Essential Care

Every April organic producers large and small gather in London to showcase its wares to potential and current trade buyers. ...Lucky me also got the opportunity to discover and sample the wonderful emerging products in the organic world. I thought you might like to hear about my pick of the best of the bunch, so over the next couple of days I’ll bring you a couple of blog posts about what’s new and great in organic – from chocolate to fabric softener!

My chances of ever attending the Oscars in Hollywood in are pretty remote. But thanks to our ground-breaking mineral makeup range we are incredibly excited to be going to the beauty industry’s Oscars equivalent – the Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Best in Beauty Award winners’ ceremony on April 26^th!

It was my birthday on Friday. I turned 36. And given that 60 is the new 40 (as my good friend the vegetarian cookery writer Sarah Brown maintains) I’ve got absolutely ages before I reach the big four-zero. And this year’s presents for various reasons left me feeling pretty rejuvenated. I thought I might share a couple of my favourites with you as some are (of course) organic in nature!

The first is kind of a cheat as it’s a present to myself. - I’d had a couple of big meetings in France last week and in advance I went online shopping at my favourite clothing label, the wonderful People Tree. Just have a look at this gorgeous ‘Stella’ black dress – certified organic and Fairtrade. The stretch cotton is just so soft and the fit is great. Highly recommended! What always amazes me about People Tree is that despite not having the supply chain advantages of ‘fast fashion’ – because organic / Fairtrade clothing just doesn’t work like that they still manage to create on-trend clothes.

With the weather set for yet more unseasonable chilliness and the press full of scare stories about gas reserves in the UK set to run out in just 48 hours, a cold Saturday night in March might seem an odd time to pick to turn all the power off for an hour but that is exactly what the aim of international campaign ‘Earth Hour’ is hoping homes and families all around the world do tomorrow.