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Learn about the ingredients we use in our 100% natural beauty products.
This information is primarily based upon traditional and historical uses.
Disclaimer
The following information is for educational purposes only and not to be used as medical information or advice.
Bay West Indian
Pimenta racemosa — India
- Helps relieve stress, headaches, body aches and pains.
- Can help boost the immune system.
- One of the best essential oils for hair care.
- Dandruff. Helps stimulate the scalp. Helps restore oily, damaged and lifeless hair.
Black Pepper
Piper nigrum — Indonesia
- Has been used in eastern medicine for centuries.
- Energizing. Encouraging. Motivating.
- Was carried by Buddhist monks to be used as a medicine on their travels.
- In ancient times, peppercorns were so valuable they were known as
black gold
and often used as currency. - Helps to unclog pores, increase blood flow, remove toxins, eliminate dead skin cells and make skin more clean, clear and bright.
- Anti–aging. Skin rejuvenation.
- Can be helpful in reducing cellulite.
Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum — India
- One of the best overall spices for health and wellbeing.
- Frequently used in Indian cuisine and Ayurvedic medicine.
- Helps create a flawless complexion.
- Can help remove or prevent blemishes, dark spots and acne.
- Has natural anti–aging properties and helps to improve blood circulation.
- Gives strength to those who feel over–burdened due to excessive worrying, fears or stress.
- Helps lift the spirits while giving courage and strength.
Carrot Seed
Daucus carota — France
- Famous for creating healthy skin.
- An excellent purifier of both the body and skin.
- Helps improve complexion due to its strengthening effect on red blood cells.
- Adds tone and elasticity to the skin which in turn helps give a more youthful appearance.
- Age spots. Scars. Wrinkles. Helps prevent premature ageing of the skin.
- Assists in cleansing the blood and liver. Helps reduce stress and anxiety.
- Helps create good hair especially if the hair is looking lifeless.
- Can also help with menstual pain.
Clary Sage
Salvia sclarea — France
- A highly praised medicinal plant for centuries.
- Known for helping improve eye health and vision.
- Known as a hormone balancer thus can help ease pre–menstrual tension.
- Helps relax muscles.
- Known as a natural aphrodisiac. Helps to stimulate sexual desires in both men and women.
- Possible cell regenerating properties especially for scalp problems.
- Might encourage hair growth, clean greasy hair and dandruff.
- Can make skin look more youthful and beautiful.
- Can help with depression due to its ability to induce a feeling of immense joy.
- Can increase confidence, lift spirits and create a desire to live life to the fullest.
- Depression, stress and anxiety can all be reduced thanks to the pleasant scent.
Elemi
Canarium luzonicum — Philippines
- A tropical tree native to the Philippines.
- An excellent skin care oil with rejuvenating effects and that can help reduce the signs of wrinkles.
- Helps add luster and clarity to your skin while also improving its tone.
- Can help make you look younger and your skin more healthy by creating a more even complexion.
- Can stimulate both the emotional and spiritual planes.
- Helps to harmonize the body, mind and spirit.
- Smell before meditation.
Frankincense
Boswellia carterii — Somalia
- Perhaps the most famous essential oil. It's also one of the most expensive.
- We always use because it's simply amazing.
- Has been used for more than 2000 years and was given to Baby Jesus by the 3 Wise Men.
- Can help improve almost all aspects of skin health.
- Its astringent properties may help balance oily conditions.
- Has been used to help heal wounds, sores, ulcers, carbuncles and inflammation.
- Gives new life to ageing skin and helps to make wrinkles fade away.
- Helps to slow the breathing so we are more calm and relaxed.
- Has powerful meditative and spiritual qualities.
- Helps to elevate us spiritually while also helping to relax our mind.
- Helps those that feel anxious and are dealing with past issues such as grief.
Geranium Rose
Pelargonium roseum — France
- The invigorating and uplifting scent is popular with many women.
- A natural tonic for the nervous system and helps to soothe anxiety and relieve depression.
- Helps to balance the mind, reduce stress.
- Helps manage pre–menstrual tension and menopausal issues.
- Its soothing properties can be useful in treating inflammation and congestion of the breasts.
- Can help make your breasts more sensitive when touched.
- Helps to balance sebum production making it suitable for all skin types, and particularly beneficial for those with sluggish, congested and oily skin.
- Is known to be one of the best essential oils for helping with a wide variety of skin conditions.
- Antibacterial and antifungal properties help those with skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema.
- Helps the skin retain a younger and healthier appearance.
- Natural astringent properties can help tighten sagging skin.
- Helps wrinkles, scars and stretch marks disappear.
Ginger
Zingiber officinale — Vietnam
- Helps create warmth and stimulates circulation.
- Traditionally has been used for many stomach ailments such as nausea (including sea sickness).
- The pure essential oil helps relax and heal aching and tired muscles.
- Helps give us emotional strength. Increases our determination. Gives the confidence needed take iniative.
- Helps stimulate sexual desires, reduce the feeling of depression or anxiety.
- Cramping, bloating and general aches and pains during menstruation can sometimes be alleviated.
- Said to help promote and stimulate hair growth.
- Helps to reduce skin inflammation. Helps improve skin appearance.
- Some say helps our skin look bright, clear and healthy.
Grapefruit
Citrus paradisi — Italy
- One of the best essential oils to use during times of stress.
- The scent has an uplifting and reviving effect on the mind, spirit and emotions.
- Said to have a balancing effect on the central nervous system.
- Helps to nourish our tissue cells and control the movement of liquids.
- Helpful in reducing the signs of cellulite.
- Beneficial for headaches, pre-menstrual tension, aches and general tiredness.
- Its powerful skin cleaning properties can help leave your skin lookinig and feeling smooth.
- Can help assist with lymphatic movement.
- Please remember, can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. This applies to all citrus essential oils.
- Stop use 24 hours prior to exposing your skin to the sun.
Juniper Berries
Juniperus communis — France
- One of the best purifying essential oils for the mind, body and spirit.
- Has a naturally sharper scent like most conifers and pine trees. This helps to immediately sharpen the mind and create clarity.
- One of the best essential oils to help with lymphatic drainage.
- Good lymphatic drainage helps to eliminate toxins from the skin and body.
- Can nelp alleviate nervous tension, mental and spiritual fatigue.
- Often used for both spiritual and psychic healings. Can also be used for meditation purposes.
- Helps create a healthy skin complexion. Reduces skin blemishes.
- Has natural anti-septic properties.
- Fluid retention. Cellulite. Eczema. Bloating. Arthritis. Mental exhaustion.
- Can help improve sleep by relaxing the mind and body.
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia — France
- One of the most widely used essential oils for the skin.
- Helps promote growth of new cells and balance the sebum.
- Has a positive effect on the mind, cleanses and soothes the spirit while helping to relieve anger and exhaustion.
- Can have a positive effect on the mind and emotions.
- Helps create calmness which in turn can also help with insomnia.
- Lavender's name come from the Latin word
lavare
which meansto wash
. - Used for more than 2000 years.
- Helps support healthier skin due to its natural anti-septic properties.
- Can help remove age spots, acne and wrinkles.
- Can help relieve joint and muscle pain.
- Can help reverse hair loss, kill lice, reduce dandruff and helps to keep your hair looking healthy and shiny.
- Can help improve your spirits during times of menstruation.
Lemon
Citrus limon — Spain
- A commonly used essential oil in aromatherapy.
- Has a fresh and invigorating scent that helps uplift and energize our spirit and mood.
- The crisp scent can help boost concentration, reduce stress and anxiety.
- Boasts many health benefits including the ability to help stimulate our immune system, promote digestion and helps reduce inflammation.
- Helps make your body, mind and spirit feel fresh and alive.
- Often used by people to help add gloss and shine to their hair, reduce dry skin and even dandruff.
- Helps improve skin complexion, reduce wrinkles, is a natural astringent and has purifying properties as well.
- Can help prevent premature aging of the skin.
- Helps to stimulate circulation, eliminates dead skin and helps boost collagen.
- Can be beneficial for both cellulite and stretch marks.
- Helps make the skin tone and color look more smooth.
- Can help reduce hyperpigmentation (when some skin is darker).
- Please remember, can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. This applies to all citrus essential oils.
- Stop use 24 hours prior to exposing your skin to the sun.
Mandarin Orange
Citrus reticulata var. mandarin — South Africa
- Helps improve our mood and helps create positive, calm energy.
- Slightly hypnotic. Can help reduce depression and anxiety.
- Can help reduce the signs of stretch marks when used with lavender.
- May help improve blood circulation and lympathic drainage.
- Can help to rejuvenate skin so it looks more young and vibrant.
- Has natural purifying properties that canhelp cleanse the blood and skin.
- In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, the dried skin of oranges are used to help support the kidneys.
- Please remember, can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. This applies to all citrus essential oils.
- Stop use 24 hours prior to exposing your skin to the sun.
Palmarosa
Cymbopogon martini — Nepal
- Often used in skin care products because of its lovely fragrance, sebum balancing and hydrating properties.
- Is beneficial for almost all skin types and is known to help regenerate healthy skin cells.
- Is often used in massage oils to help relax muscles.
- Helps reduce the signs of scars, fungal infections, pimples, boils, acne.
- During times of stress, can help with grief, anger, anxiety and other emotional traumas.
- Helps to open your heart to love and forgiveness.
Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin — Indonesia
- Is said to be a powerful aphrodisiac that has a sensuous, erotic and oriental scent.
- Is considered to be excellent for overall skin care.
- Can help with inflammation, dermatitis, sores, eczema and other skin conditions.
- Helps to also regenerate new skin cells making it helpful for those who want to keep their skin looking young.
- Exellent when used in massage oils.
- Has a soothing, stabilizing and slightly hypnotic scent.
- Was extremely popular during the 1960's and 1970's due to its happy and relaxing scent.
- Helps the skin to detoxify, promotes healthy hair and reduces the signs of wrinkle.
- Helps the mind and body rest better.
- Hhelps to reduce dandruff while making the hair more strong.
Peppermint
Mentha piperita — England
- Helps to cool the body when hot and warms the body when cold.
- Helps to reduce anger, mental fatigue, depression and is considered one of the best essential oils for muscle pain.
- Helps to stimulate blood flow.
- Nourishes dull skin while improving the texture of oily or greasy skin.
- Has natural antimicrobial properties that can help reduce the signs of acne.
- When applied to the forehead and temples, can help alleviate headaches.
- Can help those with thinning hair while also having a regenerative and restorative benefit for the scalp.
- Helps make hair look shiny and healthy.
- Can help make your body more sensitive when touched.
- Can help create healthy nails and make cellulite disappear by increasing blood flow.
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis ct. cineole — Morocco
- Often used to help clear the mind, reduce mental strain while also helping to counter lethargy.
- Is naturally invigorating which can help us recover when feeling weak or exhausted.
- Can help tighten sagging skin due to its natural astringent properties.
- Traditionally has been used for many different hair issues.
- Can help prevent grey hair, reduce dandruff and encourage hair growth.
- Helps the hair by stimulating the hair follicles.
- Often used in skin care formulations to help create healthy, glowing and youthful looking skin because it helps to keep the skin moisturized.
Tea Tree
Melaleuca alternifolia — Australia
- We always use because it is one of the best natural preservatives.
- In our cuticle oils, we use a higher doses to help prevent infections and reduce the chances of nail fungus, etc.
- Can help boost confidence.
- Helps the mind, body and spirit while also helping to strengthen the subtle energy flows within the body.
- Has many benefits for both the hair and skin.
Turmeric
Curcuma longa — Indonesia
- Has been known for thousands of years for its valuable health properties.
- Has powerful anti–inflammatory properties.
- Useful for treating arthritis and joint care and relieving muscle pain.
- Helps to improve overall health.
- One of the best oils for skincare, promoting healthy and youthful skin.
- Helps to improve circulation.
- Used in Ayuverdic medicine to help decalcify the pineal gland to open the third eye.
- Can help boost the immune system and also help the liver detoxify.
- Reportedly has antiseptic, anti–microbial, antibacterial, anti–fungal, and anti–parasitic qualities.
- Has long been used as a natural remedy for hair loss and male pattern baldness.
- Can help make skin look and feel younger thanks to the concentrated antioxidants.
- Can improve skin elasticity, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and protect the skin from infection and irritation.
- The scent can help boost memory, focus, and concentration. Some sais beneficial for dementia.
Ylang Ylang
Cananga odorata genuina – Madagascar
- Helps to relax the nervous system resulting in a feeling of joy.
- Helps to reduce the feelings of anger, shock, fear, panic and anxiety.
- Traditionally used to help keep the breasts firm.
- Has been used for centuries to help stimulate the scalp to promote more luxurious hair growth.
- Reported to be one of the original ingredients in Chanel No. 5 perfume.
- Has a fragrance that is considered by many to be romantic and it has a long history of use in South East Asia as a sexual stimulant for both men and for women.
- Said to have aphrodisiac qualities.
- Can do wonders for your skin's health and appearance. Can help preserve the youthful look of your face and body and help to rejuvenate areas of the skin that are looking tired and old.
- Has the ability to reduce stress which in turn helps to relieve emotional issues associated with menstruation. Can helorelieve pain and cramps.
Cashew Nut Oil
- Originally used in northern Brazil for its medicinal and therapeutic properties.
- Helps nourish your skin health because it is rich in nutrition, essential vitamins and important minerals.
- Helps reduce the signs of scars.
- Helps keep your skin hydrated, reduce signs of aging, treat scars and improves overall skin and hair health.
- Provides a smooth texture to your skin.
- Helps your skin retain moisture.
- Has a lot of vitamin E which helps reduce wrinkles and keep your skin looking younger.
- Can help with acne, eczema and warts.
- The high vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids can help all hair types.
- Helps create a smooth and shiny texture to your hair.
- Some say helps with hair loss.
- Rich in magnesium and calcium.
Pumpkin Seed Oil
- Can dramatically improve hair density, length, and growth rate.
- Rich in vitamin E, zinc and magnesium.
- Zinc can help improve and maintain scalp health by preventing and treating dandruff.
- The magnesium can help unblock the calcium deposits around the hair follicle and improving scalp circulation, ultimately strengthening the hair shaft.
- Can help soothe an irritated scalp.
- Can help skin heal faster.
- Helps repair sun damage and reduce the signs of aging.
- The zinc can help create stronger and more beautiful nails.
- The essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals help nourish the skin.
- Can aid in the production of collagen, plumping and building firmness of the skin, moisturizing and calming dry skin, and deep revitalization for a radiant, smooth, toned, protected, and firm complexion.
Sunflower Seed Oil
- Light and not greasy. Highly absorbent. Will not clog pores.
- Can be used on all skin types including dry, normal, oily, and acne–prone.
- A good source of vitamin E which is an antioxidant that can help protect skin from free radicals and from adverse effects of the sun, such as premature aging and wrinkles.
- Helps the skin retain moisture.
- Some evidence showing helps heal wounds faster.
- Known for adding shine to your hair.
- Can help soothe skin irritation.
- Helps to create and provide a healthy balance of bacteria on the scalp.
- Can help reduce dandruff.
- Has natural moisturizing attributes which helps to make or keep skin soft.
- Can help make unruly hair more normal.
- Acts as a natural hair conditioner.
Sweet Almond Oil
- A potent source of antioxidants, vitamins, and other nutrients that are vital for skin health.
- Helps to reduce the appearance of scarring and wrinkles.
- Helps to hydrate the skin to keep it soft and smooth.
- Used in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine to reduce the appearance of scars and soothe the skin.
- Can be beneficial for those with stretch marks.
- Helps improve hair health and appearance.
- Can add moisture and elasticity to the hair.
- One of the most popular oils for the skin. Makes the skin healthier.
- Helps create healthy and strong nails.
- Has been used for centuries especially in Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean.
- Rich in antioxidants and thus it is highly beneficial for both skin and hair.
Black Sesame Seed Oil
- A good source of vitamin K, magnesium, copper, calcium, iron, zinc, and vitamin B6.
- Antioxidant. Antimicrobial. Anti-inflammatory.
- A natural source of vitamin E.
- Benefiticial for both hair and skin.
- Assists in deep cleansing of the skin, preventing wrinkles and treating scars.
- Tightens loose skin. Prevents and heals skin discoloration.
- Helps prevent dandruff, lice and helps prevent grey hairs.
- Good for stretch marks.
- Good for the feet. Makes feet soft. Prevents cracked heels.
- Reduces hair loss.
- Contains more calcium than white sesame seeds.
- Has been used for a long time in Ayurvedic medicine. 90% of the herbal oils of Ayurveda are prepared with a sesame oil base.
- In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, black helps nourish the blood and therefore is considered good for women. In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, maintaining healthy blood is important for women.
- In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, black sesame oil is said to nourish the liver and kidney yin.
Peanut Oil
- Can be particularly good for both dry hair and scalps, as well as specific dry–skin disorders such as psoriasis.
- Helps to increase hair thickness and growth rate, aids in the healing of split ends and damaged hair, heals dandruff and scalp psoriasis, and replaces hair shaft oil.
- Can help protect your skin from sun damage.
- A very good source of vitamin E.
- Helps prevent wrinkles and blemishes. Helps keep your skin looking young.
- Light. Fast absorbing. Not greasy.
- Helps to remove dirt from your skin.
- A good source of potassium, copper, manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium, selenium and zinc.
- Helps prevent hair loss.
- Used in Ayurvedic medicine because the high magnesium content helps calm the nerves, muscles and veins. This helps to increase blood flow which in turn helps bring more nutrients to the skin.
- Acts like a natural sunscreen.
- Helps to make your skin glow and feel soft.
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