Wellness Guides

Introduction

Hand Wellness:

10 Happy Hand Strategies From Our Lab

The current necessity to over-wash hands is likely taking a toll, and, like many, your hands are probably dry, irritated, and sore as a result.

Our application chemists have assembled strategies you can employ to help re-find your hand happiness—all leveraging our ingredients and guide formulations, direct from the Natural Plant Products Applications Lab.

Cleansing

Facial Cleansing Stick

While intended for the face, can also be applied to the hands 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 XPR (MSO XPR) and Daikon Seed Extract (DSE) and gentle surfactants that create lots of dense luxurious lather to cleanse your skin. Upon rinsing, MSO XPR 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, this one has a lower pH closer to the skin’s, thus gentler.

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Exfoliation

Fresh Start Moisturizing Body 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.

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Moisturization - Day Time

Day Relief Hand Cream

A fragrance-free, light yet substantial hand cream spreads easily and absorbs well for daytime use. It has a high percentage of Daikon Seed Extract (DSE), 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.

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Thirsty Skin Quencher Stick

No fewer than 8 natural emollients grace this luscious, easy-to-formulate, and versatile formulation. Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR adds non-greasy nourishing hydration and increases the oxidative stability of less stable emollients like avocado oil and shea butter. Daikon Seed Extract gives a silky feel while providing a nice glide for easy application. In addition, an unusual blend of waxes provides long-lasting moisturization for thirsty skin.

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Cranberry Orange Hand Mask / Balm

This creamy anhydrous balm melts onto skin as you rub it in. It can be used as a mask for a more intensive treatment or as a lovely, moisturizing balm. The orange wax provides extra emollience while also giving a refreshing natural orange aroma and cranberry seed oil helps to calm, soothe and moisturize. The result: skin feels moisturized yet non-greasy.

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Moisturization - Night Time

Night Relief Hand Cream

A fragrance-free, luxurious formulation for night time use. Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR 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.

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Protection

Clear Oil Sunscreen Stick – Coral Reef-Safe

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Sun Shield Stick with Zinc Oxide

A long-lasting, easy-to-apply, non-greasy formulation in a handy stick format. No white residue from zinc oxide, either! Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR adds non-greasy nourishing hydration and oxidative stability (key for warm weather situations!) and Daikon Seed Extract gives a powdery feel while providing a nice glide for easy application. Other ingredients include a high transparency non-whitening zinc oxide dispersion and a long-lasting film-forming agent.

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Don’t Forget Your Cuticles

Head-to-Toe Go Go Moisturizing Stick

This super on-the-go moisturizing stick is an efficient, delivery format for targeted and multi-purpose moisturizing, head to toe! Loaded with four natural emollients and Vitamin E, it’s a super rich yet easy-to-apply moisturizer. Daikon Seed Extract provides a light, silicone-type slip while Meadowfoam Seed Oil gives a fast-absorbing yet luxurious depth. Cold-pressed Meadowfoam CP is rich in naturally-occurring tocopherols and carotenoids and Oat Lipid e adds hydration.

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Bonus - Hand Massage

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 emollience 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.

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Straight Oils

Straight Meadowfoam Seed Oil provides luxurious spot moisturization. Fast absorbing and rich emollience without being overly greasy or heavy.

Straight Daikon Seed Extract also provides silky, fast-absorbing moisturization. Virgin cold-pressed Meadowfoam CP, mechanically extracted Meadowfoam Seed Oil XPR, and Daikon Seed Extract are all Ecocert and COSMOS and NaTRUE approved ingredients.

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

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Do you have a question about formulating with our natural ingredients? Submit your questions here and a chemist from our Applications Lab will get back to you as soon as they can.