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Eternal Youth Facial Oil

A Yatlina in-house blend of fragrant Bulgarian rose petals, unique English heritage lavender buds, and Egyptian calendula flowers is set in French grapeseed oil and slow infused for weeks to bring out the best qualities of each plant and transfer them to the oil along with a delicately scented floral bouquet.

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Can my Facial oil provide sunscreen protection?

Do some lipid oils provide sunscreen protection? I see a lot of posts about this in “clean beauty” blogs and posts. You should ditch the sunscreens full of “harmful chemicals” and use natural oils or butter like shea or coconut oil instead.

Well, you can.

Just be prepared to look like a wrinkled old prune and possibly cause irreversible skin damage to your cells.

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Wound healing, can Lipid (carrier/plant) oils help?

Given that the essential fatty acids in lipid oils work on the inflammatory response and skin protection and structure, it is beneficial to apply certain oils that can help with the wound healing process. However, this application needs to be approached with caution.

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Lipid oils and the different names they are known by.

Carrier oils, base oils, lipid oils, plant oils etc., are all names given to practically the same product or family of products. They are plant oils used to “carry” another ingredient through the skin barrier or as a “base” to dilute a blend together.They can also be referred to as “fixed” oils due to their relatively slow absorption rate on the skin.

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