Marshmallow Face Cleanser

The Story

For this soothing herbal face cleanser, we hand-mix organic castile soap with a dose of strong-brewed calendula flowers, marshmallow roots, and chamomile flowers, and then we add unrefined cold-press pumpkin seed oil and golden jojoba seed oil. The blue tansy and German blue chamomile oils we use are a very dark, midnight blue color, which is one way to ensure that they are the highest grade available (lower-grade oils are thinner and paler blue or almost green in color). These deep blue oils (rich in chamazulene) are anti-inflammatory, calming, soothing, repairing, and antiviral. The combination of German and Roman chamomile and Moroccan chamomile (blue tansy) with just a touch of violet leaf and galbanum also results in a light, comforting, and mind-soothing scent.

Benefits

This ultra-gentle foaming face cleanser is suitable for use on even the most sensitive skin, and will remove light to moderate makeup. Marshmallow Face Cleanser can also be enjoyed as a body wash, which is especially recommended for people with sensitive or dry skin or skin prone to allergies, psoriasis, or eczema. This cleanser contains a bouquet of in-house-brewed organic herbs that leave the skin feeling clean, silky, soft, and calm—never dry or tight. Marshmallow root soothes and softens, calendula petals heal the skin, chamomile flowers calm inflammation, and pumpkin seed oil helps heal and prevent acne. The cleanser is scented with pure aromatherapy-grade essential oils including German, Roman, and Moroccan chamomile. This is a very concentrated cleanser that lathers up to a luxurious foam, so a little goes a long way.

It cleanses very well—my skin feels soft, silky, calm, and almost squeaky-clean, but never too dry or tight. It's one of my favorite cleansers—"holy grail" status for sure!

- Yenny, ecochicbeauty.com

Skin Types

For all skin types, especially dry and sensitive. Will not clog pores or aggravate acne. Also recommended as a body wash for sensitive or dry skin, or for skin prone to allergies or eczema.

Ingredients

Herbal infusion {distilled water, Althaea officinalis (marshmallow) root*, Calendula officinalis (marigold) flowers (* or organic from our gardens), Matricaria recutita (chamomile) buds*}, water, saponified Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil*†, cold-press unrefined Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin) seed oil*, Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, cold-press whole-leaf Aloe barbadensis leaf juice*, vegetable glycerin*, saponified Olea europaea (olive) oil*†, potassium hydroxide (but none remains in final product, after saponifying oils into soap and glycerin), Cannabis sativa (hemp) oil*, natural ECOCERT preservative {glycerin, Leuconostoc (radish root) ferment filtrate, Lonicera japonica (honeysuckle) flower extract, Lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle) extract, Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) bark extract, gluconolactone}, guar gum, gluconolactone (from non-GMO corn), organic Tanacetum annuum (blue tansy/Moroccan chamomile) oil, Matricaria recutita (German blue chamomile) oil*, Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) oil*, Ferula galbaniflua (galbanum) oil*, organic Viola odorata (violet) leaf absolute, citric acid, tocopherol (vit. E from non-GMO sunflowers).

*Certified organic. †Certified Fair Trade.

All absolutes are hexane free whenever available.

Certified cruelty free, vegan, handcrafted, small batch. Gluten free.

Directions

This face cleanser does not contain emulsifiers so it will naturally separate: shake the bottle briefly to remix as needed. Apply a pea-sized amount of the cleanser onto wet hands, lather up, and massage into the skin. Rinse thoroughly.

Full size 100 ml (3.4 fl oz); travel/sample size 15 ml (0.5 fl oz).

A great value: a little goes a VERY long way! The 100 ml size will last for more than two months when used twice a day on the face.

Due to the very high cost of our ingredients and the labor-intensive (highly time consuming) small-batch production process, we are unable to accept returns of opened or unopened products at this time. But most products have a sample size option for purchase, so we encourage you to buy a sample first to ensure that the product suits your skin's needs and that you enjoy the texture, fragrance, and healing properties.