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Fantastic feedback photos in the mail today!

This young lady has been using our Acne/Blemish Face Oil twice daily for 4 weeks and the results are amazing.

She doesn’t need to undergo laser treatment for her acne and the Acne/Blemish Face Oil is now an integral part of her skincare routine. Applied once before going to bed helps maintain her skin clean.

We are so grateful that we can help - if you have any questions or want to try our products, please reach out and we will do our best to help!

Best,
Elisabeth & Thomas

Do you struggle with rosacea? This common skin condition can be frustrating and difficult to manage, but did you know that natural oils can be a helpful tool in your skincare arsenal?

Many natural oils have anti-inflammatory properties, which can help to calm and soothe irritated skin. They can also be deeply hydrating, which is important for maintaining a healthy skin barrier and reducing the risk of flare-ups.

Oils are gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin types, and can help to protect the skin from environmental stressors and reduce inflammation. Oils high in essential fatty acids help to hydrate and nourish the skin.

If you have rosacea, incorporating natural oils into your skincare routine can be a game-changer.

Remember, managing rosacea is all about finding what works best for you and your skin. With a little experimentation and patience, you can find the right natural oils to help keep your skin healthy, hydrated, and happy.

This young lady was so kind as to share her before and after photos with us. She has been using our Acne/Blemish prone skin face oil for the last 6 weeks and this is the result.

We are so happy to have been able to help balance her skin. Feedback like this is why we do what we do, so thank you for trusting and trying our products!

No photoshop - but we do try to anonymize.

Daily use of Acne/blemish face oil helps regulate the sebum production in the follicles. No additional moisturizer is needed as the ingredients help to smoothen and soften the skin giving it a healthy glow.

Our products can be used for all skin types.

Please let us know if you have any questions, we are here to help!

At the moment 26 fragrance allergens are subject to individual labelling (annex III of cosmetics regulation) and must be declared as “parfum or aroma” and listed by its chemical name (INCI) on the list of ingredients of cosmetic products sold in the EU, if the concentration is > 0.001% in leave-on products and 0.01% for rinse-off products.
Here is the list of perfumes/aromas with declaration obligation

* Alpha isomethylionone
* Amyl cinnamal
* Amylcinnamyl alcohol
* Anise alcohol
* Benzyl alcohol
* Benzyl benzoate
* Benzyl cinnamate
* Benzyl salicylate
* Butylphenyl methylpropional
* Cinnamal
* Cinnamyl alcohol
* Citral
* Citronellol
* Coumarin
* d-Limonene
* Eugenol
* Evernia Furfuraceae (Treemoss)
* Evernia prunastri (Oakmoss)
* Farnesol
* Geraniol
* Hydroxycitronellal
* Isoeugenol
* Hexyl cinnamal
* Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde
* Linalool
* Methyl 2-octynoate

In the European market, about one-third of cosmetic products (29.6%) contain limonene, followed by linalool in over a quarter (26.3%), making them the two most common fragrance materials used.

Limonene and linalool are fragrance chemicals (terpenes) extracted from the peel of citrus fruits (limonene) and herbs, flowers, and woods (linalool).

Pure Linalool and Limonene are not allergenic or are weak allergens. However, on exposure to oxygen in the air, both substances oxidize into hydroperoxides which are much more potent sensitizers. Therefore airless dispensers are preferable to pipettes.
https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-11/sccs_o_102_0.pdf

About 120 fragrance ingredients are known allergens.

Contact allergy to fragrance ingredients may develop following skin contact with a sufficient amount of these substances, often through the use of cosmetic products and it persists lifelong.

Upon each re-exposure to sufficient amounts of the allergen(s) eczema develops (allergic contact dermatitis), which typically will involve the face, the armpits and/or the hand(s)

Deodorants, perfumed creams and wash-off products such as shampoo, conditioner and soap are most often associated with the development of perfume allergy.

If you want to reduce your risk of perfume allergy, it is an option to use unscented deodorants and to use your perfume on the outside of your clothes instead of directly on your skin.
 

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Say Goodbye to harsh, drying acne treatments

Benefits of RECIPES DR. DARKO´s Face Oil Blemish/Acne prone skin

* Can be used alone or in combination with medical acne treatment
* Made with natural ingredients only
* Developed by a medical doctor
* Helps unclogging the pores
* Relieves inflammation and redness in acne
* Has antibacterial activity against the overgrowing Cuticum acne bacteria
* Fortifies the skin barrier and helps hydrating and softening the skin
* Water-free and non-comedogenic
* No preservatives, no added perfume

PROGRESSION OF SPOT TERMINATOR USE

Rapid reduction of inflammation

Notable unclogging of pores

Limited regrowth of bacteria

For maintenance, please use Acne/Blemish Face oil, Standard treatments show effect after 7-8 weeks, Acne/Blemish Face Oil in combination with Spot Terminator show improvements after 4 weeks, and sometimes even faster.

SPOT TERMINATOR - 3 ATTACK POINTS

1. Rich in the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid, it rebalances and softens the sebum, inhibits further hyperkeratosis and thus helps unclogging the pores
2. Rich in anti-inflammatory ingredients working in synergy, it helps reduce swelling, redness and tenderness of the skin
3. Rich in anti-bacterial ingredients and anti-oxidants in synergy, it helps reduce the bacteria causing inflammation and inhibit their overgrowth

SPOT TERMINATOR VS. STANDARD SPOT TREATMENTS

* It has multiple attack points, not 1-2 only
* It does NOT dry out and irritate the skin
* In contrast it fortifies the damaged skin barrier to help the skin retain water and moisture

SPOT TERMINATOR - 3 ATTACK POINTS

1. Rich in the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid, it rebalances and softens the sebum, inhibits further hyperkeratosis and thus helps unclogging the pores
2. Rich in anti-inflammatory ingredients working in synergy, it helps reduce swelling, redness and tenderness of the skin
3. Rich in anti-bacterial ingredients and anti-oxidants in synergy, it helps reduce the bacteria causing inflammation and inhibit their overgrowth

SPOT TERMINATOR VS. STANDARD SPOT TREATMENTS

* It has multiple attack points, not 1-2 only
* It does NOT dry out and irritate the skin
* In contrast it fortifies the damaged skin barrier to help the skin retain water and moisture

Acute acne spots affect both appearance and self-esteem, so the effect of the treatment must be effective and fast. When choosing a treatment, one's skin type, e.g. sensitive, dry or oily skin, as well as previous experience influence the choice.

The aim of the treatment is to unclog the pores, “soften” the sebum and reduce the production, reduce the growth of bacteria and deteriorate their growth conditions. In addition, it is important to reduce inflammation, which manifests itself with redness, swelling and tenderness of the skin.

Keratolytics work by dissolving skin flakes or "bursting" the bonds that bind the clogging dead skin cells together, so they peel off, thus unclogging the pores.

Sebum clogging can be targeted with drying astringents, sebum balancing- or sebum production reducing ingredients.

The anaerobic bacteria, meaning they prefer oxygen free growth conditions, Cuticum bacteria, causing the inflammation, can be attacked by bactericidals - killing the bacteria or bacteriostatic ingredients that slow their growth or deteriorate their growth conditions.

Finally, anti-inflammatory ingredients are important to relieve the tenderness and reduce the swelling and redness.
The most common side effects of the common acne spot treatments are dryness of the skin, irritation/ stinging and redness of the skin. As the skin barrier is already impaired in acne and now is further dried out by the treatment, it is important to add a moisturizer.

Some ingredients may be allergenic or contain perfume/aromas obliged to be listed according to the EU Directive.

Studies have shown that the ingredients are most effective when combined, as they may not have sufficient effect individually, as they do not target all 3 target points and therefore it is fairly frequent to combine several treatments with different mechanisms of action to obtain synergy.