April 1, 2018

Our micro beads alternatives!

With the great news that micro beads have now been banned from cosmetics in the UK, US, Canada and scores of other countries, its a great time to discover some natural alternatives to those horrible micro plastics!

Siam Botanicals have just the products to help you switch to your more environmentally friendly exfoliating regime:

A 100% natural skin-brightening and gently exfoliating facial polish with the remarkable antimicrobial and skin-healing properties of coconut oil, raw organic honey and brown sugar.

 

This unique formula is a gentle and highly effective facial polish that also works as a moisturizer, exfoliant and deep cleanser. It combines organic argan and moringa oils with 100% natural jojoba wax beads. Active buriti oil works as an additional powerful antioxidant, which can help prevent the skin from premature aging.

 

This fine powder is a gentle exfoliating agent with an alluring jasmine scent. It has anti-inflammatory properties that can soothe sunburn. A rice powder mask can also help to reduce the appearance of dark circles around the eyes.

April 16, 2016

Biteable Beauty Awards WINNER!

Biteable Beauty Winner's AwardHot on the heels of our recent success in the Beauty Shortlist awards, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve gone all the way in the Biteable Beauty Awards! Our gorgeous Siam Roots Skin Conditioner with Lemongrass & Ginger recently WON the best body oil category – and we couldn’t be happier!

Biteable Beauty is an award-winning blog dedicated to natural and organic products across the beauty, health and lifestyle sectors. It is run by Rebecca Goodyear, who also owns a boutique PR agency specialising in natural products. Well respected as an industry expert and thought leader, she has featured in the Who’s Who of Natural Beauty list for the past four years. She certainly knows her stuff and her opinions really count.

Here’s a victory photo of the winning product:

Siam Roots skin conditioner 90g bottle

What a beauty

 

Siam Roots skin conditioner blends four organic oils – jojoba, sweet almond, grape seed and sesame – with the typically Thai scents of lemongrass, ginger and plai to create a deeply hydrating skin oil with a fresh, uplifting scent. 98% of the total ingredients are organic, and the product has been certified by COSMOS.

Other winning brands include Bodhi & Birch, JĀSÖN and Green People, so we are in excellent company and are very proud that our small indie brand is getting the recognition it deserves in the UK!

Click here to buy our award-winning Siam Roots skin conditioner, which retails at ฿720 for 90g.

March 21, 2016

Shave Oil makes finals of Beauty Shortlist Awards

Shave oil - finalist in the Beauty Shortlist awards

Although well established in Thailand and southeast Asia, the Siam Botanicals brand is relatively new to the UK and the EU, where the natural skincare industry is growing rapidly. A few months ago, we decided to put our head above the parapet by entering a couple of our top-selling products into the Beauty Shortlist Awards. The Beauty Shortlist is one of the UK’s top beauty blogs, so it was a good opportunity for us to increase awareness of our products and reach more potential customers who are interested in natural and organic skincare.

All the winners were announced last week – see the full list here – and we were thrilled to discover that our Gentlemen of Siam Shave Oil had been made a finalist in the ‘Best Shaving Product’ category!

We’re giving ourselves a little pat on the back – and we might even pour ourselves a nice glass of something fizzy!

glass of champagne to celebrate!

Don’t mind if I do! Photo by Yi Wang / CC BY-SA

OK, so we didn’t win an actual gong – this time – but for a newcomer entering awards in the UK for the first time, it’s a real achievement to make the shortlist, especially when other entrants include such mega brands as Liz Earle (owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance), REN (owned by Unilever), Neal’s Yard (founded in 1981) and Weleda (which is represented in over 50 countries).

We’re keen to build on this important breakthrough – and we have some exciting plans in the pipeline, which include another foray into the world of awards and an industry event. Watch this space for details…!

Click here to buy our organic lemongrass & tea tree shave oil, which has been certified by COSMOS and retails at ฿590 for 24g (up to 100 shaves).

October 6, 2015

REVIEW: Lemongrass & Tea Tree Shave Oil

Our weekend got off to a great start on Friday, when Del Brown of UK-based website Del Brown Approved published his review of our Lemongrass & Tea Tree shave oil.

Del is a self-proclaimed ‘ingredient scrutiniser’ with a passion for natural and organic skincare, so he certainly knows his stuff. He is a respected skincare blogger and his reviews are always very thoroughly researched, so we were very keen to hear his feedback.

As expected, his first port of call was the ingredients list. He quickly noted that there was ‘not a synthetic additive in sight. No artificial perfume, colourings or preservatives. 97% of the total ingredients are certified organic.’

Satisfied that the ingredients met his high standards he gave the shave oil a try, even going so far as to shave his head with it! The great thing about this oil is that it is very versatile, as Del discovered when he ‘went a bit rogue’:

‘With an ingredient list this good, it would have been a sin just to use it as a shave oil.  So, I tried it as a beard and face oil and it is amazing!  As a beard oil, the combination of ingredients meant I only required a couple of drops, brushed into my beard, to give it a healthy, glossy, soft look and feel.  I also used a couple of drops at night as a face oil and my face was left feeling smooth, hydrated and calm.’

What man wouldn’t appreciate a multi-tasking product like this?!

Del concludes:

‘I really like the philosophy of Siam Botanicals. They do not use ANY synthetic ingredients, are cruelty free, committed to responsible sources and where possible, use local providers. So if you’re already a fan of using shave oils, you should certainly add this one to your try list. A highly practical, multi-tasking oil, packed full of skin benefiting ingredients. Fully Del Brown Approved!

Read the full review here; click here to buy or find out more about our shave oil.