Give yourself a mini facial at home with our easy to follow step by step guide and reap the skin care benefits. The products we recommend all use certified organic ingredients and are free from parabens, SLS, synthetic fragrance and other undesirable ingredients.

Paying a little extra care to your skin care is a simple way to pamper yourself and eliminating harsh ingredients from your routine often brings comfort and harmony to skin that  is stressed, sensitive or out of balance.

This mini home facial treatment is perfect to help you wind down after a long day, use slow gentle movements as you apply and inhale gently after each stage of the facial to calm the mind.

Mini Facial  - Step by Step:

1) Prepare a warm basin of water; two drops of Lavender essential oil or Dr Hauschka lavender bath gives a wonderful fragrance and helps hard water feel gentler on the skin.

2) Warm face with flannel or muslin cloth; when face is warm apply cleanser in upward circular movements, then remove with the warm cloth for a mild exfoliation.

3) Apply your favourite mask, and relax for a few minutes while it does its work.

4) Remove with a fresh muslin cloth and warm water.

5) Apply facial toner; either spray on the whole face or apply to cotton wool pads for deep hydration.

6) Make sure skin is dry; apply an appropriate moisturiser in upwards smoothing movements, avoiding the eyes.

7) Tapping your eye cream on gently relieves puffiness and swelling, ensure you do not put too close to the eye, on the bone is perfect.

8) Take a couple of minutes to massage in your facial oil. Oils are deeply nourishing and give the skin a real glow.

9) Finally relax wile you sip a warm cup of organic herbal tea, (we like organic hibiscus which is packed with antioxidants to boost skin function), before getting an early night and topping up on your beauty sleep.

If you have any questions or need help choosing the products that would be right for your skin we are here to help. Take our online skin consultation to help you discover your skin type and email or call us on 020 8465 5600 for one to one advice.

We all love to treat ourselves to a little pampering and indulge in some beauty treats from time to time, but sometimes it’s hard to know what to choose. If you thinking of giving yourself a little treat but are trying to show a little restraint to just one product rather than a basketful then why not consider a beautiful new organic lipstick?

Nothing has the ability to put a smile on your face and feel like a brand new you as a fabulous new lipstick. For spring 2013 the choice simply has to be the new Dr Hauschka Lipstick range. Originally launched as a limited edition in 2012 these gorgeous glossy lipsticks proved so popular they're here to stay!

With a choice of 3 infinitely wearable shades and a silky texture that feels just like slicking on your favourite lip balm, these luscious new lipsticks are a real treat.

The base is packed with nourishing organic oils of Castor, Jojoba, Rosehip, Apricot and Sweet Almond combined with beeswax to give a waxy, creamy consistency which really moisturises your lips.

Easy to apply and wear all day long

The new Dr Hauschka Lipstick colours are sheer so you can either slick on single layer for the effect of a strong gloss, ideal for summer daytime wear, or apply to lined lips with your favourite brush, blot and reapply for a greater depth of colour and staying power.  

3 Beautiful Shades for Summer 2013

Dr Hauschka Lipstick 13 - Red Quartz - A glossy terracotta shade that is infinitely wearable and will suit most skin tones.

Dr Hauschka Lipstick 15 - Violet Marble - A soft and delicate plum shade, that's subtle not shouty so perfect to day long wear. Top with a juicy gloss to take it into the evening.

Dr Hauschka Lipstick 16 - Pink Topaz - Wears like a strong gloss rather than a bright pink. Build up the layers for more intense colour, or simply slick on a single coat for a gorgeous natural glossy pink.

We’re so excited to have Madara back in stock!

When Madara first hit the UK several years ago; we were one of the first places to stock it. The lovely fresh fragrances derived from Baltic ingredients and pure Ecocert certified organic formulas made this little brand from Latvia a real treat for pure beauty fans. A few years on with the benefit of customer feedback to enable them to make tweaks and changes to perfect the formulations and Madara products are back and better than ever. Massively improved formulas and revamped packaging have brought this lovely brand right up the minute.

It’s re-launched at So Organic on 1^st March 2013 and you can get a Free Moisture Cream worth £18 when you spend over £30 on Madara while stocks last. 

It’s early January and time for New Year, New Year skin care and grooming routines. I want to be scrubbing, polishing and generally buffing my body back into some kind of shape but alas this year it’s not to be. The stresses strains and excesses of the festive season have wreaked havoc with my skin. It has gone into super sensitive mode with eczema flare ups from my eye lids to my little finger and so something more soothing is called for.

Simple skin care (not not the brand of that name, I mean truly natural stuff!) is the order of the day. No fragrance, even pure essential oils can be too much for some extremely sensitive skin, short ingredients lists made of pure natural ingredients, minimal preservatives and foamers are what I need when my skin gets stressed.

This year thank goodness there is something that feels like a little treat even though it’s as pure as can be. Lavera Neutral range for extremely sensitive and eczema prone skin has been given an overhaul and has 4 super useful new products too.

Lavera Neutral Range for Allergy Prone and Extremely Sensitive Skin:
NEW Cleansing Foam £9.90 – Wash your face without stripping your skin
NEW Intensive Face Mask £2.90 – Treat your skin to a little “me-time”
NEW Intensive Treatment Cream with Silver £12 – A natural antiseptic treatment for when things get really tough
NEW Sensitive Tooth Gel £4.50 – Fluoride free and suitable for use during homeopathic treatment

Add these to the facial fluid, face cream, hand cream, shower shampoo and body lotion already in the range and I have everything I need to tackle my New Year flare up. Fresh clean packaging that looks fit for the New Year mean that for once this is an allergy prone skin care range that I want to have on the bathroom shelf.

Try out the Lavera Neutral Range  if your sensitive skin is making you suffer, it’s helping me and I hope it will help you too. Other good bets for sensitive and allergic, eczema prone skin are No Scent by Green People and the Very Gentle range by Trilogy too.

If the excesses of the festive period have left your skin looking less than its best, then a mask could be the perfect solution to get things back on track.

Masks are one of the best beauty ways to give your skin a quick boost of nutrients to make it look more vibrant and alive. They're like a part time PA for the skin: they make your skin's life easier and you can use them only once or twice a week.

As most masks need to be left on for between 10-30 minutes it also gives your face a few tranquil moment to rest (unless your hubby gives you the giggles and your mask cracks up!)

Here's a couple of the best by organic beauty brands, all of which have our stamp of approval.

Purifying Masque by Trilogy - one of the So Organic teams favourites all skin types should love this deep cleansing mask. It contains rosehip oil, witch hazel and rose geranium combined with mineral rich Kaolin Clay to help draw away surface debris and impurities that can clog pores. Dull and tired complexions are left revitalised. 

Rejuvenating Mask by Dr Hauschka - one of our customers favourites this mask helps the skin with pore elasticity. It contains carrot and borage extract, which calms sensitivities as well as being deeply moisturising. People find it reduces the visibility of open pores and tones beautifully.

Pink Clay Mask for Sensitive Skin by Lovea - The perfect solution to calm and cool sensitive skin. It's designed to cleanse gently whilst caring for super sensitive skin. It contains pink clay, shea butter and aloe vera and should be rinsed off before its had time to dry. 

Anti Ageing Vitamin Mask by Green People - the mask is a skin-booster for dryer, mature skin. A non-drying moisturising mask that doesn't make your skin feel too tight. It contains mandarin, seaweed, and avocado oils as well as rosemary, famed for it's antioxidant properties. The skin feels hydrated, smoothed and revitalised after using this mask.

Wild Rose Revitalising Face Mask by Lavera - this mask utilises the hydrating, skin rejuvenating properties of rose. It helps to regenerate skin cells and is one of the most inexpensive masks to treat your face with.