GREAT FOR USE ON FACE & BODY!!!
African Black Soap is great for most skin types, especially dry and sensitive, and helps clear acne, balance oil production, and smooth the skin's surface.
Tea tree oil is a popular choice for treating acne because of its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. It's thought to calm redness, swelling, and inflammation. It may even help to prevent and reduce acne scars, leaving you with smooth, clear skin.
Activated Charcoal unclogs pores, removes deep impurities, lightly exfoliates dead skin cells for radiantly healthy skin.
Indian Turmeric promotes radiant skin, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, lightens blemishes, fights acne and reduces wrinkles and more.
Lavender restores skin complexion, reduces acne, helps heal burns & wounds, improves sleep, & has the ability to slow aging with powerful antioxidants.
Hemp oil has topical benefits that when used it cleanses and moisturizes the skin. It also adds a protective layer to the skin, helps prevent rashes and provides relief for acne, it is an effective moisturizer and protector for skin. It increases the elasticity of the skin and brings new life to dry, tired or dehydrated skin.
Rosehip seed oil has great anti-inflammatory properties. It reduces stretch marks, acne marks, fine lines and scars. It also helps with dermatitis, acne and eczema. It’s great for removing make up and it’s also a natural anti-aging solution. It tightens the skin and keeps your face hydrated. Rosehip seed oil is full of vitamins, antioxidants and essential fatty acids. It also encourages tissue repair and increases skin firmness and boosts elasticity.
Chamomile has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that can help soothe the skin, reducing redness and blemishes. It can even relieve skin irritations like eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea. The antioxidants also help boost skin health to bring out an inner glow and even fade dark spots. Great for those with dry and sensitive skin.
How Beneficial is African Back Soap:
1. Cleanses Skin
Just like any other soap, African black soap does an effective job of cleansing your skin, ridding it of dirt, grime, dead cells, excess sebum and germs. However, unlike other soaps, African black soap does not completely strip your skin of its natural oils, thereby keeping it smooth and moisturized in addition to cleansing it.
2. Good for Sensitive Skin Types
African black soap is a popular choice for those with sensitive skin types that are prone to redness, rashes and other skin infections. If your skin reacts negatively to commercial soaps or even gentle soaps such as liquid castile soap, then you must try using African black soap. It contains absolutely no hidden ingredients that can irritate the skin.
3. Soothes & Heals Eczema
The ingredients in African black soap have powerful anti-inflammatory properties which soothe and calm eczema. Instead of using harsh commercial soaps and body washes for eczema, lather up with African black soap instead and notice how soothed your skin feels afterwards!
4. Reduces Blemishes & Dark Spots
One of the miraculous properties of African black soap is its ability to reduce blemishes and even out skin discolorations. The nutrient-rich ingredients have something to do with this skin lightening effect. The pure oils and butters in African black soap are rich in vitamin A, E and essential fatty acids that help lighten discolorations and reduce scarring.
5. Fights Facial & Body Acne
Need a gentle but effective cleanser for acne-prone skin? Then try out African black soap! It’s gentle, contains no chemicals and is a valuable acne-fighter! It’s also especially good for people with back acne. Use it twice a day to cleanse your face and body – in the morning and at night before bed for best results.
6. Calms Psoriasis
Got dry, itchy and flaky psoriasis patches? Then quit using harsh body washes and cleansers that contains skin irritating chemicals & fragrances and use African black soap instead. It’s gentle, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and has moisturizing properties as well.
7. Reduces Oily Skin
The natural cleansing and exfoliating action of African black soap removes excess sebum from deep within the pores and on the skin’s surface.
8. Minimizes Fine Lines & Wrinkles
Did you know that African black soap is rich in antioxidants? Ingredients, such as cocoa, are powerful antioxidants that ward off notorious free radicals that steal oxygen from healthy skin cells which causes them to become lifeless. Using African black soap helps keep away premature wrinkles and fine lines.
9. Evens Out Dark Spots
The vitamin and mineral-rich ingredients in African black soap, such as plantain leaves & shea butter which are both rich in allatonin, help lighten and reduce dark spots and marks on the skin.
10. Unclogs Blocked Pores
If you suffer from congested pores, use African black soap to deep cleanse and purify your skin from deep within without stripping natural oils.
11. Helps Fade Acne Scars
Ingredients such as palm kernel oil as well as shea butter help moisturize skin and naturally lighten and fade out acne scars. Did you know that acne scars look more pronounced when the skin is dehydrated and flaky? Moisturizing helps reduce the appearance of acne scars and fades them faster. The exfoliating properties also help slough off dead skin that normally collects above the acne scar.
12. Soothes Razor Bumps
Use African black soap during shaving to moisturize the skin thereby minimizing razor bumps. You can also use it after shaving to soothe & calm the red skin.
13. Eliminates Fungal Skin Infections
African black soap has anti-fungal and antibacterial properties that fight off bacteria, fungus and other microbes that cause skin infections.
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***At Sticks & Twigs Co., we believe we provide gentle, healthy and non-irritating products for the skin. However, please read the following disclaimer.
***Sticks & Twigs Co. is not liable for any individual reaction to any particular ingredient. Remember to read labels and ingredient lists carefully and follow the appropriate directions for use. If you have a specific allergy or sensitivity, do not use ingredients that may trigger a reaction. An allergy patch test is recommended if there is any doubt or history of skin reactions. Discontinue use if a reaction occurs.
***Please consult with your doctor if you have any medical conditions or allergies, are pregnant or nursing, or are taking any over-the-counter or prescription medications. Herbs and medications can have negative interactions and not all herbs work well with all people.
***As with all essential oil products, please respect their wonderful power. If you are pregnant or nursing, have a seizure disorder, or will be using this on children under 10, please consult a doctor before using. If you have any allergies, please consult ingredients listed above. It is also always a good idea to do a small patch test of any new product before using. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease and has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.***