What’s the big spring colour trend for makeup? Mint green nails! Pale spearmint shades are making their way to finger tips over the next few months with big brands like MAC Cosmetics, Barry M and Chanel all giving it a go. Keep the colour creamy and almost faded for a chic take on green nails. [...]

My, oh my! For this week’s Friday Fun post I’ve found this advert from the sixties for ‘scatter perm’. I bet this product caused a fair few hair disasters!

I logged on to Twitter yesterday and noticed that the beauty editor of Handbag.com, Katie Corcoran, had been raving about Susan Posnick, which we sell at Only Nature. Here’s what she said; “I think Susan Posnicks Colorflo mineral foundation might just be my new beauty addiction – great coverage, super natural and 100% minerals!” 6:31 [...]

I’m quite the fan of Lauren Luke, aka panacea81. This young woman started up a YouTube channel a couple of years ago, creating make-up tutorials for her viewers. She has shown us how to create daytime looks to showstopping celebrity styles and for all her hard work she earned a loyal fan base. Soon, she [...]

Royal Jelly is produced by honey bees to feed larvae intended to become worker bees. Sounds simple enough, but better than that, when a queen bee is needed, the “chosen” larva is fed nothing but mass quantities of royal jelly, which makes it turn into a queen and grow ovaries. Hence the name Royal Jelly. [...]

Skinceuticals Phloretin CF has received yet more praise, this time from the fabulous blogger Beauty Junkie London. She notes “I have been using Phloretin CF for about three weeks now and can report a marked improvement in the texture of my skin” and says she uses it before heading into central London in order to [...]

Have you ever heard of the ‘Lipstick Effect’? The term was coined to describe how the economy directly effects the sales of lipstick and beauty products – but it does not signify a lessening amount of sales. The first to suggest the relation between beauty products sales and the state of the economy was the [...]

I’ve recently started getting back into the gym. I’m a hesitant exerciser – mostly because I would prefer to be sitting down eating chocolate writing, than tiring myself out in a room full of sweaty people. I’m not a fan of the gym atmosphere and there is one reason in particular; because I am a [...]

I mentioned earlier that there is a scientific reason why red lipstick is thought to be sexually attractive, but red lippy can be difficult to apply – it can bleed, shift and sink into cracks. You also need to ensure you buy a suitable shade for your skin tone. Check out this video for some [...]

Rosacea is a widely common and yet often misunderstood chronic skin condition which usually affects the face. Symptoms begin with episodes of bright and hot facial flushing. People with rosacea may experience spots and persistent redness of their skin. Small blood vessels in the skin can become visible, and in the most severe cases the [...]