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Pineapple Fire Vinegar

We’ve created a punchy tonic, full of flavour, and packed with major healing properties. Use as an alternative to apple cider to balance flavours in dressings and curries, or take as a quick shot in the morning.

Paired with sweet pineapple — a champion at reducing inflammation and assisting in healthy liver function, this vinegar is also excellent for soothing dermatitis (throw ¼ cup of vinegar into your bath). Ultimately, vinegar is the tool to give a kick to the palette and balance the body’s pH levels, both inside and out.

Pineapple Fire Vinegar is an easy-to-make dynamic and holistic concoction; a spicy combination we can’t get enough of.

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Ask Lucy: How to reduce skin inflammation

Skin inflammation is a far more common condition than most of us realise. In the same way as flowing water slowly erodes rock, the changes it causes become significant over time. Join our founder Lucy Vincent for a deep dive into the process behind skin inflammation, how you can see and feel it showing up in your skin and how to prevent and repair the effects naturally.

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Ask Lucy: How to soothe and heal sensitive skin

Is your skin constantly thirsty, itchy and inflamed? We talk to our founder Lucy Vincent on how to give the skin barrier the best start by feeding it a super dose of nutrients for soft supple skin all winter long.

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Tracey Tawhiao

Tracey Tawhiao (Ngai te Rangi, Whakatohea, Tuwharetoa) is more than an artist, she’s an ‘artivist’. She uses her work – penned, painted, collaged, performed, to beautifully transform negative language into positive, and tell the creation stories of Te Ao Māori using symbols drawn from Māori rock art. We talked to her about drawing strength from her ancestors, the earth and even the air.

Images: Greta van der Star

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Ask Lucy: Why is pH so important with hair?

The foundation of shiny, luminous hair starts with pH. While internally our bodies thrive in an alkaline environment, our hair and scalp's ideal pH is acidic. Creating pH balance is absolutely crucial to avoid breakage, dryness, frizz and colour fade of your hair.

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Cannellini Bagna Cauda

Bagna Cauda literally translates as a "hot bath" in which to dip vegetables. Originating from the Piedmont region of Italy, we've added cannellini beans to give this rich, creamy dip some delicious oomph.

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Mekdela Maskal

You might recognise Mekdela Maskal from our beautiful recent campaign imagery. But modelling is just one part of the wide-ranging work this intelligent and generous-spirited woman does.

A trained journalist, she has worked with Open Newsrooms to help local communities understand and participate in the news process more effectively, and is the Engagement Editor for Covering Climate Now, which works to increase and improve climate change journalism. One aspect of her work that drew our particular interest is in the little-understood realm of food justice – or food apartheid, as it’s increasingly being called.

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Laura Schoorl of Pansy

Laura Schoorl wants you to feel wonderful in your underwear. The director of sustainable, ethical underwear brand Pansy radiates warmth, comfort and minimalist beauty, and has translated that love for people and nature into a beautifully organic and comfortable range of intimates that celebrates diversity in shapes and sizes. We talked to her about her rituals for inspiration, relaxation and how she works through the challenging moments of entrepreneurship. Image: Ophelia Mikkelson

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Elisabeth Vidal, Designer

Welcomed into the private home of Elisabeth Vidal on her 52nd birthday says much about the French designer’s warmth and enthusiasm, even before we delve into her sublime catalogue of collaborative projects, including ceramics, furniture and interiors. With a focus on working with artisans throughout Italy, France, Portugal and Japan, Elisabeth’s research on the essential object finds its foundations in tactile apprehension and gestures.

Originally a graduate from the ESDI in Paris, Elisabeth has spent many years working and tutoring in Milan, living with her husband and two children. A few years ago, they moved back to Montpellier where Elisabeth grew up, and it is here, we meet and spend the morning speaking about personal maps and the importance of taking the time to live. Images by Mary Gaudin

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Music to Retreat To

A one-hour-long musical journey with Angel Olsen...

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Luscious Dark Chocolate Horchata

This elixir can be traced back to ancient times, from Egypt to Spain and Mexico, where it has gained a reputation as a “drink of the gods” and “liquid gold”. There are many incarnations of horchata: the Egyptians used tigernuts (chufa), which was passed onto the Spaniards, while in Latin America you’ll find it made with rice, sometimes adding nuts and seeds, then spiced and sweetened to taste.

Our homemade version is spiked with cacao for a medicinal punch. Mounting research continues to back-up the benefits of (good quality) dark chocolate. Mineral-rich and packed with antioxidants, clinical trials show that daily consumption protects the heart and slows the ageing process.

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Marta Rubio, The Bathing Series — Tokyo, Japan

Bathing with a kind heart turned inward, we find transformation in the mundane sensing a connection between effort and pleasure...

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Maly Mann, Painter

With intentions on becoming a teacher, Los Angeles-based painter Maly Mann subsequently left university to pursue a freelance lifestyle as an artist. A pathway that was always calling, yet blurred with fear. We meet with Maly to speak about the moments that are pivotal in developing creative work — managing time & anxiety, and the courage to call one's own boundaries.

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Kristin Dickson-Okuda of Iko Iko

Kristin Dickson-Okuda has built her creative language from acknowledging an experience’s essence and then making it tangible. This process of design results in Kristin’s brand clothing line Rowena Sartin, and her husband Shin’s furniture project WAKA WAKA, both of which are housed in their Los Angeles-based concept space Iko Iko (Japanese for ‘let’s go!’). And as one would imagine, the energy of such sentiment is laden across all that they create.

For years we have admired Kristin’s approach to concept and construction, creating pieces for the body and home that encourage connection. Becoming a mother has further clarified this vision. Kristin's work is deliberate and bold, unveiled by ego and determined to gently answer some of life’s little questions.

Claire Cottrell visited Kristin at the studio, capturing her in motion, somewhere between problem-solving and play.

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Claire Cottrell, Filmmaker + Photographer

Award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Claire Cottrell has held our attention for many years. Dividing her work into design, women and food, Claire's work spans a narrative that references archetypes in architecture, literature and film. Now splitting her time between Los Angeles and France, Claire has created for herself a way to allow for dense working periods that are then balanced with ample space, time, and long solo walks...

We meet Claire at the Huntington Gardens in LA to speak about her approaches to freelancing, the importance of reflection, and how she self nourishes.

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