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INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT:  Immortelle

2/13/2024

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This powerhouse from the daisy family is known for giving skin a healthy glow; she’s called ‘immortal’ for a reason! 
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Immortelle:  Helicrysum italicum
Cosmetic Properties:   Also known as Helichrysum or Everlasting, immortelle contains a powerful combination of antioxidant properties, making her excellent at neutralizing free-radicals & protecting the skin barrier. It promotes new, healthy skin cell growth by turning over dead cells. She is said to contain natural moisturizing properties that help to fight the signs of aging, Immortelle works to even the appearance & texture of the skin, & combat development of fine lines & under-eye wrinkles. Additionally, she contains diketone compounds which can help reduce the appearance of age spots, pigmentation spots, & skin discoloration.
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Provides amazing benefits for all types of skin from oily to sensitive and mature
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For Our Products: Helicrysum prefers rocky, sandy & disturbed environments. It is native to the Mediterranean & is commonly found growing wild in southern France, Italy, Corsica & Greece – with Corsican flowers being the most famous. Immortelle is cultivated by flower houses all over the Mediterranean for its amazing benefits. 

​The essential oil is extracted through steam distillation in alembic stills, which additionally creates immortelle hydrosol as a by-product. Both the essential oils & hydrosol have amazing beneficial properties & we use both in our products.

Immortelle is the not-so-secret star of products like our Orange Blossom Hyaluronic Mist, Immortelle Cleansing Balm, & Rejevenating Facial Serum
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Find Immortelle Essential Oil & Hydrosol In These Products

Immortelle Cleansing Balm With Wild-Foraged Sea Lavender

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Immortelle Rejuvenating Velvet Day Balm

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Orange Blossom Hyaluronic Facial Mist

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Immortelle Rejuvenating Serum With Wild-Foraged Sea Lavender

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INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: Queen Anne's Lace/ Wild Carrot

2/6/2024

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One of the most powerful natural retinol alternatives & she is likely growing out in a field near your house! 
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Queen Anne's Lace:  Daucus carota [Wild Carrot]
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Cosmetic Properties: Packed full of Vitamin C, carotenoids, & powerful antioxidants. This Herbal Ally is traditionally used to boost collagen production & help to repair sun damage on the skin, performing like a natural retinol replacement. It has been shown to brighten & tone the skin, tightening to prevent it from sagging. Carrot Seed Oils, both essential oils & pressed, help to remove hyperpigmentation by hindering tyrosinase in the skin, & leave skin with a natural
​radiance & glow.
For Our Products:  Her bounty of constituents are derived from the plant’s seeds, which form late in their growing season. As the beautiful flowers of Queen Anne's Lace begin to fade, the flower umbels curl inward upon themselves like tiny bird's nests, & the florets become the potent seeds. This is the time to extract their amazing pressed oil & use them to make essential oil & hydrosol.We use all three extractions in our products.

​Are you obsessed with our Immortelle Cleansing Balm, Rejuvenating serum or Immortelle Velvet Balm? These amazing & powerful seeds are 100% one of the reasons why!
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THIS is where that magic ingredient comes from!
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Wild Foraging:  Her flowers grow in umbels or clusters of tiny flowers. It is a member of the Apiaceae family, which includes some poisonous, dangerous plants, so it is very important you are 100% sure what you are gathering when collecting QAL.
Fortunately, Queen Anne’s Lace is easy to recognize when you know what to look for. An easy key ID factor is “The Queen Has Hairy Legs”-- Queen Anne’s Lace has solid, green stems covered with tiny ‘hairs’ while her dangerous lookalikes, Poison Hemlock & Water Hemlock, both have hollow, smooth stems
​with purple splotches.

​This beauty is considered INVASIVE. This means harvesting with care as to not unintentionally spread the plant, but it also means that large amounts can be gathered without worry of harming future supply or environment. But remember, our beloved pollinators are always happy to see her flowers too!
BONUS:    And if these gifts this plant provides for us weren’t enough, Queen Anne's Lace flowers are edible & delicious!  Check out our Herbal Spotlight on Queen Anne’s Lace for a lovely [& easy!] QAL Wildflower Jelly recipe!
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​wildflower jelly
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Find queen Anne's Lace In These Products

Immortelle Cleansing Balm With Wild-Foraged Sea Lavender

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Orange Blossom Hyaluronic Facial Mist

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Immortelle Rejuvenating Serum With Wild-Foraged Sea Lavender

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Immortelle Rejuvenating Velvet Day Balm

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