Why buy handmade bath and body products?
Products made with natural and nearly all-natural ingredients are generally safer, gentler, healthier, and often more enjoyable to use than commercially made products. Returning to more natural products can enhance your overall well-being.
Artisans of handmade personal and home care products are typically quite knowledgeable of the ingredients that they use and generally have a passion for using and offering practical and/or luxurious green products that are healthy for their customers and safer for the environment.
Commercial products typically contain a variety of synthetic ingredients that can cause irritation, sensitivity, rashes and eczema. Commercial products can also dry out the skin and hair and cause it to age prematurely. Petroleum based ingredients, chemically derived preservatives, solvents and alcohols all can be damaging to our skin and bodies, especially with long-term or frequent use. Some ingredients found in detergent bars (the "soap" generally sold is not really soap by original definition), cosmetics and other skin care products are suspected of causing cancer.
Manufacturers of mass-made products are faced with several struggles in selling their products...
•Keeping competitive and keeping their prices low by often using the most cost saving ingredients or inferior quality ingredients.
•Adding enough preservative (usually synthetic) to ensure that their products do not go rancid (go bad) before they are sold to consumers.
•Fragrancing their products to appeal to consumers while keeping the cost of the fragrance down.
"By the Batch" natural and nearly all-natural products are generally better because...
•Artisans typically use higher quality ingredients.
•Artisans generally include specialty ingredients that are better suited for particular personal care applications.
•Artisans usually use fresher ingredients.
•Handmade products traditionally include few if any synthetic ingredients.
•By purchasing artisan-made products, you support small businesses.
•You support creativity and those who focus on developing green products.
The benefits of Dead Sea Salt
Dead Sea Salts are very mineral rich, containing high proportions of Potassium, Magnesium and Bromide. Potassium helps regulate the moisture level of the skin, Magnesium helps promote healing, and Bromide has a smoothing and relaxing effect. The natural mineral salts exfoliate and revitalize the skin and help draw out toxins. Sea Salt is well known for it's ability to relieve aches & pains, reduce stiffness after exertion, relax the muscles and relieve skin problems such as acne, eczema & psoriasis.
The high mineral content of Dead Sea Salt stimulates blood and lymphatic circulation. Increased circulation moves trapped fluid from joints, improving joint movement and reducing stiffness and pain. Regular use of salts promotes healthy skin by exfoliating and encouraging regeneration of new skin cells.
