Articles

Why alcohol should be in your drink and not your sunscreen

The sun, it’s inspired countless songs, brings life to our lonely planet and when it comes out immediately cheers everyone up. But it can be a nightmare for our skin, which is why we need to protec...

Any Way You Like It And Of Course We've Had It In The Ear Before

Ritual + Logic – for a life run wild, a celebration of being ourselves, thinking for ourselves, a statement for men and women who are individuals.....

Anti Ageing is Bollocks - Your Youth is a Finite Thing

In my time working as a marketer I think I actually convinced myself that people would believe what I said and trust me when I said it. Since starting my own brand of skin care products my thinkin...

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 swimming pools in search of a wet escape to cool off....

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 colder months. Cold weather reduces body temperature...

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, was literally everywhere.

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...

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, bespeckled old man in a white lab coat slaving aw...

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 filtering. Commonly consumed as a hot drink it is a...

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. Instead of wasting energy and time battling the agei...