De-stress & Enjoy Life // Raw Skincare

Stress is probably the one thing that most people can say they have experienced in their lives. It is not an enjoyable emotion and can lead to anxiety and depression... and break outs.

Now we have met numerous people who have said they experience breakouts when they are stressed- this can be due to hormonal changes and it is not fun. You then start to stress out that stress will give you spots which makes you more stressed which gives you more spots and the cycle just keeps going... *big sigh* 

So we thought we would give you some top tips on how to prevent stress from ruining your day and your skin. 

1. Take time out- Set time aside for you. Maybe just before bed so you can really try and relax before you go to sleep. Make sure you turn off your phone- how many times have you gone onto twitter, facebook, instagram and something has really wound you up or stressed you out? Take a nice relaxing bath, with some calming music and a good book (the paper kind) put down the electronics!

2. Eat right- Make sure you are eating foods that are packed full of vitamins and nutrients. Eating fish, nuts, green veg & even some cheeky dark chocolate will help boost your mood, your immune system and your overall health.

3. Exercise- get those mood elevating endorphins into your blood stream. Even light exercise such as a brisk walk, gentle swim or a cheeky jog will help eliminate that stress.


So don't let stress get you or your skin down. Let us know your top stress busting tips in the comments below. We love trying new ways to relax!

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Cake For Breakfast? // Raw Skincare

We know how difficult it can be to try and have a wholesome, healthy breakfast. So we wanted to share with you a little recipe for an amazing breakfast that you will love to eat, but your skin will love too. 

Mug Cake

Nom Nom Nom, I am now feeling hungry just thinking about this.

Cake Recipe:

15g Coconut Flour

15g Oats 

1 Egg

50ml Almond Milk

Blend and mix all ingredients together until it become a smooth paste.

Put the mixture into a microwave safe container and put into the microwave for 1minute 30seconds.

Whilst that is cooking you can make the topping:

50g Greek Yoghurt / Soy yoghurt

50g Berries

Mix together until you get the consistency you are after. Once you have plated up your mug cake, pour the berry yoghurt on top and hey presto, you are having a healthy cake for breakfast! 

It has no extra sugar added, and you still get a sweet kick from the berries. Your skin will love this too, so seriously, what are you waiting for? 

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Happy Valentines Day // Raw Skincare

You Are Beautiful

We Just Wanted To Tell You That!!

Whether or not you have a Valentine this year does not matter because we are hear to tell each and every one of you how amazingly beautiful you all are, inside and out!!

So here are our presents for you 

Because everyone deserves roses on Valentines Day

Any excuse for chocolate is a good excuse

More chocolate, but with fruit, so its ok. Right!?!

And EXTRA big kisses for you all!

Be Our Valentine? 

Happy Valentines Day You Beautiful Lot!!!

The Ultimate Pamper Night // Raw Skincare

Tomorrow is Valentines Day, so if you have a hot date tomorrow, why not take this evening off, to relax and pamper yourself to ensure you feel 100% as beautiful as you are? 

Yes, tempted? Ok, we have devised a itinerary for you to follow and enjoy to leave you feeling calm and relaxed before the big date! If you don't have a big date tomorrow night, why not enjoy this pamper evening tomorrow instead and love yourself whilst doing it!

1. Run a lovely warm bath- add small amount of Repair & Revive body butter to running bath water and allow the fragrance of Lavender and Cypress Oil relax you into oblivion *ahhhh* why not put on some super relaxing music to really get you into the chill out zone. 

2. Moisturise- Once you have had a good long soak, pat yourself dry gently, and whilst your skin is still warm, apply your favourite body butter. You skin will absorb the goodness easier after a good ol' soak. Put on some comfy Jim Jams (or PJ's, what ever you like to call them) and relax and unwind. 

3. Hair care- Now you are all dry and snug in your PJ's with your body being nourished and moisturised by our body butter, its time to sort the hair. Hopefully it will have dried partially in a towel by now. Use the towel to squeeze off the excess water that is remaining (the less heat you have to use to dry your hair the better). So now you have two options- either add a couple of drops of Argan oil to your finger tips and run through the ends of your hair and dry on a low heat setting. Or, squeeze out a bit more oil and rub your hands from the scalp all the way to the ends. This is a more intensive treatment which will need to be washed out in the morning. 

4. Now you have sorted your hair, it is time to relax with a nice cup of herbal tea (make sure it is caffeine free or you won't get a nice relaxing sleep) now read a good book or listen to some music before you head off to the land of nod. It is best to avoid watching TV just before bed time as it can disturb your sleep. 

5. Night night. 

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DIY Exfoliator // Raw Skincare

Exfoliation is a must to keep your skin looking fabulously glowing. So we thought we would teach you how to make your own. 

Step 1- Grab some brown sugar, preferably the fair trade version if you can afford it, although any kind of granulated sugar will do. 

Step 2- Measure out about 50g of sugar and keep in a small, shower ready contain

Step 3- Take a couple of drops of Raw concentrate and mix in with the sugar. 

Step 4- Take a nice warm shower and wash all over- Once you have almost finished your shower, turn the water down/off and grab your pot of sugar scrub. Now gently massage onto the area of skin desired and in small circular motions and leave on your skin for 5 minutes to allow the oils to sink in. 

Step 5- Rinse down and ensure you have washed away the sugar granules (don't worry they dissolve in water so won't block your drains). If you want to use a soap to remove the oil you can, however leaving it on will be super beneficial for your skin. Simply pat down, and Voilà! Super soft, scrummy skin! The one good use of sugar for skincare.

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Love Is All You Need // Raw Skincare

This week, there is a definite theme going on with our blogs, Yesterday was chocolate, today is love... what will tomorrow bring *come back tomorrow to find out*

Love is great, especially when you can share it with someone else. But the best kind of love is the love you have for yourself. Now we aren't talking about the "I am the best thing since sliced bread" kind of loving your self (that's not a great kind of love). We are talking about the kind of Love that means you accept who you are, that you are happy with the person you have become, and you can accept the fact that you don't look like Cara D *swoons* 

The beauty industry is one that helps creates images of girls who are "perfect" and causes self doubt and self loathing when it becomes impossible to recreate those looks. 

We wanted to tell you now, that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

No matter what your size, skin colour, hair colour, eye colour, nose shape, eyebrow shape, nail length, booty size, sexual orientation, job, education or any other insignificant factor that may affect how you feel about your self. It doesn't matter. 

You really are beautiful.

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Monday Just Got Better // Raw Skincare

Trying to cut down on Sugar is tough! Like, seriously tough, especially when you have a serious addiction to Chocolate.

So this morning, whilst pondering how I can eat chocolate whilst not ingesting a tonne of very unwanted sugar (my skin would hate me so much) I came across this and fell in love with it!

HOORAY!!! Chocolate is a Salad!! My misery is finally put to an end! *Runs for the nearest bar of chocolate available*

We all love to eat chocolate, I have no doubt about that, but we also love to rub in into our skin!! 

Wait, what?

Cocoa Butter comes from the Cocoa Bean. It is a very solid, pale yellow/ cream colour that has amazing properties for the skin. It is INCREDIBLY moisturising and smells amazing. 

This has to be one of our favourite ingredients, especially as you can eat the stuff too!! It's true!

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Our Ingredients- Rose Hip Oil // Raw Skincare

One of our very favourite ingredients has to be rose hip oil!

It is an incredible ingredients which has some amazing qualities including scar and blemish reductions, and is also a powerful antioxidant. 

The rose hip oil we use is Organic and cold pressed which means that none of its wonderful properties are destroyed through heat extraction. 

This oil, is a very deep orange colour, and is quite thick in comparison to a lot of oils. It can be applied pure or diluted in other oils.

We use this amazing oil in our Raw Concentrate skin serum. Which we recommend as a brilliant night time oil for your face and body. It can be used before application of make-up too, just ensure you leave at least 30minutes for the oil to be fully absorbed. 1-2 drops will be sufficient as it is packed full of amazing oils. 

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Valentines Day // Raw Skincare

So Valentines Day is almost upon us! Guys, it is time to pull your fingers out and sort your girl out with a killer present/s. 

So why not treat her to a relaxing face mask, some beautifully calming body butter (which can double as the perfect massage oil *kinky*) and to top it all off some amazingly wonderful lip balms that are not only going to give her gorgeously kissable lips (and you as well) but it will also score you some amazing brownie points! 

And what is the best part of all of this? You can find all of these amazing things, in one place- www.raw-skincare.co.uk

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Berry Nice // Raw Skincare

It may be a bit early for berries in England, but spring is just around the corner, we hope. *looks out the window and sees grey skies and rain*. 

Berries are fantastic not only because of their amazing taste and smell, they are also packed full of anti-oxidants and vitamins that your body loves and are going to care for you from the inside out!

So switch up your chocolate bar, packed full of processed sugars which aren't great for your body or your skin. And choose a natural sugar hit that is packed full of fantastic vitamins and nutrients that will be beneficial to your health!

Berries are best if they are fresh and organic- however if you can't get them at certain times of the year, pop in to your local farmers market, or store and see if you can buy them frozen. 

Why not add them to your morning porridge to give it some extra flavour and sweetness?

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Sick Day Survival // Raw Skincare

Winter is the time for flu, chest infections, head aches, coughs, sneezes and the list keeps going! So here is our sick day survival guide, just in case you are in need of some tlc. 

Now if you are being sick and struggling to keep food down *hugs* it is important to stay hydrated! Sip cool water regularly, don't try to down a glass in one go as you may end up bringing it straight back up again! The idea is to get the water into your system to help your body fight the bug! We personally find it is also better to bring something up when you are sick rather than just retching *even bigger hugs*.

If you can handle a bit more than water then that is a bonus! You want to try and help your body fight the nasty infection / bug / virus and give it the energy to do so. A personal favourite of ours is lemon, honey and ginger in hot water! This will give your body carbohydrates in the form of fruit and natural sugar so you are getting the much needed nutrients into your body. If you have a sore throat, or chesty cough, the honey and lemon have fantastic soothing properties and is a big winner in our books for a sick day drink. Make sure you are buying honey in its natural state, one that has not been heat treated or had sugar syrup added to bulk it out. This will not be as beneficial as the raw, natural stuff!

Sleep, Glorious Sleep. Sleeping, Napping, Snoozing, you name it we love it! Not only does napping not only seem to be increasingly popular with everyone, or everyone in my age group (20's) but it is also a great way to regenerate your body. Sleeping when you are ill is a bonus as it gives your body the rest it needs to fight! But some times when you are ill, it is difficult to fall asleep. Other than taking sleeping pills which I prefer to try and avoid (It always makes me feel majorly groggy when I wake up which I hate) why not take a hot bath with lavender oil?  

Lavender helps to relax and calm the body and mind which is what we need to help aid sleep. If you can't get hold of lavender flowers, simply use our Repair and Revive Body Butter and add a small amount to your bath which will then smell beautifully of relaxing lavender and Cypress Oil. Both fantastically calming! If you don't feel like soaking in the tub, gently massage a pea sized amount into your temples. Voilà. 

And finally, if you can manage food, a classic sick day wouldn't be complete without the customary, tomato soup!

Easy to swallow, tasty, full of all vitamins and nutrition that your body needs, it keeps you warm and it is easy to swallow when you have a sore throat! Definitely on our list of sick day survival needs!

If you are having a sick day, we hope you feel much better soon. Let us know what you do on your sick days and what helps you out the most!

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*Disclaimer-  Information in this blog is not professional medical advice, remember if you are feeling ill, always consult your doctor. These are just extra tips and tricks, to help make you feel a little bit more like you.