Easy As Pai: A 1-2-3 Step Routine to Create That Perfect Balance

Minimal skincare routines really can be something of a luxury, especially when there's a range of simple, clean and super efficient products at your fingertips. Pai Skincare are formulated specifically with sensitive, intolerant and allergy-prone skin in mind. This means gentle and caring, but that does in no way means Pai skimp on their effectiveness. 

With a clean list of organic and naturally derived ingredients approved by The Soil Association and a conscientious cruelty-free Leaping Bunny certification to boot, alongside a wealth of sustainable ingredients and recyclable packaging, Pai Skincare really do put the conscience into beauty. 

The Pai Perfect Balance Range has been formulated for us combination, oily and blemish-prone lot. Intended to rebalance oil production, clear and calm skin, the Pai Perfect Balance Range is for those of us who are frequented with blackheads, congestion, shine and oversize pores, all while considering those sensitive skin types.

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Step 01. Camellia & Rose Hydrating Cleanser

A calming and replenishing cleanser is the perfect way to kickstart any cleansing routine, and the Camellia & Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser does it so masterfully. The almost cream-cum-lotion type cleanser manages to be rich and creamy while also lightweight and easily spreadable. 

This silky smooth cleanser positively glides across skin, leaving nothing but a smoother and softer complexion in its wake. Pai really meant what they said about looking out for sensitive skins, as this highly gentle cleanser is in no way harsh or stripping.

This nourishing little cleanser takes away any impurities, smooths the complexion, all while replenishing the skin. After clearing the skin, removing any make-up or dirt, skin is left fresh, clean and hydrated. The cleanser also comes with an Organic Muslin Face Cloth (2 pieces / £6.00), which adds a little bit of exfoliation to the routine, encourage circulation while helping to fully remove the product; this muslin cloth makes for the perfect complement.

Camellia & Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser can be purchased from Pai for £28.00 / 100ML and includes a muslin cloth.

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Step 02. Rice Plant & Rosemary Bioaffinity Tonic

Once cleansed and cleared, an instant hydration booster is the next port of call. The Rice Plant & Rosemary Bioaffinity Tonic is a spritz-based toner, which graciously sprays out of a pump-dispenser and delicately falls onto skin. There's an instantaneous surge of moisture which is readily absorbed.

This lightweight tonic is very soft, effortlessly falling onto skin. The effects are super refreshing, skin is revived and boosted. Helping to balance the skin at the optimum pH balance, this tonic managed to calm any disrupted skin, making for a healthier complexion.

This refreshing pick-me-up is the perfect way to deliver instant hydration that balances, calms and helps to control oil, capable of absorbing and moisturising instantly. While making for the perfect tonic for a simple routine, it can also double-up as a top-up toner to be used throughout the day.

Rice Plant & Rosemary Bioaffinity Tonic can be purchased from Pai for £30.00 / 50ML.

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Step 03. Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream

My all time favourite step: moisturising. The ultimate way to finish off any routine and help provide long lasting hydration, the Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream manages to deliver hydration, calm redness and control oil. It really is the whole package.

This extremely light moisturiser absorbs straight in with little-to-no effort. My skin just feeds off this day cream, delivering a truly replenished sensation. Instantly, my skin is calmed. Any redness or irritation is reduced and balanced, I'm soothed and I'm clarified.
The Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream creates almost the perfect canvas. The lightweight moisturiser just glides over skin and the absorption rate makes skin instantly mattified. There is no residue, no grease, no oil, no shine, only a perfectly flat and clear canvas making it far easier to follow up with any primers, foundations or powder.

Skin is fresh, matte, breathable and balanced. This moisturiser, really does deliver a controlled complexion alongside long-term hydration.

Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream can be purchased from Pai for £34.00 / 50ML. 

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This simple routine really is easy as Pai. All three products have a superb texture, silky, lightweight and absorbent. Followed with a delicate fresh scent - very much garden in spring bloom. 

Three easy steps that really do lead to calmer, balanced and controlled skin and it's all positively hassle-free. This minimal routine really is one to make my skin flourish.

I purchased all products featured here. The Geranium & Thistle Rebalancing Day Cream was free as part of a spend over £50.00 promotion. Keep your eyes peeled, as Pai very often host these promotions. 

Origins Original Skin Retexturising Mask With Rose Clay Really Does Retexture Skin To Its Original Smooth And Flawless Condition

What a concept! To retexture skin to its original flawless texture. For someone with congested skin, oversized pores, blemishes and irregularities, it's the kind of thing I'd roll my eyes at and ask to pull the other one. So can you imagine the spit take when I discover a mask that delivers smoother, supplier and retextured skin? The Origins Original Skin Retexturising Mask With Rose Clay manages to be both a face mask and an exfoliatior; an expert resurfacing combination that really does achieve that flawless skin.

Origins' latest mask is a gorgeous pink little number contains active rose clay, Canadian willowherb and jojoba seeds to help provide that flawless look. Rose clay is a gentle way to extract impurities. This soft, sticky clay barely hardens, it remains gorgeously wet and hydrating when left for the 10-20 minute treatment. A little unusual for your typical clay mask, this mask manages to draw out impurities through its sticky texture, as opposed to the hardening and drying of clay. As a bonus, I use a cleaning cloth to remove (as I said, this mask can be a bit of a tough cookie), as a little boost to the exfoliation factor.

The added (and plentiful at that) jojoba beads helps to aid exfoliation on, ensuring that pores are unclogged, skin texture is resurfaced and any impurities are removed. The delicate jojoba beads are soft and natural circular seeds that gently move along the skin's surface aiding renewal. Everything about this mask is delicate and nurturing, transforming even my sensitive skin into a healthy complexion.

Original Skin is perfectly descriptive of what this mask achieves. Offering that youthful skin texture, skin is smoother, supple and healthy. Impurities are removed, skin is decongested and pores are emptied, creating a true silky smooth surface. My skin is left clearer, clarified, balanced, calmed and flawless. 

The floral scent of the rose clay is subtly sweet. It's a fragrance that endures, so for the 10-20 minutes during the treatment I can continue to experience this relaxing and calming scent. The clay is cool and wet when first applied, then begins to warm - in quite a comforting way - without any of the tingling that comes with a typical clay mask.

Origins Original Skin Retexturising Mask With Rose Clay has been an expert skin treatment to keep my skin soft and supple. Whenever I feel congested, Original Skin is what I reach for, whenever my pores are clogged, Original Skin is my first port of call, whenever I what clearer, more clarified and balanced skin, Original Skin is always there in my hour of need. This mask really has become my saving grace, providing me with such well-conditioned skin that I never imagined my face could attain.

Origins Original Skin Retexturising Mask With Rose Clay can be purchased from Origins for £23.00 / 100ML.

Beauty Heroes November 2015: Josh Rosebrook Hair

A recent subscription service for me, Beauty Heroes Expert Selection Subscription offers some of the finest non-toxic, clean, green beauty from the US. Spotting a new eco-luxe brand each month, featuring at least one full size hero alongside a full/mini sidekick, the Beauty Heroes Expert Selection Subscription provides a phenomenal way to experience a minimal and effective green routine.

The November Beauty Heroes Expert Selection Subscription champions the wholly organic, artisan, luxury Josh Rosebrook from within his truly divine hair collection. A superhero duo and their sidekick feature in the November Box. Kuh-pow!

• Josh Rosebrook Balance Shampoo ($30.00 / 240ML)
• Josh Rosebrook Balance Conditioner ($30.00 / 240ML)
• Josh Rosebrook Firm Hold Hair Spray ($22.00 / 118ML)

Every single one of these luxurious haircare products is outstanding. It's not very often that I am given any answers when it comes to haircare haircare, like most of us, I have fussy, unpredictable hair, but this trio manages to condition, tame and balance my once uncontrollable locks. 

The subtly sweet and subtly citrus-esque fragrance of the Balance Shampoo and Balance Conditioner is truly welcome. I strongly detect notes of aloe and grape, a natural scent that expertly refreshes and awakens. Never foaming, since there are no nasty foaming agents in here thank you very much, the Balance Shampoo manages to both cleanse and moisturise, effectively reviving and balancing my hair and scalp. Followed up with the Balance Conditioner, this little number is very, very moisturising. While intended for normal-oily hair types, my dry ends find this to be surprisingly hydrating. My frizzy locks are managed and tamed without being weighed down.

 

While only given the sidelined role of sidekick, the Josh Rosebrook Firm Hold Hair Spray has to take gold for me. A little unconventional - it's a pump-spray hairspray, instead of an aerosol - this extremely lightweight lacquer expertly holds hair into position, without being sticky, hardening or heavy. This completely transparent spray just falls neatly only to hair and provides that long-last hold without leaving a trace.

Josh Rosebrook offers some absolutely sensational haircare, that really does help to achieve great balance and firm hold. Powerful, simple and revitalising, this superhero trio is definitely my hair saviour.

Beauty Heroes Expert Selection Subscription is available here from $39.00 a month (plus $12.95 international shipping and are subject to customs fees).

Josh Rosebrook Balance Shampoo ($30.00 / 240ML), Josh Rosebrook Balance Conditioner ($30.00 /240ML) and Josh Rosebrook Firm Hold Hair Spray ($22.00 / 118ML) are also available from the Beauty Heroes online shop here. 

LoveLula Beauty Box November 2015

I'm fully aware that I'm at risk of sounding like a broken record, but I am just over the moon that month after month LoveLula can continue to deliver such a strong selection of organic and natural skincare and cosmetics. 

The LoveLula Beauty Box November 2015 is an interesting selection, as it features a number of products tailored for specific skin types. I'm not sure how well that will float, but for me, who has a bit of dry/normal/oily skin at least somewhere on my body, I don't mind at all. We once again come to the issue of broad strokes for all folks. Perhaps subscribers should be able to highlight their skin/hair/body types and each box ships with a curated selection, tailored to meet your needs. I would be very on board for that.

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Laidbare For Richer, For Porer Miracle Mask

This is a very interesting mask indeed, the Laidbare For Richer, For Porer Miracle Mask adopts the concept of nourish and hydrate while clearing and detoxifying. This is a very hydrating mask indeed, helping to create smooth and conditioned skin, feeling wonderfully soft and supple after use.

This is a cream-type mask that doesn't harden on the skin, it remains creamy and appears to absorb. It also contain palm kernels, offering the bonus benefit of all-natural micro-exfoliation. These little seeds will remaining on your face, and when it comes to rinsing, simply massage them off, helping to smooth and clear the skin.

This mask is extremely gentle - though the palm seeds are fairly powerful - and expertly keeps skin nourished and hydrating, while helping to clear and exfoliate. 

Laidbare For Richer, For Porer Miracle Mask can be purchased from LoveLula for £6.99 / 50ML.

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Odylique Avocado 24hr Replenishing Cream

This scrumptious and super rich facial cream helps to replenish moisture, with its list of super hydrating natural ingredients, to provide smoother and plumper skin. The Odylique Avocado 24hr Replenishing Cream's impressive moisturising properties help to promote skin regeneration, nourish and provide protein, minerals and anti-oxidant vitamins. All the essentials.

Catered more towards drier and maturer skins, this replenishing cream is a real moisture surge. Helping to balance any inflammation, relax and regenerate, this cream is perfect for when your skin has been put through a little stress. Something I will use after a heavy masking session to resupply moisture and nourish the skin.

Odylique Avocado 24hr Replenishing Cream can be purchased from LoveLula for £20.00 / 50ML.

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FOM London Body Contouring Serum

Helping to firm, tone and improve elasticity, the FOM London Body Contouring Serum is an infusion of premium non-toxic oils designed to relieve dryness, repair and improve the skin. 

The extremely rich blend of botanical oils is a super rich hydrator, helping to nourish and protect skin that needs a little toning. It's a wonderfully silky oil that glides over skin and absorbs easily after a minute or two. It converts skin into this smooth and soft canvas, skin feels nourished while appearing repaired and delicately slinky.

Said to firm, tone, lift and reduce cellulite and stretch marks, this is something that will become apparent with continued use. But it does smell and feel a dream.

FOM London Body Contouring Serum can be purchased from LoveLula for £30.00 / 100ML.

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Lyonsleaf Beauty Balm

Something I've tried before and loved before and something I will definitely be repurchasing. The Lyonsleaf Beauty Balm is a lovely silky balm that converts to a wonderfully soft oil when applied. As a multi-purpose product, this can be used to cleanse and remove make-up, as a moisturiser, or to protect and repair any dry patches.

Made from 100% natural plant oils, this balm is the ultimate way to keep skin hydrated. When used as a cleanser, the smooth texture glides over skin, whisking away any impurities and leaving only a softer, smoother complexion behind. As it converts into an oil, it needs to be removed with a cleansing cloth, or you can leave a small trace on your skin to double-up as a moisturiser.

The smell and the texture is truly divine, this product is super hydrating and nourishing, helping to repair skin, and causing no disruption.

Lyonsleaf Beauty Balm can be purchased from LoveLula for £12.95 / 55ML.

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PHB Natural & Organic Pencil Eyeliner (Black)

This delicately soft and truly pigmented eyeliner offers fantastic colour with a lovely nourishing wax-like feel. The natural and organic formula of PHB Natural & Organic Pencil Eyeliner provides a very true-black colour which holds.

As a very smooth wax pencil, it glides effortlessly along the eye, making it very easy to control and layer. It causes no irritation to my sensitive eyes and is also water-resistant, helping to last even longer.

The colour is lovely and very pigmented and the feel of the pencil is super soft. This long-lasting pencil is a perfect match for my sensitive eyes.

PHB Natural & Organic Pencil Eyeliner can be purchased from LoveLula for £10.95 / 4G.

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PHB Gentle Moisturiser Shea Butter & Apricot

As a bonus, PHB Ethical Beauty included a sample sachet of the PHB Gentle Moisturiser Shea Butter & Apricot. This delicate formula is perfect for sensitive skin, helping to smooth, protect and nourish. Containing the purist natural ingredients, it's free from the most common skin irritants.

Rich in antioxidants and fatty acids, this replenishing moisturiser helps to relieve any redness, inflammation and irritation, transforming skin into a balanced and calm canvas. 

PHB Gentle Moisturiser Shea Butter & Apricot can be purchased from LoveLula for £16.95 / 50ML.

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As I said, quite a mixed selection catering for a variety of skin types. The total value of this box is around £30.00 this month. It's only £12.50 to subscribe (with free delivery). You can subscribe to the LoveLula Beauty Box here, this box of all-natural cosmetics are delivered automatically to you door and feature 4-7 wonderful mystery products.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I subscribe to this box myself and all opinions are my own.

Getting That Coveted Glow with Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil and Hylamide Booster Glow Serum

I stumbled onto what I can only describe as the perfect synergy of natural and synthetic skincare. It's almost skincare meets some inverse Murphy's Law, because this little stellar combination of Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil and Hylamide Booster Glow Serum has definitely got it right!

On the face of it, these products have properties to help brighten, combat dullness and balance an uneven skin tone, and singularly, both these products achieve that expertly. But when used together, they combine to give the most wonderful natural glowing skin. Creating a really healthy and alive complexion that's balanced and brighter. Together they create an almost no-foundation foundation appearance.

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The Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil is a wonderfully nourishing facial oil designed to regenerate the skin, providing a healthier skin condition while repairing and improving with its potent omegas, vitamins and antioxidants skin fuel. Being blood orange in colour (or rosehip, if you prefer), this gorgeously warm and rich oil blends and absorbs seamlessly into skin. 

My skin feels so beautifully nourished when using this oil. Any tightness, dehydration or damaged skin is instantly soothed and rehydrated. For my particular skin type, this is a night-time only oil, as it is very rich and fairly heavy, so I prefer to let it work its rosehip magic while I catch my forty winks. 

Skin is balanced and radiant. With each use my skin appears healthier, smoother, brighter and very well conditioned. The almost tea-like smell of rosehip makes for a perfect complement and the effective absorption allows my skin to benefit from every last drop of this nutritious and warm organic oil. 

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The Hylamide Booster Glow Serum is a booster treatment, designed to provide more radiant skin within 2-3 days. That's a big promise, but boy does this stuff deliver. It helps boost skin's glow, creating a golden skin tone from the superstar ingredient ultra-purified keto-sugar (an alternative to DHA when used as a tanning agent).

The hybrid oil-like yet gum-like texture absorbs instantly into skin, penetrating deeply and quickly getting to work on that glow from within look. Instantaneously, skin is brightened, giving a wonderfully glowing and healthy complexion. Skin tone is also balanced, any unevenness or redness is reset, delivering a gorgeously even complexion.

The sweet as sugar booster is gentle to skin, ultra absorbent and quick to get to work. With continued use, my skin appears golden, an unmatched radiance above traditional methods. Helping to brighten and balance, this science-y little booster is a step in the right directions towards skincare meets cosmetics.

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From the surface, the Hylamide Booster Glow Serum is the main benefactor when it comes creating that golden no-foundation foundation look, but it works tenfold when combined with the Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil. At first, I thought it was the blood orange oil was staining my skin, when it fact, both products are working in complete synergy to create that brighter, balanced, tanned skin tone.

I am of a very pale complexion and tend to steer clear of foundations as they tend not to complement my oily and blemished skin. This is the perfect answer to achieving a flawless balanced skin tone with a brighter and golden finish. The skin conditioning properties of the Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil provides nutrition and combats dullness, while the Hylamide Booster Glow Serum brightens and tans the skin.

That being said, I tend to err on the side of caution. With frequent over use, skin can start to turn to the wrong side of orange. Use sparingly and use infrequently. Make sure to cover the whole face and neckline, blending it in right to the seams. These products are powerful and their presence will be very apparent if they aren't used correctly.

Together this is the perfect twin skincare to getting that coveted glow instantaneously, while achieving healthy and hydrated skin. Both Essential.

Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil can be purchased from Pai for £22.00 / 30ML. Hylamide Booster Glow Serum can be purchased from Boots for £20.00 / 30ML.