Our Top Winter Skin Products
Winter weather is hard on the skin, forcing it to switch from wind and cold outdoor temperatures to dryness and heat indoors. Our top winter skin products are perfect for keeping skin looking healthy and happy in winter, providing extra nourishment and hydration. Essential has hundreds of products designed for all types of skin and […]
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Tagged with:dry skin, winter skin care
Skincare 101 Part 4 – Skincare with Masks, Oils, & Shaving Products
Masks Aren’t Just For a Pandemic! Using a facial mask (for skin care, not just health care!) on a regular basis will keep your skin soft, smooth, and oh-so-lovely. Use masks as advanced skincare to supplement your skincare routine. Quite simply, masks are fabulous for your face. Because masks provide an extra boost to keep […]
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Skincare101 Part 2 – Balancing Skincare Basics
Let’s Face It 101 Part 2 – Balancing Skincare Basics Most of us need a little balance in our lives. And some of us need a lot of balancing! Our faces are one area, though, where we can apply a little outside help to our skincare practice to quickly achieve the smooth, calm, and radiant […]
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Tagged with:facial skin care, skin care
Skincare 101 Part 1 – Pampering Mature Skin
Whether we’re smiling, laughing, crying or puzzling, our faces deserve the best skin care regime we can follow. Nurturing our faces also lifts our mind and spirit along the way.
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Tagged with:antiaging, mature skin, skin care
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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Tagged with:skin type
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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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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Tagged with:natural color
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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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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No Rinse Hand Cleanser – t’is the Sneezin!
With the changing of the seasons to cooler temperatures, it’s time to be aware of germs and keeping hands clean so we keep our bodies healthy. If you ask my kids, they would tell you my favorite sentence is “Did you wash your hands?” I’m sure I’m not the only parent who asks this question, […]
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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