Ingredients
Ingredients
Understanding the ingredients in your skin care products makes all the difference to the choices you make, particularly when trying to make a purchase decision for quality, efficiency, and safety. Therefore, we try to make the decision less daunting by sharing our formulation ingredient profiles.With this in mind, you’re now ready to select the products that will do the most good for your skin!
Profiles
Our ingredient profiles are listed by each product formulation in your Desert Skincare Collection. For each ingredient we list the common name, botanical name (INCI), its origin, cultivation, part used and extraction method.
Jojoba Rice Bran Cleansing Oil
Golden Jojoba Oil
INCI – (Simmonondsia chinense)
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – Israel
Part used – Seeds
Extraction method- Cold pressed – filtered
Rice Bran Oil
INCI -(Oryza Sativa)
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – India
Parts used – Bran
Extraction Method – Cold pressed – (non solvent extracted)
Roselle Hibiscus oil
INCI – (Hibiscus sabdariffa L)
Cultivation – Certifies Organic USDA
Origin – India
Parts used – seeds
Extraction method – Cold pressed – filtered
Perilla Seed Oil
INCI – (Perilla frutescena (L) Britton)
Origin – India
Parts used – Seeds
Ectraction method – Cold pressed-filtered
Green Tea Rice Enzyme Powder Cleanser / Masque
Mountain Green Tea ( Mao Feng) grown at high altitude.
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – Hunan, China
Parts used – Leaves
White Silver Needle Tea – Bai Hao
INCI -(Camellia sinensis )
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – Wuyuan, China
Parts used – Leaf buds
Process – The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun.
Rhassoul Clay
Sun-dried and Untreated
Origin – Atlas Mountains Morocco
Parts used – the earthen clay
Azuki bean powder
INCI – (Vigna angularis)
Pure – Natural
Origin – Japan
Part used – ground bean
Okinawan Marine Clay
Natural
Origin – Japan – soft mineral-rich powder found in limited areas off Okinawa’s coast.
Processing – Dried
Rosehip Seed powder
INCI – (Rosa canina and Rosa rubiginosa)
Cultivation – USDA Organic
Origin – Chile
Parts used – ground rosehips
Lavender Flower powder, English,
INCI – (Lavendula angustifolia)
Cultivation – USDA Organic
Origin – Albania
Parts used-Dried flowers.
Rose Petal powder
INCI – (Rosa canina)
Cultivation – USDA Organic
Origin – Germany
Parts used – Ground rose petals
White Tea Rose Adapting Face Toner
Rose Hydrosol
INCI – (Rosa x damascena Mill.)
Cultivation- Certified Organic (USDA)
Origin – Bulgaria
Extraction – Steam Distilled
Part used – Flowers
Rose Geranium Hydrosol
INCI – (Pelargonium graveolens L Her)
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – USA
Parts used – Flowering tops
Extraction method – Steam Distilled
Neroil hydrosol
INCI – (Citrus aurantium var amara)
Cultivation -Certified Organic
Origin – France
Parts used – Orange blossoms
Extraction – Steam distilled
Wild Carrot Seed Hydrosol
INCI – (Daucus carota)
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – France
Parts used – Seeds
Extraction- Steam Distilled
White Tea in Rice Solution
INCI – Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract & Water & Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – USA
Parts used – New tea leaves and buds
Green Tea RS (Rice Solution)
INCI – Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract & Water & Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – USA
Parts used – Mature green tea leaves
Gotu Kola RS (Rice Solution)
INCI – Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract & Water & Centella Asiatica Extract
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – USA
Part used – Leaves
Leucidal Liquid
INCI – Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
INCI Status: Approved
ECOCERT/COSMOS Approved
Origin – USA
Leucidal Liquid SF (SALICYLATE FREE)
INCI – Lactobacillus Ferment
ECOCERT/COSOS Approved
Origin – USA
Camellia ‘Skin Defense’ Face Oil
Camilla Seed Oil
INCI – Camellia japonica
Origin – China
Parts used – seeds
Extraction method – Cold pressed – filtered
White Tea in Sunflower Oil
INCI –Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil & Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – USA
Part used – White Tea leaf
Rosehip Seed Oil
INCI –Rosa Mosqueta/Rosa rubiginosa
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – Chile
Parts used – Seeds
Extraction method – Cold Pressed – filtered
Marula Oil
INCI – Sclerocarya birrea
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – South Africa
Part used – Nut kernels
Extraction Method – Cold Pressed- filtered
Evening Primrose oil
INCI- oenothera biennis
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – China
Part used – Seeds
Extraction method – Cold pressed- filtered
Meadowfoam Oil
INCI -(Limnanthes Alba)
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – Washington State USA
Parts used – Seeds
Extraction: Cold pressed
Sandalwood Essential oil
INCI – Santalum album
Cultivation – Natural- plantation grown
Origin – Australia
Part used – Tree
Extraction Method – Steam Distilled
Palmarosa Essential Oil
INCI – Cymbopogon martinii
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – India
Part used – Grass
Extraction method – Steam Distilled
Vitamin E Oil
Pomegranate Recovery Serum
Pomegranate Seed Oil
INCI – Punica granatum
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – India
Parts used – Seeds
Extraction method- Cold pressed – filtered
Rosehip Seed Oil
INCI –Rosa Mosqueta/Rosa rubiginosa
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – Chile
Parts used – Seeds
Extraction method – Cold Pressed – filtered
Evening Primrose oil
INCI-(oenothera biennis)
Cultivation – Certified USDA Organic
Origin – China
Part used – Seeds
Extraction method – Cold pressed- filtered
Prickly Pear Seed Oil
INCI – (Opuntia ficus-indica (L) Mill
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – Morocco
Parts Used- Seeds
Extraction – Cold pressed- filtered
Argan Oil
INCI – Argania spinosa L
Cultivation – Certified Organic
Origin – Morocco
Part Used – Kernels
Extraction method – Cold pressed – filtered
Sea Buckthorn Berry Oil
INCI – Hippophae rhamnoids L
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – USA
Parts used – Berries
Extraction method – CO2 extract
Rosemary SNO (Sunflower oil)
INCI – Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil & Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract
Cultivation – Certified Organic USDA
Origin – USA
Parts used -Leaves
Tasmanian Lavender Oil
INCI- Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil
Origin – USA
Parts used – Flowers
Helichrysum Essential Oil
INCI Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don
Cultivation – Certified Organic (USDA, NOP)
Origin – Bosnia
Plant Part: Flowers
Extraction method – Steam Distilled
Carrot Seed Essential Oil
INCI – Daucus carota L
Cultivation – Certified Organic (USDA, NOP)
Origin – India
Extraction method – Steam Distilled
Plant Part: Seeds
Vitamin E Oil
Details:
All formulas in the Desert Essence Collection contain plant-based ingredients. And too, approximately 95% of the total ingredients are from natural origin. Leucidal Liquid is added to our White Tea Rose Facial Mist as a preservative for your safety. 78+ % of the total ingredients are Certified Organic from a qualifying agency. To the best of our knowledge our ingredients are sourced from sustainable farms in U.S and around the world.
Finally, we consider all of our ingredients to be ‘active’ and chosen only for their benefits to the skin.
For a detailed list of quality control, precautions, and packaging, please read our Standards & Practices.
For any questions about our plant-based ingredients, please contact us and we will be happy to answer your questions