How to Make a Keratin Treatment for Natural Hair: Recipe & Video
Keratin is a wonderful ingredient for hair care, and indeed is a building block of hair itself. The high percentage of keratin combined with the glycolic acid solution in this beautiful and easy recipe helps strengthen and smooth hair, leaving locks feeling strong, soft, and shiny. Why Use Keratin for Hair Care? If you’d like […]
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Is Your Skincare Wrong for Your Skin Type? Here’s How You Can Fix It.
There are many people out there who have great intentions with their skincare routines but may not realize they’re using the wrong products or techniques for their skin type. Sometimes, especially people with oily skin, these products or habits may be causing more harm than good. Thankfully, it’s never too late to adjust your routine […]
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Extracts, Distillates, Hydrosols, and Tinctures – What are they and What’s the Difference?
Extracts, Distillates, Hydrosols, and Tinctures are effective and fun ingredients to use in your skincare. They can add color, scent, and can even replace water to add extra beneficial attributes to your formulations, but you may be asking yourself “What exactly are extracts, hydrosols, distillates and tinctures and what’s the difference between them?” You’re not […]
Using Natural Colors for Your Beauty Products
A very commonly requested item from our customers is “how to create natural colors”. We are seeing a shift finally in the natural cosmetic world where the “natural colors” such as tans, khakis and creams (most commonly referred to as “granola”) are no longer the indication of natural. Nature is vibrant in colors and we […]
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The Essentials for a Skincare Line – Dealing with your Skin Type
Skincare is a learned action. The skin should feel and look hydrated, not greasy and not dry. Normal. It takes work to get to that point. There are four types of skin, Oily, Normal, Dry and Chaotic or troubled. Each needing its own system of skincare to help get it back to normal. We also […]
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Winter Rescue Collection – 5 New Products to Fight Winter Skin Blues
Get ready, Get set – WINTER! Bam – just like that – winter is here and taking it out on our poor skin with a vengeance! Many of us love the change of season and the festive feeling all around, but that wicked, biting cold, and those harsh winds really take a toll. It also […]
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Plant Extracts for Innate Natural Color!
As more people seek out natural and organic products, there are many new natural ingredients available including ingredients that impart an innate natural color. This is great news because we can now use natural ingredients to achieve results previously only attainable using synthetic, sometimes undesirable ingredients. In our quest to constantly innovate and produce only […]
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Discover 10 New USDA Certified Organic Skincare Products
Four organic scrubs, four organic hydrating sprays, one organic aloe gel (already released) and one organic face & body oil will burst on the scene this fall, expanding Essential’s existing USDA Certified Organic skincare collection. Consumers are more knowledgeable, more discerning, and more willing to spend on skincare that’s made from organic ingredients. So we’ve […]
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Hello Aloe! New Organically Preserved Aloe Gel Sample Packs!
Aloe gel is one of the best known natural remedies for soothing skin. It’s so common, you will likely find it in almost every beach-goer’s summer bag. If you grew up anything like I did, your mom always had aloe gel handy if you happened to spend too much time in the sun. You might […]
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Outdoor Adventure Essentials!
Summer is the small, glorious window of time when we try to fit in as much outdoor adventure as possible. Whether your summer includes camping and hiking, trips to the beach, or even a simple picnic at the park, it’s hard enough to pack all of the gear and food for your trips, let alone bottles […]
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