Why Oatmeal and Honey
The Benefits of Oatmeal
You need to understand that our bodies are bombarded with chemicals everyday from every which way. By the foods we eat to the items we use to wash our clothes and even our bodies, these chemicals over time damage us. Oatmeal, and its natural oil coat, moisturize, protect and gently cleanse, while correcting the pH of itchy or inflamed skin. Its scientific qualities are due to many natural chemicals:
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Saponins - a form of natural detergent - comprise its cleaning ability.
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High levels of starch and beta-glucan, a polysaccharide with inhibiting abilities, is primarily responsible for its moisture-retentive properties.
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Additionally, colloidal oatmeal contains phenols, an antiseptic, which encompass its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and ultraviolet absorbing properties. And is a gentle exfoliating agent.
On the skin, oatmeal is often recognized as being an emollient. According to Medical News Today, emollients, or moisturizers, "...Help keep the skin moist and supple by reducing water loss from the epidermis, the outer layer of skin. For patients with conditions such as eczema or psoriasis, emollients are an essential part of daily skin care."
Also the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, make it an ideal ingredient to use on sensitive skin. Oddly enough, oatmeal can also help to reduce the size of your pores on your body and face. These properties are helpful in combating wrinkles and other signs of aging. This is exactly why so many people with eczema and psoriasis can benefit by soaking in an oatmeal bath and using our Oatmeal Honey soaps in a cool to warm shower.
A few other points about oatmeal:
1. Relieves skin irritation and itching caused by Dermatitis, sunburns, poison ivy, Eczema and Psoriasis.
3. Reduces oil from the skin which helps pimple prone and oily skin restoring the natural pH balance in the skin and keeps the skin healthy
6. Great in treating dark circles
9. Imparts a calming effect with its anti bacterial and anti inflammatory properties, that bring down cases of skin redness, itchiness, rashes or any other similar infections.
The Benefits of Honey
A sweet treat with multiple uses for both inside and outside your body? What's not to love! If you're looking for a natural way to get glowing, hydrated skin, you'll want to make sure you're looking for products that include this key ingredient, HONEY.
Recognized as being an emollient, honey has been used for centuries as a way to smooth and soften skin while reducing any patches of rough, flaky skin. Because of its hydrating properties, honey is extremely moisturizing and helps keep moisture locked in the skin. This moisture helps give your skin a boost of elasticity, giving your skin a natural glow and overall healthy look.
Honey is full of antioxidants and antimicrobial properties. A spoonful of honey helps your antioxidant levels go up! Okay, but what exactly does this mean? Simply put, antioxidants mean slower aging, less wrinkles, and less damage from free radicals. Antioxidant properties are also an important part of protecting the skin from the ultraviolet rays of the sun which can be harmful to the skin. The antimicrobial properties is why people have been using honey to treat cuts and burns for thousands of years.
Honey is actually a pretty remarkable liquid if you stop and think about it.
Now do you understand why we have chosen these two remarkable ingredients to be the foundation of or soaps?
