Aloe Vera has long been a bathroom cupboard staple for generations, often for treating the skin for sunburn and for its medicinal properties, but how much do we know about this biological plant and its proven skin healing abilities?

The sub tropical Grapefruit originates from Asia but is now widely available across the continent from United States, China to Southern Africa. The sour and bitter orange fruit, large and round in shape, with a juicy yellow, pink or reddish pulp, is often eaten on it’s own or commonly used in refreshing juices and cocktails. 1 kilogram of Grapefruit peel produces 2 millilitres of cold pressed botanical oil. Grapefruit can do wonders for our health but also work wonders on our skin, without the need for expensive laser treatments or harsh chemical peels. Grapefruit essential oil is a great antiseptic, keeping the skin polished and fighting off toxins.

Passion fruit is an amazonian superfruit, originating from South America. It’s now widely grown all across the world in warmer climates such as Australia, Africa and Asia. Passion fruit is commonly used in sweet desserts and drinks, due to it’s tart and exotic flavour. Whilst there are many nutritional benefits of consuming this worldly fruit, there are also many nourishing and natural skin benefits, from the seeds of the fruit, which produce passion fruit oil.

2020 is here and the dated notion of Valentine’s Day to celebrate romantic relationships alone is out and replaced with the celebration of love itself! Love of others, love of self, love of guys and love of galentines. Trending on Instagram, #selflove has 37.4 million hashtags. We have put together a list of actions we can take right away to put “self-love” into motion this Valentine’s Day.

It’s that month again, when the town is literally painted red with love hearts! We can easily fall in a daze when presented with beautiful red roses and a box of heart shaped chocolates. However alluring this may seem, the season of Valentine’s is an important one to reflect on healing “love wounds” old and new. Proven “self-healing” daily practices can help promote our mental wellbeing, not just for Valentine’s Day but all throughout the year.

Not only are they an edible and nutritious fruit used in recipes all year round, the seeds of the pumpkin are extracted to produce pumpkin seed oil. Highly enriched with vitamins and minerals, which can help radically improve the skin, by soothing, hydrating, protecting, and renewing, making it an “anti-aging” skin wonder.