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| A to Z of Ingredients in Suvarna ProductsThis is a not a complete ingredients list, but a selection of the ingredients that are in Suvarna hand made skin care products. | | | Avocado Oil
Avocado oil is highly moisturizing and softening. It is good for mature, dry and dehydrated skins. It contains lecithin, carotene, vitamins B5, D and E, and magnesium linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid which helps to strengthen the membranes surrounding skin cells. It has a reputation for having a higher degree of penetration into the epidermis than most carrier oils. It acts as a sunscreen.
|  | Apricot oil
It is particularly good for sensitive, dry, inflamed and ageing skin.
Found in: Apricot moisturizer, Frankincense and Neroli Rejuvenating Cream, Rose, Neroli and Chamomile Cream, facial oil for sensitive skin.
|  | Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis)
The word 'Chamomile' as we know it now in English comes from the Greek Chamomaela or 'Ground Apple' because of the sweet apple-like fragrance it releases when trodden on.
In the Middle Ages it was used as a 'strewing' herb to improve the atmosphere at gatherings and festivals, and to the Anglo Saxons it was one of the 'Nine Sacred Herbs' and known as 'Maythen'. In these times it was also used widely in Beer Making as a bittering ingredient, and it was not until hops took over that function in beer-making that it ceased to be used for this purpose.
Chamomile was known to the Romans and used for incense and in beverages
It was the monks during the middle ages who became the main custodians of herbal knowledge in Europe collecting and translating ancient works on herbal remedies and developing their own. It was used for tinctures and tisanes and was cultivated in monastery gardens.
Chamomile has a soothing, calming and anti-inflammatory properties. It is excellent for dry and sensitive skin. It is valuable for the treatment of skin problems, especially where the skin is very sensitive, red or dry. It is excellent in the treatment of allergies, such as eczema, urticaria and all dry, flaky and itchy conditions, or those where patches of redness appear.
Found in Rose, Neroli and Chamomile Cream, |  | Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
The name comes from the Latin con firma, meaning to grow together. It used to be called knitbone because of it's reputation as a healer of wounds and even broken bones!
Comfrey is rich in vitamins, minerals and trace elements. It contains allantoin, an active ingredient which aids healing, and is often helpful for itchy, rough skin, and dry eczema.
|  | Calendula
It has a calming, anti inflammatory effect on the skin. It also helps sooth and heal skin disorders, and acts as a mild antiseptic to keep irritated skin free from infection.
|  | Geranium
Geranium is useful in skincare for its astringent and antiseptic properties, for its delightful perfume, and for its action in balancing the production of sebum. This makes it valuable for skins that are excessively or oil, for dry skins, or for dry skins with oily patches
|  | Evening Primrose
Evening primrose good for eczema and psoriasis, allergies. It is anti-inflammatory and cytophylactic. Contains GLA which is a rare fatty acid converted by the body into prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are needed by the skin in order for it to function properly. Prostaglandin deficiency affects the skins suppleness and will cause it to age more quickly. |  | Neroli
Neroli has powerful cytophylactic properties, which means it encourages the growth of healthy new cells. Therefore it has a rejuvenating effects. The rate at which new cells reproduce is slowed down with age. |  | Jasmine
An exotic flowery slightly heady fragrance. Known as the 'king of flowers'. Traditionally used in love potions as an aphrodisiac. It is calming to the nerves and warming to the emotions. It is good for relieving stiffness and relaxing muscles. Is a tonic for all skin types but particularly suitable for dry and sensitive skin. | | Jojoba Oil
Jojoba oil is easily absorbed in to the skin, it softens, protects and helps the skin to hold its moisture. It has a sun protection factor of 4. It is good for all skin types and especially for conditions such as acne and dry eczema. It has a natural affinity with the skin, as closely matches the skins own oil called sebum. | Lavender Essential Oil
A very versatile oil which is good for all skin types and has many healing properties - It helps to balance sebum production and it is soothing, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, sedative, and healing for minor cuts and burns. |  | Organic Rosehip Oil
Rosehip oil is a remarkable oil, containing precious essential fatty acids which the body is unable to manufacture - omega 3 fatty acids and omega 6 fatty acids. It includes a very high percentage - 40% of Gamma Linoleic Acid (GLA). (This is also found in a smaller percentage in evening primrose oil). GLA is a rare fatty acid which acts as a precursor to prostaglandin production. The skin needs prostaglandins, and deficiencies in it can cause dryness, loss of suppleness and wrinkling. Rosehip oil also contains vitamins A, C, E, and other nutrients.
Many research studies have shown this oil to be an excellent tissue regenerator, particularly effective at reducing premature aging, wrinkles and scar tissue - such as operation scars and acne scars. It was also found to restore lost colour and tone to the skin.
As well as treating premature aging and scar tissue, rosehip oil is also very effective for treating, burns, sunburn and eczema.
It is found in Suvarna organic rejuvenating facial oil blends. Suvarna also sell 100% organic rosehip oil which can be mixed with another oil, or massaged neat into your skin, or you can add a little to your moisturiser and mix on your palm before applying.
|  | Rose (Rosa damascena)
Rose oil is often thought of as the queen among essential oils. Nicholas Culpeper described the rose as being governed by Venus. Rose oil is especially useful for treating womens disorders, for soothing the mind and emotions, and physiologically - it has a powerful effect on the uterus. It has antidepressant, and relaxing properties.
In ayurvedic medicine rose is highly valued for its soothing, cooling properties and for its effect on the heart, for healing the emotional disturbances.
In skincare rose is good for all skin types but especially dry, aging, sensitive, inflamed and itching skins. It is soothing, cooling, astringent, tonic and it has a reputation for being a rejuvenator for aging skin. It is valuable for thread veins as it has a constricting action on the capillaries.
|  | Rosewater
Rosewater is a hydrolat, or byproduct of the distillation of the essential oil. It contains a tiny proportion of essential oil, along with many water soluble extracts from the plant that do not occur in the oil. It has soothing, cooling and anti-inflammatory properties. It is a gentle antiseptic, and mild astringent, which makes it useful as a skin toner or freshener. Rosewater can safely be used on the most sensitive skins and dry skins. Rosewater can also be safely applied to the skin around the eyes. Rosewater on pads of cotton wool can be placed over the eyes to rest and refresh them.
Rosewater is used in traditional Indian and middle eastern cooking. It is used for flavouring Indian sweets, milk puddings, lassie and Turkish delight.
|  | Frankincense - The Rejuvenator
Frankincense is a form of resin which comes from trees grown in the middle east and India. In ancient times it was a precious commodity even more valuable than gold. It was used then and still is today for its medicinal properties and as an incense, burnt on altars and in temples in religious ceremonies. It was used by the Egyptians for embalming and in rejuvenating face masks. It has a calming effect on the emotions and it is good for the lungs, slows down breathing, and is particularly good for asthma.
In skincare frankincense oil is renowned as a rejuvenator. It is good for dry skin, and due to its astringent qualities it is also good for oily skin. It has a definite tonic effect on ageing skin, and it is reputed to have a tightening effect on slack, ageing skin. It is cytophylactic, meaning it stimulates the growth of healthy new cells. This is particularly helpful to mature skin since the rate at which new cells regenerate slows down with age. Frankincense is found in the Suvarna Frankincense and Neroli Rejuvenating Cream and in the Suvarna Organic Rejuvenating Facial Oils.
|  | Shea Nut Butter The shea butter tree is a small deciduous tree abundant in the savanna areas of West Africa. Shea butter is known in West Africa as 'Women's Gold'. This is due to the fact that the harvesting and processing of shea butter for cooking or cosmetics is often the only income-generating activity for women in rural areas.
Shea nut butter has marvelous qualities in skin care. It has very good moisture retaining properties, protects the skin from drying out, and
from the sun. It has a sun protection factor or 2 - 3. It is anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, it helps the skin to heal more quickly and is very good for dry skin prone to eczema and psoriasis. Shea nut butter is used in all of suvarna creams and lotions.
| | Vitamin E
Vitamin E works as an anti oxidant counteracting oxidation in fats and oils and prevents free radicals. Free radicals are formed during exposure to sunlight, during the break down of environmental pollutants and during the oxidation of oils when exposed to heat or sunlight. Vitamin E applied to the skin will penetrate it and take care of free radicals, and also will absorb the suns harmful rays which cause sunburn. Free radicals and ultra violet rays reduce the skins elasticity and cause aging of the skin.
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