How to Know If Your Beauty Product is Organic Botanics

When you hear the word 'natural', picturesque images of blue skies and melodious chirping birds come to thoughts. However when it comes to beauty products natural is often misused. Many companies simply label their products as "natural", even when they contain processed ingredients. So how can you tell if your product is truly organic?

Bluh Alchemy

Bluh Alchemy, an innovative cleanser that is a natural product, comes with a few treatment-focused synergistic blends that contain rare botanical extracts. Founder Becky Bluh studied cosmetic chemistry and learned how to harness the power of plant-based ingredients that have transformative physiological effects on the skin. She searched for a broad variety of plant extracts that are rare to create a bluhprint for optimal skin health and protect against premature aging, free radical damage, oxidative stress inflammation and bacterial overgrowth.

Bluh's studies and experiments with rare botanicals led her discover the revolutionary Cellular Extraction process, which permits the extraction of a plant's entire phytoactive profile in its most potent and stable form. Her formulas utilize this game-changing tech to provide Advanced Bioactive Solutions directly to the skin.

We chose two full-size Bluh Alchemy products for February's Beauty Heroes Discovery: the Botanic Retinol Cell Regeneration Concentrate (hero but make it super!) and the Eye Oil serum (sidekick that every superhero requires). Bakuchiol is a derivative of retinol, reproduces the corrective properties of retinol. It is used in this concentrate to visibly correct fine wrinkles, enlarged pores and breakouts. This is combined with a range of antioxidants, including Kakadu Plum to stimulate cell renewal and reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation. Finger lime caviar can smooth and tone your skin. Mountain pepper leaf cellular extraction with ORAC levels that are beyond the norm will help prevent premature ageing.

African Botanics

In a corner of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in Johannesburg, South Africa grows a yellow-tinted strelitzia (known as Mandela's Gold) is an endemic plant that is also one of the nation's botanical emblems. It's a tribute for the moral leader and the founder of the Rainbow Nation and a reminder that South Africa has a deep connection with nature.

The launch of the line of ultra-luxe, green beauty products African Botanics was more than just a project of creative genius for Craig and Julia Noik. It was a way to share a piece of their homeland with others, to provide them with the same feeling of connection to this unique place and its long-standing traditions that have always been a part of their lives.

The resulting skincare line pays homage to traditional African beauty rituals that utilize ancient African phytochemistry and cutting-edge botanical pharmacology. The most efficient South African plants are sustainably harvested from the country's remote and unexplored regions, and then combined with powerful actives selected with the help of biochemists and botanists both in South Africa and across the world. They are then encapsulated by advanced extraction and encapsulation techniques to create the ultimate in eco-luxe, high-performance green beauty.

Fifty7 Kind

Fifty7 Kind, an Internet-first brand, offers skincare products made of plants with eco-friendly packaging. The elegant line of skincare and body care contains ingredients sourced in Southern Africa. These include seeds and plant extracts as well as unique minerals from the desert, the ocean and the land. Gabrielle (founder Fifty7 Kind) was raised in the English countryside as an organic child. She says her mother taught her how to cook using raw materials and Organic Botanics collect wild herbs to enhance beauty.

Slow-fusion artisanal process utilizing sustainably sourced botanicals guarantees high-quality extracts that improve skin health with vitamins, trace nutrients, fatty acid, and amino acids that are not polar. The brand source unique, wildcrafted, and under the radar botanicals like Ugandan Vanilla, a subspecies of shea known as Vitellaria Nilotica, that provides high levels of Vitamin A, E, and K, and non-polar antioxidants.

YINA is a natural skincare line developed by two female doctors of Chinese Medicine millenia ago. traditional herbal remedies from the East meet organic and botanical luxury in this California company. YINA products include traditional medicinal plants and herbs such as Ashwagandha, Hawthorne Berry and other common organic ingredients.

Live Botanical

Botanical skincare that bridges traditional & modern methods & helps create balance & harmony to highlight what makes you beautiful. Made in Portland, OR.

A botanical plant is a or part of a plant that is valued for its healing properties and flavor or scent. Botanicals are used since ancient times to maintain and improve health, including in skin care.

Botanicals are available in fresh or dried form, and in a variety of preparations. They are available in the produce aisle in a supermarket or in the dietary supplement section as tablets, capsules, tea bags, or liquid preparations. A single chemical may be isolated from botanicals and sold in capsule or tablet form as a food item.

The safety of a plant is contingent on its chemical composition, its function in the body, and the method of preparation. The amount of a plant that is used in a product is a factor in its safety. A cup of tea has just a tiny amount of botanical, whereas a tincture or extract is much more concentrated.

A tincture can be made by soaking a botanical in a liquid like water or alcohol to extract the essential constituents. A tincture can be dilute into various strengths. The strength of a botanical tincture can be expressed as a ratio between the botanical and extract.

YINA

Angela Chau Gray, Ervina Wu and Angela Chau Gray are both experts in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Their brand is a tribute to the ancient philosophies with TCM professionals at the control. The result is a selection of artisanal, advanced and luxurious formulas for modern wellness practices such as Acupressure and acupuncture.

YINA products are manufactured sustainably in California and are brimming with powerful bio-adaptive herbal extracts. The NOURISH botanical oil sera and the anti-pollution facial mask are their top products. Both are rich in camellia seed oils, safflower oil and licorice root. They also contain anti-aging plants like rhodiola, and Asian knotweed. The mask also includes cleansing moringa, pear powder and coconut carbon.

Felicia is a member of the highly efficient operations team at YINA and she loves trying new care products and implementing the self-care routines that were formulated by the founders of the company. She loves the YINA Anti-Pollution mask, which includes cleansing agents like pearl powder, skullcap root, and moringa.

Malaya Organics

Malaya Organics, a Brooklyn-based, 100 100% natural, high-performance brand was founded by Katya Slepak. She is an expert formulator and product designer, as well as an aromatherapist certified by the FDA. The company's nourishing, result-driven products are designed to help support the skin's natural aging process as it matures, and are safe for all ages and skin types. Their balancing elixirs contain an effective blend of phytonutrient-rich whole-plant extracts, that are infused in-house to ensure maximum effectiveness, enriched with antioxidants and nourishing essences and plant oils that are known for their anti-inflammatory and elasticity building properties.

Ingredients are sourced from the taigas in Siberia and the forests of India and the Amazon and the deserts of Morocco. They have been carefully designed to help you connect with your inner landscape which is one of balance, peace, and healing. The name "Malaya", which originates from a Shambhala sandalwood forest, also refers to a sacred garland that is worn during ceremonies. These are the ideas that fueled the creation of this carefully curated collection of pure, therapeutic-grade skincare.

Fran Miller

Before going natural was cool Toronto-based Fran Miller created her eponymous beauty brand with the mantra "less is more." With the summer heat rising Miller's minimalist lineup of oil-based skincare essentials is taking the wellness world by storm. The lineup includes everything, from a goji berry and shea butter body buff to hair smoothing spray and a multi-tasking face oil.

Since its beginning, F. Miller's commitment to sustainability in the environment has been based on ethically sourced, premium organic cbd ingredients, and partnerships with conscious producers both locally and internationally. All of their high performance essentials are free of harmful preservatives, synthetic fragrances and colorings, parabens, phthalates, mineral oils, petrolatum GMO's, aluminum, and SLS's.

All products are blended and packaged by hand in small batches to ensure freshness. The brand works with experienced cosmetic chemists who create nutrient-rich blends of botanical ingredients that promote radiant skin, provide multi-correctional results, and nourish all types of skin. The company is also environmentally conscious and this extends to packaging and the practices. They are committed to eco-friendly packaging and use recyclable and biodegradable glass. They offer an annual subscription and refill program to reduce waste.