Proper cleansing with facial massage in your daily beauty routine

Imagine what could happen to our face if we skipped facial cleansing after spending the entire day with make up on, going to work or outdoors, and the worst part is, we tend to sweat throughout the day. Our face is exposed to different kinds of pollution such as dirt, dust particles and excess sebum, and it is important to cleanse and do facial massage with good cleansers to let our skin breathe.

 

Proper Cleansing

Facial cleansing may seem easy- Apply cleanser onto face, wash and rinse with water (Repeats daily). However, “Proper” cleansing requires more effort but it will do good to your skin. Proper cleansing helps to remove dead skin cells, excess oil and dirt that will clog pores, preventing the skin from breathing. It can also help to prevent breakout, dehydration and clear our skin after long day of activity. Cleansing should be done twice a day and considering how hot and humid Malaysia is all year, we may need to cleanse more frequently to keep our skin clean and healthy.

 

Facial Massage

After cleansing, add on a facial massage into your beauty routine. Pamper your skin to a gentle exfoliation with your favorite face scrub or massage skin with your favorite face oil. Facial massaging can help to balance and maintain skin elasticity!

 

Cleanse with Green Clay

Choosing the right cleanser not only help to cleanse the skin, but also allow our skin to absorb the nutrients from the ingredients of the cleanser. The right cleanser carefully removes dirt and build-ups while maintaining the skin’s natural protective layer. Argital’s range of green clay facial cleansers is beneficial to ground and balance your skin. With four different cleanser that is suitable for different skin needs: Brightening cleanser, Milk Cleanser, Sweet Almond Soap and Honey Propolis Soap.

 

Importance of facial massage after cleansing.

Just 5 minutes of your day gives you healthy glowing skin!

  1. Improve overall appearance and skin texture

Facial massage has the ability to improve the appearance of the skin by removing the build-ups that causes face puffiness, smoothen the skin and tightens the skin. Apply 3-5drops of Argital Brightening Rose Face Oil to the face and massage in circular motions to improve skin elasticity. You can also massage the Chamomile cream in circular motions to promote better absorption of the ingredients, not to mention, it can also promote a natural glow!

 

  1. Boost skin collagen

Facial massaging not only promotes relaxation, it can also naturally boost skin collagen. Our body starts to lose collagen as we age due to our lifestyle and environmental changes. With facial massaging, it creates a natural face lift to prevent the formation of fine lines and wrinkles. So here’s a tip for supple and youthful skin! Try Argital’s Brightening Rose Face Oil for your daily facial massage. It contains Centifolia Rose and Wheatgerm oil, beneficial to promote collagen production and boost skin radiance.

  1. Improves blood circulation

Face puffiness can be caused by several factors such as lack of sleep, excessive make up and exposure to pollution and free radicals in the environment. This is where facial massage can help! As you practice facial massage, it stimulates the lymph nodes underneath the skin’s surface thus improving the blood flow and gradually brightens the skin.

 

  1. Soothes acne and scars

Acne comes and goes, usually due to stress, hormonal changes and environmental pollution. And of course, facial massaging can also help to combat these pesky breakouts! By massaging our face on a regular basis can help to remove the toxins that causes the breakouts. When the pores are clean, breakouts will less likely to happen. Argital’s Echinacea cream can be used as a morning and evening cream, it is rich in healing properties to heal and repair the skin. Hence it is very beneficial for acne prone skin.

 


Organic scalp care with KLAY

Organic Scalp care with Green Clay as your daily self-care routine

“The scalp is like Soil to the Plants”- KLAY Organic

It is important to adopt scalp care in your daily self-care routine  to have healthy hair, like a healthy plant. A healthy soil brings healthy and blooming flowers, similar to our scalp. Healthy scalp promotes healthy hair growth.

 

Many often overlooked the wellbeing of their scalp, as they placed much of their focus on their face. But don’t forget, our scalp is also equally important and it needs your attention too! We wouldn’t want our scalp to experience damage, resulting to bad or unhealthy hair growth. Instead, we can try to learn how to take care our scalp to improve its health.

 

What can I do to take care of my scalp and why by having a healthy scalp affects the hair?

In order to achieve healthy, strong hair we must go back to our roots, yes, to our scalp. Scalp healthy is essential in daily self-care as every day we are exposed to free radicals from invisible forces such as pollution from environment, UV rays from the sun, electronic devices such as laptop, wi-fi, smartphones and not to forget the stress level that affects our hormone. All these little elements in our daily life can affect our hair and damage our scalp, as these charges are often stored in our scalp.

 

This is where you need to take care of your scalp by going for a suitable shampoo that will not irritate your scalp as the scalp is very delicate. Your scalp also deserves more than a half-hearted light massage. Try adopting a thorough scalp massage in your daily hair care routine. As scalp massage can help stimulate blood circulation, regulate follicle oil to promote healthy and strong hair growth.

 

 

Argital Purifying Shampoo that eliminates Free Radicals in daily life

Argital Purifying Shampoo can deeply cleanse and restore the scalp and hair, as it works to remove free radicals to create a better environment for your scalp, as it removes dead skin cells, oil and dirt which makes your head feels lighter after washing.

 

The main power ingredient of the Purifying Shampoo such as Sicily Green Clay plays an important role to strengthen hair, moisturize and repair the scalp. And most importantly, the Sicily Green Clay helps to balance the scalp too! Mistletoe on the other hand, helps to remove the charges of free radicals from the scalp and act as grounding (A therapeutic phenomenon that reconnects your back to earth by balancing the electrostatic charges on your body). The aroma and sensation of the shampoo on your scalp will definitely create a lighter and refreshing mood!

 

Argital Organic scalp care with Green Clay

Here’s our tip!

Pair our Purifying Shampoo with Restructuring Hair Mask to experience better effects on your scalp health. The nourishing Hair Mask is suitable for every scalp and can be applied directly onto the scalp too! It repairs the scalp, softens the hair and improves scalp circulation.

 


Organic Natural Barrier- For your hands, mask and breathing space

Living Consciously, and Ecologically.

Cleanse your breathing and let yourself breathe more comfortably.

As we move towards into adapting to the life of a new lifestyle, it has heightened our awareness on our personal protection. That includes wearing face masks and frequent hand washing. Undoubtedly, the changes of our lifestyle has encouraged us to adapt to the habit of upkeeping our personal hygiene.

 

For the future in mind, Dr. Ferraro has specially handcrafted Argital’s very own “GOLD Mix”. An exclusive essential oil blend that combines 15 different Gold Essential Oils for an organic sanitizing effect. With the purpose for a clean and comfortable breathing space.

 

Argital GOLD Mix Essential Oil Blend

 

For a comfortable breathing and space.

Specially formulated with 15 different aromatic Gold Essential Oils of: Lavender, Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Pine, Cinnamon, Cloves, Niaouly, Tea Tree, Lemon, Cypress, Peppermint, Oregano, Thyme, Savoury and Helichrysum.

 

This exquisite essential oil blend allows you to have the freedom to use in many different ways. You may choose to add a few drops into your green clay powder mask, green clay bath or to enjoy it as a form of aromatherapy to cleanse your breathing space. Additionally, you can also add 20-25 drops of the GOLD Mix Essential Oil blend into Argital’s Liquid Soap for an extra sanitizing effect.

 

Argital Sanitizing Herbal Hand Spray (Left), Argital Sanitizer for Masks and the Environment (Right)

 

Argital Sanitizing Herbal Hand Spray

 

Gentle organic hand sanitizer for your delicate hands.

Sanitize your hands, upkeep your personal hygiene and cleanse your breathing with this gentle hand spray. This hand spray is formulated with Argital’s “Gold Mix” essential oil blend for its natural sanitizing effect. Not only 15 aromatic herbs, it also contains healing herbs of Echinacea and Helichrysum to strengthen skin immunity. Protecting your hands from external pollutants.

 

In addition, this hand spray is non-drying and and gentle to our hands. Leaving it nourished and hydrated even after frequent hand sanitizing. Suitable for sensitive skin and for everyday use.

 

Argital Sanitizer for Masks and Environment

Cleanse and purify your home and personal workspace.

Let yourself breathe more comfortably and easily with this air sanitizer. Spray into the air to cleanse and freshen up your breathing space. Also, to clear stuffiness and odor from face masks, spray onto the outer layer of mask.

 

 


Organic Intimate Care- Our everyday self-care

Why is Intimate Care important?

Intimate care is one of the necessities that is often neglected. However, it is important for every woman to understand that, our delicate areas also require extra care and attention to avoid potential discomfort and infections. 

 

The truth is, women are good at multitasking as they continue to balance their professional career while coping with their busy lifestyles at the same time. While we focus on other priorities, we tend to lose sight on maintaining our healthy wellbeing.

 

It’s another living family right there!

Our delicate area has a different PH environment as compared to the rest of our body parts. In fact, it is more acidic which is a good protective environment for maintaining healthy lactobacilli.

PH environment of our delicate areas and other body parts

 

Healthy Intimate Hygiene

Although our delicate area has its very own self-cleansing system, it is still essential to maintain a good intimate hygiene. 

 

So do we clean our delicate areas with body soaps? Of course not! Do remember, regular body soaps that we normally use in the shower are not ideal for our delicate areas! They are alkaline in nature which can disrupt the protective environment, leading to the overgrowth of “unhealthy lactobacilli”. These pesky bacteria are the common root cause of dryness, bad odor, skin irritation and discomfort. Hence it is very important to use a mild and gentle soap to clean and protect our delicate areas. 

 

 

Argital Personal Hygiene Soap- Very Gentle

This gentle soap is formulated with beneficial organic herbs that gently cleanses away bad odor and skin discomfort. It helps to maintain a healthy PH environment

 

With all natural ingredients of Sicilian Green Clay gel, Niaouly, Cloves and Lavender. This gentle soap is rich in soothing, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties that works to protect you from potential bacterial infections. Not to mention, this soap has its natural foaming agents derived from coconut and sugar, which gently cleanses and retains skin moisture.

 

Suitable to use everyday, during menstruation or as required.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Aroma Essence Water for skin

How Malaysian Heat Can Affect Your Skin and What You Can Do About It

Being near the equator, Malaysia enjoys a tropical climate all year round with an adequate amount of hot sun and rain.

That being said, Malaysia experiences the “summer season” from June to August where the sun rays and temperature are at its  highest with less rainfall in these months which can make our skin feel a extra sensitive.

 

The Malaysian Heat to our skin

Sudden changes in weather will affect our emotions, not to mention our skin too. Being in the hot weather increases water loss from our bodies, leading to dehydration. When dehydrated, it can cause our skin to feel irritated and dry, making it more prone to sensitivity and redness.

 

While we experience the hot weather and topping it off with Malaysia’s humid climate, it will lead to more sweating, oily skin and clogged pores. As dead skin cells gets mixed with the excess sebum and sweat it can also trigger breakouts! So it is very important to cleanse our skin properly to remove dirt, sweat and any other impurities that may be trapped in the skin.

 

Air Conditioning 

During the hot weather, it is simply a bliss to escape into the cold haven when it is hot and humid outdoors. Although it feels very comfortable, it can also place an impact on our skin. In fact, air conditioning pumps dry and cold air for a cooler space, reducing air humidity levels in the process. When humidity is low, our skin will lose its moisture and eventually feels dehydrated, dry and dull.

 

 

It may be difficult to move between hot and cold spaces, there are plenty of ways that you can do to protect your skin from dehydration. Try our personal tip to maintain a healthy, hydrated skin during the hot weather!

 

 Aroma Essence Water Series 

A series of pure dew from Nature. With Italian Spring Water and Argital’s very own GOLD Essential Oils to soothe your skin and brings a sense of calmness to your senses.

 

Tip: Pump a few sprays of Argital’s Aroma Essence Water or Argital’s Rugiada Face toner onto your face to add on an extra hydration boost. Alternatively you can also soak a cotton sheet or a compressed facial mask and leave it on your face for 10-15 minutes.

Argital Aroma Essence Water series- Neroli, Lavender and Rose ( From Left to Right)

 

Argital Essential Kit for your essential skin needs

Not sure what is the right skin care product to use during hotter days? No worries! We got you. Argital’s Essential Kit is specially curated to fulfill your skin needs for hot and even the cold weather. It has Argital’s 4 best products to soothe, calm and strengthen your skin while providing essential nutrients for a healthy glowing complexion.

Argital Essential Kit


Bad vs Good alcohol in your skin care

You have probably heard about it from everyone and everywhere, that if alcohol is present in your skin care products it is a huge no-no and an ingredient to avoid because it is not good for your skin. Well it is not entirely wrong but also not entirely right either.

 

There are always good and bad in something even for alcohol ingredients. So have we been misunderstanding alcohol all these while?

 

The bad alcohol- A big No-No!

This type of alcohol is known as the drying type which allows skincare products to dry faster so that it feels weightless on your skin and it is often used as a form of preservative. While it comes with short term benefits it also comes with long term consequences. Consequences which include skin dryness, weaker skin protective barrier and skin absorption.

 

These are some alcohol ingredient labels to look out for: Propyl, Isopropyl alcohol and SD alcohol.

 

The good alcohol- Green Light of approval!

The other type of alcohol in which we refer to them as good alcohol is Fatty alcohol. This type of alcohol is commonly derived from a natural source such as vegetables and plants, making them exceptionally gentle and nourishing to the skin. The skin-friendly alcohol is beneficial for the skin as it locks the moisture, keeping our skin healthy and supple. 

 

Here are some skin-friendly alcohol labels to look for: Ethyl alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Cetearyl alcohol and Stearyl alcohol.

 


Sicily Green Clay and Your Pets

How Sicily Green Clay Benefits Your Pets?

Although Sicily Green Clay is suitable for both cats and dogs, dogs tend to love washing more than cats. Dogs skin absorb 5 times more than human skin. Therefore they are more susceptible to taking in chemicals from the environment, detergents that we use to clean floors and also the shampoo we use to wash them.

Sicily green clay is known to have existed over 16 million years. This contributes to the richness in vital forces from the sun and the sea over the years which makes it very different. One of the essential benefit is that Sicily green clay is able to restore skin condition to healthy skin over time. This is known as its anti-aging property.

Sicily green clay is collected at its purest and richest form during summer months when it’s the driest and hottest in Italy. Sicily green clay has natural antibacterial properties. Due to the nature of Sicily green clay, it has natural healing properties if ingested, what more if it is applied to the skin! It also calms the skin and soul, relaxes the muscle.

By calming the skin, Sicily green clay is able to reduce skin sensitivity and to soothe irritated skin. Hence it helps in skin redness, itchiness, dermatitis and other skin problems.

Why Play Mud when you can have a Mud Spa at Home?

Mifido products contain the main ingredient Sicily green clay. For pets with sensitive skin, skin redness issues, skin itchiness, skin problems, Hygienizing Shampoo is the one to go. Best to pair with Mifido Natural Green Clay Conditioner that is packed with Sicily green clay richness to soak your body and soul in the bath tub and relax! (Also please bear in mind that food is also one of the contributing factors to sensitive skin. Do take note to eliminate the possible trigger factors)

Mifido Hygienizing Shampoo contains additional Echinacea, Neem, Thyme, Niaouly plant extracts to help with skin redness, itchiness and swelling if any. These essential plant extracts improve wound healing and protects skin from further infection. http://www.klayorganic.com/product/mifido-delicate-shampoo/

Mifido Long Hair Shampoo and Short Hair Shampoo are for pets with normal healthy skin coat. Mifido products will improve pets skin condition (fuller hair, shiny skin coat) over time. Both contain Sicily green clay as the main ingredients plus additional pure essential oils to further enhance the effects and benefits. http://www.klayorganic.com/product/mifido-short-hair-shampoo/

With Sicily Green Clay as the main ingredient in these shampoos, it will protect pets skin from skin redness, itchiness. Sicily Green Clay improves skin immunity to strengthen skin structure. This prevents skin from allergy attacks. Also contains plant extracts like Burdock and Juniper to strengthen hair roots and balances skin oil/ water balance so that skin coat is healthy and shiny!

So just relax and enjoy your mud spa!

(Suitable for all breed puppies and adult dogs)


How is Green Clay Beneficial to Our Skin?

Clay when googled has a meaning of “a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics”. Synonyms of clay: earth, kaolin, terracotta, mud, brick, argil, pottery. So what makes clay so special to the skin?

 

Green Clay

The use of clay in personal care and hygiene has been known since ancient times. Thanks to the advancement in science today we are able to analyse and further enhance the properties of clay. Clay, particularly the green one is a great remedy to the whole body inside out. Plus it is rich in natural mineral salts and trace elements. Dr Ferraro, the founder of Argital is a biologist, expert in macrobiotic and herbal medicine. He is also the founding partner of Sofai (Italian Anthroposophic Pharmacist Society). He commented that green clay has the ability to renew the epidermis, relieve pains in general, fight poisons, absorbs free radicals and slows down the aging process of the body and tissues.

 

Anti-Aging Property of Green Clay

One of the most important benefit of green clay on our skin is anti-aging. Green clay has the ability to slow down aging process and to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. How it does is by balancing the pH of our skin. Coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, cakes and sugars are frequently used as “de-stress” tools in our modern hectic lifestyle. These contribute to the over-acidity of the body and hence the skin. Also, free radicals from mobile phones, laptops and desktops are all speeding up the aging process of your skin and hair.

The use of green clay by giving the skin alkaline pH to balance and neutralize pH of the skin helps in anti-aging process. Also it absorbs free radicals to reduce oxidation of the skin cells.

 

Argital Green Clay

Argital green clay is high in minerals such as silicon, aluminium, magnesium, iron, potassium and calcium. They all contribute to the natural antibacterial and antiseptic properties of green clay. It also has detox action towards the skin and alkalizes the pH of the skin and the body. Green clay acts as an absorbent to remove dirt and impurities from the tinniest pores. Last but not least, green clay has healing properties in which it promotes tissue regeneration and blood coagulation.

Some of the problems commonly treated by green clay externally are dermatitis, burns, acne, eczema, joints and muscular pains.

Argital green clay comes in the form of ready-to-use paste, ARGILTUBO

http://www.klayorganic.com/product/argiltubo-green-clay-mask/

You may use it for the face and any part of the body.

If you have a bath tub at home, you may dissolve the paste in your hot water bath and soak yourself in. This promotes detoxification of the skin, relaxation of the mind and body and decongestion of skin pores and exfoliation of the skin.


Green Clay, the most precious natural source on Earth

Sicily, a beautiful island in the most Southern part of Italy surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Sicily has the best coastal hikes which is a very good news to hikers out there. This volcanic island is surrounded by the most amazing view when you hike to the top.

 

 

So what makes Sicily the place?

Nature seems to have endowed all its wonders to this land: mountains, hills and the sea. Sicily offers unique and intense sceneries of the uncontaminated nature. Also, its great volcanoes are the symbols of the irresistible beauty and vitality of this incredibly charming region.

Being said that, the energy and forces of movements underneath the Earth over the years have contributed to the formation of very unique type of green clay. This type of green clay exists millions of years ago. And over the years of aggression gives us the green clay with much needed trace elements. This is the green clay we have in Argital.

 

Argital and Green Clay

Argital green clay is sourced at a quarry in Sicily, Italy. It is collected during the sunniest and driest season of summer in which the sun energy is absorbed the fullest. Green clay is known to have many benefits to the skin and health of human being since the ancient of time. Clay particularly the green one is full of nature’s greatest mineral salt and trace elements. This is green clay is the main active ingredient in Argital products.

 

Dr Giuseppe Ferraro, a biologist and an expert in macrobiotic and herbal medicine. He is also the founding partner of Sofai (Italian Anthroposophic Pharmacists Society). Dr Ferraro is the man behind Argital. He founded Argital in 1979 in Milan, Italy and then moved the whole manufacturing plant and office to Sicily in 2005.

 

“It is able to renew the epidermis, relieve pains in general, fight poisons, absorb free radicals and slow down the aging process of the body and tissues.” Dr Ferraro on green clay