Forest Secrets Skin News

Great Review by Michelle at Eco Daisy Magazines

Two reviews in a day! Michelle at Daisy Green Magazine reviewed Forest Secrets and found it made a nice difference to her skin making it refreshed and calmer. To read the full review visit the Daisy Green Magazine where you can find a lot of green tips for a healthy living!

Thank you Michelle. 

Mimi says Forest Secrets deliver anti-ageing results to dry skin

Thank you Mimi

iRejuvenate Plus Serum best Serum in Ecologist Eco Beauty Awards

It is is beautiful day, the sun is shining and iRejuvenate Plus Serum has won the Ecologist Award as best serum in the Eco Beauty Heros awards. 

"Dr Barbara Olioso, the brains behind Forest Secrets, isn’t just passionate about beauty; she cares about the environment too. The result is Forest Secrets: a brand that prioritises the planet but really, really works. Initially sceptical, I got a range of different people to see what they thought of it and their reactions largely mirrored my own. ‘It worked’ cropped up most frequently, along with ‘my skin looks brighter’ and ‘I love it’. Better still, nothing in the small range costs more than £35."

 

iRejuvenate is Amazing by our client Georgi

"I have been using the I-rejuvenate for several months now and am close to finishing my first bottles – I have to say that the product is amazing and I look forward to trying the new version.  I only recently bought the I-bright serum from you which having tried it yesterday for the first time looks set to be another firm favourite."
Great testimonial by Georgi from North Yorkshire, thank you Georgi

Soft and nurtured skin helping well being

Liz Bonney at Yoga Spa Health has just reviewed Forest Secrets.

"Since I have incorporated this newly discovered gem into my daily routine, my skin feels luxuriously soft and nurtured, while I feel protected and calm. Forest Secrets has now been added to my list of favourite organic products."

Liz practices yoga and meditation as tools for inner calm and peace, so her review is really special because it bridges sacred and profane, bliss and pleasure. Our skin is not simply a superficial layer on our body. It is strictly linked to the way we feel and can make us feel good. If we look after our skin naturally and in harmony with it, our skin can trigger all sorts of extra benefits, beyond what the eyes can see, from sensual touch to real bliss... Do you agree?

Great start of the day

Just opened my emails where a found a great testimonial:

Dear Forest Secrets Skin Care Team,
A big thank you for such a fantastic skin care product, iRejuvenate! I feel confident in my skin, its like I've been given a second chance of youthful looking skin. It's my guilty pleasure!
Thank you Dr Barbara Olioso! Jackie

Thank you Jackie, I love starting the day with your testimonial, glad you have a guilty pleasure, however it is harmless and guilt free.....

What is the price of beauty?

I am a chemist by training.  I came to develop my own skin care range, Forest Secrets, as a result of years of working in the industry and being unhappy at the quality of beauty products that were marketed as organic and natural but were not capable of delivering truly antiaging effects.  I wanted to create a range of products that were totally natural, as near 100% organic as I could get, and that were above all effective.  I believe I have achieved this, but at a cost! 

By cost, I mean, the cost of the beauty product!  Put simply, given what is in the product, the number of active botanicals, the cost at which I sell the product at the moment - when packaging and marketing is taken into account - is not much more than what it costs to make, so I am reviewing my pricing at this moment.  I read a number of blog follow up comments about Forest Secrets that, while they appreciate the quality and efficacy of the product - find that the cost is too high. 

This makes me think, what is the price of beauty? 

On one level I guess I have to charge what the market will bare; but then I think, this IS a luxury product, and this IS a product that also works, and there are always people who appreciate this and are willing to pay what it costs.  So I have a decision to make; should I try to drive down my margins, use cheaper packaging, perhaps reformulate and leave out some of the active botanicals and try to make the product as cheap as possible, so that more people will consider it value for money and buy it,  or should I go the other way, stick to my guns and not compromise, and conduct lengthy - and expensive - clinical trials, so that I can scientifically back up the anecdotal claims that I have from many many sources that this product works - and hope that people get the message that effective natural beauty care by it’s very nature is not cheap!  I really do welcome your responses on this one!

To give you an idea a clinically tested serum is priced at £125 for 30 ml and a face oil without clinically tested ingredients like in iRejuvenate Step 1 is priced at £90 for 30 ml.

Beach Bum Beauty Reviews iRejuvenate

Jayne loves being outdoor and being a beauty addict she is always on the look for products that can take care of her skin exposed to the elements. She has recently tried and tested iRejuvenate beauty Serum and got great results:

"I have been using both at once which is recommended by Forest Secrets. I have dry skin so have been using 3 drops of step 1 with 1 drop of step 2, every morning and every night after cleansing and haven’t needed to use a seperate moisturiser because the two steps combined have left my skin looking dewy, bright and nourished..."

To read her full review visit the Beach Bum Beauty's Blog

Jayne is also part of Team Bags on the run, a group of bloggers raising funds for the charity Refuge for Women and Children, against domestic violence. Because this is a great cause all our sales quoting teambangs in the promotional voucher section will donate:

£1.50 for the iRejuvenate try me set

£5 for the full size iRejuvenate set

Petition for animal testing ban starting soon!

Who wants rabbits, guiney pigs, monkeys killed for safety testing of cosmetic ingredients? Yet we are in 2011 and the industry is still trying to postpone the proposed March 2013 ban date. The aim of this date was to give time to to industry to develop alternatives to safety evaluation tests based on animals. Scientifically I am aware it is a big challenge, however they had several years to work on this and BUAV thinks that it takes far too long to approve new methods. There are new methods available, but it takes 2-3 years to approve them, why? the organization responsible for this, ECVAM, does not have enough resources to deal with the bureaucratic burden of it all!

What to do? Sign the BUAV petition (coming out in 2 weeks) where they ask to stick to the original ban date of March 2013, to save animals lives and to get governments to invest much more in the approval process.

Forest Secrets Skincare is cruelty free and approved by the BUAV

Abigail James, the organic facialist

I recently had the pleasure to talk to Abigail James after she tried Forest Secrets Skincare beauty serum

Abigail was really impressed with the results and she kindly sent me her feedback:

"I regularly get sent samples of new organic and natural products and I’m always on the lookout for something great to use on my clients, some just stand out from the crowd, the Irejuvenate serums and oils definitely do that, I expect a product to perform as do my clients, the textures, scent, how they absorb and feel on the skin is fantastic. They absorb quickly and my skin felt smooth and hydrated after trying them, I will definitely be slipping these into some of bespoke face treatment’s."
Abigail James Super facialist

I have to say I was impressed by Abigail too for her passion and awareness about the importance of using natural, pure and effective products. Not many beauty facialists have this awareness and comittment to stick to their principles because it is all too easy to fall back on glamourous and well known brands. Abigail operates in the beautiful Cotswalds and Primrose Hill in London.