Key Processes

We use only steam-distilled and/or cold-pressed Ayurvedic-quality oils. These are oils of the highest possible quality, where the oils retain all the properties of the original plant – none of the goodness is lost. We have carefully blended these oils to keep both hair and skin soft and healthy.

Steam-distilled
Many organic compounds tend to decompose at high temperatures. Because it uses lower temperatures to separate fresh or dried botanicals from the oil in them, steam distilling preserves the essence of the original plant.

Cold-pressed
Cold pressing is a method for extracting oils from seeds, nuts or vegetables without heat or chemicals – and without losing nutrients. It involves simply squeezing the material in a big press, which is less efficient and more time-consuming than other methods, but definitely healthier.

Award-winning Saltspring Island writer and photographer Carl Duncan explains more about Ayurvedic oils – and how they are made – in Oils and Attars: The Essences of India.