At Amiya we use herbs extensively in our natural hair and skin care products. In this two-part article, you can find out about 10 of our favourite herbs for beauty.
In part one we covered rose, chamomile, horsetail, calendula and rosemary – looking at the properties for which they are best known, how they can be [...]

At Amiya we use herbs extensively in our natural hair and skin care products. In this two-part article, you can find out about 10 of our favourite herbs for beauty.
In part one we’ll cover rose, chamomile, horsetail, calendula and rosemary – looking at the properties for which they are best known, how they can [...]

Using herbs in beauty and body care products may only seem to take the value of herbs skin deep. But in a time when the cosmetics industry, with its confusing messages and deceptive promises, has gone so far astray, coming back to our roots and learning simple, herbal ways to take care of ourselves is [...]

This is a quick way to enjoy the herbs you have in your garden in your bath – in fact it couldn’t get simpler! Making herbal bath posies is a lovely way to enjoy the herbs in your garden throughout the growing season. Herbs you might choose to include:

Rosemary – stimulating
Sage – cleansing
Mint – refreshing
Chamomile [...]

If your eyes need some soothing during the summer months, perhaps because of hayfever, this is the perfect herbal recipe to make! It is easy to make and contains cornflower, cucumber and aloe vera. If you don’t have aloe vera in your kitchen or garden, you can buy the pure gel in a health food [...]

Amiya’s natural hair care range uses beautiful herbal ingredients to gently cleanse and nourish the hair and scalp. In this series of posts about using herbs for natural hair care, we’ll be getting to know some of the best herbs to use in hair care preparations and some recipes to make at home. In previous [...]

Amiya’s natural hair care range uses beautiful herbal ingredients to gently cleanse and nourish the hair and scalp. In this series of posts about using herbs for natural hair care, we’ll be getting to know some of the best herbs to use in hair care preparations and some recipes to make at home. In our [...]

Amiya’s natural hair care range uses beautiful herbal ingredients to gently cleanse and nourish the hair and scalp. In this series of posts about using herbs for natural hair care, we’ll be getting to know some of the best herbs to use in hair care preparations and some recipes to make at home.
Nettle (Urtica Dioica)
Most [...]