From the Greek "kosmêtikos" meaning "relating to the adornment", cosmetics are used by all to maintain in good condition, protect and modify the appearance of the superficial parts of the body. Due to pollution, undesirable ingredients and bad surprises, more and more of us are tempted to create our own homemade cosmetics that meet our needs and respect the environment. In order to make your own products (and cleaner products), The company of the senses provides you with natural raw materials, recipes and advice that respect both your skin and Mother Nature.
Homemade cosmetics allow you to totally control the composition of your products and thus use ingredients that are totally adapted to you, it's truly tailor-made! The choice of ingredients and their quality is an essential step in the creation of homemade products. By focusing on the use of certified organic products, you are assured of the absence of synthetic chemical contaminants that may be toxic or GMOs that may present health risks. Note that the AB label can only appear on potentially ingestible products, as is the case for certain essential oils or other ingredients such as honey for example. For the others, cosmetic labels such as COSMOS, Cosmebio certified by Ecocert or the Nature et Progrès label must be considered. Obviously, the choice of ingredients is essential, but so is the choice of materials and packaging used... So many parameters to consider for an eco-responsible approach!
As far as price is concerned, making your own cosmetics is quite economical. In less than 15 minutes you can usually make a cream or a care product and only the ingredients will cost you. Without the cost of advertising, the latest packaging and the beautiful design of the label, the expense is much lower! Another advantage is that you can make the quantity of product you want and vary the pleasures according to the seasons, by adapting the ingredients according to your desires. So it's well worth a few minutes of patootie!
Between a homemade cosmetic and a commercial one, it is the quantities of the incorporated ingredients that really make the difference. A commercial product often describes its composition in the form of an INCI list but without actually giving a dosage. These ingredients are listed in descending order. Thus, the further down the list you go, the lower the dosage of the ingredient. The natural ingredients, of superior quality if they are certified organic, used for its homemade cosmetics, are generally the same as those proposed in industrial cosmetics. However, by making its own recipes, it is possible to adapt the dosage, there is all the difference! Thus, all the interest is to have the choice to introduce to its recipe of the active ingredients to their strongest recommended concentration by choosing adapted associations. Only the question of comfort of use/application can sometimes be annoying, but it will be a question of habit you will see. It doesn't matter if your toothpaste doesn't foam, as long as it's effective, right?
Body - Face - Hair care
Clays are the main constituents of soils. They come from rocky sediments rich in particular minerals. Belonging to the phyllosilicate family, they have different adsorbing and absorbing powers depending on their origin and composition. The elements present in each clay give it its color and are responsible for its properties. These grounds used in natural cosmetics draw their benefits from minerals involved in the state of hydration of the skin and the reinforcement of the capillary fibre.
Benefits:
Adsorbent
Absorbent
Purifying
Cleaning
Detoxifying
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Vegetable butters are extracted from the almonds, fruits or seeds of many plants. They differ from vegetable oils in that they are in solid form at room temperature. Used in cosmetics for a very long time, they are known for their nourishing and repairing properties. They contain characteristic fatty acids that are the reason for their effectiveness in skin care as well as hair care.
Benefits:
Protective
Hydrating
Softening
Antioxidant
Skin regenerating
Body care - Face care - Hair care - Baths
The organic essential oils that we offer at The company of the senses will bring their benefits to your care and beauty rituals. Coming from numerous aromatic plants, essential oils logically find their place in natural cosmetics. The powerful molecules they contain will allow you to add active elements and perfumes according to your needs and desires. To be used with care, they will be diluted in neutral bases and applied on the skin or hair in order to bring their benefits.
Benefits:
Anti-aging
Antioxidant
Sebum regulator
Hydrating
Detoxifying
Purifying
Body care - Face care - Baths
Salts for cosmetic purposes are different from those found on our plates. They contain minerals and trace elements such as calcium, iron, magnesium and many others. They come from salt lakes, inland seas or underground deposits formed as a result of their evaporation. In natural cosmetics, their particular composition makes them excellent moisturizers, exfoliants and will dissolve in your relaxing baths.
Benefits:
Hydrating
Exfoliating
Relaxing
Remineralizing
Detoxifying
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Vegetable oils are extracted from the fruits, seeds or flowers of oleaginous plants. Very good alternative to petrochemical derived fats that overload conventional cosmetics, vegetable oils have natural nourishing, moisturizing and protective qualities for the skin and hair. Adapted to each person, the different active ingredients they contain are essential in the formula of your home products.
Benefits:
Moisturizing
Nourishing
Soothing
Sebum regulator
Fortifying
Antioxidant
Body care - Face care - Hair care - Baths
Hydrosols such as Damask Rose or Orange Blossom water have been known for a long time in natural cosmetics as active ingredients to solve skin and hair problems. Recovered during the distillation of aromatic or non-aromatic plants, they are low in active molecules but have a high water content which allows them to be used more widely and simply than essential oils. Used alone, in your home products and in your bubble baths, floral waters will also give you their characteristic scent.
Benefits:
Detoxifying
Purifying
Healing
Soothing
Skin regenerating
Body - Face - Hair care
Aloe Vera is a plant native to North Africa that has been known for its therapeutic and cosmetic properties for over 5,000 years. The gel contained inside its leaves has a high water content that will moisturize and soften the skin. Used in natural cosmetics as an active ingredient, the minerals, enzymes, vitamins and antioxidants it contains will also stimulate cell regeneration, repair and strengthen your hair.
Benefits:
Antioxidant
Hydrating
Soothing
Refreshing
Nourishing
Face Care - Teeth - Make-up
Activated vegetable carbon is a black powder composed in its purest form of carbon atoms only. It is initially produced by the calcination of carbon-rich plant matter (wood, fruit shells, pits) and then activated to increase its adsorbing power. This raw material has come back in force these last years for its use in natural cosmetics. Its adsorption power allows to purify the skin and to have a whitening action on the teeth. Added to your cosmetic preparations, it can also be used as a pigment in eye shadow, kohl and mascara.
Benefits:
Purifying
Detoxifying
Colorant
Adsorbent
Hair Care - Haircolor
Introduced by the Egyptians and made famous by the oriental culture, henna has been known for thousands of years for its use in natural cosmetics. It is derived from dried leaves that are then pulverized to obtain a powder. The most common types of henna are neutral henna and natural henna from two different plants. Natural henna is the most used because it contains the biochemical coloring molecule: lawsone. Depending on the country of production, it will offer different highlights and can be combined with other dye powders depending on the expected result. Neutral henna is used for its natural care qualities.
Benefits:
Colorant
Exfoliating
Anti-dandruff
Anti-lice
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Glycerin is a molecule appreciated for its moisturizing and softening qualities, it is widely used in conventional cosmetics. To be qualified as vegetable, it must be produced following a saponification reaction between a base and a fat of vegetable origin. In natural cosmetics, you can use it in small quantities. It will act as a humectant agent to reduce the worries of dehydrated skin and hair while leaving a soft film on their surface. It also serves as a thickener and stabilizer in your aqueous preparations.
Benefits:
Moisturizer
Soothing
Emollient
Thickening
Solvent
Body and face care
It is very important to check the origin of donkey milk to make sure that its producers are concerned about their animals and particularly the donkeys for which the mother's milk must be intended in the first place. Tonic, skin softening and anti-aging, donkey milk has found its place in beauty rituals since its use by Cleopatra herself and thanks to its richness in vitamins, trace elements and essential fatty acids.
Benefits:
Soothing
Nourishing
Hydrating
Anti-aging
Body care - Face care
Alum stone is a mineral extracted from alunite, a rock native to Syria. Used since antiquity by the Greeks and Romans, it is appreciated in natural cosmetics for its astringent, healing and hemostatic properties. They allow it to be used primarily as a natural alternative to conventional commercial deodorants. Its ability to reduce pores makes it a care product for oily acne-prone skin as well as a solution to soothe razor burn or hair removal. You can find it in stick or powder form to use in your preparations but check its composition carefully.
Benefits:
Astringent
Hemostatic
The cleaning of the skin is crucial for a question of hygiene and to maintain it in good condition. Since commercial shower gels can be irritating and unsuitable for your skin type, we suggest you make your own cleansing products. Using a neutral foaming gel carefully selected for its softness, you can customize your shower gel with essential oils according to your mood and your needs.
Recipes for shower gelsEssential oils are not diluted in water but it is possible to enjoy their benefits in your bath with the help of salts. Appreciated since a long time for their therapeutic or cosmetic virtues or simply the well-being they provide, baths with essential oils are easy to make and use.
Recipes for bath saltsTo take care of your body on a daily basis, natural ingredients respect your wallet, your skin and the environment as a bonus. It is simple to make your own rituals in Do It Yourself version by following clear, short and playful recipes adapted to the whole family based on plant essential oils and quality products, create the care you need.
Body care recipesHow to find a shampoo or an organic care adapted to its type of hair, economic and without parabens, silicones and others? You just have to make it yourself. Natural raw materials have significant qualities to solve your hair problems or simply take care of your hair on a daily basis.
Hair care recipesThe skin of the face is the most exposed to external aggressions: UV, pollution, temperature, make-up. To take care of it in home cosmetics, many natural raw materials can be used according to your skin type whether it is dry, mixed, oily or with problems. Discover our recipes based on organic essential and vegetable oils.
Facial care recipesRenowned for their moisturizing and nourishing properties, vegetable butters are the ideal bases for your solid cosmetic products. Melting on contact with the skin, they preserve the qualities of the ingredients with which they can be associated according to the desired use. With our recipes based on Shea butter and essential or vegetable oils, make your own homemade body butters.
Recipes for body buttersAs with body butters, the use of Shea butter in your preparations guarantees optimal hydration of the most sensitive skin. Lips, whose skin is relatively thin, require special care that can be complemented by softer essential oils. Repulpant, hydrating or repairing, here are our recipes to create your own lip balm.
Recipes for lip balmsThe more or less pleasant scents that your nose detects in perfumes are all provided by aromatic molecules. Hence the use of the word aroma when it comes to substances emanating a characteristic smell. In natural home cosmetics, it is possible to use essential oils to perfume yourself simply by avoiding the allergic reactions that can occur with the use of synthetic aromatic components.
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