Happy Skincare Review and Giveaway
You know I get a bit (very) excited when I find an Aussie, family owned business making awesome natural products without all the nasty toxins!
Well a random Google search last month led me to Happy Skincare and I did get excited! I couldn’t wait to join up with them as an affiliate and help them start spreading the word about their luxurious, affordable products that actually work. So on the blog today, I am going to tell you all about Happy Skincare and what I thought of it and giving some away so you guys can road test it too.
So, who are Happy Skincare?
Aaron and Phoebe are the ‘Happy’ husband and wife team from Newcastle, New South Wales. Aaron is an ex-naval officer, and Phoebe is an ex-software engineer. They left their careers to start their own small business, creating their own natural and organic skincare. Happy Skincare all came from a husband’s desire to do something to help his wife during pregnancy.
Unlike all the other organic and natural brands who have the story of ‘I couldn’t find anything natural that worked’, Aaron just had an audacious idea that he could do it better than the others. It also allowed him feel like he was helping Phoebe while she was preoccupied growing a baby. The belly balm idea morphed into their original product, the Anti-Ageing and Repair Cream.
What is Happy Skincare all about?
Aaron and Phoebe pride themselves on being Aussie owned and made. Their skincare range is made from the highest quality certified organic and 100% natural ingredients. The products are great for a wide range of skin conditions including acne, dry skin, ageing and problem skin.
“One of the ideas that Happy Skincare has been built on is that “skincare doesn’t have to be complicated to make a big difference to your skin.” Nature has done so much of the hard work for us, and with some care and cleverness we have been able to create a whole range of clean, simple and 100% natural skincare products that are gaining a bit of a cult following.”
The Happy skincare range is not tested on animals, most products are vegan and its palm oil use is from a sustainable source. Aaron and Phoebe are also philanthropists and donate 10% of profits to an orphanage in Mexico!
They offer free shipping on all orders over $100 and a 30 day money back guarantee.
What did I think?
I road-tested these four products over two weeks.
Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Balm: This is a thick, rich, lightly scented cleanser. I found it to be really lovely and left my skin very soft but still feeling clean. You need a cloth or sponge to wash it off, but I think that bit of extra effort is worth it, particularly if you have dry skin. You can also leave it on for a bit and it will work like a nourishing mask.
Tickled Pink Perfecting Tonic: I used this as a spritz before moisturizing. It really refreshes and helps lock in all that goodness.
Perfectly Happy Anti-Ageing Cream: I really loved this moisturizer. Beautifully scented and very light but nourished my skin beautifully. It does feel feather light!
Good Vibes Omega Facial Oil: This has five different omega oils and is a light non greasy oil. I have been using it at night under the moisturizer. It really softens the skin.
Pig In Mud Mineral Mask: Mix some water in with this mask and apply to your face for a really deep clean. Whoops I left it on way longer than recommended and it made my skin a bit tight. Remember to follow the directions next time!
So, after using the Happy Skincare for two weeks, I could notice a real difference in my skin. It had been getting a coarse feel and was a bit dried out and getting a few blemishes Now, it’s softer, fresher and the blemishes have gone away. I feel like it’s looking a lot better too. I would definitely get these products again and I am looking forward to trying out some of the other products in the range. Very impressed.
I am not the only one who thinks Happy Skincare is awesome – there are pages of testimonials on the website of ‘happy’ customers!
What I really like is that the products are affordable. There is nothing over $40 and that is pretty darn good for mostly organic skincare! They also bundle up the products into packs and throw in free stuff to give you a good deal.
I am really struggling to find something I don’t like about Happy! Actually, it would probably only be the packaging – I would like to see recycled packaging be something that they adopt in the future.
Where do you get it from?
Originally Aaron and Phoebe had grand plans of seeing Happy Skincare products in retail stores nationwide but they have shifted focus a bit because selling through retail stores means they totally lose touch with their customers.
By being available mostly online, they can cut out the middle man, keep costs down and have that one on one interaction with their customers.
Why ‘Happy” ?
I had to ask Aaron and Phoebe why they are decided to call themselves “happy” and the reason behind all the fun names for their products – something that initially drew me to them. It makes me smile! 🙂
“We picked Happy because we wanted a positive name and to bring a bit of fun back. It felt like the skincare world had got too serious with a case of white lab coat-it is, with its marketing messages all focused on the latest cutting edge synthetic ingredients and completely forgetting about the plentiful offerings nature has already given us.
We do our best to keep having fun but we have grown into something a little more. Similar to the slow food movement our products have become products that encourage slow beauty. Our products are a perfect way to take care of yourself with a little alone time.
The Cloud 9 Cleansing Balm isn’t a quick squirt, rub your face and rinse. To get the full experience you need to slow it down, give yourself a little face massage and enjoy the uplifting citrus aromas.
‘Pig in Mud’ was the first fun name we come up with because using our mask was like being as happy as a pig in mud. So we thought ‘why not’ stick with fun names? There are already plenty of made-up marketing names like Regenerist, Revitalift or Youth Code.
We do get a bit of resistance to our names, with some thinking that they’re too silly for them, and that they need something more serious. But we just roll with the punches! Cloud 9, Tickled Pink, Raindrops on Roses and Good Vibes all follow that same fun/happiness philosophy. The only problem is that we are running out of ideas for new products.”
Exclusive Discount Code:
Get an exclusive 10% off Happy Skincare with the code: NNAM here.
Giveaway:
(this giveaway has closed, thanks for entering!)
Aaron and Phoebe are kindly giving away 5 of their sample packs to 5 of you to try out for yourselves!! All you have to do is:
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♥ Head over to the Happy Skincare website for a look around
♥ Leave me a comment on this blog post telling me which one of the Happy Skincare products you would like to try the most
Terms and conditions: This giveaway will close at midnite (AEST) on Monday the 31st of March. Winners will be chosen using random.org from those fulfilling the entry requirements correctly. Winners will be emailed and announced on this blog post. Sorry, Australian residents only. Good luck!
I love their Raindrops on Roses toner. It smells divine and is so much more moisturising than other toners I’ve tried.
I’ld like to try them all 🙂 Pig in mud sounds nice
What an awesome couple and all the best to them. I really need some of that Sweet Dreams softening foot treatment after a long summer wearing sandals! :o)
I’d like to try the pig-in-mud mineral mask. I just love the name of the product!
‘Cloud 9′ Deep Cleansing Balm or the ‘Perfectly Happy’ Anti-Ageing Cream sound divine I would love to try .
I’d love to try the Perfectly Happy anti-aging cream, to see if it works (on both counts!)
The Raindrops on Roses toner sounds lovely!
I like the sound of the good vibes omega facial oil.
Ooh, would love the sunscreen for my littlie…chronic skin issues and yet to find a beautiful natural sunscreen that he doesn’t react to.
What an inspirational couple – I ADORE hearing about people leaving their corporate world and following their heart/passion – I’ve done half of this…leaving the corporate job, now to follow my passion!!!!!
I would love to try the Good Vibes Omega 3 facial oil. I’ve never been too fond of oils as they are usually so greasy and dont absorb well but this one sounds amazing!
I’d love to try the pig in mud mineral mask as I love putting on a good mask and relaxing for a bit. Especially when you also get to apply it with the free application brush.
I would love to try Good Vibes. Especially now the weather will start getting cooler, which dries my skin.
Perfectly Happy sounds lush, have been looking for an organic,all natural, Australian owned beauty system and these sound divine.
I’d like to try the ‘TLC’ intenisve repair oil as my hands are so dry. With two little ones & working with children my hands are constantly being washed and have become so dry & cracked. They definitely need some TLC! 🙂
They are all divine!! my feet good use a good softening at night though 🙂
Have been looking for the ultimate mask forever and the Pig-In-Mud Mineral Mask sounds like it is it !!
Good Vibes Omega Facial Oil sounds fantastic – would love to try it.
Oooo… the Anti-Ageing Cream for sure! I have been hunting for an affordable, 100% natural face cream for a while and this looks fantastic! Also, pairing it with the Omega Facial Oil sounds like a perfectly rounded skin care system. Well done ‘Happy Skin Care’ for providing a toxin-free product! I hope your ‘Happy’ is infectious and everyone ‘catches’ it!
The pig in mud mask sounds divine
Wow the softening foot cream sounds fab. I always have dry feet and mostly aching days chasing g after kids and juggling full time work. I think this cream will do wonders
good vibes omega facial oil – needed for my very stressed out facial skin 🙂
I would love to try the TLC intensive repair oil as my skin can be quite dry and this product sounds really good!
Really interesting products. I got totally distracted with reading them all. even learnt a few things from their fb page. I think i’d like to try the “Good Vibes” facial oil and the “Sweet Dreams” foot treatment. I’ve been meaning to try something for my poor neglected feet for so long.
The Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing balm looks like just what I need!
I’d love to try the Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Balm – sounds perfect to use with my Clarisonic in my pre-bed routine for sweet dreams and soft skin!
These products all sound divine and fit in this week with UN Happiness Day, any would be a pleasure to try, I have oily combination skin, with acne and am in my 40’s so I think I would go with Cloud 9 or pig in jus, too many decisions lol thanks for this opportunity 🙂
What an amazing range of products! Great find!Such creative names too!
I would really love to try ‘Tickled Pink’ Perfecting Tonic – perfect for me as I have extremely oily skin which has been very difficult to control especially around the T zone area!
I’m looking for a new cleanser so it’d be great to try the cleansing balm.
The Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Balm sounds amazing, it would be nice to have a little daily pampering 🙂 And the Black Seed Oil also sounds lovely. Actually, everything looks like it would be fantastic!
Ooh I love the look (and sound) of this family business and their products!
I am on the hunt for a new cleanser at the moment, so would definitely love to try out the Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Balm! I also still have post-pregnancy blemishes and would love to try the Pig in Mud Mineral Mask… and perhaps the Black Seed Oil… and maybe the Tickled Pink Perfecting Tonic. Everything looks like it’s worth a try!
I’d love to try the ‘Good Vibes’ Omega Facial Oil. As I have got older I’ve found my skin breaks out in hormonal acne. I may need a shrink as it’s worse with emotional turmoil! Maybe this product could send some positive “vibes” my way!
I would love to try them all. I am currently looking for a new skin care range. I love that it is organic and Australian made. It looks inexpensive. I would love to try the pig in mud mask or cloud 9. I am heading back to the website now and most probably buy some now 🙂
I love that ‘Perfectly Happy’ Anti-Ageing Cream is suitable for dry, oily, or in-between skin as mine changes with the seasons.
Its at the top of my wish list.
I have used the Cloud 9 balm and loved it, an amazing product for my acne prone skin especially during pregnancy. I would love to try out the Pig in Mud mask!
To have the chance to try “HAPPY” would make me happy!! 🙂
I would love to try Sweet Dreams Softening Foot Cream – my feet need help.
I am a big fan of supporting Australian and especially organic businesses. Fantastic!!
I would love to try the Pig in Mud Mineral Mask, or the Perfectly Happy Anti-Ageing Cream, but having now looked at their website, I’m thinking of getting the sample pack so both my daughter and I can try them all 🙂
Black seed oil – having very fair, sun damaged skin, this sounds like what i need! Thanks
I would love to try the ‘Sweet Dreams’ Softening Foot Treatment, my feet are really dry at the moment.
I would love to try the anti- aging cream. I am yet to find a cream that does not feel like I am wearing a mask.
My cracked feet need Sweet Dreams’ Softening Foot Treatment.
They do sound good. Would love to try. The woo hoo anti chafe cream intrigues me as an organic option instead of petroleum based products.
Honestly…I would love to try all of the 4 step Organic Range. I am needing a new skincare plan and these should like they will be right up my alley! The Raindrops on Roses sounds divine, I can almost smell it now and feel it’s cooling mist on my face…..yum! xx Will be buying some for sure but hope I can win some too….x
‘Cloud 9′ Deep Cleansing Balm – I’ve been on the look out for a great cleanser for my dry skin for years! This balm sounds divine.
I would love try some of your skincare. I have oily skin something anti ageing would be good. Would love to try the mask and i think i will order sample pack
wow, all the products sound amazing 🙂 The product that I would like to try most is the ‘TLC’ Intensive Repair Oil. This product would do wonders for my stressed out skin.
HI! Wow all those products sound amazing! I would love to try the Cloud 9 Deep. Cleansing Balm!
Good Vibes Omega 3 Facial oil to see if it will help clear up some spots,we are told to eat more Omega 3’s so makes sense to put it on our skin too!
I’d love to try all of these, especially the mask
The cloud 9 deep cleansing balm sounds like it would really give my skin a deep cleanse and get rid of all the impurities
My to do this year involves finding a wonderful, natural skin care range. Tickled Pink Perfecting Tonic would make a perfect contribution to this. 🙂
I would love love to try The Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Balm . I am on the hunt now for organice skin care as since coming off my contraception pill I have broken out with acne which has been hard having at my age . I really need a good natural organic deep cleanse to help my oily skin . 🙂 thanks for the chance to win x
The anti-ageing products because I will be forty soon and would like to be chemical free and fabulous too!!
Good Vibes Omega Facial Oil is what I would love to try
any or all of them!!!! they all sound fantastic – well done!I would love to try the pig in mud!! what a great name too.
Hard to just choose one product I would like to try!!
Very informative website they have – pig in the mud and black seed oil both sound very beneficial!
I would love to try the ‘TLC’ Intensive Repair Oil or the Organic Tamanu Oil for a scar on my son’s face that was caused from a dog bite. It is nice to know that there are some “Happy” products available that could help with his scar, that are not based on mineral oil.
Id be very HAPPY to try the four step system, with the balm, tonic, mask and facial oil!
‘TLC’ Intensive Repair Oil sounds like a wonderful product that would hydrate my dry skin and rescue my not so pretty stretch marks from my little darlings.
I would love the Organic 4 Step System with anti ageing cream
I’d like to try the Organic Tamanu Oil. My poor little 3 year old has a long scar on her face (corn of her eye to the bottom of her nose) from a hair clip scratching it and I’e been using rosehip oil to no avail.
After having skin cancer this would be awesome to try.
The Good Vibes Facial oil sounds wonderful,with Omega qualities to soften your skin The Happy Skincare Range is my kinda thing.
‘Perfectly Happy’ Anti-Ageing Cream is the product for me and my late 30’s something skin!
I have some pigmentation I would love to get rid of, so would love to try the TLC Intensive Repair Oil.
I would LOVE to try the Sweet Dreams softening foot treatment! My feet are so dry and cracked at the moment, they definitely need a little TLC.
I’d like to try the black seed oil.
I would love to try the ‘TLC’ Intensive Repair Oil and see if it can stop me getting stretch marks this pregnancy.
The pig in mud mask sounds great, and I love the name 🙂
I would love to try the eco all natural sunscreen for all the family
What a great couple. I love that they aren’t taking themselves or their product names too seriously. I just love the sound of Cloud 9 and would definitely try it and the Perfectly Happy cream.
The ‘Pig in Mud’ mineral mask sounds like it would be a nice treat.
I would have loved to try the softening foot treatment, sorry I missed the offer! After a summer of sandals, my feet need some TLC 🙂
Jen, shoot them an email, they may still offer it if you ask nice 🙂
Omega facial oil sounds lovely.
I would love to try the Cloud 9 cleansing Balm it sounds like it works wonders 🙂
This sounds exactly what I was searching for online today, I would love to try any of these products but the ‘pig in mud’ mask sounds lovely. I love the names of the products!!!
I would like to try the Tamani Oil, I have lots of scarring from acne and would love to give it a try!
oops i meant Tamanu me and my big fingers!!
I am so glad my Naturopath shared your page with me. I have been looking for natural products for my skin as we are going to start trying for a baby soon and I want to do everything I can to help increase our chance. So excited to try their products!!
I love a good facial oil and the ‘Good Vibes’ Omega Facial Oil sounds like a really lovely facial oil to try!
Deep cleansing facial balm
Wouldn’t I love to big as happy as a pig in mud!
I’ve followed by email! I’ve heard amazing things about this skincare brand and would love to support them – their Cloud 9 balm sounds fabulous.
Thanks lovely!
As winter approaches and my skin becomes very dry, I’d like to try the Black Seed Oil.
I am your blog subscriber. Would love to try Sweet Dreams Softening Foot Treatment! Fingers crossed. ♥
I love the idea of ‘perfectly happy’ anti-ageing cream and ‘Cloud 9’ Deep Cleansing Balm. What a beautiful way to start the day by being happy and blissful before I embark on the craziness that is Master 5, Master 3, Miss 2 and Master 8months! My last skincare range has just run out perhaps this the change I need.
The ‘Cloud 9′ Deep Cleansing Balm, it sounds PERFECT for my skin!
I would love to try Pig in Mud Mineral Mask!
Hi there. 🙂 Follow you by both e-mail and FB. I’d love to try the ‘Perfectly Happy’ Anti-Ageing Cream!
I would love to try the pig in mud face mask. I love the idea that you mix the dry powder with water yourself, I imagine this would greatly increase the shelf life on this product which is great for when you forget for a while to take some time and relax and give yourself a mask.
I’d love to try the ‘Cloud 9′ Deep Cleansing Balm because as I have got older (over 40) I’ve found my skin breaks out in hormonal acne. I may need a shrink as it’s worse with emotional turmoil!
Follow by e-mail and FB. Would love to try their ‘Good Vibes’ Omega Facial Oil!
Facebook follower. Would love to try the Daily Essentials 3 Step System!
Blog subscriber. Would love to try the Black Seed Oil!
‘Tickled Pink’ Perfecting Tonic is the one I would love to try!
‘Perfectly Happy’ Anti-Ageing Cream’ – designed for ultra dry skin, I am always on the lookout for products to deeply hyrdrate, protect and repair my skin. This product certainly ticks all the boxes with me, 100% natural being a necessary requirement for my skin.
The lucky winners are Fiona, Geraldine, Kylie, Elle and Tyne. Please check your emails (including the spam folder!) Congratulations ladies!
Thanks to everyone for entering and all your lovely comments. There are a heap of giveaways on the blog this week, so try your luck again! xxxx Sonia
DAY 1 received the Happy Skin Care package I purchased for my dry and sensitive skin and so excited to try. I am 47 so starting to see the signs of ageing and dull skin. Started with the Cloud 9 Deep Cleansing Cream. Smells like lemon sherbet (trying not to eat it!) and melts into your skin with a bit of water. Softens the skin lifting off the daily grime and feels hydrating. Needs to be wiped off with a face cloth or cotton ball. As I had a bit of make up I tried the 3 cheers cleansing oil. Goes on lovely and rinses off with a bit of help of a facecloth. Skin feels soft and smooth. Definitely not dry or tight. Feels like it’s add moisture rather than strip away natural oils. Rain drops on roses spray is refreshing and helped remove any excess cleanser I may have had. Applied Over the Moon rich repair cream. Not oily or greasy. Skin feels soft and supple.
DAY 2 Repeated process in the morning but used the Perfectly Light Anti-Oxidant Cream for day , followed with Eco Dewy Mineral Powder. Skin feels soft, moist and dewy but not shiny or oily. So far no reaction to my sensitive skin. Will continue to use. So far so good.
Thanks for the review Gordana…. it’s great stuff hey!! x