Tag: skin care

  • Top 5 Essential Oils for Beautifully Scented Soaps

    Top 5 Essential Oils for Beautifully Scented Soaps

    One of the greatest joys of making your own soap is the ability to customize it with beautiful scents. Unlike commercial soaps that often rely on artificial fragrances and chemicals, handmade organic soaps can be scented naturally using essential oils. These plant-derived oils not only add wonderful aromas but also offer a range of skin…

  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Cold Process Soapmaking

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Cold Process Soapmaking

    Cold process soapmaking is a rewarding and creative craft that allows you to create nourishing, beautiful bars of soap right in your kitchen. It involves mixing oils and lye (sodium hydroxide) to initiate the chemical reaction known as saponification, turning liquid ingredients into solid bars of soap. Unlike other methods, the cold process doesnโ€™t involve…

  • Essential Tools and Ingredients for Organic Soapmaking Beginners

    Essential Tools and Ingredients for Organic Soapmaking Beginners

    Soapmaking is an ancient craft that has experienced a resurgence in recent years, especially among those seeking healthier, more natural alternatives to commercial products. While store-bought soap often contains synthetic additives that can irritate the skin or harm the environment, organic soap offers a gentler, eco-friendly solution. If youโ€™re eager to try your hand at…

  • The Benefits of Organic Soap: Why You Should Make the Switch

    The Benefits of Organic Soap: Why You Should Make the Switch

    In todayโ€™s world, people are becoming increasingly aware of the ingredients in the products they use daily, and for a good reason. From food to cosmetics, the shift towards organic and natural alternatives is growing as consumers look for ways to minimize their exposure to chemicals. One area where this awareness is particularly important is…

  • pH Made Simple – Understanding How pH Works With Skin Care Products

    pH Made Simple – Understanding How pH Works With Skin Care Products

    The pH in our skin determines how products are going to respond. pH determines the acidity or alkalinity on a scale of 0 to 14. Anything below 7.0 is acidic and anything above 7.0 is alkaline. Therefore, 7.0 is neutral which actually extends from 6.5 to 7.5. The pH scale is on a logarithmic scale…

  • Important and Active Ingredients for Proper Skin Health

    Important and Active Ingredients for Proper Skin Health

    Important Active Ingredients Allanยญtoin: Bioยญgenic skin softยญener which accelยญerยญates healยญing and improves skin hydration Araยญbinoglacยญtan (Galacยญtoaraยญbiยญnan): Immune stimulating, anti-aging polyยญsacยญchaยญride with genยญtle stimulating properties Colยญlaยญgen Ampliยญfier Sysยญtem: Pepยญtide based, stimยญuยญlates colยญlaยญgen production Beta Gluยญcan: Enhances skin immuยญnity and wound closยญing, proยญtects against UV damยญage and hydrates skin CoQ10: Helps enerยญgize new skin cell growth Decyl Polygluยญcoยญside:…

  • pH Balance and Skin Care

    pH Balance and Skin Care

    What is pH? Acidic and basic are two extremes that describe chemยญiยญcals, just like hot and cold are two extremes that describe temยญperยญaยญture. Mixยญing acids and bases can canยญcel out their extreme effects, much like mixยญing hot and cold water can even out water temยญperยญaยญture. A subยญstance that is neiยญther acidic nor basic is neutral.…

  • Understanding Skin Care Ingredients

    Understanding Skin Care Ingredients

    I was a beach bunny back in the day, long before there was sunscreen, you know the baby oil thing! Well, today my skin has shown signs of all that sun bathing. My skin was very damaged when I went back to school; however, by the time I graduated four months later, my skin had…

  • Let Your Skin Tell You if A Skin Care Line Works

    Let Your Skin Tell You if A Skin Care Line Works

    Skin Care Lines There is so much information out there about โ€˜this is good for youโ€™ or โ€˜that is not.โ€™ We get confused trying to figure out who is telling us the truth. Most of us are leery of advertisers any more because they misrepresent their claims — all for the bottom line. I know…