Since a few products are on sale right now (until Sept 7 2010), I thought I’d write a little more about them.
I’ve previously blogged about the properties of Everlast Elixir here. My facial skin really loves this combination of oils, and Everlast is great around the eye area too (it has some of the best ingredients for that!).
One of my most popular products is Balance Toner. It is made with only hydrosols and an eco-cert preservative, and unlike many other toners on the market made with hydrosols, it is not diluted with additional water (so you are getting pure, undiluted hydrosols). I named it ‘Balance’ because other aromatherapists believe that many of these hydrosols have a balancing effect on sebum, whether the skin is too dry or too oily. Several of the hydrosols are also thought to be helpful in improving the appearance of blemishes, such as lavender hydrosol. (When I had acne about nine years ago I did not get clear my skin by using harsh or stronger synthetic treatments, lab derived acids, or lab derived ingredients like retin A and mandelic acid, etc. I used a much more gentle approach by using all natural products, including many of the hydrosols used in Balance).
Balance is also soothing on the skin, many of the hydrosols are well known and well studied for their soothing properties, including super gentle chamomile hydrosol. Like many of my products, Balance Toner has many uses: use it to tone, hydrate throughout the day, set mineral makeup, use it to help improve skin clarity, mist it on blemished skin, and use it to soothe the skin (perfect on sun burned or irritated skin).
Karite african black soap is usually not plugged very much on my forum but it is a great soap! It is super gentle, and cleans without over drying. All of my african black soaps are different from each other. I named this one Karite because karite is another name for shea butter!
I love african black soap because it is soap made the old fashioned way, using plant ash as the alkali. The ingredients used to make this soap are: shea butter and plant ash! That’s it. Because the only fat used in this is shea butter, this soap is super gentle (not all of shea butter converts into soap, so this soap is superfatted). In addition, the natural glycerine is not removed too. (most commercial companies’ ‘soaps’ are really not real soaps but syn-det bars, which are made with synthetic detergents, or blends of detergents and real soap. And the few commercial companies that make real soap usually do not super fat their soaps enough, and also remove the glycerine to make money).
Karite is a little different than the other african black soaps I carry in that it comes in pieces/chunks rather than a bar (I form the other soaps into bars but couldn’t with this one). When the soap gets wet, it creates a very silky emollient cleanser–pure heaven. It doesn’t lather as much as my other soaps but it gets the skin clean, while leaving it super soft. To use the soap: just wet a few small pieces (they will stick together when wet). After use let it dry in a well draining dish drain.
Karite is an awesome soap, but it is an ephemeral product (limited edition product) because my supplier only has a limited amount of it (so once it is gone, it is gone).
