Body
Body care from small brands: natural soap with a sea sponge and body brush, body oils and hand creams, aluminium-free cream deodorant, toothpaste and sun oils.
In the shower, OUMA's botanical bars and AZUR's Lavender Fields bar replace plastic bottles, BAIOBAY's coconut body wash is the gentle liquid option, and Croll & Denecke's natural sea sponge and pear-wood body brush go with both. Afterwards, Re.feel Naturals' scented body oils and skin-renewing cream turn moisturising into a ritual, while Dublin Herbalists' baby oil with lavender and bergamot looks after the youngest skin. Hands get Panier des Sens' Provence and verbena creams or Dublin Herbalists' enriching hand creams.
Natura Nordic's cream deodorants keep you fresh without aluminium. Lebon's toothpastes bring a little French glamour to the bathroom shelf, next to our own stainless-steel tongue cleaner. For summer, MIDI12's SPF oil sprays protect the body as well as the face. Most of the brands are European, from OUMA's soap in the Netherlands to Panier des Sens and Lebon in France, Natura Nordic in Denmark and Dublin Herbalists in Ireland.
If you don't know where to start, take a soap bar and a hand cream: the two products people come back for most.
