Discover the Ingredients We Use
Browse our ingredients, learn what each one does, and see how they work together to support your skin.
Waters & Hydrosols
Hydration & Barrier Support
Botanical Oils & Butters
Treatment Ingredients
Clays, Powders & Exfoliants
Essential Oils
Bath & Body Ingredients
Functional Ingredients
Gemstones & Crystals
Botanicals & Flowers
Hydration and Barrier Support
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Colloidal Oatmeal
Why I stock it: Colloidal oatmeal gives masks, cleansers, and bath products a soft, soothing quality.
What it helps with: Dryness, itching, tightness, and uncomfortable skin.
Where I use it: Masks, customized cleansers, and mineral bath soaks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin or body feels dry, irritated, or stripped and needs something simple and comforting.
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Vegetable Glycerin
Why I stock it: Glycerin is one of the most dependable ways to help a water based product hold onto moisture.
What it helps with: Dehydration, tightness, and moisture loss.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, serums, moisturizers, and cleansers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin feels dry underneath but you do not necessarily need more oil.
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Hyaluronic Acid
Why I stock it: Hyaluronic acid gives me a lightweight way to add hydration without making the product richer.
What it helps with: Dehydration, temporary plumping, and a tight or papery skin feel.
Where I use it: Serums, toners, facial mists, and moisturizers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs more water but becomes congested or greasy with heavy products.
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Aloe Vera
Why I stock it: Aloe gives me lightweight hydration that works in many different formulas.
What it helps with: Dryness, tightness, and general skin discomfort.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, serums, cleansers, and masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs hydration but does not respond well to heavy oils or creams.
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Vegetable Glycerin
Why I stock it: Glycerin is one of the most dependable ways to help a water based product hold onto moisture.
What it helps with: Dehydration, tightness, and moisture loss.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, serums, moisturizers, and cleansers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin feels dry underneath but you do not necessarily need more oil.
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Hyaluronic Acid
Why I stock it: Hyaluronic acid gives me a lightweight way to add hydration without making the product richer.
What it helps with: Dehydration, temporary plumping, and a tight or papery skin feel.
Where I use it: Serums, toners, facial mists, and moisturizers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs more water but becomes congested or greasy with heavy products.
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Sodium PCA
Why I stock it: Sodium PCA supports hydration while keeping formulas light and easy to layer.
What it helps with: Water loss and a dry, tight skin feel.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When you need more hydration but want your routine to stay lightweight.
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Sodium Lactate
Why I stock it: Sodium lactate helps a water based formula hold moisture without creating a heavy finish.
What it helps with: Dryness, dehydration, and moisture retention.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs another layer of hydration support but not more oil.
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Mushroom Extract
Why I stock it: Mushroom extract gives me an additional hydration option for formulas built around depleted or uncomfortable skin.
What it helps with: Dryness, dehydration, and supporting a calmer skin feel.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When basic hydration alone is not enough and your skin needs a more supportive water based formula.
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Mallow Extract
Why I stock it: Mallow extract has a soft, soothing quality that works well in gentle hydration formulas.
What it helps with: Tightness, dryness, and skin that feels easily irritated.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs hydration without a lot of stimulation.
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Green Tea Extract
Why I stock it: Green tea gives me a dependable option when skin looks red, stressed, oily, or generally overwhelmed.
What it helps with: Calming support and antioxidant protection.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs support without adding heaviness or aggressive treatment.
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Chamomile Extract
Why I stock it: Chamomile helps me build formulas for skin that needs a gentler approach.
What it helps with: Dryness, visible redness, and general skin discomfort.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, cleansers, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin becomes reactive easily or feels overwhelmed by stronger ingredients.
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Calendula Extract
Why I stock it: Calendula gives me a useful option for formulas focused on comfort and barrier support.
What it helps with: Dryness, tightness, and skin that feels fragile or easily irritated.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, serums, and customized formulas.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs support and softness rather than stronger correction.
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Oat Extract
Why I stock it: Oat extract works well in gentle formulas and adds comfort without making them heavy.
What it helps with: Dryness, sensitivity, and a tight or uncomfortable skin feel.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, cleansers, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs calming support in a lightweight product.
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Allantoin
Why I stock it: Allantoin gives me another way to make a water based formula feel calmer and less irritating.
What it helps with: Discomfort, roughness, and supporting a smoother skin feel.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, moisturizers, and serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs support but does not need a strong corrective ingredient.
Waters and Hydrosols
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Distilled Water
Why I stock it: Distilled water gives me a clean, controlled starting point for water based formulas.
What it helps with: Creating lightweight products and carrying water soluble ingredients evenly through the formula.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, serums, masks, and customized water based products.
Why I might choose it for you: When your formula needs hydration and treatment ingredients without the weight of an oil or cream.
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Rose Hydrosol
Why I stock it: Rose hydrosol gives me a gentle botanical water with a softer feel than a concentrated essential oil.
What it helps with: Light hydration and comfort for skin that feels dry or easily overwhelmed.
Where I use it: Toners and facial mists.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a gentle, hydrating base and you enjoy a light natural rose aroma.
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Cucumber Water
Why I stock it: Cucumber water gives water based products a fresh, lightweight feel without adding heaviness.
What it helps with: Hydration and comfort when skin feels warm, tired, or depleted.
Where I use it: Toners and facial mists.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs refreshing hydration without a rich finish.
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Lavender Water
Why I stock it: Lavender water lets me add a soft botanical base without relying only on lavender essential oil.
What it helps with: Light hydration and a calm, comfortable skin feel.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and selected cleansers.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a lighter lavender option in a water based formula.
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Witch Hazel
Why I stock it: Witch hazel gives me an astringent water option when a toner or mist needs a fresher, less emollient finish.
What it helps with: Removing excess surface oil and helping skin feel refreshed.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, and atmosphere mists.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin feels oily or heavy and needs something lighter without becoming stripped.
Clays, Powders, and Exfoliants
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Matcha Powder
Why I stock it: Matcha gives powder cleansers and masks a useful green tea ingredient in its whole powdered form.
What it helps with: Antioxidant support and dull, stressed looking skin.
Where I use it: Masks and powder cleansers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs gentle cleansing and antioxidant support in the same step.
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Turmeric Powder
Why I stock it: Turmeric gives me another option when customizing a mask around dullness or uneven looking skin.
What it helps with: The appearance of dullness and uneven tone.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When brightening is the goal and only a very small amount is needed.
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Rose Clay
Why I stock it: Rose clay gives me absorbency without immediately reaching for the strongest clay on the shelf.
What it helps with: Surface oil, buildup, and creating a smoother mask texture.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs gentle absorbing and refining but stronger green clay may feel like too much.
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French Green Clay
Why I stock it: French green clay is one of my stronger options for oily or congested skin.
What it helps with: Absorbing excess oil and supporting a deeper cleansing mask.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin feels oily, heavy, or congested and can comfortably tolerate a more absorbent clay.
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Kaolin Clay
Why I stock it: Kaolin gives me a flexible clay base that can be used alone or blended with stronger clays.
What it helps with: Absorbing excess surface oil and improving the texture of a mask or powder cleanser.
Where I use it: Masks and powder cleansers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs some oil control without the intensity of French green clay.
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Arrowroot Powder
Why I stock it: Arrowroot helps control excess oil and improves the texture of dry formulas.
What it helps with: Absorbency and creating a smoother, less heavy powder product.
Where I use it: Masks and dry body products.
Why I might choose it for you: When a formula needs oil control or a lighter texture without adding stronger clay.
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Beet Powder
Why I stock it: Beet powder gives me a gentle plant powder I can blend into customized masks when I want less clay and more botanical material in the formula.
What it helps with: Creating a softer dry-mask blend for skin that does not need strong oil absorption.
Where I use it: Selected customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a mild botanical mask rather than a strongly absorbing clay or active enzyme.
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Rice Starch
Why I stock it: Rice starch softens the feel of powder products and helps absorb excess oil.
What it helps with: Creating a smoother powder cleanser or mask and reducing a heavy clay feel.
Where I use it: Powder cleansers, masks, and selected dry body products.
Why I might choose it for you: When you need gentle absorbency without using a stronger clay.
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Jojoba Beads
Why I stock it: Jojoba beads give me a rounded physical exfoliant that is easier to control than rough, irregular scrub particles.
What it helps with: Removing surface buildup and smoothing rough texture.
Where I use it: Cleansers and exfoliants.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin can tolerate physical exfoliation and you prefer a gentle polished feel.
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Icelandic Black Sand
Why I stock it: Icelandic black sand gives me a more noticeable physical exfoliation option for formulas that need more polishing power.
What it helps with: Rough texture and stubborn surface buildup.
Where I use it: Scrubs and selected masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin or body needs a stronger polish and can tolerate more texture.
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Brown Sugar
Why I stock it: Brown sugar creates a simple scrub that dissolves as it is used.
What it helps with: Rough, flaky skin and surface buildup.
Where I use it: Body scrubs and lip polish.
Why I might choose it for you: When you need a physical exfoliant for the body or lips rather than the more delicate areas of the face.
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Magnesium Chloride
Why I stock it: Magnesium chloride gives the bath soaks a different mineral profile than salt alone and dissolves readily in warm water.
What it helps with: Creating a more complete mineral soaking experience and helping the bath feel relaxing and restorative.
Where I use it: Magnesium mineral bath soaks.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a mineral soak with magnesium in addition to Dead Sea salt and Himalayan pink salt.
Treatment Ingredients
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Niacinamide
Why I stock it: Niacinamide can support several concerns at once, which makes it useful when skin is dealing with oiliness, uneven tone, visible pores, or a weakened barrier.
What it helps with: Oil balance, barrier support, texture, and the look of uneven tone.
Where I use it: Toners, moisturizers, facial mists, and treatment serums.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a practical multitasker rather than several separate products.
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Bakuchiol
Why I stock it: Bakuchiol gives me a retinol alternative for clients who want to work on visible aging and texture but may not tolerate traditional retinoids well.
What it helps with: The appearance of fine lines, uneven texture, and loss of firmness.
Where I use it: Facial oils and moisturizers.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a corrective nighttime ingredient but your skin needs a gentler approach.
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Papain
Why I stock it: Papain gives me an enzyme exfoliation option that does not rely only on scrubbing.
What it helps with: Surface buildup, rough texture, and dullness.
Where I use it: Masks and powder exfoliants.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs exfoliation but a gritty scrub would be too much.
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Licorice Root Powder
Why I stock it: Licorice root gives me another option when I am customizing a mask around uneven tone or lingering discoloration.
What it helps with: The appearance of uneven tone and post breakout marks.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When visible discoloration is a concern and your skin does not need aggressive exfoliation.
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Olive Leaf Powder
Why I stock it: Olive leaf gives customized masks antioxidant support without making the formula overly complicated.
What it helps with: Supporting skin exposed to environmental stress.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin looks tired, stressed, or generally depleted.
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Moringa Powder
Why I stock it: Moringa gives me a nutrient rich botanical option for customized masks.
What it helps with: Supporting dull or depleted looking skin.
Where I use it: Customized masks.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a supportive botanical mask rather than a strong clay or enzyme treatment.
Essential Oils
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Lavender Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Lavender gives me a familiar, soft herbal aroma that works across facial, bath, and aromatherapy products.
What it helps with: Creating a calmer sensory experience and supporting formulas made for uncomfortable skin.
Where I use it: Facial oils, moisturizers, toners, facial mists, bath products, roll ons, and aromatherapy oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When you enjoy lavender and want a formula that feels calming rather than energizing.
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Tea Tree Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Tea tree gives me a focused option for formulas made around oily or breakout prone skin.
What it helps with: Supporting clearer looking skin and reducing a heavy, oily feel.
Where I use it: Cleansers, toners, facial oils, and roll ons.
Why I might choose it for you: When breakouts and excess oil are a concern and your skin tolerates essential oils.
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Frankincense Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Frankincense gives selected oils and moisturizers a warm, grounding aroma without smelling overly floral.
What it helps with: Creating a richer sensory experience in facial and aromatherapy formulas.
Where I use it: Facial oils, moisturizers, aromatherapy oils, and roll ons.
Why I might choose it for you: When you prefer warm, resinous scents and want something less sweet or floral.
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Geranium Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Geranium gives me a rosy, green essential oil that works well in balancing facial and body blends.
What it helps with: Supporting formulas for combination skin and creating a soft floral aroma.
Where I use it: Facial oils, moisturizers, toners, bath soaks, roll ons, and aromatherapy oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin has both oily and dry areas or you enjoy a fresh floral scent.
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Palmarosa Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Palmarosa gives me a softer floral option that works well in facial oils and balancing blends.
What it helps with: Creating a comfortable skin feel and a light floral aroma.
Where I use it: Facial oils, moisturizers, toners, and roll ons.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a floral blend that is lighter and less traditionally rosy than geranium.
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Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Eucalyptus gives bath, shower, and aromatherapy products a crisp, open feeling.
What it helps with: Creating a refreshing steam or bathing experience.
Where I use it: Bath soaks, roll ons, cleansers, and shower products.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want something fresh and energizing rather than sweet or floral.
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Peppermint Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Peppermint creates a strong cooling sensation with only a small amount.
What it helps with: Creating a fresh, cooling bath or body care experience.
Where I use it: Bath soaks and selected cleansers or aromatic blends.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a cooling, refreshing product and your skin tolerates peppermint.
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Sweet Orange Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Sweet orange gives body care and aromatherapy blends a bright citrus aroma.
What it helps with: Creating an uplifting sensory experience.
Where I use it: Bath soaks, roll ons, cleansers, toners, and facial oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want something cheerful and fresh rather than herbal or floral.
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Cedarwood Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Cedarwood gives selected formulas a dry, woodsy base note.
What it helps with: Balancing sweeter essential oils and creating a more grounded aroma.
Where I use it: Facial oils, cleansers, and limited aromatic formulas.
Why I might choose it for you: When you prefer woodsy scents or want a blend that does not smell sweet.
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Clove Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Clove is extremely strong and gives limited specialty blends warmth and depth.
What it helps with: Creating a warm, spicy aromatic blend.
Where I use it: Limited specialty formulas only.
Why I might choose it for you: Only when the complete formula calls for a very small amount and your skin can tolerate it.
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Cinnamon Essential Oil
Why I stock it: Cinnamon is a highly concentrated aromatic ingredient used only in trace amounts.
What it helps with: Creating warmth in limited seasonal or specialty blends.
Where I use it: Limited specialty formulas only.
Why I might choose it for you: Only when it fits a specific product and there is a clear reason to include it. It is not a routine facial ingredient.
Bath and Body Ingredients
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Dead Sea Salt
Why I stock it: Dead Sea salt gives bath products a mineral rich base and dissolves well in warm water.
What it helps with: Creating a mineral soak and softening rough body skin.
Where I use it: Mineral bath soaks and body scrubs.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a simple mineral bath or body exfoliation product.
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Himalayan Pink Salt
Why I stock it: Himalayan pink salt gives bath products another mineral salt with a slightly different texture.
What it helps with: Creating a balanced mineral soak and adding gentle physical texture to body products.
Where I use it: Mineral bath soaks and body scrubs.
Why I might choose it for you: When you want a mineral based soak made with a blend of salts rather than only one.
Functional Ingredients
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Geogard 221
Why I stock it: Any product containing water needs protection from bacteria, yeast, and mold. Geogard 221 is one of the preservative systems I use for water based formulas.
What it does: Protects the product while it is being stored and used.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, serums, moisturizers, and other water based formulas.
Why the formula needs it: A preservative is not filler. Without one, a water based product can become unsafe long before you can see or smell a problem.
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Optiphen
Why I stock it: Optiphen gives me another preservative option because no single preservative system fits every formula.
What it does: Helps protect selected products from microbial growth.
Where I use it: Water based products, emulsions, masks, and selected customized formulas.
Why the formula needs it: The preservative has to match the complete formula, including its ingredients, texture, and pH.
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Polysorbate 20
Why I stock it: Essential oils do not mix evenly into water on their own. Polysorbate 20 helps disperse them through the product.
What it does: Helps prevent essential oil from floating in concentrated droplets on top of a toner or mist.
Where I use it: Toners, facial mists, atmosphere mists, and selected aromatic products.
Why the formula needs it: Shaking a bottle does not keep essential oil permanently dispersed. A proper solubilizer makes the formula more consistent.
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Xanthan Gum
Why I stock it: Xanthan gum gives me control over the thickness and stability of water based products.
What it does: Thickens formulas and helps keep powders or other ingredients suspended.
Where I use it: Toners, serums, cleansers, masks, and moisturizers.
Why the formula needs it: Without enough structure, some formulas would separate, settle, or feel too thin.
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Olivem 1000
Why I stock it: Olivem 1000 allows me to combine water and oil into a cream.
What it does: Creates and stabilizes an emulsion.
Where I use it: Moisturizers and creams.
Why the formula needs it: Water and oil naturally separate. An emulsifier keeps them blended into a consistent product.
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Sodium Alginate
Why I stock it: Sodium alginate gives me a base for peel off and rubberized mask formulas.
What it does: Forms a gel when mixed with the proper ingredients.
Where I use it: Customized and professional masks.
Why the formula needs it: It creates the structure that allows the mask to set and lift away in one flexible layer.
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Calcium Sulfate
Why I stock it: Calcium sulfate helps alginate masks set correctly.
What it does: Supports the reaction that turns the wet mask mixture into a firm gel.
Where I use it: Alginate and peel off masks.
Why the formula needs it: Without the correct setting ingredient, the mask may remain soft, sticky, or fail to set.
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Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Why I stock it: Sodium cocoyl isethionate gives powder and solid cleansers cleansing power without relying on traditional soap.
What it does: Helps water lift away oil, sunscreen, dirt, and surface buildup.
Where I use it: Powder cleansers and exfoliating cleansers.
Why the formula needs it: A powder cleanser needs a surfactant if it is expected to cleanse rather than only exfoliate.
Botanical Oils and Butters
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Jojoba Oil
Why I stock it: Jojoba is one of the most versatile oils I use. It is lightweight, stable, and works for dry, oily, sensitive, and breakout prone skin without making every formula feel greasy.
What it helps with: Softness, flexibility, and sealing in moisture.
Where I use it: Facial oils, oil cleansers, moisturizers, roll ons, and Botanical Collection oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs an oil but you do not want a heavy finish.
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Castor Oil
Why I stock it: Castor oil is thicker than my other oils and is especially useful in oil cleansers because it helps grab onto makeup, sunscreen, and heavier buildup.
What it helps with: Breaking down oil based residue and giving an oil cleanser more cleansing power.
Where I use it: Oil cleansers and selected facial oil blends.
Why I might choose it for you: When you regularly wear makeup or sunscreen and need more help removing what is sitting on the skin.
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Sweet Almond Oil
Why I stock it: Sweet almond oil gives formulas more softness and slip without feeling as heavy as a butter.
What it helps with: Dryness, roughness, and sealing in moisture.
Where I use it: Facial oils, oil cleansers, moisturizers, balms, and Botanical Collection body oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a nourishing oil with more cushion than jojoba.
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Rosehip Oil
Why I stock it: Rosehip gives me a more treatment focused plant oil for formulas built around visible texture, dryness, or uneven tone.
What it helps with: Softness and improving the appearance of uneven texture and tone over time.
Where I use it: Facial oils and moisturizers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs more than a basic sealing oil but you still want a botanical formula.
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Apricot Kernel Oil
Why I stock it: Apricot kernel oil is light, soft, and easy to use in both facial and body products.
What it helps with: Dryness, roughness, and giving oils and cleansers a smoother glide.
Where I use it: Facial oils, oil cleansers, and Botanical Collection body oils.
Why I might choose it for you: When you need nourishment but do not like the feel of a thick oil.
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Mango Butter
Why I stock it: Mango butter gives richer products structure and staying power.
What it helps with: Dryness, roughness, and reducing moisture loss.
Where I use it: Moisturizers, balms, and richer customized formulas.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a more protective layer than a lightweight lotion can provide.
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Sunflower Oil
Why I stock it: Sunflower oil gives me a lightweight, practical oil that supports softness without taking over the whole formula.
What it helps with: Dryness and maintaining a comfortable skin barrier.
Where I use it: Moisturizers, cleansers, serums, and selected finished bases.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs barrier support but feels easily weighed down.
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Meadowfoam Seed Oil
Why I stock it: Meadowfoam is stable and gives creams and oils a smoother, less greasy finish.
What it helps with: Softness, moisture retention, and improving the feel of richer products.
Where I use it: Moisturizers and selected finished bases.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs a richer formula but you still want it to feel polished and comfortable.
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Pumpkin Seed Oil
Why I stock it: Pumpkin seed oil adds richness to moisturizers without relying only on heavier butters.
What it helps with: Dryness, softness, and supporting a more nourishing moisturizer.
Where I use it: Selected moisturizers.
Why I might choose it for you: When your skin needs more nourishment than a basic daily moisturizer provides.
Dried Botanicals
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Pink Rose Petals
Why I stock it: Rose petals come from plants in the Rosa genus and are valued for their fragrance, natural color, and long history in cosmetic and aromatic preparations. Pink petals can range from very pale blush to deeper rose depending on the variety and growing conditions.
What it helps with: Rose petal extracts have been studied for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, including their potential to help calm inflammatory responses in the skin. These findings apply to prepared extracts, not to the decorative dried petals inside a finished bottle.
Where I use it: Oils, aromatherapy products, roll-ons, and selected body care products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a recognizable floral ingredient with a softer natural color and a history of use in skincare and aromatic preparations.
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Red Rose Petals
Why I stock it: Red rose petals come from the same broad Rosa genus but offer a deeper natural color than pink petals. Rose petals have long been used in fragrance, rose water, food, and traditional preparations.
What it helps with: Extracts and distilled preparations made from rose petals have been linked to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Research is still more limited than the marketing around rose sometimes suggests, and the decorative petals in the bottle are not included as a treatment ingredient.
Where I use it: Oils, aromatherapy products, roll-ons, and selected body care products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want the visible floral detail to have a deeper color while still connecting to rose's long history in body care and fragrance.
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Calendula Petals
Why I stock it: Calendula, or Calendula officinalis, is an annual or biennial plant native to the western Mediterranean. Its flowers are recognized for their bright yellow and orange petals and their long history in herbal skin preparations.
What it helps with: Properly prepared calendula flower products have traditionally been used for minor skin inflammation and to support the healing of minor wounds. These uses are based mainly on long-standing traditional use rather than strong clinical evidence.
Where I use it: Oils, bath products, body care products, and selected customized formulas.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a warm, recognizable flower with a real history in products made for dry, uncomfortable, or easily irritated skin.
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Cornflower Petals
Why I stock it: Cornflower, or Centaurea cyanus, is an annual flowering plant native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region. It became widely established in European grain fields and is recognized for its fine, vivid blue petals.
What it helps with: Cornflower flowers have traditionally appeared in herbal preparations for minor eye irritation and inflammation. Some laboratory research has also reported anti-inflammatory activity, but loose decorative petals do not provide a treatment benefit inside a finished product.
Where I use it: Oils, roll-ons, aromatherapy products, and selected customized products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a real flower with a long history of traditional use and a naturally vivid blue color.
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Jasmine Buds
Why I stock it: Jasmine belongs to the Jasminum genus, a large group of shrubs and vines known for fragrant flowers. Common jasmine, Jasminum officinale, is native from the Transcaucasus region through parts of Central and South Asia and has long been used in fragrance, food, tea, and traditional preparations.
What it helps with: Jasmine flowers and extracts have been investigated for antioxidant and antimicrobial activity, but most evidence is laboratory based and depends on the species and preparation used. The dried buds inside a product are included as a visible detail rather than as a therapeutic dose.
Where I use it: Oils, aromatherapy products, roll-ons, and selected body care products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want a small, fragrant flower with a long history in perfumery and traditional preparations.
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Lavender Buds
Why I stock it: Lavender belongs to the Lavandula genus in the mint family and is known for its fragrant purple flower spikes. Lavender species are native mainly to warmer, drier parts of Europe and the Mediterranean region.
What it helps with: Lavender flower and lavender oil preparations have traditionally been used for mild stress, restlessness, and supporting sleep. Those uses relate to prepared herbal or aromatic products, not simply to decorative dried buds inside a bottle.
Where I use it: Oils, aromatherapy products, bath products, roll-ons, and selected body care products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a familiar aromatic flower with a long-standing connection to relaxation and evening routines.
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Lupine Petals
Why I stock it: Silvery lupine, Lupinus argenteus, is a western North American perennial with blue to violet flowers. It grows in forests, meadows, and open sagebrush country throughout much of the western United States.
What it helps with: Lupines belong to the legume family and contribute to their environment by forming relationships with soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. Their flowers also support pollinators. Lupine should not be presented as a casual herbal remedy because some species and plant parts contain potentially toxic alkaloids.
Where I use it: Atmosphere mists, seasonal products, and selected aromatic products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a western wildflower with a clear connection to open meadows, mountain landscapes, and native pollinators.
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Balsamroot Petals
Why I stock it: Arrowleaf balsamroot, or Balsamorhiza sagittata, is a native western North American perennial known for large yellow flowers and arrow-shaped leaves. It is commonly found in open grasslands, sagebrush country, and dry mountain slopes.
What it helps with: Arrowleaf balsamroot supports native pollinators and provides spring and summer forage for wildlife. The plant also has a documented history of food and medicinal use among Indigenous peoples of western North America, although those traditional preparations are very different from dried petals used decoratively in a product.
Where I use it: Atmosphere mists, seasonal products, and selected aromatic products.
Why I might choose it for you: When I want to include a bright western wildflower with a genuine connection to the landscape and ecology that inspired the product.
Gemstones
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Rose Quartz
Why I stock it: Rose quartz is a naturally pink variety of quartz recognized for its soft, cloudy color. It is traditionally associated with love, compassion, and emotional comfort.
What it adds: A pale pink gemstone detail and a softer meaning that fits rose and floral products.
Where I use it: Sweet Almond Botanical Oil, Geranium Botanical Aromatherapy Oil, and the Geranium, Palmarosa, and Lavender Roll On.
Why I might choose it for your product: When the product has a soft floral direction and rose quartz fits both the color and the comforting character of the blend.
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Amethyst
Why I stock it: Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz, with color that can range from pale lavender to deeper violet. It is traditionally associated with calm, clarity, and rest.
What it adds: A purple gemstone detail that connects naturally with lavender based products.
Where I use it: Lavender Botanical Aromatherapy Oil and selected calming blends.
Why I might choose it for your product: When lavender is the main aromatic ingredient and the product is intended to feel calm, grounding, or suited to an evening routine.
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Green Aventurine
Why I stock it: Green aventurine is a naturally green variety of quartz recognized for its soft color and subtle shimmer. It is traditionally associated with luck, opportunity, and growth.
What it adds: A fresh green gemstone detail with natural variation from chip to chip.
Where I use it: Jojoba Botanical Oil and the Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, and Lavender Roll On.
Why I might choose it for your product: When the formula has a fresh, green, or herbal direction and the stone fits the crisp botanical character of the blend.
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Carnelian
Why I stock it: Carnelian is an orange to reddish brown variety of chalcedony known for its warm, translucent color. It is traditionally associated with energy, motivation, and confidence.
What it adds: A warm orange gemstone detail that fits brighter citrus and apricot based products.
Where I use it: Apricot Kernel Botanical Oil and the Orange and Frankincense Roll On.
Why I might choose it for your product: When the product has a warm, bright, or citrus direction and carnelian supports the more energizing character of the blend.
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Obsidian
Why I stock it: Obsidian is naturally formed volcanic glass with a smooth black appearance. It is traditionally associated with grounding, protection, and strength.
What it adds: A dark gemstone detail with a direct visual connection to Yellowstone's volcanic landscape.
Where I use it: Yellowstone Atmosphere Mist and selected Yellowstone inspired products.
Why I might choose it for your product: When the product is built around Yellowstone and the black volcanic glass fits both the landscape and the grounded, woodsy character of the blend.
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