PHB Peppermint and Black Seed Soap full size worth £3.95

This has an amazing minty smell and the black seeds in the soap itself make it look so pretty! I'm really impressed with the PHB range, I've loved all the products I've tried from it so far! 

This is REN's newest launch and it used as a serum before your moisturiser. To use this you smooth it on the surface of your skin, then wet your fingers with water and rub it in again until it is absorbed. It works in a similar way to their flash facial in that it needs that extra bit of water to work. The product itself is still the same consistency as a moisturiser and the water doesn't seem to do anything else to it but my skin did feel moisturised.  

B.O.N. Tissue Oil trial size

My favourite recent series of theirs has been their wheel of the year feature as each month they have celebrated where the wheel of the year is at by writing about how the season is reflected on an allotment and provided simple and tasty ideas on how to mark each changing season. I also love the Miscellany at the back and the monthly brain teaser! 

Its the perfect magazine to read on a lazy Sunday afternoon with tea and cake :)

I'm currently fighting off my first cold of the season and I'm feeling icky to say the least! Unfortunately, at this time of the year people seem to be getting ill everywhere and most people will get at least one cold. 

Here's my favourite natural remedies for colds and how I naturally help my symptoms and help to speed healing along. 

Echinacea 

Eucalyptus

This essential oil is brilliant at clearing your sinuses and helping you breathe. The best way to use this is to either dilute into a carrier oil and massage in to your chest or put a few drops in a oil burner to  infuse the oil into the room. 

Tea Tree

Tea Tree is an amazing all rounder oil. It is antiseptic so is great for things like cuts or spots to stop infection but I use it in an oil burner with eucalyptus to try and get rid of some airborne germs and at least attempt to get it into my nasal tract where the germs are! 

Water + Vitamin C

Most important of all, get fluids back in you. How you do is doesn't matter, just drink, drink, drink!

I've really got into adding lime with my water recently, I prefer the taste to lemon but either is good and you are upping your vitamin C at the same time.