Human Heart Nature Haul [Summer]

Summer is almost here in the Philippines! Excited for roadtrips and explore some of the breathtaking places in the country. Just yesterday (March 22), Human Heart Nature also came out with new products perfect for the season. I get excited pretty much so yes, I had to visit the nearest Human Heart Nature store in my area.

I only bought what I need though you know I wanted to purchase everything since I've read they came out with a SUNBLOCK! A lot of people were asking for a sunblock and they finally did! Trust me when I say I really do want to get my hands on their sunblock, unfortunately, I have a couple of sunblocks that I've been using. Click here of you are interested to learn more about their sunblock. I sure do hope people get the habit of applying sunscreen everyday -- indoors and outdoors -- whether it is rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy or snowy.

So, on with the haul!

100% Natural Scented Cleansing Bar: Aloe Fresh, Lavender Mint, and Lemon Zest;

100% Natural Healthy Lotion: Powder Love;

And my personal favorite, Hydrating Face Toner.

Hydrating Face Toner 200ml [Php169.75]

100% Natural | For DRY or MATURE skin

Brimming with moringa (commonly known as malunggay), a powerful ingredient that has 7x more Vitamin C than oranges, 4x more calcium than milk and 4x more Vitamin A than carrots, it doesn’t just help replenish lost moisture, it preps your skin for what should come next – moisturizing! The end result? Luminous, astonishingly soft and beautiful skin!

One of my personal favorite toner from Human Heart Nature. Even though it says it is for 'DRY or MATURE SKIN' (I have oily skin), I still bought it because of its moringa extract. I love to eat malunggay (moringa) a lot. It is an easy to find vegetable because you can spot this almost anywhere here. Read my review.

100% Natural Healthy Lotion: POWDER LOVE scent 200ml [Php199.75]

This light, fast-absorbing, genuinely natural lotion gives all-day nourishing goodness without the greasy feeling. It’s infused with all-natural moisture boosters and a remarkable blend of coconut, aloe vera leaf juice, sunflower and avocado oils for soft, smooth, and beautifully healthy, happy skin.

Available in Powder Love, Blossom Beauty and Berry Bliss scents.

I had to try this because this is obviously new! I can't wait to tell you what I think about this lotion few weeks from now. Read my review here for my Human Heart Nature Blossom Beauty natural scented lotion.

They also finally came out with scented soaps! I think I said something a year ago that they hopefully created fun scents to add... and they did. I like the vintage-y illustrations in the packaging. The newest scent they released (March 22) is the Lavender Mint Scent (purple); the other two (Aloe Fresh and Lemon Zest) were already in the market months ago, and I am glad I waited so I can purchase them all together on the same day! Lovely scents these soaps have. What a perfect way to beat the summer heat to feel fresh and clean with natural soaps.

Human Heart Nature Aloe Fresh Cleansing Bar 120g

Human Heart Nature Lemon Zest Cleansing Bar 120g

Human Heart Nature Lavender Mint Cleansing Bar 120g

If you’re looking for just the right kick of citrus to invigorate your mind and stimulate your senses, hit the showers with our Lemon Zest Cleansing Bar. Craving a fresh, clean scent to get all that good energy flowing? Aloe Fresh is your perfect match. And if you’re after a balanced sense of calm and well-being, then suds up with Lavender Mint.

Whichever you choose, you can be sure that our cleansing bars are perfectly gentle on your skin. They’re cold-processed to retain their natural glycerin, which helps keep your skin soft and supple. Here’s a bonus: cold-processing consumes less energy and produces less waste.

Did you know: It took us more than two years to develop our cleansing bars because we wanted to create soap that’s truly good for the skin and the earth! They are without any trace of BHT and EDTA, discoloration-preventing chemicals commonly found in many soap bars that can irritate the eyes and skin. EDTA in particular makes the skin structure more vulnerable, allowing chemicals to penetrate deeper into the skin.*

Our soaps are 100% natural, skin-friendly, and Earth-friendly. Bathe only in goodness!

Since Human Heart Nature launched their new products yesterday (March22), they held a sale which is twice times better! You save Php10 if you get either the Aloe Fresh or Lemon Zest scented bar when you buy their Lavender Mint variant for a total of Php64.75. While the remaining soap, I assume because I lost the receipt, costs for Php64.75(-ish maybe a piece?). Still a good deal.

Always see stamp for expiry date, store below 35 degree Celsius & away from direct sunlight.

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Earth Science Clarifying Facial Wash

Picked this on a whim because it was on sale at Whole Foods and was curious about this facial foaming cleanser suited for people who have oily/combination skin. I've never heard about this brand before either. I am into organic skin care products so I thought might as well give this a go.

Earth Science Clarifying Facial Wash 237ml [$7.49]

This mild foaming cleanser gently removes oil and other residues while oil-free moisturizers keep skin soft, never dry. Aloe vera and extracts of cucumber, sea kelp, birch bark and lavender refresh the skin. pH 5.0 / Vegan & Gluten-free

Ingredients: Aqueous Infusion of Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Panthenol, Peg-150 Distearate, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Rosemarinus Officinalus (Rosemary)Leaf Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Betula Alba (Birch) Bark Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Zinc Sulfate, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance (Parfum).

I was excited to try this because it did say it is a 'foaming cleanser'. I washed my hands first before cleansing my face as usual, and pumped a bit of the product on my hand with its handy pump. It is paraben-free, vegan, gluten-free, has no animal ingredients (not tested to animals), and with a pH 5.0 with all the good stuff you can learn about this product. Its light cucumber smell is making me nauseous though. Its texture has a gel-like consistency and rich which really is perfect for people with oily/combination skin.

As soon as it touches my skin, this gel-like facial cleanser is soothing and gentle, but it doesn't produce the foam like I wanted even when I added a little water. After I washed my face, I don't think it made my skin better or anything. It has nearly been a month, and I still don't see any improvement. My skin is not happy at all. Not that this causes me breakouts, flakiness or redness, but I just don't like it. It made my skin a little dry and nothing else.

I use my foaming net using this cleanser and it worked so good! Just a pump would create me this lather to wash my face with. I don't know what will I do with this facial cleanser without my foaming net. I am trying to finish this bottle as soon as I can because it makes me feel bad throwing it away. Or perhaps it is time to hand it to someone else and move on?

I love the good bits of this product! It cleansed my face, but I have seen no progress at all.

Not repurchasing.

The Face Shop New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black Head Aloe Nose Strip

Don't you have one of those days you look in the mirror and look real closely at your pores? Those tiny thingies clogging our dear pores making them hard to breathe from dust and sebum throughout the day. Whenever I wash my face, I could touch the bumps and do trust me how tempting it is to squeeze them which can lead to serious scarring in our delicate skin. Yikes! But if you don't remove the whiteheads and blackheads, it can lead to enlargement of the pores. Double yikes!

Pore strips are the answer to help our clogged pores 'breathe'. I have used a variety of pore strips, but it wasn't as good as this one from The Face Shop.

The Face Shop New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black Head Aloe Nose Strip [$6]

The Face Shop Volcanic Clay Blackhead Aloe Nose Strip, formally known as the Blackhead EX Pore Strip, is your go-to product for removing close to 100% of the white and blackheads. The product contains New Zealand Volcanic Clay and has strong blackhead and oily secretion absorption properties. Supported with pore minimizing ingredients, the Volcanic Clay Blackhead Aloe Nose Strip will leave your skin feeling tight and smooth.

How to Use:

Moisten nose area with warm water. Remove the clear lining from the smooth side of the strip and place pore strip on the nose beginning from the tip of the nose moving to the nose wings. Press down firmly to ensure maximum contact. Leave on for 10 to 15 minutes before removing in an upwards motion. Finish off with your favorite Toner to close up those pores.

The box comes in 7 separately packaged strips (SEVEN STRIPS?!) and it claims to remove the impurities in your pores. It has an English and Korean translation on how to use the product too. I forgot to take a picture before I used the pore strip! Here is a link where you can find it. Anyways, the shape of the pore strip contours itself fits snugly around my nose and really feels like paper-thin. Well, pore strips are made to be paper-thin, but this one from The Face Shop just... feels... different; thin and soft unlike the rest I have tried. The scent doesn't bother me at all; all the pore strips I have tried has that same medicine-like scent.

I wash my face to remove the excess oil and dirt and I make sure my face is really wet to help the strip stick to my nose and wait for 15 minutes or until it feels harden. I press it down firmly and it between the nooks and crannies. When it starts to harden like papier mâché, it is time to peel the strip and see that nasty gunk! The tiniest whiteheads on the sides of my nose were removed effectively. I got to say, the other strips I have tried cannot beat that. It wasn't painful when I peeled the strip off my face either. I look at my nose and see how clean it is! I try not to touch my face because my hands are dirty; my pores are open and clean.

I look at the dirty strip and it really feels good to see that away from my skin! I always head to somewhere with a good lighting just to see the whiteheads and blackheads removed. Afterwards, I grab my foaming net to lather my foaming cleanser to wash my face and apply my moisturizer to seal the goodies to keep my skin fresh and extra clean deep from the pore. The skin feels and looks so smooth to touch like a baby's bottom!

I love to use this once a week not only just on my nose, but also on other parts of my face such as the cheeks and forehead for deep clean. I cut the strip in half to do more of its job.

I kind of hope it has more strips per box instead of 7, like 10 or 12 strips?

This nose strip is a definite repurchase!