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When you hear the word "natural," images of blue skies and birds singing come to mind. The term"natural" is often misunderstood when comes cosmetics. Many companies declare their products to be 'natural', even that they contain processed ingredients. How can you tell whether a product truly organic or not?

Bluh Alchemy

Bluh Alchemy is an innovative clean skincare brand that has an incredibly small, targeted range that features synergistic blends of rare botanical extracts. Becky Bluh studied cosmetics chemistry and found out how to harness plant-based ingredients with transformational physiological effects. She scoured for a variety of rare plant extracts that can provide an outline for optimal skin health and protect against premature aging and free radical damage, as well as oxygenative stress.

Bluh's study of rare botanicals and her experiments led her to the revolutionary Cellular Extraction Process, which allows the extraction of the phytoactive characteristics of a plant in its most potent state. Her formulas employ this revolutionary technology to provide Advanced Bioactive Solutions directly to the skin.

For February's Beauty Heroes Discovery we selected two full size picks from Bluh Alchemy: the Botanic Retinol Cell Renewal Concentrate (hero but make it super) and the Eye Oil Serum (sidekick that every superhero requires). In this concentrate, Bakuchiol replicates the corrective properties of retinol in order to instantly reduce the appearance of wrinkles, enlarged pores, breakouts and uneven skin tone. This is paired up with a variety of antioxidants including Kakadu Plum to stimulate cell renewal and reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation. Finger lime caviar will improve the appearance of your skin and firm it. Mountain pepper leaf cellular extraction with ORAC levels that are beyond the norm will protect against premature ageing.

African Botanics

In a corner of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in Johannesburg, South Africa grows an strelitzia with a yellow hue (known as Mandela's Gold) which is an endemic species that is also one of the nation's botanical emblems. It's an ode to the moral leader of the Rainbow Nation, and a reminder of the country's profound connection to nature and its abundant biodiversity.

For Craig and Julia Noik, founders of the brand of green beauty that is uber-luxe African Botanics, launching the line was more than just a business idea. It was an opportunity to share a bit of their homeland with others and to provide them with the same feeling of connection to this unique land and its age-old traditions that have always been a part of their lives.

The resultant skincare collection is a tribute to traditional African beauty rituals by using ancient African phytochemistry, and modern botanical pharmacy. The most powerful South African plants, sustainably procured from the country's remote, unexplored regions, are then infused with powerful actives chosen by botanists and biochemists from South Africa and around the world. They are then encapsulated using advanced extraction and encapsulation methods to create the ultimate eco-luxe, high-performance green beauty.

Fifty7 Kind

Fifty7 Kind is a web-based first company that provides products based on plants that are packaged in eco sustainable packaging. The sleek line of skincare and body care includes ingredients sourced from Southern Africa. These include plant extracts and seed oils and unique minerals from the desert, the sea and the land. Gabrielle (founder Fifty7 Kind) was raised in the English countryside as an organic child. Her mother taught to cook with raw ingredients and gather wild herbs to enhance beauty.

Utilizing botanicals that are sourced sustainably, the slow-fusion artisan process ensures concentrated extracts of skin health promoting vitamins and fatty acids, as well as trace nutrients, and non-polar amino acids. The brand source rare, wild-crafted, and under-the-radar botanicals like Ugandan Vanilla and a sub-species of shea called Vitellaria Nilotica, which has high levels of Vitamin A + E + K and non-polar antioxidants.

YINA is a California-based organic cbd skincare brand created by two female Chinese Medicine doctors. The brand blends ancient oriental herbal remedies and botanical organic luxury. YINA products contain traditional medicinal herbs and Organic Botanics plants such as Ashwagandha and Hawthorne Berry as well as more common, organic ingredients found in most other skincare lines.

Live Botanical

Botanical skincare that bridges the gap between modern and traditional methods, creating balance & harmony in order to enhance your beauty. Made in Portland, Organic Botanics OR.

A botanical is a species of plant or part of a plant that is valued for its therapeutic properties such as flavor, aroma, or taste. Botanicals are used since ancient times to maintain and improve health, and even in skin care.

Botanicals are available in fresh or dried forms and in a variety preparations. They can be found in the produce aisle of a supermarket, or in the section of dietary supplements as capsules, tablets tea bags, liquid preparations. A single chemical could be isolated from a specific botanical and sold as a dietary supplement in tablet or capsule form.

The security of a plant's product is contingent on its chemical composition, its function in the body and the method of preparation. The amount of a plant included in a product plays a role in its safety. Tea contains only a tiny amount of botanical, whereas a tincture or extract is much more concentrated.

A tincture can be prepared by soaking a botanical in a liquid, such as water or alcohol to extract the essential constituents. A tincture can then be diminished to different strengths. The strength of a plant tincture can be measured as a percentage between the botanical and extract.

YINA

Angela Chau Gray, Ervina Wu and Angela Chau Gray are both experts in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Their brand pays true homage to the ancient philosophies of TCM with professional TCM practitioners at the control. The result is a variety of advanced, artisanal and luxurious formulas for modern wellness routines such as acupressure and acupuncture.

YINA products are made sustainably in California and contain powerful bio-adaptive herbal extracts. Their flagship products are the NOURISH botanical oil serum and the mask for preventing pollution. Both are high in the nutrient-rich camellia seed oil, safflower oils, and licorice root. They also contain anti-aging botanicals, such as rhodiola, bakuchiol and Asian knotweed. The mask also includes coconut powder, pear carbon and moringa to cleanse.

Felicia is a part of the highly efficient operations team at YINA and she loves exploring new products for health and implementing the self-care practices advocated by the founders of the brand. She loves the YINA Anti-Pollution Mask that contains cleansing agents such as pearl powder, skullcap root and moringa.

Malaya Organics

Malaya Organics is a Brooklyn-based 100 100% natural high-performance line created by Katya Slepak, an expert formulator, designer of products, and certified aromatherapist. The brand's nourishing, results-driven products are designed to support skin naturally as it ages and are suitable for all genders and skin types. Their balancing elixirs contain the therapeutic benefits of a blend of phytonutrients-rich whole-plant extracts, that are infused in-house to ensure maximum potency, rich in anti-aging and nourishing essences and plant oils that are that are known for their anti-inflammatory and elasticity building properties.

Ingredients come from the taigas in Siberia, the forests of India and the Amazon and the deserts of Morocco. They've been carefully designed to help you connect with your inner landscape, which is one of balance, peace, and healing. The name "Malaya", which is derived from a Shambhala sandalwood forest, also refers to a sacred garland that is worn during ceremonies. These were the inspirations behind the thoughtfully curated collection.

Fran Miller

Long before natural hair was cool and trendy, Toronto-based Fran Miller launched her eponymous beauty brand with the mantra "less is more." Now, with the summer heat on the rise Miller's minimalist lineup of oil-based skincare essentials is taking the wellness world by storm. The lineup includes everything from a shea butter and Goji berry body buff to a hair-smoothing spritz and multi-tasking face oil.

Since its inception, F. Miller's commitment to environmental sustainability has been based on a focus on organic, ethically sourced ingredients, and partnerships with conscious manufacturers locally and globally. All of their high performance products are free of harmful preservatives, synthetic fragrances and colorings, parabens, phthalates, mineral oils, petrolatum, aluminum, GMO's, and SLS's.

All products are blended and packaged by hand in small batches to ensure freshness. The label works with cosmetic chemists who create high-nutrient botanical blends that nourish and promote radiant skin. The brand is also environmentally conscious and this extends to packaging and the practices. They prioritize environmentally friendly packaging and make use of recyclable and biodegradable glass. They also offer refills and a subscription program to further reduce waste.