The Organic Mum

Every mothers day I treat my mum to some luxurious beauty products to make her feel extra special about herself, now that I’ve grown up, she has much more Sarah time where she can lavish on genius creams, whilst kicking back. Here’s my best beauty picks from Debenhams!

L’Occitane en Provence ‘Almond Milk Concentrate’ body cream

Blending both tradition and science into a silk formula of silky concentrated milk cream ideal for firming the epidermis and supporting collagen production. The L’Occitane en Provence ‘Almond Milk Concentrate’ body cream  both nourishes and smoothes skin. A fantastic product for toning and firming all over the body. 

Elemis Superfood Facial Oil

Ole Henriksen Blue/Black berry Enzyme Mask

Ole Henriksen Blue/Black berry Enzyme Mask is aromatic, reparative gel mask, hydrating with sodium hyaluronate and lavender to quench dry and sensitive skin. The perfect antidote to stress, this potent blend of extracts smoothes and polishes skin. Oxygenating and cell renewing properties so your skin is silky smooth and refines its skin texture, whilst also being an anti-inflammatory. To be used 2-3 times a week post cleansing, a thick layer is applied and left for 20 minutes before rinsing with warm water for renewed skin. 

Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation Facial Creme 

Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation Facial Creme  transforms your skin with its luxurious oil free cream that feels light as it penetrates the skin. It’s aim is to help fade discolouration, freckles, age spots and sun damage – taking your skin back to it’s former youthful and damage free ways. Nourishing with vitamin E to heal and rejuvenate and stimulate collagen production. 

Origins By All Green Deep Cleansing Mask

Simply more than a mask, it’s also a cleanser. The Origins By All Green Deep Cleansing Mask  leaves skin its deepest, purest and feels cool, clear and totally refreshed from it’s detoxifying properties packed with superfood goodness from rich spirulina, spinach and green tea, so it’s a good product for a real green cleanse. Blended with rich antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to unclog, whilst coconut derived cleansers and kaolin clay removes impurities through a foaming formula.

Other ideas would include experiences of going mountain climbing, indulging in a luxurious weekend trip to be in touch with nature as well as being a chef for the day and making up some yummy healthy superfoods, with a touch of indulgence. For special occasions like Mothers Day I insist on buying potted plants, something more sustainable and some cut roses. Investing in houseplants is beneficial for their home, keeping them healthy whilst seeing the progression of growth. Luckily houseplants have been quite trendy of late, so buying your mum a parlour palm or cheese plant will stay with her for years. 

The Foodie Mum

She loves entertaining, cooking wonderful dinners that you just can’t buy in a restaurants, mommas home cooked food is a treat celebrated not just at Christmas but all year round. So the gift to give this Mothers Day for your foodie mum is things to make life more leisurely whilst she is entertaining.

Every mum is know is a sucker for personalised mugs and glasses, so here’s a few gifts that you can personalise for her. Perhaps a personalised wine glass for her favourite bottle of vino. Or a hilarious but true teapot for her prosecco. If she’s a lover of G&T’s give her a guide book so she can radicalise her drinks cabinet with yummy experimental drinks!

Whilst on the foodie side, experiences could be treating her to an day of afternoon tea, indulging in cakes, pastries, sandwiches, so she can kick back and not have to make food for once. A cheese basket would make my mum scream with happiness so give a gift of a delicious hamper for mothers day.

The Arty Mum

Does your mum like to get crafty, DIY and experimental? If some of your fondest memories are sitting together making fingerprint paintings and paper cache then this ones for her.

Lately knitting has been seen all over instagram, making large knit blankets that take only a few hours to do. They’re mega cosy and so good if you want to see a project build within a day – it’s also insanely addictive.
I’ve been using similar wool to help my mum with making pom-poms, which really got us into the festival spirit where we could make earrings, trims on garments, cushions or in my mums case a pom-pom snake with googly eyes and tongue that sits on the back of her sofa.

Image Credit: Satukis, AB Interiors

The City Mum

She’s a mum of many talents, raising children whilst living life in the concrete jungle, climbing the career ladder and exploring suburbia. 

Ideal treats for the city mum is skincare adapted for dry conditions, moisturising and antioxidant with pollution prevention properties. I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, because I just can’t get enough of their products, Murad is a brand so ideal for a luxury routine that encompasses all curveball that city life can throw. The Murad Retinol Youth Renewal Serum, perfecting the science using Retinol based technology, making it potent but gentle to minimise lines and deep wrinkles whilst firming, giving an even tone and boosting radiance, so your city mum will glow! The science speaks for itself that within two weeks 93% of participants see a reduction of lines and wrinkles, whilst 98% noticed smoother skin. Simply miraculous! It’s the perfect serum to apply on at night time following with a moisturiser, so your city mum can wake up fresh and radiant. Whilst we’re talking Murad, I spoke about the Murad Invisiblur Perfecting Shield on a post as an essential for autumn skin. Having used it myself throughout the months and the sun’s return (finally!) I’ve noticed a huge improvement in my skin, as it incorporates a SPF 30 that keeps you protected from the nasties of the sun. My absolute essential, that I will continue to preach about!