Great Botanicals for Winter Skin: OATMEAL & LAVENDER

Monthly Blog Article - Great Botanicals for Winter Skin-OATMEAL & LAVENDER Oatmeal have a long history of being valued for skin care dating back to the ancient Greeks and Romans who used oat baths to heal skin ailments. Oats have B vitamins, protein, phosphorus and iron that dry imbalanced skin is thirsting for. An excellent multi-purpose skin care treatment, oatmeal helps to relieve dryness, restoring natural moisture balance to aid in healing minor irritations due to the many causes and sources of skin sensitivities. Minor skin irritations can be caused by sensitivities to the ingredients in skin care products, exposure to chemicals found in household cleaning products, exfoliation with the wrong product, excessive scrubbing or rubbing during the exfoliation process, and many other factors. Cleansing the face with oatmeal helps to soothe skin irritation and reduce discomfort. Combined with Oatmeal to make an amazing, one of a kind - skin healing, nourishing and balancing routine for healthy skin-especially in the Winter - is none other than Lavender! Lavender's skincare benefits include that of being an antiseptic and anti-fungal which helps to reduce scarring and speeds healing. The essential oil is also an anti-inflammatory and circulatory stimulant. OK, hmmm! What the heck does all that mean? When inflammation is reduced there is less skin redness and blotchiness of the complexion. when the circulatory system is enhanced by the use of this essential oil an increase in blood flow means more nutrients being brought to the skin along with much needed oxygen to the cells. This is essential to healthier cells, and benefits more frequent cell turnover. So, how does that benefit you? Dry, damaged or older skin is reduced in it's own regenerative affects and it's elasticity. The Lavender and the Oatmeal renew and rejuvinate those properties. If you have acne prone skin, itchy, sensitive, scarred, burned, chapped, overly-dried with acne underneath - the Oatmeal and Lavender combine to balance, exfoliate and recover your skin from all those conditions. Here at Magic Moon - we've combined this two fabulous botanicals along with the fresh whole Goat's Milk that we always use in our soaps. [CLICK] here to see Oatmeal Lavender Cream. It's Kaleb's new Favorite and he uses it from head to toe. We're getting Rave reviews from our Human Guinea Pig troop!