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Essential Oils – Harmony of Mind and Body

For centuries, Essential Oils have been popular for treating health conditions as well as maintaining and improving physical, emotional and mental wellbeing due its noticeable healing benefits.

The nourishing, healing plant oils can be used in various ways to maintain and improve wellbeing – for example; its used in medicines, beauty cosmetics, food, perfumes, aromatherapy and more. When applied, the nourishing oils can stimulate, soothe, relax and purify the skin and when inhaled, the body and mind is uplifted and relaxed from the scent.

What are Essential Oils?

Essential Oils are concentrated oils extracted from plants, flowers, bark, stem, leaves, roots, resins and even fruits by many different methods. Nowadays, the most popular, clean and non-toxic extractions are the distillation, cold pressing and CO2 extraction.  Because of these different extraction process, we can obtain the most concentrated and purified “essence” of a plant. Essential Oils can be extracted from lavender; chamomile; jasmine; orange; lemon; eucalyptus, ginger, rosewood and much more. Each Essential Oil has their own benefits and healing properties which helps to improve our health and wellbeing.

“Did you know? It can take 4000 pounds of roses to extract just one pound of oil!”

 

What are the benefits of Essential Oils?

Improves Mood and Set Positive Atmosphere 

Essential Oils help to improve mood and set a positive atmosphere with their uplifting scent. By simply smelling various essential oils (or a combination of them), our brains become stimulated and we can experience a range emotions — from calm to energized. The positive aroma improves mental wellbeing and it clears the mind from negative thoughts and induces feelings of positivity, wellness and inner peace.

Relieves Stress and Anxiety

Essential Oils are well known for their ability to ease the feeling of stress and anxiety in the mind and body. The blended aroma and sedative properties help to soothe the mind and body of any stress, anxiety or worry it may be feeling, and in turn helps to induce a calm, relaxed, positive and peaceful feeling. Essential Oils which work as a relaxant including lavender, rose, chamomile, rosewood, frankincense, ylang ylang and vetiver etc.

Improves Sleeping

Essential Oils have proven to be an effective sleep aid as it helps people experiencing trouble in falling asleep and suffering from broken sleep. A number of essential oils (including lavender, chamomile, jasmine, rose and sandalwood to name a few) have sedative properties, therefore allowing for the ‘Circadian Rhythm’ to realign resulting in result sleep.

Boosts Immune System

The anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-septic, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties found in Essential Oils help to boost the immune system and fight infections. The immune-boosting properties in Essential Oils work to destroy bacteria, fungus, viral pathogens which threat the immune system. Essential Oils which help to boost the immune system including lemon, eucalyptus, geranium, frankincense and peppermint etc.

Boosts Energy Levels

Essential Oils have stimulating properties which helps boost the body with needed energy. Essential Oils such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, nutmeg, rosemary and eucalyptus increase circulation in the body, thus raising energy levels and stimulating the mind. Rather than using caffeine, energy drinks or energy pills, natural essential oils are a healthier way to feel refreshed, energised and uplifted without the damaging effects of artificial stimulants.

Essential Oils Kathleen Natural

Kathleen Natural brings you these beautiful, indulgent aromatherapy products to enhance your bath and shower experience.  There are three collections and each includes a Bubble Bath & Shower Gel and a Body & Massage Oil that helps to nourish, protect and hydrate the skin and also helps with your wellbeing.

Now Choose your mood….

Citrus Cheer – Kickstart the day with zesty duo 

Top Note: Lemon Essential Oil
Lemon oil is a good remedy for restoring lustre to dull skin. Its antiseptic properties help in treating pimples and various other skin disorders. It helps lift the mood and aid concentration, improves lymph drainage, and cleanses the body. Lemon ads freshness with its bright, citrus aroma.
Heart Note: Rosewood Essential Oil  
Rosewood rejuvenates the skin and keeps it looking healthy and young. The health benefits of rosewood can be attributed to its properties as an antidepressant. This lively scent can leave one smiling within minutes.
Base Note: Geranium Essential Oil
Geranium promotes beautiful and radiant skin. It is used to treat acne, reduce inflammation, alleviate anxiety and balance hormones. This essential oil can help uplift spirits and lessen fatigue whilst encouraging blood and lymph circulation.

Tranquil Fields – Indulge the mind and body with the relaxing duo

Top Note: Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender is one of the most calming herbal oils and benefits the mind and body by reducing anxiety and emotional stresses, improving sleep and brain functions, relieving pain and helping to heal burns and wounds.
Heart Note: Frankincense Essential Oil
The power of frankincense is extraordinary. Its sweet and woody fragrance is often used to promote relaxation, relieve chronic stress and anxiety, and reduce pain. It can build immunity, reduce inflammation, heal age spots, and help relax and calm the mind.
Base Note: Vanilla Essential Oil
Vanilla is rated as one of the most relaxing aromas. Vanilla can be used as a sedative and body oil because of its properties as an antioxidant and antidepressant. Scientists found the smell of vanilla eases breathing problems and sleep apnea. Warm vanilla helps bring overall sense of balance and harmony to the body and mind.

Sensual Rose – Boost your senses and enhance feelings of positivity

Top Note: Orange Essential Oil
Uplifting orange oil has a sweet, fruity scent and is expressed from the rind of the sun-ripened oranges. Naturally revitalising, sweet orange is a staple aromatherapy oil for creating a bright, uplifting and invigorating ambiance.
Heart Note: Rose Essential Oil
Rose has astringent properties that make it perfect for toning and lifting the skin. It can inspire romance. It helps alleviate feelings of shock and is believed to stimulate the hormone secretions that trigger menstruation and ease post-menopausal symptoms. Rose is often used to enhance feelings of wellbeing and to induce feelings of positivity, joy and hope.
Base Note: Nutmeg Essential Oil
Nutmeg has antibacterial properties that work against 25 different bacteria. Nutmeg oil is useful for treating muscular and joint pain and relieving menstrual cramps. This earthy aroma comforts the body, improves blood circulation, and helps reduce mood swings and depression.

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Kathleen Natural New Body Care Range

Kathleen® Natural, a British brand offering effective organic and research-based products, is excited to announce the launch of our luxurious body care range.  This delicate range is designed in three collections to cover every mood.  Made with only the purest natural ingredients and scented with pure essential oils that will deliver our luxurious fragrance.

Why not choose your mood?

(1) Kick start the day with Citrus Cheer Duo.

Inhale clarity with the zest of lemon, spiked with a warm rosewood scent, to bring a vibrant, cheerful quality. The floral geranium enhances the feeling of intense citrus brightness.

Top note: Lemon essential oil

Heart note: Rosewood essential oil

Base note: Geranium essential oil

You will instantly feel uplifted and awakened as your senses are renewed.

 

 

CITRUS CHEER BUBBLE BATH AND SHOWER GEL

Instruction and Benefits

For a morning shower, apply a liberal amount on a sponge, massage into a lather, and rinse clean.  Envelope the skin with the light scent of lemon, rosewood, and geranium to awaken your body and mind.

As a bubble bath gel, it transforms into a hand-drawn lather that cleanses, hydrates and balances the skin.

Ingredients:

Aqua, Sodium Coco-sulfate*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Glycerin*, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside*, Cocamidopropyl Betaine*, Decyl Glucoside*, Citrus Limon Peel (Lemon) Oil**, Aniba Rosodora wood (Rosewood) Oil**,  Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil**,  Citric Acid*, Levulinic Acid*, Lauryl Glucoside*, Coco Glucoside*, Glyceryl Oleate*, Sodium Levulinate*, Sodium Phytate*, Sodium Benzoate, Linalool**, Benzyl Benzoate**, Limonene**, Citral**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**.

**from essential oils

*natural plant origin

 

100% Pure Natural, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £18 for 150 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

CITRUS CHEER BODY AND MASSAGE OIL

Instruction and Benefits

Apply a few drops into the palm of your hand, inhale the zesty scents and massage into wet skin immediately after a bath or shower, then gently pat dry with a towel.

Leave the body incredibly hydrated, softer, and smoother with a non-greasy residue. Instantly feel uplifted and awakened as the sense are renewed

Ingredients:

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*,  Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)***, Citrus Limon Peel (Lemon) Oil**, Aniba Rosodora Wood (Rosewood) Oil**,  Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil**,  Linalool**, Benzyl Benzoate**, Limonene**, Citral**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**.

*certified organic by Soil Association

**from essential oils

***natural plant origin

  

100% Pure Natural, 97% Certified Organic, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £34 for 100 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

 

(2) Relax and unwind with Tranquil Fields

Breathe the fields of purple lavender weaving in strings of soft, spicy vanilla, and peacefully rest under the sweet and woody frankincense fragrance.

Top note: Lavender essential oil

Heart note: Frankincense essential oil

Base note: Vanilla extract

The aroma brings you a sense of calm and inner peace and aids relaxation.

 

TRANQUIL FIELDS BUBBLE BATH AND SHOWER GEL

Instruction and Benefits

As a bubble bath gel, it transforms into a hand-drawn lather that cleanses, hydrates and balances the skin, and lets the mind relax into the beautiful scent of lavender, frankincense and vanilla.

 

For a morning shower, it cleanses and softens the skin without drying it out, because it is rich in moisturizing aloe vera and a blend of plant-derived cleansing and bubble agents that nurture the skin every day.

 

Ingredients:

Aqua, Sodium Coco-sulfate*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Glycerin*, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside*, Cocamidopropyl Betaine*, Decyl Glucoside*, Lavandula Angustifolia Herb oil**, Boswellia Serrata (Frankincense) Oil**, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract**, Citric Acid*, Levulinic acid*, Lauryl Glucoside*, Coco Glucoside*, Glyceryl Oleate*, Sodium Levulinate*, Sodium Phytate*, Sodium Benzoate, Linalool**, Limonene**, Coumarin**, Geraniol**.

**from  essential oils

*natural plant origin

 

100% Pure Natural, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £18 for 150 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

TRANQUIL FIELDS BODY AND MASSAGE OIL

Instruction and Benefits

Apply a few drops into the palm of your hand, inhale the calming scents and massage into wet skin immediately after a bath or shower, then gently pat dry with a towel.

Leave the body incredibly hydrated, softer, and smoother with a non-greasy residue, bringing you a sense of calm and inner peace to aids relaxation.

 

Ingredients:

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*,  Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)***,  Lavandula Angustifolia Herb oil**, Boswellia Serrata (Frankincense)  Oil**,  Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract**,  Linalool**, Limonene**, Coumarin**, Geraniol**.

*certified organic by Soil Association

**from essential oils

***natural plant origin

 

100% Pure Natural, 97% Certified Organic, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £34 for 100 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

 

(3) Indulge the mind and body using this Sensual Rose.

Open to the sensuality of daring roses blended with lusciously refreshing vivid orange layered with an unexpected, champagne-like, earthy nutmeg.

Top note: Orange essential oil

Heart note: Rose essential oil

Base note: Nutmeg essential oil

This sensual and euphoric aroma boosts the senses and enhances feelings of joy, romance, and positivity.  It will stir desire and give a sense of passion.

 

 

SENSUAL ROSE BUBBLE BATH AND SHOWER GEL

Instruction and Benefits

As a bubble bath gel, it transforms into a hand-drawn lather that cleanses, hydrates and balances the skin.   Your skin will be enveloped in the light scent of rose, orange, and nutmeg, providing the feelings of joy, romance and positivity.

 

For a morning shower, it cleanses and softens the skin without drying it out, because it is rich in moisturizing aloe vera and a blend of plant-derived cleansing and bubble agents that nurture the skin every day.

 

Ingredients:

Aqua, Sodium Coco-sulfate*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Glycerin*, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside*, Cocamidopropyl Betaine*, Decyl Glucoside*, Rose Damascena Flower Oil**, Citrus Sinensis Peel (Orange Sweet ) Oil**,  Myristica Fragrans Kernel (Nutmeg) oil**, Citric Acid*, Levulinic Acid*, Lauryl Glucoside*, Coco Glucoside*, Glyceryl Oleate*, Sodium Levulinate*, Sodium Phytate*, Sodium Benzoate, Linalool**, Limonene**, Citral**, Eugenol**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**.

**from  essential oils

*natural plant origin

 

100% Pure Natural, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £18 for 150 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

SENSUAL ROSE BODY AND MASSAGE OIL

Instruction and Benefits

Apply a few drops into the palm of your hand, inhale the wonderful scents and massage into wet skin immediately after a bath or shower, then gently pat dry with a towel.

Leave the body incredibly hydrated, softer, and smoother with a non-greasy residue, providing a sensual aroma that boosts your senses. It will stir your desire and give a sense of passion.

 

Ingredients:

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*,  Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)***, Rose Damascena Flower Oil**, Citrus Sinensis Peel (Orange Sweet ) Oil**,  Myristica Fragrans Kernel (Nutmeg) oil**,  Linalool**, Limonene**, Citral**, Eugenol**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**.

*certified organic by Soil Association

**from essential oils

***natural plant origin

 

100% Pure Natural, 97% Certified Organic, Hypoallergenic, Not Tested on Animals, Vegan-Friendly

Price/Availability: £34 for 100 ml; July 2018 at www.kathleennatural.co.uk

 

Indulge your body, mind and soul with Kathleen Natural’s luxurious body care range!

 

 

 

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100 of the Best Natural Anti-Agers

What a surprise?  Kathleen Natural Caviar Enrich Eye Cream was selected as one of the 100 best natural anti-agers this year by Natural Health Magazine.

Natural Health Magazine is one of my favorite magazines that covers all the areas I needed to keep my life in balance. It is nothing else on the market for health conscious people providing unique guide from yoga, aromatherapy, reflexology, stress reducing, acupuncutre, spa retreats, organic beauty, complementary & alternative therapy to healing food.

I consider beauty as an art aiming woman to live happily and healthily.

The key for me is keeping it simple but intelligent, with an emphasis on the best natural skin care rather than make-up.  I do not need a confusing wide product range, but versatile and hyperallergic products. I cleanse my face with Cleansing Lotion with the hot muslin cloth to start my day.      I follow to spritz my Tonifying Mist before using a serum.

I change my serum depending on the year and what my skin is crying out for. Sometimes it needs hydrating, I use Silk Miracle Essence; other times it’s in need of a brightening boost, I use Kathleen Natural award-winning Illuminating Serum in the morning.

After a long, hard day, it’s important to arrange a mini spa to treat myself.  Your mind and body will thank you.  I will use Kathleen Natural Facial Sonic Cleansing Device to massage and clean my face when I have a hot tub bathe.  I find it is so relax and lovely to wind down all the stresses of everyday life.

I personally use Anti-Aging Serum at night for rejuvenating the skin, but come winter, as a person with dry skin, I really like to add a layer of Silk Miracle Essence before Anti-Aging Serum as the central heating produces a dry atmosphere.

Today, a myth is that eye creams are a controversial product, and you don’t need one until you start noticing dark circles or fine lines.  But the fact is it is much easier to avoid the damage than it is to reverse it.  Experts advise using an eye cream as early as age 25.  I choose to use eye creams in the age of 28.  What is your choice?

“The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes.” Audrey Hepburn.

“The eyes are the window to your soul.” William Shakespeare.

One of the ingredients I love for this eye cream is  Ginseng Root is considered to be one of the most precious plants in Asia and is traditionally used as an herbal medicine in Korea, Japan, India and China for thousands of years.  Ream more: 

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Amazing White Illuminating Serum and the Beauty Shortlist Awards

We are proud and honored to announce our Amazing White Illuminating Serum won the Editor’s Choice of the Beauty Shortlist Awards

Judges’ Comments:

“This serum turned out to be an amazing discovery! While my skin isn’t too uneven, it eased any areas of redness, such as around the nose almost immediately, leaving my skin looking more flawless and radiant and youthful as a result. It also softened and hydrated well, without being sticky or even remotely oily, and the other big plus is, it makes an ideal base for make up. 10/10.” – judge’s comment, 2017 International Beauty Shortlist Awards

 “If you love a product that delivers quick results, this one worked surprisingly fast when we tested it. It’s got 12 potent, natural actives including brightening papaya and strawberry, anti-inflammatory skin calmer licorice and protective cranberry and because the main moisturisers here include hyaluronic acid and quick-absorbing apricot oil, it almost immediately soothes redness while continuing to promote brighter, far more even skin tone over time.”  – Fiona Klonarides, Founder of The Beauty Shortlist Awards

 “If redness or uneven skin tone are ongoing issues for you, give this naturally active, fruit-powered illuminating serum a try. Our 2017 Awards judges took it for a 30-day test drive and it works”  – Fiona Klonarides, Founder of The Beauty Shortlist Awards

 

About Us

With the innovative T1 – Intercellular Technology® to improve our quality, allowing active ingredients to be concentrated into the condensed micro-molecules that would coat the entire surface of skin cells which enables the cells to absorb the ingredients more easily and efficiently. The application of this technology has been amazingly successful and it is registered under Kathleen Natural Limited.

A serum that can change your skin’s future.  A tailor-made formula that contains over 12 natural extracts which specifically help skin look more radiant and bright. The enriched organic extracts provide intense hydration and reduces the appearance of dark spots, evens tone, and feels silky smooth.

This brightening and nourishing serum contains lemon and strawberry which are naturally rich in vitamin C. The serum has exclusive purifying properties to prevent and fade skin pigmentation while the enzymes and natural “AHA” in papaya helps even out skin tone. Plant based anti-inflammatory allantoin and liquorice work in synergy with effective skin conditioner silk peptide protein and hyaluronic acid, delivering an optimal healed, vibrant complexion. Antioxidant-rich cranberry extracts promote your skin’s youthful radiance. After applications, the skin immediately feels softer, plumper and looks more radiant, while over time you will notice a more even tone and your skin looks more hydrated and bright.

 

 

 

Active Ingredients: Cranberry Extract, Wheat Germ Allantoin, Liquorice Extract, Strawberry Extract, Papaya Fruit Extract, Lemon Extract, Silk Peptide Protein, Apricot Kernel Oil, Organic Sunflower Seed Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Olive Oil, Organic Shea Butter.

We do NOT test on animals

BENEFITS

  • Diminish the look of skin pigmentation
  • Even skin tone
  • Hydrate skin
  • Heal, energize skin
  • Boost radiant looking

SUITABLE FOR

  • All skin types including very sensitive skin
  • Low-luminosity skin
  • Dull and ashy appearance
  • Redness/uneven tone
  • All ages, particular for wedding prep

 

 

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About the Beauty Shortlist Awards

The Beauty Shortlist is known as the UK’s No. 1 Clean Beauty Blog/Influencer. With the largest reach/numbers across social media and having the biggest and most independent, non-sponsored judges (not voted), all the awards given are completely honest and every product is put through its paces. Awards in the UK, open to all international brands for 2017. 

“The Beauty Shortlist Awards are arguably the most independent, consumer-trusted UK beauty, well being and men’s grooming awards due to having zero allegiance to any brand, big or small, and no financial tie-ins whatsoever.

This year they are global, for the first time, with judging satellites in New York, Sydney, Stockholm and, as in the previous 5 years, the main panel is in London.

The judges include Fiona Klonarides, founder, The Beauty Shortlist; Justine Jenkins, red carpet, cruelty free makeup artist (clients include Fearne Cotton, Laura Whitmore, Charlotte Rampling and Joanne Froggatt); TV style, fashion and beauty expert Dawn Del Russo (E! Entertainment/Access Hollywood), her sister makeup artist and Divalicious Beauty NYC writer Denise Del Russo; Kicki Norman, editor in chief of Scandinavian beauty publication Daisy Magazine; and Irene Falcone, founder of Australia’s leading organic/vegan retailer Nourished Life; ex-BBC journalist and food and beauty writer Samantha Hadadi and beauty, travel and lifestyle writer Michaela Deasy-Smith.” – Source: here

 

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