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Words EVE HERBERT

How Lisa Basso of Inner Senses found herself living at one with nature

The story of Inner Senses began over 25 years ago when founder and awardwinning Aromatherapy author and practitioner Lisa Basso found herself living at one with nature. She says: ‘I’ve always read a lot. It’s how I shut down at the end of a hectic day, it’s my mindful moment alone. One day my curious nature brought me to a book at the local library, it was a book on the ancient tradition of Aromatherapy. This book changed my life forever. I completed an advanced diploma in Aromatherapy before going on to study how alternative treatments can positively impact your wellbeing.

I taught Aromatherapy on the white shores of Barbados. Living on a farm I embraced nature, attending the jasmine plants and aloe vera that grew in its grounds. I developed an intimate relationship with these ingredients and their provenance’.

Inner Senses is much more than pure provenance. Lisa uses her evidential and clinical expertise to source nature’s finest ingredients, embracing everything they have to offer. ‘I want our customers to experience the journey of our ingredients to help them escape their everyday stresses and chaos.

‘Ensuring that we honour precious apothecary traditions is very important to me. Our holistic approach uses pure, organic and natural oils, which are hand blended to deliver therapeutic benefits and skin-beautifying results’. Inner Senses oils go further than skin deep: they help create a truly sensorial experience, instilling a sense of calm and wellbeing whilst nourishing your skin.

Lisa says: 'My ‘desert island’ skincare product is Reset Vibrancy Facial Elixir. City living surrounds me with pollutants. It’s decadent yet simple, carefully blended with powerful antioxidants such as prickly pear and Moringa oil, which allow my skin to resist the environmental stresses. I use it every night before bed: I find it plumping and nourishing on my skin and it smells divinely warm.

'In the morning, I try to start my day with a little meditation. As part of my ritual I use our award-winning Awakening Meditative Body Oil. I adore the fresh and crisp aroma. It nourishes and moisturises my skin, and Frankincense, Rosewood and Rose otto oil which are renowned for their use in mindfulness practices, are incredibly spiritually uplifting for me.’

What’s next? 'We will continue innovating. Our passion for knowledge will continue to stay strong and we will source more innovative and ethical ingredients to instil a sense of wellbeing through Inner Senses.'

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