It is essential to choose the right products to hydrate and nourish your skin from the very first cleansing step. No miracles are needed, but it takes perseverance, dedication, and patience to achieve the skin you have always wished for. And as you find the perfect ally to your skin care routine, there are no doubts: your skin will glow as never before.
Reading through this article, the importance of hydrating the skin from the very first cleansing step will be highlighted, thanks to the use of products that are enriched with nourishing ingredients. Here it is what you are about to learn:
Keratin is naturally present in our bodies and it gives structure, strength, and density to our hair, eyelashes, and nails. But what do we do when our body produces less of it? Vegetable keratin comes to support us!
Keratin treatments and products offer increased strength and elasticity to the hair. Vegetable keratin is used in many hair products and helps prevent weakening, but this is just one of its several uses. Let's find out together what vegetable keratin is and how to use it to strengthen and illuminate our hair!
On the shelves of all cosmetic stores, micellar water is the foundation of a skincare routine that suits any skin type. But how can you use it effectively within your beauty routine, and at what stage should you apply it? Let's discover together!
We all know that removing makeup is essential to have clean, fresh, and purified skin. Among all the products we use to take care of our faces, micellar water holds an essential place in our skincare routine. It's the first step we take to remove makeup, so it's important to understand how to use it best and which steps to follow to maximize its benefits.
Before unveiling all the secrets of this product, let's understand what micellar water is, what it does, its benefits, and what makes it different from other products.
Fragile and fine hair? Dry hair that breaks easily? Or unruly and frizzy? If you want stronger, more manageable, and shinier hair, Hair Actives come to your rescue – 3 concentrated solutions for unruly manes! Let's take a closer look at their features, how to use them, and who can benefit from them.
They are lightweight and suitable for all hair types, providing nourishment to both the strands and the roots: they are the new Hair Actives from La Saponaria, here to revitalize our hair and make it shine like never before. They are:
A recent beauty trend that has gained traction is the use of rosemary for scalp massages. Rosemary is also trending as a special ingredient in strengthening and lengthening hair treatments. The claim is that rosemary has the power to accelerate hair growth. Myth or reality? The ancient technique of Hair Oiling has deep roots. Let's explore it together!
Does rosemary really make hair grow faster and stronger? In this article, we'll delve into how this belief has spread and how to perform a scalp massage with rosemary or rinse with rosemary water to test the actual effectiveness of what thousands of influencers assert. Here's what you'll find in this article:
All objects have a value, some more than others! We don't like intensive cultivation and industrial production but we prefer small projects with an intense degree of love and passion! Here is our commitment to an ethical and supportive supply chain, which benefits the environment and the people who live there, as in the case of Lotus, our soap dish with an ethical heart.
As you know, here at La Saponaria we care about all those projects that have a high social value, which improve the living conditions of communities and represent an important grain for improving those around the world. For this reason, in our aware cosmetics you can often find the "fair trade supply chain" icon which signals the presence of at least one Fair Trade ingredient.
We love to carefully choose the raw materials that make up our cosmetics and, for this reason, when it is not possible to use local products as in the case of Argan Oil, we make sure that the ingredients that come from afar are not only of excellent quality and organic, but which are also part of Fair & Solidarity projects in support of less advantaged communities.
Sometimes, together with our cosmetics designed and produced in our perfumed laboratory in Pesaro, you can also find some accessory products which are the result of the artisanal work of communities in distant lands, as in the case of our Cotton make-up remover wipes and the new Lotus ceramic soap dish. Fair Trade projects are important because they guarantee fair compensation to the workers involved and very often part of the proceeds is reinvested in the local community in social projects aimed at promoting self-entrepreneurship.
Sensitive, thin, fragile: these are the characteristics shared by the skin of babies and newborns, still 'immature' compared to that of adults and therefore more subject to external aggressions. To have babies with always soft and healthy skin, small tricks and lots of loving care are necessary!
New mothers know it well: protecting their children's skin can be a real feat! Between redness, dryness and eczema, crying is always around the corner!
Not to mention the numerous 'dangers' lurking outside: both the harsh winter climate and the hot summer days put our children's ultra-delicate skin to the test and expose it to cracks, burns and sensitizations. So let's see how to avoid these annoyances to our little ones!
When it comes to sunscreens, for us at La Saponaria, safety is the top priority!
That's why every sunscreen that comes out of our laboratory is formulated with great care, in full respect of the skin and the environment. and is subjected to scrupulous tests which analyze its characteristics and performance, establishing its conformity with an unquestionable opinion.
'Osolebio: green and 100% safe formulas
Our Osolebio solar line is made with the best possible ingredients! How do we know? Because, after having thoroughly studied the regulations governing the placing on the market of sunscreens, we have dedicated ourselves to the meticulous research of the most effective sunscreens without however making any compromises regarding the well-being of our skin.
In fact, the sunscreens that are on the market can be of two types: chemical sunscreens and physical sunscreens.
Chemical sunscreens, also called organic filters, are synthetic substances that are able to absorb part of the UV radiation to prevent it from reaching and damaging the epithelial cells. Compared to physical filters, chemical sunscreens have a more comfortable application and are therefore easier to spread on the skin but, on the other hand, precisely because they capture solar energy, they can give rise to irritation, phototoxicity and sensitization.
Physical sunscreens, also known as inorganic filters, are shielding substances that act thanks to their opacity. Their modus operandi is very similar to that of a mirror: the mineral particles reflect UVA and UVB rays and prevent them from coming into contact with the skin and damaging it. Not only that, since they do not absorb solar energy, physical filters are particularly safe for skin health and the risk of incurring sensitization is much lower than chemical filters (to learn more about the characteristics and differences between chemical and physical sunscreens, you can click here).
For these reasons, we have chosen to use only the latest generation physical filters in the formulations of 'Osolebio sunscreens, excluding any petrochemical ingredient. Each recipe also contains precious protective plant extracts and antioxidants which enhance the effect of the product and take care of the skin, keeping it soft and hydrated.
Every year we look forward to summer to enjoy a few days at the beach, lie down in the sun and get rid of the gray winter days and every year we hear the usual recommendations repeated: protect yourself, be careful of solar radiation, don't expose yourself to the sun during the hottest hours... why? What do we need to protect ourselves from? What are the physiological mechanisms that lead to the longed-for tan? Let's find out in this study on the importance of sunscreen.
The importance of sunscreen: what should it protect us from?
Solar radiation is generated by thermonuclear reactions that take place inside the core of the sun and are divided into frequencies or wavelengths.
Depending on the wavelength occupied by the radiation, we can distinguish three different types:
Lucia, founder of La Saponaria, and Sara, marketing manager, went to Indonesia to find the oceanic plastic supplier we use for our bottles. They were able to see and touch the entire plastic collection and transformation process first-hand. The problem is huge but all together we can make a difference.
La Saponaria in Jakarta: when our ocean plastic bottle supplier invited us we couldn't believe it! And yet here we are, having come to know a splendid reality that has been able to transform a disastrous situation into an opportunity for the people who live here and for the environment. We talk about the recyclable materials we use for our products, marine plastics and the project behind to collect it in this article on our blog. But let's proceed in order.
Sunscreens are preparations that are created to protect the skin from UV rays and to counteract cellular aging. On the subject of sunscreens, nature also helps us under the umbrella: in fact, in recent years the formulations of organic sunscreens have achieved great goals, becoming more and more performing and decidedly comfortable on the skin, without the unsightly ghost effect
In this article we will see what sunscreens are for, why it is important to use them, the difference between sunscreens with chemical filters and physical filters and how nature can help us under the umbrella. Finally we will talk about our 'Osolebio suncare line, which protects the skin while respecting the sea and its inhabitants:
Stretch marks tell the story of our skin and are super widespread: it is estimated that over 80% of women and 30% of men have to deal with stretch marks.
Preventing them and above all fighting them is never easy but with the Stretch Marks Serum and the Stretch Marks Butter as your prodigious allies, a little perseverance will be enough to obtain visible results!
Who doesn't want to have flawless, compact skin? In the age of social media it seems that everyone must necessarily adapt to an ideal of perfection that is as impossible as it is illusory. In reality it is inevitable that in the course of our life marks, spots, wrinkles, pimples, cellulite, small and large scars and, yes, even the annoying and unpleasant stretch marks appear on our skin.
All these 'defects' are actually elements that characterize us, that distinguish us from others and that tell our story. So, even if they are most likely not at the top of the list of things we like most about ourselves, stretch marks are also an integral part of our person and they too contribute to transmitting our uniqueness to ourselves and to others!
It goes without saying that no one should feel uncomfortable showing their stretch marks: in this we can take a cue from the many celebs who on their social profiles reject any toxic stereotype of beauty and proudly show us their 'imperfections'.
