Springtime Skincare Symphony: My Living Libations Essentials | Be Genki
Hello all! I am so excited to share my top springtime skincare picks at the moment, of course, from the beautiful Living Libations! In a couple of my previous blog posts, I’ve spoken about my favourite online space for shopping clean beauty, health and wellness products - Be Genki. Here you’ll find the best in organic and clean skincare, makeup, hair and body care, and wellbeing products. It’s so refreshing to explore a space that only features the highest quality pure products… Sam, the founder of Be Genki has done all the research into healthy and effective ingredients that are harmonious with our bodies.
As a customer of Be Genki for many years, I just adore their holistic approach - 'Genki' is a Japanese word that describes the holistic feeling of being well; happy, healthy, and harmonious. The collection of the best in natural health and organic beauty at Be Genki is designed to help you look and feel more 'genki'
For those who are new to Living Libations - I reach for their lifestyle, well-being and beauty products daily. Everything from Living Libations is organic, wildcrafted, microbiome-friendly, food-grade and GMO-free. They seriously tick all the boxes for my ingredient standards, and they offer a wide range to support your skin and overall well-being throughout the seasons.
I can't wait to tell you about all the colourful, vibrant oils, serums, and masks my skin has been loving this Spring and dive into some of the ingredients and delightful formulas!
For a long time I have been a huge fan of the Living Libations Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever, they have a large range of Best Skin Ever’s, but I hadn’t tried any others until this Sandalwood one… and let’s just say it’s truly become one of my most loved Living Libations products this year. What exactly is the Sandalwood Best Skin Ever? It’s a botanical oil blend that can be used as a moisturising cleanser, or, as a face oil to moisturise on its own. For people with delicate skin, this is a delicious, deeply nutritious, moisture-rich must-have to wash and hydrate your skin head to toe. It also relaxes redness, and improves the appearance of scars and uneven skin tone.
The key ingredient in this concoction is Sandalwood Nut Oil. Like many of their beautiful botanicals, sandalwood nut oil contains beneficial fatty acids and ximenynic acid. This is a key ingredient in achieving an even skin tone and reducing redness. Ximenynic acid has also been found to have a significant impact on the skin aging process as it increases microcirculation, reduces enlarged pores, reduces discoloration and firms the skin. The pure, organic oil contained in sandalwood nuts has been used for thousands of years to treat cellulite, varicose veins, dry skin, overly oily skin, wounds, cuts, bruises, lesions, and to protect the skin from harsh environmental elements and pollutants.
Washing the face with pure pressed plant oils is an ancient Ayurvedic practice. It is also a gracious method to cleanse and gently exfoliate the skin. This oil blend, water, and a cloth are all the simple essentials you need to cleanse, exfoliate, and hydrate. The ingredients in the Sandalwood Best Skin Ever are; jojoba, sandalwood nut, sandalwood essential oil, frankincense, cape chamomile, palmarosa, sweet thyme, yarrow, chamomile, lemon, and blood orange. Let’s take a moment to appreciate its stunning emerald colour!
How to oil cleanse:
1. Wet a small portion of a cloth with water.
2. Apply one to two squirts of any of the Sandalwood Best Skin Ever to the dampened portion of the face cloth.
3. Gently massage the face, neck and back of the neck with the moistened cloth. Wash gently or wash vigorously for a deeper exfoliating effect. Rinsing the face is optional.
Living Libation's Everybody Loves the Sunshine Zinc Beach Balm is now my absolute favourite all-natural sunscreen, this beauty allows me to spend long, leisurely days outdoors enjoying the strong Australian sun. This handcrafted, portable sun-stick is formulated with sun-harmonising botanicals, containing high concentrations of delicious flavonoids and carotenoids for healthy skin. The Everybody Loves the Sunshine Zinc Beach Balm has a summery, olfactory melody of tropical coconut, sweet flowers, warm spices, and verdant flora. The sunscreen also contains swirled balmy beeswax for its porous powers, rich cacao butter to soothe and moisturise thirsty skin, and non-nanoparticle, uncoated zinc oxide to shield skin on sunny days.
After a full fun day outdoors wearing this beach balm, I am so thrilled to share that I have never once got sunburnt! I have struggled with finding a high quality, effective sunscreen since forever, as other natural sunscreens have left my skin looking greasy and my complexion feeling clogged. I can confidently say that this balm not only feels fresh and light to wear and shields my skin from the sun, but the ingredients in this formula do an incredible job at improving my overall skin tone and texture once I’ve oil-cleansed it off at the end of the day. I’ve never until now used a sunscreen that is capable of that! If you have acne prone or sensitive skin, I highly recommend.
What is zinc oxide? Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an immaculate option as a sunblock. It is a white, inorganic compound created from metallic zinc. Living Libations uses non-nanoparticle, uncoated, pharmaceutical-grade zinc oxide in Everybody Loves the Sunshine Zinc Beach Balm as it is the purest form of zinc available. Unlike nano-particle minerals and chemical sun blocks, zinc doesn’t interfere with the health or respiration of the skin. The molecular size of zinc particles is too large to be absorbed by the skin. Instead, it sits on top and absorbs sun rays, protecting the skin!
The ingredients in the Everybody Loves the Sunshine Zinc Beach Balm are as follows; jojoba, coconut, cacao butter, seabuckthorn, zinc oxide, raspberry seed, tamanu, schizandra berry, laurel wax, immortelle, carrot seed, rose otto, cape chamomile, frankincense, sandalwood, ginger, lavender, geranium, sweet thyme, turmeric, calendula, palmarosa.
The Living Libations Royal Rose CoQ10 Serum has become such a treat in my skincare routine over the last few weeks! Its beautiful rosey pink hue, enriched with the goodness of rosehip seed oil, brings a touch of ancient beauty wisdom to my day to day. The star ingredient, rosehip seed oil, is a time-honoured favourite of the ancient Egyptians, Mayans, and contemporary Chileans! In fact, a 1980s study of Chilean women found rosehip seed oil to be effective at easing wrinkles, improving the appearance of scars and firming sagging skin - this is a yesss from me!
I've particularly embraced this serum as a nighttime essential. The visible change in my skin's suppleness the next morning is remarkable. Not only does it leave my skin with a radiant glow, but the light, gentle texture and the captivating scent make using this serum such a soothing and indulgent experience! I love how Living Libations adds CoQ10 into the cold-pressed rosehip seed oil, a bioactive essential enzyme naturally present in our bodies. As we age, CoQ10 levels decrease, leaving our skin susceptible… so introducing rejuvenating CoQ10 to our skin fortifies it against environmental stressors, promoting enhanced elasticity and tone.
I love to use the Royal Rose CoQ10 Serum each night after oil cleansing with the Sandalwood Best Skin Ever. I’ve found that the two are the most delicious and deeply hydrating combo for a night time routine! Using my fingertips, I gently pat the serum into my skin, with a focus on the areas that need extra attention, such as around my eyes and my forehead. The ingredients in the Royal Rose CoQ10 Serum are as follows; wild rosehips, jojoba, CoQ10, rose otto, immortelle, sweet thyme, ylang, geranium, myrrh, stone root, and lemon.
Honestly, honey is one of the most incredible foods to exist - and you can’t change my mind! A glowing golden elixir that blesses us with a variety of incredible medicinal benefits - from phytochemical, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, to antioxidant properties, honey is able to support us in so many ways. It’s not surprising that honey, is also wondrous for your skin! I’ve started using the Living Libations Frankincense Honey Mask a couple nights a week, and I can’t believe how real, raw and natural (in the best way!) this mask feels and applies. With just 4 ingredients of frankincense flower honey, frankincense, cape chamomile, and immortelle, this mask is as pure, potent and unadulterated as it can get.
What is frankincense honey? Bees buzzing in frankincense trees drink of the nectar of small white flowers and transform the nectar into honey. Living libations specially sources this honey through the Save Frankincense Alliance from beekeepers in Oman. This raw, unfiltered honey is directly poured off the hive and into the jar, undiluted, unfiltered, and unadulterated. But it gets better… bees and frankincense flowers are mutually beneficial and protect each other from decline; by pollinating the flowers, the bees help ensure a future population of frankincense trees and the bees get the needed sustenance to make healthy hives. Beyond the nectar, the bees arm themselves with small bits of frankincense resin that gets mixed into the propolis and naturally protects the hive from pathogens and microbial foes! Isn’t that just amazing?!
The Frankincense Honey Mask is lovely to apply after a beach day in the sea, wind and sun, or just an evening that you’d like to enrich with a little more self care. It’s deeply soothing and replenishing for dry, inflamed or dull skin, and leaves your face feeling silky smooth, hydrated and renewed. Also, the rich orange colour with sparkling honey crystals is just so beautiful to look at and I love the frosted glass and thick wooden lid!
Living Libations Night Flight to Venus Petal Perfume is truly a celestial, blooming burst of floral and summery botanicals. With top notes of neroli, jasmine and vanilla, this particular perfume makes you feel like you’re living in a vibrant sunset! It’s perfectly described as ‘the aroma of a sultry summer night where honeyed-vanilla wafts into the air to mingle with hypnotic unfurling florals of night-blooming jasmine fused with the heady scent of hay heated by an eternal summer’s day.’ I wholeheartedly resonate with this description – Night Flight to Venus is, without a doubt, is the most beautiful perfume to enjoy through spring time and into summer.
I have been a loyal fan of Living Libations Petal Perfumes for many years now, I just love how they’re designed to help balance our body chemistry, which aids in shaping our own personal pheromone (scent) that slowly unfolds throughout the day. I love that Living Libations caters to those, like me, who are sensitive to traditional fragrances. The assurance of this Petal Perfume being 100% natural, synthetic free, and derived straight from nature, allows me to smell incredible, without the headaches or irritated skin! All Living Libations Petal Perfumes are made with the purest available essential oils and biodynamic grape alcohol. The full ingredient list is as follows: neroli blossoms, jasmine, vanilla, hay, tangerine, massoia bark, blood orange, yuzu, and organic biodynamic alcohol!
Night Flight To Venus is a fitting choice for an Australian November — enriched with crisp mornings, the aroma of jasmine blooming in the streets, sunshine and a warm glimpse of the summer approaching. I have been reaching for it daily the last few weeks, but I have a feeling I’ll want to wear it every time of year, too.
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Wishing you all wellness & vitality,
Liv x
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