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Call for Entries: 7th annual Clean Beauty Awards

CertClean, North America's leading certification for safer skincare, is calling for entries for its 7th Clean Beauty Awards. The mission of the prestigious awards founded in 2015, is to recognize and reward the best performing products in the "clean" beauty sector, specifically beauty and personal care products formulated without the use of harmful chemicals. The awards program determines the best performing product in the growing clean beauty sector so brands get extensive recognition, including opportunities to be published, to reach new markets and conn[...]

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Awaken Organics: For Every AGE

Awaken Organics, an Australian-born skincare range, has launched onto the natural beauty scene with a tailored range based on age, rather than skin type. The COSMOS Organic certified range and its cellular-extracted formulations promise effectiveness sans the need for marketing hype—because they work. While many products claim to fight the signs of ageing for women throughout their life, Awaken Organics understands skincare needs change over time, as such curated a customised range for each decade of a woman’s life, for those their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s pl[...]

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Moor Spa: Deep Sea Beauty

Being fussy about what you put on your skin is essential if you care about your health and vitality. My skincare routine begins from the inside, then I rely on only all-natural, ethically produced skincare products. Finding them can be a challenge if you don't know how to look beyond the label. One of my latest brand discoveries is Canadian formulated Moor Spa, a gorgeous all-natural collection of skincare must-haves that are CertClean certified. It regularly receives all-star ratings and is a favourite of spa industry experts. While there are many d[...]

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Radiant Skin, Naturally, with Puur Ingrid

Canadian @certclean brand Puur Ingrid is a must have for your bathroom cabinet and one of my current favourites ? I’ve been using three beautiful products from their range: Triple Treat Tonic for tangle-free, no-frizz tresses, Squalene Absolute for deep hydration and Facial Radiance for brighter skin. Packaged in glass bottles, these formulations harness some of nature’s most potent beauty ingredients that are verified by the @environmentalworkinggroup The name ‘PUUR Ingrid’ is inspired by its founder's Dutch heritage. ‘Puur’ in Dutch tr[...]

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Best Clean Beauty of 2020—The Winners

Winners of the 2019/2020 CertClean Clean Beauty Awards have been unveiled. Read on to find out who they are! Give your eyes a rest from reading all of those product labels, CertClean and 127 of my fellow clean beauty judges and I tried and tested some of the industry's best across 21 categories. Below are those products that came out on top across skincare, haircare, makeup and more. A whopping 371 products were entered the 5th Clean Beauty Awards, vying for the ultimate stamp of approval — the CertClean first, second or third place seal. I had the h[...]

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Danny pato on hair, humility & happiness

D&M Hair Design may sit in Auckland's trend-setter suburb of Ponsonby, however, you won't find an air of beauty industry superiority, despite the salon's many successes. Stay a while and you'll soon realise that it's love, passion and a deep interest in people that are the fuel for the salon's many successes. Spending an hour or two at this much-loved hair sanctuary kind of feels like you've been given a big hug that leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy—with the bonus of having your hair cut, curled and coiffed to a level rarely experienced. At th[...]