For us surfers and snowboarders, a busy schedule plus constant exposure to the elements means that by Christmas our skin is desperate for some TLC. This is where Cottons Beauty steps in. A new Cambridgeshire based brand, all their products are all-natural, cruelty-free, fair trade, often organic, vegetarian and vegan, to treat your skin top to toe. You can order online and postage is currently free in the UK, putting their gift packs high on our gift wish list.
From their early experiments home-made, all natural moisturisers, Cottons now does skincare - 'Fresh Faced', bath and shower - 'Refresh Me' and 'Relax Me', plus natural soaps, baby products and accessories.
Highlights include: Pink Grapefruit Bath Crystals (£7.50) for a detoxifying bath with Grapefruit essential oil, Dead Sea salts and Calendula flowers; Relaxing Bath Sprinkle (with scoop £8.50), a long-lasting moisturiser with milk, cocoa butter, Lavender essential oil and rose petals; Rose and Jojoba cleansing lotion, removes impurities with organic rose geranium essential oil; and the Pink Grapefruit Hand and Body Cream (£6.50), with organic grapefruit pure essential oil heals chapped skin and moistures nails.
For pre-packaged pampering you can also try one of their Bath Sundaes (in Rose, Laendar or Grapefruit), their (1) Refresh Me Collection (Grapefruit soap bar, Grapefruit cream, Grapefruit bath cake), £26.50; (2) Fresh Faced Collection box set (with Rose petal soap bar, Rose cream, Rose & Jojoba cleanser), £29.99; or the (3) Refresh Me Collection (Grapefruit soap bar, Grapefruit cream, Grapefruit bath cake), £26.50, all with a Fairtrade Gift message pebble.
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