WHAT'S IN YOUR SKINCARE?
CETEARYL ALCOHOL... PEG-3... SKINCARE INGREDIENTS CAN OFTEN LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN LANGUAGE. WE ONLY USE ORGANIC OILS AND NATURAL INGREDIENTS AND WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT EACH INGREDIENT IS AND THE BENEFITS OF THEM. OUR PRODUCTS ARE, IN THE FORMULATION.
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ORGANIC ARGAN OIL (ARGANIA SPINOSA)
THIS OIL IS DERIVED FROM THE NUT OF THE FRUIT. IT IS HIGH IN VITAMIN A,C, E. IT MAKES FOR A GREAT MOISTURISING AGENT AS IT CONTAINS AN INGREDIENT CALLED STEROLINS WHICH HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY SKIN METABOLISM AS WELL AS HELPING YOUR SKIN RETAIN MOISTURE.
USED IN:
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
ORGANIC APRICOT KERNAL OIL (PRUNUS ARMENIACA)
DERIVED FROM THE KERNAL OF THE APRICOT FRUIT, IT IS A NON GREASY LIGHT OIL NATURALLY HIGH IN VITAMIN E THAT HELPS SKIN MAINTAIN ELASTICITY AND PROTECTS SKIN FROM FREE RADICALS. HELPS RETAIN MOISTURE, HYDRATING DRY SKIN AND RELEIVES INFLAMMATORY CONTITIONS ROSACEA, PSORIASIS AND EZCEMA.
USED IN:
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC BLACK CUMIN SEED OIL (NIGELLA SATIVA)
THIS OIL HAS BEEN USED IN MANY COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES AND HOSTS OVER 100 DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS MAKING IT MULTIFUNCTIONAL. VITAMIN C ALONG WITH OMEGA 3 AND 6 FATTY AND AMINO ACIDS WORK TO REGENERATE SKIN CELLS. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CONTAIN ANTI CANCER SUBSTANCE, THYMOQUINONE THAT INHIBITS CELL PROLIFERATION AND INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (KILLS SKIN CANCER).
USED IN:
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
ORGANIC UNREFINED COCOA BUTTER (THEOBROMA COCOA SEED)
DERIVED FROM COCOA BEANS FROM THE COCOA PLANT, IT IS A NON GREASY BUTTER THAT HEALS CHAPPED SKIN. BURNS AND SCARS. KNOWN TO HELP WITH EZCEMA AND DERMATITIS. LOCK IS MOISTURE FOR DRY SKIN AND CONTAINS VITAMINS A AND E.
USED IN:
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
CANDELILLIA WAX (EUPHORBIA CERIFERA)
A VEGAN ALTERNATIVE TO BEESWAX THIS WAX IS NATIVE TO THE CHICHUAHUAN DESERT OF NORTHERN MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS. IT IS NON COMEDOGENIC AND THEREFORE SUITABLE FOR OILY SKIN. IT CAN AID INFLAMMATION INCLUDING ACNE, SKIN DISORDERS AND OTHER ALLERGIC REACTIONS. IT HELPS PROTECT SKIN WHIST LOCKING IN THE MOISTURE AIDING OTHER INGREDIENTS TO STAY ON THE SKIN IMPARTING THEIR QUALITIES.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
ORGANIC COCONUT OIL (COCO NUCIFERA)
THIS IS A MULTIPURPOSE OIL HAS BEEN USED NOT ONLY FOR HEALING A LONG LIST OF SKIN CONDITIONS BUT OFTEN USED TO COOK WITH. IT HAS A MEDIUM CHAIN EFA (ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS) THAT WORKS AS AN EXCELLENT MOISTURISER FOR DRY SKIN. CONTAINING 50% OF LAURIC ACID WHICH HELPS KILL OFF MICROORGANISMS AND BACTERIA THAT CAN COLLECT ON SKIN.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC EVENING PRIMROSE OIL
VERY HIGH IN LINOLEIC ACID, THIS GENTLE OIL IS IDEAL FOR SENSITIVE AND MATURE SKIN. EVENING PRIMROSE CAN ENHANCE ELASTICITY AND ADDRESS REDNESS, DRYNESS AND ACNE. IT CAN ALSO REDUCE THE APPEARANCE OF SCARS AND SOOTHE INFLAMMATION LEAVING THE SKIN REJUVENTED.
USED IN:
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
(ORGANIC) GLYCERINE
(PALM OIL FREE, SAPONIFIED FROM KARANJA OR MAHAWA OIL)
KNOWN FOR IT'S FANTASTIC EMOLLIENT AND HYDRATING ABILITIES, GLYCERINE IS ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE AND WIDELY USED SKIN CARE INGREDIENT. IT IS A NATURAL HUMECTANT AND LUBRICANT MAKING IT IDEAL FOR SKIN CARE. IT HELPS DRAW WATER FROM THE AIR KEEPING THE SKIN HYDRATED. OUR PALM OIL FREE GLYCERINE IS NON IRRITATING, SOOTHING AND CONTAINS ANTIBACTERIAL AND SOFTENING PROPERTIES MAKING IT IDEAL FOR SENSITIVE SKIN.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG (ORGANIC)
SANS CENT (ORGANIC)
MELIA ROSE (ORGANIC)
MELIA ROSE SC (ORGANIC)
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC HEMP SEED OIL (CANNABIS SATIVA)
HEMP SEED OIL HAS BOTH THE ABILITY TO BALANCE SEBUM LEVELS IN OILY SKIN AND PROVIDE RELIEF FOR ACNE AND RASHES. THE EFA (ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS) FOUND ARE ONE OF A KIND. IT IS RICH IN VITAMIN D WHICH HELPS PSORIASIS AND FLAKY SKIN. ALONG WITH POWERFUL ANTIOXIDENTS OF VITAMIN E, IT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF MINERALS INCLUDING CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, SULFUR, POTASSIUM AND PHOSPHORUS PROMOTING SKIN HEALING, DETOXIFICATION AND ELASTICITY.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC JOJOBA OIL (SIMMODSIA CHINENSIS)
EXTRACTED AS A LIQUID WAX FROM AN INDEGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN SHRUB, THE OIL HAS BEEN USED BY NATIVE AMERICANS FOR CENTURIES. AS IT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE SEBUM PRODUCED BY OUR OWN PORES, IT SO ACTS AS A NATURAL CONDITIONER AND CAN BALANCE LEVELS FOR OILY SKIN. IT ALSO WORKS WELL WITH DRY SKIN AND FORMS A BARRIER TO PROTECT IT FROM FREE RADICALS AND DRYING EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
ORGANIC NEEM OIL (MELIA AZADIRACHITA)
NEEM IS A BROWN, PUNGENT, ANCIENT OIL WHOSE ROOTS LYE IN THE SANSKRIT WORD, ‘NIMBA’, MEANING ‘BESTOWERR OF GOOD HEALTH’. IT CAN SOOTHE AILMENTS LIKE ACNE, ROSACEA, ECZEMA AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY UV RAYS. NEEM OIL DEEPLY PENERTRATES SKIN TO RESTORE MOISTURE, ENCHANCE ELASTICITY AND STIMULATE COLLGEN.
USED IN:
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
ORGANIC OLIVE OIL (OLEA EUROPAEA)
HIGH IN OLIEC ACID AND KNOWN MOSTLY TO USE IN COOKING, IT IS A GREAT OIL FOR DRY SKIN HELPING WITH SKIN CONDITIONS EZCEMA AND PSORIASIS. RICH IN VITAMIN E, IT IS GOOD FOR CRACKED SKIN, NAIL GROWTH AND CUTICLES WHICH IS WHY WE USE IT IN OUR HAND CREAM.
USED IN:
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC PRICKLY PEAR OIL (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA)
THIS IS A LUXURIOUS, LIGHT TEXTURED OIL AND HAS INCREDIBLE ‘ANTI AGING’ PROPERTIES AND A COMEDOGENIC RATING OF ZERO. EXCELLENT FOR ACNE PRONE SKIN.
USED IN:
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
ORGANIC ROSEHIP SEED OIL (ROSA CANINA)
OUR EMPRESS MAY CHANG IS RICH IN THIS DRY OIL FROM PRESSED FROM THE SEEDS OF THE ROSA CANINA FRUIT. ROSEHIP SEED OIL CONTAINS NATURAL RETINOL (VITAMIN A) THAT ENCOURAGES CELL TURNOVER AND VITAMIN C FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COLLAGEN TO KEEP SKIN SUPPLE. CONTAINING POLYPHENOLS AND ANTHOCYANIN, IT CAN REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND MAY CALM CONDITIONS SUCH AS ROSACEA, PSORIASIS AND ECZEMA. IT IS GREAT AT HYDRATING WHILE NOT BEING GREASY.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
ORGANIC SACHA INCHI (PLUNKENETIA VOLUBILIS LINNEO)
DERIVED FROM THE SEEDS AND FLESH OF THE PRACAXI FRUIT AND NATIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE AMAZON, THIS SUSTAINABLE OIL IS ALSO GREAT FOR ACNE PRONE AND IRRATATED SKIN. IT IS UNIQUE THAT IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH IN OMEGA 3 (48%) WHICH HELPS SKIN RETAIN MOISTURE, REGULATE OIL PRODUCTION AND MAINTAIN ELASTICITY.
USED IN:
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
ORGANIC SAFFLOWER OIL (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS)
WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF LINOLEIC ACID, SAFFLOWER OIL HELPS ACNE PRONE AND OILY SKIN AS IT CAN UNBLOCK PORES AND COUNTER THE LOW LEVELS OF LINOLEIC ACID FOUND IN OILY SKIN. IT ALSO HAS A ZERO COMEDOGENIC RATING, MOISTURIZES AND PROMOTES HEALTHY CELL GROWTH.
USED IN:
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER (BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII)
SHEA BUTTER IS EXTRACTED FROM THE EAST TO WEST AFRICA AND HAS BEEN USED BY THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. IT IS ABSORBED EASILY AND ENCOURAGES YOU SKIN TO ABSORB MOISTURE FROM THE AIR. WITH VITAMIN A AND E, IT ALSO STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF COLLAGEN. BEING NON COMEDOGENIC, IT IS BENEFICIAL TO ALL SKIN TYPES.
USED IN:
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
MELIA ROSE
MELIA ROSE SC
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEED OIL (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS)
HIGH IN VITAMIN E AND AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF BETA CAROTENE WHICH ACTS AS AN ANTIOXIDENT HELPING WITH KEEPING SKIN YOUTHFUL PROTECTING COLLAGEN AND ELASTICITY. HIGH IN LINOLEIC ACID IT IMPROVES SKIN'S MOISTURE RETENTION AND DECREASES TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS. GENTLE ENOUGH TO USE IN BABY SKIN CARE.
USED IN:
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
ORGANIC TAMANU OIL (CALLOPHYLLUM INOPHYLUM)
THIS DISTICTIVE OIL ORGINATES FROM THE SOTUH PACIFIC AND HAS BEEN USED BY THE PEOPLE OF POLYNESIA AND SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES FOR MANY YEARS. PACIFIC ISLANDERS USE TAMANU APPLIED LIBERALLY TO ALL SORTS OF SCRAPES, SCARS, RASHES, INSECT BITES, MILD ECZEMA, PSORIASIS AND SUNBURN. IT IS NUTRITION RICH AND CAN RESTORE ELASTICITY AND HYDRATION TO THE SKIN WHILE PROMOTING HEALTHY CELL GROWTH. THERE HAVE BEEN TESTS ON IT'S ABILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST UV RAYS MEASURING 18-22 SPF. IT IS THE OIL THAT GIVES OUR SANS CENT IT'S NATURAL OFF GREEN COLOUR.
USED IN: ​
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
SANS CENT
EMULSIFIERS AND PRESERVATIVES
EMULSIFIERS ARE TYPICALLY A WAXY SUBSTANCE THAT IT USED TO BIND OIL AND WATER TOGETHER TO CREATE CREAMS. THEY ALSO TYPICALLY MAY CONTAIN PALM OIL BUT WE ONLY USE PALM OIL FREE EMULSIFIERS.
PRESERVATIVES ARE USED TO KEEP PRODUCTS HYGIENIC AND SAFE TO USE. WE USE ONLY THE SAFEST PRESERVATIVES AND ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR FORMULATIONS.
(PALM OIL FREE EMULSIFIER)
HYDROXYSTEARYL ALCOHOL, HYDROXYSTEARYL GLUCOSIDE
82% AVERAGE- MADE FROM CASTOR BEANS
17% AVERAGE ISSUED FROM WHEAT
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(PALM OIL FREE EMULSIFIER)
ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL
HYDROGENATION OF ARACHIDIC ACID- A FATTY ACID WHICH IS FOUND IN PEANUT OIL
BEHENYL ALCOHOL
A FATTY ALCOHOL MADE FROM RAPESEED AND RENEWABLE MATERIALS
ARACHIDYL GLUCOSIDE
CONDENSATION OF ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL AND GLUCOSE
USED IN:
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
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(PALM OIL FREE EMULSIFIER)
POLYGLYCERYL-3 RICE BRANATE
MADE FROM RICE BRAN OIL NEUTRALIZED USING AN AMINO ACID ARGININE
USED IN:
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
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PRESERVATIVE COMBINATION
SODIUM LEVULINATE
THE SALT OF LEVULINIC ACID. 100% NATURAL PRESERVATIVE
SODIUM ANISATE
CAN BE DERIVED FROM FENNEL, BASIL AND STAR ANISE, IT IS THE SODIUM SALT OF P-ANISIC ACID. IT ACTS AS AN ANTI FUNGAL AGENT AND APPROVED FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS.
POTASSIUM SORBATE
THE SALT OF SORBIC ACID WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN BERRIES. IT IS ALSO USED IN MANY FOODS AS A PRESERVATIVE.
USED IN: ​
COCOA & OLIVE HAND CREAM
HAND & BODY CREAM (ALL VERSIONS)
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PRESERVATIVE ECO
BENZYL ALCOHOL
A NATURAL CONSTITUENT OF SEVERAL ESSENTIAL OILS INCLUDING YLANG YLANG, JASIME AND STYRAX. THIS FRAGRANCE MATERIAL ALSO HAS ANTISEPTIC AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES WHICH HELPS RESTRICT BACTERIA AND MOULD FORMING.
SALICYLIC ACID
IS A VERY EFFECTIVE INGREDIENT FOR TREATING OILY/ACNE SKIN TYPES THAT ARE PRONE TO OPEN PORES AND BLACKHEADS. BECAUSE IT HAS LARGER MOLECULAR STRUCTURE TO GLYCOLIC ACID IT STAYS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN LONGER GIVING IT FANTASTIC PORE CLEARING CAPABILITIES.
SORBIC ACID
IS DERIVED FROM THE BERRIES OF THE MOUTAIN ASH TREE AND HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN USED AS A PRESERVATIVE FOR FOOD AND WINE DUE TO IT'S ABILITY TO PREVENT SPOILAGE CAUSED BY YEASTS, FUNGI AND MOLDS AND WELL AS OTHER BACTERIA.
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ALLERGENS
AT TIMES, WE CAN EXPERIENCE ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO INGREDIENTS WE PUT ON OUR SKIN. SOMETIMES, A REACTION CAN COME AT A CERTAIN AGE OR DISAPPEAR AT A CERTAIN AGE. SOMETIMES, THEY ARE A COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS. PINPOINTING SPECIFICS ARE DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN.
ALTHOUGH WE ONLY USE ORGANIC CARRIER AND ESSENTIAL OILS BUT ONE CAN STILL HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO ANY ONE OF THEM. ESSENTIAL OILS CONTAIN ELEMENTS THAT CAN CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS WHICH IS WHY WE ALWAYS MAKE A ESSENTIAL OIL FREE VERSION OF ANY CREAM WE FORMULATE. BY LAW, THESE INHERENT ELEMENTS ARE LISTED ON THE LABEL BUT WE HOPE THIS ADDITIONAL LIST HELPS YOU PINPOINT AN ALLERGEN, SHOULD YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE.
BENZYL BENZOATE
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
BENZYL SALICYLATE
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
CITRAL
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
BERGAMOT & LEMON HAND & BODY CREAM
MELIA ROSE
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
FARNESOL
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
GERANIOL
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
MELIA ROSE
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
LIMONENE
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
FRANKINCENSE & LAVENDER HAND & BODY CREAM
BERGAMOT & LEMON HAND & BODY CREAM
MELIA ROSE
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
LINALOOL
YLANG YALNG & PALMAROSA HAND & BODY CREAM
FRANKINCENSE & LAVENDER HAND & BODY CREAM
BERGAMOT & LEMON HAND & BODY CREAM
MELIA ROSE
EMPRESS MAY CHANG
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THIS COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ESSENTIAL OIL DECLARATIONS OF ALLERGENS:
https://www.oils4life.co.uk/Information-Zone/Declaration-of-Allergens/Essential-Oils