Ok so I have mentioned my skin care regime a few times in various posts. I thought I would make a thread regarding where I buy my products from because I have found them to be excellent quality and well worth the money.
All the products are vegan friendly, parabens free and not tested on animals.
They are all in the appropriate kind of packaging (glass or aluminium) and you can customise the bottles (buy spray or pump caps).
First off is their Rose Water (floral water). It comes in a variety of sizes from 100ml to 1litre. I’m not going to talk about Rose Water because I think most people know a fair bit about it. I’ve been using it for about a year now and highly recommend it. I bought the 100ml bottle and a spray cap.
Secondly are the two products which I primarily have because of electrolysis but I find myself using them all the time.
Tea Tree Oil, which is a great antibacterial, is essential after electrolysis to keep the area clean and prevent whiteheads forming.
Otherwise whenever I feel a spot coming up, I whack some of this on and at least half the time, it goes away before turning in to a pimple or pustule.
Their 100% Pure Australian TTOil is £3.40 for 10ml (much cheaper than the 10ml body shop dilution). I bought some 10ml glass pipette bottles from them too and make my own dilutions with Witch Hazel and TTOil and have given them to all my family. Whenever they run out, I just make them up some more, so it’s packaging friendly.
Next is Witch Hazel. I was using a Witch Hazel Gel (Witch Doctor) to help the skin heal after electrolysis. My sister has a different method of electrolysis performed which can sometimes develop pin prick scabs, she uses it to prevent them forming and to help healing so they drop off a lot quicker.
We both have/had Laser and it’s great for post Laser to help cool the skin and help it heal. In the same way, it’s great for sunburn.
I initially bought the Witch Hazel just as a Toner (bought a spray cap for the bottle) but I have found it’s actually strong enough to work as well as the gel and a lot more cost effective. I use it everyday on my face as it’s good for oily skin as well. I’m prone to pimples in the middle of my chest, which I always thought was connected to acne (which finished many years ago) but I’ve found it’s more to do with the fact that you get clammy there from sweating. I’ve been spraying the middle of my chest every morning after a shower and also after the gym. It’s been a month now and I’ve had no new pimples and the little scars from old ones are fading.
For guys, it’s also great for post shaving to cool the skin and form a protective layer. I’d recommend using it twice a day (let it air dry).
Oh, and if you want to use Olive Oil as a moisturiser, it’s great to combine it with Witch Hazel which is an astringent. I spray some Witch Hazel on my face, then a spritz onto a cotton pad, drop a drop of Olive Oil on top of the moist part of the cotton pad (again, I keep Olive Oil in a 10ml pipette bottle) and swipe on the dry areas.
I’ve actually just bought a 500ml bottle from them (to refill my 100ml bottle) and some empty 100ml aluminium bottles with spray caps, so that I can give bottles out (works out a lot cheaper).
So yeh, I highly recommend Naturally Thinking. They do have international shipping as well.
[Their website is undergoing changes at the moment so not everything works but I ordered from there again last week and it was all good]