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Centella Asiatica, also known as Gotu Kola or Tiger Grass, is extremely popular in Asia. And for a very good reason, the skin benefits are numerous and it’s an ingredient for total skin recovery.   Tiger grass grows in swampy areas with a tropical climate, and has been used for hundreds of years as a medicinal plant. It’s said that tigers used to roll in the grass to heal their wounds and elephants who ate them lived longer. This ingredient has been used as an effective anti-ageing agent, mainly due to enhancement of type I collagen, whose amount in skin...

Overconsuming of the planet’s recources together with the amount of waste produced is having a harmful impact. More and more companies see this and find strategies to eliminate waste across their supply chains to minimize their footprint.  What is zero waste beauty? The future of the beauty industry involves a greater focus on sustainability for packaging and for the resource and processing of ingredients.  Zero waste means that we aim to send no waste at all to a landfill, an incinerator or into our oceans. The need for zero waste is necessary to help prevent pollution and to minimize the...

Facts you need to know   What is Rosacea? Pronounced: roe-zay-she-uh, it’s a common, often chronic inflammatory skin condition that mainly affects the face.  The skin of your face look like you’re blushing and you might have visible blood vessels, combined with small pus-filled bumps. To know if you have rosacea, consult a dermatologist who can diagnose your skin. What are the symptoms? Symptoms can come and go, but the most common symptoms are; Blushing on the face Broken blood vessels might show through the skin, which can thicken and swell up  Larger pores Swollen red bumps that looks a...

Did you know that Japanese Geisha’s used plant-oils to get rid of that white make-up from their face? Ancient Egyptians, Greek and Romans as well used natural oils to cleanse their face and body.  Oil cleansing does not strip or dehydrate the skin, it gently deep cleanses and leaving the skin feeling clean and nourished.  Regular cleansers that leave your skin “squeaky clean” might create an unbalanced skin which leads to an increased sebum production with risk of impurities and the so called “vicious circle”.  Oil cleansers are awesome for normal, dry and sensitive skin types, but could even work...