Tag: Fresh

RINGANA Fresh Soap

beauty, Children, Family Life, Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him, health, Home & Garden, Plastic free, Summer, Sustainable, Vegan

Disclaimer – We received this item for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

I love soap and enjoy using it so was delighted to receive a hand-scooped, hand-cut, hand-stamped RINGANA FRESH soap bar.

The soap bar was a great size and looked stunning wrapped in the RINGANA hand towel.

I prefer to keep my skincare as natural as possible so the RINGANA FRESH soap ticked that box perfectly.

The purely organic recipe is packed with valuable oils such as almond oil, nigella oil, saponified coconut oil and saponified olive oil.

It produced a great amount of lather and left my skin feeling cleansed, soft and truly cared for.

I used the bar on my daughters skin as she reacts badly to chemical laden products and we were amazed how well her body related to the RINGANA FRESH soap.

The delicate scent was a real treat for my senses and the soap was a joy to use.

I will definitely be trying the other soaps in the RINGANA collection in the future.

Available to buy at https://www.ringana.com/produkt/fresh-soap/?lang=en

RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser

beauty, Gifts for Her, health

Disclaimer – We received this item free for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

Make up has come a long way from the test-yourself counters we frequented as teenagers to get the cheapest, and probably most fashionable products we could find.  RINGANA takes technology to the state-of-the-art limit with their new FRESH range of products. I was intrigued to find out what this new technology could be, so RINGANA sent me their Tinted Moisturiser to try.

The essence of the RINGANA products is that they’re all made fresh, in Austria and some ingredients are freeze dried to retain all their nutrients.  As most of the ingredients are fresh products from nature, it makes sense that you would want to have them in tip-top condition in the products.

The RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser comes in two colours (N1 and N2) which I am definitely the paler of the two! Unlike other tinted moisturisers, the product works with your natural skin colour to develop and create a rich coverage and a radiant look as an alternative to make-up.  The plant substances in the moisturiser ensure that your skin complexion not only looks glowing but that it’s protected against harmful air toxins.

RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser wrapped in a cotton flannel for safety…
And unwrapped, showing the gorgeous bottle and flannel!

The product arrived wrapped in a cotton flannel to protect the glass bottle. I tried this on a really hot summer’s day, in place of a heavy foundation.  The RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser glides on smoothly, and can be applied with your fingers or a brush. After working it into my skin I couldn’t see a difference, but then the cranberry seed oil and pomegranate seed oil started working their magic and I didn’t need to use any more product. The colour does indeed develop with time, and the oils smooth out the blemishes on my skin to give a more even tone.

Applying make up over the top was easy, with it taking just a few seconds for the moisturiser to dry on my skin.  The richness of the oils meant that it stayed in place all evening as well as moisturising my skin and I didn’t have those annoying dry patches where a foundation can’t absorb into the skin properly.

My skin before adding the RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser…
…and a few minutes later, showing the more even tone of my skin and less redness

Looking at all the other RINGANA products online, there are certainly many more options for technical skincare that they offer and they even have a range for men too.  I highly recommend looking at RINGANA to see if their FRESH Tinted Moisturiser is for you, or any of their other exciting products.

RINGANA FRESH Tinted Moisturiser £37.13: https://www.ringana.com/produkt/fresh-tinted-moisturiser/?lang=en

Re: Nourish Refreshing Gazpacho for Summer!

Fitness, Food & Drink, health, Vegan, Vegetarian

Disclaimer – We received this item for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

Re:Nourish’s fresh Gazpacho for summer has been a welcome refreshment in our house this year.

I haven’t really tried gazpacho before, just once at a restaurant and I didn’t know what to make of it at first, but now that I’ve tried it again, it’s a welcome removal from normal summer drinks or meals. What is gazpacho though?  The simplest way to explain it is that it’s a summer soup – literally a cold soup which isn’t as thick as what you find in a tin on a winter’s day but instead uses fresh ingredients and is never served warm, only cold.

Re:Nourish sent us some Tomato, Red Pepper and Cucumber Gazpacho (95% vegetables to try, which is rich in vitamins C, E and A. It’s also vegan, gluten free, dairy free and has no artificial additives or preservatives and no added sugar. Yes, it’s completely fresh!

How does it taste though? Well straight from the fridge, I put this into a bowl to eat, but you could just as easily drink it straight from the bottle or in a glass. It’s not like tomato soup at all; instead you can taste the tomato and red pepper, then the taste of the cucumber comes through to add a ‘coolness’ to the taste. The texture is very velvety too, not chunky. You could describe it as a savoury smoothie.

It’s important not to heat this as it’s not designed to be ‘cooked’ but instead eaten straight from the fridge.

It’s an incredibly handy lunch (think: working lunch) or as a snack, but if children enjoy it, I can’t see why it can’t go in a lunchbox as well!  The fact that it has so many vitamins and doesn’t have the preservatives or additives of other meals, plus is dairy free and gluten free, it’s accessible to everyone who enjoys vegetables and makes a great alternative to having to cook something when you’re busy, or super hungry!

Their website already has soups, but I am looking forward to seeing what other gazpacho flavours are coming soon!

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