OUR INGREDIENTS

Our skin, the largest organ of the body. This wonderful layer protects us from micro-organisms, allergens and irritants from the external environment. For all the love it gives us we should give it some love back. All of our oils have been carefully chosen for their therapeutic benefits. They come straight from nature and bottled in small batches without any additives. Just good old plants.

Plant oils are now being increasingly recognised for their effects on both skin diseases and the restoration of the skins homeostasis(8). Essential oils include many medicinal benefits, possessing properties that are antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and healing(3).

All our oils are cold pressed meaning that they have better nutritive properties than those that have undergone the refining process(8).

Plants and flowers painted by Gemma Fitzgerald @gemmaartstudio

Reference

1 - Ammar, AH (2012). Chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Citrus aurantium. Pakistan journal of biological sciences

2 - Khodabakhsh, P (2015). Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of Citrus aurantium. Journal of Natural Medicines

3 - Ané Orchard and Sandy van Vuuren (2017). Commercial Essential Oils as Potential Antimicrobials to Treat Skin Diseases. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

4 - Mikhaeil, B., Maatooq, G., Badria, F., et al. (2014). Chemistry and Immunomodulatory Activity of Frankincense Oil.

5 - Mohaddese Mahboubi (2016). Rosa damascena as holy ancient herb. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine.

6 - Rogers E. Harry-O’kuru, Girma Biresaw, Sherald Gordon, and Jingyuan Xu (2018) “Physical Characteristics of Tetrahydroxy and Acylated Derivatives of Jojoba Liquid Wax” Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

7 - Vieira, C., Evangelista, S., Cirillo, R., Lippi, A., Maggi, C. A., & Manzini, S. (2000). Effect of ricinoleic acid in acute and subchronic experimental models of inflammation. Mediators of inflammation

8 - Lin, T. K., Zhong, L., & Santiago, J. L. (2017). Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Barrier Repair Effects of Topical Application of Some Plant Oils. International journal of molecular sciences

9 - Keen, M. A., & Hassan, I. (2016). Vitamin E in dermatology. Indian dermatology online journal

10 - Jens J. Thiele,Swarna Ekanayake-Mudiyanselage (2007) Vitamin E in human skin: Organ-specific physiology and considerations for its use in dermatology.

11 - Kodiyan, J., & Amber, K. T. (2015). A Review of the Use of Topical Calendula in the Prevention and Treatment of Radiotherapy-Induced Skin Reactions. Antioxidants.