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“We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.”
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It can be a minefield trying to figure out the most beneficial products for your skin and how their combined ingredients can combat your skin concerns. Luckily, the leading skincare experts at Zo Skin Health have debunked some of the top skincare ingredient buzzwords so you know exactly what to adopt into your skincare routine and we share our favourite untainted alternatives!
It’s time for a radical change…in our thinking. It’s inspiring to see so many people wake up to the plastic crisis, in no small part thanks to Blue Planet II, but what about all the other single-use items we use on a daily basis? Have you ever stopped to consider them? If there is one article you read on this website, I implore you that this be it.
Read Sjaniël Turrell’s opinion piece about the future of the cosmetics industry.
This article debunks some myths around cosmetic packaging and lets you learn a little more about the pro’s and con’s of plastic, paper and glass. Also, discover the untainted brands that understand the importance of good packaging design to meet their sustainability goals.
An exploration into the science behind the booming micellar water industry, the shape of the molecule and my top eight untainted alternatives.
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A fresh editorial about packaging, untainted beauty and thinking outside. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Holistic makeup artist, Sjaniël Turrell provides us with her second instalment for this issue and delights us with her predictions for the future of beauty. Can you guess what they are?
Spring silhouettes provide a promise that summer is around the corner. Indulge in fresh, dewy skin with pops of sorbet colours and the shadows of springtime at play.
This hair editorial plays with shape and texture and champions brands that are considering their impact on our future.
Dressing up with your best friend and putting makeup is a right of passage. Holistic makeup artist, Sjaniël Turrell takes this opportunity to show you safe, effective colour cosmetics for any age in this honest and in situ editorial of two best friends.
Living on another planet is not such a far-off notion these days. We explore the idea of transhumanism and the potential outcome of how our bodies might adapt and even change shape, in order to accommodate the environment of another planet. This exclusive editorial is a hypothetical observation of a transhumanist and what would happen to their adapted form if they were back on here, on Earth.
Body appreciation through art and product. Khandiz Joni illustrates and digitally manipulates artworks to highlight the perfection in every body shape.
Sometimes, just sometimes, there is a need to cake on the makeup. Oh boy, did we cake it on for this homage to the eras of excess!
In our final instalment of the UNTAINTED X MASTERED collaboration, we see the incredible work of Australian-born, Berlin-based mua Benjamin Dniprowskij in this avant-guard take on the hidden sugars in so called "healthy" food.
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Are you after an eye-pencil to add a little excitement to your eyes? Look no further than Bencos’s natural kajal. Want to know why we love them?
There is no escaping the changing shape of our skin as we age, however, there is no denying that great skincare can slow this process down. We review Pai Skincare's Age Confidence Cream and share the numerous reasons how it plays a positive role in the shape of things to come.
An untainted perfume that uses the science of layering. Herbe Fragrances delivers a a beguiling scent that fills our olfactory senses with sheer delight.
Untainted beauty doesn't get more high-tech than this. Yüli Ambrosia Beauty Nectar delivers the skin a host of benefits to help fight the signs of premature ageing and leave your skin fighting fit against the elements.
A hi-tech facial exfoliator, formulated on the findings of the Human Microbiome Project and its subsequent discoveries using genetic sequencing.
Are you after a one-hip-wonder to add to your collection of gluttonously self-indulgent beauty products? Look no further than pure rosehip oil by RosehipPLUS. (Don't be fooled by its mouthful of a name.)
Read about the brother-sister-duo behind the superfood brand for your skin and how they encourage gluttonous "me time" with their luxurious bath products. Welcome to the wonderful world of Nini Organics.
Ever heard of hair oiling? Well thanks to Ayurvedic beauty practices coming back in vogue, hair oiling is a real, practical solution to healthy, happy hair. Here is a review of Abathi Suisse Botanics Chambal Sacred Hair Oil, one I have had in my collection for a while now, but this issue felt the right time to talk about it.
New year, new you, new resolutions? If one of them happens to be spending more quality time with XXX (insert person, animal or object), why not switch to a product that not only saves you time in the getting ready department but also ensures you're looking picture perfect for those photo-opportune moments with your loved one/s. Inika Certified Organic BB Cream is about to become your NBF.
Looking for a new skincare brand for the new year that fulfils all your resolutions? Look no further than Skin & Tonic London and get the lowdown on some my favourite products.
Growing up, like most of you I am sure, I was excited by the potential of the future. The potential of all the things I could be and do when I grew up. The prospect of possibility. I wanted to be a human rights marine biologist.
I was born in a time when things were different to how they are now. Part of the last generation before the digital natives that roam these wastelands. Before the image manipulation, before the water-crises... just, before. Of course, every generation feels the same. We look back and appreciate the comparative ease of our childhoods, often forgetting the struggles and challenges our formative years bared. With nothing to compare them too, of course they were easier.
My formative years saw the rise and rise of fast fashion and over-consumption. I remember loving the idea of disposability, as did my mother, my teachers and my friends. Perhaps because it was a novel idea at the time? And of course, at the time, the impact of those ideals were unconsidered.
“We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.”
It is a bitter pill to swallow; realising that you are part of the problem. Those easy childhoods. The 'innovations of my generation'. Now I am fighting for the future. Fighting for generations to come, so that they have a home to live in that was, at the very least, a resemblance of the memories of my youth. Where mountains are made from rock and granite and not consumer waste that is piled so high it blocks the light and alters the geography of our third rock.
When plastics were invented, they quite literally changed the world. The impact of this revolution was not known at the time. The correlation between the make up of the plastics and breakdown of the plastic (or lack there of) did not formulate as an idea until it became a problem.
And therein lies the trouble. With advancements, comes risk and those risks only become evident later down the line. So I guess the question is, how do we foresee these potential dangers before they become global calamities? And who should be taking responsibility?
There is a theory that we should always look ahead to our future and looking back is futile. But perhaps. we need to look back - at patterns and processes and impacts, so we can start thinking smarter, sooner. Disposability is not merely an action, it is a mindset.
This issue explores the shape of things to come. The benefits and drawbacks of technology, shapes and patterns in fashion and nature and what our beauty choices are having on the emotional and environmental landscape of our lives. I also want to look at the reality that what we are doing now, will at some stage in the future, cause a backlash. We are humans, we learn through failure. Perhaps that is our design flaw?
So, while I became neither a human rights lawyer nor a marine biologist nor a combination of the two, perhaps it was that very idea of I could become anything that has led me to this path that I have found myself running down. Championing people, planet and animals alike, while doing multiple jobs.
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