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Do you love nourishing, aromatic skincare? This kind of skincare blends wholesome, skin-loving ingredients with real plant botanical oils to give you an enriching and enveloping self-care experience. This season, elevate your self-care and skincare rituals with botanical oils evocative of the holidays. These botanicals include vanilla, one of the quintessential scents of the season. It’s a lightly sweet scent reminiscent of holiday baking and goodies. You can find real vanilla in products like vanilla body butter . Of course, vanilla is just one of the many scents of the season that you can find in enriching self-care products. Here are a few more scents and products to add to your rituals throughout the holidays! Embrace the Sweet Nostalgia of Vanilla While we’ve already mentioned vanilla, it’s the kind of scent that’s worthy of a bit more conversation. It’s a scent that’s often been copied. You can find it as an artificial scent in so many products. Thankfully, you do...

The holidays are filled with good food, family, and festive annual traditions. However, travel, rich foods, dehydrating beverages, and stress can all affect your skin state during these times. From using vanilla body butter to applying a hydrating lip balm with natural ingredients, here are five moisturizing skincare tips to help you maintain naturally hydrated, youthful-looking skin this holiday season. 1. Hydrate with Vanilla Body Butter Treat yourself to a hydrating vanilla body butter to give your skin the nourishing, vitamin-filled moisture it craves during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. By implementing a skincare routine with naturally hydrating products, you can focus on maintaining your skin’s hydration in elements like dry outdoor air and heated indoor air. For best results, apply your body butter to damp skin to boost hydration and get the most moisture into your skin. Vanilla Body Butter 2. Eat and Drink Hydrating Foods and Beverages During the holiday seas...

The winter arc challenge is a self-care trend sweeping social media. In this challenge, you focus on a self-improvement goal in the last quarter of the year to be more motivated to maintain that habit when the new year starts. If you’d like to make your winter arc challenge a healthy, glowing skin routine for the remainder of the year, here’s how to do just that. Determine Your Skincare Goals To start your winter arc skincare challenge, you’ll want to determine your specific skincare needs and find natural products to help address them. Here are three common skin states and an example winter arc skincare routine that may help: Dry Skincare Regimen 1. Step one : Cleanse your skin with a natural cleansing oil for dry skin. 2. Step two : Tone with a mist containing antioxidants and humectants. 3. Step three : Massage 1-2 pumps of a hydrating serum into your skin to stimulate collagen production and improve elasticity. 4. Step four : Apply an ultra-hydrating, nutrient-dense tallow ba...

Sometimes our skin can use extra support. It might need support after spending time in the sun, after a workout, or after a stressful day. And it’s not just our skin that can use extra support—it’s our skin’s microbiome, too! We all have skin flora. These are microorganisms that live on the surface of our skin. When they’re supported, they help balance the skin. They can keep blemishes and redness at bay. They can also help leave you with a glowing complexion. Of course, your skin flora doesn’t do this on its own. They can be supported by the skincare products you use. Everything from cleansers to the vanilla body butter you apply after bathing influences your skin’s microbiome. Vanilla Body Butter But not just any skincare products support your skin’s flora. Many products can be harsh and disrupt this flora. Thankfully, there are many ways you can gently support your skin’s flora while leaving it cleansed and moisturized. Rely on Gentle, Restorative Cleansers Some cle...

Has the summer sun left your skin looking a bit dry and tired? When we spend a lot of time under the sun, it can happen. The sun’s rays, along with high temperatures, can pull moisture from your skin and potentially disrupt your skin’s natural barrier. Of course, you still want to have fun under the summer sun. So, what can you do? It may be as simple as adding a few more skincare products to your daily routine, including products you use to protect your skin from the sun’s rays. If the summer sun is drying your skin, start your day with vanilla body butter and these other restorative products! Replenishing Body Butter Body butter is the kind of product that can be easily applied after you bathe in the morning —and before a day in the sun—or after you bathe following a day under the sun. Body butter, including almond and vanilla body butter, or any scent you prefer, can be made with replenishing ingredients like ethically sourced tallow from grass-fed cows, mango butter, and shea bu...

Spring is in the air. Flowers are starting to bud, and the world looks a bit greener and a bit brighter. You may be spending more time in the sun, enjoying the weather, and embracing the joys the season brings with it. You may even be doing a little spring cleaning around your home to spruce things up.  As you spring clean, you may decide to go through your skincare products. Spring is a great time to rethink and renew your skincare. You may have noticed changes in your skin state, or you may want to shift to more wholesome products, like a nourishing vanilla body butter made with real, simple ingredients. Is it time to spring clean your skincare routine? Your Skin Looks Dull and Tired If you’ve noticed your complexion isn’t quite as radiant as it once was, it might be time to rejuvenate your skin’s moisture barrier. Over the course of winter, your complexion can slowly start to look dull, dry, or tired. This dullness may be the result of a disruption to your skin’s moisture b...

There are a lot of natural skincare ingredients that can leave your skin looking and feeling fantastic. Some ingredients are exceptionally moisturizing. Others can deliver an infusion of nourishment. When you bring together high-quality ingredients, the results can leave you impressed. And it’s not “just” the ingredients that can leave impressive results—it’s what makes up those ingredients. You can break down ingredients into more basic components. When you buy vanilla body butter , it can contain ethically sourced tallow from grass-fed cows. One compound found in grass-fed tallow is linoleic acid. This compound can be nourishing for the skin—and it can leave skin looking rejuvenated. Should you add sources of linoleic acid to your skincare? Possibly—and here’s why. Vanilla Body Butter What Is Linoleic Acid and What Makes It Useful? In short, linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid. It’s in a lot of foods, including various nuts, seeds, and plant oils, like sunflower oil. It’s also ...