Spotlight On: Beeswax

Spotlight On: Beeswax

Rich honey-scented wax is made by bees to build their honeycombs. It is one of the most popular and widely used thickeners in skin care products. It has soothing, healing, and antibiotic properties.

We love to use it in our organic Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm. #ingredientsmatter #beeswax #lipbalm #organiclipbalm #peppermintcocoalipbalm #lipcare #loveyourlips #organicskincare #organicbeauty #organic #organicingredients #naturally #naturalskincare #greenbeauty #naturalskincare #greenliving #natural  #rootdownriseupgrowlove #loveyourskin #nocreepystuff #becauseweloveyou

Product Highlight: Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher

A customer favorite! Refresh your face and body or spritz in the air for a divine pick me up!  Goddess features a calming and uplifting essential oil blend and our very own small-batch organic witch hazel to balance emotions and cool the skin. 

Clary sage, lavender and cedarwood join forces with blue chamomile and a few other specially selected essential oils in this blend. Clary sage is used in aromatherapy for a variety of women's issues. Lavender is antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and is used as a healing agent in creams, lotions, and salves and to reduce wrinkles, scarring, and stretch marks. Cedarwood offers anti-inflammatory properties and a hint of the forest.

DIY Gardener's Salve

This time of year is great for getting out in the garden! But it can be rough on our hands. Care for your hands by making your own Gardener's Salve from the Mountain Rose Herbs blog - click here.

Product Highlight: Citrus Bergamot Sugar Scrub

Our Citrus Bergamot Sugar Scrub is a customer favorite because it’s jam packed full of moisture. Our most popular scrub leaves skin glowing, smooth, and hydrated. Sugar scrubs are gentler on the skin than salt scrubs and, sugar's alphahydroxy acid helps loosen dirt and slough off dead skin cells. Did we mention this scrub moisturizes, too?

Spotlight On: Bergamot Essential Oil

It may look like a weird lumpy lime, but this is a gorgeous essential oil. If you've ever had Earl Grey tea, you've experienced Bergamot. It provides the distinctive herby, citrusy component to this iconic tea.  

 It’s also used in perfuming because it blends beautifully with many fragrance notes including those of Lavender, Cedarwood, Neroli, Rose, Clary Sage and Black Pepper (Rhind 2014). 

In aromatherapy, bergamot is valued for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties. It works in massage oils to reduce tension and soothe tight muscles. On an emotional front, it is used for soothing depression and anxiety in a diffuser or in massage blends. 

Important to know: It is phototoxic, meaning that it may cause a burning reaction on skin exposed to direct sunlight.  How to stay safe? Avoid direct sunlight or tanning beds for up to 18 hours after applying Bergamot to the skin. Always dilute Bergamot before using. It may be used safely (no phototoxic response) on the skin in a blend at no more than 0.4% (approx. 1-2 drops per 1 oz/30 ml of carrier). Or, choose an FCF-free Bergamot oil which has had the phototoxic components removed.  For more info on essential oil safety, see Robert Tisserand's encyclopedic text, Essential Oil Safety. 

Product Highlight: Cool After Sun Spray

Did you enjoy too much fun in the sun? Feeling that burn? Our After Sun Spray will help cool you down while nourishing your skin. 

 

Face Love Gift Set

FACE LOVE GIFT SET
$30.00
Value: $38

Give your face some much needed love with our Goddess Facial Toner and Spray, Peppermint Lip Scrub, Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm, and Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover.

Our Customer Favorite Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher. It features a calming blend of essential oils to balance emotions and cool the skin. This light mist can be used as a toner for your face, body, and even in a room for a divine pick me up. 

Our Peppermint Lip Scrub (a customer favorite!) gently exfoliates your lips with a hint of organic Shea butter to moisturize. Our moisturizing Peppermint Cocoa Organic Lip Balm. protects and moisturizes your lips without feeling waxy.

Our Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover naturally removes your makeup while being toxin-free. Jojoba is the ultimate makeup remover because of its many skincare benefits. It's the closest oil to our natural sebum which makes it super absorbent. It doesn't clog pores, non-allergenic, and moisturizing. It is a great source of Vitamin E, which eliminates free radicals and make it a great cleanser as well.

Set Comes With:

(1) 4oz Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher
(1) Peppermint Lip Scrub
(1) Peppermint Cocoa Lip Balm
(1) Lavender Jojoba Makeup Remover
 

Pamper and Restore Gift Set

PAMPER AND RESTORE GIFT SET
$25.00
Value: $44

Pamper and restore with our Citrus Bergamot Organic Sugar Scrub, Goddess Facial Toner + Refresher, and Himalayan Rose Body Butter..

Our most popular scrub leaves skin glowing, smooth, and hydrated. Sugar scrubs are gentler on the skin than salt scrubs. And, sugar's alphahydroxy acid helps cleanse and slough off dead skin cells. Leaving your skin luxuriously moisturized and smooth.

Follow this scrub with our Customer Favorite Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher. It features a calming blend of essential oils to balance emotions and cool the skin. This light mist can be used as a toner for your face, body, and even in a room for a divine pick me up.

Lavender is antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and is commonly used as a healing agent in creams, lotions, and salves. Clary sage is used in many skin care products for its cooling properties as well as to balance emotions.

Our incredibly moisturizing body butter creates a protective barrier around your skin to soften and restore your skin’s natural elasticity. A solar infusion of organic chamomile flowers in jojoba oil contributes calming and anti-inflammatory properties. Shea Butter protects and soothes the skin and is a great choice for damaged or scarred skin as well as dry or rough spots.

Set Comes With:
(1) 8oz Citrus Bergamot Organic Sugar Scrub
(1) 4 oz Goddess Facial Toner and Refresher
(1) 1 oz Himalayan Rose Body Butter

Product Highlight: Relax and Unwind Mama Gift Set

RELAX AND UNWIND MAMA GIFT SET
45.00
Value: $60

Create a spa day at home with this trio. A relaxing bath, refreshing toner and luxurious body butter unwinds stress and nourishes her with organic, clean ingredients.

Organic Bulgarian rose essential oil and a hint of Australian sandalwood are the foundation of one of our most popular scent blends. Natural minerals and pure essential oils melt away your tension and restore your soul. Epsom salts do wonders for sore muscles. Himalayan Salt naturally contains 84 beneficial minerals for the body.

Our Rosewater Facial Toner is perfect for all skin types. Rose has a gently persuasive way with skin, is balancing and moisturizing, works well in acne blends and helps skin heal. It is especially helpful for damaged, mature and aging skin.

Our incredibly moisturizing body butter creates a protective barrier around your skin to soften and restore your skin’s natural elasticity. A solar infusion of organic chamomile flowers in jojoba oil contributes calming and anti-inflammatory properties. Shea Butter protects and soothes the skin and is a great choice for damaged or scarred skin as well as dry or rough spots.

Set Comes With:

(1) 4oz Rosewater Toner
(1) 8oz Himalayan Rose Soaking Salts
(1) 2 oz Himalayan Rose Body Butter

Spotlight On: Geranium Essential Oil

Botanical Name: Pelargonium graveolens / Pelargonium asperum

Geranium Essential Oil has a distinctive floral scent. You'll find it in many skin and hair care products because of its trifecta of loveliness: anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties. Geranium works beautifully blended into a body oil or face cream, or with aloe vera gel as a quick-absorbing muscle rub. It is also believed to reduce anxiety and uplift the mood. (Perry and Perry, CNS Drugs, 2006)

Try adding a drop of Geranium to your shampoo just before washing your hair. It is appropriate for all skin type and can balance both excess oil and dryness. We love using geranium in our Himalayan Rose Soaking Salts and also in our Goddess Spray and Roller for its relaxing and healing properties!

The More You Know: Carrier Oils

Essential oils are powerful plant allies that can soothe and calm. However, if applied undiluted to the skin, many essential oils and absolutes can cause irritation, redness or other reactions. This is where carrier oils shine. A carrier oil is usually a vegetable oil (many are made from nuts or seeds) used to dilute essential oils and absolutes before they are applied to the skin. They are named carrier oils because they “carry” essential oils onto the skin in a safe manner.

Each carrier oil offers different benefits. Jojoba oil absorbs easily because it’s the closest to our sebum which makes it great for facial creams, etc. Coconut oil is moisturizing and serves as a protective layer, helping to retain the moisture in your skin. Natural lotions, creams, body oils, bath oils, lip balms and other moisturizing skin care products are also made using vegetable (carrier) oils.

Remember, if you are making products with these oils, note the shelf life of each of the oils used.

Popular examples of vegetable oils that are used as carrier oils:
Almond Oil - rich in Vitamins A & E, one year shelf life
Coconut Oil - barrier moisturizer, two-year shelf life
Grapeseed Oil - light and easily absorbed, one year shelf life
Jojoba - moisturizing and easily absorbed, indefinite shelf life
Olive Oil - rich in Vitamin E, anti-inflammatory, up to 3 year shelf life
Pomegranate Seed Oil - high in Omega-5’s, great for skin care, 1-2 year shelf life

Ingredient Spotlight: Jojoba Oil

Jojoba oil is one of the most sought after carrier oils in natural skin care because of its similarity to our skin’s own sebum and its ability to quickly be absorbed into the skin. It works wonders on all skin types which is why it’s so popular in creams, massage oils, lip balms, skin salves, and hair care formulas. It is a natural anti-inflammatory and is an excellent choice for inflamed, oily, or acne prone skin. We use jojoba oil in many of our products - aromatherapy rollers, organic makeup remover, scrubs, and creams.