Healthy-Beauty Hub

Want glowing, plump skin? You need a healthy skin barrier.  What's a skin barrier?  It's the outer layer of your skin, the stratum corneum, and is made of thick layers of skin cells that are held together by lipids, fatty acids and ceramides. What does it do?  It basically acts as a barrier! It keeps moisture in and protects skin from nasty bacteria, viruses and pollution.  This is why we moisturise. Face oils work to strengthen your skin's own barrier so it can support itself. This is what Vibrant Skin Face Oil does. Conventional cream moisturisers support it by creating another layer barrier on top of your skin. How can...

Is anyone else obsessed with pickles right now? I'm OBSESSED. Fermented veg and pickles are featuring heavily in my salads and veggie bowls for extra flavour and for their gut-healing probiotics. Here's one we can all make while working from home, or you can take to work with you for lunch. This salad is packed with protein, fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, healthy carbs and healthy fats. It will leave you full and happy.  INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup blue or puy lentils, soaked for as long as possible (8 hrs or 30 mins if that's all you have) 1/4 of a spanish onion, finely sliced 1/2...

This is NOT a "new year, new you" plan. Nor is it a detox! In fact, it's the Anti-Detox. Introducing lifestyle tweaks you can make TODAY that will make a huge difference if you stick to them - now and forever. 'Cause they're actually doable. With minimal effort and maximum impact.  Here's what we've learnt on our 10 year health journey to help you on your way to a clearer mind, fuller heart and healthier body.  1. Don't go too hard, too soon Instead of starting a training program that's 5 days a week, hardcore and that takes monumental effort to keep up,...

God this is goooooooood. Make it for Christmas! I made it for my mum's birthday and it was a huge hit, your family will not be disappointed with the raw chocolately flavour. And you won't feel sick or bloated afterwards because obviously it's healthy as. It's a win win.   It's also goof proof - the sweet potato makes it so moist and fudgey, like a proper brownie should be. You can sub in coconut sugar or rapadura sugar if you want to be extra. Plus it's gluten-free, dairy free and vegan.  Adapted from The Healthy Baker by Teresa Cutter. INGREDIENTS...

How can a perfume be vegan?  Easy.  Did you know that "musk" originally came from the secretions of a male musk deer? It's actually a quite an unpleasant smell, but is totally animalistic and what we think of as sexy, which is why we often want to smell "musky" to make us attractive to the opposite sex. It also makes the fragrance last longer. Unfortunately they hunted the musk deer into almost extinction, so no company is allowed to do that anymore!  At Recreation, we don't believe in using animal parts to make us feel beautiful. We think you can be...