Therapeutic and Cosmetic Clays
Healing Clay
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Our recommended source for therapeutic and cosmetic clays is Mountain Rose, an Oregon-based company that has established a solid reputation for its high quality health products and for its environmentally sustainable and fair organizational and business practices. Apart from offering a wide range of organic herbs, spices, essential oils, teas, and botanicals, Mountain Rose sells several popular and well established varieties of clay for internal and external use.
All Mountain Rose clay products are manufactured and processed naturally using sun-drying methods and have not been altered or remanufactured in any way. They have also been pre-screened and analyzed to guarantee consistency and high mineral content. To learn more about the therapeutic properties and uses of clays, please refer to our post on Healing Clay.
Bentonite Clay:
The Sodium Bentonite clay offered by Mountain Rose originates from naturally occurring weathered and aged volcanic ash sediments sourced from Wyoming, U.S.A. This variety of clay, which is also known as Sodium Montmorillonite and Wyoming Bentonite, is quarry mined and untreated. It is NSF certified and manufactured to ANSI/NSF 60 standards.
Bentonite clay is edible and is widely known as a powerful healing clay that is used to treat a variety of internal and external conditions. It is traditionally used as an internal supplement to assist in correcting mineral deficiencies and in drawing out, binding, and eliminating toxins, impurities, heavy metals, and other contaminants. It can also be applied externally as a poultice, and its soft texture contributes to its popularity as a skin and face mask. As the above video shows, it is an effective natural remedy for eczema.
French Green Clay:
French Green Clay is also known as Sea Clay or Illite. The variety sold by Mountain Rose is mined from naturally occurring deposits found in bedrock quarries in France. It is completely natural, unscented, and fragrance-free, and its light green color indicates that it is a genuine French Green Clay. These clays should always be green or off green in color and never white or grey.
French Green Clay contains a range of valuable elements: up to nine varieties of montmorillonite and a variety of important mineral oxides and minerals, including magnesium, calcium, potassium, dolomite, silica, phosphorus, and selenium. The highly micronized state of this clay allows for much greater levels of absorption of impurities, dust, oil, and contaminants than many other clays making it a preferred choice for treating problem skin.
Fullers Earth:
Fullers Earth, also known as “Oil Absorption Clay”, “Earth Clay”, “Bleaching Clay”, and “Whitening Clay”, is a naturally occurring sedimentary clay that is widely used in cosmetic and skincare products. It is mainly composed of alumina, silica, iron oxides, lime, magnesium, and water in varying proportions. The variety offered by Mountain Rose is quarry mined from naturally occurring deposits in the U.S. and is untreated. It is listed with the FDA as a Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) product.
Fullers Earth is known for its ability to remove oil and impurities from the skin and is therefore highly useful in treating acne problems, blemishes, and oily skin. Because it has a lightening effect on the outer epidermal layer of the skin, it is also popularly used as a safe skin-lightening agent or facial bleach.
Rhassoul Clay:
A favored ingredient of spa treatments, Rhassoul clay, which is also known as “Red Clay”, “Red Moroccan Clay”, “Ghassoul Clay”, and “Oxide Clay”, is sourced from deep beneath the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The variety offered by Mountain Rose is quarry-mined and extracted from naturally occurring lake side deposits and is not treated.
Known for its ability to tone up the skin, this reddish brown cosmetic clay is rich in minerals and has a high content of silica, magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium, and sodium. It was traditionally used as a soap, shampoo, and skin conditioner and can also be used in facial and body masks. It is utilized by spas across the globe for its therapeutic effects on the skin, which include reducing dryness and flakiness; improving skin clarity, elasticity, and texture; and removing surface oil and dead skin layers.
White Cosmetic Clay:
White Cosmetic Clay or White Kaolin Clay is also a common ingredient in cosmetic and skincare products. The untreated variety offered by Mountain Rose is quarry mined from naturally occurring deposits and washed with water.
Kaolin Clay is a very fine, light clay which is versatile, mild, and easily applied. Its natural adsorbent properties make it a particularly effective ingredient in hygiene products such soaps, scrubs, poultices, deodorants, facial powders, and masks. It is beneficial for oily and blemished skin and also helps to heal blemishes and inflammation due to its mildly drying and disinfectant properties. Its high mineral content is also helpful in rejuvenating the skin while it also removes dead skin cells and improves circulation to the skin.
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