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Green Tea & Calendula: Nourishing Herbs for Healthy Hair
Everyone knows that filling our bellies with nutrient-dense foods is beneficial for our health, but many aren’t aware that same goes for what we put onto our bodies. This is why at John Masters Organics we purposefully formula products with naturally nourishing ingredients that keep our skin, hair and bodies looking, and feeling, their best. Two essential herbs for lusciously healthy hair are green tea and calendula –– the all-star ingredients in our brand new Green Tea & Calendula Leave-In Conditioning Mist. This lightweight and effective mist instantly boosts hair’s hydration, manageability, and shine to keep strands strong from root to tip. Green tea is an ancient herb and has been treasured for centuries for its array of health-promoting properties. Its incredible content of antioxidants combat the negative effects of free radicals (pollution) and can calm inflammation both inside and out. When it comes to hair, free radicals can cause strands to become dull, dry, and brittle, which can lead to thinning and loss of hair density. The natural antioxidants and calming properties in our Organic Green Tea Extract can help prevent free radical damage, sooth an irritated scalp, and gently stimulate hair follicles. Calendula, more commonly known as the marigold flower, is prized for its incredible abilities to sooth, restore, and protect irritated, inflamed skin. The Organic Calendula Extract used in our hair mist promotes a dandruff- and itch-free scalp, while shielding strands in a protective barrier to lock in hydration and prevent moisture loss throughout the day. Whether your hair texture is pin-straight, frizzy, curly, or coiled, our vitamin-rich Green Tea & Calendula Leave-In Mist is a must-have for keeping your gorgeous locks strong, hydrated, and lustrous all day, every day.
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How Pumpkin Spice Became the Flavor of Fall
Every year the scent of pumpkin spice becomes almost tangible as soon as the clock strikes midnight on September 1st. With Starbucks’ legendary Pumpkin Spice Latte turning 15 this year and the recent launch of our limited edition Pumpkin Spice Lip Calm, it made us wonder what makes the sweet and spicy flavor adored by so many. The magical mixture of pumpkin spice is actually a combination of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger and pumpkin. Its warm, spicy flavor seems to get slipped into nearly every product on the market as soon as fall rolls around: coffees and teas, candles, pancakes, desserts, cereals, and yes, even dog treats! So what makes pumpkin spice so popular this time of year? While there’s no concrete answer, many believe it’s because it’s only available for a limited time. Pumpkin Spice fans wait six or more months to indulge in this comforting flavor and the anticipation certainly increases the hype. Others guess that the sweet and warm spices remind us of happy times around the dinner table with friends and family, cutting into a slice of pumpkin pie after enjoying a spectacular, homemade meal together. Nostalgia is a powerful link to our emotions, so if you love the crisp weather of fall, strolling through pumpkin patches, and the jolly build-up to the holidays, then it’s no wonder pumpkin spice takes you to a happy place. So go ahead –– coat your lips in our nourishing Pumpkin Spice Lip Calm, sip your pumpkin spice latte and stock-up on all things pumpkin spice. It’s worth the wait!
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Ingredient Spotlight: The Pomegranate
Native from Iran to the Himalayas before becoming cultivated throughout the whole Mediterranean, the neat, rounded shrub we know as the pomegranate is a powerhouse ingredient for maintaining youthful, healthy and glowing skin. While the juicy-sweet, ruby-like seeds inside the thick, protective outer layer make a tasty and healthy snack, they also pack a serious punch of anti-aging ingredients when applied topically to the skin. The pomegranate seed’s vitamin C-rich content targets dull, dead skin cells and gently sloughs them away to provide skin with a natural glow and radiance. Vitamin C is also known for its ability to gradually lighten the look of hyperpigmentation as a result of sun exposure, melasma and acne scarring for a more even-looking, youthful skin tone. Packed with an incredible dose of antioxidants like proanthocyanidins and flavonoids, the oil sourced from pomegranate seeds can help delay signs of aging, such as fine lines, wrinkles and dark spots. Antioxidants work by neutralizing the damaging effects of free radicals, pollutants and environmental stressors. These potent antioxidants also help combat acne by soothing inflammation and calming angry red spots. We formulated our USDA-certified organic Nourish Facial Oil with Pomegranate to be intensely hydrating and boost the skin’s defenses against environmental stressors. An expert blend of pomegranate seed oil, evening primrose oil, sunflower and olive oils work harmoniously to drench skin in plumping moisture, essential fatty acids, vitamins and nutrients to leave even the driest complexions looking rejuvenated, refreshed, and renewed.
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Take a Look Inside our New Citrus & Neroli Formula
We just made a good thing even better. Introducing a new and improved, silicone-free formula of our Conditioner for Normal Hair with Citrus & Neroli, a brilliantly refreshing way to bring balance to the hair and scalp. Bright and effervescent organic grapefruit oil is known to gently exfoliate and refresh the scalp while adding radiant shine and vitality to dull strands. With its high dose of antioxidants, grapefruit oil helps to keep hair strong by guarding against free radical damage. Produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree, neroli flower oil maintains shine by helping to smooth the hair shaft to repair and prevent split ends that cause frizz and breakage. Its calming, relaxing scent brings a spa-like experience to every shower. Alongside our star ingredients coconut oil and wheat amino acids work to provide long-term hydration to moisture-binding properties from root to tip. With the ability to hold four times its weight in moisture, wheat amino acids drastically improve hair’s gloss and shine. After each use hair is left nourished, silky and manageable without feeling weighed down so you can love your hair whether it’s air-dried and natural or done-up and styled.
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Summer Styling Series: Half-Up Topknot
We’re in full summer mode over here. From picnics to beaches to road trips with friends, we’re packing our days (and nights) full of the good stuff. A great new look from our Summer Styling Series is seeing us through it all, beautifully. It’s called the half-up topknot, and it’s our favorite new style with a relaxed, boho vibe that stuns no matter the setting. Cocktail hour? Check. Festival? Check. We’re not quite sure how it does it, but we’re loving its endless versatility. Like the sleek ponytail from our last post, this how-to video will show you how to effortlessly achieve the half-up topknot with just one product. In this case, our Hair Paste. Or, as we like to call it, our all-in-one mega multitasker. With organic honey and beeswax, it gives this style textured edge and a soft matte finish. Apply a little with your fingertips, adding more if needed, until your hair is tousled just right. We like it pretty and piecey, but for a smoother, polished version, you can also use our NEW Sculpting Clay. Watch now, and learn how to quickly master it in under 5 minutes. And, if you haven’t checked out our first how-to video on the sleek ponytail, please do. It’s a classic hairstyle you’ll want to wear time and time again.
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Summer Styling Series: Beach Waves
This beach-wave beauty may just be our favorite. It involves gorgeous texture, lots of body, and works with the kinks and curls that naturally happen when it turns warm and humid. On shoulder-grazing hair, it gives that undone, tousled look. On long strands, curvy, laid-back lengths that look right at home blowing in the summer breeze. Take it from the pool to the after party. All you need is our Sea Mist Sea Salt Spray. It’s the mastermind behind it all and contains just four ingredients, including lavender oil to keep hair soft and hydrated. Use it to prep and set waves, increase volume, and add hold to any hairstyle. It’s as hardworking as you are. Watch and learn how to create this simple beachy look, then try it for yourself. TIP: To keep this style super low maintenance, skip the blow-dryer and let braids air dry.
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Summer Styling Series: Sleek Ponytail
Prepare your hair for something pretty amazing. Inspired by easy-breezy summer days and fun-loving summer nights, we’re introducing a how-to video series focused on three effortless hair styles fit for every event on your calendar. Less is more, especially in hot weather, and these simply gorgeous looks enlist just one product each to tame tresses without weighing them down. First up, our take on the sleek ponytail. We consider it the little black dress for hair. Clean. Classic. A chameleon that goes from lunch with the girlfriends to a black-tie event with ease. It’s also our go-to for humid conditions thanks to our NEW Sculpting Clay. A blend of three natural clays, beeswax, and essential oils gently smooth back baby strands, frizz, and flyaways. Its medium hold also leaves hair soft—never stiff—while the semi-matte finish looks fresh and unfussy. No shine or gloss here. Just perfectly natural control to keep your pony sleek and on point. Oh, and did we mention it takes under 5 minutes to create? In life, every moment counts, and we promise, this is time well spent. Watch the quick video below to learn how. Then, make it your own: wear it with a modern middle part, a sophisticated side part, or add a headband. Enjoy!
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The Secret Behind our Organic Rose Water
When it comes to beauty, it’s what’s on the inside that counts –– and inside the five-ounce tube of our indulgently rich and conditioning Hair Mask with Rose & Apricot is the magic of 8,700 organic rose petals. In order to create the concentrated rose water used in our fan-favorite hair mask, we source only the finest rose petals in the world: those from the Rose Valley in Bulgaria. Spanning seven miles wide and almost 60 miles long, this single valley produces close to half of the world’s rose oil –– about 1.8 tons. From mid-May to early-June, after the heaviest rainfall season, the bright-pink roses begin to bloom and unleash their deliciously sweet scent into the valley. The valley’s special climate and soil gives each rose its coveted aroma, longevity and potency desired by the most famous perfumeries and beauty products around the world. Rose picking begins as early as 4 AM and continues until 10 AM as the rose petals plucked later in the day have as much as 50% less rose oil concentration. Even the baskets that carry the delicate, pink petals are special: willow branches are specifically chosen as they don’t soak the dew of the petals, keeping each one fresh and supple. The precision, tradition and care put into the cultivation and harvest of the Bulgarian roses is what makes our decadent Hair Mask with Rose & Apricot such a luxurious treat for dry hair, because at John Masters Organics, we know it really is what’s on the inside that counts.
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Our Best Dry Hair Duo - Reimagined
We love it when something comes back in style. It makes you wonder why it ever went away in the first place. We love it even more when it’s somehow better than before…like our NEW and IMPROVED ultra-moisturizing Shampoo and Conditioner for Dry Hair. Featuring refreshed formulas, free of silicones and packed with organic, natural, nourishing ingredients, they just launched and are ready to re-enter your hair routine. Here’s the scoop on our Shampoo for Dry Hair with Evening Primrose: It provides root-to-tip care, nourishing the hair follicles and scalp while delivering strengthening hydration with avocado and jojoba seed oils. Two naturally-derived surfactants create a rich, gentle lather and a shine-boosting cleanse to leave hair feeling light and healthy. The icing on top? A citrusy scent to awaken your A.M. ritual. Following in its footsteps is the Conditioner for Dry Hair with Lavender & Avocado. Guaranteed to breathe life into the driest of manes, it also contains avocado and jojoba seed oils to hydrate without weighing hair down. Plus, it’s boosted with calming lavender oil and volumizing rice protein to help each strand bind moisture. New. Thoughtfully improved. Absolutely for you. This pair will help keep hair hydrated and healthy looking during the summer’s scorching months (and treat normal dryness any time you call). Available now!