Skincare Essentials

It is a trick of the eye, brought about. I align the fold inside me to it, just as I point my deckchair to the sea.

The Next Chapter

Using natural ingredients, wild-harvested from the local coast, while ensuring all production processes are entirely sustainable, Bridges has had to make some difficult compromises as an independent business owner. When offered the opportunity to provide several major airlines with their first and business class amenities, a contract that no doubt would have secured the foreseeable livelihood of the company, Bridges respectfully declined. With an estimated 5,000,000 barrels of oil being burned every day by airlines, the request weighed heavily on his conscience: “It was a great honour. However, the aviation industry has a devastating impact on our environment and that’s a compromise too far for us.” Waking somewhere new; the weight of a pack on my back; every thrill, every turn, every tedious moment of anticipation is matched, almost perfectly, by the joy of home. ‘Home,’ as Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote, ‘is the nicest word there is.’ This worn in, Sunday love for the place I know best – every nook, scuff, and wrinkle of it – is matched by the desire to leave it. Heimweh and Fernweh. There are days where the sun shines brighter and the wind is warmer. Presence is something I’ve focussed on during the last few years. You can be in your car, at your desk at work, or out with friends, but if you’re present you can enjoy each moment for what it is.