I’m so excited to announce something special this blue Monday!

Ever since I was a teenager I had a fascination with skincare often loading up on all the blemish fighting products I could find on the shelves of Boots hoping to have flawless skin like you see on the models in the adverts. My skin was never really bad but I was prone to the odd few blemishes which as a teenager you tend to get a little self-conscious over. Fast forward to my time at university and this all changed when Lauren became ill with CFS and we started to look at ways on how we could reduce our toxic load and practice mindfulness, and one way was our skincare. I learnt that our skin is not this impenetrable barrier but that our body soaks up all of these chemicals that end up in our bloodstream. I threw out all my usual products and swapped for more natural independent brands who had scrutinised their ingredients list ridding of any potentially harmful and unnecessary ingredients.

I’ve made no secret about that one day I desire to go into natural skincare and more self-care products with ARDERE. No secrets kept under lock and key here, I have too much excitement for that! And so with this being said I have decided to train as a natural facialist.

We don’t always require that long list of complicated ingredients for healthy skin. Instead, do your skin and body a favour by opting for plant-based nourishing products, there are very little facialists providing all natural facials and treatments and I want to be one of the exceptions. I want to show you that you can have nourished glowing skin without the need to compromise on your exposure to toxins.

During the last few years I’ve been making my own natural skincare and bath products, largely keeping them between myself and Lauren, with the hope that one day I will be able to release some of them (when I’ve perfected them just so)!

My desire to train as a facialist, will enable me to not only learn more about different skin types and treatments but to also bring the self-care ritual of a natural facial (with our own products) to others!

I’ll be doing natural nourishing facials from Spring 2020.