Gerlinde Naturals Super Nourishing Face Balm

- Key Ingredients: Murumuru Butter, Passion Fruit, Avocado Oil, Sea Buckthorn, Camellia, Jojoba Oil, Calendula
• Murumuru Butter: Pressed from the reddish-orange fruits of the Astrocaryum murumuru palm tree. It is known for its anti-inflammatory and bactericide properties and is rich in oleic and linoleic oils. As an excellent emollient it helps the skin to retain water by creating a protective film, ideal for dry skin. It will provide long-term moisture.
• Passion Fruit Oil: Also known as Maracuja is a soothing and skin softening oil with anti-inflammatory properties, also containing lots of minerals and high levels of linoleic acid, ideal for dry and cracked skin.
• Sea Buckthorn: Traditionally used for a wide range of skin ailments and is revered for its nourishing, regenerative, and restorative actions. The pulp of the berries is a powerhouse, containing lots of vitamins (E, C, B1, B2, K), minerals, essential fatty acids and phytosterol. Oil from the Sea Buckthorn berry is a deep red colour due to its high carotene (41 carotenoids found so far in seabuckthorn) content which includes valuable lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene. It as an exceptionally nourishing oil for dry skin and can help to promote the regeneration of skin cells.
• Avocado Oil: From the ripe Avocado fruit and is generally expressed from the seed. With a generous amount of Palmitoleic Acid it supports the health of your skin, is highly nutritious, protecting, regenerating with good levels of Vitamin A, D and E and is a superb emollient for dry skin, transporting active substances into the dermis.
• Jojoba Oil: Traditionally held in high regard by Native Americans in the Sonora Desert, is as a vital ingredient in this formulation. It will sink rapidly into your skin for extra moisture, allowing your skin to breathe, and can significantly soften your skin by reducing transepidermal water loss.
• Cocoa Butter: The edible natural fat of the Cocoa Bean (Theobroma Cacao), separated during the process of making chocolate and cocoa powder. Cocoa Butter Gives softness, nourishment, protects the skin with a barrier against water loss.
• Camellia Seed Oil: Recognised for centuries in Japan for its highly restorative effect on the skin. It is said to be responsible for the peachy skin and long nails of Japanese women. It is also known for being one of the most rapidly absorbed oils yet has an outstanding moisture retaining ability without clogging pores. Camellia Seed is high in Vitamin A, B, C and E and Oleic Acid, giving it excellent skin conditioning properties, protecting your skin from drying out while replenishing with vital nutrients and calms easily irritated skin.
• Calendula: Herbalists value Calendula as a healer and it has been widely used as a remedy since ancient times. It is an infusion of Marigold flowers and has been applied topically in popular medicine for slow healing wounds, bed sores, bruises, cuts, scratches, inflammations, eczema, ulcers and burns. Calendula is also recognised as an effective astringent and therefore has a tightening effect on the skin.