Important Notes About Using Herbs
About Using Wild Herbs
This section is for reference and inspiration to help you to find suitable ingredients as you explore making your own herbal skincare and hair-care.
It is NOT a training in identifying herbs and if you don’t know for certain what these herbs are then please buy them from reputable suppliers, instead of going out to try to find them yourself. There could be poisonous or harmful look-alike plants and they would make terrible skincare treatments!
If you are keen to learn about wild herbs growing where you live then I highly recommend going on foraging walks or classes with a reliable local teacher, or taking a course that teaches these skills [I have one here].
About INCI Names for Herbs & Seaweeds
If you don’t make cosmetics for sale, just ignore this! For people who do make cosmetics for sale, all ingredients must be listed on the label using the INCI name.
For each herb and seaweed I have listed the common name (in English) and Latin name. The INCI name is the same as the Latin name, but with every letter capatilized e.g. for marigold the Latin name is Calendula officinalis, so the INCI is CALENDULA OFFICINALIS.