Think of the cucumber as a multi-vitamin that grows in the vegetable patch. Packed full of goodness, it has the power to recharge skin’s natural glow. And, with bacteria-zapping phytochemicals, it freshens breath too.

Sage has been an English herb garden staple since the Middle Ages. It’s a source of flavour in the kitchen and a dab hand in the beauty cabinet. The natural astringent quality tones and refines oily skin.