Natural Medicines and Essential Oils

Green — the Colour for This Season

I love green! It's sexy and eyecatching and will make you feel like a movie star at the Oscars on your big night out.

Barry M Eyeshadow

Barry M Products

I'm really into green eyeshadow at the moment and green will suit everybody — you just need to get the right shade for your complexion. At Beauty of Bedford we have many different shades of green in our Barry M collection, so just pop in and have a play to see what suits you best.

Why stop at eyeshadow?

We've just had a new arrival: a really nice emerald green nail polish. I love it and have been wearing it ever since it arrived at the salon.

Tea Tree Oil

Tea Tree oil is famous for its antiseptic properties, and we've always been advised to put it on our spots to help them heal and vanish. Popularity for tea tree has grown so much, it is now found in most ranges of toiletries and skin care — even toothpaste!

It has been found that Tea Tree oil could be a severe irritant to the skin if used in its purest form. That when exposed to light and air and stored at room temperature, the chemicals can become even more toxic encouraging allergic reactions in some people. The recommendation is that products should not contain more than 1% tea tree, however, at present, many products on the market contain much more than that.

So if Tea Tree oil is bad for us, what about other 'natural' oils?

At the end of the day, just because a product is natural, it does not necessarily mean that it is natural for us. Do we really know what happens once these oils are absorbed by our bodies?

Natural Essential Oils

Essential oils are organic and have a very small molecular structure. This allows them to be absorbed through our pores and hair follicles and carried through our capillaries into the bloodstream. After travelling around our bodies they then pass from the body through our urine, faeces, breath and perspiration.

In the belief that all things natural are good for us, why is it then, that there are so many instances where essential oils cannot be used? You should not use essential oils if you are pregnant, epileptic, suffer from high blood pressure or low blood pressure or taking medication. This list is not exhaustive and you shouldn't even attempt to experiment with pure essential oils unless properly trained. Personally, this is the part concerns me the most.

Karin Herzog Products

That is why I like using Karin Herzog oxygen skincare products. Containing only materials that the skin actually recognises and needs, it delivers essential raw ingredients that are actually natural to us as human beings. Thoroughly researched by Dr Paul Herzog, a doctor Honoris Causa of the Nobel Institute, Karin Herzog creams hold two global patents and the quality and results of these creams are unrivalled in the cosmetics industry.

Oxygen and Your Skin

Oxygen is antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and antiseptic. Karin Herzog oxygen products give the skin what it needs to repair and replenish itself. They help to promote the skin's natural collagen production and hydrate without blocking pores. They even out your skin tone and even stop in-growing hairs.

Forget Tea Tree oil for spots and acne. As an adult sufferer of acne, I tried every cream and skincare range on the market trying to clear my skin. I did not care about the cost; all I wanted was my face back! It wasn't until I discovered Karin Herzog that my prayers were answered and my skin finally returned to its normal, clear self. I am a firm believer in the Karin Herzog range and that is why we offer nothing else in our salon. In fact, I'm such a fan that I am often compared to the father in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' where for him the answer to everything is to spray it with Windex. For me, oxygen creams are the answer to everything.

— Maria