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Warming Winter Skin Treats

Fancy wrapping your skin in hot chocolate or maybe the thought of un-knotting tired muscles in a moisturising yet opulently bubbly bath tub is more your thing. Whatever takes your fancy one thing is for sure, winter skin needs extra-special love and attention!

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Autumn is the Perfect Time to Rub on Some Mud!

I'm talking clay scrubs, facemasks, body wraps and soapy treats and here at New Directions we have an amazing selection for you to try.

Our fascination with clay against skin goes back to the beginning of time when our relationship with the earth was more…organic than it is now and it's that magic that I think we need to re-kindle.

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More about: Clays, Masks, Recipes, Skincare
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Snail Secretion Extract - Beauty Friend or Slimy Foe?

‘Have you gone mad’ they cry as the backroom staff at New Directions uncover their newest active ingredient and encourage us all to try it. It turns out that snail secretion filtrate isn't something that many of us (or you) have considered when looking for that perfect skin soothing and moisturizing active. Well, maybe now is the time.

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More about: Skincare, Snail Secretion
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Skin and Its Journey Towards Wisdom

Whether we like it or not growing younger is the stuff of fantasies and while we can turn back the clock somewhat with our arsenal of modern interventions there is some truth to this idea:

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More about: Anti-Ageing, Skincare
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Going Professional with Actives

While there are no specific legal requirements for spa products to be extra-strength there is a market expectation that products used in a professional setting will bestow amazing results to the pamperee in double quick time (for a small investment...).While that all sounds great it does leave the self-sufficient product making spa owner with a few questions:

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More about: Actives, How To, Skincare
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Fresher, Smoother Summer Skin

Extreme weather requires extreme measures be taken in order to keep skin fresh, smooth and irritation free. Whether it's solar overload, too many dry sand blasting or back-to-back days that were 'dripped through' chances is that your skin needs some help.

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More about: Skincare, Summer
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Can Coconut Oil Protect Us from the Sun?

When I was younger we spent a couple of holidays in Majorca, Spain which was nice for many reasons, not least that tropical sweet sunscreen aroma - sunscreen in the 80's meant only one thing and that's COCONUTS.Yummo.

But that was then and now the coconut buzz is less about the smell and more about the SPF - sun protection factor. So can coconut oil protect us from that big orange ball in the sky?

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More about: Skincare, Sun Protections
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The Importance of Knowing Your Public

This year it is projected that New Directions Australia will deal with many thousands of customers be that in person, through our website, Facebook pages or twitter or on the phone. Each one of those has something in common - an interest in personal care and a desire to build better connections between them, their passion and their target audience (even if their target audience is their cat). Helping develop and explore that is our passion and our pleasure.
However, in order to get the most out of our interactions with our customers some key questions must be asked. Do you know your public?

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Do Your Products Perish from Hotness?

Stability Testing 101

This summer in Australia is proving to be a hot one and as I sat here roasting over Christmas I was reminded of a product that I'd left out on the table to defrost after a couple of freeze/ thaw rounds a couple of months ago. Let's just say that it's not only people who perish from hotness...

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A Closer Look At Dermal Penetration and How It is Measured

Have you ever wondered about what happens to the ingredients that we put onto our skin? Do they pass straight through us, never touching the sides or do they get changed along the way? Are all chemicals handled in the same way by our bodies or are some worse than others? Is Anything that I put onto my skin 'good' for me? Let's have a look...

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More about: How To, Skincare
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