Hope's Relief - Goats Milk Body Wash

Since I can remember I’ve always struggled with my skin due to its sensitivity towards almost everything that touches it. When I was a very little girl, I would go to the beach with my parents and take a dip; my mum would then wrap me with my soft and cute towel and five minutes later... my skin would be bright red, itchy and my 5-year-old-self would scratch it with no mercy.

When I got a bit older, my skin’s sensitivity grew even bigger and I suffered from dermatitis on my forearms constantly. I visited my dermatologist regularly and he would always recommend me a specific oat based and soap-free body wash and body lotion. Things changed when I hit 16, my skin grew thicker and stronger and for a few years my dermatitis disappeared. Nowadays, dermatitis shows up very rarely on my forearms, it would itch like hell, but after two days it would stop – leaving my forearms dry and flaky. I blame genetics – thanks dad for giving me this delicate and thin skin, I blame you.

Two weeks ago dermatitis decided to bother me again for a whole week – my forearms would itch like nothing else. With the years, I’ve learnt not to scratch (or even touch) my skin when it’s this angry. The Amazing Blog came across with the chance of reviewing Hope's Relief’s Goats Milk Body Wash – my Managing Editor Edwina, left this gem of a body wash in my desk for me to try. Perfect timing… and product.

Hope's Relief’s Goats Milk Body Wash is a pure and natural product that has been proven to be perfect for dry sensitive skins, especially skins prone to eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis. Skin Relief’s only uses 100% pure Goats Milk to manufacture this product – it’s full of Vitamins, Nutrients and Proteins and naturally occurring Triglycerides. This truly effective Goats Milk Body Wash is also suitable for those with acne prone skin, as the proteins in Goats Milk kill acne producing bacteria too!

Hope's Relief’s Goats Milk Body Wash is free of chemical additives and preservatives and reduces the risk of irritation or allergic reactions.

Overall, this Body Wash is a true winner for me – it soothes my skin, cleanses very gently and smells clean and a bit sweet – nothing too overpowering, which is perfect. I will definitely repurchase another bottle when I run out of the one I am currently using.

You can purchase this Body Wash on Healthy House for £11.40.

SPAtopia London Argan Oil Bodycare

If you ask me, there is nothing better than to find good quality and affordable beauty products - many times we just forget or don't want to realise the amount of money we spend on just one face cleanser because of the rave reviews it gets. That's why at The Amazing Blog we're thrilled by this A-list beauty discovery - SPAtopia London has launched a fabulous Argan Oil Bodycare range. Their products are affordable and work wonders.

The SPAtopia London Argan Oil Bodycare consists of 5 products: Bath Relaxer, Body Butter, Body Oil, Body Wash and Body Scrub. At The Amazing Blog we've had the chance to try the latter two out. The Argan Oil Body Wash is very creamy and feels luxurious on the skin, it lathers easily and it's very moisturizing - a definite winner for those of you with dry or flaky skin. The Argan Oil Body Scrub is a rich cream with very small and rounded scrubbing bits that don't feel harsh on the skin at all. This scrub polishes and nourishes the skin effectively, leaving it smooth and silky soft.

Both products smell absolutely amazing, the whole range is enriched with essential oils of Lemon, Patchouli and Petitgrain. Argan Oil has been on trend for a while now in the beauty industry - it has great skincare benefits and it's exceptionally rich in Vitamin E and Omega Essential Fatty Acids, and therefore well known for its anti-ageing, moisturising and anti-oxidant properties.

At The Amazing Blog we love featuring good quality and affordable products, and the SPAtopia London Argan Oil Bodycare Range has fulfilled our high hopes. This fabulous and luxurious feeling range is widely available from Sainsbury's - the Body Scrub retails at £4.49 and the Body Wash at £3.49. You can't really go wrong.

Apodea

Having been cursed with such sensitive skin that I have to avoid anything heavily perfumed, artificially coloured or synthetic (which pretty much rules out most of the latest beauty offerings) working in an office of beauty junkies trying every new beauty fad is often a frustrating experience. As a result I am constantly on the look out for natural, gentle and effective products that won’t break me out in a rash but are slightly more interesting than the incredibly basic (and boring) dermatological and emollient offerings that I was subjected to as a child. This normally means that a product must be all natural, organic and free from synthetic fragrances to even warrant a second look (and any added bonuses are always a plus) which is exactly why I was happy to stumble upon my latest find, Apodea.

Apodea is a unique, authentic, organic and biodynamic bodycare range produced in small batches by the Rossi family from their Umbrian farm in Italy. The high quality artisan range is built around a core of organic bee derived products – honey, beeswax, and propolis – which possess protective, calming, hydrating, anti-bacterial and healing properties. Apodea focus on quality and small-batch production to maintain their high standards ‘from bee to balm.’ The Rossi family are passionate about biodynamic beekeeping which is part of a holistic approach to farming that rejects harmful commercial practices such as clipping a queen’s wings to prevent them from swarming elsewhere and harvesting the honey too early or too frequently. It’s not surprising that these practices produce better products, leave the land more fertile and positively encourage nature’s forces. The honey, beeswax, and propolis ingredients are produced after bees from the Rossi family’s hives have had a chance to roam free over the unspoilt Umbrian countryside, collecting nectar from fragrant wild plants including peach, almond and olive trees, honeysuckle, lilac, rosemary, wild thyme and limeblossom in the fertile Tiber Valley...sounds like the ideal life to us!

The Rossi’s began by making their now best-selling multi-purpose saviour Propolis Balm for friends and family in the 1980s and have gradually developed more products and continue to add to the Apodea range which today includes a Hand Cream, Lip Balm, Body Emulsion, Vegetal Soap, Deodorant, Shampoo and Conditioner. Office favourites here at Amazing PR include the Hand Cream with honey and lemon which was quickly absorbed and non-greasy with a refreshing subtle lemon fragrance and the Lip Balm which was instantly hydrating and has a pleasant sweet orange smell.

Apodea’s packaging is 100% recyclable and the products contain no synthetic fragrances, artificial colouring and are not tested on animals. In addition to bee-derived ingredients, Apodea products also include high quality organic Italian cold pressed and essential oils such as Sicilian lemon and geranium. All the products are very gentle and naturally lightly scented, which makes them safe for pregnant women and also equally irresistible to men!

You can buy Apodea’s products online here.