Articles

Damn you blasted sun (says hot, thirsty man shaking his fist to the sky)…

The heat and recent spate of beautiful sun-drenched summer days has enticed most of us in the southern hemisphere out to the beaches, parks and swi...

Winter Skin Woes!

Our winter skin is a fragile thing. Cold air, relentless winds and ubiquitous heat pumps all contribute to giving your skin a hard time over the co...

The Humble Ponga

Growing up in Aoteoroa the humble Ponga Fern (or for those schooled up on their latin - Cyathea cumingii), belonging to the Cyatheaceae family, ...

The art behind creating a unique fragrance

A while ago I asked my perfumer Phil if he would pen a few lines on creating fragrances. He sent me this. I'm glad Phil is my perfume guy...

More than just a soap

After it became apparent Dion wasn’t going to have a career on the family farm he was relegated to the shearer’s shed. The shearing gangs would arr...

Mixing the science with nature

Alchemist, apothecarist or whatever title you want to give them, when you conjure the image of a chemist it is most likely a grey-haired,...

Green Tea Anyone?

Derived from the plant leaf, green tea is an antioxidant and helps protect from free-radical damage. Phosphates in Green Tea also assist with UV f...

Five tips to help you age gracefully

Time stands still for no man – or woman – and neither does ageing. Many of us fight it, some to extremes, but time and age will always catch up. In...