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Summer Lovers – Summer Splice + Summer Delicate 24g
"The cream is amazing. Whether it’s coincidence or not, but I’ve been told I look younger multiple times since I started using the cream." ~ Anna
Introductory Launch Offer 15% off
(you save $12)
These two rich velvety tallow-based moisturisers are a love match – perfect if you want to try them both!
How they feel: lighter on skin, creamy and velvety, leaving skin feeling petal soft
How they smell: like a zesty, tropical ice cream on a sunny day and like a grassy hay field that's been warmed by the summer sun
What they're good for: mature skin that's also sensitive, after-sun care, skin prone to sun damage, smoothing fine lines, softening sun spots, brightening dull skin
From: Original price was: $74.$62Current price is: $62.
About these Products
These two luxuriously creamy, nutrient-dense blends of skin-nourishing healthy fats and botanical super fruit oils melt effortlessly into skin to deeply hydrate and rejuvenate the look of dry, dull and sun damaged skin.
They are both lightly whipped, waterless formulations, highly concentrated and naturally rich in the skin-nourishing lipids, essential fatty acids, vitamins, antioxidants and carotenoids needed for healthy looking skin at any age.
The Summer Splice contains essential oils of lemon scented myrtle, lime, orange peel and cedarwood atlas as blended for us by a third generation perfumer and we’ve added vanilla bean extract – so it has a sweet, citrus aroma.
The Summer Delicate does not contain any essential oils.
This is not to say it’s doesn’t have a distinct aroma – any natural product without masking agents has the natural aroma of the ingredients in the product. And the antioxidant-rich rosehip seed extract we’ve chosen has a kind of earthy, herbal tea, grassy-hay type aroma.
Benefits
- Feel lighter on skin – perfect for summer heat and humidity
- Soften, smooth and hydrate skin after sun exposure
- Lock in moisture by supporting and restoring skin’s barrier function
- Plump and rejuvenate the look of mature skin
- Soften the look of sun damaged skin and sun spots
- Brighten the look of dull skin
Why we made these Creams?
We wanted to bring the essence of summer into your skincare routine and give your skin and mood what you need, when you need it.
Summer is a time of new beginnings, adventure, excitement and the sense that the possibilities are endless…
With this in mind, we spent hours carefully selecting and sourcing high quality antioxidant-rich ingredients to feel lighter on the skin than other tallow-based moisturisers, while still deeply hydrating dull skin in the summer heat and humidity.
And like slices of lime dropped in a glass of ice water, this luxurious cream will be limited to the season of summer – here today, gone tomorrow.
The difference between our new Spring Dream Creams
The Summer Splice contains essential oils of lemon scented myrtle, lime, orange peel and cedarwood atlas as blended for us by a third generation perfumer and we’ve added vanilla bean extract – so it has a sweet, citrus aroma.
The Summer Delicate does not contain any essential oils.
This is not to say it’s doesn’t have a distinct aroma – any natural product without masking agents has the natural aroma of the ingredients in the product. And the antioxidant-rich rosehip seed extract we’ve chosen has a kind of earthy, herbal, grassy hay-type aroma.
Ingredients
Summer Splice:
Grass-fed Beef Tallow^, Jojoba Oil*, Kukui Nut Oil*, Rosehip Seed Extract*, Red Raspberry Seed Extract, Lemon Scented Myrtle Oil, Lime Oil, Orange Peel Oil, Cedarwood Atlas Oil, Vanilla Bean Extract, Rosemary Leaf Extract*, Sunflower Oil*
*Organic ^Free range, Pasture raised, No antibiotics, No added hormones. Rosemary Leaf Extract is standardised with Sunflower Oil.
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Summer Delicate:
Grass-fed Beef Tallow^, Jojoba Oil*, Kukui Nut Oil*, Rosehip Seed Extract*, Red Raspberry Seed Extract, Rosemary Leaf Extract*, Sunflower Oil*
*Organic ^Free range, Pasture raised, No antibiotics, No added hormones. Rosemary Leaf Extract is standardised with Sunflower Oil.
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Spring Flourish:
Grass-fed Beef Tallow^, Jojoba Oil*, Camellia Seed Oil*, Rosehip Seed Extract*, Prickly Pear Seed Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil, Lavender Oil, Rosemary Leaf Extract*, Sunflower Oil*
*Organic ^Free range, Pasture raised, No antibiotics, No added hormones. Rosemary Leaf Extract is standardised with Sunflower Oil.
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Directions for Use
The Ecology Moisturisers are beautifully rich, so you'll find a little goes a long way!
- The trick is to use only a small amount and warm it between your fingers or palms
- Moisturising damp skin is best to lock in moisture on the surface of skin
- Pat lightly onto the whole area of damp skin that you want to moisturise, then gently massage in
- The moisturising creams will melt nicely when you rub them between your fingers or palms (so don't skip this step!)
- Your cream will absorb easily into your skin and skin should not feel greasy after moisturising If it does - you are using too much. Try using less and patting your skin before massaging into skin
- Can be used on your face, body, hands, feet - anywhere that needs moisturising
Made with nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich ingredients
Tallow from Grass-fed Cows
Grass-fed tallow deeply moisturises and softens skin. It's ultra rich in the same kinds of healthy fats and lipids found naturally in healthy looking skin, contains Vitamins A, D, E, & K and is balanced in essential fatty acids.Â
Our tallow comes from 100% grass-fed, free range - never confined to feedlot - pasture raised cows. No antibiotics ever and no added hormones or growth promotants
Organic Rosehip Seed Extract
We chose Rosehip Seed Extract for this cream because it's deeply moisturising and hydrating for dry, mature and sun damaged skin. It contains skin-nourishing Vitamins A & E and essential fatty acids, plus carotenoids to help protect skin from environmental stressors. And it's been shown to support skin elasticity, brighten look of dull skin, improve natural skin colour and even skin tone.Â
Red Raspberry Seed Extract
We chose Red Raspberry Seed Extract for this cream because it's a light weight, non-sticky oil that's soothing, calming and moisturising for dry, mature, problem and breakout prone skin. It contains skin-nourishing essential fatty acids plus Vitamins E & pro-vitamin A, antioxidants, polyphenols and phytosterols to protect and repair skin's barrier function and the look of sun damaged skin. And it's been shown to soften the look of fine lines, wrinkles, scars and redness.
Organic Kukui Nut Oil
We chose Kukui Nut Oil for this cream because it's a light weight, non-greasy oil that's been used for centuries by the Hawaiians. It contains skin-nourishing essential fatty acids to support skin barrier function and soothe sun exposed skin. And it's been shown to be deeply moisturising and soothing for dry, sensitive, easily irritated skin and sun burnt skin.
FAQ
Why are these creams limited edition?
We formulated these Dream Creams with the current season in mind - from the richness of the cream, to the high quality oils and extracts we selected, to the aroma blend that was expertly crafted by a third generation perfumer.
So like a fresh sprig of lavender these creams will be here for the season of spring then gone.
If you like them and can't live without them, let us know and we'll take this into consideration for future decisions and formulations.
Why are these creams so yellow?
The organic rosehip seed extract we've sourced is extracted using supercritical volcanically sourced CO2. This is a step up from cold pressing as it ensures a more stable end product and more bioactive components are present - including carotenoids - as seen by it's vibrant colour.
The high level of carotenoids in this organic rosehip seed extract gives the Hydrating Dream Cream it's sunny yellow colour.
Do these creams contain essential oils?
The Hydrating Dream Cream Spring Flourish (the red one) contains a blend of essential oils that was created especially for us by a third generation perfumer at a dosage that meets the IFRA standards for safety.
And the Hydrating Dream Cream Spring Delicate (the white one) does not contain essential oils
What's the difference between the Spring Flourish and Spring Delicate Creams?
Both Spring limited edition blends contain our hero ingredients - grass-fed tallow, jojoba oil and organic camellia oil along with a high quality and potent organic rosehip seed extract and prickly pear seed oil.
The Spring Flourish also contains essential oils of ylang ylang and lavender as blended for us by a third generation perfumer.
The Spring Delicate does not contain any essential oils.
It does still have an aroma - any natural product without masking agents has the natural aroma of the ingredients in the product. And the nutrient dense rosehip seed extract we've chosen has a kind of earthy, cooling herbal tea aroma.
How do these creams compare to the other Ecology Creams for richness?
We formulated these creams with spring in mind - so they sit in the middle of our range for richness. They're not one of our richest creams or one of our lightest creams.
They will be lighter in texture and feel than our blue Replenishing Cream and orange Rejuvenating Cream.
They will feel the most similar to our green Revitalising Cream and yellow Soothing Baby Cream.
And they will be slightly richer in texture and feel than our Daily Moisturisers.
Who are these creams good for?
Anyone with dry, mature skin that's prone to dullness, sun damage or sun spots
Can these creams be used on the body as well?
Yes! ...these creams can be used on the face, hands, arms, legs - anywhere that needs moisturising and some TLC
Why do these creams have sunflower oil in them?
The main reasons people avoid sunflower oil and other seed oils are concerns around the high heat industrial processing that strips nutrients and antioxidants from the oils and leaves them more prone to oxidation, plus a higher ratio of omega 6's vs. omega 3's.
And we get it! ...we also avoid consuming seed oils in our diet and have done for the last 12+ years.
But worse than any seed oil is an oxidised oil. We all want to avoid putting products containing oxidised oils on our skin - which is why we add an antioxidant to our formulations.
From day 1 we've used a rosemary leaf extract in our creams to keep the fats and oils fresh
(well formulated products containing plant oils and essential oils should have an antioxidant like rosemary leaf extract or Vitamin E to help prevent oxidation - if you take a look at any well formulated balm or lip balm you'll see these ingredients)
The rosemary leaf extract we use is standardised with cold pressed organic sunflower oil to improve it's antioxidant activity and reduce volatile compounds (making it safer for sensitive skin)
Sunflower is naturally high in Vitamin E and cold pressed sunflower oil contains relatively high amounts of Vitamin E which helps to prevent oxidation of the more fragile elements in cold-pressed sunflower oil.
(and of course one of the major concerns with industrialised seed oils is around oxidation of the omega 6's - a very real concern when this Vitamin E is stripped out - but not as much of a concern with cold pressed seed oils that retain their natural antioxidants)
This standardisation with sunflower oil is something that we've come to understand in the last year or 2, which is why we've updated our labels to reflect the presence of sunflower oil.
Rosemary leaf extract is our lowest volume ingredient, so the sunflower oil in our creams (apart from the Soothing Baby Cream) is at a very low concentration of 0.1% of the total cream.
While this amount is tiny, now that we know it's there, we've updated our website ingredients and our labels.
I thought seed oils were bad for you, why are they in these creams?
The short answer is that context and processing matter in the question of "are all seed oils bad for you?"
The main reasons people avoid seed oils are concerns around the high heat industrial processing that strips nutrients and antioxidants from the oils and leaves them more prone to oxidation, plus a higher ratio of omega 6's vs. omega 3's.
And we get it! ...we also avoid consuming seed oils in our diet and have done for the last 12+ years.
But the seed oils used in cosmetics are different to the industrialised seed oils that are mass produced for the food industry - so you can’t tar them with the same brush.
The seed oils used in cosmetics and in our creams are typically organic and cold pressed, so they’re not subjected to the same high heat, solvent extraction as mass produced seed oils for the food industry.
One critical outcome of this difference in processing is that cold-pressed and CO2 extracted seed oils retain all of their vitamins and antioxidants that normally get stripped out with industrialised processing.
Sunflower is naturally high in Vitamin E and cold pressed sunflower oil contains relatively high amounts of Vitamin E which helps to prevent oxidation of the more fragile elements in cold-pressed sunflower oil.
(and of course one of the major concerns with industrialised seed oils is around oxidation of the omega 6's - a very real concern when this Vitamin E is stripped out - but not as much of a concern with cold pressed seed oils that retain their natural antioxidants)
And the Rosehip Seed Extract we've chosen for these Dream Creams is extracted using supercritical volcanically sourced CO2. This is a step up from cold pressing as it ensures a more stable end product and more bioactive components are present - including carotenoids and other antioxidants.
This context and processing matters.
I would definitely avoid putting highly processed, industrialised seed oils on my skin, but cold pressed seed oils are beneficial for skin when balanced with healthy fats, lipids and other fatty acids.
Here's why - Omega 6's are actually critical for our skin health (especially linoleic acid and gamma linoleic acid)
Without linoleic acid our skin would become thick, scaly, rash and our skin barrier function would be seriously compromised. Omega 6's make up an essential part of ceramides - one of the 3 main components of a healthy skin barrier alongside fatty acids and cholesterol.
And it's always important to remember the balance - omega 6's are only bad when they are extremely overbalancing omega 3's.
Omega 3's, 6's and 9's should not be avoided on the skin as they are all critical for healthy skin, especially in conjunction with the other fatty acids and cholesterol found in grass-fed tallow.
On the sunflower oil we use in our Soothing Baby Cream - we use a high oleic acid type of organic cold pressed sunflower oil in our Soothing Baby Cream (this is more commonly used in cosmetics as it's more stable) and the fatty acid profile reads like this: oleic acid 84%, stearic acid 2%, palmitic acid 4% and linoleic acid 7%
...so the amount of omega 6's in this sunflower oil is much lower than that found in mass produced seed oils for the food industry.
In addition to all of this - when we apply products containing omega 6's on our skin, they're not going through first pass metabolism in the liver and being turned into the more inflammatory arachidonic acid.
And lastly - all well formulated products containing plant oils, butters and essential oils should contain an antioxidant to protect the oils from oxidation and our creams are no different. We formulate all of our creams with a rosemary leaf extract that acts as an antioxidant.
Pheeww... hope that answers your question!
