How to Know If Your Beauty Product is Organic Botanics
When you hear “natural,” images of blue skies and melodious birds chirping are what come to thoughts. The term natural is often misunderstood when it comes products for beauty. Many companies claim their products are natural even though they contain processed ingredients. So how do you tell if your product is truly organic?
Bluh Alchemy
Bluh Alchemy, an innovative clean skincare line, features a limited range of treatment-focused synergistic products that are infused with rare botanical extracts. Becky Bluh studied cosmetics chemistry and found out how to harness the power of plant-based ingredients for profound physiological effects. She searched for a broad spectrum of plant extracts that are rare to form a bluhprint for optimal skin health and protect against premature aging, free radical damage, oxidative stress, inflammation and bacterial overgrowth.
Bluh’s studies and experiments with rare botanicals led her to discover the revolutionary Cellular Extraction process, which permits the extraction of the plant’s full phytoactive profile in its most potent and stable form. Her formulas utilize this game-changing tech to provide Advanced Bioactive Solutions directly to the skin.
For February’s Beauty Heroes Discovery we selected two full size picks from Bluh Alchemy: the Botanic Retinol Cell Renewal Concentrate (hero but super) and the Eye Oil Serum (sidekick every hero needs). This concentrate Bakuchiol replicates the corrective properties of retinol and visibly correct fine lines, enlarged pores, breakouts and uneven skin tone. This is paired with a suite of antioxidants including Kakadu plum to stimulate cell regeneration and reduce appearance of hyperpigmentation and finger lime caviar to smooth and tone the skin and mountain pepper extract cellular with amazing ORAC to help protect against premature aging.
African Botanics
In a small part of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in Johannesburg, South Africa grows a yellow-tinged strelitzia (known as Mandela’s Gold), an endemic plant that is also one of the nation’s botanical symbols. It is a tribute to the moral leader and founder of the Rainbow Nation and a reminder that South Africa has a strong connection with nature.
Launching the line of hyper-luxe, green cosmetics African Botanics was more than simply a creative venture for Craig and Julia Noik. It was a chance to share their homeland with others and give them a an understanding of the long-standing traditions of the land that has always been a part of their lives.
The resulting skincare line honors traditional African beauty rituals by using the ancient African phytochemistry, and modern-day botanical pharmacy. The most effective South African plants are sustainably harvested from the country’s remote, untouched regions, and then infused with powerful actives selected by biochemists and botanists both in South Africa and across the globe. The plants are then encapsulated with advanced extraction and encapsulation techniques to produce the ultimate eco-luxe green beauty.
Fifty7 Kind
Fifty7 Kind is an online first company that provides skincare products made of plants in eco sustainable packaging. The elegant line of skincare and body care contains ingredients sourced in Southern Africa. These include seeds and plant extracts and unique minerals from the desert, the ocean and the land. Gabrielle (founder Fifty7 Kind) was raised in the English countryside as a natural child. She claims that her mother taught her how to cook using raw ingredients and gather wild herbs to enhance beauty.
Utilizing sustainably-sourced botanicals using artisanal slow-fusion techniques, the brand provides concentrated extracts of skin improving vitamins and fatty acids, trace nutrients, and non-polar amino acids. The brand source rare wildcrafted, wild-crafted, and beneath the radar botanicals like Ugandan Vanilla, a subspecies of shea, also known as Vitellaria Nilotica, which provides high levels Vitamin A E, K, and, and non-polar antioxidants.
YINA is an organic skincare line developed by two female doctors of Chinese Medicine millenia ago. East ancient herbal remedies meet the natural beauty of botanicals in this California based brand. YINA products are made up of traditional medicinal plants and herbs like Ashwagandha, Hawthorne Berry and other organic ingredients that are commonly used.
Live Botanical
Botanical skincare that bridges the gap between traditional and modern methods, bringing balance and harmony in order to enhance your unique beauty. Made in Portland, OR.
A botanical plant is a plant or part of it that is that is valued for its therapeutic properties and flavor or scent. Since the beginning of time, botanicals have been used to improve and maintain health. This includes skin care.
Botanicals can be bought in fresh or dried forms and in a variety preparations. They are available in the produce section of a supermarket or in the section of dietary supplements in the form of tablets, capsules or tea bags. A single chemical can also be isolated from botanicals and then sold in tablet or capsule format as a dietary supplement.
organic cbd of a plant depends on its chemical makeup and the way it is used in the body and the method of preparation. The amount of a particular botanical used in a product also plays a role in its safety. A cup of tea contains only a tiny amount of botanical, while a tincture or extract is much more concentrated.
A tincture is made by soaking a plant in a liquid like alcohol or water to extract the essential constituents. A tincture can then be diminished to different strengths. The strength of a plant tincture can be measured as a ratio between the botanical and extract.
YINA
The founders of YINA, Angela Chau Gray and Ervina Wu, are experts in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Their brand pays homage to the ancient traditions, with expert TCM practitioners at the steering wheel. The result is modern exquisite, handcrafted, and luxurious formulas that are specifically designed for modern-day wellness rituals such as jade rolling and full-body gua sha.
YINA products are made sustainably in California and contain powerful bio-adaptive herbal extracts. Their flagship products are the NOURISH botanical oil serum and the mask for preventing pollution. Both are rich in nourishing camellia seed oil, safflower oil, and the licorice root. They also contain anti-aging botanicals such as rhodiola, bakuchiol and Asian knotweed. The mask also contains cleansing moringa, pear powder, and coconut carbon.
Felicia is a member the highly efficient YINA operations team. She loves trying new products and observing the self-care routines advocated by the brand’s founders. She especially loves the YINA anti-pollution mask that is a cleansing blend of ingredients such as skullcap root, pearl powder moringa and tea seeds.
Malaya Organics
Malaya Organics is a Brooklyn-based 100 100% natural high-performance line created by Katya Slepak, an expert formulator, product designer and certified aromatherapist. The brand’s nourishing, results-driven products help skin as it ages and are safe for men and women. Their balancing elixirs contain the therapeutic benefits of a blend of phytonutrients-rich whole-plant extracts, infused in-house for peak efficacy, rich in nutrients and anti-aging essences and plant oils that are known for their anti-inflammatory and elasticity building properties.
Ingredients come from the taigas in Siberia as well as the forests of India and the Amazon and the deserts of Morocco. They’ve been carefully designed to help you connect with your inner landscape which is one of peace, balance, and healing. The name “Malaya” is derived from the Shambhala sandalwood forest, also refers to a sacred sacrificial garland worn during ceremonies. These are the inspirations that fueled the creation of this thoughtfully curated collection of pure, therapeutic-grade skincare.
Fran Miller
The line includes everything from shea butter and goji berry body buff to a spritz for smoothing hair and multi-tasking face oil. The lineup includes everything, from a goji berry and shea butter body buff to a hair smoothing spritz and multitasking face oil.
Since its inception, F. Miller’s commitment to environmental sustainability has been based on a focus on organic, ethically-sourced ingredients and partnerships with mindful producers both locally and internationally. All of F. Miller’s high-performance essentials do not contain harmful preservatives or synthetic fragrances. They are also free of mineral oils GMOs, aluminum, and SLS.
All products are blended and bottled by hand in small batches to ensure freshness. The label works with expert cosmetic chemists to construct nutrient-rich blends of botanical ingredients that help to create radiant skin, deliver multiple corrective results, and nourish all skin types. The brand is also eco conscious which extends to packaging and the practices. They are committed to environmentally-friendly packaging and utilize biodegradable and recyclable glass. They also offer a refill and subscription program to further reduce the amount of waste.
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