The Benefits of Shea Butter

Thirty percent of the body's vitamin E is found in the skin. This is because it is an anti-oxidant and the skin is the part of the body that is most exposed to oxygen.
Why is this important? Well, oxygen is very reactive
and if it is left unchecked it will break down the skin's tissues leading to premature aging.

Vitamin E prevents this by absorbing the oxygen itself and so protecting the more vulnerable tissues. There are 4 different forms of vitamin E - each one
suited to a particular type of environment in the skin.

Natural sources of vitamin E are also made up of this range of slightly different forms of vitamin E, whereas synthetic vitamin E used in a lot of skin creams and vitamin supplements tends to only be in one form.

One of the richest sources of vitamin E is shea butter. All our lotions and creams contain it and we have written a Shea Butter E- Book which gives a lot more detailed information about the wonderful properties and benefits of this natural moisturising ingredient. Our shea butter is organic and is collected by a community of women in Ghana so you can benefit your skin and rural families.

New range of organic damask rose skin care

I am finalising our new range of organic damask rose products - cream, balm, body oil and rose water.
I have sourced organic rose oil and rose water from Bulgaria. This single source of roses is grown by the Nikolaev family. Apparantly the communist regime confiscated land which was left overgrown and was only returned about 10 years ago.

True rose oil is a complex combination of tea-like heart and base notes with floral overtones; quite different to the synthetic fragrances we are all used to. It is very soothing and excellent for dry and mature skin.

To make rose oil you have to pick the rose petals early in the morning before the sun drives away the precious fragrance. The petals are distilled and the oil separated from the water which becomes rose water. Rose water retains some of the rose oil. Our rose water is strongly fragranced showing that it contains a good quantity of oil.

Rose oil, or rose otto as it is called, contains retinol which has anti-wrinkle properties. Our rose cream can be used on the face, neck and decollete.