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The one thing that I love the most about shopping local are the incredible treasures that you find along the way. A few of these treasures being Beauty and the Beard and Pure Primal.

I love finding brands that embrace the nature around them and work towards creating their own unique approaches to an alternative lifestyle. Which is exactly what they have worked hard to do. They have created incredible ranges of luxury natural skincare and holistic products. Products that range from facial masks, facial serums to body butters.

Each brand bring their own unique take on natural holistic skincare and healthy lifestyle choices.

Beauty and the Beard

Purity, strength, resilience, power, simple yet still complex at the same time. These are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think about mother nature and her incredible ability to sustain life. For this reason, it is so vitally important for all of us as consumers and even businesses to become more aware of our impacts on the earth.

Beauty and the Beard was started when sisters Katie and Tarryn who both have a passion for the environment, Katie working as a designer of commercial spaces and Tarryn as an ecologist and environmental consultant in Cape Town decided that the time was ripe to develop a range of skin and homeware products that lessened the impact on the environment while still delivering a top quality product.

All the natural skincare products are free from harmful chemicals and packaged in glass and aluminum rather than plastic. Their homeware range is made from reclaimed timber, where possible, and designed to be functional, stylish quality pieces that will age well.

Both of their product ranges are inspired by the zero waste movement, encouraging people to reduce the amount of plastic used in their everyday lives. Find them on Facebook 

Review For Beauty and the Beard

A little while ago, I wrote an Instagram feature about the beautiful Cape Town based brand Beauty and the Beard.  They offer an incredible range of natural beauty products that are handmade and locally produced, with an incredible amount of care and passion.

Beauty and the Beard sent us a beautiful hamper of goodies to try out, which I was really excited to share with my younger sister Leku and hear her reviews on the product:

Hi there,

So over the past month and a bit, I’ve been trying out some really awesome products from Beauty and the Beard. These products included a face food, face mask, face mist as well as a delicious rose smelling lip balm (which I absolutely love).

So my plan was to see how these products fitted into my everyday routine and how it worked with the products I was use to.

So my whole routine worked around doing my normal face washing (with just an average drug store brand), then I would spray a little of the face mist onto my skin and gently wipe off with a clean face cloth. Once this was done, I would then work the Face food into my skin (just after cleansing) and I would leave it to quickly soak in. I absolutely loved this product!!! There’s very little to no sent which I really liked. And the product has a soft gel like consistency that soaks in very quickly and leaves the skin beautifully soft and supple without feeling greasy at all . After this I actually found that I didn’t really need to use a face cream but if you do, the products don’t feel like they create a heaven build up on your skin.

I also incorporated their face mask into a twice a week routine. Which was just amazing, it’s really easy to mix up the powder to form a paste. I actually like mixing it up myself because then the remaining product is easy to store and really isn’t messy at all.

Once I mixed up everything, I simply applied to my face and just left for the 20 minutes (as instructed) and rinsed off. I found that this mask left my skin feeling very fresh and clean, it had a very pretty subtle smell, it was easy to rinse off and my skin just felt so beautiful afterwards.

So all and all I think it was a great success. I really really loved their products.

Pure Primal

Our bodies absorb a large portion of the product we apply every day. From head to toe. Whether we’re washing our hair, applying face cream, using deodorant or scrubbing away in our bathtubs. Our bodies, externally and through absorption internally, come into contact with everything we use. Which is why it is so important to know what goes into our goodies and how these products could possibly affect us in the long run.

Pure Primal Skin takes this issue very seriously. They have worked hard to create a range of skincare products that are clean, simple and derived from all natural ingredients. A range that creates the perfect balance and harmony between ancient traditions and modern research. A brand that has created a variety of Free range Nguni & Game Tallow skincare products. Carefully made to work with our skin and provide the elements our skin so desperately craves. ·

Sylvie, the founder of Pure Primal Skin was inspired to live a more simple life. Sylvie says that after a diagnosis of and aggressive form of liver and skin cancer she found that changing her food, nutrition and lifestyle choices, she changed her outlook on life and her diagnoses. Sylvie says “I want to bring to all of South Africa the best health options, without frills or fanciness, so everyone can afford it! Here’s to health and HAPPY DAYS!”

She started to engage with the ancient traditions and to learn from the old Voortrekker secrets to skincare and simplicity of life. It was here, where she soon discovered the magical properties that certified free range and grass fed rendered animal fat, or tallow has for our skin and bodies. A product that aligns with our skins needs and cravings so perfectly. An old fashioned secret to healing and longevity. ·

And so Pure Primal Skin was born. Offering an incredible range of bioidentical, 100% waterless, natural and artisan skincare. That is sustainably sourced and locally made. ·

“Organic, Natural, Local, sustainable, raw, autoimmune-friendly and non-toxic home, body and pantry items all promoting health PRIMALLY!!”

http://www.pureprimal.co.za

I would love to give a huge thank you to @pureprimalskin for sending me through this incredible hamper to test out. Filled with yummy skin products such as their incredible cleanse, exfoliate, detox face bar, their face moisturizer as well as a divine jar of their skin food 🙌🙌 · · In case you missed it, I posted about @pureprimalskin a few weeks ago on my instagram feed so please check them out if you haven't already. @pureprimalskin provides proudly South African certified free range tallow skincareproducts that are #crueltyfree · Supports grass fed cattle · All products are #freerange · They believe in humanely raised & culled farming principals of happy cows 🙌 · · Also keep your eyes open for our exciting reviews and blog features about @pureprimalskin coming up. #lovezabuyza #lovelocalza #skinecare #madeinza

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Review for Pure Primal 

So, a little while ago I received a beautiful package from Pure Primal containing a gorgeous selection of skin care products. From a Charcoal based Artisan Face Bar, moisturising face cream to the most divine scented jar of Mandarin Skin food. The best treat a girl could ask for.

First off, what made me so excited about using this brand is their incredible attention to producing a sustainable skincare range that draws its inspiration from the past and our ancestors ways for good skin health. Ways that were environmentally friendly and conscious of their surroundings.

Their range is cruelty free and all ingredients are sourced from ethically run local farms in their area. Which I think is absolutely amazing. But enough said about that, lets talk about the products that we got to review. The first product (which was my favorite from the set) was the Verbena & Mandarin skin food (aka whipped body butter). The first thing that I noticed when opening it up was the incredible smell. I’m always one for a yummy smelling product. It sort of reminded me of one of the lemon grass candles I once picked up during an outing to Kalk Bay, which has quickly become one of my favorite scents. You’ll also notice that their body butter range are all solid as their products don’t contain water (which dehydrates the skin) in them. But this really isn’t an issue, all I did was scoop out a little bit (a little really goes a long way), heated it up in my hands and then messaged the butter into my skin. Such an incredible product, especially during the dry winters.

Then there was the Pure Primal Face Moisturiser. I really enjoyed adding this product to my skin care regime. It’s just such a great basic product which I believe is essential. It’s a good old fashioned facial moisturiser- No frills, no perfumes or any other  nasty additives. I found this product to be (texture wised) very similar to a lip balm that then melts beautifully in your hands. I also found that it left your face feeling silky smooth and soft to the touch without feeling heavy or oily at all. In fact it was recommended for people with “oily” skin.

And finally, I was sent through their 3C Face Bar. 3C being Charcoal, Cocoa and Clay 🙂 This product I asked my sister, Emma, to review. She often suffers from bad breakouts during the month and I thought that she might enjoy a facial bar created to cleanse, exfoliate and detox the skin.

Here’ s a bit of her feedback: Hi, I really enjoyed this facial bar, it definitely helped the condition of my skin and left it feeling soft and not dry at all. I loved the faintly medicinal smell of the bar. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a mild cleansing bar.

  Beauty in the eye of the beholder The one thing that I love the most about shopping local are the incredible treasures that you find along the way.