About Our Ingredients

Oils and butters used in abica beauty products.

Alkanet Root ( Alkanna Rinctoria Root Extract) - A dark red root of blackish appearance externally but inside showing a red flesh. We infuse in our Calendula Oil to produce a luscious red pigment for our Rosebud Lips.

Apricot Kernel Oil (Prunus Armeniaca) - A light textured oil which has a softening effect on the skin and is easily absorbed. Rich in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids especially beneficial for aged, dry and sensitive skin.

Avocado Oil (Persia Gratissima) - A rich oil, easily absorbed by the skin, it is a good source of vitamins A D & E, recommended for dry, dull and dehydrated skin.

Calendula (Calendula Officinalis) Oil - Known for its healing and analgesic properties, this oil aids tissue regeneration and is helpful for all skin types.

Beeswax - Beeswax has been used for centuries in the formulation of beauty products and provides a skin softening natural barrier in our balms and butters.

Benzoin (Styrax Benzoin) Essential Oil - A sweet warming essential oil which helps to heal inflamed skin, aids poor circulation and eases muscular pain, a key component in our Dancer's Balm.

Castor Oil (Richis Communis) - A thick slightly sticky oil which is soothing to the skin and acts as a gentle conditioning treatment making it perfect for use in our balms.

Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao) - Provides protecting and softening qualities for dry, chapped skin, a natural barrier helping the skin maintain its natural moisture levels.

Coconut Oil (Cocos Nucifera) - A natural moisturizer and skin softener, wonderfully

rich yet easily absorbed.

Geranium Essential Oil (Pelargonium Graevolens) - A sweet fresh fragranced essential oil with antifungal and antibacterial properties, can aid with regeneration of broken capillaries, burns, congested skin, cuts, dermatitis, eczema, and mature skin.

Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula Angustifolia) - This classic floral essential oil has relaxing, antiseptic, and restorative properties, is soothing to aged, dry and sensitive skin conditions.

Rose Absolute (Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract) - A nonirritant and nonsensitizing oil which aids circulation and has resotorative properties, ideal for mature, dry and sensitive skin aiding cell rejunvenation.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis) Essential Oil - this wonderfully fresh woody fragranced oil is refreshing and reviving and excellent at releaving muscular pain.

Shea Butter (Buttrospermum Parkii) - A rich excellent natural emollient for skin which has exceptional moisturizing and healing effects.

Sweet Orange Essential Oil (Citrus Sinensis) - A sweet, fresh frangranced oil which is revitalizing for dull and oily skin. Should not however be used on the skin prior to exposure to direct sunlight.

Tagetes Essential (Tagetes Minuta) Oil - An anti-fungal, anti-bacterial essential oil used for its healing properties rather than fragrance, it is effective at treating and healing athletes foot and paramount in our Dancer's Balm.

Wheatgerm (Triticum Vulgare) - A rich oil, full of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin E. Stimulates tissue regeneration and is excellent for aging skin, scars and stretch marks.

Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil (Canaga Odorata) - A sweet exotic fragranced essential oil which is soothing and stimulant to the circulatory system helping with skin regeneration and general skin care.