Seaweed Bath

The 3 step Benedetta Home Spa treatment:

1. Massage in Rosemary & Geranium Créme Cleanser.
2. Apply Seaweed Mask for a minimum of 20 minutes.
3. Luxuriate in Seaweed Bath for a minimum of 20 minutes.

Seaweed Mask: Mix Seaweed Powder with Lavender Hydrosol to a creamy consistency and apply with brush or fingertips. Suggested measurements: Mix 3/4 scoop of Seaweed Powder to approximately 1 scoop Lavender Hydrosol.

We recommend first massaging in Rosemary & Geranium Créme Cleanser to leave on under mask for blemished skin.

Seaweed Bath: Fill bath with HOT (100-104 degree) water, and disperse 2 heaping shells of Seaweed Powder. Near the end of filling tub, add 1 scoop essential oil blend. End of filling tub, add 1 scoop of the essential oil blend. Soak a minimum of 20 minutes & drink 12 oz purified water for therapeutic results! Caution: Do not use during pregnancy. Not for those sensitive to iodine.

After launching the Benedetta line in February 1996, with exactly 9 authentic preparations, a facial mask was not among them.

We slowly integrated into selling to estheticians and they were the ones that requested that we create a clay mask of sorts. I initially felt that our Rosemary & Geranium Cleanser was all anyone needed to achieve many of the attributes one expected from a clay mask. In fact, there is some clay in that cleanser. Leaving the cleanser on for 20 minutes while massaging congested areas is very exfoliating.

I felt that clay was far to stripping for the skin and would be counterproductive in bringing the skin into balance. I resisted until I was given a pound of some sea veggies that had been micronized (made into flour). Not complete, I added some others, along with Blue green algae, and voila, a Non-Clay Anti-Aging Facial Mask was born. Made fresh with Lavender Hydrosol, you can customize the viscosity to suit your skin.

I am not one to follow trends and run wild with one ingredient as the magic bullet to all your skin care needs. It is not only a system of skin care preparations that work together that matters, but the synergies and collaborative ingredients that form a product.

Benedetta’s Anti-Aging and Anti-wrinkle Seaweed Mask is unique in composition and is suited for most all skin *conditions. Rich in trace minerals, B vitamins and Amino acids, our Seaweed Mask clarifies, detoxes, as it rejuvenates. Part of its unique rejuvenation, when left on for 50+ minutes, is found in the synthesis of collagen and fibronectin fibers which increase skin firmness.

*If you have a medical skin condition or are allergic or sensitive to iodine, please consult your physician before using.

Seaweed Mask: Lithothamnium Calcareum • Laminaria Digitata • Spirulina/Blue Green Algae Arthrospira platensis • Red Lichen Marine Algae Chondrus crispus • Lavender Hydrosol Lavandula angustifolia

Seaweed Bath: .44 LB Micronized Seaweed Powders: Lithothamnium Calcareum, Laminaria Digitata, and Fucus • 1oz./30mL Proprietary Blend Certified Organic & Biodynamic Essential Oils in Sulphated Castor Oil

Crème Cleanser Rosemary & Geranium: Aloe Vera Aloe barbadensis • Rose Rosa damascena Hydrosol Aqua • Plant Oils: High Oleic Safflower Carthamus tinctorius, Apricot Prunus armeniaca, Foraha Calophyllum inophyllum, Olive Squalane Olea europaea, Avocado Persea americana • Vegetable Glycerin Glycerin • Co2 Extracts: Calendula Calendula officinalis, Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis • Vitamin E Tocopherol [Sunflower-Source] • Green Clay • Proprietary Blend Essential Oils • Bee Propolis • Coconut Sodium cocoate • Grape Vitis vinifera Alcohol Extract • Vegetable Cellulose

Day: Shake gently before use. Separation occurs naturally. Use daily on hands and body for an exceptional washing experience.

I have never been a fan of sodium laurel sulfates or any of the derivatives of chemically produced soap. When in search for a direct source of Shea Butter, produced in west Africa, I found in so doing that black soap kept coming up. Once finding a reputable, fair trade company, they sent me a pound of black soap. They said that it was approximately 48% shea butter and the saponifier was that of a palm oil and plantain ash variety. I thought I’d give it try. Wow, not bad but a little gritty and definitely dirty. This soap, like shea butter is handmade by women’s cooperatives, usually in crude outdoor areas. In the earlier years I would find shea butter shells, twigs and rocks mixed inside. I would double sometimes triple strain the material to purify it.

The Sacred Soap is intended to cleanse without stripping the skin’s delicate balance as it leaves you refreshed.

Using both local and far harvested botanicals made into hydrosols, along with the right amount of essential oils, the Sacred Soap offers the perfect balance of cleanse and moisture.

I do not formulate for aroma, but for effect, however, as often happens we get many users addicted to the smell, many convinced it has ginger in it, which it does not.

It’s a thinner soap, as we do not use emulsifiers to bind it, I believe this is one of the purest soaps on the market and that uses NO lye!

Hydrosol Aqua Blend: Rosemary Verbenone Rosmarinus officinalis verbenone, Lemon Cypress Cupressus sempervirens and limonene, Geranium Pelargonium graveolens • Black Soap: Palm Kernel Elaeis guineensis Oil, Certified Fair Trade Shea Butter Butyrospermum parkii Fruit, Ash • Proprietary Blend of Essential Oils • Grape Vitis vinifera Alcohol • Food Grade Vegetable Glycerin, Spring Water Aqua

Day: Use daily on hands and body for an exceptional washing experience. Best when followed with Rose Hydrosol and Rose Body Crème.

Coming soon!

Black Soap: Palm Kernel Elaeis guineensis Oil, Certified Fair Trade Shea Butter Butyrospermum parkii Fruit, Ash • Food Grade Vegetable Glycerin • Certified Organic Rose Rosa Extract