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Yvonne Martin London, 5-6 Clarendon Terrace, London (2025)

26/11/2025

3 x Things I Do Daily for My Skin

1 - The lime/lemon water cleanse
First thing in the morning before breakfast & coffee/tea.
Drink 700ml of tepid water (minimum) with the juice squeezed from one whole lime or lemon

2 - The YM Skin Cleanse AM/PM.
AM:
One Single Face cleanse:

1) Using a great quality cleansing wash such as organic stone crop face wash or Reome cleanser the Three Suns Balm. I do a 5/10 sec massage over decollate, neck & face. I then take it off with warm water & face cloth

2) Next I apply the super luxury, results driven .life serum and moisturiser. And sometimes I may change it up to try out other products, such as EssentiaA range No4 (their serum & moisturiser).
Currently been trying the REOME Active Recovery Broth - It’s very unique & healing. As well as their Melting cream

All morning routines should be followed with an SPF 30 to 50 - one of your choice. Which should be reapplied through the day if outside.

PM:
Double Face cleanse:

1) First cleanse:

Apply a Pre-cleansing oil - brands such as Environ or lipid cleansing oil. Massage product in to the decollate, neck & face for 20/30 seconds - remove with a warm wet cloth or large damp cotton pads.

2) Second cleanse: Deeper cleanse.

Use any of the Eminence Organics milk cleanser’s or Environ Youth EssentiaA hydrating cleanser. Massage decollate, neck & face for 2 to 3 mins until it has absorbed into the skin, then add warm water, massage few seconds and take off with a wet warm cloth - not cotton wool for this second cleanse.

3 - YM Bespoke Organic Oils.
Apply quality facial oil blends in the evening. It feels very luxurious and calming. In some cases it may be applied in the morning. Especially if you’re using products like Retinols for night.

Apply 5 to 7 drops of my YM bespoke oil to your decollate, neck & face.

20/11/2025

Botanical Intelligence - Menopause is a series of transitions therefore each stage asks for a different plant in guiding the body and mind through this challenging change.

But let’s make it easier on ourselves with gorgeous aromas and calm 💛

The Four Oils for Every Stage of Menopause

🌸 1. Clary Sage — Perimenopause (Mid Menopause)

Hormonal waves and hot flushes.

The natural sclareol in this essential oil supports oestrogen balance, may also calm the hypothalamus — our body’s internal thermostat.

Use: as a personal inhaler · 15/20 drops · inhale slowly when heat, anxiety or restlessness rise.

🌺 2. Geranium — Mid - Late Menopause Transition

For the emotional and nervous-system balance.

This oil can help to restore a sense of equilibrium and vitality.

Use: personal inhaler ·15/ 20 drops · morning or afternoon when focus or balance is out of sync.

🍊 3. Yuzu — Post Menopause

For renewal and clarity once hormones have settled lower.

This is a bright, citrus-floral with an uplifting profile.

Use: personal inhaler · 15/20 drops · morning for energy and quiet optimism. Brings clarity after the long transition.

🌿 4. Sweet Marjoram — All Phases

(A Support Oil)

Effective for rest, sleep, and emotional balance .

A calming oil that encourages the nervous-system into regulation.

Use: personal inhaler · 15/20 drops · keep beside the bed and inhale before sleep.

The comfort oil —through every phase.

To use in a Diffuser — Simple Daily Blend

Morning (uplift & clarity)

• 2 drops Yuzu

• 2 drops Geranium

Evening (cool & settle)

• 2 drops Clary Sage

• 2 drops Sweet Marjoram

Diffuse for 15–20 minutes, then allow the air to rest.

These aren’t just aromas, they’re our daily boosters

14/11/2025

My thoughts to people who are still trying to listen….

In running away, in trying to escape the unsettling & nagging feelings of the heart (and soul) it will only start to heal when you finally surrender, listen and go with it.

Be creative and take those risks. 💫💛

12/11/2025

Fascia is the connective tissue that wraps every muscle, organ, vessel and nerve in your body. A 3D silk web that wraps every muscle, vessel, and organ.

It’s your body’s invisible architecture — fluid, responsive, alive.

Imagine a 3-dimensional silk web that is fascia. When fascia is dehydrated, inflamed, or stuck, it becomes like sticky cling-film.
Which creates:

- restriction in movement
- a tired look, even if you’ve slept.

When fascia is in a healthy condition, it moves. This is why my face massage works. We don’t only move skin. We hydrate and mobilise fascia. And when fascia glides, the face looks alive again.

Jean-Claude Guimberteau’s Architecture of Human Living Fascia is an extraordinarily visual work.

It’s not a dry anatomy textbook — it’s filled with microscopic and endoscopic photography of fascia alive and moving inside the body. It’s like a living galaxy under the skin.

Under magnification it looks like:

- shimmering, translucent webs
- strands of collagen light
- fluid networks that stretch, pulse, and reorganise as the body moves

30/10/2025

Let’s brighten someone’s day every day☀️⭐️ We get a great reward back from it.

I think the best gift you can give someone is your uplifting, generous & happy spirit. I’d love that for myself for sure.

Something to think about. 🤔

We have to do the work. We owe it to both ourselves, to our loved ones and people around us.
I find it exhausting to be around people who are not self aware. Who are judgmental, envious and bitter. There are some who are angry at others because they themselves have a lack.

I know myself that if I feel any hint of envy (which is rare thankfully) then it’s a lack I’m experiencing within myself. It also means I’m not going in the right direction or I feel stuck. That’s the issue with many people I know. They’re stuck in their lack of self belief.

Keep giving ourselves daily mantras. Even repeating it just in our heads.

“Our cups are so full that our cups runneth over “ is taken from the bible.

Meaning we have more than enough and signifying abundance — a reminder that the spirit's blessings are not limited.

23/10/2025

I’ve been doing a lot of reading & research on mitochondria. It’s truly absolutely fascinating. I actually had to write up a 5000 thesis paper on this subject of Mitochondria & ATP production it’s for my course work in how essential oils pe*****te the cells membranes and its function.

Mitochondria, is usually described as the “powerhouses” of the cell, but they are so much more than that. They’re deeply intelligent organelles.

Interestingly mitochondrial DNA is inherited almost entirely from our mothers.
Each mitochondrion contains remarkably high levels of melatonin - not just for sleep, but as a potent molecule in protecting against oxidative stress and free radicals.

MELATONIN & MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH

Melatonin acts as a powerful mitochondrial guardian. It is essential in supporting mitochondrial health by improving ATP production while reducing ROS. (reactive oxygen species)

It is fine tuning how our cells produce energy, repair damage, and defend against oxidative stress.

🧬 What it does:

✅ Reduces oxidative stress (ROS) - keeps cells youthful and stable
✅ Enhances the electron transport chain - better energy flow
✅ Improves the respiratory proton pumps - optimises creation of ATP
✅ Boosts ATP production - more cellular energy
✅ Protects mitochondrial membranes - reduces energy leakage
✅ Activates repair pathways - supports mitophagy & renewal
✅ Stimulates biogenesis - meaning it encourages new, healthy mitochondria

21/10/2025

Our skin is highly intelligent

It rewards us with that radiant glow when we truly invest in our skin’s health.

Equally - the skin being the largest organ of the body - will for sure show us visually when it isn’t receiving what it needs.

So the Epidermis may show the story,

but the Dermis (The true skin or often called the extracellular matrix) - is writing it - this is where new cells are born.

“TREAT THE SOURCE , not only the surface.”

16/10/2025

When a woman feels aligned… she becomes luminous.

My work has always been about more than achieving a glow for my clients. It is about restoring harmony to the skin and the self. The skin always remembers. It takes heed of the inner being

My clients are very special and I treat them as so. I want to bring each and every client back to life with a renewed power and energy.

After 30+ years in the world of beauty and wellness, I know this for certain:

Authentic beauty is not created by products alone — or even simply healthy eating and exercise.

Yes, I agree those disciplines do matter…

BUT beauty comes from somewhere deeper.

It is the breath — the life force — which is often forgotten with many of us and which influences our biology and epigenetics.

And therefore gradually over time helps to reveal our true expression and of spirit.

— Yvonne Martin

14/10/2025

White Rose (Rosa Alba)

It’s exquisite fresh and true to nature - the scent captures the experience of breathing in a real rosebud. It’s the Sacred Rose of Purity and Renewal.

Why Steam-Distilled Rosa Alba (White Rose) it’s a unicorn.

Most Rosa Alba on the market is an absolute or CO₂

Steam distilled Rose Alba:

100% solvent-free.

Has a light, airy aroma. A strong energetic purity compared to the absolute.

It is lighter in comparison to Rosa Damascena and less honeyed with a tea-like lift. If Rosa damascena is passion…then White Rosa Alba is grace.

Steam-distilled Rosa alba Top notes:

Dewy, delicate rose with tea-like freshness; hints of citrus-floral (nerol/geraniol), a faint green lift (rose oxide).
Dry down: clean, powder-soft, elegant, “white-petal” finish.

Therapeutic Benefits:

Balancing during PMS / menopause
Profound anxiolytic - reduces anxiety
Heart-opening
Comforting in grief
Supports self-love and inner peace

Skin Benefits:

Very gentle on reactive skin
Anti-inflammatory (reduces redness, irritation)
Regenerative (supports collagen + healing)
improves texture and radiance
Ideal for mature, delicate

03/10/2025

Dreaming ……

Every new chapter begins with a thought.
What if we choose to create beauty?💫
To nourish our being, to live
fully and deeply…, while helping heal those who cannot💛 - Yvonne Martin

We, unaccustomed to courage… yet it is only love which sets us free.” - Maya Angelou

02/10/2025

This has to be my favourite tea🍵

I was in Dublin recently and popped into the https://www.merrionhotel.com/

I wanted somewhere relaxing to do my studies.

I’ve so many different herb teas at home. I drink them as they’re healing but I’m not a fan really. And I’m kind of over traditional matcha tea.

BUT this one…..is in a different category 😍

I had the most delicious pot of Bancha Hojicha, recommended by my lovely server who is so knowledgeable about tea served with these little elegant Financiers that came with the tea anyway. Of course I ate them. So good.

Fun fact: Financiers (almond cakes) originally called visitandines. Created during the 17th century by Visitandine nuns in France.

Bancha Hojicha from Japan was developed in Kyoto in the 1920s. The leaves are from the Camellia sinensis plant. It begins its life as a green tea, but the roasting process gives it a distinct smooth nutty and slightly caramel like flavour. It’s unique in that it is slow roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal at150 degrees. Whereas most Japanese teas are steamed. It can be served cold or hot. In Japan it’s often given to children and the sick. Bancha Hojicha is popular among people of a macrobiotic lifestyle. The energy lights the digestive fire to improve digestion, as well as reduce acid reflux and other disorders.

25/09/2025

Following on from the True Lotus post, let’s talk about 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐍𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐚 “Blue Lotus” other name is Egyptian Blue water lily (associated with ancient Egypt (Cleopatra, pharaohs, temple rituals)). Technically it’s a water lily.

Most of the “Blue Lotus absolute” or essential oil you see on the market is this one.

Benefits:

- Powerful antioxidant- flavonoids and polyphenols to help protect against oxidative stress.Slows down free-radical damage.
- Calming stress-related aging: Its nervine (mind-calming) quality indirectly benefits the skin by reducing stress-driven inflammation.
- Hydrating- supports skin barrier, prevents stress-related flare-ups and dryness.
- Gives radiance- described as giving the skin a luminescent glow & plump look.
- Wonderful for hydration, glow, and calming stress-aging (but less direct than Sacred Lotus on collagen).
Toning, help with uneven skin tone
- Mild astringent, gently refines pores

Wellness effects

Euphoric & calming: Used meditation, and spiritual ritual.
Relieves anxiety & tension: Helps shift the nervous system into a parasympathetic state. Very healing state.
Power: Used for opening higher consciousness. Heightens intuition & is associated with dream work.

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