11 Summer-Ready Skin Wellness Strategies

Getting skin ready for summer includes cleansing, exfoliating, moisturizing and protection to make sure skin looks and feels its best.

 Natural emollients to the rescue!

As part of our 4 part wellness series, our application chemists have assembled 11 strategies you can employ to help get skin ready for summer– all leveraging guide formulations, direct from the Natural Plant Products Applications Lab.

CLEANSING

#1. Our Go-Go Cleansing Stick  – while intended for the face – can also be applied to the body at home or while on-the-go when no other soap is available. This unique solid cleansing stick has a high oil load of Meadowfoam Seed Oil and Daikon Seed Extract and gentle surfactants that create lots of dense luxurious lather to cleanse your skin. Upon rinsing, MSO and DSE impart a silky smooth moisturizing feel that isn’t greasy. And, unlike many cleansing products with an alkaline pH that can be harsh on the skin, ours has a lower pH closer to the skin’s, thus gentler.

EXFOLIATING

#2. Our Fresh Start Body/Hand Scrub – Packed with natural oils and exfoliators, our scrub provides welcome relief to tired, dry, dull skin. Meadowfoam Seed Oil and Daikon Seed Extract leave skin feeling smooth and moisturized yet not greasy. Oat Lipid e, rich in ceramides, locks in moisture while OleoFLEX helps lock oils onto the skin. Vegetable Petrolatum (an all-natural alternative to petrolatum) prevents water loss. Sugar acts as a gentle, natural exfoliator. Oat COM colloidal oatmeal soothes irritated skin.

MOISTURIZATION – DAY TIME

#3. and #4. Our Head-to-Toe Go-Go Moisturizing Stick or fragrance-free Clean Beauty Moisturizing Stick can be applied to heels, cuticles, elbows–anywhere that needs extra moisturization. This super on-the-go moisturizing stick is an efficient, delivery format for targeted and multi-purpose moisturizing. Loaded with four natural emollients and Vitamin E, it’s a super rich yet easy-to-apply moisturizer. Daikon Seed Extractprovides a light, silicone-type slip while Meadowfoam Seed Oilgives a fast-absorbing yet luxurious depth. Cold-pressed Meadowfoam CP is rich in naturally-occurring tocopherols and carotenoids and Oat Lipid e adds hydration.

#5. Our Day Relief Hand Cream is a fragrance-free, light yet substantial cream spreads easily and absorbs well for daytime use for hands as well as body. It has a high percentage of Daikon Seed Extract, which provides great moisturization with quick absorption, and our studies show that DSE can improve skin barrier function. Glycerin acts as a humectant that attracts moisture. Botanically based preservatives include honeysuckle extract and honeysuckle flower extract.

#6.  Body Oil – A great stress reliever after a long day can be a hand massage. Our body oil contains a combination of oils to give the right viscosity for spreadability, while also providing quick absorption and penetration. Meadowfoam Seed Oil’s superb emolliency imparts rich, moisturizing feel with good absorption while Daikon Seed Extract gives light, smooth, silky, non-greasy yet moisturizing feel. This body oil is not only an excellent moisturizer, but provides a nice glide as a massage oil.

#7. Straight Meadowfoam Seed Oil provides luxurious spot moisturization for extra conditioned skin. Fast absorbing and rich without being overly greasy, it can soften dry skin and bring relief.

#8. Straight Daikon Seed Extract provides silky, fast-absorbing moisturization. Daikon Seed Extract, Virgin Cold-Pressed Meadowfoam CP and mechanically extracted Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR are also both Ecocert and COSMOS approved.

MOISTURIZATION – NIGHT TIME

#9. Our Night Relief Hand Cream is a fragrance-free, luxurious formulation for night time use for hands as well as body. Meadowfoam Seed Oil gives this rich, moisturizing hand cream a substantial feel balanced perfectly by Daikon Seed Extract to give a light, smooth, silky rubout with a non-greasy yet moisturizing feel. Glycerin acts as a humectant to attract moisture and Kostol PGP acts as an emulsifier and skin conditioner. Botanically-based preservatives include honeysuckle extract and honeysuckle flower extract.

#10. Put on cotton gloves for hands or socks for feet after applying to intensify nighttime moisturization.

PROTECTION

#11. Our Clear Oil Sunscreen Stick is coral reef-safe, wonderfully moisturizing yet light and comes in an easy-to-use stick format. This non-greasy “dry oil” formulation is loaded with Daikon Seed Extract (DSE) for a light, velvety skin feel. Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR (XPR) adds richness and oxidative stability. And, when combined with amino acid-derived gelatinization agents, XPR and DSE form a clear, solid stick that resists melting/softening in warm temperatures. DOES NOT CONTAIN OXYBENZONE OR OCTINOXATE.

We hope you enjoy trying these great formulations for keeping skin cleansed, exfoliated, moisturized, and protected! Wishing you well!