Woodland Breeze Face & Body Cream

Intention: Face Cream that is hydrating, healing, and healing.

Our Woodland Breeze face and body lotion, with aromas of white pine, fir, frankincense and lavender …is like a quiet walk in the forest… Gentle enough for your face, but hydrating enough for very dry skin too.  

Ingredients: Rice Bran Oil, White Pine, Aloe Vera, Vegetable Emulsifying Wax, Tallow, Borax, Geogard ECT,  Xanthum Gum, Vitamin E Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Alcohol, Essential Oil blend (Fir, Lavender, Frankincense), Water, Citric Acid

Why We Chose These Ingredients:

• White Pine - smells like a walk in the forest, antiseptic, calming
• Rice Bran Oil - antioxidants; emollient;  improves skin moisture
• Tallow -   traditional fat used in soap making that is rendered from healthy pasture-raised cows from rural WNY; high oleic, palmitic and stearic acids; is very similar to our skin sebum/fat;  is very hydrating for hair, and is rich in fat soluble vitamins and minerals
• Aloe Vera - We use organic commercially prepared aloe because fresh aloe will spoil within about a week without preservatives, even if refrigerated
• Citric Acid - naturally occurring acid found in fruits, lowers pH to discourage microbial growth, food safe
• Xanthum Gum - thickening agent used as a carrier of citric and ascorbic acids, food safe
  
• Vegetable Emulsifying Wax - odorless white waxy substance used to help emulsify (combine incompatible solutions like water and oil)
• Borax - a naturally occuring mineral called sodium tetraborate. It is used to help reduce surface tension and soften water, and has some anti-bacterial properties.
• Geogard ECT - A natural preservative used in personal care products. This antimicrobial blend offers protection against Gram positive and negative bacteria, yeast and molds. It is comprised of (4) ingredients: Benzyl Alcohol, Salicylic Acid, Glycerin, and Sorbic Acid.
• Apple Cider Vinegar and Alcohol - used to extract properties out of the white pine needles. They both aid in preserving product as well with their antimicrobial properties.
• Vitamin E Oil - fat-soluble vitamin, antioxidants, helps create barrier to keep skin moisture in, helps to preserve product by preventing oxidation (breakdown) of oils
• Essential Oil blend - chosen for their scent, healing and anti-inflammatory
  • Lavender essential oil - moisturizing, non-comedogenic for pores, antibacterial
  • Fir essential oil - grounding, calming and stabilizing effects on mood
  • Frankincense essential oil - boosts circulation