Valentines Day 2015: For The DIY Romantic In Us all

Valentines Day: the widely celebrated day of love.  Though well known for it's romanticism, it is difficult to say just where this holiday began. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three St. Valentines (or Valentinus) all of whom were martyred.

Some say Valentine was a priest during the 3rd century A.D in Rome. When Emperor Claudius ll
decided that soldiers were better at preforming their duties without a wife and family waiting for his return, he outlawed marriages for young men of "soldiering age".  It is said that this particular St. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the Emperors decision continued to marry young lovers in secret. When the Emperor found out what Valentine had been doing behind his royal back, he was tried for treason and sentenced to death.

The oldest known Valentine is a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans in 1415.  This poem was written to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.  So for 600 years Valentines Day, celebrated Feb. 14 has been a time for romance and sharing of love.

DIY VALENTINES ROMANCE:

Think of this: She (the lucky lady) comes home to a meal cooked by the one she loves. Flowers on the table and a candle burning low, places set for 2 (or more if you have children ;)

After dinner and the children are tucked into bed, you lead her up to the bathroom where a warm milk bath is already drawn.  She gets in and is greeted by another glass of wine, and strawberries dipped in chocolate, made by your hands.  This could be the start of a very special evening...

So now you say... how the heck can I make THIS happen??? Read on my friend!

Rose Milk Bath: DIY Romance

2 Cups Milk (liquid or powdered milk, both work equally as well)

2-3 Cups home made rose water: (simply steep rose petals like tea strain and add fragrant water to 

       bath.

1/2 Cup honey (helps cleanse the skin).

1/2 Cup Epsom Salts (to continue the relaxation and skin cleansing)

*add a few extra rose petals strait into the bath water for visual and romantic appeal

How Could You NOT Fall in Love All Over Again?

Hand Dipped Chocolate Covered Strawberries:

1 lb strawberries

16 oz dark chocolate

2 tbs shortening

piece of styrofoam and tooth picks

Directions:

-In a double broiler (or a container inside a large pot {pot 1/2 filled with water}) add the chocolate

and the shortening, allow these to melt together and stir

-place a tooth pick in the end of the strawberry with the green

-dip and swirl the strawberry into the melted chocolate and shortening

-place the tooth pick into the styrofoam (with the berry speared on top) to cool and dry

VIOLA~ 

From all of us at Recherch'e Organics

Enjoy this day of love!

Radiant Skin with...Rose Hip Seed Oil?!

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Rose Hips from Wild Rose: Rosa rugosa

Fall is in the air and these vibrant beauties are out in abundance right now!  Rose hips are the little red fruits found on wild rose bushes throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, and even China. Wild rose bushes are willing to grow most places that have seasonal (autumnal) change world wide.

Possibly best known for their abundance of vitamin C (1,770-2,000 milligrams/ 100 grams vs. an orange approximately 50 milligrams of vitamin C. per 100 grams) these small fruits are packed with a plethora of antioxidants, vitamins, essential fatty acids, and minerals.

Pictured above are the small seeds found within the rose hip fruit.  It is here, in these small group of seeds,  that the precious rose hip oil is extracted from. Rose hip seed oil is the only vegetable source oil known to contain retinol (vitamin A).  This little known, yet highly revered oil also contains great amounts of essential fatty acids, linoleic acid (omega 6,), and linolenic acid (omega 3), a powerful antioxidant called lycopene (what makes tomatoes red) as well as beta-carotene.

Unadulterated Rose Hip Seed Oil 

So what does all of this mean for you and your skin?
The essential fatty acids (EFAs) give this oil it's moisturizing properties.  It is very beneficial for tired, dull, weather worn skin. The vitamin A helps the oil to penetrate into the skins epidermal layers,  deepening the effect of the oils moisturizing ability. Vitamin C antioxidants help with collagen production reducing the visibility of fine lines and wrinkles. Over all rose hip seed oil has been noted to improve the over all tone, moisture content, appearance of dark spots and blemishes, healing damaged skin cells and helping to slough off cell's that are beyond repair.
This leaves your skin feeling fresh and new after each application.  Rose hip seed oil is very gentile in nature making it an oil that can be directly applied to most skin types.

It is important to note however that due to the delicate nature of this oil, through cold pressed extraction process, it should be kept refrigerated in order to prolong it's shelf life.

DIY:

an easy application of this oil is to take a small amount of your favorite lotion, skin cream, night treatment and add a few drops of rose hip seed oil. Mix it together thoroughly and apply to skin.  This oil is considered a "dry oil" and will not leave your skin looking shiny or feeling greasy.
Using rose hip seed oil in this way allows you to keep a larger amount stored safely in the fridge while making it accessible and an easy way to add it to your daily or nightly beauty routine.

3:3 Herbs for Skin Health: Camomile

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Chamomile

 Chamomile is a member of the Asteraceae family and there are many, many different species of chamomile within this family.  The two most common being German Chamomile, Marticaria recutita, and Roman Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile.  This plant has been used since ancient times for it's calming and anti-inflamatory, and anti-irritant properties. 

So why is this plant that we hear so much about in the form of calming teas, also good for our skin?
Due to Chamomile's anit-inflamatory properties it soothes skin rashes and irritated skin, including eczema, psoriasis, nettle/poison ivy rashes, burns, and sun burns.  It has also been noted that Chamomile helps speed up the healing process of minor cuts, scrapes, and wounds.

There is more to this common wonder though, it contains a compound called Alpha-bisabolol.  This natural chemical compound helps to improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks, fine lines and wrinkles, and contributes to evening out the natural tones of the skin.  There are enzymes in Alpha-bisabolol that renew cells by gently removing build up of damaged and over stretched dying cells.  This helps reduce scar tissue and further more Chamomile allows the vitamins and biomarin collagen to penetrate the skin for reproduction of new and healthy skin cell growth.   Chamomile helps to cleanse, moisturize and improves the overall metabolizm of skin cells. 

Dried Roman Chamomile

The powerhouse of antioxidants found within Chamomile help fight acne breakouts as well as reducing the potential from acne scars forming.  Also this plant fight against free radicalss that damage the skin and reduce the healthy, youthful glow that we all strive to keep.

 In addition to all of this, Chamomile also has benefits for hair.  It is highly effective in preventing and the elimination of dandruff by soothing the irritated scalp and helping maintain a healthy gleam to each individual strand of hair. 

DIY Chamomile Hair Rinse: 

1) Take 3 cups of water and set to a simmer.

2) Remove from heat and add a couple pinches of chamomile (loose flower if possible) and let steep

    until this tea is around skin temperature. 

3) Strain Chamomile from tea (or better yet have put the chamomile into a satchel and now remove 

     the satchel from the tea

3) Use as final rinse in bathing ritual. Either after shampoo and condidtioner or after a vinigar rinse. 

4) Notice the difference. It is OOHHHHHH so lovely. 

1:3 Herbs for Skin Health: Calendula Officinalis

Calendula Officinalis

Parts of the Flowering Plant

This common yet lovely little flower "pot Marigold" know also as Calendula Officinalis, is native through out southwestern Asia, western Europe, and Micronesia, and the Mediterranean.  It has been cultivated world wide as an ornamental plant. Its name, Calendula, in Latin refers to "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". 

Calendula Officinalis

This flower has been used for skin treatments in it's native regions for centuries.  Calendula has very high amounts of flavonoids, a plant based anitoxidant that protects cells from being dammaged by free-radicals in our environment. This flower is known for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, astringent, and antifungal properties.  And is very useful for treating minor wounds, chapped and chafted skin, bruises, burns, acne, and diaper rash.  

A lesser known fact of Calendula Officinalis is that it stimulates the production of collagen at the wound site.  This helps to minimize the scarring and of regular wounds as well as with stretch marks. Because of it's ability to stimulate collagen, Calendula is also able to protect the skin from premature aging and thinning.   This plant is gentile enough to treat even the sensitive skin of infants and babies making it a very versitile plant indeed.  

Calendula Oil

Calendula is found in many beauty products, bath products, creams, salves, ointments, facial systems, tinctures and teas.  The beautiful orange/yellow color of the flower seeps into the oil turning it a lovely golden color.  

DIY: 

Calendula Bath:

Get a large handfull of dried/fresh flower heads 

Mix with a quarter to half dollar size amount of lavender buds (optional)

Add flowers to a simmering pot of hot water and reduce heat

Allow 10 minutes to steep in water

Add 1/4 c. Sea Salt or 1/4 to 1/2 c. epsome salts

Allow time to dissolve in water

Strain out plant material 

Pour into Bath Water and Enjoy!!!!

Have you used Calendula for skin health? Do you have photos that you would like to share of Calendula Officinalis that you have grown your self? We would love to see and hear your stories. 

a lil' cup of Joe

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A lil' Cup of Joe~

Coffea arabica: A Coffee Plantation

Coffee, "nectar of the gods", referred to by many names, consumed by millions daily, and  known planet wide for one sole purpose (ok maybe 2 purposes), to please the palate and awaken the mind. This shrub is grown in tropical regions through out the world.  With it's distinct aroma, and bitter and delightful flavor, humans have come to know this plant well. But did you ever consider it has many, many other uses than only that of the "morning eye opener" it has become best know for?

Fruit of the Coffee Shrub

Did you know that Coffee actually grows on a Shrub?  Some people picture a large stately tree that these lovely little fruits and thus coffee beans grow on, but in fact it is a small shrub with a relatively strait trunk, preferring shade but will also grow in full sun.  These shrubs live for approximately 50-70 years.  The first flowering usually occurs the 3rd year after planting, however true yields do not come on until the fifth year of growth. There are over 60 different types of coffee trees planet wide however 2 alone dominate the world trade; Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora.  Coffea arabica is responsible for approximately 75% of the coffee world wide.

Roasted Coffee Beans: Coffea arabica

"COFFEE- THE FAVORITE DRINK OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD." 

Thomas Jefferson

The process of roasting coffee beans is a complex practice.  It is the art of removing all, or nearly all of the moisture content and in it's place allowing the aromatic oils to come to the forefront.  The typical "coffee smell" is produced my the caffeol oil.  Research is showing that this aromatic oil is highly beneficial for both skin and hair applications.  The oils in dark roast coffee maintains the strongest forms of this aromatic oil.  It mildly cleanses and moisturizes the skin resulting in soft and supple skin tone.

  It is not only this oil that is found to be beneficial to skin and hair.  In fact caffeine works wonders with the outer shell of our beings.  In the way that caffeine increases circulation and awakens the "coffee consumer" in the morning (afternoon, or evening:) it also works in these ways with your dermal layers of skin. Caffeine treats redness and inflammation due to its anti inflammatory properties, it can reduce under eye circles by reducing the blood build up in the sensitive under eye skin.  This build up of fluid and blood is associated with puffiness and dark circles that adorn so many eyes.   Many companies and even individual people claim the reduction (short term at least) of the appearance of cellulite through out the body.  This is due to the fact that caffeine makes small blood vessels contract and therefore makes cellulite less visible (as I said this is a temporary solution, but a plausible one).   A research project preformed at the University of Sao Paulo Brazil, researchers found that the application of skin cream containing caffeine to cellulite riddled areas reduced the size of cellulite fat cells by 17%.  

A Little Cup of Joe

In the same way that caffeine stimulates the circulatory system, it can also be used to stimulate hair growth.  Massaging directly into the scalp, the caffeine in coffee can stimulate the hair follicles to speed up growth and tensile strength.  Research suggests that hair roots are sensitive to the male hormone testosterone.  Caffeine in coffee may work to protect the follicles from letting loose of the hair.   Coffee has also been known to enhance natural hair color for brunettes.  It can darken and add shine and dimension to the hair.

 

DIY RECIPE: 

Hair Treatment:

Use a very strongly brewed coffee as a hair soak or rinse.  Pour the coffee through the hair, and allow it to skin in (10-30 minutes).  You can cover with a shower cap for convenience.  For a thicker moisturizing experience mix coffee grounds with your favorite conditioner.  After allowing to sit 10+ minutes rinse, your hair will be left shiny with an even over all tone and color.  You will notice a brilliance and silkiness left in the hair. Doing this on a regular basis (maybe 1 time per week), you will likely notice less shedding and an increase in hair growth.  

(Goats) Milk: It Does A Body Good!

Capra aegagrus hircus "The Goat"

Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species in the world.  They have been used by humans for their milk, meat, skins and even hair trans-culturally for thousands of years.

Milking

Milking

A healthy female goat, also know as a "doe' or a "nanny" can produce on average 6-8 lbs of milk per day.  That is about 3-4 US quarts (2.83-3.78 liters) at the height of her production. 

What's All the Hype About Goats Milk?

Goats milk has been used since ancient times as a natural cleanser.  It is a superior moisturizer and has excellent emollient properties. The fat in Goats milk is naturally small and well emulsified, meaning the cream is suspended through out the milk instead of raising to the top as one sees in cows milk.  It has short strand protein (compared to cows) which makes it easily absorbed into the skin and hair follicles.  This greater absorption property of fat and protein helps leave the skin soft and supple.

Goats Milk

 The acidity of the human skin is maintained by what is commonly known as the acid mantle, a very thin film on the surface of the skin.  The acid mantle helps keep the skin healthy and acts as a barrier to external bombardment of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses.  Goats milk, and thus products derived from this precious liquid, exhibit pH that is closer to the natural pH of human skin.  When applied to the skin, the milks similar pH is not seen as invasive, reduces the surface tension of the dermal layers and allows for even greater absorption and moisturizing effects to take place.  This is of particular importance to people with sensitive or delicate skin. Alpha hydroxy acids are found with in goats milk as well.  This is a naturally exfoliating agent that penetrates the epidermis and upper dermis to achieve exfoliation (sloughing off of old skin cells).  Exfoliation stimulates the skin and healthy cells are regenerated.  The effect reduces visible aging leaving the skin smoother and and softer with overall lessening of fine wrinkles and skin discoloration.  Hydroxy acids are also used to improve scaling on sun damaged skin.  It also has proven a benefit to acne infected skin surfaces, and to people with eczema and psoriasis.   Goats milk also contains vitamin A (about 47% more than cows milk), several of the B vitamins including riboflavin, niacin, B6 and B12, vitamin E, calcium, as well as caprylic acid (anti-fungal) and capronic acids.  All of this naturally feeds the skin, delivering this host of nutrients to your awaiting cells.

Like Cleopatra...

It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, bathed in the milk of goats to maintain her beautifully smooth and glowing skin...

 There are many products on the market today that tout this natural  and luxurious ingredient.  They can be found at local farmers markets, in high end spas and boutiques, and through out the isles of your local grocers. We recommend checking out http://www.rechercheorganics.com for many more epicurean goats milk products.


TEST:
If you think that the soap you are using may be causing your dry skin, you can easily test it yourself! First, purchase pH testing strips.  Then, take your soap, add a small amount of water to the side and rub gently to create a small amount of lather.  Press the test strip into the lather and match the resulting color to the pH scale that comes with the strips.  Healthy skin maintains a pH in the range of about 4.5 to 6.0 on the pH scale.  The closer your soap is to this level, the more gentle and non stripping to your skin and its natural defense layers it will be.

What goats milk products are you familiar with and use? We would love to hear from you!

Captivated by Coconut Oil

 

Cocos nucifera; Coconut Palm

Early Spanish explorers deemed this tree, and more specific the nuts growing on this tree, cocos meaning "monkey face" because of the three indentations or eyes on the hairy brown inner shell of the fruit. Nucifera means "nut bearing".  So the name of this delightful tree is "nut bearing monkey face", which we have come to know as the coconut palm. This tree has been used by different cultures trans-globally since the beginning of time.  It has been used multi-culturally as food, medicine and as external treatments for the skin, hair, and nails.

Making Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil can be made through a "dry" or "wet" process. Dry processing requires the meat to be removed from the shell and dried using sunlight, fire (smoke), or by kiln.  This creates the Copra, or dried meat (kernel) of the coconut. The copra is then taken and grated, ground and boiled to release the oil from the fiber. The wet process includes using the raw coconut rather than dried copra.  The protein in the coconut creates an emulsion of oil and water. The difficulty lies in then extracting the oil from water. This is often done by prolonged boiling (as seen above) which can heat damage and discolor the end product.  Modern techniques include the use of centrifuges to force separation of oil and water, leaving the oil unharmed and true to its natural white color. 

Removing Husk of Coconuts

 Proper harvesting of the coconuts is vital to the efficiency of the oil making process.  Coconuts should be harvested in between 2 and 20 months of age.  This leads to the greatest amount of oil yield from the kernel.  Harvest before or after this age gap produces less quantity with inferior properties.

Coconut and Coconut Oil  in Liquid State

Pure Coconut Oil in Solid State

Not only is the coconut high in fiber but it is also rich in multiple vitamins and micro nutrients.  It is classified as a "functional food" because it provides numerous health benefits beyond its visible nutritional content. This fruit has been used by every culture along the equatorial band that Cocos nucifera is found.  The Pacific Islanders have considered it a "cure all" and deemed this palm "The Tree of Life".  It has a wide variety of traditional uses including but not limited to: abscesses, asthma, baldness, bronchitis, bruises, burns, colds, constipation, coughing, dropsy, dysentery, earaches, fever, flue, gingivitis, gonorrhea, painful menstruation, jaundice, kidney stones, lice, malnutrition, nausea, rashes, scabies, scurvy, skin infections, sore throat, swelling, syphilis, toothaches, tumors, typhoid, ulcers, upset stomach, weakness and wounds.

Coconut oil has proven an ageless remedy for hair, skin and nails. Women (and men), since the dawn of time have been using this precious oil to lavish on their external bodies. The oil consists mainly of medium chain triglycerides which are of the perfect molecular structure to be absorbed by the scalp, hair follicles and dermal layer of skin.  This gives the follicles and cell structures nutritiously rich moisture to take in and absorb.  This oil carries an array of natural nutrition for the hair.  It helps in healthy growth and provides a shiny complexion for all hair types.  It is highly effective in reducing protein loss from chemically treated and damaged hair. Coconut oil contains a vast amount of Lauric acid, a fat which has anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties.  These properties destroy candida and other infectious viruses thus protecting the follicles from damage through free radicals which in turn  prevents hair loss in men and women alike. This Lauric acid also benefits the skin if used to help heal wounds of the flesh.  Coconut oil has been touted to be highly effective in speeding up the healing process of bruises and is very beneficial in the repair of damaged tissue. It is used frequently in treating various skin problems including acne, psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections. It has been shown to reduce and further prevent wrinkles, sagging skin, and ages spots.  All of this in an oil that is also solid when in temperatures below 74 degrees. 

A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE...

Face Mask: 
Add a little bit of honey (also a natural antibacterial) to coconut oil and apply to face.  Leave the mask on for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Deep Conditioner: 
An ancient Ayuvedic tradition: Warm coconut oil and apply to scalp and hair.  Wait for 15 minutes and then rinse.  This simple task will leave your hair lustrous, strong and healthy.  The women of India have done this multiple times per week with beautiful success.  After this deep conditioning treatment there is no need to use other conditioning substances.

As always we would love your input and to know your experience with this wonderful oil. Please post all questions and comments below. 

Hello Romance! DYI Valentines Bliss

Sugared Rose Petals

Here at BEAUTIFUL YOU in conjunction with Recherch'e Organics we thought to give you a little Valentines gift of your very own.  How about a Do It Yourself guide of romantic recipes? We list the ingredients and YOU create the experience!!!



Sugared Rose Petals: Beauty captured Sweetly: Present this little lovely to your loved one she will surely swoon~

*Take one organically grown rose (no need to eat the chemicals) place on wax paper
*Spray rose with fine mister 1 part water 1 part
        glycerin (found at nearly all health food
        stores)
*Lightly dust with the finest confectioners sugar
        you can find
*Allow at least 4 hours to dry
*Present to your favorite sweetheart!

Red Wine ( um... Yes)

 While at the store pick up an extra bottle of Red Wine... One to drink one to use while bathing.

*The Polyphenols in red wine are chalked full of antioxidants (great for the skin, helping it feel more youthful and vibrant).
*The Tartaric Acid in champagne lightens skin discolorations and reduces fine lines).
*Both are great for cleansing pours.

Red Wine or Champagne Honey Bath:
1 cup of red wine or champagne and 1 half cup of honey added to a bath and Enjoy!

Chocolate Body Scrub

So far we have sugared rose petals, sips of red wine, champagne and honey scrub and now...

CHOCOLATE BODY SCRUB

 1/2 c. raw sugar

1/2 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. unsweetened coco powder

1/4 c. sweet almond oil or coconut oil (at room temp.) 

Mix together ingredients, lavish on skin in small circular motions, treat your loved one to this delicious exfoliating experience (and noticed the softness there after).

Last but Not Least~ chocolate covered cherries

Chocolate Covered Cherries:

2 1/2 c. confectioners sugar (same as above needed for rose petals)

1/4 c. butter (soft)

1 TBS milk

1/2 tsp almond extract

1 Lb. Cherries

2 C. semi sweet chocolate

Combine sugar, butter, milk, and almond extract. 

Kneed until smooth.

Shape into 1 in balls

Flatten into 2 in Circles

Wrap 1 circle around each cherry

Lightly roll in hands

 stem up on wax paper and refrigerate for 4 hours. 

BON A PATITE~

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And as always, please share what you think!  Tried these recipes or ones similar, have a great experience you want to share. Post comments~ Remember we can celebrate love every day~ Small  elegant surprises are something most every woman will love!

Wholly Jojoba

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Simmondsia chinensis; Jojoba

Jojoba (pronounced ho-ho-ba) is a plant native to the South West United States and Northern Mexico. Known by the nicknames of "goat nut", "deer nut", and "coffee bush" this plant has long been used by the Native peoples of this region.  Simmondsia chinensis (Latin name of the jojoba plant) is an evergreen shrub like plant that grows in arid climates with little need for water. 

Close up of Growing Jojoba Seed Pod

This lovely desert jewel was known very little out side of native cultures up until the late 1960's and early 1970's.  For century's the medicinal values and healing properties of this plant had been passed down from generation to generation among the Native Americans of the South West.  There is one reason why jojoba began to appear in the limelight during this time period of our history. Nations began to become "environmentally conscious" and aware of limited natural resources.  Plants and animals alike were being put on the "new"  endangered species lists.  And soon hunting and harvesting of these wild resources was being ground to a halt, thus products derived from these now endangered species also came to a quick standstill. Among the endangered animals listed was the great Sperm Whale.  For centuries this animal was sought after and killed for its precious oil used in the cosmetic industry and elsewhere.  It was found that this plant held the key to, what turned out to be a superior "oil" to the once highly prized spermaceti waxes of the great whale.

Dried Jojoba Seeds

 Jojoba seeds produce a liquid wax, often referred to as an oil, that makes up about 50% of the seeds overall weight.  This wax vs. oil issue is in truth a big deal.  In fact it is what makes jojoba so beneficial for human skin. This liquid wax produced by the jojoba plant has extremely long strait-chain wax esters instead of triglycerides, making jojoba esters more similar to human sebum (the oil that our skin produces) than other traditionally used vegetable oils.

Pure Jojoba Oil

Jojoba offers a wide variety of health and skin benefits.  It is antibacterial and anti-inflamatory by nature making it very effective in the treatment of topical infections of the skin.  Jojoba also reduces the painful swelling and redness that often accompanies skin injury.  As a moisturizer, jojoba works exceedingly well due to the above mentioned nature of it's wax esters, leaving the skin feeling very soft and supple.  Jojoba acts very similarly upon the bodies dermal layers mimicking humans naturally produced sebum.  It has adaptogenic properties that help balance all types of skin.  In the case of too much oil production the application of jojoba actually tells the body that the skin already has it's supply and to stop making more sebum. In the case of too little sebum production the body is spurred into action with the use of jojoba "oil" almost acting as a reminder to the oil glands to produce more. As one can imagine due to it's antibacterial, anti-inflamatory and adaptogenic properties, jojoba is very effective in the treatment of both adult and adolescent acne.  If this isn't already enough, jojoba is also non-allergenic and non-comedogenic (non pour clogging).   As with anything the effectiveness of the product depends on what processes the plant has gone through before going into the products being used.  Always look for expeller pressed oil and labeling that indicates that the oil is not a blend of refined and second pressed oils. The oil that comes from the first press of the seeds is always the pure essential grade that you want!

What products do YOU use that contain jojoba "oil"? Are you satisfied with them, can you tell a difference on your skin? We would love to hear your comments and stories.


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***The information found within these blog posts is brought to you by Recherch’e Organics.  The owner of this small batch bath and body care company is a trained Master Herbalist, Holistic Nutrition Consultant and a Certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner.  Many of these wonderful natural ingredients are used with in our product line currently or are being considered for future products of Recherch’e.  For more information or to buy from Recherch’e Organics please visit our website www.rechercheorganics.com and follow us on facebook and through BEAUTIFUL YOU (this blog).

Thank you for reading. 

Truly,

Hillari Ladd