Our Green Guide 

We Care About You and The Environment

All of our products are freshly handmade in the UK, ethical and cruelty free and we refuse to use unnecessary fillers to ‘bulk out’ products to reduce the cost of manufacture at the expense of your well-being. Our product contains no synthetic, harmful, toxic ingredients such as parabens, dioxane, mineral oils, propylene glycol, synthetic fragrances, lanolin, phthalates, triethanolamine or sulphates.

We use high quality ingredients in their natural and organic forms because they are much safer, better tolerated and work in harmony with your skin thus having a positive effect. They don’t adversely affect your health (because everything you apply to your skin is absorbed into your bloodstream) or damage your skin at a cellular level.

We use recycled cardboard/paper in our product cartons, inserts and packaging.

Most of Our Products are Vegan

Most of our products are Vegan except those containing bee derived ingredients. Because of the amazing healing and nutritional qualities unique to bee-derived ingredients we use in some products, unfortunately there are no satisfactory natural alternatives available. 

And healing and transformation is Mama Nature’s mission.

We love all living things in the natural world including bees and thank them for their gifts. 

Cruelty Free

None of our products or their ingredients are tested on animals. We are firmly against subjecting animals to testing and believe that animals deserve the same level of respect as human beings. Not only that, but animal testing is often ineffective, as animal studies cannot be reliable when it comes to applying the results to humans. Our entire skin care range has been tested on willing human beings, and is completely safe for you to use.

No Palm Oil 

Palm oil is found in approximately 40-50% of household products. The palm oil industry is linked to major issues such as deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses in the countries where it is produced.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, an area the equivalent size of 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared each hour to make way for palm oil production. This large-scale deforestation is pushing many species to extinction, and findings show that if nothing changes, species like the orangutan could become extinct in the wild within the next 5-10 years, and Sumatran tigers in less than 3 years.

We do not support this unsustainable use and decline to use palm oil in any of our products.

Looking After Our Natural Environment

We care passionately about our natural environment and the impact our products have on it and by buying our products you are helping us to support TreeSisters who are empowering women and restoring our forests across the world..  Find out more >>>

We hope that with your help and our combined respect for Mother Nature, together we can contribute positively to our ecosystem and take care of our planet.

Our planet’s welfare and the future of our children and our children’s children is in our hands.

Our Products Are as Natural as is Safely Possible

There are over 10,000 industrial chemicals in common skin care products. The problem with this is everything you apply to your skin — be it lipstick or deodorant, sun block or lotion — is absorbed by the body, just as if it’s been eaten.

We think you deserve better than  that. Mama Nature has given you the option to avoid putting unnecessary synthetic ingredients into your body that over time can cause more harm than good and adversely affect your skin at a cellular level.

No Harsh Synthetics

Our products contain no parabens, dioxane, mineral oils, propylene glycol, synthetic fragrances, lanolin, phthalates, triethanolamine or sulphates. Since we do not use any harsh chemicals or synthetic ingredients, our products will dissolve easily in the environment without harming nature.

Our unique range of skin care recipes have been specially formulated to harness the magic that mother nature has to offer, by working in harmony with your skin.

(Note: All of our non-water based products are preserved naturally; however, we have no option but to preserve our water-based products with gentle, synthetic preservatives [as this is the only proven safe method of preserving them] in the lowest concentrations that are effective. Once we feel there is a tried and tested, safe and effective natural method of preserving our water based products, we will use that instead.

Recycled Packaging 

Using recycled packaging keeps unnecessary waste out of landfills and preserves our natural resources.-

• We use recycled cardboard and paper in our cartons and inserts.
• We send orders in recycled protective packaging.
• We use as little packaging as possible whilst also ensuring orders arrive undamaged.
• Every part of our packaging is intended to be recycled and we trust our customers will do so.

We Use Plastic 

We experimented by switching to glass but the negative feedback we received from you surprised us and we switched back to plastic!

Here is a rundown of the pros and cons of both.

Plastic

Advantages

• • Believe it or not plastic is more eco-friendly. An analysis by Ecochain shows that the overall environmental impact of plastic as a packaging material compared to glass is lower. Several other studies by different organisations have also found this to be the case. Of course we realise it is difficult to get rid of plastic and it ends up in the waterways (which is ludicrous!) and it is still not ideal but we do plan to switch to a more eco-friendly packaging in future. 
  • Because it is lighter it contributes less to our carbon footprint as less fuel is used in transporting it therefore less toxic, damaging pollutants entering the atmosphere.

Disadvantages

• • It is difficult to get rid of plastic and it ends up in the waterways (even when it has been recycled which we think is disgraceful!)
  • No one knows for sure but it is estimated it can take, depending on the type of plastic, 20 to 1000 years to decompose. And even then, it breaks down into undetectable nanoparticles that make their way into our ecosystem, which is unacceptable.
  • It can kill ocean life and wildlife
  • It can produce chemical pollution.

Glass

Advantages

• • Glass has an advantage in recyclability and the production of the packaging is more environmentally friendly.

Disadvantages

• • No one knows for sure but it is estimated it can take up to, now wait for it….one million years to decompose. But we think this is not as big an issue as it first sounds. Glass, although manmade, gets worn down over the years to create some beautiful almost crystal-like objects. People even collect it for its beauty from beaches around the world. Since it is more compatible with our environment (it contains sand and limestone) it is definitely less harmful to our ecosystem. However, it is still unacceptable that it is in landfills and ends up in oceans.
  • Because of the enormous difference in weight, the impact of glass, especially in the transportation phase, is significantly higher and therefore contributes more damaging pollutants into the atmosphere.

As you can see, eco-friendly packaging in the modern world is not such a straight forward task. So we are still actively working on finding other, eco friendly, practical solutions whilst also bearing in mind that we are trying to keep product and shipping costs down to a minimum for you.

In the meantime we would ask that you please recycle all containers and ideally, if possible, get creative and put them to another use. Let your creative juices flow!

Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

No machinery is used in the process except the vacuum sealer at the end to retain their freshness and protect the finished product from leakage.. (Of course Mama Nature does have a magic wand that she uses to sprinkle her magic into your products, but we don’t technically classify that as machinery!) 

This not only reduces our carbon footprint but means we can give it our personal touch. Call us old fashioned but we think you deserve only the best. Therefore we take our time crafting our lotions and potions so they are perfect for you to use.