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.

Young Coconut Water healing, hydrating
Honey very healing, antibacterial,
anti-inflammatory, antiviral
Spring Water hydrating, moisturizing
Lingonberry Extract reduce redness and skin sensitivity, promote tissue regeneration and have anti-inflammatory properties. Clinical studies have proven that topically applied these essential fatty acids improve the health and appearance of the skin, speed up wound healing, and reduce transepidermal water loss
Sodium Hyaluronate (bio-engineered source) hydrating
Seacode™  has shown an “in vitro” wound healing effect, an increase in the formation of Collagen Type I
and Type IV and Elastin formation, helps to keep skin from drying out, shows important anti-wrinkle activity,
especially in the forehead and around the eyes
Sunflower Seed Oil high in fatty acids, as well as vitamins A, D, and E, conditions skin
Avocado Extract healing, conditioning, antibacterial, anti-wrinkle
Calendula Extract wound healing, rejuvenates skin
Leucidal SF (Lactobacillis Ferment) GMO Free preservative and no ethoxylation, irradiation,
sulphonation, hydrogenation, or ethylene oxide is used in processing
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.
Sunflower Seed Extract conditioning, anti-inflammatory, helps to neutralize free radicals
Milk Protein hydrating, gives skin a glossy, smooth look, protective
MSM contains naturally occurring sulfur, helps to keep skin soft and free of wrinkles, helps to prevent dry
and brittle skin, used to treat acne in adolescents, helps to prevent scar tissue formation after an injury or
burn, works to shrink and replace old scar tissue with healthy new skin, *immediately and completely eliminate itching caused by poison ivy or poison oak (just an interesting fact)
Hydrolyzed Elastin improves skin elasticity for a firmer, tighter feel and look, stimulates natural collagen production
Allantoin derived from the comfrey root, relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new
tissue growth
Glycerin humectant, vegetable derived, literally, draws moisture out of the air to skin when applied topically
Lactic Acid used as a moisturizer in small amounts in this serum