HONEST SKINCARE – Part Two

Following Part One of our two-part series ‘Introducing Honest Skincare’, we now took a closer look at its honestMAN range. The brand’s meticulously handcrafted products not only use 100% pure and natural ingredients, but they are carefully tailored to individual skin types, combining the right blend of vitamins and organic oils.

Honest’s black pepper and lemongrass beard oil not only cleans and conditions your beard, but simultaneously promotes a healthy hair growth. The beard oil fuses nourishing oils of Jojoba and Avocado with more masculine scents of Cedar Wood, Lemongrass and Black Pepper. Price £24.

Photographed by Ali Baï and Gladys Fabie for GOODS WE LIKE

HONEST SKINCARE – Part One

UK based brand Honest is true to the spirit of ‘less is more’. Each of the brand’s products is lovingly crafted by hand, and uses only carefully chosen, 100% pure and natural ingredients. In line with the brand’s philosophy, also its beautifully simple packaging is both biodegradable and reusable. According to founder Katie Fisher, Honest’s values reflect a holistic approach: organic food for the skin, natural with no chemicals, ethical packaging, simple ingredients and true to all.

'It’s taken me 5 years of experimenting and creating formulations to perfect the range I have today. Everything is handmade in small batches and I will continue with this ethos, lovingly crafting in this way so I know exactly what goes into each and every product.'

Ancient Neroli and Smokey Oak are both part of Honest’s series of naturally scented candles with added notes of Orange Blossom + Clary Sage and Ebony + Galbanum respectively. Price £20.

Photographed by Ali Baï and Gladys Fabie for GOODS WE LIKE

LIBERTY – Premium Grooming for Bearded Men

Selected among the best grooming products currently on the market, Liberty Premium Grooming Co. handcrafts their products in the United States using only the finest natural ingredients. “That means no chemicals, nothing harmful, just good old fashioned Mother Nature.” The company takes pride in being the best in their field, providing bearded men with a product that pays meticulous attention to detail.

Virtu Beard Balm and Virtu Beard Oil – the essentials for your beard grooming routine

The Virtu Beard Balm is the brand’s flagship beard care product. It “encapsulates everything it means to be a man with a beard. Prepared, deliberate, ready to achieve great things.” Handcrafted in the USA it contains only all-natural ingredients, including: babassu oil, argan oil, coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, eucalyptus and additional essential oils. Inspired by the company’s beard balm and drawing upon the same principles, the Virtu Beard Oil is used for the maintenance of good beard health. The all-natural ingredients include: almond oil, hemp seed oil, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, eucalyptus, vitamin E, and a minty fragrance. The ingredients help soften the beard and provide it with essential oils that repair and condition beards. Images by Lorenzo Cisi.

HORIZN STUDIOS - Berlin-made Bags

Horizn Studios is a Berlin based collective of true travel lovers. Their Berlin-made bags combine timeless aesthetics with technology and smart services. Every bag comes with a charger for your smartphone or other electronic devices, as well as access to the Horizn Studios Personal Travel Assistant, which provides travellers with insider information about the place they're travelling to. No matter if you want to join a Yoga course in Mexico or need to change your ticket - their travel assistant team will take care of you and your personal needs. They achieve this without compromising the quality of their products. We love the future forward approach to fashion and can't wait to see more designs to be released in October 2015. Until then, make sure to check out their website for more information.

YSTUDIO - Brass and Copper Stationery

Pick up a pen, and indulge yourself in the tranquillity of writing. Founded in Taiwan in 2012, ystudio seeks to explore vanishing culture and devotes itself to linking past memories and modern life. Their pure, raw material artefacts are made to last with the thought of being passed down from generation to generation. All items are lifetime stationery pieces and their design is perfectly matched with the ideal weight, and with a smooth yet steady feel when drawing straight or curved lines.

'In the hands, the brass, with the intense golden yellow, is gradually mild, deep with the ages, and piles up forefathers’ works full of wisdom; the feel, a bit heavy, always reminds us that we should honestly be responsible for every character we have written down.'

SOUNDCLOUD PLAYLIST - JUNE 2015

Photo by Ali Baï

KEDU by MEMO Paris

Created in Paris, Memo fragrances stand for an instinct for celebration, a pronounced love of travel to strange lands, and an inclination for dreams. Following its ‘Les Échapées’ collection – the first opus of fragrances for both men and women – Memo continues its olfactory journey with a vibrant vegetal and botanical collection: ‘Graines Vagabondes’ – wandering seeds. Taking its inspiration of seeds and their symbolic expression of life, the first fragrance in the collection – KEDU – is a composition structured around the symbiosis of sesame and grapefruit. Although the use of seeds in perfumery is not an altogether new phenomenon, “it’s quite original to give them the central place in a composition” says Aliénor Massenet, nose of Memo.

“The imaginative world that has arisen around seeds is ancestral and infinite. […] Not all of them are relevant to perfumery, however, they will be chosen according to the stories that we wish to tell and the accords that they create.”
- Clara Molloy, Creative Director

KEDU, referring to the ‘The Garden of Java’ in Indonesia, is characterised by a triptych set up: its olfactive features encompass the top note (oil of grapefruit, oil of mandarin, neroli), the heart note (maté absolute, fressia accord, rose-peony accord), and the base note (sesame absolute, white musk, moss). Its three key notes are oil of grapefruit, sesame absolute and white musk, giving the composition all of its depth and breadth. Price £168. Images by Ali Baï and Gladys Fabie.

 [ memofragrances.com ]

COLORS JAPONICA by AOIRO AIRDESIGN

Colors Japonica is a concept by Berlin and Tokyo based atelier AOIRO, specialising in olfactory design. Founded by Japanese scent designer, Shizuko Yoshikuni, and Austrian communication designer, Manuel Kuschnig respectively, their expertise lies in the unique interpretation of concepts, transforming these into individually tailored signature scents for both olfactory products and airdesign. Colors Japonica derives from unique Japanese aesthetics and the discovery of beauty in everyday life. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese colours found in nature, AOIRO reinterpreted these colour associations into three distinctive scent compositions: ‘Yanagi Iro’, colour of the willow leaves; ‘Daidai Iro’, colour of the citrus fruit; and ‘Sora Iro’, colour of the sky.
After distilling and extracting the essences from flowers, woods, citruses and spices, the refined scents are hand-blended in the AOIRO atelier. Equally mindful is the duo’s approach to packaging that epitomises the Japanese philosophy of the art of packaging and gift-giving. Their concept reflects a modern interpretation developed using carefully selected, authentic materials, and traditional techniques of artisanship.
‘Airmist’ is made of the highest and purest quality fragrant materials of botanical essences. The 100% natural scent impressions are designed to create a unique ambience and atmosphere. Images by Ali Baïlon and Gladys Fabie.

 [ colors-japonica.com ]

SOUNDCLOUD PLAYLIST - MAY 2015

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