Natural Beauty Workshop

Are you looking for clean, non-toxic beauty products because you’re fed up with the harsh ingredients packed into so many of them? Perhaps you’d love to move away from shop bought products, but aren’t sure where to start.

Sadly, most beauty products today are anything but beautiful. Overpriced, harmful to our health, and often tested extensively on animals, they promise a lot and deliver very little, luring us in with beautiful packaging.

Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and unlike your digestive system, it can’t filter what you put onto it. That makes choosing the right products essential. Many mainstream beauty products contain ingredients linked to nervous and respiratory disorders, allergies, DNA damage, and even cancer. You likely wouldn’t eat food with ingredients you couldn’t pronounce or recognise, so why put them on your skin?

By using simple, pure ingredients and plants, you can create your own safe, nourishing, and genuinely effective beauty and hair products. It’s easier and quicker than you might think, and you’ll be amazed at what you already have in your cupboard.

If you’d love to spend the day crafting your own beauty products, indulging in cacao, and pampering yourself with natural, nourishing ingredients, this workshop is for you. We’ll also share a delicious long table lunch together.

At this workshop, you’ll learn:

• About the chemicals used in mainstream products, why they’re harmful, and how to avoid them
• How to make beauty products using simple pantry ingredients and plants you can grow in your own backyard
• How to use essential oils and base oils intuitively in your homemade beauty products and remedies
• How every ingredient we use is organic, edible, safe for the environment, and safe for you

Products we’ll learn to make include:

• The revolutionary “no poo” method (shampoo free)
• Shampoo
• Hair masks and conditioners
• Skin lotions
• Face and body scrubs
• Self tanners and bronzers
• Cleansers
• Hydrating, repairing, and pore reducing face masks
• Cooling eye masks
• Sunscreen
• Deodorant
• Toothpaste
• Makeup remover
• Indulgent bath recipes

You’ll take home:

• Your own handmade face and body scrub
• A whitening toothpaste you’ll want to show off
• A moisturiser, cleanser, or scrub of your choice
• A detailed recipe booklet to recreate them all at home

Throughout the day, we’ll try each product on (and in) our bodies, alongside an indulgent, healthy spread of cacao inspired treats. We’ll also do some simple, intuitive work to help you reconnect with your body and the natural ingredients you’re working with.

Please bring one conventional, shop bought beauty product with you on the day.

Attend one of Gaia’s Organic Gardens’ popular workshops and your mind, body, and soul will thank you for it.

Come with a bare face and be ready to test and try different ingredients on your own skin, so you can see the results for yourself.