UNISEX. For all skin types including mature, normal, dry, oily, and parched. Also performing well for those who report sensitive skin issues, including rosacea, eczema, atopic dermatitis. and those with mild acne and occasional outbreaks.

Tight, squeaky clean skin - no thanks! That’s the feeling that all the moisture in your skin has evaporated, leaving your skin dehydrated at the surface. It’s often caused by conventional cleansers and soaps. Constantly stripping your skin like this can cause damage, leading to premature aging and the most common skincare complaint: feeling tight, parched, and dehydrated at the surface. What we commonly call “dry skin”. There are also other less obvious but very common skin care habits and routines. So please keep reading!

Are you familiar with Ponds or Noxema Cold Cream?

Maybe you remember Mom or Grandmother using it? Perhaps you or someone you know is still using these well-known cleansers? Unfortunately, that “Cold Cream” is an entirely synthetic, petroleum-based, industrialized, mass-produced fabrication made in big factories and shipped all over the world.

Reclaiming a Nourishing Skincare Tradition

Once I learned that Cold Cream has roots in ancient Rome, I dug deeper. I discovered that its basic form and function are rooted in the nourishing skincare tradition of “oil cleansing,” whereby oils are massaged into the skin to gently melt away dirt and grime, then removed by wiping and rinsing.

I was immediately inspired to take “cold cream” back to its roots and embarked on a journey to create a natural, plant-derived creamy cleansing balm that gently removes dirt, dust, pollen, pollution, mineral sunscreen, and makeup.

I whipped together a mild, coconut-derived soapy ingredient with plant oils and seed butters to create a silky cleanser that will purify your skin without stripping it and this protects your skin’s moisture barrier (aka Acid Mantle) which helps support strong, resilient skin that feels soft and silky and healthy aging.

My Cold Cream also rinses quickly and easily with warm water and a gentle wipe with a soft washcloth.

And since my Cold Cream is a cleansing balm, it’s an excellent choice for those who enjoy Oil Cleansing.

COLD CREAM STARS:

MANGO, SHEA AND KOKUM BUTTER

COLD WATER SEAWEED EXTRACT

PLANT PROTEINS

VITAMINS

RAW, COLD PRESSED VIRGIN SEED OILS

ANTIOXIDANTS

STEAM DISTILLED ROSE HYDROSOL

INFUSED WITH FRESH, LOCALLY HARVESTED WILD YARROW, ROSE AND SPRUCE

ESSENTIAL OILS

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I craft my Cold Cream in tiny batches to ensure freshness and provide a “made by” and use by date” on the label.

I whip together silky mango, kokum, and shea butter, nourishing oils infused with wild plants, steam-distilled hydrosol, vitamins, and aloe juice. Then I blend in a smidge of a mild, plant-derived soapy ingredient that gently lifts and loosens debris so it can be easily rinsed and wiped away without the rather messy process of pure oil cleansing.

After you pat dry, you’ll feel fresh, clean, and dewy soft - no more tight, dry skin!

Ingredients: ¥Jojoba and *Meadowfoam Seed oil infused with wild ^rose, ^yarrow, ^spruce │ ¥Rosehip seed oil │ ¥Mango Butter │ ¥Grapeseed Oil │ ¥Hemp seed oil │ ¥Apricot Seed Oil │*¥Safflower Oil │ *¥Kokum Butter │ ¥Sunflower Oil │ ¥Sweet Almond Oil │ †ØDecyl Glucoside │ †ØLauryl Glucoside │ *Aloe glycerite │ Supercritical CO2 Extracted Sea Buckthorn Berry fruit oil │*Steam Distilled Rose Hydrosol Water │ *Vegetable Glycerin │ ^cold water seaweed extract │ *Oat Protein │ †Keratin Protein │ †Panthenol │ *Vitamin Complex: C, B3, B5, B6 │ §ØPropanediol │ *Rosemary Oleoresin │ §ØEthylhexylglycerin │ §ØPotassium Sorbate, │ Vitamin E │ 1% Therapeutic grade essential oils

*Organic, †Naturally Derived, ^wildcrafted, §biodegradable preservative, ‡garden grown organic + chemical free, ¥virgin + organic + unrefined + cold pressed, ØECOCERT.

The aroma is very light, imparted by 1% essential oils of Lavender, Geranium, Juniper Berry, Copaiba, N-Bisabolo

HOW TO ENJOY COLD CREAM:

My Cold Cream can be your standalone daily cleanser. It gently and completely removes light to moderate amounts of sunscreen and makeup without stripping your skin. It’s safe for daily use.

One thing to note is that this cream is not meant to be a mask. Leaving it sitting on the skin for more than 3-4 minutes can result in minor irritation.

• Always apply to dry skin with dry fingers: In order for the cream to begin loosening and dissolving debris your the skin and fingers must be dry. Aside from removing any eye makeup, no special preparation is needed to begin.

• Leave on your skin for about 3-4 minutes before removing. Leaving the balm on for a few minutes allows time for it to begin loosening and dissolving debris. Remember that this cream cleanser is not a mask, it’s a cleanser!

• Washing your face at the sink: Once the cleanser has soaked in for a while, cup your hands and fill with warm water, then briskly wash your face gently with open palms.

• Splash with warm water repeatedly to remove (never hot), The soap component of my Cold Cream is activated with warm water, turning a milky color and pulling the debris to the surface, where it can be rinsed away.

• Always finish removing the cleanser with a final wipe with a warm, wet washcloth. To ensure all debris and cleanser are removed, it is recommended that you do not skip this step.

• Pat Dry. Your skin will feel slightly emollient after you dry your face. This is why cleansing balms do not strip or over-cleanse your skin.

HELPFUL TIP: How to increase skin hydration and strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier?

• Toning: Whenever our skin comes in contact with tap water, and especially after washing/scrubbing, ensuring we reset the pH to slightly acidic will help the skin instantly start rebuilding the Acid Mantle. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF A TONER. Just choose your toner very carefully!

• Conventional toners are often a source of hidden, drying alcohol and synthetic fragrance (the number one skin irritant). Be 100% sure you're using 100% alcohol-free and synthetic fragrance-free toners. One way to ensure there is no alcohol hiding in your toner is to choose steamed distilled hydrosol water.

• Consider tossing your conventional toner and instead ... spritz with 100% steamed distilled hydrosol water to tone AND add extra moisture. Hydrosols, also known as steam distillates, make the perfect toner in their complex simplicity. They’re the collected condensation from a pot of boiling water in which plants are simmering. This process creates distilled “water’ with hundreds of plant compounds, a natural aroma, and always the perfect, skin-friendly pH. We can use any plant to make these. My hydrosol toner can be found here.

• Apply your lotion, cream, and/or facial oils to damp skin. This approach greatly increases dermal moisture/hydration. You can dampen with a spray of hydrosol, plain tap water, or a well-formulated water-based serum (make sure it is water-based!) Gently massage your cream, lotion, and/or facial oil into your damp skin, then allow it to air dry.

• To relieve skin that is more persistently dehydrated “dry”: Apply a second application of lotion or cream: after the first application of lotion has soaked in (about 3-4 minutes) apply a SECOND, lighter application of the same lotion or cream. This time, do not spritz first.

• ONLY cleanse, scrub, or exfoliate your skin at the end of the day. Skin cells exposed after scrubbing and exfoliating require time to mature. When new skin cells are immature, they are very vulnerable to damage from environmental stressors, especially sunlight. Just as important is the fact that your skin becomes less able to retain moisture after washing, scrubbing, and exfoliating. So, after a night of restorative sleep, the now mature skin cells are at their strongest and most resilient, better able to protect themselves from the stress of the day (exposure to solar rays, pollution, dust, allergens, makeup)AND HOLD IN MOISTURE! Over time, by adhering to this practice, your skin will become stronger and more resilient, and issues such as feeling parched and dehydrated can begin to improve.

• Morning “freshen-up” and post-workout cleansing: Use pure raw honey to “wash” your face. That’s right, pure raw honey. Why does this work? Honey is a mild solvent, perfectly suited to the task of dissolving sebum, skin oils, and sweat while loosening dead skin cells so they can be rinsed away with warm water. LEARN HOW AND WHY HERE

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