Skin-care experts Origins have launched three nifty new products to add to their collection. We popped down to their London offices to try them out. We’ve come to expect good things from this brand, whose products use only organic ingredients, plants and natural oils, and our expectations were duly met. We were first introduced to Brighter by Nature skin tone...

With the practically-artic conditions we are facing at the moment rendering our poor lips dry, rough, chapped and in desperate need of some T.L.C there seemed no better time to road test Dr Andrew’s conditioning lip balm by ‘Origins’. This particular product claimed to ‘rapidly restore softness and smoothness to overly parched lips’ so what’s the verdict…..

With the practically-artic conditions we are facing at the moment rendering our poor lips dry, rough, chapped and in desperate need of some T.L.C there seemed no better time to road test Dr Andrew’s conditioning lip balm by ‘Origins’. This particular product claimed to ‘rapidly restore softness and smoothness to overly parched lips’ so what’s the verdict…..

Origins Modern Friction is a gentle body scrub that exfoliates with rice starch to rejuvinate tired, dry skin. The product promises to refine, whilst calming the skin with a touch of Aloe. Well it all sounds good to me, and things only got better when I opened the cap to take a whiff.

We’ve all noticed the number of organic bath and body products that have recently flooded the market, but major beauty brands have been slow to catch on. That is, until Origins announced the debut of their organic line. Straying away from unpronounceable (and unidentifiable!) ingredients, items from the lip balm to the silkening body spritz include familiar names...