New Melvita Organic Skincare Collections

France’s best-loved natural skincare brand Melvita hosted a preview of its new products for Spring/Summer 2011 in a stunning, fairy-lit room at Century.

Melvita has gradually built up a following in the UK and opened its flagship store in Covent Garden just before Christmas.

Adding to its extensive range of 24 pure Beauty Oils, Melvita launches three new Quintessential Oils (£28/30ml).

The oils combine effective ingredients that are known for their nourishing, restorative properties.

The oil for dry skin is made up of Neroli, Rosewood, Immortelle, Myrrh and Carrot essential oils with a trio of Argan, Hemp and Inca Inchi plant oils to rehydrate and protect skin.

Sensitive skin is treated with a unique complex called SymRelief, extracted from Ginger and Candeia, along with Geranium, Chamomile, Sandalwood, Yarrow and Frankincense essential oils.

Combination skin is rebalanced with purifying Cistus, Mandarin, Lavender, Palmarosa and Benzoin essential oils with Apricot Kernal, Nigella and Tamanu plant oils.

I’ve been using Melvita’s Nigella Seed Oil as a night-time treatment to help decongest and balance my skin, so I’m excited to try out the Quintessential Oil for combination skin.

Another treat for 2011 is the Naturalift Youthful Skin range is based around Melvita’s bestselling Naturalift anti-ageing cream (£30/50ml), which also sees a rebranding.

The Naturalift Youthful Skin collection is based on Phyto-Embryogenesis and uses plant stem cells to encourage cell renewal.

The range is available from March 2011 and now also includes a complex for eyes and lips (£22/15ml), a serum (£32/30ml) and mask (£22/75ml).

A new release for high summer is the Floral Bouquet collection (available from July 2011), which is based on the Asian technique of a double cleanse, tone and moisturise.

Just imagine how refreshing and lovely it will be to cool skin down with the Eau Extraordinaire Rose on a hot day.

Melvita also have the holidays covered with their range of suncare products that go up to SPF 30.

The sun creams (£20-£24) contain natural ingredients to protect skin against sun damage, including Maracuja, Mango, Tahitian Turmeric, Para Nut and Sesame.

There is also a cooling After Sun Body Milk (£16) with Fig to repair and hydrate skin and a gorgeous Monoi Dry Oil with Amazonian Rocou to nourish skin and hair.

Melvita products are available to buy online and at the flagship store in Covent Garden.