labelling | Thornhill Lane Biodynamics

By -Stefania Netcu

No claims or promises

Posted on 30/05/2017
Posted in BD, labelling, we love, What we stand for

I will never promise my products will make you beautiful – you already are!! Nor my products won’t make you bright – we wouldn’t have met unless you had already been so bright. My products won’t make you look younger either. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wrinkles, they make you look authentic and tell all

By -Stefania Netcu

How much science?

Posted on 03/07/2015
Posted in beauty tips, herbal oil, labelling

Many times when I get to talk in more detail about my products, people wonder about the science behind mixing various natural ingredients into a smooth butter or mousse. Without over-simplifying things I must say I don’t actually employ a lot of science. Just because when you are mixing oils and butters, they simply bind to each

By -Stefania Netcu

Bad eggs + nice strawbs? Not my kind of pavlova

Posted on 18/04/2015
Posted in ingredients watchlist, labelling, Uncategorized

Would you put bad eggs in a pavlova base thinking the fresh strawberries going on top would make up for that? The same goes with skin-care products. Adding plant-based ingredients to a base of nasties (read synthetic alcohols, polymers, ethers, amides, parabens, sulphates, etc) doesn’t make much sense, does it? That trace of apricot kernel

By -Stefania Netcu

How natural is natural?

Posted on 07/01/2015
Posted in beauty tips, ingredients watchlist, labelling

Now that I carefully look at ingredients list on the packaging, I must admit I sometimes get confused when reading product labels. What is natural? And what is safe? Unfortunately the use of “natural” on many products is so misleading that discerning between truly natural and so-called natural becomes quite difficult. Would you call Phenoxyethanol