How Stress Affects Your Skin
How Stress Affects Your Skin (And What You Can Do About It) Modern life doesn’t just affect your mood — it affects your skin. If your skin becomes red, reactive, oily, dry, or u...
January Edit: Circles, Cycles, and Starting Again
From me, the founder of Menteath If you’re reading this and today feels heavier than you expected, I want you to know you’re not alone in it. I’...
All You Need to Know About Neurocosmetics — And Why It’s Time to Switch
Neurocosmetics represent a new and transformative movement in skincare. Instead of treating the skin as a passive surface, neurocosmetics recognise it as a neuro-sensory organ d...
Lewes Bonfire: We Burn to Remember
Every November, the quiet town of Lewes in East Sussex transforms into something fierce and luminous. Smoke winds through the narrow streets, drums echo off the flint walls, and...
Smoke & Memory: My Story
Menteath started there. Not as a business idea — more like a way back to myself. I began blending skincare that felt like ritual. Smoke-infused, elemental, grounding. Something ...
Awakening the Senses
We all know stress, lack of sleep, and emotional ups and downs affect how we feel — but they also show up on our skin. It’s no coincidence. Science now understands that the skin...
A Personal Journey Into Neurocosmetics
Skincare, for me, has never just been about the surface. It’s about memory. Scent. Ritual. The way something feels on your skin and what it stirs inside you. That invisible thre...
Neuroactive Ingredients: Nature’s Power for Skin and Mind
At Menteath Smoke Infused Skincare & Scent, we believe in the transformative power of nature’s neuroactive ingredients, which not only enhance skin health but also support m...
Reishi: The Mushroom of Immortality and Its Healing Power for Skin and Soul
Written in collaboration with Menteath by James Dodson | Mushroom Disciple and Founder of Golden Horn Farm, Barcombe East Sussex, UK. Reishi – The shining, glossy, red ruby ...