Blossom Consulting

Summer is approaching and brings with it the long-awaited sun, the warm and bright nights and precious time to spend with friends and family. For most people, the thought of summer is like a guiding light through the grey winter months, though for others it’s nothing more than bottled up pressure and expectations, ready to explode. Many struggle with the somewhat self-invented pressure derived from social media, scrolling through feeds of people’s ‘perfect lives’.  There’s a wide-spread assumption for us to enjoy every  moment and to always be Instagram ready, something that amplifies during summer. N o  wonder the pressure is on and no wonder we are in such great need of anxiety  busters such as yoga, gut-boosting foods and clever books on the subject.   We  also have to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, Instagram is nothing more than a  painted perfection picture hub that doesn't reflect the real world nor should be the fo...

When it comes to beauty, there has historically been two main aspects that most of us tend to focus on. Firstly, we want our makeup bags to be stocked with products that sticks to their promises of high class delivery, but also want our bottles, tubes and sprays to look equally appealing on our bathroom shelves. Now, in the light of David Attenborough’s Blue Planet documentary and widespread warning of our devastating plastic consumption (by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea if we carry on the same route), a third aspect of buying and consuming beauty has joined the checklist of savvy consumers. As we are now in the midst of national and global anti-plastic campaigns, seriously encouraging recyclability and strongly pushing for alternative materials, environmental awareness has soared. Beauty brands now need to be preferably not only organic and natural with high performing formulas, but should also be kind to the environment in terms of packag...