Skin hydration is referring to the increase and maintenance of the water content within the skin cells. 

Hydration aids in keeping the skin plump and elastic. It reduces dryness and flaking, as well as strengthens the skin barrier. Hydrated skin also can balance oil production so that excess oil isn't created to compensate for lack of hydration.

You can certainly keep a face mist out of your routine, however, because our skincare is waterless, we highly suggest using a face mist before applying your skincare to add the hydration that's not present in OWN whips, balms and serums as well as to help our skincare absorb better. 

A face mist is the hydrating aspect in a waterless tallow skincare routine. It adds water to the skin that the moisturizers (whip, balm, serums) can bring to the cells. Adding a face mist helps oil-only skincare absorb better and it also adds hydration. 

YES! Hydration adds the water content to the skin and a moisturizer locks it all in! Our moisturizing items (tallow whip, tallow balm and serums) help to pull the water into the skin cells and seal it all in, but they don't contain any water on their own, so adding a water step is essential. 

Dry skin needs more hydration compared to normal or oily skin, but all skin needs some level of hydration.

Yes, oily skin can overcompensate with excess oil production (sebum) if the skin is lacking hydration. Our face mists also help with the absorption of our oil-based skincare. 

Our face mists are hydrosols, which are single-ingredient floral waters created by steam-distilling fresh plants, in our case, Cucumbers and Watermelon! Our hydrosols are 100% pure, created by steam-distilling for use as a hydrosol, not as a byproduct of essential oil distilling. 

Our hydrosols are pure, 100% plant waters with no added actives or preservatives for the purpose of hydrating all skin types, including sensitive skin. Toners often contain harsher actives, humectants and preservatives to target skin issues, further cleanse or exfoliate. 

Our pure hydrosols are handled within an extremely clean system and all of our packaging, bottles, caps, etc. are decontaminated with organic alcohol. Microbial testing is done on all batches of our hydrosols.