Surrey Homes | SH33 | July 2017 | Interiors supplement inside

Savour the summer
Surrey Homes talks to Katherine Slater from Bee Potion
Health & Beauty
Do you have a beauty
regime? As I approach my
50th year, my beauty regime
starts in the morning by
looking in the bathroom
mirror and thanking my life,
that way I feel more beautiful
with age! I have devised my
own natural honey bee, twostep
beauty ritual. First, I apply
my honey, seaweed and aloe
facial cleanser wash and, if my
face is feeling particularly tired,
I use it as a face pack too. I
follow this with my face and
body balm which is natural
and nourishing both night
and day. The two products
together are all I need,
Do you have a particular
product you couldn’t
live without? My face
feels lost without my face
balm (also known as BEE
NOURISHED) as it’s so
versatile and nourishing. I
made a handy travel size
so I can take it everywhere.
Regarding make-up, I find less
is more but mascara is the key
for me. I love Kevyn Aucoin
mascara from Space NK. It’s
light, does not smudge or
flake and is easy to remove.
What’s your ultimate
pampering treat? I lived
and worked in Bali for a year
and massages and pedicures
were so cheap that you had
them every week so they no
longer felt like a treat. To
feel truly indulged, I need to
receive the pampering from
someone I am fond of! So, a
foot massage after a long day
from my partner is great and
so is a facial treatment from
my friend Rachel Heavens
who I run pampering
workshops with. In our
workshops I demonstrate
how to make natural skin
care products while Rachel
teaches the facial part. It’s
pampering on another level.
Who’s your style icon? Style
icons for me don’t only look
good, they create good. My
top two icons would be the
painter Georgia O’Keeffe
and installation artist Louise
Bourgois. Like all female
artists who have challenged
the idea of conventional
style or beauty through their
art, they both leave a legacy
in terms of femininity and
identity which is timeless.
Bee Potion creates skincare
products using honey from
their own bees. To find out
more about the range and
Bee Potion’s workshops,
visit bee-potion.com
Sulphur, the
beauty mineral
Sulphur, which is found in
the ocean, is known for its
ability to support collagen
production, promote
circulation and decrease
inflammation. A new range
of body scrubs from The
Salt Parlour, a Kent based
company, harnesses the
power of organic sulphur
with Dead Sea salts,
minerals and cold-pressed
oils to exfoliate the skin and
leave it soft and nourished.
There are six different salts
to choose from and we tried
their ‘Jasmine and Matcha
Green Tea for Repair’ scrub.
We loved it for its subtle
scent, gentle exfoliation and
for making our rough postwinter
limbs beach-ready.
The scrubs retail at £15.000
and are natural, vegan,
earth friendly and cruelty
free. Visit thesaltparlour.
co.uk f or more details.
Credit: FreeImages.com/Martyn E Jones
Mediterranean magic
As we move into high summer,
deliciously sweet, flavoursome
English tomatoes are in the
shops and soon they’ll be
ripening in the garden. While
they’re plentiful, and relatively
cheap, it’s worth remembering
the health benefits of cooking
tomatoes: they’re a great source
of the antioxidant lycopene,
which helps protect against
cancer and heart disease.
Scientists have discovered that
when tomatoes are eaten raw,
very little lycopene is absorbed
but when cooked with a good
quality oil, the antioxidant is
much more readily available.
This successful combination
of tomatoes and olive oil helps
explain the health benefits
of the Mediterranean diet.
121 wealdentimes.co.uk