Plant Profile: St. John’s wort

St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)

Description

If you hold St. John’s wort flowers up to the light you will see numerous small bright spots, these are glands containing a fluid of essential oils and resin. If you rub the golden yellow flowers between your fingers they will be stained blood red, the characteristic colour of St. John’s wort oil. This wondrous colour change results from the fact that light and oxygen break down constituents of the flowers. The perennial St. John’s wort plant grows to a height of 90 cm. Over summer the many branched, woody stems are covered over and over with the five-rayed flowers. This oil-rich plant, whose leaves are also densely covered with oil glands, prefers full sunlight which it requires for luxuriant growth.

Uses

Paracelsus was convinced of the wound-healing, antiseptic and eliminating action of St. John’s wort. He saw the pore-like perforation of the leaves as an indication that the plant could be used to treat any kinds of opening in the skin, either internally or internally, and that it would also support elimination through the pores.

In fact, St. John’s Wort stimulates the blood circulation and carries anabolic and nourishing processes to the sphere of the nerves and the senses.

With its calming, pain relieving and wound healing properties it brings relief not only in chapped, cracked and irritated skin accompanied by redness but also in mild burns. Embrocations with the characteristic red oil help relieve nerve pain, rheumatism, lumbago and sprains. St. John’s wort is used internally for treatment of depression.

Interest

There are numerous legends attached to St. John’s wort. According to one it originates from the blood of John the Baptist, according to another St. John the Evangelist is said to have gathered the plant drenched in the Saviour’s blood from beneath the cross. The naming of the plant St. John’s wort was supported particularly by the fact that the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, whose patron saint is John the Baptist, already used the plant for treatment of wounds at the time of the Crusades.

St. John’s wort, one of the magical plants of the summer solstice, devoting itself to the sun like no other plant. It is said to have the greatest healing powers at the Feast of St. John, three days after midsummer night in the Northern Hemisphere, when it is at the height of its bloom and is imbued with the full power of the summer sun. At this time the light has reached its climax and the sun joins in matrimony with the earth. Since time immemorial people have honoured this day of union between the light and the earth, between spirit and matter, with great feasts. A remnant of this tradition can still be seen today in Europe with the bonfires lit on midsummer’s night.

The plant ingredient at Dr. Hauschka

The radiant yellow flowers of St. John’s wort which stretch up towards the sun on straight stems, contain the highest concentration of active constituents at the time of the summer solstice. This seems to be an expression of its sunlike character. The luxuriant wealth of flowers contrasts starkly with the dry, hard wood of the plant. That which is between the flower and the branch shows a tendency to contract, to dry. This is the expression of a forming character which brings order to that which is excessively in flux.

This is the field of tension in which we find the numerous healing effects of this old medicinal plant. As plant of the light it drives away the darkness in human beings, and thus helps internally in depression, externally in sunburn. As bringer of order it supports the organism in all anabolic processes of the nerve-sense organs, whether as wound-healing agent or in treatment of depression.

In Dr. Hauschka skin care products St. John’s wort is found wherever, in addition to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory action, soothing and strengthening of the skin is desired: Rose Day Cream, Revitalising Day Cream, Tinted Day Cream, Clarifying Day Oil, Cleansing Cream, Almond St. John’s wort Soothing Body Oil, Almond Soothing Body Cream, Blackthorn Toning Body Oil, Lip Balm and Eye Balm. In Hydrating Foot Cream it brings light to the feet which in our culture are usually condemned to a shadowy existence enclosed in shoes.

The making of St. John’s wort oil extract, in time honoured and labour intensive methods.

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• Authentic natural and/or organic skin care and make-up, certified to NATRUE standards
• Free from synthetic chemical fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone and PEGs
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or biodynamic (Demeter certified) cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions
• We do not test on animals

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Dr. Hauschka Foundation

Naturally, illuminating, nurturing
Pomegranate, coconut, macadamia

Foundation that cares for your skin!

• Highly nourishing foundation based on the finest natural and organic ingredients.
• Maintains the skin’s moisture balance and protects it from external influences.
• Easy to apply, medium coverage.
• Harmonises with skin tone.
• May use one shade lighter than your perfect shade as a ‘primer’.
• Formulation includes mineral pigments, Pomegranate for antioxidants and moisturising ability, Anthyllis which helps all skin conditions to find balance, provitamin A rich Carrot Root extract, Apricot Kernel, Macadamia, Jojoba Oils and Coconut to nourish the skin, Shea Butter and Candelilla Wax to protect.
• Natural essential oils provide an initial light, fresh aroma followed by hints of coconut and vanilla.
• Enhanced shades and concealing properties.
• Following an intensive development phase, we created a formulation that conceals minor flaws while retaining the skin’s natural vitality.
• Foundation evens out the skin’s tone, giving it a balanced, radiant appearance.

Once you’ve made the decision to use Dr. Hauschka natural and organic skin care it makes sense to also be using the same high quality ingredients for your make-up.

Foundation Shades

01 Macadamia – neutral, for fair skin tone, or maybe used as a ‘primer’
02 Almond – warm, for light to medium skin tone
03 Chestnut – cool, for medium skin tone
04 Hazelnut – warm, for medium to light dark skin tone
05 Nutmeg – neutral, for medium to light dark skin tone
06 Walnut – medium dark skin tone
07 Pecan – dark skin tone

Key Ingredients

Pomegranate Fruit Extract
Pomegranate fruit helps the skin to regenerate as well as having antioxidant properties. They also store a huge amount of moisture and vitality. The Pomegranate extract used in Dr. Hauschka Foundation is obtained by processing the entire fruit, including its skin.

Pomegranates not only taste good, they have a range of health benefits. Anti-fungal, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties have been ascribed to them. They’re also resistant to drought and can store much moisture and vitality in their fruit.

An age-defying ingredient

• We process the whole Pomegranate fruit, including the Peel for our products, obtaining a preparation that promotes regeneration of the skin.
• Pomegranate Peel is an important ingredient because its extract inhibits an enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of collagen in ageing skin.
• At the same time, the extract activates an enzyme that’s involved in the production of collagen.
• Pomegranate Seed Oil contained in the whole-fruit extract stimulates cell division in the keratinocytes, cells which produce the important skin-strengthening protein keratin.

Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is slow in penetrating the skin’s layers, it leaves the skin feeling soft and silky smooth all day. The coconut oil in Dr. Hauschka Foundation comes from a small farming project in Sri Lanka, which is certified by both Naturland and Fair For Life. This gives the formulation a stable, moisturising base.

Macadamia Nut Oil
Macadamia nuts take a very long time to ripen and are only ready when they fall from the tree of their own accord. Macadamia nut oil is absorbed easily by the skin and is unique among oils owing to the high amount of antioxidant palmitoleic acid that it contains.

The composition also includes nourishing Jojoba and Apricot Kernel Oil, Anthyllis which is a key ingredient to bring all skin conditions to a state of balance, protective Shea Butter and Candelilla Wax, provitamin A rich Carrot Root Extract and Silica to strengthen skin.

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Tips from Karim Sattar, Dr. Hauschka International Make-up Artist

• To find the right shade of Dr. Hauschka Foundation for you, apply three different shades on your cheekbones and choose the colour which blends best with your face and neck.
• You should apply Foundation in small amounts starting with the forehead and then moving on to the nose, chin and cheeks – always work downwards to avoid emphasising pores and fine hairs.
• Blend the transition between the neck, ears and hairline so that no edges are visible.
• Because your skin will begin absorbing Foundation immediately, we recommend applying product from the top of the lid, rather than the back of your hand.
• You can apply a second coat of Foundation for more coverage.
• A moist sponge may be used for a lighter coverage, alternatively to achieve a more translucent make-up, mix Foundation with your Dr. Hauschka Moisturiser.
• Applying and patting in the Foundation with a foundation brush helps to conceal redness and imperfections more effectively.

A nurturing base for an even complexion

For the Foundation to go on evenly, your skin should first be cleansed and moisturised. Otherwise, large amounts of Foundation will become concentrated on dry spots, creating an uneven result. Perhaps your lips, neck and the area under your eyes could use a little cream? This creates the optimum base for and even and long-lasting make-up.

Application and fixing

For seamless application, apply a little Foundation from your forehead down to your nose, as well as to your chin and cheeks. Always work downwards so as not to emphasise pores or tiny hairs. Next, spread the Foundation outwards to the sides of your face, blending in the areas of transition with your neck, ears and hair line.

Concealer before or after?

After! For greater coverage in specific areas or to conceal shadows on the inner corner of the eyes, add a little Concealer. But don’t cover up too much – leave the moles or freckles that are part of your beauty.

Why use Powder?

Powder helps to fix the liquid Foundation and enhances the staying power of your make-up. Use a Powder Brush to work a little loose power into your skin using downwards strokes. To create a more matte effect, you can press the powder onto your skin using a powder puff, gently rolling it back and forth. Powder Compact is a practical choice if you like to refresh your make-up while out and about.

Fingers, sponge or brush?

At hand temperature, Foundation spreads easily and harmoniously blends with your complexion. Please moisturise your hands well before use. This allows you to apply the Foundation evenly.

Easily, with a sponge

Application with a slightly damp sponge for speed of application.

Carefully, with a brush

When using a Foundation Brush, you can apply the Foundation to specific areas, increasing its ability to conceal blemishes.

Air brushed finish

Foundation Brush is great for giving an ‘air brushed’ finish, and for blending colour at jawline.

For a little extra glow

For a hint of summer sun-kissed freshness, mix a small amount of Translucent Bronzing Tint with your Foundation.

Mix shades

Different tones open up interesting opportunities: the shades can be combined in any way you like to create your very own, personal Foundation or adapt your usual shade to the time of year. A darker shade helps to emphasise your cheek area.

For a bit of quick refreshment

If you applied your Foundation a few hours ago, you can give your face a little extra hydration later in the day, Mist a small amount of Facial Toner onto your face.

Too much Powder or Foundation?

Spray a little Toner onto a Powder Brush and gently brush across your face.

For a long-lasting result, high colour correcting result

For longer-lasting results and a flawless complexion, apply a little Colour Correcting Powder to your face first, to colour correct and as a matte base for Foundation. Apply a little over the Foundation as well, to set your make-up.

Since 1967

Dr. Hauschka has been devoted to creating skin care formulations from Nature. Our efficacy is based on our unique skin care philosophy, unique rhythmic process and the highest quality natural ingredients with a preference for biodynamic, organic or responsibly wild harvested sources. The result: healthy, balanced, strengthened and radiant skin!

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Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Authentic natural and/or organic skin care and make-up, certified to NATRUE standards
• Free from synthetic chemical fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone and PEGs
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or biodynamic (Demeter certified) cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions
• We do not test on animals

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Jojoba

Our ingredients

Each and every one of the ingredients in our products contributes to their overall effect. Careful thought goes into the selection and sourcing of the raw materials as well as the way in which the individual ingredients are combined to form complete Dr. Hauschka products. We also adhere to the highest quality standards.

This blog tells you more about Jojoba, where it comes from, why we use it and what functions it performs in our products.

Why is jojoba oil an ingredient in the Dr. Hauschka products?

With roots that are over 6 metres in length, the jojoba shrub is firmly rooted in the desert environment and can therefore provide itself with the only consistently available water, the groundwater. This water evaporates partly via the leaves and thus becomes available again to the surface of the earth. In this way the microclimate is improved. Jojoba shrubs protect the soil in which it is rooted; in this way they protect against soil erosion and assist in retaining moisture again. The jojoba oil provides its protective power to the skin. Particularly dry or cracked skin is smoothed and can retain moisture better; the skin restores its smoothness and suppleness again.

Hydrating Cream Mask

Thanks to its smoothing and moisture-preserving properties, jojoba oil optimally supplements the formulation of Hydrating Cream Mask. This skin care mask protects the skin effectively against dehydration and dryness. The composition consisting of protective rose wax and the soothing and skin-smoothing quince seed extracts activates the moisture-retaining properties of the skin and regulates its oil and moisture processes. Mango butter protects against dehydration, it enriches and envelopes the skin along with precious plant oils from almond, avocado and jojoba. For dry, sensitive or mature skin, stressed by environmental influences and in dire need of regeneration, Hydrating Cream Mask provides supplementing and intensive skin care. The skin feels soft again and radiates freshness and smoothness.

Raw material profile

Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a true miracle in dealing with extremes. The evergreen shrub, that can grow as high as 3 metres, in the deserts of Mexico, California and Arizona where night temperatures are between 0 and 5°C and daytime temperatures can be as high as 45°C. In spite of its extreme location, the jojoba shrub can reach an age of up to 200 years. It can survive there, because of its taproot that can grow down to a depth of 6 metres enabling it to draw water from the soils’s deepest layers. The narrow leaves are adjusted to survive optimally in desert dryness due to its leathery and hairy surface. The scrubby-looking bushes are dioecious. In other words, there are male shrubs that produce pollen and female shrubs with inconspicuous blossoms. Brown capsule fruits, reminiscent of acorns, develop after wind pollination. Each fruit contains mostly one Jojoba seed, which is about as big as a small olive.

Jojoba seeds contain 50-60% wax, which is liquid at room temperature. It is therefore known as an oil. The oil containing provitamin A and vitamin E is extremely resistant to oxidation. This explains its longevity.

The Spaniards named Jojoba from the word ‘ho-ho-ba’ from the language of the Native Americans. This tribal group was located in the Sonora desert of southwestern Arizona USA and northwestern Mexico.

Jojoba oil extracted from the seeds had been utilised for wide-ranging purposes by various Native American tribes. They used the oil to treat pain and gastric illnesses. Jojoba oil played a major role in skin and hair care.

Jojoba shrubs protect desert regions against erosion and facilitate a favourable, ground-level microclimate.

Thanks to its special, waxy structure, jojoba oil is resistant to oxidisation, which means that it takes significantly longer than other oils before it gets rancid. It can withstand temperatures of up to 300 degrees Celsius.

A selection of Dr. Hauschka products that contain precious jojoba oil

Origin, cultivation and manufacture

We obtain jojoba for Dr. Hauschka Skin Care from a certified Demeter farm in Argentina. The company founder is Jorge Arizu and his cultivated fields are located at the foot of the Andes in an extremely dry area. Even the jojoba shrub, which is adapted to a dry environment, requires drip irrigation here. The water originates from a fountain on the farm. The jojoba shrubs stand in rows like long hedges where they are cultivated in compliance with biodynamic maintenance. When the jojoba shrubs are young, the limited water supply allows for the planting of aromatic herbs such as cumin, black cumin and chamomile between the rows. By the end of summer, the jojoba fruits are ripe and harvest time is until the end of autumn. The washed jojoba seeds are dried in the sun and then transported by truck to the own oil mill in Uruguay. It operates with special presses, filters and piping systems to rule out any contamination of the jojoba oil. From there, the cold-pressed jojoba oil is transported to Dr. Hauschka.

Jorge Arizu discovered jojoba for cultivation purposes through the inspiration by a Greek professor at the University of California. Dr. Demetrios Yermanos (1921-1984) is regarded as pioneer of the jojoba research. The agricultural scientist discovered jojoba oil as a substitute for spermaceti, which was an important ingredient of cosmetic recipes until the 1970s. Jorge Arizu received seeds of further cultivated jojoba plants from Demetrios Yermanos with which he started his jojoba culture in the Arauco desert in the north-west of Argentina in 1982. In 2007 he took over a conventional farm and converted it to biodynamic cultivation. As member of the AABDA (Argentinean Bio-Dynamic Association), Jorge Arizu is strongly committed to cultivation in the desert. Overgrazing changed many steppes in Argentina into deserts. People had to migrate to the cities. Jorge Arizu has a vision: the desert areas of his home country must be injected with new life through biodynamic jojoba cultivation. The jojoba culture allows the water level to rise again, promoting more biodiversity and enabling people to settle down in this area again.

Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Authentic natural and organic skin care and make-up, certified to NATRUE standards
• Free from chemical/synthetic fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone and PEGs
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or biodynamic (Demeter certified) cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions
• We don’t test on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers

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Dr. Hauschka Deodorants

Sage Mint Deodorant and Rose Deodorant

The formulations of Dr. Hauschka Deodorant were optimised in 2015. They rely on the authentic nature and the full force of their natural ingredients. The effective formulas make it difficult for odour causing bacteria to grow. As a finely balanced composition, the two roll-ons protect and care for the skin, are well tolerated by the skin, and do not stain and do not contain pore constricting aluminium salts. An elegant, delicate fragrance of rose and herb and the fresh touch of sage and mint.

Sage Mint Deodorant – herb fresh reliability

The interaction between the fresh mint fragrance and the herbal bouquet of sage provides long-lasting freshness, you can count on reliable fresh protection. The oil-free Dr. Hauschka Sage Mint Deodorant contains the essences of sage and witch hazel, two naturally effective, anti-microbial and astringent components. The vivacious fragrance of mint and the natural bouquet of sage harmonise to provide a long-lasting feeling of freshness. People who are physically active can trust the reliable, fresh protection offered by Sage Mint Deodorant. The composition of active botanical extracts and essential oils deodorises gently and hinders the growth of odour causing bacteria. Unpleasant odours are effectively prevented.

Tip: The herb fresh scent of Sage Mint Deodorant is ideal to partner with invigorating Lemon Lemongrass Vitalising Body Wash, Lemon Lemongrass Vitalising Body Milk and Quince Hydrating Body Milk.

Rose Deodorant – gentle protection

Creamy Dr. Hauschka Rose Deodorant works reliably and it’s gentle on your skin. Carefully coordinated components with mild deodorising and moisturising properties are used in this creamy formula. The moisturising oil in the rose formula imparts a sense of well-being, while the essence of lady’s mantle has an astringent effect and helps to regulate the process of perspiration. Rose water and essential rose oil add an elegant, delicate fragrance which lends a note of freshness and covers unpleasant scents. Rose harmonising properties and the roll-on is suitable for normal to sensitive skin.

Tip: Rose Deodorant harmonises perfectly with Rose Nurturing Body Cream, Rose Nurturing Body Oil and Rose Nurturing Body Wash which provides warmth and security.

Feel fresh – in every situation

New Dr. Hauschka deodorants provide protection and care for the skin. Whether during exercise or in stressful situations, the body starts to sweat under a wide variety of circumstances. Perspiration is a completely normal metabolic function, but it can be unpleasant in certain situations. This is why the new deodorants from Dr. Hauschka inhibit the growth of bacteria and cover odours naturally.However, they do not suppress the process of perspiration itself – which means they do not need to contain aluminium compounds.

Like a balm for the skin, Rose Deodorant contains moisturising jojoba oil, while Sage Mint Deodorant has a gel-like consistency and is oil-free. Both stay on the skin longer than short-acting deodorant sprays, imparting a lasting feeling of natural freshness.

How quickly and how much a person perspires depends on a number of factors – diet, clothing, and individual levels of activity and stress. Perspiration regulates the body’s temperature, eliminates metabolic wastes and combines with the skin’s acid mantle to form a barrier that protects us from harmful germs.

What makes Dr. Hauschka Deodorants’ so effective in fighting the undesirable side-effects of perspiration?

The key lies in the newly developed formulas, with their authentic character and the full power of their naturally astringent, anti-microbial and moisturising ingredients. Both products are vegan and contain neither aluminium chlorohydrate nor other soluble aluminium compounds which constrict the sweat glands. The fundamentally different formulas of the two deodorants combine effective skin care and proven protection. Deodorising ingredients were composed and refined with moisturising extracts of medicinal plants and natural essential oils.

• Tests have shown that both products are very well tolerated by the skin and offer long-lasting effectiveness
• Do not sting when applied directly after shaving
• Do not leave any traces on clothing

Please note: If you are going through transition from anti-perspirant use, that blocks your pores, to natural and organic Dr. Hauschka Deodorants, you may experience a couple of weeks detox.

Daily Mail > Possible link between anti-perspirants and breast cancer

Telegraph > Aluminium possible link to breast cancer

Editor’s note: When my partner’s Aunty was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer her oncologist advised “Switch to a natural deodorant such as Dr. Hauschka.” Of course her oncologist had no knowledge that I worked for Dr. Hauschka. I believe women should be made aware of comments such as this. 

Why do we perspire?

Perspiring or sweating plays a vital role in maintaining normal health because it helps our bodies:

• eliminate toxins
• maintain the balance of salt levels
• regulate the body temperature

On average we lose around 500mls to 1 litre of liquid a day through our skin. Generally, this evaporates very quickly.

We perspire

• when we exert ourselves through exercise and physical activity
• with the release of adrenaline due to fear or worry
• when your environment is too warm

Interestingly, perspiration is almost odourless when it’s fresh, but when it stays on the skin it develops an odour. This smell is created by bacteria that breed in the warm, moist and nutrient-rich conditions created by perspiration.

What’s the difference between antiperspirants and deodorants?

Antiperspirants: Stop you from perspiring

Deodorants: Stop the bacteria from smelling, by killing the bacteria or neutralising the smell

The science behind deodorant

Scientists figured out that the best approach would be to prevent these bacteria from breeding, thereby having a deodorising action. The first commercial deodorant was launched in 1888. Unfortunately, in the quest for ever stronger and more effective deodorants, stronger and more powerful chemicals started to be used.

The science behind antiperspirants

Antiperspirants are based on ingredients such as aluminium chloride, aluminium chlorohydrate and aluminium zirconium trichlorohydrate. These aluminium ions form a temporary blockage in the sweat ducts, stopping the flow of sweat to the skin’s surface.

Most antiperspirants contain ingredients which react with protein molecules present in perspiration and swell to form a gel-like substance. For these to be effective, their molecular size needs to be small enough to allow them to enter skin pores so that when they swell and turn to a gel, they effectively block the pores and prevent sweat from being secreted.

What’s the alternative to chemical deodorants?

Zinc ricinoleate is the zinc salt of ricinoleic acid, extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant. Zinc ricinoleate does not inhibit normal perspiration, and will not interfere with the natural flora of the skin. Instead, it ‘fixes’ the odours produced by bacterial decomposition in sweat so that they cannot be released into the atmosphere and cause the characteristic sweaty smell.

Chemicals in deodorants

Many familiar brands of deodorants contain triclosan. The chemicals in deodorants which prevent bacteria from growing have been linked to health problems ranging from skin irritation and contact dermatitis. Excessive use of spray deodorants have also been linked with more serious problems such as allergic reactions, asthma and breathing difficulties.

Chemicals in antiperspirants

Aluminium found in antiperspirants can cause inflammation, Aluminium chlorohydrate and Aluminium zirconium chlorohydrate are both used in chemical antiperspirants. These are both based on aluminium and can cause skin irritation. 

Research suggests that aluminium-based compounds may be linked to elevated aluminium levels and health problems including breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Antiperspirants also have another downside – not only can they cause the problems mentioned above, but they also prevent the body from eliminating toxins through perspiration and reduce our ability to regulate body temperature.

Choose certified natural and organic Dr. Hauschka Deodorants for health and well being.

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Anthyllis

Our ingredients

Each and every one of the ingredients in our products contributes to their overall effect. Careful thought goes into the selection and sourcing of the raw materials as well as the way in which the individual ingredients are combined to form complete Dr. Hauschka products. We also adhere to the highest quality standards.

This blog tells you more about our key ingredient, Anthyllis, aka Woundwort, where it comes from, why we use it and what functions it performs in our products.

Plant profile

In its first year of growth, anthyllis forms a lush green rosette of leaves at ground level. Only in the second year do flower stems then grow from these, reaching heights of up to 90 cm and becoming densely covered in flowers. Stand by a field of anthyllis on a warm day and you’ll hear the hum of insects as bees and butterflies visit the nectar-rich flowers.

Each anthyllis head is made up of multiple long petals, surrounded by a green crown of leaves. Unlike other species in the plant kingdom, the individual flowers never open up fully; instead, they form a cup in which nectar can collect.

The chalk-loving plant is found on fallow fields and meadows, by the wayside and on sunny slopes, but never where the soil is over-fertilised.

Facial Toner ingredients

In Facial Toner, anthyllis fortifies the skin together with a witch hazel extract, which supports the rhythmic processes. After cleansing, Facial Toner activates the skin’s flexible and vibrant barrier function to create a fresh, radiant complexion. It prepares the skin for daytime or nighttime skin care.

Why is anthyllis used as an ingredient in Dr. Hauschka products?

Anthyllis looks different depending on its location. In other words, it knows how to adapt. It can grow wildly and exuberantly, but also in a controlled, structured manner. As an ingredient in Dr. Hauschka Skin Care products, it uses these properties to unfurl delicate, regulating abilities, flexibly adapting to all skin conditions. It addresses the skin as an organ with all of its functions and helps it to establish boundaries without become rigid. Skin that’s fortified gives us an adaptable barrier. Anthyllis provides the stimuli needed to guide any skin condition to a balanced, healthy condition, to revive it and to harmonise.

Origin, cultivation and processing

The anthyllis used in Dr. Hauschka Skin Care products is mainly sourced from our biodynamically cultivated Demeter Sonnenhof Farm in Bad Boll, Germany. Straight after harvest, Dr. Hauschka/WALA employees process the blossoming plants, using a special rhythmic WALA procedure to obtain an essence from them. The extract is obtained using a cool mixture of water and alcohol. A rhythmic WALA procedure is also used to obtain an oil extract from dried anthyllis. This is mixed with warm apricot kernel oil at a temperature of 37°C (human body temperature) and further processed. The different ways of handling the plant highlight its diverse properties. Both extracts are used in many Dr. Hauschka Skin Care formulations.

Anthyllis belongs to the faboideae family, a subfamily of the fabaceae (pea) family. It first originated from Southern Europe but is today found almost all over Europe as well as in Western Asia, North Africa and America.

The scientific name anthyllis vulneraria is derived from the plant’s usage and appearance; anthos > petal, ioulas > beard, volnus > wound. Combined, these terms indicate that this is a hairy flowering plant that can be used to treat wounds.

This medicinal plant was mentioned by the Greek doctor Dioskurides using the name anthyllis back in the 1st century A.D. In the Middle Ages, anthyllis was mentioned in herb books as a plant that helped to heal wounds.

The caterpillars from Germany;s smallest butterfly feed on anthyllis. Wild bees appreciate anthyllis as a source of nectar.

Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Truly natural and organic cosmetics, certified to NATRUE and/or BDIH standards
• Free from chemical/synthetic fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone and PEG
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or biodynamic (Demeter certified) cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions
• We don’t test on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers

 

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BEE Friendly

Bee on Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea) in our biodynamic medicinal plant garden

Bees play an essential role as pollinators in the garden. Without bees many of our vegetables and fruit would never get to harvest stage.

Plant plenty of flowers in your organic garden to attract pollinators, and think about a mix of plants, so something is in flower all year.

Mixing flowers among the vegetables not only adds colour, it helps to ensure that there are enough bees around to do the job and you’ll get a better harvest too.

Bees are impacted by pesticides, especially the systemic neonicotimides that are used extensively in agriculture. These pesticides remain in the soil for long periods and even if they don’t kill bees, they may have a detrimental effect on development and ability to find nectar.

Borage in our biodynamic medicinal plant garden

Bee Favourites:

Particularly bee-friendly colours seem to be yellow, purple or blue

Herbs: Anise hyssop, basil, borage, catmint, chives, comfrey, coriander, fennel, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, mint, mustard, oregano, parsley, rocket, rosemary, sage, savory and thyme

Fruit: Apple, apricot, blackberry, black and red currants, blueberry, lemons, lime, mandarin, passionfruit, persimmon, plum, strawberries

Vegetables: Capsicum, chilli, cucumbers, leeks and onions (if left to go to seed), pumpkins, squash.

Flowers: Alyssum, cornflower, cosmos, echinacea, echium, forget-me-not, foxglove, geranium, marigold, roses, sunflowers, zinnia

Other: Banksia, bottle brush, eucalypts, spider flower, tea tree, honey myrtle

Bottle Brush (Callistemon)

The Australian Native Bee Research Centre’s top 10 plants they recommended for Australian Native Bees

Abelia x grandiflora – Abelia
Buddleja – Butterfly Bush
Callistemon – Bottle Brush
Eucalyptus – Gum Blossom
Grevillea – Spider Flower
Lavandula – Lavender
Leptospermum – Tea Tree
Melaleuca – Honey Myrtle
Westringia – Rosemary
Many Varieties – Daisies

Bee hives in our biodynamic medicinal plant garden

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Plant Portrait – Apple

Apple Blossom

Apple Synonyms: cultivated apple tree
Scientific name: Malus domestica Borkh.
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)

Description

At the height of spring, apple trees are exuberantly covered in delicate apple blossom. The effect of these flowers is particularly magnificent on naturally growing trees, which tower to heights of up to 15 metres and are topped with broad crowns. As the season wears on, the pollinated blooms lose their white or pink-tinged petals, which float to the ground, covering it like a layer of fresh snow. For a full harvest, fruit only needs to develop from five percent of the tree’s blossoms. The apple tree draws on all of life and is a key source of nectar for bees. From a botanical perspective, the apple is not a fruit but an accessory fruit; it grows from the receptacle that surrounds the ovary rather than from the ovary itself. The dried structures on the base of the apple, opposite the stem, are the remains of the flower. Like with all members of the rose family, these are five-petalled. When sliced in two, the apple also reveals a five-part core, created from the five carpels that bear the ovules. From a botanical perspective, the parchment-like core chambers or skins make up the fruit, or more accurately, the aggregate fruit.

Habitat

Central or Western Asia

Constituents

Rich in vitamins, especially provitamin A and vitamins B1, B2, B6, C and E; minerals such as potassium, iron, calcium and zinc; trace elements, fibre, antioxidants, polyphenols, flavonoids and organic acids, 75% of theses substances are found in or directly beneath the apple skin.

Uses

Polyphenols and flavonoids, both of which are found in abundance in apple skin, are anti-inflammatory, neutralise free radicals and protect against cell damage. Apples can also help prevent damage to nerve cells, lower cholesterol levels and regulate blood sugar levels. Laboratory tests have shown that oligosaccharide from apples is effective at killing cancer cells.

Apple Harvest

Interesting facts

The scientific name ‘malus’ is derived from the Greek ‘malon’, meaning apple, although the origins of this term are still unknown. The term ‘domestica’ (from the Latin ‘domesticus’ = home, indigenous) is added to the name of fruit trees cultivated in close proximity to homes. The apple is one of the oldest cultivated plants: not only have apples been found among the burial items in the tombs of pharaohs, but apple trees seem to have been grown in Kazakhstan since 10,000 B.C. The name of the country’s largest city, Almaty, even translates as ‘apple city’. Ancient manuscripts show that in the 8th century B.C., the Babylonians planted apple trees in the medicinal plant garden of King Marduk-apla-iddina (8th to 7th century B.C.) for medicinal purposes. The Romans brought the domesticated apple to Northern Europe from Asia via Greece. In all Eurasian cultures, the apple is a symbol of love, sexuality, fertility and the nourishing value of a mother’s milk, and is associated with certain deities. For the Babylonians, this was the planetary goddess Ishtar, who embodied Venus. For the Greeks it was Aphrodite and for the Teutons, Idun, the goddess of youth and immortality. Like the Greek nymphs known as the Hesperides, Idun guarded over golden apples in her garden. These provided eternal youth and immortality. Apple trees or apples on pictures of Mary, Joseph and Jesus represent Mary’s great fertility. However, eating an apple is also associated with the bringing of knowledge and change. Adam and Eve were evicted from the Garden of Eden after taking a bite from an apple from the tree of knowledge. In ancient portrayals of the Last Judgement, those who have been absolved of all sins hold an apple in their hand as a symbol of their re-acceptance into Paradise. When Mary hands Jesus an apple in ancient paintings, Christ takes on the sins of this world. In handing him the apple, Mary gives him the strength he needs to do this. On biting a poisoned apple, Snow White falls into a deep sleep. In both this fairy tale and Mother Hulda by the Brothers Grimm, where the apple tree calls “Oh, shake me, shake me, we apples are all ripe”, the apples represent the confrontation with female sexuality. In these cases, they are once again symbols of love. But to return to the Romans… These first started carefully growing apple trees in Central Europe, passing on the art of grafting. They knew that when trees were grown from the seeds of cultivated apple trees, their apples did not have the same properties as those of the mother tree. In scientific terms, apples are not homozygous. To reproduce the best varieties, the Romans therefore grafted cuttings to strong root systems. From around 100 B.C., they passed on the knowledge of this technique to their northern provinces where they planted up to 1,000 apple varieties. The present form of the cultivated apple tree is thought to have resulted from the natural crossbreeding between the Asian wild apple (Malus sieversii) and the Oriental apple (Malus orientalis). The apples from the first crossbreeds were still small and extremely bitter. Over thousands of years, 20,000 to 25,000 apple varieties have been created through crossbreeding and selection. The German names of these reflect their many different shapes and sizes; apples can be divided into the several different species: Klapperäpfel (schlotters), Gulderlinge (gulderlings), Rosenäpfel (Rosen apples), Pfundäpfel (rambours), Renetten (reinettes), Streiflinge (stripelings), Spitzäpfel (pointlings) and Plattäpfel (flat apples). Only around 30 varieties are found in today’s shops; the others are not considered profitable. In the 1960s, the EC even encouraged apple growers in Germany to fell their trees, offering 50 pfennig per tree (at the time, this equated to the purchase price of two and a half eggs or 100 g beef). Five million trees fell victim to the campaign, which aimed to promote the Golden Delicious as the standard apple. Fortunately, not everyone got on board with the campaign and apple-loving scientists known as pomologists have been able to record 2,000 different apple varieties that still exist in Germany and make an important contribution to the country’s biodiversity. Retaining the varieties will require constant attention and propagation as apple trees only live for about 100 years.

Apples in Dr. Hauschka skin care

Night Serum is the first Dr. Hauschka skin care product to use apples. The apple tree is a plant that remains with us all year round and is so much a part of everyday life that we can trust it with our eyes closed. As a cultivated plant, there have always been close ties between people and apples. In Night Serum, apple blossom invites the skin to open up and facilitates the nighttime renewal processes. As a fruit, the apple abounds with health and freshness – we desire its radiance and want to see this reflected in the mirror each morning. In formulating Night Serum, Dr. Hauschka selected Berner Rose Apple, a variety that reveals the full beauty and diversity of the fruit. The apples needed to be crunchy, juicy and as soft, rosy and full of vitality as your skin after a good night’s sleep. There also needed to be a balance between sweetness and acidity, as well as a protective yet delicate skin. We obtain the apples from German apple growers who use controlled organic farming methods. The freshly harvested blossoms and fruits are prepared using a proprietary production process – the apple blossoms as a rhythmitised extract and the fruit as apple water.

Apple Tree

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A Second Plant Laboratory

Rosenfeld translates as “rose field”, a fittingly symbolic name for the new plant laboratory and the second medicinal herb garden. ©Stephanie Schweigert

The glass flasks (left) are used to distil water. In this room, plant extracts are illuminated, cooled and stirred (middle). The appliance on the ceiling is a fume extractor that is used when working with strong-smelling plants. ©Stephanie Schweigert

Rosenfeld translates as “rose field”, a fittingly symbolic name for the new plant laboratory and the second medicinal herb garden. The small locality of Rosenfeld is situated in the Zollernalb district near Balingen, to the west of the Swabian Alps. On a sunny autumn day, we reach the “Fischermühle” grounds, idyllically located amid green meadows and woods. The absence of a signal on our mobile phones can also be taken as symbolic of the mood here, shielded from the hectic world, somehow connected with a calm rhythm of its own. The plant laboratory is in good, like-minded company on the grounds: neighbouring company Helixor Heilmittel GmbH & Co. KG produces anthroposophic medicines from mistletoe and Christmas rose, while Mellifera e. V. works to promote natural, sustainable and ecological beekeeping.

But what made WALA (Dr. Hauschka Parent Company) decide to build a second plant laboratory with an adjoining garden? As group head Dr. Christian Reichle explains: “Firstly, having an additional location reduces the risk of harvest failures. Secondly, it is always around two degrees cooler in Rosenfeld than at the company headquarters in Eckwälden. This difference in temperature creates a time buffer in harvesting and processing.” At the beginning of the “Rosenfeld” project, an in-depth analysis was made of the work processes in WALA’s plant laboratory, which was already in existence at the time. Christian Reichle and various planning groups took many months to complete this analysis. The finished concept included, among other things, a separate room for each processing step – from cleansing or sorting the plants to illuminating or stirring the extracts. There was also a particular focus on sustainable construction materials such as wood, on low-energy construction and on a modern, sophisticated ventilation system. Reichle: “It was also important for us that the look of the new building should fit well with the existing facilities at Fischermühle.”

The ground-breaking ceremony took place on 8 May 2013. With a building area of 1,950 m², the construction project took 13 months, cost €4.4 million and involved ten planning offices, 27 different skilled trades and around 120 people in all. In future, the Rosenfeld plant laboratory will produce aqueous fermented medicinal plant extracts for WALA Medicines and Dr. Hauschka Skin Care. As Christian Reichle explains: “At present, there are seven of us – and, incidentally, we have all worked in Eckwälden at some point”. The team is to be increased to 15 at a later date.

While skilled tradespersons are still at work on the outside of the new building – for instance, electricians are currently putting the finishing touches to the outside lighting – the actual work has already begun inside. “We processed plants for the first time on 11 August 2014”, reports team member Sibylle Baasner. Calendula, marjoram, eyebright, rose-hip and chestnut were the first plants processed in Rosenfeld.

We enter the new building through the incoming goods area – the same route taken by the medicinal herbs after harvesting. The processing rooms are light and spacious, with high windows looking out onto the surrounding green landscapes and the medicinal herb garden. The walls are painted a shade of purple called “peach blossom”, one that has a special significance in an anthroposophic context. As we go on into the scullery, we ask ourselves where the oniony smell is coming from. “We processed Allium cepa this morning”, admits Christian Reichle with a laugh, and shows us two further rooms where the pressing, filtering and incineration take place. We take in the impressive glass flasks of the distillation apparatus and the in-process control technology in the laboratory. Awaiting us at the end of the corridor is the illumination and shielding room, situated in a round extension and kept deliberately separate from the rest of the building. As Christian Reichle explains: “This is where we work with the plant extracts – shielding, illuminating and stirring them.” The room’s natural stone floor conveys a closeness to nature, and the floor-to-ceiling windows let in ample light. Impressive and suitably calm surroundings for such an important part of the process.

There is still plenty of planning to be done before regular operations can begin fully in 2015. “At the moment, we are developing the garden concept for the coming year”, explains Christian Reichle. Gardener Paul Kowollik and his colleagues from Eckwälden interact on a regular basis: Which medicinal plants do we want to cultivate and process? How much green manure does the loamy soil need? And which plants attract wild bees? No, in spite of all the quiet and seclusion, there is no danger of life getting dull in Rosenfeld.

Text: Elisabeth Menzel

A winning team: Martina Schiendorfer, Dr. Christian Reichle, Angelika Maas, Sibylle Baasner and Willy van de Weijer (from top left to bottom right). Not pictured: gardener Paul Kowollik. ©Stephanie Schweigert

Since 1967 Dr. Hauschka has been devoted to creating skin care formulations from Nature. Our efficacy is based on our unique skin care philosophy, unique rhythmic process and the highest quality natural ingredients with a preference for biodynamic, organic or responsibly wild harvested sources. The result: healthy, balanced, strengthened and radiant skin!

Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Truly natural and organic cosmetics, certified to NATRUE and/or BDIH standards
• Free from synthetic fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone, phthalates and PEG
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• We do not test on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or Demeter cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions

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Dry/Dehydrated Skin

Your skin is unique

You and your skin cannot be rigidly pigeon-holed. You need the right care concepts for different days, your week environment maybe quite different from your weekend environment, different seasons and different stages of life. At Dr.Hauschka, we therefore refer to skin conditions, which appear and disappear, rather than fixed skin types.

Dry or Dehydrated – what’s the difference?

What are the signs?

What can I do to support my skin?

Dehydrated Skin is notoriously difficult to diagnose correctly

Care Plan Dry Skin

Morning:
Cleansing Cream
Facial Toner
Regenerating Serum if you need to also support a maturing skin
Revitalising Day Cream, our lightest moisturiser, yet most activating for sebaceous glands, maybe used under protective Rose Day Cream or firming Regenerating Day Cream
Foundation – colour and care

Evening:
Cleansing Milk
Facial Toner
Night Serum or Regenerating Serum

Twice a week: Hydrating Mask, which may also be used as a day cream for a one month boost.

Care Plan Dehydrated Skin

Morning:
Cleansing Cream
Facial Toner, Clarifying Toner if you experience break-outs
Regenerating Serum if you also need to support a maturing skin
Quince Day Cream, Quince Seed extract aids the skin retaining moisture, Quince Wax is protective against moisture loss. Alternatively Rose Day Cream is also a good choice, especially in the cooler months
Foundation – colour and care

Evening:
Cleansing Milk
Facial Toner, Clarifying Toner if you experience break-outs
Night Serum or Regenerating Serum

Twice a week: Hydrating Mask which may also be used as a day cream for a one month boost.

Why Dr. Hauschka doesn’t recommend night creams:

• While you sleep your skin is actually hard at work regenerating, balancing oil production and expelling impurities.
• Application of night creams interferes with these essential tasks, and over time skin becomes less able to care for itself. Use of night cream also signals the sebaceous glands to cut down on moisture production, resulting in even drier skin!
• Our night care is botanical extracts held in a watery solution to support and strengthen your skin: Facial Toner or Clarifying Toner and Night Serum or Regenerating Serum.

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Since 1967 Dr. Hauschka has been devoted to creating skin care formulations from Nature. Our efficacy is based on our unique skin care philosophy, unique rhythmic process and the highest quality natural ingredients with a preference for biodynamic, organic or responsibly wild harvested sources. The result: healthy, balanced, strengthened and radiant skin!

Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Truly natural and organic cosmetics, certified to NATRUE and/or BDIH standards
• Free from synthetic fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone, phthalates and PEG
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• We do not test on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or Demeter cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions

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Intensive Treatments – for night and day

Intensive Treatments Use:

Skin cells are renewed every 28 days. Mirroring this same regenerative cycle, Intensive Treatments should be used for 28 days, morning and night, in place of Toner. Intensive Treatments work most effectively when used four times a year as a stimulus guiding your skin to a balanced state.

Use: After morning and evening cleansing, mist 4-5 pumps onto the face, neck and décolleté then gently press into the skin. One bottle is a full 28-day course application.

Clarifying Intensive Treatment (< 25)
Specialised care for blemished skin
For very oily or blemished teenage skin

Clarifying Intensive Treatment (up to age 25) offers intensive care for skin prone to pimples during puberty.

Formulation: Rhythmitised dilutions of daisy and nasturtium with the gemstone rhodochrosite act quickly to balance the skin. Witch hazel and rhythmitised silver balance moisture content and stabilise skin, minimising the appearance of breakouts.

Clarifying Intensive Treatment (age 25+)
Specialised care for blemished skin
For very oily or blemished adult skin.

Clarifying Intensive Treatment (age 25+) is formulated for adult skin prone to inflammation and blemishes.

Formulation: Rhythmitised dilutions of sage and mercurialis with the gemstone peridot act quickly to balance the skin. Witch hazel and rhythmitised chicory balance moisture content and stabilise skin, minimising the appearance of breakouts. Intensive Clarifying Intensive Treatment (age 25+) gives adult skin the power to re-discover a fine-pored, clear complexion.

Soothing Intensive Treatment
Specialised care for hypersensitive skin
For hypersensitive, reactive and stressed skin

Soothing Intensive Treatment works quickly to calm and fortify irritated, reactive skin, minimising the appearance of stress related blemishes and fortifying the skin’s natural resilience.

Formulation: Rhythmitised dilutions of botanical extracts of anthyllis and bryophyllum work with gemstone black tourmaline to calm, soften and stabilise stressed, reactive skin.

Regenerating Intensive Treatment
Specialised care to support a maturing skin
For mature skin

Dr. Hauschka Intensive Treatments are formulated for skin that has lost its natural balance and requires focused care. Regenerating Intensive Treatment is an activating intensive care product for skin prone to wrinkles and dryness.

Formulation: Rhythmitised dilutions of madonna lily, gingko and hawthorn work with gemstones blue tourmaline, amber and gold to support your skin’s natural processes of renewal.

Intensive Treatment for Menopausal Skin
Specialised care for skin during menopause

Dr. Hauschka Intensive Treatments are formulated for skin that has lost its natural balance and requires focused care. Intensive Treatment for Menopausal Skin balances hormonally related skin changes while supporting your skin’s natural processes of renewal. The appearance of blotchiness and spots is diminished for a calm, even complexion.

Formulation: Rhythmitised dilutions of daisy and rose work with gemstones argentite, ruby powder and black cohosh to revitalise dull, lifeless skin and reduce the appearance of redness and irregular pigmentation.

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Cream Masks for a skin boost

Masks that make a difference!

Cream Mask Tips: 

a) With all Dr. Hauschka Cream Masks you may wish to cleanse and tone early in the evening, applying Cream Mask and leave on to absorb all evening, removing with a warm, moist cloth prior to bedtime.
b) All Cream Masks may also be used by mixing a little in with your usual Dr. Hauschka Day Care for a one month skin boost.
c) Make sure you include mask application to eye contour area too, as an eye mask.
d) We recommend use of Cream Masks once or twice a week.

Revitalising Mask
For all skin conditions, our most versatile cream mask
Soothes, enlivens and refines all skin conditions

In just 30 minutes, Rejuvenating Mask offers soothing care and deep renewal for all skin conditions. The appearance of redness or blemishes diminished, pores are visibly refined and skin appears more even and toned. Skin glows with a healthy radiance. Love this mask!

Tip: Revitalising Mask is absolutely the mask you choose to use before a special event.

Formulation: Quince seed, anthyllis and chamomile extracts rapidly support the skin’s processes of renewal, helping to maintain moisture, visibly minimise pores and calm the appearance of redness and irritation. Nurturing jojoba, apricot kernel and wheat germ oils clarify and smooth skin. Rich in vitamin E wheat germ oil and rich in provitamin A carrot root extract. Formulation also includes borage, think cooling blue and calming of redness. Applying this mask will help you to feel pampered and offer your skin a sense of well-being.

Hydrating Mask
For dry, sensitive and mature skin
Moisturises and replenishes dry and/or dehydrated skin

Offers your skin a sense of safety and security.  It imparts moisture-retaining qualities to dry, sensitive and mature skin. The blend of botanicals soothes, protects and revitalises while sealing in moisture, leaving skin feeling smooth and supple. Applying this mask offers rich protection for your skin.

Formulation: Quince seed extract replenishes and helps dry skin to retain moisture. Nourishing almond, avocado and jojoba oils hydrate the outer layer of skin while rose wax and organic shea butter soothe and protect.

Tips:
a) For a super nourishing and uplifting Mask treatment after cleansing apply Regenerating Serum generously then apply Hydrating Mask and leave to absorb as long as possible. Make sure you include eye contour area too as an eye mask.
b) For a ‘parched’ dry and/or dehydrated skin use Hydrating Mask as your day cream for a month as a boost.

Firming Mask
For mature skin
Visibly minimises fine lines and wrinkles

As we age, the skin’s natural processes of cellular renewal slow and it loses elasticity and resilience. Firming Mask protects and fortifies, minimising the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while nurturing and hydrating for smooth, supple, enlivened skin.

Formulation: Rose, marsh mallow and pansy support the skin’s natural processes of renewal. Rose petal extract, rose wax, rose essential oil and avocado and almond oils support elasticity as they pamper and enrich the skin. Mango butter and beeswax enliven and replenish. Applying this mask supports your skin feeling stronger and smoother.

Soothing Mask
For sensitive, hypersensitive, irritated and stressed skin
Calming and soothing

Soothing Mask calms and balances sensitive, reddened and irritated skin, guiding it to comfort and radiance.

Formulation: Alchemilla, borage, buckwheat and mullein combine to calm and fortify skin, helping skin to strengthen and become less reactive. Quince seed extract and witch hazel help retain moisture while nourishing shea butter joins macadamia nut and coconut oils to provide protection. Anthyllis soothes and balances redness and irritation. Applying this mask helps to revive your skin and supports an even complexion.

Tip: To help manage the skin condition, rosacea (inflammation of the capillaries) we recommend Soothing Mask be used as a Day Cream as well as a Mask Treatment once to twice a week.

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Dr. Hauschka Quality

• Truly natural and organic cosmetics, certified to NATRUE and/or BDIH standards
• Free from chemical/synthetic fragrances, dyes and preservatives
• Free from mineral oils, parabens, silicone and PEG
• Dermatologically tested for sensitive skin
• Wherever possible, all raw materials come from controlled organic or Demeter cultivation and are recovered under fair conditions
• We do not test on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers

 

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The Only Ingredients Your Skin Needs

The experts at Dr. Hauschka Skin Care understand your skin. We know both what it needs and doesn’t need for a healthy, radiant appearance.

What your skin needs

• Since 1967, we have been crafting natural and organic skin care products and we have identified over one hundred highly potent plants that guide your skin to a balanced state.
• We know exactly which botanicals and combinations of botanicals will best deliver the visible transformation you’re looking to see.
• Every ingredient that goes into a Dr. Hauschka Skin Care product has an important job to do. Whether delivering essential moisture, encouraging resilience or improving efficacy, each ingredient is carefully selected for its particular effects and its interaction with the whole composition.
• We only include the ingredients you need for long-lasting skin health and beauty and we only include fragrance from pure botanical essential oils to stimulate your senses and inspire feelings that uplift, relax or energise.

What Your Skin Doesn’t Need

• Filler ingredients that serve no purpose to your skin
• Harsh abrasives and “quick fixes” that disrupt your skin’s natural processes
• Harsh, overly alkaline or lathering cleansers
• Synthetic chemical ingredients

The Importance Of Using Natural Beauty Products

Our skin is the largest organ in our body, it’s semi-permeable and therefore absorbs many product ingredients to the tiny blood vessels below the skin and then into the bloodstream.
On a daily basis, we apply face skin care, deodorant, body moisturiser, tanning products, sun protection, hair care including styling products, make-up and that’s just the morning routine. It’s not difficult to use up to 20 products daily!

• Synthetic, man-made chemical products are essentially foreign bodies to the skin and, therefore, are over time stressors to the skin.
• For our health and well-being, all products we place on the skin should be made from the highest quality natural, biodynamic and organic ingredients.
• What you put on your skin affects both the health of your skin and your body.
• Knowing this, you would want to use only the highest quality ingredients from nature.
• The finest natural and organic ingredients support healthy and balanced skin function and a healthy skin doesn’t suffer from premature ageing either.

The ingredients you put on your skin, face and body, do matter

We know to feed our body nutritious, and wherever possible, organic food and it’s the same for your skin care, we’ve transformed nature’s ingredients to make natural and organic skin care convenient and easy to use – ingredients that your skin understands.

Dr. Hauschka Biodynamic Medicinal Plant Garden

Unique in skin care philosophy

At Dr. Hauschka, we have a medicinal background since 1935 with anthroposophical homeopathic remedies and many of these guidelines and of course medicinal knowledge goes into crafting our skin care.

If you have an oily skin you may be tempted to use harsh cleansing products that ‘strip’ the skin, this just results in your skin producing more oil to compensate. Clarifying Day Oil is a lightweight, rapidly absorbed oil, that helps to calm, balance and regulate oily skin. Yes, oil for an oily skin!

We’re absolutely against the use of night creams. During the night your skin regenerates and eliminates, and heavy, occlusive night creams impede this natural process of the skin. Sleeping isn’t ageing. Creams should only be used to protect and nourish your skin during the day time. Use of eye cream at night usually causes puffy eyes in the morning. For night time we use botanical extracts in a watery solution. One month of no night cream and you will see the difference!

Also we understand your skin has differing cleansing needs at each end of the day, therefore we have different morning and evening cleansing products that are both effective and gentle to your skin. Our morning cleanser is a deep cleansing almond meal preparation due to the overnight elimination activity of your skin while cleansing in the evening is to clean the dirt and dust your skin picks up during the day and to remove make-up and eye make-up.

Regenerating Range to support a maturing skin

How do you know authentic natural and organic ingredients in the total formulation?

What percentage of the ingredients in natural cosmetics are organic? What are the minimum standards and the maximum values? Furthermore: how can you describe the high quality of a product other than through its material properties – its finely tuned composition, its more than biochemical effect?

Our entire skin care and make-up is certified with the BDIH seal for ‘certified natural cosmetics’ and/or the international quality seal for natural and organic cosmetics ‘NATRUE’. The NATRUE standard distinguishes between natural cosmetics, natural cosmetics with at least 70% organic ingredients and natural cosmetics with at least 95% organic ingredients. The term ‘natural skin care’ alone is neither legally protected nor defined on a binding basis. At NATRUE you can find the certifications given to each individual Dr. Hauschka product. Look for the NATRUE label for a guarantee that products are as natural as can be! This provides consumer transparency and it’s our guarantee our products are free from synthetic chemical fragrances, colours and preservatives, mineral oils, petrochemicals, parabens, silicones and PEG.

Our preference is for biodynamic/Demeter certified, organic or responsibly wild harvested ingredients. If an organic version of a raw material is not yet available on the global market, we initiate organic or biodynamic growing projects.

There is more to quality than good raw materials

Our recipes depend on the highest quality natural and organic raw materials – but also on the care with which they were grown and processed. By using Demeter farming, we gain medicinal plant extracts that are high in vitality to pass onto your skin. The ingredients come together to form complex compositions made up of more than just the sum of their components. Only when their ingredients interact and are supported by our rhythmic manufacturing procedure do our products take on their unique quality that enables them to stimulate the skin’s natural activity.

The result: a healthy, strengthened, balanced, regulated and radiant skin!

P.S. We have never tested on animals, we test on happy to help out human volunteers.

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Cultivation Partnership Project – Shea Butter

Burkina Faso. Village where WALA is supporting a shea butter project. The shea butter is used in Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products. Committee of the women’s collective “IKEUFA”, which is in charge of the project, from left to right: President (Présidente) Djouma KARAMA, Vice President Tene KONE, Secretary (Secretaire) Odile SIRMA, Vice Secretary, Treasurer Himana KARAMA, Vice Treasurer.

In 2001 WALA (Dr. Hauschka) began supporting a shea butter project in Burkina Faso. In this project, women in several villages within a protected, certified organic collecting area for shea (or karité) nuts produce raw shea butter (beurre de karité) in the traditional manner. For many families the sale of shea butter is an important source of income. WALA helps to preserve these village communities by purchasing the shea butter from the villages at above-average prices and giving long-term purchase guarantees. Through the project the villages receive financial, advisory and organisational assistance with obtaining organic certification.

Country of honourable people
Burkina Faso is in West Africa, next to the Ivory Coast and Ghana. The country used to be called Upper Volta after its three major rivers the Red Volta, Black Volta and White Volta. Its present name Burkina Faso means “Country of Honourable People” or “Country of the Incorruptible”. Located on a plateau, the country is characterised by moist savannah, bush land and semidesert. In the last few years this already poor country, dependent mainly on farming, has been heavily hit by drought. The people here on the edge of the Sahel zone can only survive with the help of plants which have adapted to the drought periods: the shea tree, for example.

Shea Tree (Butyrospermum parkii)

Holy tree of the savannah: the shea tree
Small by the standards of its native country, the gnarled shea tree grows to a height of 10 to 15 metres and is part of the natural vegetation in a belt about 300 km wide extending from Mali through Burkina Faso to Ghana, Togo and Benin. This “shea belt” is the only place in the world where this tree thrives. The lactiferous tree with its leathery leaves does not flower until it is 20 years old and only reaches maximum productive capacity at the age of 30 years, then remaining fully productive for more than 100 years. The plum-shaped fruits, which become green when they ripen, have a diameter of up to 4 cm. The soft green outer skin is a popular food. With their fat content of up to 50% the kernels (nuts) are a sought-after and traditional source of fat for skin care and cooking in Burkina Faso. Because of its great importance, the shea tree is considered by the native population to be a holy tree and its felling is not allowed.

Women´s gold: Shea butter
Shea butter is women’s business. When the time comes round for making shea butter, also known as karité, the women assemble at a central place in their village which is specially set up for this purpose. The harvested nuts are dried and shelled, heated in a clay oven and then pounded in mortars. The resulting mass is mixed with water and beaten for about 45 minutes. The butter separates and can be skimmed off (the process is comparable to churning milk to make butter). The product is a slightly pungent smelling, whitish-yellow mass, the unrefined shea butter. The finished butter is stored in a warehouse used only for this purpose until it is shipped. Shea butter now has fans all over the world.

Shea butter for Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products
The first contact between Burkina Faso and WALA. The freelance project adviser Hermann Schopferer approached WALA, the manufacturer of the natural and organic Dr.Hauschka skin care products, suggesting a cooperation.

The idea: high-quality shea butter produced by traditional methods for high-quality skin care products. WALA was interested and agreed. Hermann Schopferer has already set up and looked after several self-help projects in Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso. He knows the country and the people and for the shea butter project he chose the more rainy, moderate south west of Burkina Faso with its good stock of shea trees, about 400 km from the capital city Ouagadougou.

Green bush and yellow clay
People stressed by the pace of modern life would at last find peace in the villages of Diarabakkoko, the project region in Burkina Faso. No electricity, no telephone, no traffic invade the peace and quiet. People here live simply from what they are able to grow themselves. Millet is one of the staple foods of their unvaried menu, meat is rare. To earn money the women and men go – on foot – to the market 15 kilometres away where they sell part of their produce or food they have cooked themselves.

Making more out of shea nuts
Harvesting shea nuts is a traditional activity of the villages in Burkina Faso. Foreign refineries have exploited the oil-rich nuts for a long time, buying them cheaply in the villages. In the shea butter project in cooperation with WALA the villages earn several times as much from their nuts by selling the shea butter they have made from the nuts themselves. Its price is seven times higher than the price for the nuts.

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The women’s cooperative
Some 350 women from two villages are currently producing shea butter for WALA. The women have organised themselves in a producers’ cooperative. Shea butter was always women’s business. For the project the women have given themselves the name ‘IKEUFA’ (faire bien et meilleur de Diarabakoko) which means something like: do good and better in Diarabakoko. All positions in the cooperative, from the president through the treasurer to the secretary, are elected by the village women. “The women are traditionally very independent” says Hermann Schopferer. They have always had their own fields and earned their own money which they administer themselves. The self-assured Burkina Faso women discuss all project issues in detail with Schopferer, for example the question of how they can meet WALA’s high standards of quality and hygiene. The money earned from selling the shea butter enables the women to pay the school fees for their children amongst other things.

Shea butter from Burkina Faso: some facts

• In the initial phase in 2001 WALA supported the Shea Butter Project by financing the advisor Hermann Schopferer who visits the country several times a year, ensures the required quality standards and prepares the annual organic certification.
• In 2002 nuts were collected for WALA for the first time and used to make shea butter.
• The women were paid by WALA in advance at above-average prices. The money allowed them to purchase the necessary equipment, materials for shipping etc.
• In autumn 2002 the first consignment of shea butter was shipped to WALA.
• In 2003 the project received organic certification for the first time. The amount of shea butter produced was enough to meet WALA’s requirements in full. At the same time the organic certification, which has to be renewed annually, is carried out.
• WALA guarantees to purchase fixed amounts and provides the women with investment aid so as to secure the required quality in the long term. In 2004  funding was provided for the purchase of a grinder for processing the shea nuts.

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Which Moisturiser is right for you?

IMPORTANT – How to use our Moisturisers
Our moisturisers are highly concentrated, they’re formulated specifically to be applied as follows:

1) Apply in the morning after Cleansing Cream and Toner
2) Place approximately a large pea size of Day Cream in the palm of your hand (or in the case of Clarifying Day Oil 2-3 drops)
3) Warm to melt the waxes and oils between the palms of both hands
4) Apply to skin that’s still moist from Toner, to ensure even and economical application, using the palms of both hands
5) Apply from centre of the face outwards in direction of lymph flow

In the evening after Cleansing Milk and Toning no moisturiser is needed as heavy, occlusive night creams disrupt the elimination and regeneration functions of the skin overnight.

Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Cream
30ml

30 Organic or Biodynamic Rose Blossoms in Every Tube!
Rose Day Cream is Dr. Hauschka Australia’s #1 top selling day cream

• For normal, dry or sensitive skin, also recommended for a skin with premature wrinkles or a mature skin, a skin with dilated capillaries (couperose skin) 
• Deeply hydrates, nourishes, protects and soothes
• Beneficial for skin prone to redness, irritation and couperose
• Rich, luxurious formulation harmonises oil and moisture content, strengthens and gently guides the skin to a state of comfort, balance and radiance
• Precious extracts of Rose Petals, Wild Rose Hips and Rose Hydrosol nurture and balance the skin
• Wild Rose Hips provide a rich source of Vitamin C
• Shea Butter, Rose Petal Wax, Beeswax, Carnauba Wax and nutrient rich Avocado Oil protect and help the skin to retain moisture
• Extracts of Marsh Mallow and St. John’s wort soothe redness, hydrate, fortify and soften the skin

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Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Cream Light
30ml

• For normal, dry or sensitive skin
• Hydrates, harmonises and soothes
• All the protective, fortifying qualities of Rose Day Cream in a lightweight formulation, perfect for sensitive skin or use in warmer weather
• Transfers to your skin the invigorating and harmonising powers of the rose
• Nourish, hydrate and protect for a calm, even and balanced complexion
• Rose Water, precious Rose Wax and extracts of Rose Blossoms and Anthyllis protect, calm, balance and strengthen the skin
• Marsh Mallow Root extract softens
• Avocado, Sesame, Almond and Wheat Germ oils nourish the skin
• Rose Day Cream Light is a ‘2nd generation’ product. Our Rose Day Cream customers were asking for a lighter rose product for their daughters
• Matte finish

Dr. Hauschka Quince Day Cream
30ml

• For normal, uncomplicated skin, skin that needs protecting
• Hydrating, refreshing and protecting
• Quince Wax protects the skin against environment factors such as air conditioning, dry winds, yet is not occlusive to the skin
• Quince Seed Extract helps the skin to retain moisture
• Jojoba, Apricot and Avocado oils nourish the skin
• A favourite moisturiser for guys too, soothing and cooling after shaving

Dr. Hauschka Melissa Day Cream
30ml

• For a combination skin usually presents with an oily t-zone, dry/normal cheeks, may also be sensitive
• Balances combination skin
• Melissa mediates between normal, dry and oily areas of the skin
• Oily areas are calmed
• Dry patches are hydrated
• The appearance of redness is reduced
• Shine is controlled for a balanced, radiant complexion
• Fresh ‘lemony’ fragrance, Melissa’s common name is Lemon Balm
• Extracts of Melissa, Daisy, Anthyllis, Witch Hazel and Carrot soothe and balance the skin’s natural oil and water content
• Tapioca starch provides an even, matte appearance

Revitalising Day Cream
30ml and 100ml

• For normal, dull, dry or mature skin
• Revives dehydrated skin
• Gently restores and balances almost all skin conditions
• Pale, dry skin becomes enlivened
• Extracts of Anthyllis, Witch Hazel and Calendula combine with nurturing oils to balance oil production and replenish the skin
• A light textured moisturiser which is also activating
• Balances the oil and moisture content of the skin
• Refreshes and enlivens skin

Tinted Day Cream
30ml

• For dry, sensitive, mature and normal skin
• Our tinted moisturiser nourishes while adding a light, sun-kissed glow
• Used daily, it hydrates, protects and provides a smooth, translucent, natural finish.
• Mineral pigments blend imperfections and even skin tone while Quince Seed, Apricot Kernel and Beeswax balance oil and moisture content
• Anthyllis and St. John’s wort support elasticity and soothe redness

Clarifying Day Oil
30ml

• Balances oily, blemished skin
• Rapidly absorbing daily moisturiser that balances excessive oiliness
• Refines the appearance of pores
• Reduces the appearance of blemishes for a calm, beautiful complexion
• Apricot Kernel, Almond and Wheat Germ oils balance the skin’s natural oil content
• Anthyllis and carrot extracts calm the skin
• Neem, St. John’s wort and Calendula extracts combine to visibly minimise redness and help maintain a healthy, radiant complexion
• In our experience harsh cleansing and/or exfoliating products just make the skin produce even more oil to compensate, with Clarifying Day Oil an oily skin relaxes and oil production becomes regulated
• May also be used as an antioxidant oil serum mixed with any of our moisturisers

Regenerating Serum

• Specific support for a maturing skin
• Visibly replenishes, lifts and tones
• Supports the skin’s natural regenerative functions
• Helps to firm mature skin and minimise the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Sensitive mature skin is cooled and calmed
• Quince Seed and Bryophyllum extracts replenish, smoothing wrinkles and fine lines while supporting the skin’s ability to balance moisture content
• Antioxidant-rich Red Clover firms and refines, encouraging the skin’s natural processes of renewal
• Nutrient-rich Clover Blossom Honey protects

Regenerating Day Cream
40ml

• Specific support for a maturing skin
• Firms, tones and visibly minimises fine lines and wrinkles
• Supports the skin’s natural regenerative functions
• Enhances skin elasticity
• Balances moisture content
• Makes skin feel smooth, soft, firm and supple
• Antioxidant-rich Red Clover, silica rich Field Horsetail, Acerola Berries, precious Raspberry Seed Oil and Shea Butter protect against free radical damage and support the skin’s natural processes of renewal
• Jojoba, Avocado, Sweet Almond and Olive Oils replenish the skin’s barrier function and smooth skin

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Elisabeth Sigmund – Chapter 3 – Medicinal Plants

Elisabeth Sigmund’s grandmother Anastasia Pribik lived in the 12th district of Vienna in a house with a large garden in which she had planted a variety of flowers. When her granddaughter visited, she took her into the garden and zealously told her about the plants. Elisabeth was infected by her enthusiasm even as a child. When, years later, she was in her father’s study and discovered his herbarium, a book of dried and pressed plants with their common and scientific names, she studied this extensively and tried to find the plants growing naturally when on walks.

Gardening as a profession?
Elisabeth found a neighbour with a flower nursery and asked a lot of questions as he was tending the flowerbeds. He knew a lot and taught her, among other things, how to recognise shrubs simply from their smell and how to cut them. At the time, Elisabeth started wondering whether gardening might be the right profession for her. Out of interest, she joined her mother on a visit to Neuburg monastery with its extensive gardens and training facilities. There, she realised that the work would have been much too difficult for her physically. She therefore initially stuck to dealing theoretically with medicinal plants, learning their scientific names and medical significance.

Throughout her life, Elisabeth Sigmund studied literature on medicinal plants and uncovered many forgotten treasures. For example, she discovered the ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA as a skin-regulating ingredient for her facial care products. She incorporated this knowledge into her Dr. Hauschka formulations. The yellow flowers of Anthyllis are one of the key ingredient plants in Dr. Hauschka skin care, found in a variety of facial care and make-up products because of their ability to restore harmony and balance to the skin’s natural functions. Anthyllis extracts are processed using a WALA/Dr. Hauschka special technique.

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Dr. Hauschka Hair Care Treatments

Strengthening Hair Treatment
Restores shine and controls frizz, suitable for all hair conditions

– Works especially well to relieve itchy, sensitive scalps
– Gives strength to fine hair and softens thick hair
– Improves circulation in the scalp and encourages healthy hair growth.
– When massaged into the scalp, hair is left with a natural shine and feels soft and restored
– The healing powers of Neem Leaves and Chamomile Flowers give new vitality and softness to hair damaged by treatments and exposure such as perming, dyeing, straighteners, sun, salt water and chlorine
– Revitalises and restores 
dry, damaged, permed or colour-treated
 hair to a soft, silky condition
– An 
intensive hair treatment that renews and 
strengthens hair follicles while calming 
the scalp
– Hair becomes healthy, shiny
 and more manageable
– Neem leaf extract
 strengthens keratin, fortifying, softening
 and renewing damaged, brittle hair
– Chamomile extract soothes and 
balances the scalp
– Calms itchy, flaky conditions, encouraging hair growth, strengthening fine hair and softening dry hair

Instructions for use:
– Apply directly onto your scalp and gently massage in using small circular movements. Wrap your hair in a warm towel. Fine hair: leave in for 20 – 30 minutes; Dry hair: leave in for 30 – 60 minutes. Alternatively, you can leave the treatment in overnight. Shampoo twice and condition. Recommended as once a week treatment.

Hints and tips:
– Wonderful to use for a scalp massage
– For full-bodied, curly or frizzy hair, it may be used as a leave-in styling product to scrunch into hair ends to help define individual curls
– Apply to protect hair before exposure to sun and saltwater, scrunch in a small amount
– Sun, sea and sand can leave hair dull, dry and weakened. A wrap once or twice a week, particularly following summer holidays, will restore natural shine and vitality, leaving hair soft and manageable

Revitalising Hair & Scalp Tonic
A leave-in treatment for all hair conditions that fortifies and invigorates

– Adds natural shine, volume and manageability to all hair conditions
– Works especially well with itchy, sensitive scalps
– Gives strength to fine hair and softens thick hair
– Strengthens hair as it calms and balances an excessively dry or oily scalp
– Neem leaf strengthens keratin, fortifying fine hair and discouraging breakage
– Arnica and Birch Bark extracts nourish and balance an oily or dry scalp
– Rosemary, Borage and Horse Chestnut support healthy hair follicles
– Extracts of Neem leaves, Stinging Nettle, Birch Bark and Burdock Roots promote regeneration, help to prevent dandruff and hair loss, and strengthen and revitalise both hair and scalp
– Rosemary essential
 oil enlivens, supporting healthy hair 
follicles
– Improves circulation in the scalp and encourages healthy hair growth
– Gives fine hair more volume
– Makes strong hair more manageable
– Recommended for thinning hair

Instructions for use:
– Apply directly onto your scalp and gently massage in using small circular movements, dry and style hair as normal
– This is a leave-in treatment, apply after shampooing hair, or at least 2 or 3 times a week
– If your hair is very fine, use every day

Note: Some of the herbal extracts may accumulate as a sediment at the bottom of the bottle, this does not affect the quality of the product, just shake the bottle to put them back into suspension

Hints and tips:
– Acts as a great freshener in between shampooing, or if you are unable to wash your hair for a period of time
– Helps to stimulate new hair growth when hair has thinned or been lost through illness, pregnancy or menopause
– For fine hair that tends to look greasy very quickly, brush a small amount of Silk Body Powder into the hair as well, this will absorb excess oil, and help to hold the shape of the hair

 

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3 Dos & Don’ts for a Youthful Make-up

Tips from Karim Sattar, Dr. Hauschka International Make-up Artist

1) Don’t use black mascara on bottom lashes, too harsh and downward for the longer bottom lashes which adds years, you want your make-up to be uplifting

Do use softer colour mascara on your lower lashes

We recommend soft black Pearl Anthracite Volume Mascara, pretty Aubergine Volume Mascara, Blue or Brown Mascara for lower lashes. Try using a different colour from black for your Kajal Eye Pencil too. We love Aqua as a complementary colour for enhancing brown eyes, Brown for enhancing blue/green eyes or try Anthracite Kajal Eye Pencil for a softer black.

2) Don’t use glittery eye shadow

Do use matte eye shadow

As we get older a matte eye shadow is much more flattering. Always apply light colours in the natural valley at the inner corner of the eye by your nose and always apply your crease colour from outwards to inwards, not the other way around. Perfect choice is Dr. Hauschka’s Eye Shadow Palette of matte colours.

3) Don’t overdo powder

Do powder in a downwards direction as you don’t want to enhance your facial hair, and set by misting Toner, which also gives a more natural look to your make-up.

In general use less make-up as you get older. You don’t want powder sitting in creases. Apply foundation with a foundation blender brush for an ‘airbrushed’ finish and tap your powder brush to remove excess powder and apply downwards.

Tips:

Apply a little of your blusher colour to underneath the brow which gives an instant uplift to your look, taking off years.

To achieve a more translucent make-up, mix Foundation with your Dr. Hauschka Moisturiser.

 

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Why are Dr. Hauschka Toners different from conventional toners?

Conventional toners are used on cotton pads to remove residual cleansing product

Dr. Hauschka Toners are a highly concentrated hydrating botanical treatment products and are an integral part of our skin care concept and daily rituals

– Method of use, close eyes and mist directly onto skin

– Our Regenerating Serum and Moisturisers are all highly concentrated, for example there’s 30 rose blossoms in one tube of Rose Day Cream, so all our day care products are formulated to be applied to skin that’s still moist from Toner, this ensures even and economical application

– Night time treatment product

– After shave product

– Hydrate your skin at any time of the day

– To set and give a more natural look to make-up

Anthyllis was extensively studied by Elisabeth Sigmund, co-founder of Dr. Hauschka Skin Care and is one of our key ingredients for regulating, balancing and strengthening all skin conditions

Facial Toner

✓ For normal, dry, sensitive or mature skin
✓ Enlivens and fortifies your skin
✓ Hydrating, active botanicals, treatment product
✓ Facial Toner supports the skin’s natural processes of cleansing and renewal
✓ Minimises the appearance of pores
✓ Balances moisture and oil content
✓ Fine mist from the atomiser refreshes and hydrates the skin any time
✓ Oil free night care
✓ Used as an after shave product
✓ Hydrates skin in readiness for application of moisturiser in the morning
✓ Witch Hazel extract supports tone and elasticity, refining pores
✓ Anthyllis extract helps skin remain balanced and healthy

In the autumn, when most of nature begins to rest, Witch Hazel produces its fragrant yellow flowers with ribbonlike petals and it fruits at the same time, releasing energy stored from spring and summer sun all at once!

Hand harvested Echinacea in our biodynamic medicinal plant gardens has anti-bacterial properties

Clarifying Toner

✓ Tones and balances oily or blemished skin, calms a sensitive skin
✓ Balances excessive oiliness
✓ Soothes redness and irritation
✓ Minimises the appearance of blemishes, blackheads and enlarged pores
✓ Daisy and nasturtium minimise the appearance of blackheads and blemishes, visibly refine pores and reduce excessive oiliness
✓ Anthyllis balances skin for a calm, even appearance.
✓ Balances the cleansing process and hydrates the skin in readiness for day care application
✓ After shave product
✓ Refreshing oil-free night treatment
✓ Extracts of Anthyllis, Calendula, Nasturtium, Horse Chestnut Bark, Echinacea, Witch Hazel and Daisy is especially formulated for blemished skin, also a wise choice for a sensitive skin
✓ Echinacea has anti-bacterial properties
✓ Daisy has anti-inflammatory properties

Why is there no Dr.Hauschka night cream?

The Dr. Hauschka oil-free night care regime supports the nocturnal metabolism of the skin because this is the time when this activity is at its maximum. Instead of burdening the natural elimination processes with oily skin care products, the Dr. Hauschka night care programme consists of products containing stimulating and regenerating plant essences. These allow the skin to breathe freely and overcome any weaknesses and imbalances. Healthy and beautiful skin is the result.

Dr. Hauschka Treatment products for the night are:
– Basic Night Care: Facial Toner or Clarifying Toner and Regenerating Serum (if appropriate to support a maturing skin)
– OR Intensive 30 night treatment: Renewing Night Conditioner or Sensitive Care Conditioner or one of our Intensive Treatments for specific skin concerns

Rule of thumb to keep it simple: 
Use Conditioner in Spring (September) and Autumn (March)
Use Intensive Treatment in Summer (December) and Winter (June)
In between use Toner (and Regenerating Serum if appropriate)

However, ideally Conditioners should be used once per year per 10 years of life, e.g. if 30 years old do 3 Conditioner 28 day treatments per year.

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Revitalising Mask lives up to its name

As an intensive care product, it re-enlivens stagnant processes and stimulates the skin’s natural powers.

Our most versatile cream mask; soothing and cooling for a sensitive or sun stressed skin, enlivening for a mature skin and deep cleansing for a blemished skin. Quince Seed extract for moisture, Bentonite Clay to soothe the skin and give a deep cleansing action and calming Chamomile. Revitalising Mask is your ‘go to’ mask!

“I adore this mask twice a week, it does wonders as a skin pick-me-up.” 

“I always choose Revitalising Mask to even skin tone and refine pores before a special event.”

Intensive care products such as face masks provide well being for stressed and tired skin. Used regularly, they provide preventative care and help the skin activate it’s own natural powers as protection against external influences.

Fortification for the skin and soul
Various influences such as pollution, a poor diet and a hectic lifestyle destroy the natural balance of not only our skin but also our general wellness leaving us feeling frail and drained. Treating yourself to a little more than your basic day-to-day facial care regime can truly work wonders. In addition to the physical aim of helping tone the skin, a face mask is also a beauty ritual that we plan and take some time out for. Through this alone, we create a sense of well-being for our skin and soul.

A mask for everyone
A broad range of nourishing masks exists for the many different skin conditions. What makes Revitalising Mask special is that it is suitable and benefits all skin conditions. The mask was developed on the basis of a herbal medicine that combats hard scar tissue through the use of natural substances that have smoothing properties and promote regeneration. Inspired by this, the aim was to create an intensive skin care product for the skin care sector that helps reduce blemishes such as acne scars by structuring and soothing stressed skin.

The result was a product made from quince, anthyllis and chamomile, all of which are medicinal plants. Together, they promote the skin’s natural ability to firm and shape the skin and stimulate circulation. Quince seed extract is particularly characterised by highly soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. It also regulates the skin’s natural moisture levels. The formulation is rounded off by high-quality jojoba, apricot kernel and wheat germ oils, which purify and smoothen the skin. The pleasant, revitalising effect can be just what you need at the end of a strenuous day. A nourishing mask that offers well being for all skin. Simply lie back and enjoy.

Tips:
– Also apply to eye contour as an eye mask
– You can mix a little Revitalising Mask with your usual Dr. Hauschka day care for a month for a skin boost
– Skin treat with Clarifying Steam Bath, then Clarifying Clay Mask, followed by Revitalising Mask, your skin will love you for it!

Please note: Revitalising Mask was formerly named Rejuvenating Mask

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Richer in Roses

Optimised Rose Day Cream formulation

Dr. Hauschka Skin Care combines natural and organic/biodynamic ingredients to create harmonious, highly effective formulas.

• Dr. Hauschka’s iconic Rose Day Cream is a classic of Dr. Hauschka Skin Care and our worldwide top selling day care product.
• Rose Day Cream captures both the strength and the softness of the rose to nourish and protect normal, sensitive, dry or mature skin.
• The rich and luxurious formulation harmonises oil and water content gently guiding the skin to a state of comfort, balance and radiance.
• Highly recommended in the cooler seasons to protect your skin from drying outdoor weather conditions and dehydrating indoor heating. Please note: Rose Day Cream Light may be a suitable option for the warmer seasons.

Wild Rose Hips, a rich source of Vitamin C

What’s new?

1) In addition to extracts of Wild Rose Hips, Rose Blossoms, Rose Petal Wax and precious Rose Essential Oil; Rose Flower Hydrosol has also been included to give the full spectrum of rose ingredients
2) Damask Rose Essential Oil has been increased in the formulation
3) The aroma has been gently updated
4) Zinc is now included in the formulation
5) Beeswax and Rose Wax are now complemented by Carnauba Wax to give the cream a firmer consistency, you can feel the difference, your skin is even more protected.

Naturally beautiful. Effectively nurtured.
Authentic and expressive.
Your face reveals your enjoyment of life.

Rose Day Cream
30 Organic or Biodynamic Rose Blossoms in every tube!

• For normal, dry or sensitive skin, also recommended for a skin with premature wrinkles or a mature skin
• Deeply hydrates, moisturises, protects and soothes
• Beneficial for skin prone to redness, irritation and couperose
• The rich, luxurious formulation harmonises oil and moisture content, gently guiding the skin to a state of comfort, balance and radiance
• Extracts of Rose Petals, Wild Rose Hips and Rose Hydrosol nurture and balance the skin
• Wild Rose Hips provide a rich source of Vitamin C
• Shea Butter, precious Rose Petal Wax, Beeswax, Carnauba Wax and nutrient rich Avocado Oil protect and help the skin to retain moisture
• Extracts of Marsh Mallow and St. John’s wort soothe redness, hydrate, fortify and soften

Important: How to use Rose Day Cream

All of our moisturisers are highly concentrated, they’re designed to be applied specifically as follows:

1) Place around a large pea size of Rose Day Cream in the palm of your hand

2) Warm to melt the waxes between the palms of both hands

3) Apply to skin still moist from Toner, to aid absorportion of Rose Day Cream and to ensure even and economical application

The Formulation

USA-/EU-declaration 

Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Arachis Hypogaea (Peanut) Oil, Beeswax (Cera Alba), Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Hypericum Perforatum Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sorbitan Olivate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Fragrance (Parfum)*, Citronellol*, Geraniol*, Linalool*, Limonene*, Citral*, Farnesol*, Benzyl Alcohol*, Eugenol*, Rosa Damascena Flower Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Zinc Sulfate, Lecithin, Rosa Damascena Flower Wax. * components from natural essential oils 

Peanut Oil
Pharmaceutical grade peanut oil is used as an extracting medium for many plants. It has neutral qualities that do not interfere with the herb’s active constituents. It’s a very stable oil, requiring no additional antioxidants. Our peanut oil is steam treated and filtered to remove the proteins related to peanut allergies and has been tested and certified as aflatoxin-free.

Beeswax 
This is a wax obtained from ecological beekeeping. For skin care the melted wax caps of the honeycomb cells are used to protect and care for the skin.

Althaea Officinalis Root Extract (Marsh Mallow)
In accordance with our beliefs we use the the root extract in this instance to address the epidermis or top layer of the skin. Even in antiquity the hairy leaves and the roots of the marsh mallow plant were valued for their high mucilage content. This forms a protective layer on broken or inflamed skin, soothing it, giving it moisture and making it soft and supple. The marsh mallow extracts in Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products are prepared using our own special rhythmic processes.

Rosa Damascena Flower Water or Hydrosol (Damask Rose)
Rose blossoms from certified organic cultivation, obtained during the production of rose essential oil by steam distillation. Rose water has a soothing, anti-inflammatory and harmonising action on the skin.

Hypericum Perforatum Flower/Leaf/Steam Extract (St. John’s wort)
St. John’s wort flowers during the longest days of the year, when it absorbs the sunlight intensively. It produces deep red dyes and essential oil. The red oily extract obtained from St. John’s wort has a soothing, regenerating and strengthening action on the skin. It soothes skin reddened by the sun. In cosmetic concentrations St. John’s wort oil does not make the skin more sensitive to sunlight.

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter)
Shea butter is obtained from the nuts of the karite tree, which is a native of Africa. This soft plant fat has many skin-nurturing properties. It helps the skin to preserve moisture. The shea butter used in Dr. Hauschka products is obtained from a special cultivation project in Burkina Faso.

Sorbitan Olivate
Organic olive oil and sorbitol, vegetable emulsifier, has been included in the formula. Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in fruit, it’s valued for its nurturing action and its characteristics as a hydrating substance.

Persea Gratissima Oil (Avocado)
The oil obtained from the pulp of the avocado by mechanical pressing has a slightly green hue and contains many essential fatty acids and vitamins. It supports the moisture balance of the skin and prevents it from dryness.

Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
Vegetable glycerol and fatty acids from organic castor oil form a skin-friendly emulsifier.

Fragrance
We only use natural organic essential oils as perfume. In accordance with EU regulatory legislation we are required to detail some natural chemical constituents of essential oils that may be sensitisers. Usually these sensitise when in man made synthetic isolation form as opposed to a minute part of a complete natural essential oil. For instance natural Rose Essential Oil has 350-500 chemical constituents.
Every drop of Rose Essential Oil is the concentrated fragrance of countless hand-sorted rose blossoms. As part of our essential oil mixtures, this precious oil is contained in most Dr. Hauschka Skin Care products. Several cultivation projects have been initiated to provide organic or biodynamic rose oil. The fine, delicate rose essential oil is valued for its harmonising action.

Rosa Damascena Flower Extract (Damask Rose Flower)
The rose has been called the queen of flowers. Rose petal extracts are prepared using our unique processes. They unfold their harmonising properties in many Dr. Hauschka products.

Rosa Canina Fruit Extract (Rose Hip)
Dog rose (Rosa canina) is a vigorous relative of the hybrid tea rose, it bears red, vitamin-C rich fruits: the rosehips. Rosehip extract strengthens and cares for the skin. Dr. Hauschka uses extracts prepared using our own special rhythmic processes.

Copernicia Cerifera Wax (Carnauba) 
This wax comes from the leaves of the carnauba palm native in Brazil (harvested in protected wild areas). Carnauba wax is one of the hardest waxes of natural origin. It gives the skin protection from external influences.

Zinc Sulfate
Zinc is known as an essential trace element to the human body. Zinc sulfate stabilises an emulsion. An emulsion is a mixture of water and oil.

Lecithin
Lecithins from soy beans (GM free) bind the oil and water components in creams as a natural emulsifier. They have a smoothing and moisturising action on the skin.

Rosa Damascena Flower Wax (Damask Rose Flower)
The precious wax obtained from rose petals rests gently on the skin and protects it from the environment and dryness.

St. John’s wort (Hypericum)

Why does Rose Day Cream contain St. John’s wort (hypericum)?

The iconic Rose Day Cream centres on the many facets of the rose. These are joined by St. John’s wort (hypericum perforatum), a vibrant, yellow summertime flower. The radiant petals, which stretch up towards the sun on straight stems, are abundant at the time of the summer solstice. This seems to be an expression of St. John’s wort’s sunny disposition. In Rose Day Cream, this ‘bringer of light’ supports those who are particularly thin-skinned and in need of protection, helping to protect more successfully against external influences.

Rose Cultivation Projects

Our Rose Cultivation Partner Projects for organic or biodynamic (Demeter Certified) Damask Roses, including our most recent project in the Ethiopian Highlands, read more here…

 

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