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Herbal Skincare

"A clear glowing skin is a sure sign of good health"

What is skin? Your skin is the largest organ in your body, accounting for about 16% of your total body weight and for an average adult has an area of 18,000 square centimetres. It is responsible for maintaining the correct body temperature; it senses heat, cold, contact and pain; it discharges waste material; it helps to maintain the correct levels of water in your body and it protects you from dirt, microbes and chemicals.

 

The Structure of the skin

The skin consists of two layers

• An outer epidermis, where the process of continual skin renewal occurs

• An inner layer called the dermis.

It is from the base of the epidermis that the new cells are produced. As the cells mature they are pushed up to the surface by the new cells below, on the journey the cells gain a waterproofing protein called keratin.

This journey takes about 14 days in young people and it also takes 14 days to slough the cells off. The inner dermal layer is composed of connective tissue, containing elastin – the fibres which provide stretch and suppleness, and collagen – the fibres that provide strength.

Healthy body healthy skin

A clear glowing skin is a sure sign of good health, so your beauty regime starts not with creams and lotions but with a healthy body.

The phrase ‘you are what you eat’ has been understood for thousands of years. What we eat has a huge effect on our overall health; eat unrefined foods as they maintain their nutritional value, exercise to keep your body fit and improve your overall environment by making a few changes to your living spaces to reduce toxins.

Herbs and your skin

We can boost our skincare by understanding our skin’s need for assistance. We already know how important our skin is to us and how it acts as a barrier to toxins, so use natural products which do not contain more harmful chemicals which add to the problem.

Herbs have been used for centuries as medicines and beauty treatments; they can be taken in many forms from infusions/teas, decoctions, juices, tinctures, tablets powders and essential oils.

The most popular for skincare is in the form of creams and lotions, bath products, balms and wraps which have essential oils or the herbs added. These preparations chosen for the correct skin type and therapeutic benefit can have a huge impact on your skin.

You can make your own preparations at home using ingredients from the kitchen with a few key garden herbs like lavender, a great healing and soothing herb, or calendula (marigold) which has antiseptic, cleansing and detoxifying properties to name just two, but there are many others which can boost your skin balance.

Herbal Skincare from The Celtic Herbal Company

Most of us do not have the time to make our own herbal skincare products, so we have created a range of natural herbal products that are as close to nature as we can make them, they contain pure natural ingredients, pure essential oils and organic herbs, they do not contain synthetic ingredients derived from the petrochemical industry and are not tested on animals.

Skincare

We all need to look after our skin; our simple natural products will help to maintain healthy bright skin.

• Shower Wash, an organic and vegan blend of pure vegetable oils and lavender and geranium essential oils used for their antibacterial, soothing and deodorising properties.
• Hand Wash, organic and vegan and extremely refreshing with lavender and peppermint essential oils.
• Organic Steam facial, a blend of organic herbs which cleanse and soften the skin, simply add a handful to a bowl of steaming water, place a towel over your head and relax for 5 to 10 minutes
• Pink Clay Mask, a blend of two clays to purify and cleanse added to this is a blend of rose and geranium essential oils both fabulous balancing oils for skin
• Massage Oil, one for Mum and one for Baby, fabulous for conditioning the skin
• Balms, 100% natural soothing hand, healing lip and refreshing foot balm
• Bath oils which contain a coconut oil based dispersant which makes the bath a little cloudy but ensures the benefits of the base oils and essential oil blends are fully absorbed into your skin leaving you beautifully moisturized without the oil scum left in the bath!
• Organic Bath Blends are two ‘tea bags’ stuffed full of organic herbs. Three blends, Relaxing, Reviving and Flower each with their own distinctive therapeutic recipe
• Natural Sea Salts, the salt softens the water, opens the pores and this way provides the full benefit of the herbal extracts with four blends to choose from you’ll find the right one for you
• Soap, traditional handmade cold processed soap, we have 27 varieties (including two specifically created for baby sensitive skin); each long lasting bar has a luxurious creamy lather. They are packed full of quality base oils which thoroughly cleanse but leave the skin softly moisturized.

and finally our fabulous Baby Shampoo & Wash a delicate blend of pure botanicals and essential oils specifically formulated for use on sensitive skin. The light kind to eyes lather with gently cleanse and moisturise leaving skin silky soft.

 

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