation

Cream concealer

In concealer, I am looking for the full coverage first and foremost. Me and my acres of dark circles need it 🙂

Powder concealer

  • Pure Anada Loose Mineral Foundation used a a concealer.

More pigmented than some powder concealers I’ve tried.

Setting Powder

As a dry skin gal, I do not use it, soz

Blush

  • Inika Peachy Keen (loose)
  • Pure Anada Forever Summer Pressed Blush

Blush is my happy place, so I couldn’t chose just one.

Bronzer

  • Inika Bronzer In Sunkissed

Mascara

  • Inika Long Lash Mascara

Highlight

  • Inika Highlighting Creme

Eyebrow Product(s)

Eye Pencil

Lavera black pencil

Liquid Eyeliner

  • Couleur Caramel Liquid Eyeliner

Single/ Duo Eye Shadow

  • Inika Pressed Mineral Eye Shadow Duo in Golden Oyster

Eye Shadow Palette

  • Pure Anada palettes

Lipstick

Lip Gloss

not a lip gloss person, but DrHauschka ones seem nice

Lip Balms

  • Hurraw, especially Moon Balm


Moisturiser

Facial Oil

Water/ Aloe Based Serum

  • Earthwise Beauty Nap In The Meadow
  • Alteya Organics Rose Otto Regenerating Concentrate

Oil Based Serum

  • see facial oils

Balm

  • Mahalo Rare Indigo

Lip Balm

  • Hurraw

Acne Treatment

Dermatitis Treatment

  • LaVigne Mayan Magic Balm
  • Living Libations Everybody Loves The Sunshine with Zinc Beach Balm (no kidding, see the review!)

Face Cleanser (gel /cream/ liquid)

  • Alteya Certified Organic Rose Otto Cleansing Milk

Balm Cleanser

  • Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm

Oil Cleanser

  • Living Libations Sea Buckthorn Best Skin Ever

FACE SPF PRODUCT

  • Living Libations Everyone Loves The Sunshine With Zinc (both liquid and balm formula)

Balm with SPF (Beach Balm & Lip Balm)

  • Living Libations Everybody Loves The Sunshine With Zinc Beach Balm

Face Exfoliant 

  • as my skin is super sensitive and dermatitis prone, I choose konjac sponge for gentle exfoliation

Make Up Remover

  • Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Balm
  • followed by Alteya Organics cleanser

Eye Make Up Remover

Under Eye Cream

Evolve Organic Beauty 360 Eye & Lip Contour

Face Mask

Toner/ mist

  • Isun Skincare Ormus Myst
  • Alteya Organics Certified Organic Chamomile Water
  • Alteya Organics Certified Organic Rose Water

Face /Neck Tools

 

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Shampoo

  • Rahua Volume shampoo

Solid shampoo

Pure Anada Balancing Solid Shampoo Bar

Conditioner

Hair and Scalp Oil

Dry Shampoo

  • Living Libations Flowers In Her Hair 

 

Natural and Organic Body Care – and lots of reviews of it

Body Scrub

Evolve Organic Beauty Tropical Blossom Body Polish

Body Wash

Evolve Organic Beauty Pomegranate & Goji Aromatic Wash

Deodorant

  • Elsa’s Organic Skinfoods

Body Oil

  • Inner Senses Body Oils
  • Kathleen Sensual Rose Body & Massage Oil

Body SPF Product

  • Green People Sun Lotion Scent Free
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Natural Perfume

Natural(ish) Nail Polishes

  • Glossworks

DENTAL CARE

Toothpaste

Tooth Oil

  • Living Libations Neem Enamelizer Liquid

Gum Health

Mouthwash

Teeth Whitening

Tongue Cleaner

WELLNESS/ Supplements

wellness/ superfoods + superfoods drinks

Wunder Workshop Shroom Latte

Gynostemma tea, Shaman Shack Herbals Four Eternals (superfood mix) & more

Yogi Throat Comfort Tea

+ essential oils + so much more 🙂

I hope this was in any way interesting and/or helpful to you, and if it leads to at least one person finding a good product, then my work is done. Please be on the lookout for the reviews of many of these products, and let me know your favourites as well, so I could check them out!

 

Lots of Love,

Renata.

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