You can use the Face Mask Base without adding any essential oils, simply add spring water. This will give you an exfoliating facial mask.

Use with any essential oils to create your own special face mask to help treat with any skin conditions or mood problems you may have.

What is is French Green Clay

French Green Clay is by far one of the most majestic, most effective, and most commonly used mineral skin clays found throughout our global community. French Green Clay (AKA Illite Clay) contains a cornucopia of valuable elements, which include montmorillonite, several (up to 9) important mineral oxides, magnesium, calcium, potassium, dolomite, silica, manganese, phosporous, silicon, copper, and selenium. Green clay owes its coloration to 2 very important factors, which ultimately decide a good quality clay from a poor quality clay. They are, iron oxides, and decomposed plant matter…..Yes, that is correct, decomposed plant matter. The natural green tones found in this luxurious clay are from the very cycles of life this earth uses to regenerate itself. When purchasing French Green Clay it is of uptmost importance that it is truly green, and not off-green, or grey-green. Any clay less then a nice earthy green color is considered a useless end product with little potential.

How does French Clay work?

Unlike other clays where key elements work in symbiosis off of each other, French Green contains several elements which act as their own "body". In French Green Clay, each element is responsible for working the outer epidermis (skin) in its own way and in dispensing their biological constituents as best as possible. Here is an analogy… Lets say any other clay has 20 workers, but out of all the 20 workers they only work to the potential of 1 worker, very unproductive indeed. But now, lets look at French Green Clay with its 20 workers. This marvelous clay will work to the potential of 20 workers, not just 1. The highly micronized, and often fragile molecular state of French Green Clay allows for far greater absorption of impurities, dust, oil, contaminants, and make up then other clays, and when seeking treatment for the skin, health professionals will always choose French Green over the other varieties.

Where does French Clay come from?

Well contrary to popular belief, not all French Green Clay comes from France. While Naturallythinking stocks a beautiful imported clay from France, we have seen several French Green varities from Wyoming, Montana, China and some European countries. Here's what happened… At one time the French Quarries controlled the production for the little market they knew as "Green Clay", and enjoyed this un-hampered success. Because this was going on for so long, the worlds market decided to coin the term "French Green Clay" because all of the green colored facial clays were coming from this country. After a surge in worldwide popularity and booming financial prospects, several other quarries realized they had deposits very similar to that of some of the major French exporters So, needless to say many other players have come onto the field for a little bit of the French Green action, and regardless of where it comes from, it appears as if the world will still refer to it as "French" Green Clay.

How is French Clay manufactured?

French Green Clay is quarry mined from deposits that can range anywhere from 100 feet to several thousand feet. This depends on the health and vitality of the land it is on and how far a producer will have to go to find the right clay with the right color and consistency. From here it is mined an brought out into the sun to remove excess water and moisture and to make it easier to work with. Now begins the final transformation…it gets heavily processed (ground) with huge hydraulic crushers and then micronized (finely pulverized) with more micro managed, fine mesh equipment. After it is processed, it is laid out in the sun one more time to dry in hopes of removing the final amounts of moisture.