January is always a grey, gloomy month.  Spring is hopefully around the corner, it’s time to freshen you your look and what better time to shake up your skin care and beauty regime than now?

Rev up your regime

In the last of our “New Year, New You” season features we look at four key areas; hair, skin, makeup and the latest beauty treatments.

Hair care with EO

Hair often turns lifeless and dull during the cold winter months. Damp days and windswept walks to work do nothing for the condition of your hair. Give your hair the treatment it deserves with EO Products, a natural and organic beauty brand. The brand have just launched four new intensive hair treatments – perfect for combating damaged locks. The mixture of natural essences and fragrances sound like a delicate dessert menu in a Michel Roux restaurant, make sure they are on your hair care menu.

EO Products - great for your hair

The treatments include:

• REPAIR: Wild Lime & Ginger Deep Conditioner – Reverse damaged hair with this unique restorative formula. Organic ginger & lime restore lustre and sheen. Mushroom complex repairs the damaged hair shaft for fuller, stronger locks. Organic Jojoba oil deeply conditions and retains moisture. £9
• SMOOTH: Wild Rose & Coconut Conditioning Serum – Super glossy hair is in your hands with this Vitamin E infused serum. Rose Absolute smoothes and stimulates the follicles for healthy hair growth. Orange, Grapefruit and Palmarosa Essential Oils. £12  Use it as a masque at night for extra condition and super shine in the morning!
• DETANGLE: French Lavender Detangle Spray – Tame your mane with the power of French Lavender essential oils to calm and define each unruly strand. This is perfect after a night out dancing, a session at the gym or after a bit of back combing to get that perfect ‘up-do’. Vegetable Glycerin locks moisture into the hair shaft. Quillaja Extract promotes scalp health. Key botanical extracts infuse softness and shine for hair that radiates health. £10
• THERAPY: Rosemary & Cedarwood Pre Shampoo Treatment – Give your stressed out hair some therapy with this deeply nourishing formula which fortifies and conditions. This is great if you are addicted to straightening your hair and it now needs a bit of tender loving care. The distinctive blend of Rosemary, Cedarwood and Olive Oils quench hair thirst for elasticity and instant shine. £10

The smell of these products are amazing and feel gorgeous. Leaving your hair feeling repaired and rejuvenated whilst your mind is relaxed by the essential oils.  The EO range is available from www.forever-natural.co.uk and Fenwick stores nationwide. Perfect handbag size, these treatments are great for travel and keeping hair looking super shiny and healthy year round.

Skin care with Skin Blossom

The brand Skin Blossom is all about switching to a healthy organic beauty lifestyle. It’s even better that their face, body and hair care costs around £5 per product. Organic Bloom is the first range from Skin Blossom; an organic skin care range that is certified by The Soil Association.

Organic Bloom

What’s great about the range is that all the products have met the strictest standards for organic purity and integrity. Organic Bloom is also registered with the Vegan Society meaning that they contain no animal ingredients and no animals are involved in the production of the products.

The Organic Bloom range by Skin Blossom has been specially created to contain organic and skin-friendly ingredients at an affordable price. Nature’s own plant extracts and oils form the base of the product range. Organic Bloom products are suitable for all skin types as the products use organic plant oils, extracts and ingredients that are neither too dry nor oily, so all skin types will benefit.  Skin Blossom’s popularity has soared in recent months with celebrity fans including Mamma Mia’s Amanda Seyfried, Rachael McDowell, Ashley Lilley and celebrity facialist Nuz Shugga.

Skin Blossom - care for your skin naturally

The Organic Bloom range includes Gentle Cleansing Milk (£4.95 150ml), Nourishing Face Moisturiser (£6.95 50ml), Care and Protect Hand Cream (£5.25 60ml), Complete Care Shampoo £4.75 (200ml) and Complete Care Conditioner £4.75 (200ml)

We tested out the Cleanse and Nourish Body Wash (£4.75 200ml) and the Moisturising Body Lotion (£5.75 200ml).  The sumptuous wash creates a fine lather to gently cleanse skin without stripping nutrients. Suitable for use in the bath or shower it contains nourishing Vitamin E and hydrating Aloe Vera which combine with plant cleansers to make bath and shower time a skin-loving experience. January is the month we all say we’re going to drink more water and take our vitamin C, well have an orange injection with this body wash. Made with 74% organic ingredients and fragranced with soothing Sweet Orange, it’s suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin.

The moisturising body lotion is great as its non-greasy and leaves the skin soft and supple. A little goes a long way in giving skin the moisture it needs without clogging pores, so skin can function and breathe. The ingredients are packed with plant oils which deliver masses of key nutrients to moisturise, soften and protect. Made with 93% organic ingredients and fragranced with soothing Sweet Orange that is a key focus in the range.

Skin Blossom is available from health and beauty stores nationwide including Planet Organic, Wholefoods Market and www.ocado.com

Makeup with Samina Pure Mineral Makeup

Samina Pure Mineral Makeup Ltd is the first Halal approved makeup brand in Europe and beyond. As an emerging new brand with a distinct point of difference this pioneering company launched in June 2010 has already received international acclaim in a very short space of time.

Created by entrepreneur Samina Akhter, the mother of five from Birmingham started her company from home after years of research and development. To comply with the strict Halal board guidelines the brand uses only pure natural ingredients without any use of alcohol and animal derivatives while ensuring its also completely free from all forms of animal cruelty. The range is also committed to avoiding all chemical, paraben and synthetic ingredients giving a complete ethical beauty product. It is as kind to the environment as it is for the skin.

Samina Pure Mineral Makeup - Halal approved makeup

Samina Pure Mineral Makeup offers a full selection of products for the face, eyes and lips. With highly pigmented metallic and sparkly shades along with the more muted and subtle there is something for everyone. The shades are long lasting and easy to blend and suit all skin types. Prices start from just £9.99. Available online at www.saminapuremakeup.co.uk

HydroPeptide Facial – Latest beauty treatment

Every now and again its great to have nice treatment such as a body massage or a facial. But as we get older it is more important to look after our bodies and skin. After the age of 20 the naturally occurring proteins and acids in our body deplete and we cannot regenerate them. we can only try to increase their levels by taking vitamins and minerals and by using skin creams. When offered the chance to try out the latest facial to hit the UK we jumped at the chance.

Tucked away on the buzzing Kings Road, London in the heart of Chelsea is the Chelsea Day Spa, a haven of relaxation and rejuvenation. On the upper floor of 69a Kings Road, the small but perfectly formed Spa offers an array of nail therapy, massage therapy, facials, body treatments, tanning and waxing. One of their luxury facials is the HydroPeptide Facial, new to the UK, brought over from the USA. Using 12 products from the HydroPeptide Infusion range, this age-defying collagen boosting facial infuses the skin with a mega dose of powerful peptides, natural Antioxidants and organics that visibly reduces fine lines and wrinkles to immediately reveal smoother and tighter skin.

Chelsea Day Spa - amazing place for treatments

Beauty Therapist Faye talked through the twelve part range from the anti-wrinkle exfoliating cleanser, to the brightening toner, as well as a miracle mask and a lip plumper, explaining that after the age of 30 it’s important to have a facial every 4-6 weeks in order to keep your skin radiant and tight. The facial was relaxing and soothing and included a fabulous hand massage. The products smelt citrusy and fresh and left my skin feeling supple, smooth and bright. The HydroPeptide concept involves using a wide variety of peptides at clinical levels and when applied frequently can really make a difference to your skin using deep nourishment. After sixty minutes of pure bliss, my skin felt fabulous, I was very relaxed and already thinking about what other fabulous treatments I can head back to the Chelsea Day Spa to enjoy next.