Nature's Boutique helps you cut back on harsh and harmful chemicals

(28/04/2010)

The average woman uses up to 15 beauty products per day, exposing her to 515 potentially hazardous ingredients. The Nature's Boutique range helps you cut back on harsh and harmful chemicals.

Do you have to suffer to be beautiful? No, and animals shouldn’t either. Nature’s Boutique founder Carrina Rowe is a vegan, so their skincare products, cosmetics and eco fashion items are too. Parabens? Nope. Artificial colours or fragrances? Uh-uh. Sodium lauryl sulphate? Not a drop. Propylene glycol? Save it for the antifreeze, thanks. Animal testing? Obviously a no-no. Lanolin? Verboten. Leather? No can do. Carmine? Fuhgeddaboudit. Cosmetic brushes made from animal hair? I don’t think so!

Get glowing with two of their favourite products for Spring/Summer 2010:

Prepare to Bare
Warmer weather (it’s coming, promise!) means no more hiding under tights and jumpers. Slough off flaky dead cells to get your skin worthy of the red carpet – or at least the office – with rich Tamu Organic Virgin Coconut & Lime Whipped Body Butter, £15.95. Detoxify and refresh your skin with a luscious blend of anti-ageing coconut oil, nourishing Shea Butter, refreshing organic grape seed oil, healing Vitamin E and zesty lemon and lime essential oils.

Arm candy
Swap your heavy, winter carry-all for a light and sunny bag that’s springtime fresh. Easy on the eyes (and shoulders) the Matt & Nat ‘Commix’ (£165) is big enough for essentials, but won’t weigh you down. It’s light on your conscience, too. Since 1995, Matt & Nat has been a pioneer of luxury vegan accessories (no fur, leather, silk or wool). An average of 21 plastic bottles are recycled to make their gorgeous bags.

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