My Journal

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...

Why do you need an Elixir? I wanted to share how important and integral the Elixirs are to the Laurel line. Who better to tell us than Laurel hers...

When I was in my teens and twenties ageing was something I didn’t think about, well you don’t do you? It's only as I’ve got older that it has ...

  It is a traditional massage technique using a small flat tool. It originated in China where it has been used for centuries to support overall h...