Garden of Wisdom's Ceramide Calming Recovery Cream is a truly decadent cream. It addresses dry, irritated, dehydrated, cracked, inflamed, rough, and scaly skin. Softens and rejuvenates skin, this cream needs no additional actives and leaves skin with a soft, natural, healthy glow.

Read about the star ingredient in this serum, Ceramides on our Blog!

Method of Application
Apply a pea sized to a dime sized amount, depending on what your skin needs, after the water soluble phase of your routine. This should be the final phase of layering in your skin care routine, as it will help to hold moisture and nutrients in the 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.

Please Note - This cream does have a strong scent from the Mustard Seed Oil. If you prefer the scented version (green tea) we can do this for a custom fee. Just drop us an email!

Young Coconut Water healing, hydrating

Sugarmulse vegetable derived premier stable emulsifier (lighter version) or

Polawax NF vegetable derived emulsifying wax

Honey healing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral

Sunflower Seed oil high in fatty acids, as well as vitamins A, D, and E, conditions skin

Lactic Acid as a moisturizer

Avocado Oil (unrefined/cold pressed) high in vitamin E, lecithin, and phytosterols,  conditioning and very healing, anti-bacterial, anti-wrinkle

Argan Oil very nutritious, high amounts of Vitamin E, very rich and protective

Calendula Infused Oil wound healing, rejuvenates skin

Mustard Seed Oil improves circulation and complexion, high in omega-3 fatty acids

MSM contains naturally occurring sulfur

Stearic Acid emulsifier, thickening agent

Galactoarabinan (polysaccharide) humectant, helps to stop transepidermal water loss, binds moisture to skin

Glycerin humectant, vegetable derived, literally, draws moisture out of the air to skin when applied topically

Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new tissue growth

Milk Protein hydrating, gives skin a glossy, smooth look, protective

Sodium Hyaluronate (bio-engineered source) hydrating

Ceramide Complex with aging, skin loses its youthful moisture, suppleness, and smoothness, thanks to the loss of essential ceramide molecules. Skin ceramides make up 50% of the lipids in the extracellular "cement" that binds together protective cells in the outermost skin layer, the stratum corneum. The loss of skin ceramides renders aging skin permeable to moisture, leaving skin dry, rough, and itchy; ceramide loss is also a major contributor to wrinkles.

Optiphen (Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol) broad spectrum, paraben free preservative