We'll be the first to admit commercial perfume can smell mind-blowingly good! And in its humble beginnings, the perfume industry started innocently enough with local, small-scale production. It wasn't until consumer demand for mass-produced perfume e...

How much thought do you give to skin-prep? Chances are, when you’re busy and time pressed, especially during the silly season, not a lot! When skin preparation can seem like another box to tick, how important is it? Just like a painter prepares the c...

As the most-searched-for skincare trend in 2017, Vitamin C is having a moment in the spotlight. If you’re wondering what all the hype is about and whether you should include this humble vitamin in your skincare routine, the answer is a resounding ye...

Beauty begins in the belly . Edible Beauty, or ‘ingestible beauty’ is the new kid on the wellness block. What might have appeared as just another beauty fad, is now a whole new category of skincare and set to become a multi-billion dollar industry ov...

Natural face mists are an essential part of any clean beauty skincare routine! They’re multi-functional, deeply nourishing and easy to keep on hand and use throughout the day. Face mists have more or less taken the place of conventional ‘toner’ in a ...

We love a good multi-use beauty item! And where commercial brands can play on the consumer, making you feel as though you simply must have every single product in their range or your skincare routine will be lacking , one of the best things about th...

Ever found yourself wondering what the difference is between Vegan and Cruelty-Free ? They’re terms that are flashed around in the cosmetic industry, along with plenty of confusion about what they actually mean and whether they’re interchangeable. W...

We now have the science to back it: what you put on your skin goes in . All those seemingly innocuous conventional beauty products we’ve been using for decades; we now know to contain a cocktail of parabens, synthetic preservatives, chemicals, neurot...

When you first decide to 'make the swap' over to clean beauty and natural skincare, it can seem daunting. How will you ever find an equal replacement for your favourite non-natural products? Luckily we have choices! And In the same way that options f...

It’s a 24/7 world we live in! Where once certain times of the week were held as sacred rest time, now we’re encouraged to be ‘on’ all the time. We wear our burnout as a badge of honour, our busyness as a sign that we’re doing our bit, living lives pa...

Did you know that caring for your makeup tools and brushes is just as important as caring for your products? We put so much time and thought into choosing the best natural products for our skin, but there’s a lesser known workhorse of our makeup kit ...

Is there anything more delicious than the feel (and smell) of a newborn baby's skin? There is just something about the softness, the plumpness, the oh-my goodness-I-want-to-bite-it… And equally, how heart breaking - and frustrating - when your little...

Created by Kira Simpson, The Green Hub is a curation of people, style, travel and beauty, which inspires its audience to live more sustainably in a way that suits each unique lifestyle. “I started The Green Hub with the intention to create a non-judg...