Garden of Wisdom's Creamy Cleanser is specially formulated to provide a gentle yet effective cleaning experience without drying out your skin. Rich in Vitamin A, this cleanser helps to enhance skin's natural renewal process and improve texture. We've enriched the formula with East Shea butter, renowned for its soothing properties and ability to replenish the skin with essential fatty acids (EFAs). These EFAs are crucial for restoring and maintaining the skin's protective barrier, making this cleanser ideal for all skin types, including those with sensitive skin. This cleanser ensures your skin feels refreshed, hydrated, and cared for with every wash.

Please be aware that our unscented cleanser is designed to ferment naturally over time. While fermentation is beneficial, enhancing the cleanser's properties, it can also produce a distinctive "blue cheese" smell. This odor does not indicate that the product is spoiling; rather, it signifies that the cleanser is becoming richer and more potent. This unique characteristic is part of the product's natural maturation process, ensuring it delivers maximum benefits for your skin.

Shelf Life and Storage Information for Our Products and Ingredients

Finished Products - generally don't need to be refrigerated as they are preserved, but you can refrigerate them to extend their shelf life. The shelf life for most products is 9-12 months. Vitamin C Serum(s) and VitaResurface products should continually be refrigerated to extend their shelf life.
Sample Sizes - do have a shorter shelf life (generally 3-6 months), and items in jars can dry up quicker than this if the lid is not tightened well enough (Vitamin C Serums - use within 90 days).

Please Keep Your Products Out of Humidity, Heat, Direct Light and in a Dark Cabinet When Possible 

Exfoliating Acid - products have a shelf life of 9-12 months. The only things we don't suggest refrigerating are the Mandelic Acid Serums or Salicylic Acid Serums, as they can crystallize in the refrigerator. If this happens, you can set the product into a hot water bath to see if the crystals will dissolve.

Additional Items That Require Refrigeration and/or Kept in the Dark

Hydrosols and Distillates - remove 1 ounce of hydrosol and add it to a separate, sterilized spray bottle and spritzer. Keep the larger bottle in the refrigerator.
Carrier and Exotic Oils - generally refrigerate all carrier oils, although some very rich oils will solidify. This is fine. All you have to do is take the oil out, warm it up at room temperature, and it should liquefy. If not, set the bottle in a hot water bath and occasionally shake the bottle, which will hopefully turn into a liquid. Some oils, like coconut cream and jojoba oil, have a super long shelf life.    

Refrigeration of The Following Ingredients is Not Necessary, But it Won't hurt

Essential Oils - essential oils are best stored in a cool, dark place.   
Co2 Extracts - these should continually be refrigerated.
Butters - we suggest refrigerating our "skincare" butters. You can remove
what you need and keep the rest in the fridge.
Clays - keep in a dry, dark place. Shelf life is at least 2 years.
Herbs All herbs <i>(whole or ground)</i> should be kept in a dark, cool, and dry location.
Herbal (liquid) Extracts are created using grain alcohol. The alcohol pulls the constituents (properties) from each herb, root, trunk, leaf, and flower. They have a shelf life of 3-5 years.
They can be stored in the refrigerator or a dark, dry place.
Other Raw Ingredients - such as Sodium PCA, Honeyquat, Oat Beta Glucan, etc., will all have different shelf lives.

Shipping Transit Note:
Some customers have asked whether products can be affected by time in transit, especially during warmer months. Our products are formulated and preserved to remain stable during normal shipping times and should not spoil simply from being in transit.

That said, if you are concerned about heat exposure, you are welcome to add an ice pack to your order for extra peace of mind. Click here to add an ice pack.

                              Ingredients for REGULAR Creamy Cleanser (CL-23, CL-24, CL-25):

Spring Water hydrates
Glyceryl Cocoate emulsifier
Behenyl Alcohol ingredient binder, thickener, stabilizer
Sunflower Seed Oil rich in vitamins A, D, and E, conditioning
Avocado Oil (unrefined) high in vitamin E, lecithin, and phytosterols, conditioning and
very healing, antibacterial, anti wrinkle
Shea Butter soothes irritated skin, healing, conditions and nourishes
Alkyl Benzoate emollient
Cetyl Alcohol functions as an agent that helps homogenize components
that naturally separate (emulsifier), as a soothing lubricant (emollient), as a thickener,
as an opacifier, and as a carrier for other ingredients in a formula.
Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new
tissue growth
Cellulose Gum thickener
Cosmocil CQ (polyaminopropyl biguanide) gentle preservative

Ingredients for Antibacterial Cleanser
(CL-124, CL-125, CL-126): *Neem Leaf Extract
is antibacterial, anti-fungal, antibacterial, moisturizing, anti-itch properties, and addresses blemishes.
*Honeysuckle Extract is antibacterial, anti-septic, astringent, fights acne and blemishes, and tones the skin.
Glyceryl Cocoate emulsifier
Karanja Oil is antiseptic, healing, cleansing, insecticidal, and anti-parasitic.
Behenyl Alcohol ingredient binder, thickener, stabilizer
Perilla is excellent for acne, antiseptic, nourishing, reduces inflammation and itchiness
Manuka Honey 16+ has been imported from New Zealand since 1994, and is truly tested and certified in NZ Labs. By purchasing your Manuka Honey (Regular and Active) from Manuka Honey USA, you know that you are in good hands with our firm, and that you can recommend us to your family and friends.
Shea Butter soothes irritated skin, healing, conditions and nourishes
Alkyl Benzoate emollient
Cetyl Alcohol functions as an agent that helps homogenize components that naturally separate (emulsifier), as a soothing lubricant (emollient), as a thickener, as an opacifier, and as a carrier for other ingredients in a formula.
Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new
tissue growth
Seabucktorn Seed Co2 Extract
is light, non-staining and readily absorbed into the skin. Seabuckthorn Seed Co2 Extract can be used under make-up as it is non-greasy. Seabuckthorn is an antioxidant, fighter and neutralizer of free radicals and peroxides while also acting as a skin immune builder.
Cellulose Gum thickener
*Tea Tree Oil
*Thyme Essential Oil
Leucidal SF (Lactobacillus Ferment) preservative
                              Ingredients for the Creamy Cleanser with Matcha Green Tea (CL-111, CL-112, CL-300):

Spring Water hydrates
Glyceryl Cocoate emulsifier
Behenyl Alcohol ingredient binder, thickener, stabilizer
Sunflower Seed Oil rich in vitamins A, D, and E, conditioning
Avocado Oil (unrefined) high in vitamin E, lecithin, and phytosterols, conditioning and
very healing, antibacterial, anti wrinkle
Shea Butter soothes irritated skin, healing, conditions and nourishes
Alkyl Benzoate emollient
Matcha Green Tea
Cetyl Alcohol functions as an agent that helps homogenize components
that naturally separate (emulsifier), as a soothing lubricant (emollient), as a thickener,
as an opacifier, and as a carrier for other ingredients in a formula.
Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new
tissue growth
Cellulose Gum thickener
Leucidal SF (Lactobacillus Ferment) preservative

                               Ingredients for LEMONY MINT Creamy Cleanser (CL-31, CL-32, CL-33):

Spring Water hydrates
Glyceryl Cocoate emulsifier
Behenyl Alcohol ingredient binder, thickener, stabilizer
Sunflower Seed Oil rich in vitamins A, D, and E, conditioning
Avocado Oil (unrefined) high in vitamin E, lecithin, and phytosterols, conditioning and
very healing, antibacterial, anti wrinkle
Shea Butter soothes irritated skin, healing, conditions and nourishes
Alkyl Benzoate emollient
Cetyl Alcohol functions as an agent that helps homogenize components
that naturally separate (emulsifier), as a soothing lubricant (emollient), as a thickener,
as an opacifier, and as a carrier for other ingredients in a formula.
Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new
tissue growth
Cellulose Gum thickener
Leucidal SF (Lactobacillus Ferment) preservative
*Lemon Essential Oil
*Peppermint Essential Oil