Bare Naked Beauty Blog

Rocking the smudged eye

As a cheerleader for eco-beauty, people often expect that I prefer an earthy, soft, and subtle make-up palette, which can be quite nice sometimes, but in truth I like my make-up a little bit rock and roll. And please, nature isn’t all flowers and moonbeams, it is also volcanoes, earthquakes, scorpions, thunder and lightning – all very rock and roll! And what’s more rock n’ roll then a smudged eye?..continue post...

Seasonal skin

Autumn is a time for shedding the old and recuperation. I like to apply this to skin care as well, as we slow down on the partying and begin to yearn for hot cocoa, snuggly coats/boyfriends, and wooly socks.

Autumn is about resting and protecting your skin. The changing climate affects your skin, making it prone to sensitivities and imbalances. The onslaught of summer (alcohol, fierce sunshine, salty water, sweat, party makeup) is coming to an end, so wind down and give your skin some extra TLC...continue post...

Pretty Peepers

Ahhh, Valentine’s Day  – the day where we are given leave to spend hours gazing lovingly into our lover’s eyes. It is true when they say that eyes are the windows to your soul – they are also the looking glass of good health and vitality.

Bambi eyes are never out of style (and neither is good health!), so there are a few simple things you can do to create the illusion of brighter, bigger eyes...continue post...

Lush Lips

Unlike the rest of your skin, your lips do not contain any oil glands to keep them lubricated and moisturized, so are susceptible to dryness, flakiness, and (ugh) cracking. Both sun and wind can contribute to chapping…peeling, bleeding lips are just not a good look in any culture!..continue post...

Deep treat for your locks

Hair loves hair masks and treatments! You can buy natural hair masks to be left for a few hours or overnight (like award-winning Al'chemy Gingko & Jojoba Intensive Moisture Vitamin Masque), but a wonderful traditional treatment is coconut oil.

Coconut oil is extremely nourishing and has been used through the ages to restore vitality to your hair. Once a week, after washing your hair, warm up a couple of tablespoons (not boiling, just warm enough for your fingers to stand it),  ...continue post...

Perfect Skin From Within

Ok, people. You can slather on as much primer, tinted moisturiser, foundation, luminiser, concealer and bronzer as you like, but nothing...NOTHING...can hide your true face when you wake up first thing in the morning. These things can be used to enhance your naturally clear and even complexion, but true natural beauty, without all the paint, come from diet. We are what we eat. So do you have a rosy, soft, peach complexion, or a flaky, crusty, meat-pie complexion? Hmm?...continue post...

Your spring face

The warmer months aren’t really the time to be high-maintenance. There is too much to do. Go to the beach, go hiking, eat ice cream, go to the beach, laugh, play, live life etc (I’ve left our working because that would just bring you down…oops, sorry). But for the sake of feeling gorgeous, here are the eco-basics to getting a daytime fabulous face...continue post...

Peachy cheeks!

Right, I’m going to come right out and say it. Buttne exists. And from the many emails I get I assure you, you are NOT the only one! Let’s just say that after a winter of thick bread, wine, lashings of butter, creamy soups, oil-drizzled potatoes and fatty lamb chops, as well as 4 months sitting on our bums watching Master Chef, well, I can see summer on the horizon and you are all beginning to panic. Yours truly included...continue post...

Get fresh “I’m so into Spring!” hair the eco-way

Right, this is for ladies who want lush, tousled locks, and seriously, this truly is a look that is easy and never goes out of style.

The key is to wash your hair in the evening for the style to “set” overnight. You don’t need your GHD or curling tongs…this look doesn’t need these things, and uses just a quick blast of the hairdryer. See? Green! ...continue post...

One lipstick, three ways

One of the things I am wary of, in the green beauty industry, is providing a way for people to simply replace one type of consumerism with another. Because honestly, we as a whole really do buy too much crap that we just don’t need.

Here I am going to show you how to create three different looks with the same lipstick.

The current trend for lips is either a sheer wash of colour (which actually never really goes out of fashion), and a heavy matt lip. I will show you how to achieve these two looks, as well as a high gloss lip, using just three products: One lipstick, one lip balm, and one lip gloss...continue article...