Archive for the ‘Glossary’ Category
Chamomile
Chamomile (Matricaria recuitota)
Brief Background: Chamomile is a traditional remedy for anxiety, stress, insomnia, headaches, and indigestion. It acts as a nerve tonic and is a useful treatment for menstrual cramps. Chamomile is an excellent skin soother that fights inflammation. When used externally or internally, it helps to reduce skin inflammation associated with eczema, psoriasis, and [...]
Oatmeal & Honey
Herbal Songstress offers natural organic products for children. Hair and skin care formulas were created specifically for children providing the essential nutrients that are found in nature. And speaking of nature, one of nature’s most unique creatures, is the chameleon. Just like the chameleon, our products are very unique and diverse and suited for people [...]
Hot Oil Treatment
A Hot Oil Hair Treatment is an excellent way to keep your hair healthy and conditioned. Whether you make your own treatments at home, buy them from the store, or visit a salon stylist for one, it is an excellent choice for a deep condition that maintains a beautiful and lustrous healthy head of hair.
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Apricot
Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Apricot is a member of the rose family and is native to east Asia. The vitamin rich oil is known for its high vitamin E , vitamin A, and essential fatty acid content. Apricot oil penetrates the skin easily and is recommended for dry, mature, or sensitive skin because of its softening and moisturizing [...]
Palmarosa
Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii)
Palmarosa is a natural recommendation for acne, scars, and wrinkles. When added to hair care products, helps to sooth scalp, stimulate hair growth, and prevent hair breakage.
Jojoba
Jojoba (Simmondsia chinenis)
Brief Background:
The jojoba shrub is native to the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico and neighboring regions in Arizona and southern California. It grows in dense strands (??) throughout that region. The woody evergreen shrub may reach 15 ft (4.5 m) in height. Jojoba has flat gray-green leathery leaves and a deep root [...]
Avocodo
Avocodo (Persea Americana)
Avocado oil is nourishing for the skin and hair. Its properties and texture makes it especially suitable for use in hair and skin care. It is also helps heal sun damage and scars. It is the sterolins (also called plant steroids) in the oil that helps to soften the skin and imparts a [...]
Macadamia nut
Macadamia nut
Extracted primarily from Hawaiian and Australian macadamia nuts, this oil boasts a higher percentage of monounsaturated fat than even olive oil. The nut’s oil is nutritious — a great source of calcium, B complex, phosphorus and iron. Macadamia nut oil contains the highest amount of palmitoleic acid (an Omega 7 fatty acid) of any [...]
Castor oil
Castor (Palma Christi)
Brief Background:
The Castor Oil plant is a native of India where it bears several ancient Sanskrit names, the most ancient and most usual being Eranda, which has passed into several other Indian languages. The plant thrives in tropical climates where it can grow 30 to 40 feet high; in the Azores and the [...]
Sweet almond
Sweet almond (Prunus amygdulus dulcis)
Brief Background:
The Almond tree is a native of the warmer parts Africa and Asia. The tree belongs to the same group of plants as the rose, plum, cherry and peach, being a member of the tribe Prunae of the natural order Rosaceae. The genus Amygdalus to which it is assigned is [...]
