A Seaweed Face Mask (from Isles of Scilly)

Phoenix & Providence Face Mask uses hand-harvested seaweed on the Isles of Scilly for a cleansing skin treat to draw out toxins using kaolin clay and seaweed (the high mineral content makes it wonderful for skin, and salt water is a natural detox to absorb oil).

Contains oils of lavender and rosemary. The powder is activated with a little water, and sold in a glass jar.

Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing and affected medical conditions.

England has over 600 species of seaweed (mostly native species) although warming coastal temperatures is (like on land) affecting growing, due to climate change.

The most common type is bladderwrack (the type that looks a bit like ‘bubble wrap’ with big air bubbles). Only about 20 species of seaweed are edible, though others are also used in beauty care and some are dehydrated to make seaweed salts.

Never harvest seaweed yourself (it has to done without removing the roots – like ‘giving seaweed a haircut’). As one expert wrote – it’s seaweed to you, but the universe to a shrimp!

Also don’t let dogs play with fronds, as wet seaweed can expand in the stomach as it dries.