HEMP BODYCARE

60% of skin preparations are absorbed straight into our systems.

The majority of bodycare is based on petro-chemical or animal derivatives - not ours. We use 100% plant based ingredients, enhanced with fine botanical extracts and essential oils. Our range is gentle, pleasurable and effective - building on a long tradition to bring you the very best, naturally.

Be part of this growing movement… RISE AND SHINE!

NATURAL:
The HempGarden range contains finest hemp seed oil blended with botanical extracts and other plant and essential oils - to beautify, condition and protect.

HEMP:
Filled with essential nutrients, hemp seed oil is natures richest source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) which are known for their excellent emollient and lubricating properties.

MOISTURE:
PUFAs increase the moisture retention of our skin, keeping it soft and supple and our hair healthy and strong.

PROTECTION:
Trapping this moisture strengthens our skin and hair - enhancing our natural defences against pollution, sun, dry air and excessive use of soaps, gels and other detergents.

HEALING:
The essential fatty acids contained in hemp seed oil have been clinically proven to alleviate or remedy dry skin, minor skin abrasions, acne, eczema and psoriasis.

ANTI-AGEING:
Hemp seed oil has a high content of Vitamin E compound, a natural anti-oxidant that traps excess free radicals which can injure, age degenerate and kill our cells and tissues. The oil itself can also compensate for the lower ceramide levels associated with ageing and metabolic slowdown. It is the lowering of these ceramide levels that contribute to the formation or wrinkles and overall skin ageing.

ENVIRONMENTAL:
The growing hemp industry is rising to many of the challenges we face in the 21^st century. This plant could make a difference to natural resource management, climate change and it’s effects, prevent and reduce pollution and ensure a future that is viable, responsible and equitable.

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Hemp has been cherished as a staple bodycare ingredient for centuries. Herodotus described the Synthians purifying themselves with hemp oil, which made their skin shining and new. Mention of hemp is also made in texts of the Babylonians, Persians, Hebrews and Chaldeans.

Research has shown that hemp oil assists the bodies ability to heal, both externally and internally - it’s essential fatty acids are readily absorbed into the skin. 75% of these fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) - known for their excellent emollient and lubricating properties.

The chemical composition of hemp seed oil is similar to the protective oils secreted by our own skin. The oil is absorbed quickly into the skin and penetrates the deeper layers of tissue - making it an ideal carrier for repairing and rejuvenating ingredients such as botanical extracts and essential oils.

Our skin is not just a sensory organ that regulates temperature control, it also has important barrier functions: it protects the body from excessive water loss and from penetration by foreign substances, pathogens and viruses. A major function of skin-care products is to enhance, preserve or restore this barrier.

In shampoos and conditioners the primary benefits result from the therapeutic effects of hemp oil’s fatty composition on the scalp. It gives relief from the dry, itchy feeling of a scaly scalp. Hemp oil’s lipids make the hair more manageable, add to body and enhance shine.

We would also remind you that healthy nourishment feeds the skin from the inside out. There is a lot of truth in the old adage ‘you are what you eat’.

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