Ingredient Benefits

Botanical Name: Ascophyllum nodosum

Location: West Coast of Kerry, Ireland.
Seaweed type: Wild-harvested
Drying method: Natural, wind and sun.

Brown seaweeds are rich in carotenoids and fucoxanthin that are responsible for their brown colour, brown seaweeds do not bleach in the sun, fucoxanthin protects against oxygen free-radical damage, a major cause of disease and aging, wrinkling. Fucoxanthin has 13.5X more activity than vitamin E in tests.

Benefits:
One of the group of seaweeds that produce a skin conditioning effect when included with cosmetics, which deposits materials on the skin surface that increase suppleness and reduce flaking thereby help to maintain the skin in good condition.
​Fucoidans present a number of important potential cosmetic benefits, they are thought to help protect against sun damage, slow collagen breakdown in the skin and also increase collagen synthesis.

Composition:
Contains fucoidan 8%, laminarin 7%, and mannitol 7%, fucoxanthin, vitamin E and is rich in alginates 28%.

Additional Information:
Also known as Asco, Yellow Tang, Knobbed Wrack, Sea Whistle or Egg Wrack.

Both our Eutopia Body Wash and 7 Berry Facial Serum contain Knotted Kelp and can be purchased HERE.

Botanical Name: Rubus idaeus

Rich in oleic and linoleic acids, Red Raspberry Seed Oil is a wonderful moisturizer with powerful protective abilities. As well as protecting from free, Red Raspberry Seed Oil also offers minor sun protection making it a wonderful addition to facial products.

Extraction Method: Cold Pressed

Benefits:
This wonder oil is rich in oleic and linoleic acids, Red Raspberry Seed Oil is a wonderful moisturizer with significant protective abilities. Red Raspberry Seed Oil is a superb anti-oxidant being high in vitamin E and provitamin A, as well as protecting from free radicals Red Raspberry Seed Oil also offers some sun protection making it a wonderful addition to facial products. Its high level of Vitamin E is known to be give it an important role in skin repair and conditioning.
Red Raspberry Seed Oil is said to be beneficial for skin issues such as rashes, eczema and other skin lesions. Is excellent for sensitive skin and is deeply nourishing, softening, emollient, conditioning, and a lipid barrier providing protection and moisture retention for the skin.
Red Raspberry Seed Oil is also claimed to work magic on wrinkles, and protect the skin against sun rays, in after sun care products.
This oil is emollient, lubricating, and conditioning, creates a lipid barrier providing protection to the skin and provides moisture retention for the skin. This wonderful oil boasts superior anti-inflammatory properties, and is perfect for use in applications for dry skin, as well as in massage oils.
It also contains extremely high levels of alpha and gamma tocopherols (vitamin E) and provitamin A.

Composition:
Contains approximately 30% of omega 3 and 54% of omega 6 fatty acids, so with approximately 84% content of essential fatty acids,
Carotenoids (Vitamin A) 23mg per 100ml of oil
Tocopherols (E Vitamin) 61mg per 100ml of oil
(both Alpha and Gamma-Tocopherol)

Additional Information:
Raspberries are thought to have originated from Asia, with Roman records going back to the 4th Century AD.
Raspberry Seed Oil has a dark yellow-orange colour, with a mildly sweet, fruity odour.
The common red raspberry is cultivated throughout the world, and a very large percentage is pressed into juice. Raspberry seeds, which constitute 10% of the weight of a raspberry, are a major by-product of the raspberry juicing process.

 

The products which contain Red Rasberry Seed Oil are our 7 Berry Facial Serum, Liberty Corrective Serum and also Vitalize Cleansing Bar and can be purchased HERE.

Botanical name:  Fucus vesiculosus                    

 

Location:  West Coast of Kerry, Ireland.

Seaweed type:  Wild-harvested
Drying method:  Natural, wind and sun.

The anti-aging activity of seaweed extracts is commonly accepted, Bladder Wrack was shown in tests to reduce skin thickness, which increases with age, improving the mechanical and elastic properties of the skin, which makes this sea vegetable particularly useful for topical cosmetics.

Benefits:

This species has recognised emollient action on the skin, where it smooth and softens, its skin conditioning effects sooth the skin, this plants humectant activity draws moisture to the skin acting as a moisturiser. This seaweed has been shown to act as a potent anti-aging ingredient in human studies.
This sea plant also contains fucoidans, which have been shown to have cosmetic effects as diverse as providing protection against photo damage-induced aging, some fucoidans are known to exhibit anti-collagenase activity, an internal enzyme that breaks down collagen in the skin naturally as we age. In addition, fucoidans have been shown to stimulate collagen synthesis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composition:
This seaweed contains high levels of algal lipids, up to 4%, as well as approximately 20% alginic acid, 11% fucoidans and 7% mannitol.
​F. vesiculosus has been reported to contain high levels of antioxidant activity, antioxidants are thought to play a preventative role in aging and disease.

Additional information:
Also known as Lady Wrack, Bladder, Sea Wrack, Black Tang, Bladder Fucus, Sea Ware.

Our Vitalize Cleansing Bar contains Bladder Wrack and can be purchased HERE.

Botanical Name: Arctium lappa

This herb has been used in complimentary medicine as an antibacterial and antiseptic when used topically. Oil extracts have been long used to sooth and tone skin.

 

Benefits:

The chemistry of this plant is well understood. Antimicrobial activity of this plant is well documented towards both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Herbalists have long used this herb specifically for conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, and other cutaneous eruptions.

Composition:

Contains fatty acids, lauric, linoleic, linolenic, myristic, oleic, palmitic, propionic and stearic acids. This species also contains soothing mucilage polysaccharides and terpenoids.

Additional Information:

Burdock is listed by the Council of Europe as a food-flavouring ingredient.

Both our 7 Berry facial serum and Eutopia body wash contain Burdock herb and can be purchased HERE.

Botanical Name: Rosa canina

Rosehip Oil is extremely high in essential fatty acids and is known to help treat dry, irritated, weathered skin. It is also suitable for treating burns, scars and stretch marks. Rosehip Oil contains a high content of unsaturated essential fatty acids and vitamin E’s and provitamin A.

Extraction Method: Virgin and Cold Pressed

Benefits:
Rosehip oil contains a high content of unsaturated essential fatty acids and Vitamin E’s, provitamin A, other carotenoids natural antioxidants, giving this oil therapeutic and healing properties to repair damaged tissue and skin cell regeneration. Suitable for oily, large-pored, combination and sensitive skin, as well as many problem types of skin.
Rosehip Oil is used in skincare applications for acne and eczema, skin burns, sun care, moisturizers and anti-ageing products. It also contains high quantities of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. Rosehip is amongst the best vegetable oil source of omega 3 and is also significant source of omega 6, both essential fatty acids collectively known as vitamin F, involved in cellular membrane and tissue regeneration and normalizing skin with large pores.
​Great for mature or sensitive skin, Rosehip Seed Oil is considered an astringent oil, of light consistency, leaving no greasy-feeling residue on the skin, and being easily and well absorbed. Rosehip is classic oil for sensitive skin. Its consistency is dry to very dry and Rosehip Oil is considered to be one of the best anti-wrinkle oils available today. It soothes the fine wrinkles, especially around the eyes and mouth. It gives elasticity to the skin and helps against skin aging. As the oil has a short surface time on the skin, being rapidly absorbed by the skin and not leaving any fatty residue or shine behind, it makes an excellent face oil. It can also be used undiluted (100%).
Rosehip is very healing for skin damaged by, or over-exposed to, ultraviolet radiation from the sun or x-ray radiation. Rosehip Seed Oil is an excellent cosmetic ingredient for skin care as well as hair care, for its ability to help regenerate cells, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improve the tone and colour of the skin, good for scar tissue, stretch marks, damaged and dry skin.
Rosehip Seed Oil’s naturally high content of vitamin A has made it a popular choice in treatments to target skin infections.
Rosehip oil is becoming popular with massage therapists for it’s skin healing properties.

Composition:
Exceptionally high in omega oils which your body cannot make but must be consumed as part of a healthy diet or applied topically to the skin.

Additional Information:
This high quality oil is wild-harvested and extracted from the seeds of the red berry like fruits or hips originating in Chile. It has been traditionally used for its anti-oxidizing abilities and nutritious content, particularly by the Andean Indians.
Golden-reddish in color with a slight though rich earthy odour, which indicates a rich, wholesome and natural product.

Our Liberty Serum, 7 Berry Serum and Eutopia Body Wash all contain Rosehip Oil and can be purchase Here.