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The cosmetic industry is not at a stop. During the last few years in cosmetic shops, dozens of bright packages with hitherto unknown names on the labels have appeared. One of the pleasant discoveries in cosmetology has become a product called "body butter". This word implies a semi-solid oily substance that reacts to changes in the ambient temperature.

A great example is dairy butter: it is solid in the fridge, softens at room temperature, and melts on the palm.

Cosmetic butter use to act similarly. Any butter is an emulsion. Dictionaries inform us that the emulsion is a dispersed system, i.e., the liquid suspended microscopic droplets of other liquids. Any immiscible liquids can form emulsions. In physics, they are called phases. In most cases, the emulsions present in two phases, oil, and water. Does it seem to be complicated? Not at all! The most obvious example of the natural emulsion is cow’s milk, wherein butterfat droplets are dispersed in an aqueous medium.

However, if you try to prepare an emulsion yourself, only water and oil will not be enough. Take clean water and any oily liquid, such as coconut oil, and stir it well: you will not get an emulsion. Another component is necessary: emulsifier. Emulsifiers are a particular matter which possesses properties to reduce the surface tension at the outer edge of all liquids, phase components, thereby holding them together and allowing for mixing substances.

Thus, milk, dairy butter, and cosmetic cream are emulsion examples. The difference between them is determined by the composition and the ratio of liquid phases, amount, and chemical nature of the emulsifier, emulsifying method. The modern industry offers a wide range of different emulsions. Let's look at this question in detail by the example of today's "hero", cosmetic body butter.

Consistency and "lightness" of any cosmetic emulsion depend primarily on the proportion in oil and water composition. Since we have two liquids, one forms the dispersion (outer) base, and the other thus becomes a dispersion medium and goes inside. Along these lines, this can be divided into direct (oil-in-water) and reverse emulsion (water-in-oil). Oil-in-water is the suspension of oil droplets spread in water. In this case, the main volume is water, in which a layer of oil emulsifier stabilizes tiny particles. And on the contrary, the reverse emulsion is a water-in-oil.

Water-in-oil body butter has several advantages. First, the formula allows producers do not use preservatives, and it makes an all-natural composition. As we remember, in inverted emulsions, each water drop is surrounded by oil. Thus, lipids "seal" is the water without allowing it to come into contact with the air. It eliminates the possibility of the emergence and growth of bacteria. And if there are no bacteria, why needs to put stuff chemical inside? In addition, during the application of body butter, dispersed water is released and absorbed into the epidermis. The lipid component remains on the skin like a thin film, nourishing the skin and softening it while drawing moisture in and not letting it evaporate.

Second, to get an excellent product in compliance with all processes, the manufacturer should use low hardness water enriched with herbal decoctions and hydrolats.

Thirdly, in water-in-oil emulsions, natural phospholipids, such as beeswax, lanolin, and lecithin, are used.

For the oil phase in the delicacies from by-cosmetics, we use beeswax and agar for the water phase. They act as co-emulsifiers, complementing and reinforcing each other's properties.
Among the active ingredients have aloe, cocoa, cinnamon, clove, lemongrass, orange oil, magnolia, ylang-ylang, and many other magical gifts of nature.

Examples of oil-in-water emulsion are creams, lotions, facial and body milk. It usually has a lighter texture, absorbs quickly, and leaves no greasy. The high water content has a cooling effect, but this type of emulsion is not recommended for long-term use, especially for dry skin. The water is in excess in composition quickly evaporates from the skin surface and pulls the moisture out of the deeper layers, provoking dehydration at all cellular structures. As a result – a one-time instant moisture effect, and then the skin dries even harder.

In addition, the aqueous medium means a risk of bacterial growth, so the manufacturers have to include in the product formula aggressive synthetic preservatives.

So the answer to the question - what is better to choose, cream or butter - is up to you, dear readers. Just think about the "food" for your skin. The habitat of modern humans is already full of chemicals and artificial products, so read carefully the composition of any of the products you purchase for yourself and your beloved ones - from everyday food to cosmetics and personal hygiene items.

The by-cosmetics brand creates 100% natural body butters using a water-in-oil emulsion without preservatives or synthetics: Desire, Feel Love, Mimpi, Miracle, One Love, Simple Pleasure. Rich formulas with beeswax, agar-agar, and plant extracts provide deep nourishment, protection, and hydration — pure natural cosmetics from Bali.

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This type of electromagnetic emanation is called ultraviolet. It has great importance for health and human life: UV has antiseptic properties, in moderate amounts, it stimulates the immune system. Also, it’s used to treat many skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, tetter: ultraviolet synthesized vitamin D3 - essential substances involved in the formation of bone tissue. In addition, sunlight normalizes the psychoemotional state: remember how dark the mood is on gray and dull winter days and how the body enjoys the first stream of light in spring.

UV-alphabet

But it's not all that simple and "sunny." The overflow of UV radiance can burn the very life that it supports. Scientists have developed exceptional standards ISO which determines the types of solar emission:

• long-wave range, or ultraviolet A
• medium-wave range, or ultraviolet B
• short-wave range, or ultraviolet C

UV-C type radiation can't reach the earth's surface because the ozone layer - the primary natural filter – typically prevents it. UV-B is absorbed by the atmosphere up to 90%. However, even the remaining quantity may seriously harm living organisms. For humans, excessive radiation can cause severe skin problems: burns and a violation of the DNA structure over a long period. An excess of ultraviolet radiation can destroy nucleic acids, which make up our genetic code. It's leading to genetic mutations, and as a consequence - to cancer. Skin is the first and most important protective barrier for ultraviolet radiation in the human body. The main element of this system is melanin, a kind of dark pigment. It absorbs light in the upper layer of the skin - the epidermis, without passing radiation into the deeper layers and thereby protects the whole body. This "smart" substance produced by the human body, and its amount determines the light sensitivity of the skin. The more you're under the sun, the more melanin your cells produce. Hereditary factors play an essential role here: fair-skinned Westerns have much less melanin in the skin than, for example, native inhabitants of Africa, and therefore they burn much faster. Do not forget about the view: bright sunlight with prolonged exposure adversely affects the state of the eye cornea and retina and can cause severe burns or even blindness.

Danger! Fashion

Until the middle of the last century, milky skin was a privilege of the aristocracy spending their leisure time on the shady lawns of family estates. At the same time, the simple busted a hump, cultivating fields whether it was heat or cold. But everything changed the other way around since World War II: pale whiteness implied the need to do their backbreaking daily work in factories and offices, and chic bronze tan was associated with the bliss of tropical resorts. A bandwagon to be a "chocolate" had begun. Images of athletic macho in an embrace with sporty babes, sipping cocktails on golden beaches, flooded TV screens, and slick magazines.

Chemistry: dubious help

However, Mother Nature takes its course, and fair-skinned Caucasians, instead of the desired "bronze" skin, received painful burns and the effect of "snakeskin", which peeling rags. The cosmetic industry helped out. The UV filters were invented – unique chemical compounds that can reflect light or absorb it, preventing penetrating the skin. In these latter days, principles remain the same: "natural" and "chemical" UV filters. Reflecting filters scatter UV and consist of mineral pigments - titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, magnesium silicate. These compounds do not react with the skin. However, there are certain disadvantages: they have a pretty heavy, water-insoluble texture and cover the face with a dense whitish film. If you've ever spent a vacation in the hot countries where there are some spots for surfing, you have probably seen brave guys with surfboards and motley "war paint" on their faces - a zinc-containing cream. Spending on the water for a few hours under the merciless tropical sun, surfers think much about the health of their skin.

Chemical UV filters are transparent, readily water-soluble substances, elementary to add to the wide variety of cosmetics such as sunscreen creams and lotions, day creams, powder, toners, lipstick, and lip gloss. In the structure, these cosmetics may comprise PABA - para-aminobenzoic acid and its esters, salicylates, cinnamic acid derivatives (cinnamates), anthranilic esters, hydroxy benzophenones. The effect is the absorption of light energy and converting it into heat. Among holiday-makers, this easy-to-use type of product became popular very fast. It seemed that even the equatorial sun was powerless. Using these creams still made it possible to get a tan. Skin just darkened slowly and gradually, not covered with painful flash burns.

Beauty… to death?

But the years passed, and gradually the actual value of the dark complexion, so longed for by Western people, began to emerge. By the end of the 90s of the twentieth century, cases of skin cancer had increased tenfold, and primarily among the victims were fans of long lying on the beach. Doctors were perplexed - how could it be, because the most challenging patients at one time diligently used sunscreen products, and it seems that should have reduced the risk of skin diseases such as melanoma to zero. When she began to conduct research, scientists were shocked by the findings.

Firstly, the active ingredients in the composition turned out to be far from being so harmless. For example, PABA in some cases decomposes with the formation of mutagens, and many other components are allergens. They can become a source of free radicals - initiators of oxidation, which means aging of living cells, and even cause hormonal changes.

Secondly, the designation under the abbreviation SPF - sun protection factor - invented for the convenience of consumers, as it turned out, only lulls people's attention and vigilance. The letters SPF and the numerical value 10, 30, 50 - can be seen on all packages with sunscreens. It indicates the degree of protection effectiveness. This factor shows how much this remedy slows down the appearance of the first signs of sunburn: if the bottle is labeled "SPF-30", then - in theory - you can stay in the sun thirty times longer than without protection. However, in practice, everything is much more complicated. Let's return to the types of solar radiation: we remember that C-ultraviolet? is almost entirely blocked by the Earth's atmosphere, so only A and B types reach the planet's surface. In the medium-wave B-band, the radiation has more energy, and it is this radiation that, with prolonged contact with the skin, causes redness and burns. Therefore, that it was the cause of melanoma and other cancers.

However, it is now known that this ultraviolet light cannot penetrate deep into the skin, and only the upper layers of the epidermis are attacked. It serves as a kind of signal warning a person - that's it, there is enough sun for today! And we have successfully blocked this same signal system with sunscreens with protection against B-ultraviolet radiation for more than half a century. However, the real danger is fraught with radiation of the A-type. It can penetrate the deep layers of the skin and destroy the molecular structures of cells. And since the skin stopped burning, and there were no more alarm signals from the body, people began to spend long hours under the open sun, allowing lethal radiation to saturate the body.

To Sun or not to Sun?

So how to warn of all these "horrors"? The answer has been known in the past. Do not risk in vain and try not to sunbathe in the most significant solar activity clock. Wear well-ventilated clothing from natural materials (cotton, flax, silk), covering open parts of the body; Close your head using a hat with fields or visor so that the shade falls on the face. Do not skimp on good sunglasses with polarization lenses. Do not abuse "chemistry" for and from sunburn and ... Smile towards the Sun!

The by-cosmetics brand offers 100% natural organic sunscreens without chemical filters: Feel Love, Matahari, Miracle, One Love, Simple Pleasure. Protection from UVA and UVB without harm — organic cosmetics from Bali.

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In 1519 Spanish conquistadors came to Central America. The Indians, not knowing the true intentions of the "guests", generously treated the newcomers with the divine drink, among other gifts. When the Spaniards arrived at the looting of the treasuries of the Indian Empire, they found multi-ton reserves of the precious cocoa beans, presented to the emperor by residents as a tax.

Until the middle of the 17th century, cocoa beans were imported into Europe from Central America only. At that time, an exotic drink was the prerogative solely for royal families and the palace because the price was genuinely fabulous. By the way, the taste left much to be desired. Europeans couldn't make cocoa properly: the drink was too bitter, and its popularity was due to fashion and "exclusivity". However, a bit later in the recipe was added sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, and in 1828 the Dutch invented the technology of manufacturing the solid chocolate bars, which come almost unchanged to the present day. In the Age of Discovery, as the capture of the Europeans in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, "chocolate tree" plantations were gradually taking root in new areas. Commodity prices began to fall, and the taste of the finished product, in contrast, was rapidly improving. His Majesty Chocolate started its triumphal march around the modern world, capturing more and more human hearts.

For by-cosmetics products, we buy only freshly harvested cocoa beans of the highest quality. It is not difficult for us since we live in Bali because Indonesia is the second-largest exporter of cocoa, its share in the global market is 13%. The well-known fact that in Asian countries, local manufacturers of cosmetics and food products sometimes have big problems with sanitary, health, and safety regulations due to negligence and careless attitude. Raw materials, which become our butter ingredients, are not cheap - it has passed the strict government control and has all the quality certificates. Our factory is modern buildings and equipment in compliance with the maximum sterility of the manufacturing process.

Four centuries ago, scientists and physicians marked unusual properties of the cocoa fruit. According to handwritten testimony Jesuit monks, which meticulously collected information about customs and manners of the enslaved people, it says: if you drink a lot of cocoa, you will get "stupefying, intoxicating and crazy", but in a moderate dose, it "refreshes, soothes the heart, softens people ". Ancient inhabitants of America used cocoa butter as a wound-healing elixir and made the tone and agility legs during long daily crossings.

What are the benefits?

Moderate cocoa consumption helps to strengthen the nervous and immune system, improve brain blood circulation, low blood pressure, stimulates breathing, and prevents malignant tumors. Cocoa is helpful both in mental and physical stress. It relieves tension and relaxes, helping to focus and concentrate, thereby increasing working efficiency.

The cocoa beans contain more than 300 minerals, trace elements, vitamins, and chemical compounds, which confirm their status as "divine elixir." Here is an incomplete list of this helpful stuff:

• Theobromine - an alkaloid, providing a stimulating effect. It has little impact on the nervous system, but actively effects on cardiovascular and respiratory systems, reduces the risk of cerebral spasm of the heart and blood vessels, as well as suppress the cough reflex;
• Anandamide activates the production of endorphins, a natural antidepressant, influencing our good mood and feeling of pleasure. It stimulates the body, increasing vitality and energy levels;
• antioxidants which deactivate free radicals in the cells of the body and thereby protect us from viral and bacterial infections;
• Kokohil stimulating the growth of skin cells and wrinkles healing;
• Melanin protects the skin from UV and infrared radiation;
• fatty acids, stabilizing cholesterol;
• Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant and has anti-aging properties;
• Procyanidins relieve stress, improves skin tone and elasticity of the skin, and prevents premature aging;
• Magnesium helps to cope with stress, relieve tension, relax the muscles;
• Iron enhancing hematopoietic function;
• Feniloetiloamin, which enables the body to carry heavy physical activities much easier and faster to restore power;
• Bioactive components which which inhibit platelet adhesion processes (chocolate with more than 70% cocoa).

Cocoa beans also contain caffeine, but in much smaller doses than, for example, coffee or tea, only about 0.2%. It's a small amount, so if you do not suffer from hypertension, such concentration can hardly hurt you.

On the factory

How do farmers make raw materials from "chocolate tree" fruits, and in which industries and human activities it is used?

Let's look at a nearby plantation of cocoa beans.

So, the cocoa fruits ripen entirely for four months after being harvested, cut into several pieces, and fermented. After that, the beans are dried in the sun or special kilns, roasted, and pressed to obtain cocoa butter. The most valuable is the oil obtained by pressing unroasted, defunct raw beans, which have passed only the fermentation and drying. In this case, it can preserve all valuable substances, vitamins, and minerals in the absence of heat. The dry residue after pressing is ground to obtain a cocoa powder. The resulting raw materials - cocoa butter and cocoa powder - are needed in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries.

Cocoa and cosmetics

In cosmetology, the beneficial properties of cocoa butter are used to rejuvenate the skin, as it has a tonic and healing effect. An effective way to deal with stretch marks on the body is using cocoa butter and cocoa powder for massage and body wraps. The cocoa butter in the composition of hair masks gives an excellent result - stronger hair by stimulating blood circulation in the scalp, growing faster and getting thicker.

It's all about chocolate

It makes no sense to describe in detail all the tastiness of cocoa. Cocoa butter and cocoa beans are the essential ingredients for chocolate and countless confectionery delicacies based on it, both in industry and homemade. Talking of chocolate: when you select this delightful product, you should always pay attention to the composition indicated on the label. Quality chocolate consists of just three ingredients - cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and sugar. That's the ticket! Did not include the remaining alloys, such as confectionary vegetable fat, emulsifiers, flavorings, and all that are dangerous to your health in the above shortlist. Not without reason, chocolate has been recognized as the most hazardous sweet because of the large number of synthetic additives designed to reduce the cost of the final product.

Cook your chocolate in our original recipe. To make this treat please you and benefit your body, we recommend using ingredients that have not undergone heat treatment. In this case, it will save all vitamins and minerals.

Homemade chocolate from by-cosmetics:

• 100 g of cold-pressed cocoa butter;
• 100 g of peeled raw cocoa beans or 70 g of raw cocoa powder;
• 60-90 grams of honey, agave syrup, or other natural sweeteners;
• 70-100 grams of nuts, raisins, or goji berries;
• 0.5-1 tsp vanilla powder.

Melt the cocoa butter on the water bath, chop cocoa beans, mix them with cocoa butter, and then add the syrup or honey. Then pour the chocolate into the silicone cups and put it in the freezer.

Cocoa: safeguarding the health

In medicine, there is a wide variety of using cocoa butter: this product has a strong antiseptic effect and is used in the composition to treat colds, including influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia. Also, it effectively treats gastric and intestinal diseases, is used to prevent cancers, promotes the removal of excess cholesterol from the blood, makes it possible to avoid the development of atherosclerosis, and reduces the risk of varicose veins.

As you can see, with the good reason all of us in childhood adored hot aromatic cocoa and chocolate goodies: a familiar and favorite product has a lot of beneficial properties for the human body. However, we want to remind you again and again how important it is to comply with the measure and choose only quality goods. Treat yourself with chocolate and be healthy!

The by-cosmetics brand uses 100% natural organic cocoa butter of the highest quality in products: Kiss Me, Bali Tiger, Matahari, Desire, Feel Love, Mimpi, Miracle, One Love, Simple Pleasure. Rich formulas without synthetics or preservatives — maximum purity and benefits of organic cosmetics from Bali.

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Vanilla is a perennial liana of the Orchidaceae family, the only orchid that bears fruit. This exquisite spice was born in Central America, where Aztec tribes cultivated it long before the arrival of the Hernándo Cortés conquistadors to the New World. Then Spanish sailors brought vanilla to Europe, and the aristocracy relished it so much that decision was taken to cultivate this plant in all equatorial colonial possessions.

That was how vanilla came to Indonesia. In 2015 this country ranked #2 internationally as an exporter. The most extensive plantations are located on Java island. It is next door to Bali. When we were looking for ingredients suppliers for our Vanilla Sky, we got to one of these plantations and saw the process of hand pollination of orchid flowers with our own eyes. Yes, that’s true: for more than four hundred years in all countries where vanilla has been delivered, the thorough job has been conducted on the plantations: the farmers gently move one flower up to another and shake the pollen with brushes. In the wildlife, these beautiful flowers are pollinated by just one species of bees living in South America, the motherland of vanilla. In addition, the complexity of the process compounds the high cost of production: unripe fruits are harvested by hand when they turn yellow and contain about 80% water. In this period, the plant has the maximum amount of essential oils, which give it aroma and taste. After that, pods are blanched, putting them into the hot but not boiling water for 20 seconds, and the next day the fermentation process begins - by the way, only then pods are getting dark brown and the very same flavor. Freshly harvested fruits do not smell. During the whole month, farmworkers take the harvest out under the sun rays strictly by the hour, slowly increasing the time of these sunbathes every day. A handsome piece of work, isn’t it?
Of course, in chase of easy money, manufacturers are tempted to simplify and reduce the cost of this technology. In this case, the finished pods lose some of the flavors at the exit.

But we couldn't allow our future suppliers such carelessness and finally found a plantation where management does not skimp on the process. Moreover, we discovered the most refined, expensive, and flavorful variety of vanilla – Vanilla planifolia with beautiful long pods in this place. And that what we chose as a special ingredient for renewed Vanilla Sky. Now favorite aroma has become even stronger! Just lift the lid, and the sweet "dessert" fragrance starts to make your mouth water.

Well, what are the other benefits of using vanilla as an ingredient of our scrub? A vanilla extract is a great tool that supports skin health. It relieves irritation and itching, has a local anesthetic effect, and relaxing, antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory properties. Using scrub regularly softens the skin, restoring its elasticity, removes the sheen from oily skin, and makes dry skin soft, keeping moisture within the cells.

A sweet and warm scent eliminates fatigue, nervous strain, and stress. Many people, especially women, are accustomed to the fact that one can get rid of nervous tension "quickly" - with the help of sweets, and this way, they earn excess weight and many chronic diseases. In this case, people gain not only weight but also a lot of chronic ailments. Use the Vanilla Sky facial scrub: sweets will not be necessary, and even sweet craving grows weak because the aroma of exotic spices awakens joy and a sense of fullness. The flavor of Vanilla Sky relaxes the body, has a slight stimulant effect, and suppresses negative emotions such as anger, rage, anger, awakening imagination, creativity, and lust for life.

Right in front of our factory is a vanilla plantation with thousands of bushes of this vine. This is a very useful for nature conservation and economically profitable business. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the offer to purchase shares of Royal Spice Gardens and become a participant in this project.

The by-cosmetics brand uses 100% natural organic vanilla in products: Vanilla Sky, Kiss Me, Desire, Miracle, One Love, Simple Pleasure. Rich formulas without synthetics — maximum purity of organic cosmetics from Bali.