Seabuckthorn -- Best Skin Ever

   Hey lovely kittens! I'm back with something very unique called Seabuckthorn -- Best Skin Ever from Living Libations.



  What is Seabuckthorn - Best Skin Ever?

 Living Libations' Seabuckthorn is a product made with seabuckthorn berry oil and several other highly beneficial essential oils. It's a fabulous choice -- besides all the benefits -- it's natural ingredients and made of high quality ingredients.

Seabuckthorn is designed as basically, an all-in-one product, which is very convenient and much appreciated by someone like me who has extremely high maintenance skin. This Seabuckthorn product cleanses wonderfully, exfoliates gently and moisturizes. That's a God-send when you spend 30 minutes on your face each night. 

Besides that, I've found that this oil works really well for removing my black mascara and eyeliner, which is always a pain since after vigorous scrubbing, it always leaves darkness under and around my eyes. Dabbing a small amount onto a washcloth and rubbing the black areas was enough to clean it away.

Seabuckthorn can also be used on the body to bring about a radiance after cleansing.


What is Seabuckthorn berry oil?

This is actually my first experience with Seabuckthorn products, and I hadn't heard of Seabuckthorn before getting this product from Living Libations, strangely enough. I normally keep pretty up to date on all kinds of neat skincare stuff, but I have to say, the Seabuckthorn is new to me, and a unique product that I'm greatful to have. Below is Living Libations description of their Seabuckthorn oil. If you prefer, you can read it in full here.

 "This special super-critical extract balances and harmonizes the lipid layers of the skin. It is beneficial for all skin types. Sea buckthorn gets to the root cause of imbalances in the skin by going deep within the lipid layers and healing from the inside out.

  It is extraordinarily rich and vital oil that is perfectly balanced in omega 3, 6, 7 and 9 oils. Our sea buckthorn berry oil is a special extract that is able to capture over 190 bioactive substances in one drop! The oil is also potent in antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory properties, carotenoids like beta carotene, and phytosterols that reduce redness and help heal mucous membranes. 

  We have been using sea buckthorn in many of our formulas since 1994 and have found that it regenerates cells, protects against cell water loss and is rich in vitamins C, E, and pro-vitamins A and B. Seabuckthorn oil is also rich in lipids, beneficial fatty acids and rare palmitoleic acids. All of these extraordinary plant properties contribute to regenerate and revitalize connective tissue. Also rich in rare palmitoleic oils, our special super critical extract is able to capture over 190 bioactive healing constituents from the edible sea buckthorn berry. This oil is potent in hydrophilic and lipophyllic antioxidants such as carotenoids, ascorbic acid and tocopherols. 

  These carotenoids have been extensively studied for their photo-protective qualities as sunscreens and protectors against intrinsic damage. Super-critical sea buckthorn oil also contains natural anti-inflammatory compounds and phytosterols that reduce redness and help heal mucous membranes."

  " The result is the softest skin ever! Real to the feel skin care grooms your immune system and calls every body filament alive."

Very impressive, huh?

 How to use Seabuckthorn:

Dampen a wash cloth, and apply one to two squirts of Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever to the cloth, and then gently massage the face, neck and other desired areas, rubbing gently or vigorously for less or more exfoliation. Personally, I tend to need a lot of extra exfoliation, but since I only tanned a day ago, I've not gone crazy with exfoliating, but instead have been massaging with a wash cloth a littl gently, since the cloth alone will provide enough exfoliation without overdoing it on my newly tanned skin. However, rougher will exfoliate more. 

You can rinse your skin afterward or leave it on. Since I do want to clean my face, I massage really well and then rinse, but apply a tiny drop over my dry areas like cheeks, tip of nose and leave it on overnight. It can be massaged (a very tee-tiny amount!) under the eyes for a nice anti-aging treatment, I suppose. It does have the proper ingredients for ant-aging and will definitely benefit your skin even more when left on. For dry skin, this is a perfect treatment and easy to leave on overnight without soiling your pillow cases! 

Another great thing is, if you do decide to leave it on overnight, it's not noticeable on your face the next day. You can still rinse or rub a wash cloth over your face, but after it's been left on, it absorbs and won't leave residue behind.



Using Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever after a bath:

As I said, you can use this product all over, and to have extremely soft, smooth and lovely skin, you can rub yourself down with it after a bath. I love this because it really helps with dry skin (ahem, my knees!) and brings out the lovely complexion all over! And no worries about rubbing down with it right before bed because you won't be left greasy like most lotions or oils for your skin. There's no residue left over after it absorbs. It just leaves a nice glowy touch to your skin. I have a super shiny forehead that causes me so much trouble, so I was hesitant about using this on my forehead. Thankfully, I have less shine than if I use my "matte" facial lotion! 

To use the Seabuckthorn oil on other body parts, simply repeat the same steps as for your face: apply with wash cloth. You can also use in the shower and rub with the cloth to cleanse and exfoliate and then apply a bit more via the cloth and leave on.

And now, before we move on, I want to share Living Libations' video, which is Nadine giving some fabulous tips!

Who it works for

The Seabuckthorn product is good for all skin, including combination, oily, dry, and even acne prone skin may show improvement. In fact, I'm pretty positive it will because a few little bumps and a couple of tiny acne marks have looked much, much better on my skin after using this! I even combined a nice little treatment tonight of this and a dab of aloe vera straight from my plant to really bring on some soothing for my skin since I'm just now clearing up from a rough outbreak of bumps. It looks great actually. Enough that I've skipped my covering makeup.





Ingredients:

All pure-organic and/or wildcrafted ingredients:

  

super-critical Sea buckthorn oil, golden jojoba oil, virgin coconut oil, tamanu oil, lavender, vetiver, grapefruit, and palmarosa essential oils.

Earlier in this post, I shared from the Living Libations website, exactly what the ingredient Seabuckthorn is. Now, we'll discuss what the others are.

Virgin Coconut oil - You guys know how much I've rambled about the benefits of this stuff! Whether you're taking it internally (eating it) or using it externally, the benefits are absolutely stunning. It also anti-ages, so applying it to your skin is very beneficial. It can help with acne, skin irritations and will moisturize wonderfully.

Tamanu oil - This is actually another one I have never heard of until coming in contact with Living Libations. Very interesting! Living Libations say that Tamanu oil is a  "beautiful, exotic berry oil that is deeply healing to the skin. It has a nutty, earthy, fragrance. It has great absorption in the skin and is very high in nourishing lipids (92% lipids)."


Golden Jojoba oil - Highly moisturizing, can reduce excessive oilyness and super hydrating for skin. Leaves you very soft.

Lavender -  An essential oil that I've previously discussed this week. Lavender has been used for many centuries in various ways, but is most commonly known for its relaxing, anti-anxiety and even sleep-inducing properties. The scent can often be enough to make you relax, or for me, when using pure essential oil, can send me into the most perfect, much needed nap! I've used it a lot lately just to help fall asleep. Anyways, that's not why its used in this facial product though. 

Lavender, like aloe vera, is a natural antibiotic and has anti-inflammatory benefits. This is why I mentioned acne-prone skin being able to benefit from the Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever. It will help reduce the swelling, redness, etc. from new pimples/blemishes. And for the old blemishes that are still a dark color, but aren't quite fading, this is also beneficial. I had one on my chin!

Vetiver - Calms, moisturizes and plumps skin. So if you were considering using this Seabuckthorn oil for under eye treatment, there's your go-ahead!

Grapefruit essential oil -   Used a skin tonic to tighten and tone. Also is said to be energizing! Prevents blemishes. Promotes lymphatic flow (very nice!  I didn't know this until reading it on Living Libations!) 

Palmarosa -  Another one I'm not too familiar with. Living Libations says that Palmarosa essential oil is a fruity grass distilled for its phytochemicals, is rejuvenating, balances sebum and promoted healthy cells. 



 Scent

Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever has a very strong, herbal aroma upon first opening and sniffing from the bottle. The aroma is absolutely nice, in fact, that herby aroma is something I adore. I could definitely detect something lavender-ish in there. I worried it'd be a little unpleasant to use the first time because I'd been suffering with an extreme migraine, and I worried the strong scent on my face would really be bad. I tried it anyways, and after applying it, the strength I noticed in the bottle was very light when only on my skin. Even with my sensitive nose, I can handle keeping it on overnight without issue. I forget all about it! 




Results

Seabuckthorn Best Skin Ever is an orange color, and even when I pump some onto a cloth, it's orange. However, it goes on my skin clear and when absorbed, there's nothing left behind. 

It does feel slightly oily on my hands, but not anything that aggravates me, and you all know how picky I am about any oily or sticky residues! This isn't even noticeable after asborbing, and I love that I can feel my skin and it just feels natural afterward.

It's thin and runny, not thick and greasy like a lotion or butter. More like a serum, I suppose. I kind of expected it to have the feel of olive or vegetable oil on my skin. For some reason olive and vegetable oil make my skin itchy I think because the thickness of it does something to those tiny peach fuzzies on my cheeks. This was great! I didn't feel a heavy residue on my skin. 


The first time I used Seabuckthorn I noticed my skin looking nice as soon as I emerged from the shower! That is a rarity. No angry red spots. No dry patches and thankfully no tight skin from being dried out. It looked and felt soft. It seems my pores look smaller. The biggest thing I noticed though, was that those tiny scars that sometimes just make their appearance more noticeable at different times, on my cheeks, were hardly even noticeable! 

So after that, I combined a little bit of my aloe plant to the couple of bumps I had, and then when I went to shower, used the Seabuckthorn stuff. Huge accomplishment! My face looks amazing. This is definitely the softest its ever felt. Lotion makes it sticky, but moisturizes, you know? But you're always left with some type of sticky-like or greasy residue. I'm really impressed at how I don't have any of that with this Seabuckthorn stuff. And it's so moisturizing that I don't have to add a moisturizer afterward and before putting on makeup. It's a very amazing product. I love that you do see results when using. 

 I can run my fingers across those little scars on my cheek and I hardly feel them. I'm actually beginning to think they will completely fade in a short time of continuing use! That would be fantastic, and rest assured, I will keep you guys updated on progress!