Skin care

What is a private or white label skin brand?

Private or White Label What is private or white label ? We offer our own Plumped brand to you! We can private label (or white label) our products with your brand … all we need is your logo.  That way you can bypass the lengthy (and often costly!) exercise of formulating a brand new product.. you may as well use ours which are tried and true.. and customised to suit you.. meaning if it’s not quite what you had in mind we can amend our formulations to meet your needs and those of your clients.  You’ve done the hard work...

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Bakuchiol (Ba-koo-che-ol) is it really better than retinol ?

Bakuchiol (Ba-koo-che-ol) is it really better than retinol ?

Bakuchiol is clinically proven to be as effective, if not more effective than retinol at reversing ageing, protecting skin from further damage, and improving problem skin - without the drying, sensitisation effects of retinol.

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Men’s skin matters too … Plumped Man to the rescue!!

Men’s skin matters too … Plumped Man to the rescue!!

With Father’s Day right around the corner this is the ideal time to get the men (and male teens) in your life sorted with a good skincare ritual..  As you well know, men and women differ in many ways including our skin.. men have around 20% thicker skin, with more collagen and more oil content … meaning more prone to acne and spots.  Interestingly their collagen (which is responsible for keeping things firm and wrinkle free) decreases at a steady rate through the ages whereas women’s collagen component drops away more dramatically, usually post menopausal. Hormones have a lot to...

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Why am I so tired? Have you had your thyroid hormones checked ?

Why am I so tired? Have you had your thyroid hormones checked ?

Feeling tired? Lethargic, feeling the cold when it’s not really cold, putting on weight or generally not firing on all cylinders? It’s a good time to visit your Doctor for a blood test and general check up.  But the bloods come back as normal, including the thyroid specific markers and still feeling dismal? This could be the case for a few different reasons (once other causes have been ruled out)… often standard thyroid level blood tests aren’t enough to determine whether your thyroid gland is underperforming.

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