Like eating a bag of liquorice without the guilt. It’s used as an odour eliminator and has calming and aphrodisiac properties. Yes please.

As in mind your own. Only this kind is a natural wax used in skin care products as a moisturiser, and provides texture.

Not your usual alcohol of choice, but useful nonetheless. A mixture of plant based fatty alcohols used as an emulsion stabiliser and foam-boosting surfactant. Doesn’t sound friendly, but believe us, it is.

From citrus fruit, surprise surprise. It’s a PH balancer, and is used for flavouring, preserving, disinfecting or stain removal.

A herbaceous oil with a subtle soft scent. Known as a relaxant with anti-bacterial properties and known to stimulate libido. Essential indeed!

We’re loco for this coco. From coconut oil, this natural surfactant is used in soaps and shampoos.

Dream of lying under a coconut tree, with this ester from coconut fatty alcohol, which is a natural emollient that smooths and softens the skin.

Of vegetable origin, this non-ionic surfactant and foaming agent helps prevent moisture loss when cleansing the skin- there won’t be a dry thigh in the house.

Smells good enough to eat, but please don’t. This natural stable fat contains antioxidants and melts on contact with skin. It’s also used to increase the shelf life of our products.

Like a tropical holiday in a bottle. Contains essential fatty acids that nourish the skin.

A skin friendly nutrient from the vitamin B family, with moisturising and regenerating properties. Any friend of skin is a friend of ours.

A sweet, aromatic oil, known to relieve stress and tension faster than a massage and a martini.

Mother Nature’s moisturiser. A vegetable extract that’s clear and tasteless that leaves your skin healthier than it found it.

Get high…levels of essential fatty acids and antioxidants. This will nourish and moisturise your skin and encourage hair growth.

Not only delicious in your afternoon cuppa, it’s also a great moisturiser that nourishes the hair and skin.

Drape your skin in the finest silk. From the cocoon of the silk worm, this has excellent moisture binding properties and adds lustre and body to hair.

A fantastic moisturiser for hair that provides all the body, control and shine you could knead. Get it?

A natural moisturiser to smooth and hydrate the skin, because it never pays to be too thirsty.

This oil cleans and freshens and reminds you of refreshing drinks with lemon wedges in them.

Smells like a tropical cocktail and is known for its skin moisturising and protective properties, with a slightly sweet aroma.

Complex, just like you. An intoxicating, slightly sweet and musky-earthy aroma, helpful for skin conditions.

Always the last one at the party, this clever compound delays evaporation. It also has healing and mild antiseptic properties.

You know you love it in a tipple, now love it in your skincare. It has cleansing properties and a refreshing, light, uplifting fragrance.

The most sciency-sounding ingredient we have. It’s actually a salt chemical preservative that’s odourless and tasteless. It’s not rocket science, it’s plant science.

A scent that’s more romantic than a moonlit stroll, with antiseptic and skin care properties.

Butter yourself up, with this natural skin care product that’s soft and pliant with a pleasant aroma. Used often in soap making.

Aka baking soda, aka that stuff that makes your cakes rise. Also an amazing cleansing and exfoliating agent that neutralises odours.

Baking soda’s hard-working cousin, also known as washing soda. This is used as a water softener that removes grease and stains when laundry washing.

Hard to pronounce, easy to use. Made from coconut fatty acids, this mild surfactant and cleansing agent creates a dense creamy lather and imparts softness to the hair.

For when you need a pick-me-up and a clean-me-house, this oil is your go-to. With a sweet, refreshing and uplifting aroma and cleansing properties.

Soaks up excess water, like a tiny sponge that lives in your skincare products.

Bug off! This pungent oil is used as an antioxidant, antiseptic and insect repellent that improves the body’s immunity and is also good for the skin.

Not just for the kitchen. This is a great cleaner that dissolves soap scum, hard water and other stains.

Transport yourself to a field of wildflowers from the comfort of your own home, with this powerful blend of 100% pure therapeutic essential oils.

Looks like the name of a celebrity child, but is actually created from sugar and used as a thickener or stabiliser.