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It was during my first trip to Africa in 2009. I spent several weeks in a remote village on Lake Malawi. I lived with the villagers in a mud hut without any electricity, running water or sanitation as we know I and I loved it.
One day, I sat by the lake just watching the local villagers. I suddenly noticed that they were using fine grains of sand, that lined the shore of the lake, to rub all over their bodies to exfoliate and condition their skin.They then took natural rocks and stones to remove the hard skin from their feet and bathed in the lake… then I realised what I really wanted to do with my life. At that moment the idea was born..So, on my return to the UK, I set about this long arduous journey to formulate a collection of high quality natural and organic skin care products, and in late 2011, Althea Tomlin Skincare was born. Read more
Althea Skincare products are 100% paraben and sulphate free, pH balanced and vegan friendly. Althea Skincare, is a new generation of natural and organic skincare, inspired by my African experiences and my love of nature the brand represents pure, luxurious, natural professional skincare.
Clients are changing their lifestyle and delving deeper into what they put of their skin, they’re looking more closely at brands and their ingredients.
You now have an opportunity to make a change to go 'cleaner and greener' and to give your clients a fresh new organic skincare brand, one that’s clean, green and safe.
Going clean and green in your beauty salon will bring your salon business great benefits. It means understanding the ingredients you want to use on your client’s skin, having a brand for all skin types and being confident that your clients will love the natural scents and feel they will gain from your organic skincare products. You'll be able to offer high quality performance treatments that your clients will love so that they'll be happy to return to your salon time and time again for more treatments.
Clients want to use high quality skincare that not only gives then great looking skin, but will also give them immediate results, are performance driven and is green, vegan and safe.
Our brand offers all these attributes and much more. We’re selective about the type and quality of the ingredients that we use in our skincare formulas, to ensure that they are high performance, effective, pH balanced, suitable for all skin types and eco-friendly.
All are products are:
Essential oils that have aphrodisiac properties are great for initiating romance. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, an anniversary or a loved one’s birthday, you can use one of several essential oils to set the mood for love.
Ever since the times of the ancient Egyptians, essential oils have been used to promote health, beauty, fertility, virility and romance. The Greeks and other cultures learned from the Egyptians exactly how to use essential oils to increase passion, and this expertise quickly spread across the rest of the world. Some of the most popular aphrodisiac essential oils used in aromatherapy today include rose, neroli, sandalwood, ylang ylang and jasmine.
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As far back as I can remember we always had coconuts in our house, My mum and my grandmother used it for everything cooking, baking, in our bath, to condition our hair and on our skin. I could, and still cannot imagine my life without it.
The coconut is known as the jewel of the tropics and here's why?
There’s a simple skincare truth that is at the heart of making your skin youthful, fresher and healthier and they're not 'faddy' new ingredients that promise the world, and they're not exorbitantly priced either, it’s vitamins.
These natural compounds are as necessary to inner and outer health as water. The body only delivers a small percentage of metabolised vitamins, from food and drink, to the skin. Yet if skin suffers from a vitamin deficiency, it shows. Prematurely aged, unbalanced, dry, irritated or lacklustre skin issues can all be erased with a healthy flush of vitamin rich skincare.
The solution is regular skincare; vitamin enriched skincare. Applying vitamin enriched skincare topically is the quickest, most effective way to boost the skin’s radiance and health. Most skincare brands just don’t compare in the vitamin richness stakes. Synthetically derived chemicals do not have the naturally defined efficacy to flush out toxins and make deep changes happen at the sub-dermis level of the skin, to give your skin that all year round glow.
Vitamins can be used to target large areas of skin intensively. For example, in the fight against cellulite vitamin wraps, clay based treatments, massages and skin brushing with vitamin enriched products, can treat cellulite and sagging skin. The best natural skincare will offer high performance products with a cocktail of skin enhancing vitamins.
Vitamin rich skincare is a safe way to revitalise your skin all year round
Here's 5 of the best skin enhancing vitamins to look out for in your skincare
One great thing that I love about this time of year is that the Christmas period also means a party season - time to celebrate and enjoy the Christmas festivities whether it's a work Christmas party or a friends Christmas reunion, there is no better time to dress up nice and party the night away.
Getting ready for the party is where the fun begins and is a perfect excuse to really pamper yourself and prep your skin for a night of dancing and laughter. To help with preparing for the party season, here are some natural skincare products that are great for a little pamper session before heading off for your big night out.
Here's 6 of our best natural skincare products to give you celebrity looking skin this Christmas.
It's 32 days until Christmas and my excitement levels get higher and higher as we get closer to the Christmas countdown.
I'm already planning my Christmas presents and looking for different Christmas gift ideas to make sure that this year is even better than last year's Christmas and, as part of my preparation, I wrote down a couple of natural beauty products that I have had my eye on recently that I think will be the perfect gifts for Christmas, whether it's for a family member or a close friend.
Here's one of my six favourite products on my Christmas Wish List. Find out what else is on my Christmas Shopping Wish List?
I think it's safe to say that winter has well and truly arrived, which means cosy jumpers, woolly hats and large mugs of hot chocolate in your favourite coffee shop. It also means a drop in temperatures and rise in windy days that can cause a range of problems for your skin that seem to only surface during winter.
Your skin is left battling cold temperatures outside and heating indoors which can cause many irritations. For those of you who have sensitive skin, issues such as eczema, psoriasis, and itchy, dry skin may surface, requiring you to take extra care or alter your skincare regime to cater for its needs. This does not have to be anything drastic and some simple changes can make great improvements to sensitive skin.
I understand the frustration that comes with sensitive skin which is why Thea skincare offers a full range of skincare products specifically to target sensitive skin in our endeavour to help you overcome problem skin. I also wanted to share some great skincare tips that can really enhance your skincare regime:
November is international vegan awareness month, which means a whole month dedicated to raise awareness of the benefits of living a vegan lifestyle. Now, I promise you, living a vegan lifestyle isn't as scary as it sounds!
It can be flexible and designed to meet your lifestyle needs, so it's totally up to you how dedicated a vegan you want to be. For example, this can range from going 100% full vegan with your diet to simply only using vegan products on your skin.
I know how important and beneficial vegan skincare can be for our skin which is why all Thea Skincare products are vegan and vegetarian friendly - leaving out animal ingredients and harsh chemicals that can further irritate and aggravate the skin. So, whether you have dry, sensitive or acne prone skin, switching to all vegan skincare products might be a great alternative. To make your decision a little easier, I wanted to share with you some of the pretty amazing benefits a vegan skincare routine can offer:
This week signals National Spa Week and here at Thea Skincare, we couldn't be more excited to raise awareness about this. Organised by the UK Spa Association, National Spa Week is celebrated by spas and salons around the country from the 3rd - 7th of November and sets the challenge to 'meet and treat' customers.
One of the main reasons for National Spa Week is to raise awareness off the mental and physical benefits of a regular spa treatment and so we thought we would share some of the main benefits of getting a regular spa treatment.
Here's how a spa treatment can improve your health and overall well being
I love Halloween, firstly because it's my birthday and secondly because it reminds me of the glorious days of making pumpkin lamps and watching my children's face light up when we switched of the lights and lit the candles inside the pumpkin.
Over the years, I've also discovered the wonderful natural skincare benefits of this autumn winter vegetable. The magical skincare ingredients in pumpkin will not only lights up your lantern but will also light up your body and bring a wonderful seasonal glow to your skin.
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So here are 6 top skincare tips using pumpkin to light up your skin this Halloween
