Leading New Zealand organic beauty brand, Trilogy, has just released their AGE PROOF skin care range. The Trilogy team have created a three product combo to combat the signs of aging and follow the simple philosophy of protect, revive and nourish.

To protect the skin Trilogy have created the Daily Defence Moisturiser with SPF15. This a light, non-whitening cream containing pure plant oils that absorb readily. The SPF15 formulation reflects and disperses UV rays to protect the skin from the suns harsh rays. Make no mistake this is a daily moisturiser, not a sun cream and it will hydrate and soften the skin beautifully.

To revive the skin the rose hip experts deliver us their Nutrient Plus Firming Serum. This product is packed with a ton of natural active ingredients that will lift and restore tired, aging skin. Serums are an excellent way to make your face look instantly more vibrant and the Trilogy is one is one your complexion is likely to love. Green Tea, Licorice and Mulberry extracts are natural skin brighteners and Hyaluronic Acid to plump up the skin.

The final product in the AGE PROOF trio is the Replenishing Night Cream. This is the deep nourisher of the three, regenerating the skin's elasticity and suppleness whilst smoothing out those fine lines. The essential fatty acids (Omega 3 and 6) contained in the avocado, rosehip and marula oils found in this product helps the skin to repair and renew itself.

To read more about each of the products in the AGE PROOF skin care range click on the links below:
• Daily Defence Moisturiser with SPF15
• Nutrient Plus Firming Serum
• Replenishing Night Cream

Essential Care was started by a Suffolk mum who wanted to use organic skin care products to ease her children's eczema problems. Margaret Weeds, Essential Care's founding mum, had experience in aromatherapy and herbal medicine that she drew from to formulate a skin care range she could use to remedy dry skin issues over the entire body.

This range is special because it was the first to be awarded the Soil Association's organic beauty tick of approval. Despite their growing popularity Essential Care still produce their products by hand using formulations that are especially good for the most super sensitive skin types. Organic herbs, plant oils and other natural active ingredients have been used to create some really effective products, most of which are suitable for vegans. None are tested on animals.

Margaret believes that children are especially vulnerable to what is applied to their skin and so created the largest Mother & Baby range fully certified by the Soil Association.

So Organic currently have some good offers on a number of Essential Care products so it's a good time to try this terrific, home grown skin care range. Until stocks last when you buy:
• a large Coconut Cleanser or large Avocado Replenishing Cream or a Superfruit Concentrate you get a FREE 30mL Rose Petal Tonic.
• a large Lemon & Tea Tree Face Wash or a large First Aid Lotion you receive a FREE 30mL Citrus Tonic.
• a large Rose Moisturiser you receive either a FREE 30mL Rose Petal or Citric Tonic.

Launched in 1967 Dr.Hauschka is top of class in organic and natural skincare. Created by a medical chemist (Dr. Rudolf Hauschka) and a cosmetologist (Elizabeth Sigmund) the skincare range is said to be one of the purest available.

Certified by the German certification body, the BDIH, one of Dr.Hauschka's primary philosophy is based on the power of healing plants to restore and maintain healthy skin. The company behind Dr.Hauschka, who grow the ingredients in their own biodynamic garden or source them from fair trade biodynamic projects throughout the world, is WALA. ‘Nature‘s Treasures Transformed for You' is the underpinning philosophy underpinning WALA and correlates strongly with the respect they have for the fine healing gems nature produces for us.

WALA was established in 1935 by Dr. Rudolf Hauschka with the aim to provide anthroposophical medicines for the people who most needed them. ‘Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge, to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe,' according to Rudolf Steiner (the godfather of anthroposophy). The original grounding philosophies of Dr.Hauschka are ever still intact as the company continues to promote biodynamic farming and conscious environmental practices like sourcing only renewable raw materials or treating waste and rain water to recycle for flushing lavatories. No Dr.Hauschka product or ingredient has been tested on animals.

The brand has won numerous awards of excellence. In just the last year it has won the premium beauty skin care range in last year's Beauty Magazine Awards, three awards at the Natural Health and Beauty Awards this year with highly commendations in nine other categories, The Sunday Times Style Magazine Best Ethical Brand, and the InStyle Best Beauty Buys - Toner.

And that's just a few!

Julia Roberts, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Moss are some of the celebrities touted to have Dr.Hauschka in their beauty bags.

From premium face and body care, toiletries, make up, hair care, bath care and sun care Dr.Hauschka make an outstanding range of high quality, well-considered product line.

If you'd like to have a taster of Dr.Hauschka's products they make compact starter kits for £14.68.

Rule number one: be gentle with your skin. Give it time to ease itself into these higher UV days. Going to the park or beach and roasting yourself into a bright pink beetroot on the first hot weekend is an obvious no no. If you're a back yard bikini sun baker keep it down to no more than 15 minutes a day in direct sunlight. That way you'll build up a tan slowly and get your dose of Vitamin D. Sun worshipping is ok in moderate amounts. The sun is the greatest source of Vitamin D and it's vital we get enough of it as it regulates calcium metabolism and bone health, but it also regulates cell growth. That means it's good at preventing cancer. So it's a case of balance really. Just enough sunshine a day will keep the skin doctor away!

Rule number two: wear a good natural sunscreen. What you need is a good UV blocker to prevent the sun's rays penetrating the inner skin layers, damaging collagen and elastin fibers. Beware of the sunscreens laden with chemicals as these have been found to actually absorb UV rays, neutralizing them into the skin tissue. Natural sun creams block UV rays, are less irritating and are not toxic for the body. Some good natural sunscreens are: SPF8 Moisturising Sun Cream by Essential Care, Day Solution SPF 15 by Green People and SPF30 Baby and Child Sun Spray by Lavera.

Rule number three: nourish, nourish, nourish. Avoid premature aging by using a quality natural after sun lotion, rich body butter and intense night creams. If you feed your skin with moisturisers that are packed with nutrients and minerals it will reward you with a softness and suppleness sun bakers everywhere will be jealous of. Some of the best anti-aging organic creams are: Energy Sensation Moisturiser from Laveré, Jasmine Enriching Cream by Neal's Yard Remedies and Regenerative Night Cream by Madara.

Rule number four: if you can't make it, fake it. If your 15 minute quota of Vitamin D boosting, anti-cell damaging sunshine is not enough to give you the desired tanned glow you desire, fake it. There are some excellent fake tanning creams made with natural ingredients out there. The vegan Self Tan Lotion by Green People is great. As is the Self Tanning Lotion by Lavera. Follow with Silk Shimmer Lotion by Lavera for a beautiful sheen on top of your freshly tanned skin.

Weleda is one of the most well-known and highly popular organic brands in the world. The company has been around since the 1920's, founded by Ita Wegman (a Dutch medical doctor) and the Rudolf Steiner (the renowned philospher).

In 1924, a group of farmers concerned about the future of agriculture asked for Steiner's help to create an ecological and sustainable farming system. He responded by giving a series of lectures by which the central concept involved ‘individualizing' the farm so that all materials required to run the farm were produced within the ‘farm organism'.

Biodynamic farming was inspired, in many respects by Steiner's ideas. Planting according to the moon cycle is one of these ideas. We think Marie Claire magazine summed the backbone to Weleda last year when they said ‘Weleda was biodynamic and organic before it was trendy.'

Weleda grow over 300 plant species in Derbyshire where they have a 15 acre organic herb farm. They are certified by Demeter - the international biodynamic accreditation body. So you can rest assured that nothing they produce will contain chemical pesticides, fertilizers or GM ingredients.

Weleda make a huge range of anthroposophic & homeopathic medicines and natural bodycare products including skin, bath, detox, hair, mens and baby care products.