S.N.S Botanics

A pro-ageing, skincare hero, this botanical ingredient is a natural, gentle alternative to harsh, synthetic retinol, or painful Botox injections. Rosehip Seed oil is one of my favourite high-performance plant-based ingredients. Famously loved by Kate Bosworth, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Middleton The Princess of Wales, Rosehip Seed oil plays a starring role in my handcrafted facial skincare formulations✨️
Derived from the Rosa canina rose bush, grown mostly in Chile, it is most transformative for skin in cold pressed, organic form- extracted from the fruit and seeds of the rose plant. Rosehip Seed oil is deeply nourishing and moisturising. It has a high quantity of essential fatty acids, which restore the skin's barrier for hydrated, soft skin.
This bio-active beauty ingredient is also rich in vitamins A and E. These antioxidants help to support the changing needs of our skin as we mature. Vitamin A, or natural retinol, encourages skin cell turnover and collagen production. Vitamin A is made up of several nutritional compounds, including retinoids, which are known for their ability to reduce hyperpigmentation and other visible signs of ageing with regular use💫
I only use the purest, certified organic Rosehip Seed oil in my formulations - so you get its full rejuvenating benefits! (This is because organic cultivation avoids harsh toxic synthetic chemicals, and the end produce is higher in antioxidants as a result). Enjoy skin confidence whatever your age - with naturally beautiful, flawless skin the 100% organic way ✨️🫶
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S🤍🍃

Time to nurture your hands whilst boosting your mood 🙏.
Our hands can have a tough time of it - (I am always plunging my hands into the washing up bowl with no gloves....). Our hands can often feel dry, irritated and start to show unsightly age-spots. However, this beautiful, concentrated organic hand cream helps to restore hands in no time. Plus, you can enjoy the scent of summer in this luxurious Spa at home treat...🍋☀️
This rich, aromatherapy hand balm is handcrafted with a blend of the purest, naturally active botanicals including collagen-boosting Rosehip Seed oil and Pomegranate Seed oil. It's amazing for transforming and protecting dry hands, whilst you also practice a little mindfulness through engaging your senses during use. Perfect as part of your daily self-care 🤍
Just gently massage in a small amount a couple of times a day to soothe, restore, and rejuvenate the skin whilst savouring the divine, uplifting aroma from three stress-busting essential oils:
💛 May Chang - relieves anxiety without causing drowsiness, the delightful citrusy aroma is both pleasing and mood uplifting.
🩷 Geranium-Rose - useful to combat depression and during mood swings related to hormonal shifts.
💜 Lavender - great for restoring a sense of peace & serenity, helping to combat tension / headache.
100% organic, vegan-friendly, and packed with skin-nourishing vitamins and anti-inflammatories, this Eco-Luxe skincare gives you a little spa luxury every day 😌
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S 🤍🍃

The utimate indulgent, natural collection of divine self-care treats. Take time to focus on wellness; mind, body and spirit 🙏

'Relax & Reset' - this Eco-luxe box has been carefully curated to help you wind down and restore your inner peace.

Includes;

🪷 Aromatherapy facial beauty oil 30ml, worth £27.50. Handcrafted with 100% certified-organic plant oils and therapeutic grade essential oils (massage into hands also). A spa at home, skincare saviour which rejuvenates your skin, perfect for face yoga practice.
(Plus a handy satin scrunchie to keep hair out of the way, colour may vary).

🪷 Sip away whilst calming your soul with the organic Pukka herbal tea in 'peace' blend, with Chamomile and Ashwagandha root.

🪷 Indulge your taste buds with antioxidant rich, 90% dark chocolate by Lindt.

🪷 Get some blissful sleep and rest with the satin eye mask, (colour may vary).

🪷 Six soy wax meditation melts (£6.50). synthetic-free and parrafin free, highly fragranced with therapeutic natural essential oils to surround yourself with a beautiful aroma that helps to restore your serenity.

Stocks limited - visit the 'shop all products' page and gifts via the website to order yours today for just £38.50✨️ including P&P*. Take care, love Louise, S.N.S 🤍🌿

Having glowing, radiant skin is not just about what's in your jar of skincare. Not only is exercise and working out fantastic for our health, it even helps us stay looking youthful!

🏃‍♀️ Boosts Skin Elasticity: Cardiorespiratory workouts increase blood flow, delivering vital nutrients and oxygen that stimulate collagen production. This helps maintain thickness and keeps skin toned and supple.

🧘‍♀️ Reverses Cellular Ageing: Research shows that regular movement protects telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of your chromosomes. Longer telomeres are directly linked to a longer life and cellular youthfulness.

Pro-ageing for me is all about supporting my body in many ways - to help my longevity, vitality, and to age well. Using high-performance organic skincare is transformative definatley, but nervous-system regulation is also very much part of slow-ageing, and exercise helps us manage stress levels. As well as swimming, I love my weekly four mile jog around the country lanes and my weekly Pilates class.
It took me until I was in my late thirties until I discovered what exercise worked for me, (I didn't enjoy the gym work-out machines 🥱, and aerobics class etc was a disaster as I have no coordination!). Have you found what exercise you love yet?
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S

🤍💛 Time for some mood-boosting, self-care indulgence after a full-on week 🤍💛. Instead of synthetic fragrance and paraffin wax that's commonly used, choose these non-toxic 100% natural soy wax melts- highly fragranced with an uplifting, anxiety-busting blend of natural, therapeutic essential oils including:
💛 May Chang (a divine 'zingy' lemony scent that's refreshing and stimulating, great for relieving fatigue)

💛 Rose Geranium (combats anxiety)

💛 Lavender (combats low mood)

💛 Grapefruit (promotes feelings of vitality)
Just place 1-2 aromatherapy meditation melts into a warmer and surround yourself with a joyful, summer-time aroma experience. You'll think you're at the Spa. What a wonderful, natural way to restore your serenity through practicing mindfulness, and to fragrance your home. Available in 'Uplifting' or 'Calming' aroma blend, they are handcrafted from sustainable, totally plant-based Eco-Soy wax, these self-care saviours are totally natural, sustainable and vegan-friendly 🤍
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🎁 Makes a great end of school year gift for well-deserving teachers✨️.
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S 🤍🍃 xx

🍃🤍 100% organic plant-power! Banish dehydrated / irritated skin and say hello to naturally flawless, radiant skin. Here's the ultimate Clean Beauty rescue cream, starring deeply nourishing Shea Butter, anti-inflammatory Pomegranate Seed oil and rejuvenating Rosehip Seed oil. It's easily absorbed and blissfully soothing.
This little one pot wonder is as gentle on skin as they come, but is chock full with restorative natural actives. It's rich in vitamins and antioxidants, which strengthen and support the skin's barrier & delicate microbiome, for healthy, youthful-looking skin 🫶
My handcrafted Hurray For Shea skincare collection is totally free from harsh chemical synthetics AND has no added fragrance, not even essential oils - which can irritate some sensitive types and lead to premature ageing 🤍
Vegan-friendly and in plastic-free packaging, this skincare saviour is designed to be super versatile (use as a moisturiser AND as a cleanser with the hot-cloth method). Rich in nutrients and soothing, natural anti-inflammatories, it deeply nourishes and cares for your skin. The results are pretty remarkable: super-soft skin and a naturally radiant, flawless complexion 🌿🌿🤍
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S xx

At 47, my skin goals remain the same; skin quality, vitality, and its sustainable long-term health. For me, that means achieving naturally resilient skin, so I am a big fan of 'pro-ageing' & 'slow-ageing'. (I've never had Botox and never plan to. I don't use harsh Retinol on my skin. I don't use photo filters or re-rouching.)

Synthetic ingredients can be harsh, damaging the skin barrier. Part of slow-ageing is longevity and wellness. Given that the cumulative long-term health effects of synthetic chemical ingredients are uncertain, I passionately believe in skincare purely made with non-toxic, organic botanicals which are regenerative and anti-inflammatory: I created my high-performance handcrafted formulations based on that criteria 🌿✨️.

Some facts about my own skincare routine & habits:
~ I swear by 100% organic waterless skincare, oil-based cleansing, and daily face yoga.
~ I practice mindfulness / self-care regularly and drink green tea (and A LOT of water!)
~ I support from the inside too by taking daily collagen supplements.

I think pro-ageing / slow-ageing is far more positive (and less pressurising!) than the 'anti-ageing' approach. I don't want to strive to look like I'm still 20, but instead be happy and confident with soft, radiant skin, which is healthy- thanks to pure plant power 🌿. Do you agree?

Take care, love Louise, S.N.S xx

Over time, there is a natural reduction in skin barrier lipids because our skins epidermis becomes thinner. This causes increased moisture loss. Combine that with harsh, synthetic skincare ingredients, and this can cause damage/ irritation by disrupting the skin's barrier. (E.g. Retinol and also preservatives / emulsifiers contained in water-based skincare).

😥 Signs of a damaged skin barrier:

- Chronic dryness: Leading to flaking, tightness, and rough texture.

- Increased sensitivity

- Inflammation: Triggering conditions like eczema, rosacea, or acne.

- Accelerated ageing: Dehydration makes fine lines look deeper.

✨️ How to defend your skin barrier;

✔️ Wash face with lukewarm water

✔️ Use gentle, fragrance-free cleansers. (Plant oil-based cloth cleansing is effective and gentle).

✔️ Apply skincare rich in fatty acids, ceramides anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, and vitamins. (Organic, waterless skincare is chock full with these.)

✔️ Wear sunscreen daily

✔️ Avoid over-exfoliating

➡️ Waterless skincare works in harmony with our skin, protecting the outer skin barrier, sealing in moisture- so skin feels hydrated and smoother. It excludes the synthetic chemicals - such as preservatives and emulsifiers, which can be our skin barrier's enemy.

My Hurray For Shea skincare range is free from fragrance - even from natural essential oils, so is super gentle. Ideal for nourishing and restoring sensitive skin 🌿🙏.

Take care, love Louise, S.N.S xx

✨️This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, where we are reminded of the importance of our mental wellness. Self-care plays a major role 🧘
🌺 Unwind with a mini spa experience every day with this beautiful 100% organic, botanical moisturiser. The 'Calming' aromatherapy blend has an aroma designed to be savoured; perfect for mindfulness practice, during your daily self-care skincare ritual🙏. 
🤍 Formulated with carefully selected essential oils known for their ability to help ease anxiety, hormone imbalance, stress and / or difficulties sleeping. Soothing Frankincense, Ylang Ylang, Geranium Rose & sensuous Patchouli are known to support your well-being and also ease common symptoms during Perimenopause and Menopause. 
🤍 This deeply nourishing blend locks in moisture and also rejuvenates the skin by boosting cell renewal, bringing back the youthful glow to your skin. Totally plant-based, this divinely rich cream contains high levels of antioxidants from the purest,  certified-organic Grapeseed oil and Raspberry Seed oil, which help to defend and rejuvenate your skin. 
✨️ Includes anti-inflammatory Pomegranate seed oil (high in vitamin E), and rejuvenating Rosehip seed oil (high in vitamin A) which helps to help repair and renew the skin's cells, reducing the appearance of age spots, fine lines and keep the skin hydrated, plump and glowing! ✨️
(You can also use this versatile beauty for hot-cloth cleansing and during facial yoga.) Truly a pro-ageing and self-care super star 🙏
Have a wonderful, restful weekend. Take care, love Louise, S.N.S 🤍🍃

A true skincare superhero, Shea Butter is the key to a happy skin barrier (and a happy skin barrier means beautiful skin).

If your skin often feels dry or 'tight' (common as we age and exacerbated by certain cleansers), you NEED nutrient dense Shea Butter in your skincare as a primary ingredient)✨️🤍
Extracted from the nuts of the Shea / 'Karite' tree native to West Africa, it is packed with essential fatty acids and vitamins (e.g. Vitamin A, E & F). Nurturing
Shea Butter has truly amazing moisturising, healing, and anti-inflammatory properties.
Shea Butter helps to promote cell regeneration. It nourishes deep down and stimulates ceramide production. Protecting, repairing the skin's barrier, and locking in moisture, it keeps skin hydrated and feeling wonderfully soft 🤍
My concentrated, water-free formulations are completely free from irritating chemical synthetics and combine pure, certified-organic Shea Butter with carefully selected, high-performance plant oils- for skincare which totally transforms dry, lack-lustre skin✨️.
Give your skin the intense nourishment it needs and discover naturally beautiful, flawless skin- thanks to pure plant power 🍃. 
Take care, love Louise, S.N.S 🤍xx