Native beauty: discover British beauty secrets

It’s the perfect time of year to travel throughout the UK and enjoy the colours and the aromas in the countryside. You might also have enjoyed the eye candy of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. But there’s more to flowers than meets the eye and nose: for centuries, the British landscape has provided the secrets to our health and beauty success. Jen Marsden writes.

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Hair do’s: natural style

Our locks have got a reputation for holding all our power. Just consider the Brothers Grimm tale of Rapunzel; or the secret to Samson’s mighty strength in the biblical story that was turned into an opera and more recently as a Simpson’s spoof. Of course, the power of hair is all just urban myth, isn’t it? Jen Marsden gazes back into history and unlocks nature’s wisdom in promoting healthy hair.

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Love to lather! The craft of natural soap

Soap. Whatever your brand choice, it’s an everyday product and has thought to have been part of history from as far back as Ancient Babylon, around 2500 BC. Jen Marsden writes.
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Sussed: Winter natural beauty fixes

As the weather gets chilly, our skin needs a lot more rehydrating and moisturising love. With the help of BigGreenSmile.com, we’ve got this winter ‘s beauty fixes sussed, to ensure your skin doesn’t go dull or lose its glow.

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WIN – London Fashion Week Editor’s Survival Kit

London Fashion Week is underway – hurrah! Over the next seven days ethical designers such as My Only One, Ada Zanditon and Rani Jones will be presenting their Spring Summer 2010 collections alongside fellow rising stars from mainstream fashion including House Of Holland, Danielle Scutt and Peter Pilotto as well as hot tickets Christopher Kane, Jeremy Scott and Luella. Find out how you can win a Fashion Week Survival kit of beauty goodies, including a top product from former Vogue beauty director Kathy Phillips’ own This Works beauty range. Read more

What’s in your favourite natural beauty products?

If you’re a frequent user of natural beauty and natural skin care products one swizz at your beauty shelf will show up at least a couple of the ingredients below. You’ll be very familiar with names like rose, eucalyptus and patchouli, and probably the scents too, but do you know what they really add to your beauty routines? Here’s a guide to five popular natural beauty ingredients, courtesy of BigGreenSmile.com. Read more

FREE: Get This Works Clean Skin worth £20*

Ethical store BigGreenSmile.com now brings you even more organic and natural beauty brands, with the launch this month of eight new natural beauty ranges, including award-winning natural beauty brand This Works, the glossy magazine editors’ favourite. To celebrate, Greenmystyle.com readers can get a FREE Clean Skin Face Wash, worth £20, *with every purchase of This Works Skin Deep Dry Leg Oil and Perfect Cleavage while stocks last. Read more

Eco Exclusives – Get money off your favourite brands

Just imagine discounts exclusively for you with the best eco companies. Shopping the latest products by top green brands such as Terra Plana, Jo Wood Organics, Ovetto and Method at ‘invite only’ special prices. Well, Greenmystyle.com has arranged for you to get access to up to 20% off the price of the finest in local organic produce, most coveted cult beauty products, stunning eco fashion, stylish sustainable home design and the latest hit eco cleaning range. Plus win a dinner for two courtesy of Greenmystyle.com, and free tickets for every reader from our sponsor UK AWARE, the best green lifestyle show. To find out about each offer and get offer codes Read more