Forest Bathing Hand & Body Lotion

Fb Forest Bathing

[ all skin types ]

When you can’t get out there, bring Nature home. Immerse your senses in the rain-drenched, moss clad forests of the Pacific Northwest where trees form a soothing green canopy.

Forest Bathing, shinrin-yoku: The ritual of connecting with nature and surrounding ourselves with the energy of the natural world to enhance well-being, reduce stress and restore calm.

DIRECTIONS: Massage into clean skin, close your eyes and inhale the fresh aroma.

When humans breathe phytoncides in, they can produce many fabulous benefits inside the body. Some of the responses discovered by science include:

• Immune response: a 2-hour walk in the forest increases NK cell activity that can last for days
• Anti-inflammatory: common forest terpenes temper inflammation and reduce oxidative stress
• Nervous system: forest air creates a relaxation response and lowers nervous system activity
• Mood enhancing: exposure to forest air reduces cortisol levels and β-pinene has antidepressive properties
• Sleep: phytoncides like α-pinene enhance sleep
• Blood glucose: exposure to VOCs can reduce blood glucose levels
• Visiting forests on a relatively regular basis can be a good health-promoting practice, since, by reducing stress levels and boosting immune function, it seems capable of diminishing the incidence of stress-related and lifestyle-induced illnesses.

KEY INGREDIENTS:

Port Orford Cedarwood Essential Oil helps to soothe skin and is aromatically calming.

Cypress Essential Oil is aromatically calming and grounding.

Aloe Verais rich in vitamins and minerals and calms, cools and soothes the skin. Ours is organically grown and carefully harvested in the USA.

Jojoba Oil is the closest plant oil to our skin’s own sebum. It’s deeply moisturizing and won’t clog pores. Ours is organically family farmed.

Meadowfoam Seed Oil contains over 98% long chain fatty acids and provides a natural moisture barrier for the skin. Shea Butter is skin-soothing, chock full of nutrients and vitamins and antioxidants. It's deeply moisturizing and helps calm irritated skin. Ours (the best we’ve found anywhere!) is sustainably harvested and made using traditional methods by a women-run cooperative in western Africa.

FULL INGREDIENTS LIST: Aqueous extracts of chamomile*, marshmallow* and calendula*, cold-pressed sunflower oil*, aloe vera*, vegetable emulsifying wax (non-GMO corn/ soy), stearic acid (non-GMO corn/ soy emulsifier), shea butter^~, meadowfoam seed oil*, Oregon Douglas Fir hydrosol~, essential oil blend including Oregon Port Orford cedar~, cypress~, fir needle~, oakmoss~ and vetiver~, gluconolactone and sodium benzoate (ECO-cert), sodium borate~ (natural mineral emulsifier), vitamin E oil, rosemary extract* (antioxidant). 

*Certified Organic ~Wild Harvested

Handcrafted in Bend, Oregon 8 fl oz | 240mL