Blog / skincare
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Embody Grace - Yogi Goddess is Living Her Yes
Read more →There is only one skincare line which I can’t live without! Eight years ago in my girlfriend's San Francisco apartment I asked to use some of her pretty face oil in the cabinet, I applied it to my face and was instantly sold. My skin drank in this mystery yummy oil like I had never experienced. I was 29 and had been struggling with acne very late in life with no understanding of what was going on with my skin. I am a yogi with a clean diet and could not understand what was happening with my skin, I was...
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Organic Neroli Oil ~ “Orange Flower Blossoms”
Read more →I do hope you’re enjoying the series about “key ingredients” in l’huile de grace. The most precious citrus oil is Neroli, extracted from the blossom of the Citrus aurantium (also widely known as orange flower). It takes at least 1,000 pounds of orange flower blossoms to produce a mere one pound of Neroli Oil ~ making it one of the most expensive oils among other citrus trees. Images from Hubpages.com These freshly picked fragrant flower blossoms of the bitter orange tree can be characterized as small, white, waxy flower. Neroli oil is produced using a steam distillation process and is extensively...
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Organic Rose Otto, “Rose Oil”
Read more →The most generous and expensive essential oil in L’huile de grace. In honor of Roses during Valentine’s Day week, I would like to share with you the most prized ingredient in l’huile de grace ~ Rose Otto. Many users of l’huile de grace may not be aware of this essential oil and why I covet it as my “super-star." WHAT IS ORGANIC ROSE OTTO? Organic Rose Otto is an essential oil made from the petals of roses, highly fragrant and used for its medicinal properties in well-refined skin care products. The botanical name for the plant is Rosa Damascena, or the Damask Rose. It...
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Le Sanctuaire Welcomes You!
Read more →Le Sanctuaire is proud to welcome you to our new website! While we have a gracious new esthetic, our mission remains to provide a balanced restorative skin-care system that nourishes your radiance, inside and out. We’ve been hard at work bottling fresh batches of l’huile de grace - now up to 21 raw, pure and revitalizing ingredients - and are even more excited to announce our new Le Sanctuaire products – Masque de Grace and Perfection Peel. Masque de grace contains ingredients concentrated from our l’huile de grace restorative moisturizer combined with a base of dead sea mineral black mud and a high...
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L’huile de grace and Your "Seven" Chakras
Read more →L’huile de grace has 21 powerful ingredients and “nine” of them are essential oils. These carefully curated plants have been specifically chosen to deeply nourish your skin, but also compliment your “Seven” Chakras ~ the energy centers in our body. Written from me ~ to You. Please enjoy. 1st Chakra -- Root Chakra May all fears melt away. Represents our foundation and the feeling of rootedness. Location: Base of spine in tailbone area 2nd Chakra -- Sacral Chakra You are worthy to receive the greatness of love. Represents our connection and ability to accept others and new experiences....