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Anti-Aging Essentials: Firming, Brightening, Luxurious Rosehip Oil
RIch in antioxidants and vitamins, rosehip oil promotes a glowing, youthful, wrinkle-free complexion. -
Anti-Aging Essentials: Why Sandalwood Is the Secret to Youthful Skin
Packed with anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antiseptic properties, sandalwood essential oil is an especially potent tool against wrinkles, inflammation, and age spots. -
Anti-Aging Essentials: Why Geranium Oil Is a Soothing and Toning Salve
Geranium oil’s sweet aroma and powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties make it an indulgent and efficacious anti-aging salve for wrinkles, fine lines, and age spots. -
Anti-Aging Essentials: Frankincense Oil for a Wrinkle-Free Complexion
Frankincense essential oil is an anti-aging essential that improves skin tone, increases elasticity, and reduces age and sun spots. -
5 Mistakes You're Making With Your Face Oils
Forget what years of applying creams, lotions and moisturizers have taught you about skincare. When it comes to face oils, you're probably doing it wrong. Face oils are a unique skincare experience, and one that takes a little getting used to. -
The Genesis of Essential Oils, and a Preview Into UMA's Processes
Experts estimate that approximately 80 percent of essential oils are adulterated in some form. At UMA we’ve been striving for centuries to create the highest quality blends of essential oils that are authentic, pure, and completely organic. -
5 Must-Have Body Oils for Radiant Skin
We’re sharing some of our favorite picks for body oils (essential and otherwise) that promote healthy, radiant skin – from your head to your toes! -
Can Essential Oils Help Enhance Your Pregnancy?
During pregnancy, many wonder if essential oils are safe. Essential oils can actually be greatly helpful during pregnancy – from helping boost energy levels to managing anxiety, and even nausea. We cover what to choose - and what to avoid! -
The Very Many Benefits of Coconut Oil - Outside of Facial Skincare!
Whether you’re looking to strengthen your hair or improve your oral health, coconut oil is a powerful, versatile ingredient that can detoxify, nourish, exfoliate, and more. -
How to Self-Massage: The Best Essential Oils for Your Self-Care Routine
Self-massage—or Abhyanga—is a simple self-care practice you can access from the comfort of your own home. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the benefits of these essential oils on your next night in. -
The UMA Oil Files: Indian Gooseberry Oil 101
Get to Know the Indian Gooseberry! Also known as Amla Oil, Indian Gooseberry Oil has long been celebrated in Ayurveda for hair growth, strength and shine. -
The UMA Oil Files: Best Essential Oils for Uplifting Mood
A 30-second read and downloadable guide of our top essential oils picks for uplifting mood and creating positivity -
The UMA Oil Files: Pomegranate Oil 101
Flash Card: Soak in the anti-aging goodness of skin-superstar Pomegranate Oil! -
The UMA Oil Files: Best Essential Oils for Energy
A 30-second read and downloadable guide of the top essential oils for improving energy and enhancing mental clarity. -
The UMA Oil Files: The Best Essential Oils for Hair Growth
A 30-second read and downloadable guide of the best essential oils for hair growth, reversing hair damage, preventing hair loss, and more! -
The UMA Oil Files: Best Essential Oils for Stress
A 30-second read and downloadable guide of our top essential oils picks for stress relief. -
The UMA Oil Files: 7 Must-Have Oils for Hair
After some rigorous – and occasionally messy – experimentation, we’ve chosen our top 7 hair oils for taming your mane. -
The UMA Oil Files: Our Favorite Carrier Oils
Carrier oils play a central role in optimal absorption of the essential oils, and bring a plethora of benefits - through their unique antioxidants and vitamins - in nourishing, protecting and strengthening the skin. -
The UMA Oils Files: Lavender 101
Learn About Lavender: In 30 Seconds! -
The UMA Oil Files: Why Grapefruit Is an Uplifting, Clarifying, Boosting Ingredient for Skin (and Body)
It's loved for its juicy, sweet meat, but beyond its nutrients, grapefruit is also brilliant for its ability to clarify skin, unclog pores, and improve circulation. -
The UMA Oil Files: Carrier Oils 101
Carrier oils are usually cold pressed from fruits and nuts, and have strong penetrative abilities that allow them to carry botanically derived essential oils into the skin. -
The UMA Oil Files: The Best Essential Oils for Fine Lines & Wrinkles
Essential oils have long been some of the primary ingredients in the most celebrated anti aging skincare products. Here are some of the best essential oils for helping improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. -
The UMA Oil Files: Why Sandalwood Is a Sacred Ingredient for Beauty and Wellness
Allow us to indulge you on a virtual trip to India, Sandalwood's native country, to learn more about the ancient history of this tree and its power-packed oil that boasts unparalleled skin and wellness benefits. -
The UMA Oil Files: The Skin Superpowers of Pomegranate Oil
This fresh, fruity oil, made by cold-pressing the seeds of a pomegranate, is lightweight, hyper-absorbent, and packed with antioxidants – for unparalleled effects on skin, hair, and overall health! -
The UMA Oil Files: The Multi Tasking Argan Oil
This ever popular oil is called “liquid gold” for a reason – it’s extracted from the kernels of the Moroccan argan tree, and is chock full of fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamin E, which give it serious restorative power. -
The UMA Oil Files: The Best Oils for Oily Skin and Enlarged Pores
UMA Oil Files: The Very Best Oils for Oily/Combination Skin and Enlarged Pores -
The UMA Oil Files: Sumptuous, Seductive Neroli Oil
Better than your daily dose of fresh orange juice! See why we love this luxurious essential oil made from precious orange blossoms. -
The UMA Oil Files: The Best Oils for Dry Skin
The UMA Oil Files will detail several popular - as well as niche and undiscovered - oils that address your most pressing skincare questions on oils. This file covers the best essential and carrier oils for dry skin. -
The UMA Oil Files: Essential Oils to Improve Mood and Lower Stress
A number of essential oils can decrease cortisol levels, which rise when we are under stress. You may know this reaction as the fight-or-flight response. -
How Every Drop of UMA Oils Comes from a Laborious Act of Love
At UMA, our Ayurvedic formulas date back five generations. We feel this makes the practice of using our oils more than a moment of self-care—it's a practice steeped in history and rooted in the first principles of Ayurveda. -
Why Neroli Is One of the Most Luxurious and Beneficial Oils for Skin
Orange blossoms produce an exquisite oil called neroli, which has sweet, earthy, floral aroma and is rich in regenerative elements that are incredible for skin. -
How to Get the Most Out of Your Face Oil
You're probably not using face oils to their full potential. It's a little bit of a dance that takes getting used to. But when you use the right amount, and apply it with precision and care, you'll feel the difference—and see the glow. -
The Brilliance of Rose Oil—and Why It Makes Skin Healthy and Luminous
If there is one signifying element of beauty—a thing that epitomizes the scent, color, and feel of elegance—it is the rose. And where there is health and glowing skin—luminous, bright, youthful skin—there are roses. -
Manage (and Boost!) Your Mood with Essential Oils
Beauty and Wellness guru Nitika Chopra's blog features Founder Shrankhla Holecek with an article on essential oils, in honor of National Stress Awareness Day. -
The Journey of a Drop: How UMA's Handcrafted Blends Are Made (with Love)
A journey into how every drop of UMA's handcrafted blends features unparalleled expertise, stringent commitment to quality - but above all, love. -
Know Your Oils: Pomegranate
Pomegranates are a delicious fruit, a great source of essential vitamins and antioxidants and generally pretty to look at. It is no surprise then, that pomegranate essential oil is chock full of the same benefits that the fruit offers, just in a molecularly beneficial way. It is also why pomegranate oil is one of UMA Oils' hallmark ingredients. Learn more about what makes it such an all-star in... -
The Best Anti-Aging Oils
Anti-aging skin care takes many forms and the variety of products out there can make it hard to find which products are right for you. A good place to start? With natural ingredients proven to be effective, and that repair and heal without the lingering side-effects of synthetic beauty products. In this handy guide (complete with an easy to share infographic!), we pick our favorite,... -
The Best Oils For Dry Skin In The Summer
Dry and damaged skin isn't just a winter problem. Too much sun exposure and outdoor activities during the summer can leave skin feeling a little worse for the wear. Add to that the harmful effects of some of the drying chemical peels you may have turned to to treat your acne - and your skin may be in need of some serious rehab. Here are... -
An Inside Look at UMA's Essential Oils Production
It's time to acknowledge the truth: not all essential oils are created equal. It's one thing to put "pure and organic" on a label and another thing entirely to stand behind it. Think about it this way. You wouldn't pay the same price for a bottle of Dom Pérignon if you found out it was diluted, right? At UMA we’ve been striving for... -
The Best Oils for Acne-Prone Skin
It may sound counterintuitive to apply oils to fight oiliness, but essential oils help regulate your body's natural oil production, and gently remove excess secretions without stripping your skin dry like other acne treatments. -
Take Makeup to the Next Level with Face Oil!
There’s something magical about makeup’s ability to transform your look – and mood. Something as simple as a sweeping cat eye or a bold lip can dramatically change your energy! But, in order for makeup artistry to have its best effect, it’s crucial to care for the canvas – your skin.