Love Your Skin

LOVE YOUR SKIN For our LOVE YOUR SKIN series we look at the benefits of applying oil on the skin, a self-loving ritual stretching back to ancient times. The popular use of oils in the spa and home is derived from these historical uses and has evolved into our understanding of the modern day spa. We look at the nourishing skin benefits and explore the use of sensual nourishing oils for the face and the body.

 

ANCIENT OILS Oils, in many different forms have been used throughout history for well-being and for cosmetic purposes. Ancient civilisations – way before the Romans or Greeks – used oils in everyday life. In ancient Rome, olive oil was used in every part of life. The Romans were obsessed with bathing, with many spending hours every day in the different thermal parts of the baths, what we base our spas on today.   Mainly athletes, and some men and women, used the method of oil cleansing using a strigil – a blunt metal object designed specially for the purpose. Oils were considered to be ‘good for the humours’ so athletes would ‘oil up’ before their performance – and even some high-ranking gladiators were allowed to use the strigil.   When the sport (if you can call what gladiators got up to as a sport!) was finished, extra oil would be applied to the body, massaged in to get a good film of dirt skimmed off the body using the strigil exfoliation! The wealthy had specially trained slaves to complete the task. Multi-Use Today, we’re realising the importance of oil in terms of the perfect cleanse, for-anti-ageing and nourished silky skin. Eminence Organic Skin Care has harnessed this in the form of several oil-based products. The benefits of oils have been improved by the added mood-lifting olfactory element that Eminence’s high-quality ingredients ensure.   Love Valentine’s Apricot Oil The new Apricot Body Oil, out just in time for Valentine’s Day is ultra-hydrating and is blended with Apricot Kernel Oil: high in Vitamins A, C and E, biodynamic Jojoba Oil, Seabuckthorn Oil and Pomegranate Seed Oil for optimum absorption to create a luscious massage oil that will leave the skin supple and soft. Apricot oil also has anti-inflammatory properties, so it’s a pleasant way to combat sore muscles. Anti-Ageing Eminence Organic’s Luxury Facial Recovery Oil is an award-winning product that tones and hydrates. Using a method from ancient times of infusing oils like ylang ylang with precious herbs of clary sage and olive and it will renew ageing skin in a jiffy. In fact, it’s the number one selling Eminence product in Ireland!   In the month of LOVE YOUR SKIN, treat yourself to Eminence!