Five Current Love Lula Favourites

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Today I wanted to talk about my current five favourites from Love Lula, which is also my favourite - ever since I started shopping there in 2014, no less! Why favourites you ask? Well, I can spill a little secret here, I am about to judge in a few more green beauty awards, so my mind is going into overdrive categorizing everything - and it made me think of my own stash and current favourites from it - I am even thinking about my Yearly Favourites post, even though the end of the year is months and months away! U turn Renata, go back to Love Lula please!   You can rest assured everything you will pick is natural and cruelty free, with focus on organic ingredients where possible. All that, and the delivery is free worldwide for all orders above £15. Do I need to say anything more? I think not! One stop shop for all your needs with plenty of choice for everyone, whether you are someone on the budget or luxury beauty lover with infinite funds. Do you see why it is one of my Top Three Favourite Online Shops?
Granted, I am in their blogger family now, but I want to stress that I was a (happy) customer before - and they treated me no differently. So I wanted you to know it xo




💕 Kimberly Sayer Ultra Light Organic Facial Moisturiser - SPF30 (approx €29.67 or £26.50 for 120ml)

Although I never reviewed this product on it's own, this is my staple and favourite product for the last three years. It is also one of the products I recommend on Love Lula Bloggers Recommend page here. A first facial SPF not to break me out, do not clog pores or make you sweat AND no dreaded whitecast either! I use the one in a pump bottle, even though it is not designed for my skin type (which is dry and sensitive) for a couple of reasons. First of all, I have tried a few samples worth of Kimberly Sayer Anti-Oxidant Daily Moisturising Cream SPF30, which is aimed at dry and sensitive skin, and I didn't see much difference between the two if I am honest. Second reason is a practical one - you get double the amount of the product and the bottle with a pump with Kimberly Sayer Ultra Light Organic Facial Moisturiser - SPF30 - and I chose it for sanitary reasons mainly. I don't know how about you, but I don't want germs and bacteria in my face products, especially having in mind that three of us are using the same product, including my now 6yr old princess - and we all know kids are notorious when it comes to germy fingers! (Do you want to know what products she uses? See here). The product lasts for absolutely ages, so you will get your money's worth for sure. As I mentioned, three of us are using it all summer long and we are only halfway through. Just please have in mind that I use it as a city SPF product, I would not rely on this alone if I were on a beach holidays. I am not much in the sun anyway, so I wouldn't be able to tell if the product holds up in the 40 degree heat, you know? I'd say do proceed with it, but apply common sense and caution, you know? If any questions, do not hesitate to contact the brand. 

Ingredients:
water/aqua/eau, zinc oxide & titanium dioxide (mineral sunblockers), tinctorius (safflower) seed oil*, Citrus limonum (Lemon) oil*, wax, glycerin, Chondrus crispus (carrageenan), Butyrospermum parkii (shea) nut butter*, Aloe barbadensis (aloe vera) leaf juice*, Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract*, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil*, xanthan gum, dehydroacetic acid, behenyl alcohol, citric acid.

💕 Saint Come Spray in Orange Palmarosa (approx €13.42 or £11.99 for 100ml)

Did you see these reports that indoor air in our homes is five times more polluted than outdoor air? Well, this is going to help that! Obviously opening a window helps too, but I don't do that much in winter, so having this product(s) really brings me joy and the peace of mind. I have four of them sent directly to me by the brand, and I love all of them! Love Lula also carry them but due to these damn postal regulations they can't send it to me, so I will have to figure out a way to get them once I run out - because I already know I will want them again and again! Did you know that natural essential oils are proven to kill airborne bacteria at only 0.02% concentration? Well, I can only guess how much these Aroma sprays will help us in Sickness Season, oh, pardon me, in upcoming Autumn and Winter, but I can already tell you I love them - these are so much more than fragrance sprays! If you do happen to own any synthetic "fragrance" sprays, plug ins, fragrance oils, candles and the like, do yourself a favour and bin them all immediately! - there are much better alternatives available and these are one of them.
All of the products are: 100% vegan & natural Contains only 100% pure premium grade essential oils botanical & chemotype defined. Without propellant gas or suspicious synthetic chemical phthalates type, benzene, or formaldehydes.
Contain NO parabens, silicones, or sulphates. Contains 70% vegetal- underated natural alcohol. Packaging is 100% recyclable bottle. Saint Come is widely known in France, in pharmacies, for its Arömspray ® products line. Airborne Aromatherapy diffusion allows easy use of essential oils to subtlety deodorize the home, car or office ambient air, naturally, while benefiting the inherent and psycho-censorial benefits of essential oils to the fullest.

Ingredients: (depends on the blend):
Ethanol (71% v/v), essential oils: sweet orange, palmarosa, shiu wood, geranium Contains: di-limonene, (racemic), linalool, geraniol, citronellol, geranyl acetate

💕 Kathleen Natural Sensual Rose Body and Massage Oil (£34 or €38.06 approx for 100 ml)

New brand to Love Lula, and the one I knew I wanted to try asap - created in the beautiful town of Royal Leamington Spa in 2014, Kathleen Natural is dedicated to produce luxurious and high-performance skin care made with only the best natural and organic ingredients. The entire range is formulated using a blend of precious plants, marine extracts and essential oils, sourced from all corners of the world – from Europe to Africa, America to Asia – without the inclusion of any harmful artificial chemicals, e.g. SLSs, parabens. Kathleen Natural has never tested any of the ingredients or products on animals and never will - great or what?

I am a happy duck testing this beautiful rose body oil - all I have to say is I really enjoy it and I know I will want more when I will run out! This elevated simple bathing or showering into spa like procedure, and the smell is so lovely that you won't be able to stop smelling yourself! If you are a rose lover, this product is for you - and it smells like a real rose, not one of those in your face sickly sweet ones, and no powdery granny rose either - this is rose scent as it should be!
The texture of the oil is light and it sinks in in no time, which I really love.

Ingredients:
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)***, Rose Damascena Flower Oil**, Citrus Sinensis Peel (Orange Sweet ) Oil**, Myristica Fragrans Kernel (Nutmeg) oil**, Linalool**, Limonene**, Citral**, Eugenol**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**. *certified organic by Soil Association **from essential oils ***natural plant origin



💕 Alteya Organics Organic Chamomile Water (£7.20 or €8.06 for 100ml)

Alteya Organics come from the Rose Valley in Bulgaria - oh, how I wish I could visit one day! They are fast growing and a multiple international award-winning family-owned USDA and NaTrue certified organic beauty and skin care company with their own rose and lavender fields, distillery and a state-of-the art skin care manufacturing facility. They are famous for their rose products, and can you believe they still pick their roses by hand? I also happen to own their Rose Water, which came in Love Lula May '18 Beauty Box, tinted lip SPF15 balm and have Rose Otto Regenerating Concentrate waiting to be opened. Back to the chamomile water, I have to say I really love it - as my day to day skincare has all the powerful ingredients it needs (I use Bella Aura if you are curious, review here), so I am happy to let my toners/ face mists to be one ingredient wonders - I don't want to sensitize or overwhelm my skin with too many actives. Whether your skin is sensitive or not, I recommend this product! I use it many different ways, to activate powder masks, on my scalp if it shows sights of irritation and so on - love a true multitaster! I wish it also came in 250ml bottle like the rose waters do.

Ingredients: (or should I say ingredient?)
Pure USDA Certified Organic Chamomile (Martricaria Chamomilla) flower distillate.

💕 Kiss The Moon LOVE Night Cream for Hands  (28£ or €31.34 for 90ml)

I have never owned such a luxurious hand cream before - thank You Kiss The Moon & Love Lula! It comes in very hefty and luxe glass jar, has a rich consistency, yet sinks in very quickly which I like - I don't know how about you, but I hate greasy hand creams - some of them don't sink in for hours at the end, and I am not about that life - we want products that are natural, but they also have to work, you know? Happy to report that this delivers on both counts and I am very happily anti-aging my hands every night - it is designed for that. Smells lovely but not overpowering, really natural.

Ingredients:
Aqua (Water), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Stearate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Glycerin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Almond) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Sorbitan Olivate, Rosa Moschata (Rose hip) Seed Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Boswellia Carterii Oil, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Tocopherol**, Xanthan Gum, Cymbopogon Martini Oil, Dehydroacetic Acid, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Benzyl Benzoate*, Benzyl Salicylate*, Citral*, Citronellol*, Eugenol*, Farnesol*, Geraniol*, Isoeugenol*, Limonene*, Linalool* *naturally occurring in essential oils ** natural vegetarian source

I have to say I am really super stoked will all the products mentioned here - and I hope you didn't mind this essay of a post, it is like five reviews in one! Truth to be told that I am forever short on time now - after five years of living in the slow lane, aka being stay at home mommy, I am back in the hustle with so many projects on the go (more on it later), that it tends to overwhelm me - I have to learn not to walk but to fly fast! Hence me loving these spa like products - you have to stop and take care of yourself, you know?

If You would like to see more Love Lula related posts, beauty boxes, reviews of products aplenty - please check out my Facebook Album here. I used to link all of them underneath the post, but at the moment I have more than 40 posts, so it is way easier to link to one album instead. Also, see my Natural Beauty interview with the CEO Sonia White here - I still can't believe she said yes!

 //insert emoji punching the air here//

That is all for today. Prepare for the onslaught of posts and reviews in the near future - the blogger in me is bursting at the seams, the only issue is finding the time to do it. 

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Renata.

*this post features items bought with my own money as well as products sent to me - thank you Love Lula!

Natural & Organic Empties September 2017

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Natural & Organic September 2017 Empties

Blogger's Empties - Green Beauty Edition

This is take two of this post, yesterday I lost a post that was around 2k words long, so it made me kinda mad, but I promised on Instagram I'd do it, so here it is. A promise is a promise!
We all know how empties post work, I pull out stuff in a random order and give my feedback on them, so let's dive in, shall we?


Sambucol for kids x2

Two, because we opened sickness season early this year. Insert a hand palm emoji here!
A repurchase? Yes, on a constant rotation! I have two backups and an adult one too. It helps us not to get sick, and if we are already sick, it speeds up the recovery.


Jack 'N' Jill kids toothpaste x2

Two again, not sure how it happened? We have repurchased it already, that's the only toothpaste my 5yr old princess will use.


Flying Wild Foot Balm

I have review of this and some other Flying Wild products if you want to search for it, and I also talked about it in my Mr Green Life In Dublin products post. Sadly this appears to be discontinued and I have to say I will miss it.


Organii Almond Cream soap
 
Again, I have a review of nearly all company's products - but I doubt if I will repurchase this soap, I have to be honest. PH is a bit high, the soap is too plain, and it ran out quickly. I like African Black Soap far more.


Blue Iron Nordic Vitality

The only iron supplement my kid would take - the blueberries add so much to it. Another repurchase, this costs a bit more than I was used to, but well worth it.


Isun Soothing Relief Balm

Wonderful product from a truly natural company I fell in love hard! I have a review in my last months post (I think). I would absolutely love to get it again sometime, but as part of my minimizing plan, I have to halt a repurchasing for now - I have five other balms to go through. I am keeping luxe dark glass jar though.

Higher Nature Citridal

This I tried as a cheaper alternative to my beloved OreganolP73, but it didn't work that well, so I pushed it aside and sadly found it expired. I tried to use it as a mouthwash but it tastes really bad by now, so I am tossing it. I will probably get it again to try at some point, as I know I it can be used in a few more ways not just as a natural antibiotic. Not at the moment though, as I just dropped a wad of cash at the health store preparing for winter, aka cold and flu season.


Naobay Renew Argan Oil

Good Argan oil from organic brand from Spain (their face and eye cream didn't work out so well for me) and I enjoyed it while it lasted. Not repurchasing it in a bid to minimise my stash. I feel I've done well.


Isun Skincare UK Peptide Eye Cream 

Great product from the company I love. This eye cream worked very well and I am reviewing it very soon. That's all I am going to say :)


Urban Veda Radiance Hydrating Tonic

Sadly this didn't work out for me or for daughter. A bit too strong for my uber sensitive skin, but if your skin not so reactive, the good news is it is widely available everywhere, I've seen it in Avoca, health shops and it is available from Love Lula.


Spatone Liquid Iron

This is my previous iron supplement, and I would get it again if I will not find Blue Iron in the shop at a time.


Warrior Botanicals Natural Cream Deodorant

A natural deodorant that works. I usually use my own DIY, but I find this works too, when so many natural deodorants fail! Hoping to review this Irish company and their products sometime.


John's Masters Organics Lavender Shampoo

Great natural shampoo that came in Love Lula Beauty Box. I went on to purchase a bigger sampler bottle and I am currently deciding if I want to get a full size. Really natural ingredients, but I am having a lot of more flyaways than I am used to, and I am not entirely happy with how my hair looks. It also does not work on it's own, it needs a conditioner to go with it.


Phb Natural Mascara

Came in Love Lula Beauty Box July 2017.
Gives great length and volume, I was really happy with it for a first couple of weeks, but then it started flaking and irritating my eyes. So glad I didn't rush with a review - I normally test products for around 6 weeks before publishing a review, and this product didn't stand the test of time for me. I know a lot of people love it, but I moved onto Inika's Long Lash Mascara, which I like far more.


Ere Perez Lip Bar in Love

I have a review of this and a couple of more products from the brand if you want to see my two cents on them. When it comes to this lip bar, I chose it over a lipstick because of SPF in it, but I got a wrong colour for me, so it wasn't used much, and I have to part with it now because it starts smelling bad, like a crayon. I might pick up another Lip Bar come next summer, in different shade of course, but for now I have two Hurraw Sun Balms to go through, one is a leftover from summer, one came in a Love Lula August Beauty Box. So I am set for at least 6-7 months I think? Speaking of lip products with SPF, what are your favourite ones? Please leave a comment so I could check them out?


Atlantic Aromatics - a few essential oils

All expired, mainly because I didn't do much after purchasing them, so therefore not repurchases. Lemongrass, citronella and jasmine absolute.


Josh Rosebrook Nutrient Day Cream SPF 30

I was kindly sent this by lovely Barbara from beautywiseshop.be but by the time it got there, it separated. I have had a generous sample of this before, and I am sad to report it made me break out. I tested it for 10days, getting a new pimple each day, so sadly I have to leave it. Pity, because I really wanted to like it, it is a beautiful natural product, just sadly not for me.


DrHauschka Rose Day Cream

I just published a review of it, and went on to repurchase it straight away, as all the other creams I tried in between didn't come up to scratch. At the moment it is my favourite face cream.


Kiss My Face Strawberry Lip Balm

Usda certified organic lip balm sent from US. Nice scent and feel, sadly this wasn't as long lasting as I liked it to be, so that coupled with the fact it is from US sadly means I won't get it again. Sorry!


100%Pure Caffeine Sheet Mask

My favourite mask of the moment, check out my review of it if you haven't already - in that post I reveal one trick I do to make this mask last three times longer, and no, it is not what you think, not wearing the same mask over and over!
What are your favourite sheet masks that are totally natural?

So that's it for today darlings, what have you finished lately?


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