In this episode of Wheelie Bin Beauty I followed the natural order of sibling shit-giving and I stitched up my little sister to give the Nettle Balm a whirl. Despite being blessed with porcelain skin, she falls squarely into the camp of people that CBFd with skincare. Nettles for Skincare 🍃 Not something you’d expect […]
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It feels a bit cringe diving into gendered skincare because none of my products are particularly girlie (just ask the husbands, partners & sons that have helped themselves) Skin is skin – it’s not about beauty, its about having soft, supple skin and protecting it from the Aussie elements. But there’s a huge abyss in
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Oil cleanser sounds wrong, right? Considering the entire purpose of washing your face is to get the oil & grime off – adding more oil seems weird – and one customer put it perfectly: “It’s quite bizarre and not what we’ve been sold all our lives” Add to that, the confusion in ‘beauty land’ with
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First up – Vetiver produces the most earthy, scrumptious essential oil… It’s not a ‘pretty’ smell but it’s addictive AF. Seriously this stuff has been like crack for me lately. I CAN. NOT. STOP inhaling it For my animals, it’s an unconventional but highly nutritious, drought resistant source of forage. Ecologically speaking, vetiver is an
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Firstly – it’s not pretty – and never has a bluebird perched on my shoulder while I delicately collect flowers in a beige linen pant suit. Most days Im quite literally covered in shit. Don’t get me wrong… I wasn’t expecting farm life to be all flowers and unicorn farts but it’s been a fair
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I’m not saying I’m losing my mind… but there might be signs 🤣 In this video, learn how to use cutlery for lymphatic drainage in your skincare regime – and, um… how not to play the spoons. Despite the glorious splash of sun, it’s the middle of winter here – and I’ve been using the
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Australian superfine wool is highly regarded… mine is not. The wool produced on my farm is grubby, lanolinny and sometimes-a-bit-poopy and ‘carpet quality’ at best. Which is probably why it’s sat around in the shed for years – until it accidentally (& wonderfully) became skincare packaging – and my sheep finally paid their own bills.
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Here’s me trying to show you the new serum like the ‘fancy people’ do My bathroom is too dark – so I filmed it outside in the paddock from the top of a wheelie bin… cos camera men are hard to come by when you live alone on a farm 🤣 And special thanks to
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..Something that really juices me up is the zen feeling of self sufficiency I get from growing plants and actually using them. This is comfrey. It’s a fantastic starter herb for anyone who’s feeling the fascination of medicinal plants, mainly because: 🍃 It’s piss easy to grow (seriously… I forgot about a cutting in an
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