Almond oil

Made from: Pressed almonds

Useful for: Moisturizing lotions, creams, balms.  Can be used straight as a moisturizer on its own or as a carrier base for essential oils.

Benefits for skin: High fatty acid concentration so very moisturizing and great for itchy inflamed skin

Alpha-Hydroxy Acids

-Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) are naturally derived from plant-based sources and include Glycolic Lactic, Malic, Citric and Tartaric. They help hydrates the skin, improving moisture retention and firmness and softening the signs of sun damage. Containing powerful antioxidant benefits and boost skin elasticity, used to treat problems with pigmentation, dryness and acne. Also help stimulate collagen synthesis, the foundations of young and healthy looking skin, and treats clogged pores and sun damage and has a great overall brightening effect

Apple fruit extract

Apple Extract: Healthy Skin Benefits. Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, commonly known as Apple Extract, is great for two things: anti-aging and skin-smoothing. It is high in antioxidants to protect your skin from free radicals, and to help it maintain youthful elasticity for longer.

Anise Seed Oil

Made from: Essential oil of anise

Useful for: A warming stimulating oil that is used for scenting skin care products and lip balms

Benefits for skin: Fragrance

Cautions: Avoid using if pregnant or epileptic and can irritate sensitive skin

Apple fruit extract

Apple Extract: Healthy Skin Benefits. Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, commonly known as Apple Extract, is great for two things: anti-aging and skin-smoothing. It is high in antioxidants to protect your skin from free radicals, and to help it maintain youthful elasticity for longer.

Apricot Kernel Oil

Made from: Essential oil apricot kernels

Useful for:  Moisturizing soothing base for serums, moisturizers and cleansers

Benefits for skin: Light moisturizer, penetrates into skin well, moisturizing, delivers other ingredients deep into skin.

Argan Oil

Made from: Argan nuts

Useful for: Hair, skin and scalp moisturizer and conditioner

Benefits for skin: Moisturizer topically applied will not only help to soften up your skin, but it also helps with ski problems. The polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as the vitamin E are good antioxidants which promote oxygenation within the cells neutralizing adverse effects of free radicals.  Protective and renewing.  Good penetration properties.

Avocado Oil

Made from: Avocados

Useful for: Creams, lotions, face masks.

Benefits for skin: Penetrates skin well and contains fatty acids as well as vitamins.  It prevents moisture evaporation.

Basil (Sweet)

Made from: Essential oil

Useful for: Great for hair, scalp and stimulating hair growth

Benefits for skin: Like Rosemary oil it has hair growth stimulating properties and is antibacterial so helps with scalp pimples and irritation

Cautions: Avoid if you are pregnant or epileptic

Bergamot

Made from: Essential oil (orange citrus scented)

Useful for: Creams, lotions and balms for acne prone skin and relaxation

Benefits for skin: Great for acne and boils

Cautions: Avoid while pregnant or epileptic and avoid too much sun

Blueberry fruit extract

A naturally derived antioxidant, blueberry extract helps fortify skin's matrix and prevent the appearance of wrinkles and laxity.

Castor Oil

Made from: Made from castor oil plant

Useful for: Lip gloss, lipsticks and on cracked heels etc

Benefits for skin: Very moisturizing glossy agent in makeup

Calendula

Made from: Flower petals (an essential oil)

Useful for: Healing anti inflammatory balms and kids, similar to chamomile

Benefits for skin: Great for windblown chapped lips and skin.  Especially soothing for sensitive or damaged skin

Calophyllum Oil

Made from: Seeds of a native Tahitian tree

Useful for: Oils blends for analgesic, anti inflammatory purposes for scarring, burns, chapped skin, eczema and psoriasis

Benefits for skin: Soothing calming healing oil

Carrot Seed Oil

Made from: Carrot seeds

Benefits for skin: Saggy wrinkled sun damaged skin.  High in vitamin A so good for all skin types.  Regenerating, rejuvenating essential oil that stimulates circulation and aids in repairing and toning the skin while increasing skin elasticity, helping reduce wrinkles.

Cautions: Avoid while pregnant or epileptic and avoid too much sun

Cedarwood

Made from: Essential oil of cedar

Useful for: Insect repellent

Benefits for skin: Biting insect deterrent

Chamomile ( German)

Made from: Chamomile flowers (tea and essential oil)

Useful for: Calming irritated skin and itching

Benefits for skin: Calms babies rashes, toning skin and lightening hair.  Good for normal or dry skin.  Chamomile is great for Inflammation and is renowned for its cosmetic and conditioning benefits to skin and hair.  It makes a great conditioner for hair and also enhances color in blond and red hair.  Splash your face with chamomile tea a few times a week to add a glow to your skin.

Cinnamon

Made from: Cinnamon bark

Useful for: Fragrance for balms and lotions

Benefits for skin: Smells nice but can be irritating

Citric acid

Packed with antioxidants, citric acid will protect the skin’s barrier from everyday aggressors you unknowingly encounter as soon as you step outside your door. Pollution, environmental and toxins, all ready to cause damage to the skin leading to breakouts and premature ageing. With citric acid fighting your corner, rest assured your skin will remain healthy with the first signs of ageing diminished.

Citronella

Made from: Essential oil of citrus

Useful for: Natural insect repellent

Benefits for skin: Biting insect deterrent

Coconut Oil

Made from: Coconuts

Useful for: An emollient and used in creams, lotions and on its own to penetrate skin

Benefits for skin: Softening and moisturizing

Eucalyptus

Made from: Essential oil of Eucalyptus trees

Useful for: Acne related facial masks and clearing sinus passages

Benefits for skin: Antiseptic, antibacterial and sinus clearing.  Cools the skin (tingling sensation)

Emu Oil

Made from: Emu oil

Useful for: Creams, on its own, in blends and face masks

Benefits for skin: Hypoallergenic, anti inflammatory, antibacterial and moisturizing. Also good for scars and stretch marks

Evening Primrose Oil

Useful for: Serums, moisturizers and straight application.  Dietary supplement

Benefits for skin: Hormone balancing, great for reducing acne, breakouts and skin smoothing.  Balances skin sebum so you have the right amount of oil production in your skin.

Fennel

Made from: Essential oil

Useful for: Toning, steaming, cleansers and toners.  Makes a good foot scrub and body cleanser too

Benefits for skin: Deodorizing, moisturizing and refreshingly sweet

Frankincense

Made from: Essential oil

Useful for: Addition to moisturizers, lotions and carrier oils applied to skin

Benefits for skin: For tired, sagging, blemished skin.  Helps heal skin and is great to add to a blend for mature, acneic or mature skin. Encourages skin cell growth.

Frankincense

Benefits for skin: For tired, sagging, blemished skin.  Helps heal skin and is great to add to a blend for mature, acetic or mature skin. Encourages skin cell growth.

Geranium

GERANIUM

Made from: Geranium flowers and plant oil

Useful for: Facial masks, sebums and moisturizers

Benefits for skin: Repairs damaged exposed skin and helps balance sebum production

Glycolic acid

Benefits. When applied to the skin, glycolic acid works to break the bonds between the outer layer of skin cells, including dead skin cells, and the next skin cell layer. This creates a peeling effect that can make the skin appear smoother and more even.

Gotu Kola

GOTU KOLA (BRAHMI)

Made from: Gotu Kola leaves

Useful for: Removes excess oils from skin and hair

Benefits for skin: Balancing skin and improving mental function/memory

Grape Seed Oil

GRAPE SEED OIL

Made from: Grape seeds pressed oil

Useful for: Add to carrier base oils, moisturizers, masks

Benefits for skin: Moisturizing, penetrating (takes ingredients deep into skin) protective. Rich in antioxidants and OPCs, otherwise known as oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes.  A little too greasy for very oily skin.

Ginger

GINGER

Made from: Ginger root (fresh or oil)

Useful for: Facial masks and scrubs

Benefits for skin: Stimulates circulation and enlivens the skin.  Renews cells and gives a tingling sensation

Hazelnut Oil

HAZELNUT OIL

Made from: Hazelnuts

Useful for: Facial serums and moisturizers

Benefits for skin: Very moisturizing

Hyaluronic Acid

-Hyaluronic Acid is able to penetrate the skin’s upper layers to improve and benefit the skin when applied topically. Hyaluronic acid is a major component of skin, where it benefits tissue repair and protection. When applied in an HA cream or serum, hyaluronic acid forms an air permeable layer and penetrates into the dermis, thus boosting the elasticity and hydration of the skin. The protective barrier on the skin locks in moisture, which gives the skin a youthful appearance. One of the most skin damaging elements are UVB rays from the sun. Hyaluronic acid benefits the skin as it protects the skin from UVB rays (and the scavenging reactive oxygen species they generate), which can cause sunspots.

Hylaluronic acid

Skin hydration - keeps your skin moisturised and radiant.

Anti-wrinkle properties - due to its capacity to retain large amounts of water, skin stays moisturised and helps to prevent the development of wrinkles, and fills in already present wrinkles to reduce their appearance.

Jojoba Oil

JOJOBA OIL

Made from: Jojoba seeds

Useful for: On its own its a great moisturizer but can be added to moisturizers, creams or as a base oil to add other essential oils to.

Benefits for skin: Moisturizing, great for hair skin and nails.  Mimics skins sebum and helps deliver other ingredients in skin care products deep into the skin.

Juniper Oil

JUNIPER OIL

Made from: Juniper berries

Useful for: Creams, lotions and oils

Benefits for skin: Balances oily and acneic skin as well as cellulite

Cautions: Avoid if pregnant epileptic and can irritate skin if too concentrated

Karanja Oil

KARANJA OIL

Made from: Bark of tree related to Neem oil

Useful for: Adding to base oils and creams and insect repellants

Benefits for skin: Relief for itching, wounds, antibacterial and insect repelling.  Anti bacterial and anti fungal

Lavender oil

Lavender oil

Made from: Essential oil or leaves and flowers

Useful for: teas and infusions or added to base oils and moisturizers, lotions, creams and masks

Benefits for skin: Calming for sensitive irritated or itchy skin.  Lavender is great in cleansers and toners for acneic skin also

Lavender

Benefits for skin: Calming for sensitive irritated or itchy skin.  Lavender is great in cleansers and toners for acetic skin also

Lemon fruit extract

It cleanses the skin, helping control oil production and unclogging pores. Lemon Extract will also give your skin a dose of Vitamin C to help improve skin tone and provide antioxidant properties to help reduce oxidative stress. Finally, it will help revive the skin and add to the skin's natural radiance.

Lactic acid

 Basically, lactic acid helps to keep the skin moisturized and feeling less dry. When you use lactic acid regularly, it can also improve signs of aging. It stimulates collagen renewal and can firm your skin. Hyperpigmentation (sun spots or age spots) fade and fine lines and wrinkles soften and smooth out.

Malic acid

Malic acid in skin care products is celebrated for its ability to brighten the skin and smooth its texture. That's why it's a common ingredient in anti-aging creams. According to a brain-skin connection study , higher stress can worsen skin conditions like eczema, acne, and premature aging.

Macadamia Oil

Made from: Macadamia nuts

Useful for: Facial masks and oil blends

Benefits for skin: Soothing, moisturizing and mimics skins sebum

Manuka Oil

MANUKA OIL

Made from: Manuka tree

Useful for: Creams butters, lotions, acne masks

Benefits for skin: Has good antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory properties providing an effective natural acne treatment

Myrhh

MYRHH

Made from: A tree resin

Useful for: Facial masks and lotions

Benefits for skin: Antiseptic, antibacterial and anti fungal.  Great for infections too.  Balances and adds hydration.  Aids with removal of toxins and promotes tissue repair.

Niacinamide (Vitamin B3

Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) is an effective skin lightening compound that works by inhibiting melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes which help brighten the appearance of skin and visibly improve enlarged pores, uneven skin tone, fine lines and wrinkles, dullness, and a weakened surface.

Neem Oil

NEEM OIL

Made from: Bark of Neem tree

Useful for: Adding to base oils and creams and insect repellants

Benefits for skin: Relief for itching, wounds, antibacterial and insect repelling. Antibacterial and anti fungal.  Also has a low SPF but smells very strong so not popular as a sunscreen

Neroli Oil

NEROLI OIL

Made from: Blossom of the bitter orange tree

Useful for: Masks and oil blends

Benefits for skin: Stimulates cells and aids in repairing broken capillaries.  Increases elasticity of mature skin so good for wrinkles and sagging skin.

Olive Oil

OLIVE OIL

Made from: Olive tree pressed oil

Useful for: Facial masks, moisturizing blends of oils, cleansers and scarring blends

Benefits for skin: Moisturizing, scarring, stretch marks, contains loads of vitamins and minerals for skin and hair

Orange Oil

ORANGE OIL

Made from: Orange juice, rind (peel), flesh and oil from skin

Useful for: Facial masks, cleansers, toners, creams and lotions (oil)

Benefits for skin: Astringent, antioxidant.  Good for oily skin and cellulite

Cautions: Not recommended if pregnant, epileptic or after sun exposure

Parsley Oil

PARSLEY OIL

Made from: Parsley leaf or oil

Useful for: Infusions, facial masks, moisturizers and lotions

Benefits for skin: Astringent, soothing and healing especially for skin with acne, psoriasis, eczema.  Also used regularly in oil blended form can reduce red veins

Patchouli

PATCHOULI

Made from: Essential oil

Useful for: Facial masks and oil blends or serums

Benefits for skin: Promotes and stimulates new cell growth.  Calms red or inflamed skin.

Peppermint

PEPPERMINT

Made from: Peppermint leaves or oil

Useful in: Cleansers, facial masks and scrubs

Benefits for skin: Cooling stimulating and refreshing.  Good for oily or normal, combination and acneic skin.  Also good for foot scrubs as its deodorizing

Propylene glycol

Propylene glycol is a humectant, which means that it is an ingredient that is added to cosmetics to increase moisture retention in skin and hair. Propylene glycol is well tolerated by the skin and shouldn't cause redness or irritation.

Rose or Rose Otto Oil

ROSE OR ROSE OTTO OIL

Made from: Flower petals

Useful for: Hydrosols, spritzers, cleansers, toners, moisturizing lotions and creams as well as in oil blends.

Benefits for skin: Astringent, great for mature or damaged skins and regenerates and renews cells.  Excellent hydration properties and promotes skins elasticity

Rosehip Oil

ROSE HIP (BOIS DE ROSE)

Made from: Rose hip seeds

Useful for: Facial masks, moisturizers, oil blends especially

Benefits for skin: Loaded with fatty acids so has powerful anti aging and repairing qualities for damaged lackluster skin.  Very healing, softening and rejuvenating. Rich in omega acids to rejuvenate aged and sun-damaged skin, and penetrates the skin quickly.

Rosemary Oil

ROSEMARY OIL

Made from: Rosemary oil or leaves

Useful for: Scrubs, lotions, oil blends and facial masks

Benefits for skin: Antiseptic and antibacterial, good for itching, acne and problem skin.  Refreshing, stimulates skin and circulation, it’s mildly astringent so is also good for oily skin.

Sugarcane extract

Sugarcane extract is a major powerhouse of lactic acids as well as glycolic acids: Lactic acids help the skin remain silky smooth, owing to its moisturizing and exfoliation capacities. Lactic acids help in eliminating the dry and dead skin cells and enhancing the growth of new cells

Starflower (Borage) OIL

Made from: Starflower plant

Useful for: Anti ageing moisturizing serum

Benefits for skin: Very moisturizing anti ageing smoothing oil

Safflower oil

Made from: Sunflower seeds pressed

Useful for: Base oil for blends and as a base for moisturizers, creams and lotions also

Benefits for skin: Good base moisturizer as it’s high in fatty acids and also as an antioxidant because of the high levels of A, D and E it contains.  Penetrates well into skin and can be a little heavy for oily skins

SANDALWOOD

Made from: Sandalwood tree oil

Useful for: Facial Masks and oil blends

Benefits for skin: Balancing and nourishing

Sage

SAGE

Made from: Sage leaves or oil

Useful for: Facial masks, infusions and teas.

Benefits for skin: Antibacterial for acneic and oily, combination and normal skin

Sesame Oil

SESAME OIL

Made from: Sesame seeds

Useful for: Scrubs, exfoliators, facial masks, moisturizers and healing moisturizing oil blends

Benefits for skin: Loaded with vitamins A and E so good for repairing damaged skin and has some SPF protection.  Normal to dry skin benefits best from this oil and penetrates deep into skin tissues.

Soybean oil

SOYBEAN OIL

Made from: Soy beans

Useful for: Base oil for blends and as a base for insect repellant

Benefits for skin: Good base moisturizer

Sunflower oil

SUNFLOWER OIL

Made from: Sunflower seeds pressed

Useful for: Base oil for blends and as a base for moisturizers, creams and lotions also

Benefits for skin: Good base moisturizer as it’s high in fatty acids and also as an antioxidant because of the high levels of A, D and E it contains.  Penetrates well into skin and can be a little heavy for oily skins

Tea Tree (MELALEUCA OIL) OIL

TEA TREE (MELALEUCA OIL) OIL

Made from: Tea tree

Benefits for skin: Numerous benefits for problematic or acneic skin.  Antibacterial, anti fungal and anti viral as well.  Great for cuts, sores, grazes and in insect repellants

Thyme

THYME

Made from: Thyme leaves or essential oil

Useful for: Facial masks, cleansers, acne treatments, scrubs, moisturizers, in base oils and lotions

Benefits for skin: Problematic or acneic skin and antibacterial, anti fungal skins. Good from treating rashes and itching

Tartaric Acid

Tartaric acid has become a common ingredient in skincare products due to its keratolytic and astringent properties. It moisturizes the skin, stimulates the metabolism, promotes healing and it also has an anti-aging effect.

Vitamin C

-Vitamin C is a key anti-ageing skincare ingredient that helps to gently brighten and smooth your skin. It’s one of the most power antioxidants and helps protect your skin against free radical damage caused by the environment, which can breakdown your collagen and encourage wrinkles and sagging

Vitamin E Oil

VITAMIN E OIL

Made from: Vitamin E capsules

Useful for: Addition to base oils and moisturizers, lotions and creams.  Has preserving qualities.  Also use in face masks our on its own

Benefits for skin: Antioxidant

Wheat Germ Oil

WHEAT GERM OIL

Made from: Fresh wheat germ

Useful for: Facial masks serums and moisturizers

Yarrow

YARROW

Made from: Leaves and flowers

Useful for: Infusions and facial masks

Benefits for skin: Good for oily acneic problem skin or cuts and grazes