Ten natural skincare treatments you can make with elderflower water (plus a couple of curiosities) Elderflower water was the go-to complexion enhancer on every dressing table in the past. It is widely used in skincare for its conditioning and skin lightening, properties that can be handy for reducing freckles and sunburn and for treating greying…
Midsummer Elderflowers Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) is an essential summer scent, a classic element in the hedgerow. It has been used since Roman times. The whole elder tree has uses: leaves, flowers bark and berries. Elder has been termed ‘the medicine chest of the country people’ (Ettmueller). John Evelyn wrote: ‘if the medicinal properties of its leaves,…
Every Field Fresh Skincare kit contains a heart of beeswax – why is this? Beeswax is a fantastic skincare ingredient. Completely natural and protective it has great affinity to our skin and also provides substance and body to our creams and balms as well as its wonderful scent, there in the background behind all the…
Gems spring underfoot While your eye may be drawn upwards to bright young leaves and enchanting blossom, it’s worth checking out what’s underfoot for your spring skincare. There were 8 real spring gems on my recent walk, but only half of them were things I’d use in skincare – can you guess which 4? 1.…
Field Fresh Skincare to feature on Channel 4 TV’s ‘Buy It Now’ with Brian Conley Introducing the art of Blend It Yourself skincare to a nationwide audience – will the audience Buy It Now?. The TV show gives entrepreneurs just 90 seconds to pitch their product to a live audience. Achieve a sale, then meet…
In a ‘keep it simple’ approach to skincare, oil cleansing can be one of the easiest approaches, especially if you want to make your own products. As this is now a ‘trend’ in skincare, a plethora of advice and techniques for it can be found online, but really it can be very straight-forward. Breakouts are…
Natural skincare is like food for the skin. So treat your skincare like your food. The best skincare (like food) is freshly made using fresh, natural ingredients (ideally sourced as locally as possible). As with fresh food, this will mean skincare has a lifespan (or ‘shelf-life’), after which it is considered not suitable for use.…
Essential oils are extracted through distillation, it’s a practice we’ve been doing for over a thousand years. Distillation creates a truly intense concentration of plant power to be used with care. Often they are included in skincare recipes for therapeutic benefits, but they may simply be added for their wonderful, natural scent and the character…
Creating your own signature scent is a lovely way to gently mark your presence in a room or bring your own character to any outfit. Use it daily or just on special occasions, when you want to feel really good. Blending it Yourself Natural Perfume Oil To start you’ll need to find a suitable bottle…
One of the first plants that appears in abundance in the spring is Cleavers. It’s as if nature is predicting our needs and providing for them, as Cleavers are wonderful for cleansing – inside and out, a great addition to a Spring detox. CLEAVERS Galium apaçine Commonly known as goosegrass, sticky weed, or ‘organic sellotape’.…
