Forever in awe of nature and her abundance, "Aureum" (Latin for 'Golden', and referring to the Golden Ratio of the natural world), this beautiful face and body nectar is made with 7+ potent botanicals and plants known for their skin soothing, calming and anti-ageing benefits-with chamomile, calendula, stinging nettle, rosemary, marshmallow root, yarrow & lavender solar infused in olive oil for over nine months, she really is a work of art. Nature doesn't rush and neither do we, to ensure you get the best, most effective 'remedies' from the natural world. We also added camellia oil, which deeply moisturises and enhances skin's elasticity, with vitamin E and vetiver, jasmine & French lavender pure essential oils. Best to use at night, to get the full benefits for longer of this multi-tasking skin nectar. Comes with a face 'contouring and de-puffing' jade gua sha. Legally registered on the Submit Cosmetic Products Notifications Portal (SCPN), UK cosmetic product number: UKCP-06536599 Directions for Use: As a facial oil; On a cleansed face, use a couple of drops-rubbing your fingertips together to warm the oil, then gently press and pat the oil into your skin rather than dragging or pulling. As a body oil; Apply a few drops to damp skin immediately after a shower or bath. Massage the oil using upward strokes toward the heart to aid absorption, and always warm it in your hands first. This face & body nectar's amazing skin benefits: - Olive oil can have many benefits for your skin, including: Moisturising: Olive oil can help your skin retain water and stay hydrated, making it look and feel supple. Antioxidant protection: Olive oil contains vitamin E, polyphenols, and phytosterols, which can help protect your skin from oxidative stress and premature aging. Reduces inflammation: Olive oil can soothe and calm irritated skin, and help reduce redness. Heals wounds: A few drops of extra virgin olive oil can help wounds heal quickly. Chamomile has many skin benefits, including soothing irritation, reducing inflammation, and treating wounds. It's also hydrating and can help with dark circles and hyperpigmentation. Soothing: Chamomile's anti-inflammatory properties can help with redness, swelling, and irritation. It can soothe conditions like eczema, dermatitis, and rosacea. It's recommended for sensitive skin: Treating wounds; Chamomile's mild antiseptic properties can help treat facial wounds and can help prevent infection in open scratches or sores. Dark circles: Chamomile's antioxidants can help reduce dark circles and puffiness around the eyes, it can also improve circulation and reduce inflammation. Hydrating: Chamomile can help keep skin moisturised. Skin brightening: Chamomile water can help even out skin tone and diminish the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation. Anti-aging: Chamomile's antioxidants can help protect the skin from environmental damage and prevent premature aging. It can also help reduce the appearance of fine lines. - Calendula, also known as pot marigold, has many benefits for skin, including: Anti-inflammatory: Calendula's flavonoids have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce pain, swelling, and inflammation. Wound healing: Calendula can help wounds and burns heal faster by increasing blood flow and oxygen to the skin. Collagen production: Calendula can help promote collagen production, which is an essential protein for healthy skin. Sun protection: Calendula can help protect the skin from sun damage. Antimicrobial and antifungal: Calendula has antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Eczema: Calendula's anti-inflammatory properties may help with eczema. Nappy rash: Calendula may be more effective than aloe vera for treating diaper rash in children. Sensitive skin: Calendula is gentle and soothing, making it suitable for sensitive skin. - Dried nettle has many potential benefits for the skin, including: Anti-inflammatory: Nettle can soothe inflamed skin and reduce redness, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, and rashes. Antibacterial: Nettle can fight infections, such as pimples, and prevent them from recurring. Antioxidant: Nettle can help with skin aging by reducing the appearance of wrinkles and age spots. Astringent: Nettle can help with oily skin, and is milder than alcohol, vinegar, or citrus. Purifying: Nettle extract can purify the skin. Soothing: Nettle extract can soothe the skin. Reduces blemishes: Nettle extract can reduce blemishes. - Marshmallow root benefits skin by deeply hydrating, soothing irritation, softening, and protecting it with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, making it great for sensitive, dry, eczema-prone, or ageing skin by forming a moisture-locking barrier and supporting skin healing. Its high mucilage content acts like a natural humectant and emollient, calming redness and fortifying the skin barrier against environmental damage. Key Benefits: Deep Hydration: Its mucilage attracts and retains moisture, providing lasting hydration and a plump, dewy look. Soothes Irritation: Anti-inflammatory properties help calm redness, eczema, rosacea, and other irritations. Softens & Smooths: Acts as an emollient, making skin feel soft, supple, and smooth, reducing the appearance of fine lines. Protects Skin Barrier: Forms a protective layer, similar to a hydrocolloid, shielding skin from irritants and environmental stressors. Gentle & Versatile: Mild enough for delicate areas like eyelids and suitable for all skin types, including baby skin. - Rosemary has many potential benefits for the skin, including: Anti-inflammatory: Can help reduce redness and inflammation from skin conditions like eczema or rosacea. Antibacterial: Can help prevent bacteria from getting into pores and causing acne. Astringent: Can help clean pores, regulate sebum production, and improve the appearance of enlarged pores. Hydrating: Can help balance the skin's natural oils and protect skin cells from damage. Skin elasticity: Contains rosmarinic acid, which helps boost collagen and improve skin elasticity and firmness. Anti-aging: Contains carnosic acid, which may help protect the skin from UV ray damage and the visible signs of premature aging. Tightening skin tone: Can shrink pores and tighten the appearance of your complexion. Increasing circulation: May help dilate blood vessels, which can increase blood circulation and help with poor circulation. - Lavender benefits skin by soothing inflammation, fighting bacteria, hydrating, and providing antioxidants, helping with acne, dryness, redness, ageing signs, and minor wounds through its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiseptic properties, making it great for calming irritation and promoting faster healing. It works to balance skin, reduce blemishes, and protect against environmental damage, but always use diluted lavender oil in products, not directly on skin. Key Benefits: Soothes Inflammation: Reduces redness, irritation, swelling, and itching from conditions like eczema, dermatitis, sunburn, and razor burn. Combats Acne: Its antibacterial and cleansing properties help keep pores clear, fight acne-causing bacteria, and calm breakouts. Hydrates & Moisturises: Acts as a natural emollient, locking in moisture to soften dry, flaky skin and improve texture. Fights Ageing: Rich in antioxidants, it protects skin from free radical damage, reducing signs of ageing like wrinkles and improving elasticity. Heals Wounds: Promotes faster healing of minor cuts, scrapes, and burns by boosting collagen synthesis and preventing infection. Evens Skin Tone: Can help lighten dark spots and reduce discoloration, improving hyperpigmentation. Balances Oily Skin: Acts as a toner, purifying and regulating sebum without drying, making it good for oily skin. - Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a versatile botanical powerhouse packed with flavonoids, tannins, and chamazulene. It is celebrated in skincare for its potent anti-inflammatory, astringent, and wound-healing properties. It soothes irritation, balances excess oil, and promotes skin regeneration for a clearer, firmer complexion. Key Skin Benefits: Accelerates Wound Healing: Known as an ancient "soldier's woundwort," its astringent qualities help staunch bleeding, close minor cuts, and encourage rapid skin repair. Soothes Inflammation: Its high chamazulene content calms redness, making it effective for treating reactive skin, insect bites, and minor rashes. Balances Oily and Blemish-Prone Skin: As a natural astringent, yarrow tightens pores, regulates excess oil, and helps clear up hormonal or cystic breakouts. Anti-Ageing & Rejuvenation: Regular application helps boost elasticity, smooths the appearance of fine lines (such as crow's feet), and improves overall skin texture. Antimicrobial & Antiseptic: Volatile oils in the herb help keep abrasions and blemishes clean, preventing secondary infections. - Camellia oil, prized in traditional Asian beauty routines, is a lightweight, non-greasy botanical oil rich in oleic acid, vitamins A, B, D, and E, and antioxidants. It deeply moisturises, enhances skin elasticity, protects against environmental damage, and soothes irritation without clogging pores. Key Benefits: Deep Hydration: High concentrations of essential fatty acids (like Omega 3, 6, and 9) lock in moisture, keeping skin supple and hydrated. Fast Absorption: Because its molecular weight is similar to the skin's natural sebum, it absorbs quickly without leaving a heavy, greasy film. Anti-Ageing & Protection: Packed with antioxidants and polyphenols, it helps safeguard your skin from free radicals and environmental stressors. It also aids in preserving collagen to minimise the appearance of fine lines. Soothing & Anti-inflammatory: Its natural properties help calm sensitive, irritated, or dry skin. Improves Scars and Stretch Marks: Commonly used to minimise the appearance of stretch marks, acne scars, and even dry hair. - Vitamin E benefits skin by acting as a powerful antioxidant, fighting free radicals, intensely moisturising by strengthening the skin barrier to lock in hydration, soothing inflammation, protecting against UV damage, promoting wound healing, improving elasticity, and reducing signs of aging like fine lines and dark spots, making skin softer and more supple. Key Benefits: Antioxidant Power: Neutralises harmful free radicals from sun and pollution, preventing damage that leads to dullness and wrinkles. Deep Moisturisation: Strengthens the skin's lipid barrier, reducing water loss and keeping skin hydrated, soft, and smooth. Anti-Ageing: Protects collagen and elastin, maintains skin's firmness, reduces fine lines, and helps prevent age spots. Sun Damage Protection: Enhances sunscreen effectiveness and helps reduce redness and damage from UV exposure. Healing & Soothing: Calms irritated skin, reduces inflammation, and aids in scar healing. Improves Texture: Contributes to a more supple, elastic, and youthful complexion. Aromatherapy essential oils with skin benefits!: - Vetiver essential oil has many skin benefits, including: Hydration: Vetiver oil's high water holding capacity moisturises skin without leaving a greasy layer. Anti-inflammatory: Vetiver oil's anti-inflammatory properties reduce skin inflammation and treat skin infections like dermatitis. Acne: Vetiver oil can help clear acne. Wound healing: Vetiver oil promotes skin regeneration and strengthens connective tissue, which can help with wound healing. Anti-aging: Vetiver oil can firm, tighten, and protect skin from environmental stressors. Scar healing: Vetiver oil can help heal scars and diminish marks. Sebum production: Vetiver oil modulates sebum production to keep the skin's oil content balanced. - Jasmine essential oil offers numerous benefits for the skin, including deep hydration, anti-aging effects, and soothing properties for various conditions. Key Benefits of Jasmine Essential Oil on Skin: Deep Hydration and Moisturisation: As a natural emollient, jasmine oil helps soften and smooth the skin while locking in moisture. This makes it particularly effective for dry and dehydrated skin types, helping to relieve flakiness and irritation. Anti-aging Properties: Rich in antioxidants, jasmine oil helps protect the skin from free radicals and environmental stressors that cause premature aging. It can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and has been shown to promote collagen production, which is essential for maintaining skin elasticity and firmness. Anti-inflammatory and Soothing Effects: Jasmine oil has potent anti-inflammatory properties that can help calm irritated and inflamed skin, making it an excellent option for those with sensitive skin or conditions like eczema and psoriasis. Antiseptic and Antimicrobial Action: The oil contains natural antiseptic components, such as benzoic acid and benzyl benzoate, which fight bacteria and fungi that can lead to skin infections and acne. This can help prevent and treat breakouts without clogging pores. Scar and Blemish Reduction: Jasmine oil acts as a cicatrizant, supporting skin cell regeneration and wound healing. Over time, this can help fade the appearance of acne scars, dark spots, and stretch marks, leading to a more even skin tone and texture. Oil Production Balance: It can help regulate sebum production, making it suitable for both dry and oily skin types, ensuring a healthy balance without causing excessive dryness or greasiness. - Lavender essential oil has many potential benefits, including: Skin health: Lavender oil can help with skin issues like acne, eczema, and psoriasis. It can reduce inflammation, soothe itching, and cleanse the skin. Mental health: Lavender oil can help with anxiety, stress, and insomnia. Inhaling lavender oil can have a calming effect, and some studies suggest it can improve sleep quality. Aromatherapy: Lavender oil is a popular choice for aromatherapy, where it's believed to influence both psychological and physiological states. Antibacterial and antifungal: Lavender oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Scar reduction: Lavender oil can help reduce the appearance of scars. 98% Certified Organic Ingredients: *Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, *Camellia Oleifera (Camellia) Seed Oil, *Althaea Officinalis (Marshmallow) Root Extract, *Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Flower Extract, *Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, *Urtica Dioica (Stinging Nettle) Extract, *Lavendula Angustfolia (Lavender) Flower Extract, *Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Flower Extract, *Chamomilla Recutita (Chamomile) Flower Extract, *Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Vetiveria Zizanioides (Vetiver) Root Oil, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Oil *Certified Organic Allergen Warning: Contains Geraniol, Limonene and Linalool (naturally present in essential oils). Discontinue use if irritation occurs. For external use only. Net weight (approx) 150ml Batch number provided on labelling. No palm oil, SLS, animal fats, fragrance oils, or synthetic mica powders are used in our products, and our ingredients are at least 90% certified organic, plant-based, sustainable and cruelty-free. Disclaimer: Medical conditions:- If you have any health concerns, allergies, or existing medical conditions, you should consult a medical professional before using a new skincare product. Testing:- Before using a new skincare product, you should test it on a small area of skin to check for allergic reactions or sensitivity. You can apply a small amount to the inside of your wrist and observe for up to 9 hours. If you experience irritation, stop using the product and seek medical advice if necessary. Individual results:- Results may vary depending on your skin type, age, sensitivity, skincare history, and how you apply/use the product. Natural ingredients:- Even products with natural or organic ingredients can cause skin reactions in some people, especially if they contain essential oils. Please find our list of allergens associated with each soap's essential oils in the listing section under "allergen warning." Patch tests:- Some products, even soaps, recommend performing a patch test before using them all over your body. Liability:- The Dark Island Soap Co. LTD may not be responsible for any adverse consequences that result from using our products.
