The Botanical blog

Many flowers provide outstanding antioxidants and nourishing vitamins that help cleanse, balance, and moisturize your skin! Antioxidants are your best line of defense against premature aging, so put flower power to work in your routine.  

Understand sweet orange essential oil as an aromatic ingredient, its limits in skincare and why citrus products are not automatic choices for sensitive skin.

A skincare routine using quality products that contain pistachio oil will help to produce smooth, radiant-looking skin. The pistachio oil benefits for skin are many and will leave you looking more youthful!

More than just a salad ingredient, cucumber is the anti-aging answer for skin; this nutrient-packed fruit cools, hydrates, and rejuvenates!

The neem tree is often referred to as "nature's drugstore," with neem leaf extract benefits for skin ranging from reducing inflammation, promoting wound healing, slowing the aging process, and more!

Cocoa butter can enrich a moisturizing formula, with realistic limits for acne, scars and stretch marks.

What shower temperature can mean for dry skin, without promises that cold water reverses aging.

Putting the antioxidant powers of mushrooms to work on your skin can create dramatic results, as their extracts support healthy skin and slow the effects of aging.

Understand clogged pores, blackheads and whiteheads. Choose evidence-based care while avoiding harsh scrubs, squeezing and unnecessary irritation.

Separate cosmetic workout-product claims from evidence about skin moisturization and exercise.

Recently, there's been an increasingly positive trend in consumers who care about what, and from whom, they buy. What does it mean to shop for cruelty-free cosmetics, and why does it matter?

Ginseng, ginkgo and gotu kola are different botanicals. Compare their identities and the evidence without transferring laboratory claims to cosmetics.