A nutrient-dense smoothie for your skin. Activated by water to extract powerful phyto-compounds, this mask promotes circulation, oxygenation, and remineralization. Collectively encouraging a balanced tone, bringing the complexion back to life. When used over time, it can improve the skin's ability to maintain moisture and improve elasticity.
Scent: Fresh and bright with aromas of Bergamot, Chamomile & Zdravetz. Contains less than 0.5% of added essential oils.
Skin Types: Suitable for oily, dry, combo, and mildly sensitive skin types.
Texture: Starts as a balm and turns into a smooth cream-like consistency accompanied by very soft herbal grains like colloidal oatmeal and pumpkin seed powder.
Ritual
Note: Sensitive to heat. If melted, place in the fridge to firm up. It can also be left in the fridge for a cooling masking experience to further calm the skin.
-In a bowl or your palm mix ½ -1 tsp balm and a sprinkling of cool water.
Blend to create a cream-like consistency. Using your facial brush or fingers, apply a thick layer over the skin, including the neck. Let sit for 30 minutes. To remove, use a wet soft cloth and gently remove. Mild circulation redness is normal and will subside. Use 2 times a week or as needed.
-Bonus Use: Use as a mild cleansing balm to nourish and cleanse the skin with fine particles of oatmeal & pumpkin seed.
Botanical Profile
Cupuaçu butter is renowned for deep moisture due to its ability to hold 400% of its weight in water and provides an occlusive emollient to prevent water loss.
Nutrient-dense, cold-pressed seed oils of cranberry, raspberry, and pumpkin create a range of skin-loving vitamins of A & E, carotenoids, and high linoleic fatty acids to help modulate inflammation and encourage rejuvenation.
Plantain, bee balm, and self-heal work collectively to stimulate skin cell generation to firm the skin and lessen scars or dark marks. Also rich in UV and pollution-protectant antioxidants to strengthen the skin's response to environmental factors to skin barrier degradation.
Carefully processed for maximum potency Pumpkin seed powder is rich in a wide range of antioxidants, amino acids, omega-6, and omega-3 fatty acids, and rich minerals like zinc for soothing and vitamin K for discoloration.
Oatmeal and snow mushroom contain powerful polysaccharides to help impart humectants to hydrate the deeper layers of the skin. Blended with the oils and added water during the masking process it creates a complete moisturizer for the skin to help deliver all the powerful compounds present in the formula.
Ingredients
71% regionally sourced
theobroma grandiflorum (cupuacu) butter#, vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry) seed oil^ & rubus idaeus (raspberry) seed oil^ & cucurbita pepo (pumpkin) seed oil*^& plantago major (plantain) leaf*^ & monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) flower & leaf*^ & prunella vulgaris (self-heal) flower & leaf*^, avena sativa (oat) kernel flour*^, cucurbita pepo (pumpkin) seed powder*^, smectite clay^, blue-green algae*^, sunflower lecithin*, tremella fuciformis (snow mushroom) whole fruiting body*, and essential oils of citrus aurantium bergamia (sun safe fcf bergamot)*, anthemis nobilis (roman chamomile)*^ and geranium macrorrhizum (zdravetz)*
*organic | ^regionally sourced | #fair trade/co-op
To foster higher standards of stewardship among the land & people we practice bioregional sourcing. Most ingredients are grown throughout the Pacific West and including our own micro-garden in Oregon.
