Trilogy Helping Hand Wash

I have put aside my usual Radox, or whatever is on offer for a pound at the supermarket, and for the past couple of weeks have been using Trilogy's Helping Hand Wash to, well, wash my hands.

The concept behind it is fabulous and one I am totally behind - all profits go to the Child's i Foundation which is a charity that deals with baby abandonment in Uganda. The founder of Child’s i, Lucy Buck, worked as a TV producer on shows including Big Brother, until finding an abandoned baby in a car park changed her life. This spurred Lucy on to give up her career in TV and set up her own charity as well as an orphanage in Kampala, Uganda.

Lucy says

“For several years my life was divided. I worked as a producer on high-profile TV shows and volunteered at an orphanage in Uganda. In 2008, I buried a little baby boy called Abraham. He had been abandoned in a taxi park and died of meningitis in an orphanage aged just 16 weeks. In his short life, no one had truly loved him. I decided then to quit my TV career to establish the Child’s i Foundation, with the aim of helping ensure Abraham’s tragic story wasn’t repeated over and over again. Our belief is that every child deserves to grow up in a family rather than in an institution.  Every purchase of this product helps make this dream possible.”

300mls of the Hand Wash is priced at £13.50 - which is a lot more than I would normally spend on soap - but it is a really lovely product, supporting a really good cause.

It is quite lotioney in texture and doesn't lather up massively well but because of this feels really moisturising - almost as if you are washing your hands with hand cream.

If you have any other Trilogy products - if I tell you it has *that* smell, you will know what I mean. If you are a Trilogy virgin - their trademark scent is of frankincense, rose geranium and lavender and this smells just the same. It also combines the natural antibacterial properties of Elderberry and Burdock with natural vegetable oils - at this time of year all the natural goodness is definitely helping. I think this is the first year my knuckles haven't cracked with the cold - hurrah!

If you'd like to get your hands on Helping Hand Wash - check out the Trilogy website to order or find your local stockist. It's only going to be sold in 2012, so please, buy as many as you can.

If you'd like to find out more about Child's i Foundation, please visit their website www.childsifoundation.org

Trilogy Ultra Hydrating Face Cream

I need to give a shout out to my new friend - Trilogy's Ultra Hydrating Face Cream.

When I was first sent this I was a little worried about trying it out - I have sensitive, spot prone, combination skin - and assumed that this would make my oily bits even oilier, so I put it away for when I was feeling very dry, or if I found someone else to test it out on.

A couple of weeks ago, I tested it for myself. I was feeling very dry.

If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen me say that I had suddenly developed really dry, itchy and flaky eyelids. As well as this - I had a huge spot near my lip, and because of all the spot treatments I'd put on it, the whole area of skin had dried out and was beginning to flake. This was not me at my best!

I first used it at night in case it turned me into a shine-ball, but I need not have worried. Although it's incredibly rich and thick, it seems to moistuise my face in a 'dry' way if possible - not leaving any traces of dewiness.

It contains Manuka Honey, Evening Primrose and Coconut which all have great moisutrising and calming properties. Alongside the Lavender smell, it feels very soothing as it's applied.

My skin drank the moisturiser up immediately and by the following morning there were definite improvements. After one more day my flaky lids and lips were restored to their former glory - hurrah!

I have been so impressed with this face cream that I have started using it during the day as well as at night time, as a part of my daily routine. Make up looks great over it - it had occurred to me that foundation may slip off as it's so moisturising, but that's not the case.

As I mentioned earlier, I have combination skin, and because I use Retin-A I do get dry patches. Since using this, all my dry patches have completely vanished. If you suffer from dry bits on your face please please please, try to get your hands on this - it really worked miracles on mine!