Natural Beauty Workshop with Amruta Kshemkalyani of Sustainability Tribe
On a scorching hot and dusty afternoon, I headed to the Retold Boutique in Umm Suqueim for a a Natural Beauty Workshop with Amruta Kshemkalyani Co founder of Sustainability Tribe.
Amruta talked about the environmental impacts, green washing and toxic chemicals and then held a DIY workshop where 5 participants including myself paid a fee of 75 AED to make a face mask, pack and scrub.
Toxins in Personal Care Products
Environmental impacts of chemicals in cosmetics and beauty products
Stay Away from green washed products slide
Natural Beauty DIY Workshop participants
It was surprising to learn that my mothers besan and tumeric cleanser and multani mitti face pack was part of the DIY beauty workshop.
Mixing bowl and Resuable bottles
Ingredients
Gram Flour and Tumeric Cleanser
Ingredients For All Skin Types:
Gram Flour (Besan) Turmeric Powder, Milk, Honey, Yogurt,
Lemon Juice and Rosewater.
Application For My Skin Type which is Acne Prone Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Gram Flour and a pinch of Tumeric together.
Add the yoghurt to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Results: TBA
Recommendation: TBA
Gram Flour (Besan) and Tumeric cleanser, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Gram Flour (Besan) and Tumeric cleanser, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Gram Flour (Besan) and Tumeric cleanser, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Gram Flour (Besan) and Tumeric cleanser, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Gram Flour (Besan) and Tumeric cleanser, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Application For Dry Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Gram Flour and a pinch of Tumeric together.
Add mik (honey if you wish) to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Application For Oily Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Gram Flour and a pinch of Tumeric together.
Add the yoghurt and lemon juice to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Application For All Skin Types:
Mix 2 tsp of the Gram Flour and a pinch of Tumeric together.
Add the rosewater to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Fullers Earth (Mutani Mitti) face pack
Ingredients For All Skin Types:
Fullers Earth (Multani Mitti), Sandalwood Powder, Rosewater, Milk, Yogurt, Tumeric
Application For My Skin Type which is Acne Prone Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Fullers Earth, 2 tsp of Sandalwood Powder and a pinch of Tumeric together.
Add water to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Results: TBA
Recommendation: TBA
Fullers Earth (Multani Mitti) facepack, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Sandalwood Powder, Natural DIY Beauty Workshop
Application For Oliy/Combination Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Fullers Earth and 2 tsp of Sandalwood Powder together.
Add Rosewater and water to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Application For Dry Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Fullers Earth and 2 tsp of Sandalwood Powder together.
Add milk to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Application For Oliy Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of the Fullers Earth and 2 tsp of Sandalwood Powder together.
Add yoghurt to the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Coffee Scrub ingredients
Coffee and Honey Scrub notes
Coffee and Honey scrub, Natural Beauty DIY Workshop
Coffee and Honey scrub, Natural Beauty DIY Workshop
Ingredients For All Skin Types:
Coffee Grounds, Cocount Oil, Sugar and Honey
Application For My Skin Type which is Acne Prone Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of Coffee Grounds and 2 tsp of Honey together.
Add the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
Results: TBA
Recommendation: TBA
Application My Dry Skin:
Mix 2 tsp of Coffee Grounds and 2 tsp of Coconut Oil and 2tsp of sugar together.
Add the mixture into a medium textured paste
Apply: for 5-15 minutes. Wash with luke warm water
I hope to add photographs of myself applying the face, cleanser and mask soon.
Many thanks to Amruta for organising this workshop.
For those interested I've added my vlogs about chemicals and toxins in cosmetics below.
Six Items Challenge 2017 Week 2 featuring the
Odylique make up at 4.11.
To read of my blog about my Six Items Challenge 2017 please click here.
To read more about my Six Items Challenge 2019 please click here.
Products tested include the following:
Product: Odylique Spot-On Serum, 100% Natural Origin, 95% Organic Bio, Soil Association Organic Certified.
Verdict: I've been using this serum for the last 6 weeks. The serum is effective and has helped to reduce my inflammation on new acne and has reduced my acne scars.
It has a refreshing smell of lemons and cools and gently soothes red inflamed areas. Although, it did not prevent spots. Acne and spots healed quickly.
Product: Creamy Coconut Cleanser, 100% Natural Origin, 87% Organic Bio, Soil Association Organic Certified.
Verdict: I've been using this cleanser sparingly.The cleanser made my skin glow. I was worried about using it on my very delicate sensitive eyes, I shouldn't have, it worked a treat.
I've always been cautious about using cleansers on my skin as previous brands have always produced excess sebum which block my pores creating black heads which often become inflamed painful acne.
My Creative Director Helen Barlow Scott said it tightened her pores.
The only slight drawback is the amount needed to cover your face, neck and eyes.
Product: Odylique Superfruit Concentrate, 100% Natural Origin, 100% Organic Bio, Soil Association Organic Certified.
Verdict: I've been using the concentrate sparingly. All you need are a few drops to hydrate your skin.
My skin has felt fresh, nourished, soft and has been glowing in the morning.
I would highly recommend all three products to those who suffer from adult acne, sensitive and reactive skin.
During 2016 I had a couple of lovely online conversations with Abi Weeds Managing Director and Emma Hopewell of Odylique - Essential Care (Organics) Ltd.
I was particularly interested to support Odylique as it is a leading brand of cosmetics and natural skin care based in the United Kingdom. The company prides itself on promoting their organic, vegan, fairtrade, cruelty free ethos and specialise in treating problematic sensitive, reactive and allergy prone skin.
Abi explained how the company was established by her mother Mrs Margaret Weeds over 30 years.
All Odylique products are Soil Association Organic certified and the brand has won numerous awards for their pioneering products, best of all they are cruelty free so you can wear them with pride knowing that they have been tested on other individuals with sensitive prone skin like mine and yours. Their products are suitable for children.
As a long term suffer of adult acne, 20 years to be precise, I was excited and anxious to use their products.
To be very honest, I don't wear make up because I've always endured painful acne and sensitive skin. I don't know how to apply make up and am very weary of cosmetics that contain parabens such as, methylparaben, propylparaben, butlyparaben, triclosan, triclocarbon, and diethylphthalate (DEP), sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and (SLES) sodium laureth sulphate that are linked to breast cancer. I have also learnt it is better to avoid products that list fragrance or parfum.
Since my mothers passing last year I feel its my duty to educate others about the dangers of applying toxic chemicals on our delicate skin and its been therapeutic conducting research about the alternative organic, vegan, socially conscious brands that are available on the high street. For those who are more adventurous do it yourself recipes are widely available online.
Abi and Emma sent me a box of cosmetics to try and I have recorded and posted photographs of my recent photoshoot.
You will be pleased to learn that all their products were suitable for my adult acne, sensitive, allergy prone skin.
For those interested Odylique were the number one cosmetic company featured in Ethical Consumer March/April 2017 magazine.
Other videos featuring Odylique cosmetics
Fairtrade Fortnight 2017 Summary featuring the
Odylique photoshoot at 3.38.
To read more about Odylique and view my photo shoot click here
Breast Cancer UK - Do You Know What's In Your Cosmetics?
This month my right shoulder is still very painful and I have struggled to record this vlog and type this blog.
This month I supported fairtrade fortnight 2024 and celebrated Fairtrade's 30th Anniversary.
Here is my Easy Fairtrade Cocoa and Fairtrade Bananas Recipe which I baked for Fairtrade Fortnight 2024.
I have tried my best to translate this recipe in Urdu.
یہ ہے میری ایزی فیئرٹریڈ کوکو اور فیئر ٹریڈ کیلے کی ترکیب جسے میں نے فیئر ٹریڈ فورٹ نائٹ 2024 کے لیے پکایا تھا۔
میں نے اس ترکیب کا اردو میں ترجمہ کرنے کی پوری کوشش کی ہے۔
This month I supported fairtrade fortnight 2024 and celebrated Fairtrade's 30th Anniversary.
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