Showing posts with label acne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acne. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Hydrosols & Floral Waters


What is a Hydrosol?

A hydrosol, also known as a plant water, hydrolat, essential water, and herbal distillate is the liquid byproduct of steam distilling an essential oil. Hydrosols have many of the same therapeutic benefits as essential oils, but are much gentler and have a softer aroma than essential oils.

In other words, it is the water that is distilled with essential oils. When the steam from the distilled water passes through the plant material, it takes with it the volatile oils from the plant. The two travel through the tube at the top of the steam vessel (typically copper) and down through the condensing tube. Once the water and oil have separated, the essential oil is siphoned off the top and what you have left is the hydrosol.

Hydrosols are moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, mildly antiseptic, and are a wonderfully fragrant addition to skin care. Due to their benevolent nature, hydrosols offer a myriad of treatment possibilities when essential oils might be too strong.


Can be used as the liquid in any of our Clay Masks!


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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Personalizing Face Oils

Several customers have asked how to personalize our Face Oil/Serum for their personal needs.

While we do offer our Face Oil in Grapefruit, Rose Geranium & French Lavender for their properties here is a simple chart for you to enhance it.

The Natural Face Oil has no essential oil so you can add your own!  

Dry Skin
     Lavender Essential Oil
     Helichrysum Essential Oil
     Myrrh Essential Oil
     Geranium Essential Oil
     Sandalwood Essential Oil

Oily Skin
     Tea Tree Essential Oil
     Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
     Patchouli Essential Oil
     Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Sensitive Skin
     French Lavender Essential Oil
     Clary Sage Essential Oil
     Neroli Essential Oil
     Rose Essential Oil
     German Chamomile Essential Oil

Start with 1-2 drops in a teaspoon of Face Oil.  Remember to test on underline of jaw 2-3 days before using all over face in case of an allergic reaction.

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

French Green Sea Clay Face Mask


Floral Water, Hoppy Beer or other liquid to desired consistency
10-15 drops Essential Oil*

Mix all ingredients in a small dish. Use 2-3 times a week, store in air-tight container in fridge to keep fresh.

Ginger Essential Oils helps sooth redness and a protective effect on the skin, inhibiting the signs of skin damage and aging, such as wrinkles and fine lines

Turmeric Essential Oil helps reduce redness from blemishes and calm skin conditions like eczema and rosacea. Turmeric is excellent for acne because it is a natural antiseptic and helps to keep bacteria from spreading.

Tea Tree Essential Oil is a popular choice for treating acne because of its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. It's thought to calm redness, swelling, and inflammation. It may even help to prevent and reduce acne scars, leaving you with smooth, clear skin

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Dead Sea Mud

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Dead Sea Mud Mask contains 100% Pure Dead Sea Mud

Organic; Moisturizes; Reduces Wrinkles; Gently Exfoliates; Skin regenerative for healthier and glowing skin; Anti-Aging; for ALL skin

You can put some in a small bowl, add the essential oil of your choice and reap the benefits! I work in a private club which smokes cigars, I mix a bit of Rosemary Essential Oil for a hair mask. I use a paint brush and brush my body from top of feet all the way to my hair. I get ready for my shower while it dries then shower the toxins away!

You can special order please email me for any of the $3.99 Essential Oil of your choice! You can also blend your essential oil; i.e., Rosemary Mint, Patchouli Sage, etc.

Dead Sea Mud helps to provide relief for eczema, acne, wrinkles and psoriasis. It improved the skin’s natural regeneration and improves blood circulation. It contains mud grains which help to cleanse skin and remove toxins, dirt particles and impurities. It is able to peel away dead skin cells, revealing healthier, youthful skin while it moisturizes and helps with skin’s hydration. After applying a Dead Sea Mud mask, it will dry and pull out toxins that may be in your skin because of your diet. It is also tightening and firming the skin which gives the skin an anti-aging benefit, leaving it with a more youthful look. Other ailments that Dead Sea Mud is able to help alleviate are dry skin, rheumatism, arthritis, muscle aches and stiffness and joint inflammation.

Dead Sea Mud can also be applied to the scalp in order to strengthen hair roots, enhance new hair growth and help prevent hair loss.

Benefits:
~Improves blood circulation and natural skin generation.
~Fine mud grains, cleanse the skin and remove any dirt particles, impurities and toxins.
~Proven to provide effective relief for skin disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, acne and wrinkles.
~Moisturizes your skin and helps natural skin hydration
~Gently peels away dead skin cells to reveal more youthful, healthier skin layer

Dead Sea mud has many amazing health properties, and in addition to the ones listed above also helps treat and relieve some other ailments. These ailments include arthritis, muscle stiffness and aches, rheumatism, joint inflammation and even itchy, dry skin.

The minerals which are present in the mud are all natural minerals which your skin needs every day. By using Dead Sea mud, or a mud mask, you are basically feeding your skin these essential minerals. Minerals such as potassium, magnesium, sodium, bromine and calcium are all needed by your skin to help maintain the right moisture levels and hydration.

Another very powerful effect of using Dead Sea mud is the fact that as it dries, it pulls out any toxins that may be present in your skin cells from your everyday diet. This leaves the skin completely clean, refreshed and pure on top of infusing it with the minerals.

At the same time it firms your skin and tightens it, giving you an exceptional anti aging benefit and leaving your skin looking younger. Because of this dual effect of exfoliating, cleansing and providing essential minerals, Dead Sea mud is able to help with so many various ailments or to simply keep you skin looking young and healthy for a long time!

Tip: Mud masks made with Dead Sea mud have also proved to be very helpful when applied to a scalp for hair roots strengthening. These masks help to stop hair loss and enhance new growth. They proved to be 4 times more effective than any other product of the kind during comparative tests with many other popular cosmetic brands.

Disclaimer: Not backed by the FDA, not intended to diagnose; just my personal experiences.


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Monday, January 21, 2019

January 2019 & Government Shutdown



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January has been a tense and exciting month for us here at J&J Farm.  We’re getting ready for the new Farmer’s Market & Craft Season while maneuvering the Government Shutdown which is affecting our beloved customers, friends and family members.

We are helping out by offering a Shutdown discount for all our customers.  Purchase any one of the Aromatherapy Pendants, Aromatherapy Astrology Pendants, Car Diffuser and/or Superhero Car Diffuser will receive 50% off any of the 1ML Essential Oils! Just use the code during check out! Discount Code good until January 31st.

We will be at B Cord Brewery for their Valentine Vendor Fest on February 10th!!  Come check out the awesome gifts for Valentine’s Day and enjoy a well brewed beer!!



Wednesday, November 15, 2017

What is an Essential Oil?

At our shows and through emails we've had many people ask just what are essential oils and how do you use them?  In this article we'll explore:

What is an Essential Oil?

According to Webster’s online dictionary “any of a class of volatile oils that give plants their characteristic odors and are used especially in perfumes and flavorings, and for aromatherapy”
To get these oils a large quantity of plant parts is used, these parts include stems, leaves, flowers and sap.

Who sells Essential Oils?

There are lots of places to get essential oils but how do you know they are real.  There are no guidelines by the FDA for “Organic,” Therapeutic Grade or any such marketing words used to tug at your heart strings.
The main reason I will not buy essential oils from any of the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing: ie, Amway, Avon, Herbalife, Pampered Chef, etc.) companies is because they lead their customers to believe that when they say their product is “Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade”, that means something of value in the essential oil and aromatherapy world. There were three shocking things that I learned to lead me to steer clear of these
The first shocking thing that I learned is that there is no governing body that certifies essential oils.
The second shocking thing that I learned is that there are no grades of essential oils based upon their quality. There is no grade A, B, C, nor is there an actual classification in the aromatherapy world for “therapeutic grade”
In addition, two of the largest MLM (Young Living and doTERRA) have their own “certification” process of what is organic not the FDA.

According to the American College of Healthcare Sciences:

Did you know doTERRA has created its own certification system for its essential oils? Why does it matter? Well, they have managed to trademark the term "CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade®." So, not only can no other company or aromatherapy professional use this term, it actually confuses the industry-accepted terminology for how essential oils are evaluated, labeled, and marketed. Are we to assume that "CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade®" essential oils are superior to organic, sustainable sourced essential oils produced and distributed by boutique distilleries or oils that come with an independent lab report showing the constituent profile and pesticide level if any, or even oils that have nationally and internationally accepted certification such as USDA Organic or NOP Organic?

According to the FDA:

According to the FDA, these violations stemmed from Young Living’s claims of curing and treating diseases with the usage of Young Living Essential Oil aromatherapy products, causing the products to be deemed unapproved drugs by the FDA. The Warning Letter may be found here.
In particular, Young Living failed to follow FDA guidance and regulations applicable to cosmetic products, and instead labeled their products for conditions that caused the products to be deemed drugs by the Agency. Thus, it is important for marketers and sellers of aromatherapy and essential oil products to understand and comply with FDA regulations.
As the aromatherapy and essential oil industry has recently seen a rapid increase in popularity, we expect to see more attention to and FDA enforcement in this area. Compliant labeling of products will help to ensure the successful marketing and sale of the aromatherapy and essential oil products.

What makes our Essential Oils different?  

We purchase directly from an essential oil wholesaler who in turn purchases directly from the Organic Farms.  Because there is no such thing as “organic” essential oils, MLM companies can claim their oils are “organic” or “therapeutic grade.”
Our wholesaler purchases from Certified Organic Farms.

What does this mean?

Organic Certification allows a farm or processing facility to sell, label, and represent their products as organic. The organic brand provides consumers with more choices in the marketplace. The USDA protects consumer options by protecting the organic seal.”
Our wholesaler purchases from smaller, family run farms to get the best price for their products.  We in-turn purchase directly from the wholesaler.  That means the best prices for YOU, with no other mark-ups, hidden fees or MLM practices.

How do we get the essential oils?

There are four major different ways to extract essential oils:
CO2, expression, solvent, steam-distilled
For our essential oils, we only use steam-distilled.  This is an excellent article on how essential oils are extracted: Exploring Aromatherapy.
“While CO2 is the new method: there are three main disadvantages for this process are cost, potential pesticide residue, and the lack of information regarding their safety and therapeutic benefits. With regard to pesticide residue, Guba comments that “carbon dioxide extraction has been demonstrated to concentrate from 7 to 53 times more pesticide residues in the final extract.” Therefore, it seems pertinent to only use organic plant material for CO2 extraction.”
We only purchase essential oils from USA, FDA and EU certified sources.  We never purchase from China as they are known to use Hexane (a petroleum based solvent) to extract essential oils.  In addition, the BBC article Report: One fifth of China's soil is contaminated shows just WHY the growing process must be organic.

In our next article, we will explore the different essential oils and how to use them in your daily life. Remember every order receives a FREE sample!

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Copaiba Balsam our newest essential oil

One of our AMAZING customers told me about this awesome essential oil


According to Webmd.com:

Chemicals in copaiba balsam and copaiba oil might help kill germs. Other chemicals in copaiba balsam might decrease swelling (inflammation), increase the production of urine (act as a diuretic), and help loosen chest congestion (act as an expectorant).

 Some of the health benefits of Copaiba:

Skin Health (tighten the skin, which can help skin look younger, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and even strengthen the skin to prevent lesions or wounds as the body ages); Skin Appearance (copaiba essential oil is often topically applied to scars in order to speed their healing and reduce their visibility); Respiratory Health (anti-inflammatory substance, can ease any discomfort and loosen the tensed muscles and glands that might be causing the irritation); Pain Relief (help to reduce pain and loosen muscles, eliminating pain in joints, and even easing the discomfort of headaches and migraines); Eliminate Infection; Anxiety and Mood; Diuretic in Nature (cleanse & detox body)

We offer it in 5ML size currently.
 

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Acne Detox Soap



We will be starting a new series of informing you about the amazing qualities of our products so if you have any questions hopefully they will be answered!

The backbone of our products





This soap contains bentonite, activated charcoal and tea tree oil. The clays are absolutely perfect for oily or acne prone skin since they are naturally anti-bacterial and toxin removing. This gentle facial soap works incredibly well.

Bentonite clay is sedimentary clay composed of weathered and aged volcanic ash. The largest and most active deposits come from Wyoming and Montana. Bentonite is very unusual in the fact that once it becomes hydrated, the electrical and molecular components of the clay rapidly change and produce an "electrical charge". Its highest power lies in the ability to absorb toxins, impurities, heavy metals and other internal contaminants. Bentonite clay's structure assists it in attracting and soaking up poisons on its exterior wall and then slowly draws them into the interior center of the clay where it is held in a sort of repository. It makes a miraculous complexion and/or shaving bar that gently cleanses skin while being highly absorbent and good for oil or acne prone skin. It gives soap a silky, creamy feel.

Bentonite is very unusual in the fact that once it becomes hydrated, the electrical and molecular components of the clay rapidly change and produce an “electrical charge”… When it becomes mixed with water it rapidly swells open like a highly porous sponge. From here the toxins are drawn into the sponge through electrical attraction and once there, they are bound. (According to Mountain Rose Herbs)
Activated charcoal means the carbon is infused with oxygen and is prepared for human ingestion (in the case of poisoning or detox) and skincare products. This oxygenation creates a super porous surface, increasing its ability to absorb matter and toxins. Possibly the most absorbent cosmetic ingredient out there, activated charcoal is said to have the ability to absorb thousands of times its own weight.
This super absorbency, plus antibacterial properties, makes activated charcoal an ideal ingredient for oily and acne prone skin types. It is used in acne products to draw out impurities, heal pimples, and prevent further breakouts.

Also an anti-aging ingredient, activated charcoal is said to tighten pores and smooth the skin. It also reduces inflammation, which is significant in preventing premature aging. Because activated charcoal removes toxins, it can help reduce the instances of acne and other skin impurities you might suffer from. It also works wonders for completely removing makeup.

The reputation of Tea Tree Oil as a cure-all given to this oil is not an exaggeration. Tea tree oil can be used as a cure for almost all tropical infections and diseases. You name it and it has some sort of positive effect or treatment for that disease. It is invariably found in almost the households of Australia, particularly those that have small children. The magical healing and disinfectant properties make it a wonder drug that also boosts your immunity. However, it is not meant to be ingested, and is poisonous. It is meant for topical application only!

The stimulant property of tea tree essential oil can be very beneficial for taking care of certain hair conditions. If you suffer from dandruff or hair loss, simply apply a diluted amount of tea tree essential oil to your scalp. The increased blood flow that you experience will help your follicle stay healthy and strengthen the hold on your hair, so you won’t suffer from premature hair loss. Also, since the skin will become healthier, it will be easier to keep moisturized, reducing the amount of dandruff and dry skin!


It also helps remove excess water and salts from the body, while cleaning the pores. This further prevents the occurrence of acne, for which tea tree essential oil is often recommended.



Some reviews:



“I swear by this now. Not only has my acne cleaned up, but any other blemishes, scars, hair bumps. The seller is phenomenal!”



“Works great, smells lovely. Thanks for caring about my skin and what's going in it!”



“If I could show you before and after pictures....I love this soap.”



“I wish everyone could experience this product! it is wonderful!”



“Always the very best. I do not use anything else on my face.”



“I swear by this now. Not only has my acne cleaned up, but any other blemishes, scars, hair bumps. The seller is phenomenal!”