The story behind HOIA home spa products started when lemongrass body scrub got noticed and started living its own life of taking care of many skin problems. Now their line is wider, so that every person with its own preferences can find a scent and formula for their body and senses. Good things do come in pairs and I believe it totally applies to body care.

HOIA lemongrass body scrub with its zestful and joyful scent picks you right up and winds you down while rubbing it all over the body. It is really forgiving when it comes to application, at first you will think you need more, but the smallest amount goes the longest way. While all exfoliated and layered with the scrub, it will be the waiting game. To get the full benefit of the product and allow your body to get the treatment it deserves, let it sit on your skin for few minutes. To pass the time have little dance party, or sing. I usually put on hair mask for full pampering session. After few minutes rinse it all off. You can feel the softest layer of all the good oils on your skin and that is a good thing, don't wash it off. Getting out of your shower you won't need the moisturiser, your skin won't cry for help because of its dryness and tight feeling. Your skin will not be greasy, but thankful for the natural butters and all the blood flow it got out of the scrubbing session you just had!

Like I said before, good things come in pairs. It is good to have a back-up plan when the winter is getting to you and your skin needs a relief, also know and something replenishing and moisturising. HOIA rosewood & avocado body whip is whipped up body balm that feels like mousse to the touch, that will melt to most precious luxurious velvety oil. When applying it will skin right into skin and leave you with the softest skin. My own personal winter preference: to 'bury' myself in it and feel moisturised, itch free, extremely comfortable and relieved without layering another, another and another layer of body lotion on in order to get rid of the dryness.

As the whip is packed with vitamins, butters and oils that will even out the skin tone, replenishes the damage, help to build collagen and relieve any skin problems you might have. Essential oils of rosewood and geranium will work for much calmer senses and renewed skin.

Another great Estonian company that creates amazingly pure and natural cosmetics - Moshi right in front of you. But not just 'every other' Estonian company, because Moshi is quite special. It draws attention, brings out emotions, is honestly outspoken yet really affordable. All the bottles of Moshi's products are carrying simple labels with different statements - you can easily find the one that goes by your heart the most or get yourself surprised by having the random one that will inspire you whenever you walk into your bathroom. Moshi states produly: we don't offer colourful pictures or synthetic ingredients. Too good to be true? Not at all!

I picked out two quite different products to write my first post about this sleek yet simple creator of natural beauty. One bottle holds dreamy goodness of softest body scrub and the other brings all the joy to the strands that are in need of a good moisture kick.

Sugary body scrub has been infused with wild mango and the scent of it feels just like walking under the mango trees. You can expect this scrub to nourish and deep condition your skin while gently sloughing off all the dead skin. Sea buckthorn oil along with sesame oil and olive oil, enriched with vitamins, will leave even the driest body silky smooth. Whenever I am using it, I like to take my time and rub it all over my body as long as sugar starts to melt and all the good oils get decent time to absorb into my skin.

Deeply nourishing hair oil ties together coconut oil, avocado oil, lavender and geranium - very simple, yet effective and without any unnecessary fillers that keep the actual goodness away from your hair shaft. This oil is slightly green in colour, due to deeply moisturising rich avocado oil and smells very relaxing due to essential oils of lavender and geranium. Dollop of added natural essential oils will also keep your scalp healthy and on its best behaviour! 

Usage of this hair oil is quite similar like you would do with any other hair treatment oils: you can use small amount as a leave-in hair serum on damp ends or you can distribute good amount of oil through the hair and scalp as a pre shampoo treatment. Leave it on for at least 10 minutes (2 forgetful hours in my case) and after washing it off, take your time to admire the softness of your strands. 

Bonus tip: use on dry hair as a serum, small amount rubbed between palms will tame away any frizziness or fly-aways. It will also keep your usually dry curls soft and smelling good. 

Want the smoothest softest skin in a natural way? Tune in! I am going to talk about the perfect combo that your skin will love and you will adore. JOIK surprised its fans with many new products and two of them are meant for the skin of our bodies, the area we often neglect when it comes to taking proper care of it. What can be the best way to encourage us to pamper ourselves more, than making body products that are natural, smell like desserts you are constantly thinking of and at the same time work better than you expected? 

I use self-tanners on and off. I like the result, but a lot of self-tanners have put me off because of the whole process and difficulty of. Some self-tanners deliver great tone and are easy to apply, but tend to make my skin so dry. When you have used self-tanners in your life even once, you will know that dry skin and fake tan doesn't go well together. Dryness makes the most even tan wear off patchy and uneven. During the winter time, when I feel the actual need to pamper myself and from time to time apply the tanner, the skin tends to be naturally on the drier side and that usually gives me another reason just to resist and be pale. Or I reach for gradual tanners which usually don't deliver that intense fast results. And you really can't see what you are doing there, so it is a surprise when you wake up in the morning. 

St. Moriz Instant Self Tanning Mousse has been a game changer for me. I use the 'medium' shade which in plenty of darkness for me as it is easily buildable, yet stays very natural.

Mousse formula of self-tanners glide on smooth, sink into skin fast, but give you the perfect amount of time to work around it to blend. The shade of it isn't orange or unnatural at all. You end up looking naturally bronzed for a about week. Meanwhile you don't have to worry about skin being dry or tan getting patchy and uneven because of it. Self-tan mousse just tends to have finer texture than any lotion can have and that allows the pigment sink into your skin more evenly and stay there longer.

Why St.Moriz? It is affordable, easy to get and has a quality comparable to any other similar high-end self-tanner you may be familiar with. 

When it comes to taking showers, using a bar soap has felt more attractive to me for a while now. Shower gels can be easier to use and take with you, but bar of soap definitely lasts longer, feels luxurious and there are so many purely organic ones available, that contradict the belief of soaps being drying on your skin. Good soap is pure and takes care of your skin while cleansing it carefully.

For the price and ingredients in it, you will get more than you pay for. The soap is quite big and looks actually more beautiful than you would expect from a junk of soap. It smells divine and as long as you get under your shower with it, you can enjoy the richest softest lather that feels nourishing and creates delicate scent of berries lingering around you. It would be weird to give someone a soap as a gift, unless it is a soap by Mádara. There is so much more into it... this soap will be like a part of your body care than just something you would wash yourself with. It looks simple, yet sleek and luxurious. 

Few weeks ago I visited a local fall fair where there was everything from food to clothes and of course, natural handmade cosmetics. This is usually the reason I go into these fairs, so many great and natural brands have come out in Estonia and started their brand by selling the products at the fairs. I have noticed many ones as long as cosmetic products go, but Looduse Pärl (means Nature's Pearl in Estonian) was the one that was unknown for me.

They offered a wide selection of products that included body oils, soaps, body scrubs, face creams, hair products etc. The lady gave me to smell every single body scrub and they all were absolutely delicious. Not to mention the pureness that makes them good enough to eat, I most definitely had a slight urge to taste them. As I was sure I will get the hair serum, I had to think for a minute in order to decide which scrub comes home with me. Decision was hard, because all of them were tempting. 

I finally opted for the Strawberry Sugar Scrub With Poppy Seeds and I am more than happy with it. Perfect hair product in addition to the scrub was a Hair Serum With Macadamia & Argan Oil. Both completely handmade, pure, natural, affordable and even if it is not recommended to eat them, they are pure enough to eat. What can be better?

The hair serum comes in high quality pump bottle and holds good 50ml of the product. Serum is a oil based mixture of sweet almond oil, macadamia oil, jojoba oil, argan oil, lemongrass and ylang-ylang.

It is smoothing, healing and softening while also adding much needed moisture to colour treated or dry hair. It adds a natural protection against UV rays and as a bonus gives a perfect fresh zesty scent to the strands. I have so many hair serums and oils as I go through them like crazy. My hair couldn't handle being without additional moisture, may it be a serum or oil. I must admit, I have learned to love not so natural hair serums as they do more to my hair. I know, in this case it is probably superficial as the silicones in synthetic serums create the illusion of healthier hair, but oh well.

This serum changed the game for me! It is like heaven and I have already used good quarter of it and continue until I see the end of it. And then probably order some more. It has the perfect balance of different oils and therefore won't make your hair greasy or flat, but nourishes them into the silky perfection. I add few pumps into damp hair and then let it air dry and it is guaranteed that I won't see any frizz in my hair afterwards. When my hair is dry I add a pump or two to my ends and will rock soft incredibly great smelling hair. Good tip! I usually end up putting more into my palms, so I can rub the extra into my hands and get them perfectly moisturised good smelling.

Strawberry Sugar Scrub comes in a fancy jar you can most definitely reuse after you have finished with it. Hint! Make your own body scrub into it afterwards. As said, it contains sugar that is perfect for dry skin or at times when skin gets drier, fall and winter. It also has red clay that has many minerals to tone and rejuvenate skin while vitamins A, C and E will even out the skin tone and poppy seeds help to get rid of dead skin cells. Strawberry powder has a lot of detoxifying benefits while repairing free radical skin damage, olive oil nourishes and protects skin from further damage.

From the look of it you can imagine how it smells. It smells like freshly picked strawberries! Not only makes it uplifting, but you will definitely be more persistent with your weekly exfoliation as this makes the whole experience so much more joyful. Skin will be soft, smooth and nourished as it is the softest scrub I have tried. Definitely will get some more if I run out, but then I will try the other three they carry: mandarin, grapefruit and chocolate and mint. Yes, chocolate and mint! Can it get better?

I am truly happy I discovered this small company and got few things to try from them. They do deserve so much more exposure as their products seem to be hands down, better than some of the other, more famous, natural brands in Estonia sell. I am also surprised how great the quality is as their prices isn't that high at all. I was little bit disappointed in local handmade natural cosmetics companies, because many of them have become too vain and expensive as soon as they get little more popularity, but this company definitely is a nice refreshing find that gave my hope back.