August 6, 2016No Comments

Aftersun anyone? – #SkinliciousSaturdays

Tropic Aftersun

 

☀️PROLONG YOUR TAN or help SUNBURN with our GORGEOUS AFTERSUN - Soothing Tan Optimiser☀️
WHAT DOES THIS PRODUCT DO? ☀️😎👙
This Aftersun Soothing Tan Optimiser deeply nourishes skin that’s been exposed to the sun and helps retain essential moisture in dehydrated skin, to effectively accelerate tan development and reduce peeling and redness, while keeping sun-heated skin feeling comfortable, cool and soothed.

💚HERO INGREDIENTS💚Made naturally with bisabolol, aloe vera juice and calendula.🌿🍃

💛BISABOLOL💛Bisabolol is the primary component of chamomile, which promotes healthy tissue regeneration, and is known for its anti-inflammatory properties, which help to soothe irritated, sun-heated skin.

🌱🌿ALOE VERA🍃🌱Often referred to as the ‘plant of immortality’, aloe vera has been used as a natural remedy for over 4000 years. Renowned for its ability to soothe, calm and condition irritated skin, this powerful healing plant provides excellent care for sun damaged skin. We’ve used a double concentration of aloe vera juice to maximise effectiveness.

🌼🌸CALENDULA🌸🌼Native to southwest Asia, western Europe and the Mediterranean, calendula - from the Latin word calendae, meaning little calendar, because the flowers bloom at the beginning of most months - is reputed to speed up the skin healing process, help soothe itchiness and condition skin to help return it to its normal, happy, healthy self.

WAS £18 | 200ml - NOW £13.50! ⭐️☀️⭐️☀️

July 23, 2016No Comments

Boys body loving – #SkinliciousSaturdays

As a boy, some people think we don’t moisturise our bodies because we are boys and just don’t need to.

That’s rubbish, if anything, boys skin dries out quicker so moisturising should be a daily regime for all of us, especially those that gym or exercise regularly!

I love our Tropic body love as it does exactly what it says on the label. Allows me to love my body, it moisturises, it’s good for me and it smells amazing. Not to mention it has an amazing side effect, it seems to act like a natural insect repellent thanks to the citrus in it.

Have you tried it? It’s amazing!!

Ciao for now x

July 2, 2016No Comments

Competition time! #SkinliciousSaturday

Oooooo, did someone say competition? Watch this and see what I have in store for you....

Ciao for now x

March 12, 2016No Comments

Superfood Hand Therapy

Superfood Hand Therapy

This is the first of a series of videos that will be coming your way. This is for one of my absolute favourite of the Tropic products, the amazing Superfood Hand Therapy.

Every one of us uses hand cream on a regular basis and on average it takes just 26 seconds for the ingredients to get into your bloodstream. Do yourself a favour today and switch to a paraben free choice and stay healthy.

Drop me a line for more details or check out my personal shop tropicskincare.co.uk/shop/melbennardo

Ciao for now x

January 31, 2016No Comments

Day 31 – a month in summary

This month has been an outstanding one. Since leaving my banking job at the end of November, December was pretty quiet but January has seen things gain a huge amount of momentum.

I've given you a few recipes, explained some of the moves we use in our upcoming choreography and tried to explain the basics of protein, carbs, fats, fibre and loads of other bits that should be useful to you when thinking about your food intake.

Not only that but you've been on the journey with me as I've started to teach yoga to children and become an ambassador for an amazing range of skincare products.

Hopefully there has been lots for you to learn and you've enjoyed doing so as I've certainly enjoyed writing it and listening to how you've all used my posts or written comments on them.

I will still be writing posts but probably not with as much frequency so keep watching this space and keep enjoying them!

Ciao for now x

January 23, 2016No Comments

Day 23 – Tropic Skincare

Today I have taken the brave decision to jump head first into a new product and become an ambassador for Tropic Skincare.

You may ask yourself why I would do this? The reason is because I genuinely love the concept and the ethos of Tropic and I'm looking forward to trying and enjoying their products.

Story
The story of Tropic is fascinating and heart wrenching. Susie Ma is the founder and was born in China but grew up in Australia. At the age of 13 her and her mum moved to the UK where her mum was working multiple jobs so she could continue to pay the bills and give Susie a better life.

Susie was making home made body scrubs from every day kitchen ingredients and was sharing them with friends who convinced her at the age of 15 to go out and sell the home made scrub.

Her first attempt was putting the scrub in jam jars and selling them for £20 each at the Greenwich market.  She sold 49 jars on her first day and made £980!! The extra jar was her tester pot and once people tried it on their skin they were sold on the product.

She kept selling and within 6 months had made a huge £50,000 which she used as a deposit for her mum to buy their first house.

She then applied to the apprentice along with 75,000 others and got down to the last 3! Lord Sugar loved her products so much he offered to invest and in year 1, Tropic had turned over £2.2million and £8million by year two.

Why?
The reason I like this range of products so much is simple. It's vegan. It's completely animal cruelty free. It's gluten free. It's made by hand in a kitchen. It has all the ingredients written on the back in English. Most importantly it's Parabens free. Parabens have been linked to cancer and 99% of all Breast Cancer tumours have been proven to contain Parabens and Parabens are found in almost 98% of our every day toiletries! Plus, did you know it takes just 26 seconds for products to get into your pores and into your blood stream?

So for me, it's ethical, it matches my concept about caring for my entire body, inside and out and it's safer than the every day products I have been using for years.

I will be using these products and probably filming my unboxing to share with you all as well as my journey with Tropic. If you are interested and want to buy your own products to try out you can do so and get them delivered direct to your door via this link:  https://www.tropicskincare.co.uk/shop/melbennardo

Welcome to my Tropic journey!

Ciao for now x

  
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