My Journal

  An incredible 75% of us start a new diet regime after Christmas. Every January it feels like the media bombard us with ideas for the New Year De...

The Abundant Harvest products are Laurels celebration of the bountiful gifts that nature provides. Plants that naturally grow in abundance are the...

For most, a ‘skincare routine’ involves a twice daily, cleanse, tone and moisturise ritual. As an esthetician and nutritionists however, ‘skincare...

Support the Earth Last week the Laurel Skin team took a farm tour day. There is little that I am more proud of than our sourcing efforts as a small...

Laurel Shaffer crafts beautiful luxurious slow farmed skincare from organic and biodynamically grown herbs, plants and flowers. Here she shares ...

Firstly what is Fascia. Fascia is the connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, muscle, blood vessel , bone and nerve fibre in place...

I recently sat down with the lovely Chandra Casali-Bell of Soma Rituals in London for a chat about natural skincare and my holistic philosophy to o...

It’s estimated that endometriosis affects around 15% of all women and that its prevalence is increasing. There is no single known cause of endomet...

It’s widely accepted in modern society, that menopause and peri-menopause are ‘disorders’ caused by falling hormone levels that need to be ‘cured’...

'No Refined Sugar', that’s a good thing isn’t it? How often do you see food labels or recipes described as ‘refined sugar free’? It’s a phrase we ...

I fell in love with using a facial oil (and body oils), several years ago. I realised that the ‘extra’ ingredients required to make a cream moistu...

  Slow Beauty is a phrase we’re hearing more often in the beauty and skincare world, but what does it mean?Slow Beauty is a philosophy that encour...