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What a Twist of Lemon Will Do for Your Skin
Common name: Lemon Scientific name: Citrus Limon Aroma: Fresh and Citrus Actions: Uplifting, Clarifying, Refreshing, Stimulating Skin Types: All, oily/congested, dull skin, stagnation Does the word lemon evoke a refreshing fragrance and vibrant lemon yellow color in your mind like it does in mine? We hear lemon advertised as an ingredient in household cleaning products to cut through grease, kill bacteria and banish unwanted smells from the house. As it turns out, lemon oil steam distilled from the peel, has a long list of uses including beauty benefits. This makes Citrus Limon a popular ingredient in skin care to help...
Tea Tree Oil Gets an A for Aromatics and Potent Antiseptic Properties
Tea Tree Essential Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) Tea Tree Oil is probably one of the more well-known and popular essential oils. You may find it labeled as Melaleuca Oil. It can be found in a wide range of products from skin care, face washes, massage oils, deodorant, shampoo to household cleaning products. It is an ingredient selected for our Purifier PLUS Rejuvenating Hand Sanitizer and Conditioner. Tea Tree Oil is one of nature’s most potent antiseptics used to kill germs, fight infections and soothe skin irritation. We love its disinfecting power and pure, fresh, herbaceous, minty clean aroma it adds to Purifier PLUS. ...
6 Beauty Secrets of an Often Overlooked Oil
When I count to three, say with me…... "ho - ho - bah". You got it! Jojoba, an oil whose beauty secrets are often overlooked or forgotten. My Alchemy Skin Care recognizes the powerful benefits that Jojoba Seed Oil offers. You will find this ingredient was chosen for both our Lavender Hand & Body Lotion and Purifier Plus Rejuvenating Hand Sanitizer and Botanical Conditioner. Do you have any idea where this skin-loving ingredient comes from? Jojoba Seed Oil comes from the seeds of the jojoba plant native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. ...
Super Star Ingredient Series - Rose Hydrosol, the Best Refreshing Drink for Your Skin Ever!
Today our Ingredient Spotlight shines brightly on.... ROSA DAMASCENA ROSES Chances are if you’ve ever traveled to Bulgaria, you’ve seen rose fields of Rosa Damascena roses. These roses are renowned as being the best oil-bearing rose in the world. Would you like to smell these roses without having Bulgaria on your travel itinerary? My Alchemy Skin Care makes it possible for you to experience the beauty and benefits these roses offer. Let me share how. Through a meticulous steam distillation of fresh organic rose petals containing pure rose oil and nutritious juices, we get what is referred to as a...
Super Star Ingredient Series - Lesson #1: Bet you never heard of this one!
My Alchemy Skin Care seeks to empower and inspire every body with the clean beauty knowledge and solutions to nourish the whole self. To help educate you, we are launching The Star Ingredient Series on Face-to-Face Fridays to give you the opportunity to learn about the ingredients we select for our products and benefits you receive by using them. We are uncompromising in purity and invest heavily in them to create the most powerful, nourishing and rejuvenating skin care formulas for you. So let’s get to it…. You’ve probably heard how good Vitamin C is for your skin. Maybe you’ve...