In addition to the above, our face has the highest concentration of sebaceous glands which are responsible for producing oil. The amount of oil produced is dependent on a few factors. Hormone change and the environment play a real part. As a result of this high concentration of glands, our facial skin tends to be more sensitive.
Body lotions are normally heavier than facial moisturising products because they usually contain thicker emollients to protect and hydrate. These ingredients are often too heavy for our face. Facial products contain specific active ingredients that cater to delicate skin. Due to their special nature, these ingredients attract a higher cost. Facial products are screened not only for sensitivity issues, but also to target specific areas like reducing pore appearance and minimising dark circles. If you have an inflammatory skin condition like eczema or psoriasis it is important to avoid using body lotions on your face. For people having these inflammatory skin conditions, the skin barrier is less robust and small cracks in the skin may allow microorganisms to enter. Thicker lotions can irritate and exacerbate these conditions.
Natures Therapeutics Limited™ Facial Crème is our product developed especially for facial skin. This product typically focuses more on our pores, dark spots, oiliness, wrinkles and fine lines. Our inclusion of kawakawa enables this product to draw on kawakawa's anti-inflammatory properties making it suitable for more skin types, including sensitive. Our body product, Skin Lotion, has two types. The first includes kawakawa and the second has kawakawa and mānuka which is better suited to sensitive skin, especially for people who experience eczema flare-ups.
So there you go. Our facial and body skins are very different and for those who are looking for a good quality moisturising product that has been developed to cater to the differing requirements, our Facial Crème and Skin Lotions may be just what you are looking for.
Natures Therapeutics Limited™ are committed to including good quality skin care products within our product range. We really do turn to nature to do this well. All our skin care products contain natural botanicals that have been used for more than a millennium by Māori. Most of these special plants can only be found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Understanding and respecting the history of plants that have traditionally been used by Māori for more than a millennium is very important to the founder of Natures Therapeutics Limited™.
While the company was still in its planning phase, elders were approached and their responses to certain questions were heard and applied. We thought it, a good idea, to share a video of one of the kaumātua from Te Parawhau (Whangārei rohe/area) with you.
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Our skin is the largest organ in our body. It is also the organ that comes into direct contact with the rest of the world. Our skin holds our body fluids in, preventing us, under normal conditions becoming dehydrated. In addition to keeping the good things in, it also keeps the bad things out. Without skin we would be very prone to infection. Many people are unaware that our skin is full of nerve endings that help us feel things like heat, cold, and pain. If we couldn’t feel these things, we could be badly hurt and not even know it.
It makes good sense to keep our skin as healthy as we can – after all, it plays such a big part in protecting our body. Healthy skin will help us keep from getting sick or having damage to bones, muscles, and internal organs.
Skin also helps to keep our body temperature even. If we get too hot, blood vessels near the surface of our skin (called capillaries), enlarge to let the warm blood cool down. Our skin also makes vitamin D when the sun shines on it. Vitamin D is important for the health of our bones and other parts of the body.
In coming weeks, we will look at how our skin can be injured and what we can do to prevent injury or what we need to do if injury occurs.
Natures Therapeutics Limited™ are committed to including good quality skin care products within our product range. We really do turn to nature to do this well. All our skin care products contain natural botanicals that have been used for more than a millennium by Māori. Most of these special plants can only be found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Māori have called Aotearoa New Zealand home for more than a millennium. It is believed...
]]>Gordon Little-Tito, the founder of Natures Therapeutics Limited™ is one of the many thousands living today, who can trace their ancestry back to the first Māori arrivals. Gordon has tribal ties to 2 iwi (tribe), Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi. His hapū (sub-tribe) is Te Parawhau and his marae is located at, and named, Tangiterōria.
Born in 1962, Gordon recalls vividly, his mother and nannies making regular trips into the bush around Kamo, Whangārei to gather leaves, bark, and crystal-clear river water. Returning home, they would then carefully extract medicinal properties into a liquid that was refrigerated. His mother would drink at least 1 small cup of the liquid each day for general all-round good health.
For almost 60 years, Gordon has been within ear-range of conversations where the ancient and passed down traditional healing system of Māori has been discussed. The traditional name Rongoā Māori in English translates to “Enhancement of Well-Being”. In contrary to the belief of many, Rongoā Māori is a holistic approach that encompasses herbal remedies, physical therapies, and spiritual healing.
Rongoā Māori, he taonga tuku iho (an inherited gift). This understanding is deeply embedded into Gordon from his upbringing. It is no surprise that the development of a company to share end products emerging from this gift is, and continues to be, staunchly protected. There has been a huge cultural element over-arching the planning and start up of Natures Therapeutics Limited™ with the final aspect taking place on July 11, 2020. Te Parawhau kaumātua, (elder) Pereri Tito led the blessing of the facility located in Whangārei, Aotearoa New Zealand.
This first entry into our blog sets the path to share the magnificence of these traditional medicinal plants that have been embraced by Māori for centuries.
Natures Therapeutics Limited™ are committed to including good quality skin care products within our product range. We really do turn to nature to do this well. All our skin care products contain natural botanicals that have been used for more than a millennium by Māori. Most of these special plants can only be found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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