Aloe Vera Juice:  Aloe Vera is known for its healing properties, particularly in skin care. It is said to stimulate the production of collagen and elastin which are both necessary to prevent aging of the skin.

Aloe Vera Oil:
benefits dry and cracked skin, burns, blisters, frostbite, insect bites and allergic reactions. Allows for the highest concentrations of the natural healing agent delivered directly to your skin and scalp.

Apricot Kernal:
a natural oil that is excellent to use on hair and skin because of it's fatty acids, softening & rejuvenating properties.

Avena Sativa (oat flour) is an excellent skin soother.

Beeswax is a natural secretion of honeybees. Natural beeswax has a beautiful sweet smell of honey and a rich yellow color. This wax can be used in creams & lotions for extra body abd in balms and body butters for stiffness and rigidity.

Carnauba Wax: Latin name: Copernicia Cerifera Mart
 is a natural product obtained from the processing of the powder exuded from the leaves of the palm tree named as Carnauba.

Carrot Seed Essential Oil (Daucus Carota)
A stimulant that will soften hair and skin. It is produced mainly in France.

Chamomile Oil: Matricaria Chamomilla. (from Germany)
With its anti-inflammatory properties, the dried flowers are well known herbal teas. Origin: Italy. This herb has antiseptic, sedative, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. Topically, Chamomile is used to treat a wide variety of skin disorders such as eczema, bedsores, post radiation therapy, skin inflammation, and contact dermatitis.

Chamomile Roman / Chamaemelum Noblis
This essential Oil is obtained by steam distillation of the whole plant, including its blossoms. It has an aroma that is warm, sweet, fresh, and herbal. Chamomile will revive the dull and tired skin.

Cetyl Alcohol:
Fatty alcohol used as an emollient, emulsifier, thickener, and carrying agent for other ingredients. Can be derived naturally, as in coconut fatty alcohol, or synthetically. It is not an irritant and is not related to SD alcohol or ethyl alcohol. Cheryl’s Product uses only naturally derived Cetyl Alcohol.

Citric Acid:
pH adjuster or stabilizer derived from fruit.

Cocoa Butter:
Softening to skin, emollient fatty wax. Cocoa butter is the creamy, rich fat obtained from the seeds of the cocoa plant. A major ingredient in chocolate, which accounts for its rich candy bar aroma. Cocoa butter is solid at room temperature, and wonderful for any skincare product, especially soaps, creams, balms and lotions.

Coconut Oil:
can help to keep the skin from developing liver spots and other blemishes caused by aging and over exposure to sunlight. It improves the appearance of skin by helping to keep connective tissues strong and supple so that the skin doesn't sag and wrinkle. In addition, virgin coconut oil can help heal and repair the skin and make the skin smoother and more evenly textured by removing the outer layer of dead skin cells. Virgin coconut oil can also be used in hair treatments to condition the scalp and soften hair. Furthermore, virgin coconut oil smells great, since it retains the natural coconut odor

Dead Sea Salts
are mineral-rich and contain high proportions of Potassium, Magnesium and Bromide. Potassium helps regulate the moisture level of the skin, Magnesium helps promote healing, and Bromide has a smoothing and relaxing effect. Dead Sea salt exfoliates and revitalizes the skin and helps draw out toxins. Sea salt is well known for its ability to relieve aches and pains, reduce stiffness after exertion, relax the muscles and relieve skin problems such as acne, eczema and psoriasis. The high mineral content of Dead Sea salt stimulates blood and lymphatic circulation. Increased circulation moves trapped fluid from joints, improving joint movement and reducing stiffness and pain. Regular use of salts promotes healthy skin by exfoliating and encouraging regeneration of new skin cells. People worldwide have used the healing power of salts baths for centuries.

Distilled Water
is the purest water. Holds and delivers more ingredients.

Emu Oil:
High levels of linolenic acid, oleic acid. It is highly penetrating a good emulsifier, bacteriostatic, hypoallergenic and is non toxic. The application of Emu Oil will allow the essential fatty acids to penetrate the epidermal layers of skin down to the basal layer where it enhances cell proliferation. The fatty acid esters contained in Emu Oil provide the benefit of increased blood flow, accelerating the healing process. Helps prevent signs of aging, like crows feet, tiny lines and wrinkles around the eyes by taking all the vital and anti-aging ingredients in this product deep down into the lower layers of the tender skin of the eye area.

Emulsifying Wax is a vegetable based emulsifier that will keep water and oil combined for lotions, creams, conditioners and etc.

Eucalyptus globulus. With its expectorant properties, it helps to decongest nasal cavities. Origin: Portugal.  Know to relieves pain in muscle, ligiments and joints. This oil is also good for all types of respiratory ailments. 

Evening Primrose Oil:
is rich in gamma linolenic acid (GLA), an essential fatty acid vital to healthy cell function

Fragrance Oils:
apple, banana, bluebery, cranberry, papaya, peach, pear & pineapple

FD & C and D & C Colorants:
FDA approved colorants. Our lotions, body washes and candles are the only products we add a minimal amount of colorant. We use less than a single drop in 8 ounces of liquid because although our products are homemade, we feel they do not have to look homemade. We take great pride in their presentation.

Geranium Essential Oil Pelargonium Graveolens:
Used for nervous tension, and stress-related conditions. Helpful for broken capillaries, eczema & mature skin

Grapefruit Seed Extract:
Derived from the seed and pulp of grapefruit. The principal active ingredients in grapeseed extract are water-soluble bioflavonoid, which offer antioxidant properties. A natural antibacterial, antimicrobial, & antifungal compound which can be used as an effective preservative in cosmetics and foods. Acne can be caused by bacterial infections. Grapefruit seed extract reduces bacterial growth, and its astringent nature dries up glandular secretions, reducing the opportunity for bacteria to breed. It also helps open pores, keeping them clean and unclogged, thus reducing blackhead and pimple formation.

Grapeseed Essential Oil:
Penetrate skin quickly to soften and condition. It is also a very potent anti-oxidant.

Hibiscus Flower:  A natural emollient, used for softening or healing the skin. The leaves and flowers of the roselle are used all around the world for their emollient qualities.

Jojoba Oil: It is the only natural ingredient that is similar in chemical structure to your skin's own sebum. This makes the oil especially suitable for any skin type. Jojoba oil has a very long shelf life, is easily absorbed, and is great for mature skin.

Lavender Essential Oil:
is made from Lavender buds. Helpful for high blood pressure, pain, headaches, nausea, depression, insomnia, aids respiratory tract.

Lemon Organic Essential Oil/Citrus Limonum:
is widely used as a flavoring in beverages and foods and as a fragrance for many household items. Origin: Italy.

Lemongrass Organic Essential Oil/Cymbopogon Flexuosus:
With its uplifting odor, it helps to increase energy. Origin: Nepal. mp Seed Essential Oil:
It is a dry oil that penetrates quickly and is rich in omega acids; excellent for dry or damaged skin. Hemp seed oil is one of the world's richest sources of polyunsaturated fats, including both of the essential fatty acids (Omega 3 and Omega 6) and GLA (gamma Linolenic acid), which make it an excellent natural emollient and moisturizer. It imparts gloss and manageability to hair, bringing relief from dry scalp or hair damage by blow-dryer heat, chemical perms, coloring or sunlight.

Honey:
Anti-bacterial, emollient moisturizes. Today, manufacturers are increasingly using honey in skin moisturizers, facial masks, hair conditioners and shower gels in response to consumer demand for more natural formulations. Honey is a humectant, which means it attracts and retains water. So honey is a natural fit for a variety of moisturizing products including cleansers, creams, shampoos and conditioners. Because honey is also an anti-irritant, it is suitable for sensitive skin and baby care products. Liquid honey does not spoil. Because of its high sugar concentration, it kills bacteria by plasmolysis. Natural airborne yeasts cannot become active in it because the moisture content is too low. Honey can help exfoliate the skin. Increased exfoliation, or renewal of the skin cells, can give skin a younger, more vibrant appearance.

Hydrolyzed Soy Protein:
provides an extremely substantive protein that stays on the hair, even after the conditioner is rinsed off. The protein also gives good manageability, a reduction in static electricity and increased humectance. Works well on all hair types, particularly dry or color treated.

Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein:
is also known as phyto peptides. It is an effective substitute for hydrolyzed animal protein derived by acid, enzyme, or other method of hydrolysis. It offers conditioning, moisturizing and film forming properties and is widely used in hair care products to help retain moisture and improve its overall appearance. Wheat Protein penetrates the hair shaft and helps mend split ends. Repairs damaged hair through covalent bonding. For hair care systems, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein builds body, reduces porosity, and improves shine, luster and smoothness. It is an extremely pure protein produced from natural wheat gluten. It consists of the two subunits gliadin and glutenin, which are capable of repairing damaged hair through covalent linkage. Wheat Protein conditions hair with its moisture retention and film forming properties, which will greatly improve the body, shine, and smoothness of hair.

Jojoba Oil:
is rich in antioxidants to nourish and moisturize This thick, pale yellow liquid taken from the seeds of the Jojoba: a shrub that is cultivated in dry climates such as the deserts of the western United States. Because of its rich texture, it adds a denseness to skin lubricants. Jojoba oil is actually a liquid wax that closely resembles the sebum produced by human skin.

Lemon peel is a natural astringent, antiseptic, and bactericide. It  helps clear the complexion and to smooth out broken capillaries, while clearing greasy and oily skin with pimples and acne.

Mango Butter/ Oil:
is an exotic butter that contains a high content of satiric acid which protects skin against the sun, reduces degeneration of the skin cells and restores flexibility. It prevent drying of the skin and formation of wrinkles. It also reduces degeneration of skin cells and restores flexibility.

Neem Oil:
A natural emollient and skin antiseptic, has toning and soothing properties, anti-bacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal, antiseptic, and anti-parasitic in toiletries, soaps and skin care. Helps with eczema, psoriasis, ringworm, scabies.

Neroli/Citrus Aurantium

is also called Orange Blossom. Its essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the flowers of the Bitter Orange Tree, It has a light, fresh, sweet-floral aroma.

Oat Meal:

is rich in bran protein, potassium, iron, phosphates, magnesium, and silica. Oats are used mainly in skin soothing oatmeal baths, moisturizers, facial scrubs and masks. Oats have a gentle cleansing effect on the skin's surface, especially sensitive skin, and serve as a natural anti-itch agent.

Olive Oil:
is high in unsaponifiables, which is a large group of compounds called plant steroids or sterolins. They soften the skin, have a superior moisturizing effect on the upper layer of the skin and reduce scars. Cheryl's Products uses pure Pomace Olive oil (originated from Spain and Italy)

Orange Essential Oil, 10 Fold Citrus Sinenis:
Folded oils are concentrated citrus oils. They offer several benefits. Through distillation, the turpenes are removed, thereby rendering the folded oil safe for use in leave-on products, such as lotions. The concentrated scent offers resistance to oxidation: the fragrance lasts longer and the color is far more intense.

Orange Peel:  is rich in vitamin C and other fruit acids that are thought to benefit skin by increasing the production of collagen and stimulating circulation.

Panthenol:
is use in body and hair care formulation. Panthenol is converted into pantothenic acid (vitamin B3) a major constituent in coenzyme. Providing revitalizing and conditioning effects, panthenol possesses humectant-like properties that aid in skin absorption. One major benefit to panthenol is its contributory role in coenzyme. Coenzymes are needed by every living cell to help it grow and survive.

Patchouli / Pogostemon Cablin:
Used in India to scent clothing. It is an overall good skin caressing essential oil. Origin: Indonesia.

Peppermint Organic Essential Oil/ Mentha Piperita:
Uses include headache and sinus pain relief; it is antiseptic and anti-infections. Origin, Italy. Peppermint is cooling, anti-spasmodic & painkilling.

Perfumers Alcohol/SDA 40B:
contains isopropyl myristate and isopropyl alcohol. We use a amall amount of this product in our Eau de Parfums and an even smaller amount in our Eau de Toilettes.

Polysorbate 20:
This is a non-ionic surfactant that is used to disperse and emulsify. It is indispensable for oil in water emulsions, such as lotions, conditioners, and cream rinses. It's a must have oil-dispersant in body mists and spritzers. Made from oleic acid (olive oil source) connected to a sugar (sorbitol) this compound is then ethoxylated (grain based alcohol) to make it water dispersible. Non-irritating. Used as emollients and thickening agents in cosmetics. Contain fatty acids which are natural components of skin. It also protects the body against oxidative damage. We use less than .025% of the additive in a few of our products.

Preservative Blend:
is made with Propylene Glycol, Methyparaben & Propylparaben. It is a broad spectrum preservative effective against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, yeast and mold and used in almost all forms of cosmetic formulations. This preservative does not contain formaldehyde. Less than .5% of this product is added to our lotion formulations to prevent harmful bacteria from multiplying and contaminating the product.