WHOLE PLANT CO-EXTRACTS

Rather than just 'pulling out' one part of one plant in a singular extraction by alcohol, glyerin or water, I co-extract all parts of the botanicals featuring in my compositions together into biodynamic Olive oil over a period of 3-12 months. 

Olive oil is a proven, ancient medium that not only extract, but interacts with my botanicals in the process to enhance their potency and preserve the natural balance of their compounds. The full nutrient spectrum in one omnipotent synergistic extract: A symphony of natural compounds. Our skin has a synergistic affinity with oil, recognises it as it's own and readily welcomes it into the matrix of it's building blocks.

There is so much evidence now that synergistic whole plant extracts are much more powerful than single compounds. All my research has lead me to believing that every single component present in a plant has a specific purpose that is intrinsically linked to all other components – their power lies in the whole, not singularity. Nothing in Nature works in isolation.

The DIY skincare rituals I learned from my mum were always a blend of only just dried whole plants mashed up with oil (or avocado, or sometimes quark), stored in airtight jars in the fridge and used over the course of a week as masks, face and body oils. They were magic, and her skin was and still is soft, luminous, strong.