The 2021 Mama & Baby Awards are now open for entries. Coming soon…! This year?s definitive new mum + baby shopping list We’re compiling the cleanest, greenest, safest, cleverest, loveliest…

Spring is officially with us and with things feeling lighter and brighter, I wanted to share some of the natural makeup winners at this year?s awards which took place on…

Things to make our hearts sing: spring popping up outside, flower by flower, a change in the light, and more light… It feels like a long time since we last…

Olivia shares her favourites from the range in a special message following Retreatment Botanics’ multiple Beauty Shortlist wins. Good luck, Gaia Retreat & Spa on 21 October at the World Spa Awards in Dubai!  Crowned “2018 HOTEL OF THE...

 

The results are in! Congratulations to every brand on this year’s list. Judging started last September and it has turned out to be an all-time record year for these Awards, making The Beauty Shortlist’s (2009-2019) 10th anniversary this June...

“I’m (…) years old, my skin tends to be (…), I’ve been really stressed and my hormones feel like they’re out of whack. What would be a good brand for me"” I love those questions. Because there are so many variables in the mix: the...

It’s the much-anticipated new Top 25 list of brand founders, distributors, journalists and retailers fuelling the green beauty industry onward and upward  – at a very healthy pace, lately! Here’s who made it on to this year’s list –...

Delayed flights, jet lag, being a carer, too many deadlines, a new baby, worry…and one of the worst, a bad bed….I find sleep deprivation (or a back injury) to be one of the most debilitating “life problems”. A bed, like organic food and...

10 CRYSTAL-INFUSED BATH+BEAUTY STARS TO TRY SOON “A turquoise given by a loving hand carries with it happiness and good fortune” – Arabic proverb. I love this quote, too, by Alexander Lawrence Posey, “Be the energy you want others to...

We’ve had quite a few emails this week asking “What’s the difference between your beauty and wellbeing awards"” which both take place on Friday 1 March 2019. So… The Beauty Shortlist Awards remain the same – with some interesting...

HEV is damaging our skin, experts are warning us, but what is it and why is it dangerous – and what can we do to lessen its effects"   “This revolutionary, ultra-light 100% mineral broad spectrum PA++++ and SPF 50 sunscreen with...

Spotted on Instagram, too good not to share…    

The crisp mornings are here, scarf season has arrived and summer’s sheer tops are packed away for the long haul…this is not easy to write if you love summer and you don’t do winter well (like me!). But as I’m tapping this out, the...

  Colour dominated the catwalk at this week’s New York Fashion Week, before it all wraps up tomorrow…but there’s more to come as Street Fashion Week kicks off on Saturday. Prabal Gurung made one of the biggest splashes with his blazing...

French “floral fashion” designer Cyrill Tronchet wanted to be an interior designer, but a twist of fate steered him from furnishings to flowers…and the rest is already history. We caught up with Cyrill during a busy week and asked him what...

This is going to one of those real must-not-miss docu-series, so if you haven’t signed up yet, here’s the link www.thesacredscience.com I watched Episode 1 THE QUEST FOR LOST MEDICINE this morning (they only air for 24 hrs and each new...

Always a stellar time for new beauty – and, like spring, one of the year’s two most dramatic changes of season –  autumn brings with it a leafy shower of must-try launches. (And spring is next, in Australia!) But it’s also the time I...

When you think about it, we live in a strange world when our food and beauty has to be labelled “free-from” (and “anti-….”).  Years ago, it started with “sugar-free” (but stupidly, instead of replacing sugar with stevia or other...

From Method’s Wild Rhubarb Anti-Bac All Purpose Cleaner (a big bottle steal at £3 for 828ml) to Dr Bronner’s Hemp + Citrus Pure Castille Liquid Soap shampoo, face+body wash, washing machine soap, floor cleaner, bathroom cleaner…the list...

When summer shows up, you soak up every ray of lazy sunshine you can before the crisp sharpness of autumn sets in (with its own kind of beauty, although I’ll never be a winter fan, probably because my Mediterranean roots are strong). I’ve been...

Full details, and the new judges for the 2019 Beauty Shortlist Awards will be announced early September, including the panel for our new Wellbeing Awards. We’ve added 18 new Beauty and 40 new Wellbeing Categories for 2019, to view the complete...

 

Beauty’s coolest launches for July’s warm days and nights are here, so here’s what’s new and most notable this month. First up, MV Organic Skincare’s special limited edition Beauty Shortlist Awards Winners Collection. The Aussie...

This year’s Jo Malone London White Lilac & Rhubarb Charity Home Candle has launched, and it’s available NOW In times of trouble, gardens can work magic as sanctuaries of colour, scent and solace away from busy traffic, so it’s great to see...