Borage & Yarrow Hydrosol

Cleanse, Tone and Repair Skin - Naturally. 

Borage and Yarrow: Borago officinalis; Achillea milleforlium

Best for: Dry, inflamed, sensitive skin.

• Distilled from our own fresh plants, picked when dew has dried and the maximum level of plant constituents are available. 

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  • The precious hydrophilic components of borage and yarrow and combine to make a wholly beneficial cleanser for inflamed skin, or skin prone to eczema or rosacea. Both have been used for hundreds of years, even taken to battle fields for wound-healing. 

  • Unlike many hydrosol manufacturers, we remove nothing - all the precious oils stay in the water, making them perfect for skin care. * We have never used pesticides.

  • They are thoroughly dried, to eliminate moulds, whilst retaining their precious  essential oils. Distilled and bottled the same day to keep the hydrosol as fresh as possible. 

  • *(Manufacturers more often remove the plant oils, to sell separately, or add distilled water to a tiny amount of essential oil with chemicals to hold the two together.) 

• Other Options: 

  Calendula: best for sensitive, damaged or dehydrated skin.

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  
  

  Honeysuckle: best for sensitive, sun-damaged skin. 

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Rose: Dry, mature and blemish-prone skin.

  

  Lavender:  Best for  blemish-prone skin.

  
  

  Chamomile: best for sensitive skin.

  

  We keep a small amount of Evening Primrose, Cornflower and Lemon balm, if you would like one of these, please email. 

  

  Keeping Hydrosols Fresh.

  Please keep your hydrosol cool, out of sunlight and sealed. We keep some from every batch and continue to test. After two years we have found they often still have the same scent and pH, with no signs of blooming cloudiness or detectable deterioration. Nevertheless, we recommend using a hydrosol within 3 months of opening. If there is a change in the smell or in the appearance, it should be discarded. We keep to EC legislation and are obliged to preserve our hydrosols, to keep them safe to use (un-preserved water-based ingredients can carry dangerous bacteria, even when distilled in a clean environment). We use a thorough, but naturally occurring preservative.

  It is important to check any plant allergies you might have. People drink hydrosols, but ours are prepared for use on skin, not for drinking.

  Borage flower  

  

  There is a growing trend to use hydrosols to cleanse skin as people become more aware of the potential harm harsh chemical can cause. Hydrosols have been used in first aid packs and to soothe various skin conditions, for centuries. Traces of yarrow and cornflower have been found as far back as Roman sites. As most contain anti-septic, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, these were useful, yarrow was important as it was used to stem bleeding. The History of Distilling Plants For Skincare.

  Please keep your hydrosol cool, out of sunlight and sealed. Once opened, they are effective for up to a year. We keep some from every batch and continue to test them. After two years or more we have found they often still have the same scent and pH, with no signs of blooming cloudiness or detectable deterioration. Nevertheless, we recommend using a hydrosol within 3 months of opening. If there is a change in the smell or in the appearance, it should be discarded. As part of the EEC, we are obliged to preserve our hydrosols, to keep them safe to use (un-preserved water-based ingredients can carry dangerous bacteria, even when distilled in a clean environment. We use a thorough, but naturally occurring preservative.
  The individual constituents vary across species and there can even be disparity between the chemical structure of one sub-species and another. For this reason, we have taken our time whittling down our plant list and now grow just those with the best evidence of being beneficial to skin. 
  

  All our crops are grown pesticides-free, GMC-free, GMO-free. 

  Vegan: Yes    Animal Testing: No    Country of Origin: Isle of Man

• Yarrow

  We produce hydrosols for use on the skin - before consuming hydrosols for any therapeutic purpose, please consult a physician. Anyone who has an allergy to a particular plant should avoid other plants from the same family. So anyone who has had a bad reaction to calendula, should also avoid German chamomile.