African Helichrysum Immortelle
Antioxidant & Anti-inflammatory – This variety of Helichrysum is wild harvested in the Garden of Eden in the Western Cape. It has been used for centuries for its anti-aging, healing and skin regenerating properties because it protects the skin’s collagen and elastin. High in antioxidants, it possesses compounds known for brightening, protecting and moisturizing the skin. With its naturally occurring flavonoids and terpene compounds it helps reduce scarring and encourage optimal healing. According to medical studies, Immortelle has strong antioxidant and antibacterial properties that make it ideal for problematic skin. This Helichrysum Immortelle is indeed a powerhouse for the skin. Not only does it help skin tissue recover fast from damage, it also remodels skin tissues to fade blemishes and helps skin retain a youthful glow. The helichrysum plant extract has a substance called curcumene, which is known for its wound-healing action, and acts as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic. Combine this with the oil’s collagen-promoting italidiones, and you’ve got skin that’s swiftly resilient against damage. Its antibacterial quality helps prevent acne altogether. Helichrysum further helps the skin rejuvenate by protecting it from oxidation. This oil basically covers the two parts of tissue remodelling: diminishing the extra scar collagen and promoting healthy new skin in its place.
Arnica
Healing & Anti-Aging – Arnica, with its anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial & antiseptic properties, helps to soothe the skin, reduce inflammation and boosts immunity. Arnica also carries powerful anti-aging benefits through its antioxidant elements. This prevents wrinkles, blemishes & other signs of aging. Arnica further restores the skin’s balance, treat sore or tired muscles, and boosts immunity.
Avocado Oil
Anti-Aging & Moisturizing – Avocado oil contains essential fatty acids and oleic acids that promotes collagen synthesis in your skin and greatly improves skin elasticity. A good source of Vitamin E, avocado oil moisturizes and rejuvenates all skin types through its ultimate hydration qualities and helps to improve dry and rough skin texture. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, it helps to decrease skin irritation and is a great preventer and reducer of acne. Being antioxidant-rich and filled with vitamins, avocado oil can be extremely useful for dry and flaky skin.
Bakuchiol
Brightening & Anti-Aging – Bakuchiol is considered a natural alternative to a retinoid, and it may activate similar pathways to boost cell turnover, elastin and collagen production, as well as reduce fine lines and wrinkles It yields undeniable results in skin-plumping, brightening, softening, firming, texturing and radiance. Because it increases cell turnover it improves skin tone and texture overall. Bakuchiol is a far safer and fully natural alternative to retinol for people experiencing acne, hyperpigmentation, and sensitive skin. Unlike retinol, bakuchiol has no harsh effects on the skin and will fight inflammation and roughness.
Baobab (Adansonia Digitata)
Protecting & Regenerating – Improves skin elasticity and skin tone. Due to its antioxidants it is a potent healer for any skin imperfections. The Baobab contains high concentrations of Vitamin A, D3, F, K and E which stimulate collagen formation and help renew cell membranes and soften skin. Vitamin F, an unsaturated fatty acid, helps to rejuvenate and renew cell membranes.
Boswellia Carterii Frankincense
Anti-inflammatory & Antibacterial – Our Boswellia Carterii Frankincense has been used medicinally for thousands of years to treat inflammation. It contains powerful antibacterial, antispasmodic, and analgesic properties that help soothe skin inflammation. Frankincense also helps firm the skin, improve circulation, prevent collagen degradation and helps reduce fine lines.
Calendula
Firming & Protective – The nourishing benefits of calendula help to plump the surface of the skin for a tighter, firmer, more supple result, even in the short term. In the long term, both the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties help to protect the skin’s collagen and elastin supply. Calendula has great healing properties due to its ability increase blood flow and move oxygen to the skin. It’s highly moisturizing and can create a smoother, more supple and more nourished skin. It is also highly anti-inflammatory due to its potent dose of flavonoid, saponins, and triterpenoids.
Cape Aloe (Aloe Ferox)
Hydrating & Anti-inflammatory – The Cape Aloe has a high level of vital polysaccharides and is known to be twenty times more powerful than aloe vera. When applied to the skin it accelerates the production and growth of new cells that are responsible for collagen production. It is rich in polysaccharides, antioxidants, amino acids and minerals, making it a potent healing agent.
Cape Chamomile
Anti-inflammatory & Antiseptic – One of the most powerfully calming oils available, our precious Cape Chamomile is known for its anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and soothing qualities. This rare and exquisite variety is known for its striking violet-blue color, distinct and intoxicating scent. We source our Cape Chamomile from the Cedarberg mountain range on the Western Coast of South Africa.
Cape Rose Geranium
Anti-oxidant & Anti-aging – An everlasting, indigenous South African shrub, the Cape Rose Geranium is sourced from the Cedarberg mountain range in the Western Cape. It contains many therapeutic qualities, antioxidants and anti-aging properties. It is also antibacterial and antimicrobial, making it ideal for healing wounds and preventing toxins from entering the body. Known to be soothing and balancing, it is suitable for all skin types. The Cape Rose Geranium is also used in the medical community for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions and infections.
Centella Asiatica
Wound-Healing & Collagen Promoting – Centella Asiatica promotes collagen synthesis and reduces inflammation. It helps strengthen the skin by giving it elasticity to prevent wrinkles and replace dead skin cells. Since Centella Asiatica promotes collagen production, it’s also considered an impactful ingredient in anti-aging products. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties it may help keep the skin soothed and reduce inflammation. Finally, Centella Asiatica’s wound-healing properties and ability to suppress inflammation would likely reduce the risk of hyperpigmentation.
Eucalyptus
Healing & Moisturizing – Eucalyptus oil and extract may help strengthen the skin’s natural moisture barrier. Eucalyptus has also been known to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin. It also helps lighten spots from blemishes and dark circles.
Frankincense
Therapeutic & Healing – Frankincense helps protect skin cells due to its powerful astringent qualities and is used to help reduce acne blemishes, mask the appearance of large pores, prevent wrinkles, and it even helps to lift and tighten skin to naturally slow signs of aging. Frankincense oil can help with wound healing and may decrease the appearance of scars. It may also help reduce the appearance of dark spots caused from acne blemishes, stretch marks and eczema, and it can help with healing surgical wounds. Frankincense benefits also include the ability to strengthen skin and improve its tone, elasticity, defense mechanisms against bacteria or blemishes, and appearance on mature skin. It may help tone and lift skin, reduce the appearance of scars and acne, and treat wounds.
Grapeseed Oil
Clarifying & Anti-bacterial – Grapeseed oil gets deep into skin pores and attacks bacteria that causes breakouts, thus making the skin clearer. Known for the high levels of antioxidants it contains, the proanthocyanidin antioxidant evens out skin tone, while others help protect the skin from sun damage by helping to protect your skin from absorbing the full damage of UV rays. Tests have also shown that grapeseed oil contributes to the skin softness and improves the skin’s moisture and elasticity.
Green Rooibos
Anti-aging & Collagen Formation – With its good bioavailability, Green Rooibos earned the reputation as a healer for the skin, and serves as a potent antioxidant to fight environmental stressors, making it worthy of inclusion in any anti-aging armory. Green Rooibos contains a total of 187 polyphenolic compounds, 25 of which are phytoestrogens, which help maintain skin laxity from a loss of collagen and elastin. IT furthermore protects and repairs fat stem cells, the fat tissue helping to maintain skin fullness and contributing to a more youthful appearance. Rooibos provides a rich natural source of alpha hydroxy acids (AHA) and zinc, known for their anti-aging properties.
AHA helps to exfoliate your skin and Zinc plays an important role in skin health. It is vital for cell growth, protein synthesis, including collagen formation, for wound healing and is a vital antioxidant.
Honeybush (Cyclopia Genistoides)
Antioxidant & Collagen-boosting – Honeybush is a rich source of bioactive phenolic compounds, which are responsible for its potent antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities. The green honeybush extract reduces the length and depth of skin wrinkles caused by UV irradiation and inhibits thickening of the epidermal layer of the skin. The honeybush extract can also suppress collagen tissue breakdown reactions, thus acting as a skin wrinkle prevention agent. Honeybush extract improves skin or hair health by preventing, alleviating or treating skin disorders or damages caused by inflammatory reactions, environmental factors, ageing or cancer. Honeybush extracts are also used to improve UV protection and skin glow or reduce skin wrinkles and skin inflammation.
Jasmine Grandiflorum
Regenerating & Restorative – Jasmine Grandiflorum is used in aromatherapy to help alleviate stress and depression. That’s why it is such a beloved ingredient in many of our oils. Known for its stimulating and arousing properties, Jasmine boosts energy levels and awakens the mind. It also helps to fight signs of premature skin aging. It is highly effective in evening out skin tone, healing scars and reducing the appearance of blemishes such as age spots.
Lavender
Antomicrobial & Antibacterial – One of the most versatile of all essential oils for the skin, lavender soothes, nourishes, heals, repairs, calms and detoxifies the skin and also rebuilds collagen. Its small molecular structure helps it penetrate deep into the skin support healing from the inside out. Due to its high concentration of anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antibacterial qualities it offers so many skin benefits, treating most skin conditions and concerns, but also gives the skin a wonderful glow by lightening and brightening it. Since it is such a powerful stress reliever, lavender helps you relax but also reduce stress induced acne, dark age spots, sun spots and other pigmentation marks.
Kalahari Melon Seed Oil
Regenerating & Anti-inflammatory – Native to the Kalahari desert of South Africa, this sustainable and drought-resistant melon oil contains 70% Essential Fatty Acids and is a powerhouse of natural Vitamin E. Due to its high levels of linoleic acid, Kalahari melon is known to be anti-inflammatory and excellent for use on oily and acne-prone skin. The linoleic acid further reduces the hormonal secretion of sebum, restores skin elasticity and reduces wrinkles.
Rooibos (Aspalathus Linearis)
Antioxidant & Anti-inflammatory – Known as ‘red bush’ in English, Rooibos is an endemic Fynbos plant grown in the Western Cape. It is rich in polypehnols, flavonoids, phenolic acids, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. Research has proven Rooibos to act as an active free-radical, and a source of alpha hydroxy acid, copper, zinc, magnesium and vitamin D, which helps reduce puffiness under the eyes. It also stimulates collagen production and increases elasticity in the skin. In addition, rooibos is also known to help with inflammation, rashes, acne, eczema and dermatitis.
Rosehip Oil (Rosa Canina)
Vitamin C Powerhouse & Antioxidant – Rosehip oil is full of vitamin C, which makes it great for protecting your skin cells against damage and disease. Rosehips help repair the skin after sun damage, reduce the appearance of scars and can reverse signs of aging caused by too much sun. Rosehip oil also contains vitamin F, which helps trap moisture in the skin and protect it against damage. Its carotenoids help keep the skin stay fresh and healthy by creating new skin cells. Rosehip oil is an excellent source of ascorbic acid, which is the natural form of vitamin C utilized by the body. Vitamin C helps to improve skin texture, reduction in the appearance of pigmentation, works as an antioxidant and is involved in collagen production. It also contains other antioxidants such as tocopherol or vitamin E and provitamin A or carotenoids. These compounds all play a role in rosehip’s ability to improve the overall appearance of the skin.
Sea Buckthorn Oil
Soothing & Strengthening – Rich in antioxidants, Sea Buckthorn oil offers strong protection against stressors that hasten the signs of aging. These antioxidants work to smoothen the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, plump the skin, and even out tone and texture, which minimizes the look of discoloration and scarring. Because antioxidants reinforce the skin’s natural defenses, fewer things can irritate it, resulting in a calmed complexion. Sea buckthorn oil’s balanced profile of fatty acids provide smoothing and occlusive properties and alleviate temporary redness and discomfort. Omega-7 and omega-6 rejuvenate and strengthen the skin, while omega-3 and omega-9 help hydrate — the perfect combination for rough, dry, and flaky complexions.
Tocopherol
Anti-aging & Brightening – Tocopherol, also referred to as a form of vitamin E, is an essential fat-soluble nutrient. It helps to support the immune system, cellular function, and skin health. It is also a known antioxidant with potent anti-inflammatory benefits. It can strengthen the skin barrier against sun damage, and is also popular as a treatment for minimizing the appearance of stretch marks and scars.
Watermelon Seed Oil
Detoxifying & Anti-Aging – Watermelon Seed Oil is deeply cleansing and nourishing due to its high linoleic acid content, which helps to clarify pores by dissolving dirt and impurities, from excess oil to acne. Its high linoleic and oleic acid content also make it powerful in fighting wrinkles and premature aging. Its high Vitamin E causes it to be a strong antioxidant that fights free radical damage and promotes blood circulation. And its concentration of Omega 6 essential fatty acids and phytosterols encourage new collagen production and cell regeneration in the skin as well as reducing the appearance of hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone.