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Benzoate

Used in the East as incense and medicine. Smells like resin with sweet vanilla.  Used in creams or oils to heal chapped skin, scratches and itching. Particularly good for the protection of hands against cold and wet weather.  Soothing and refreshing, warms and comforts.

Beeswax

Beeswax is produced by bees and is a combination of plant wax, pollen and a secretion from the bee’s stomach. Beeswax protects and softens your skin and your lips.

Blue Camomile

Blue camomile is cultivated and grown wild everywhere in the world.  The essential oil is only present in the flowers and the smell is aromatic and slightly bitter.  The most important ingredient in the oil is chamazulene which essentially has a powerful ability to reduce infection. It heals cuts and also has a calming effect.  It is used in cosmetics for delicate, thin, reddish or irritated skin.

Blueberry

Blueberry is a small bushy shrub with round, dark-blue berries which have a high content of fruit acid, and vitamins B and C. It is an antioxidant and has a rejuvenating effect by promoting the production of collagen in our skin.  Combats free radicals and is very effective in the healing of cuts.

Black Currant Oil
A dry oil with a high content of essential fatty acids.  Nourishing and rejuvenating.  Rosemary is added as an extra anti-oxidant to our black currant oil.

Black Pepper
Strong, sharp and warm smell. Increases metabolism and detoxifies the body.  Has an anti-depressant, aphrodisiac, hypnotic and calming effect.

Bay tree

Bay tree in small doses can improve vitality throughout the body.  It was very popular in roman times when it was a symbol of peace, wisdom and protection.  Its scent is seedy, fresh and spicy.  It has a calming and warming effect on the mind and increases a feeling of self worth.  Used externally it stimulates the skin.  Bay tree is said to bring happiness and exuberance.