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Have you ever wanted to completely customize your own skin care products? Are you tired of fitting your skin into someone else's box (or bottle)? Do you want to make a product that's formulated specifically for your skin type and the issues YOU face?

Now you can with Source Vitál Apothecary's customized facial cocktails.

If cleansing is the single most important thing you can do for your skin on a daily basis, using a concentrated serum or face oil is a close second. The popularity of serums may be relatively new to the beauty world, but they provide a crucial element to your skin care regimen. These skin care beauties provide a wealth of healthy benefits – in one concentrated dose.

This month we want to keep your eyes looking lovely with 15% off our luxurious eyes creams, eye makeup remover and Citrus Peel – one of the only products we know of that’s gentle enough to exfoliate the area around the eyes. Remember, exfoliation smooths rough textures, eliminates toxins and kick starts the skin’s own natural regenerative efforts.

Shop our entire Eye Love You Collection and use promo code: eyeloveyou at checkout.

We don’t often talk sports here but since our hometown (#teamhouston) is hosting football’s biggest game of the year we thought we’d give it a go. Instead of analyzing which team will win, we’ve decided to put together our own playbook that will keep you scoring healthy points.

Stock up on healthy ingredients and kiss winter skin issues goodbye. People will wonder where you got that glow and you’ll be able to tell them … it’s all natural.

It’s a new year, so why shouldn’t you pick up a few new and healthier habits? Jump into 2017 with a new perspective and make this year your healthiest yet! We believe that health is completely interconnected – from your skin to your body to your mind.

Winter can wreak havoc on your skin and spirits. Our winter collection is packed with all the natural products you need to protect, hydrate and stay smooth this season.

2017 is almost upon us. But, before we turn that page let's take a quick look back at our most popular and best selling products of 2016. They include both products we've sold for years, plus a few new to the list that launched in 2016. Enjoy.

We’ve curated our gift sets to include skin care, body care and aromatherapy products that work for a wide variety of skin types, lifestyles, and well suited for both men and women. Plus, they make for perfect stocking stuffers or to take along on your holiday travels.

Sure, the big beauty brands are convenient, easy to find, easy to use and they feel familiar. So why even bother trying out smaller indie beauty brands? To quote a cliché, bigger is not always better.

One of the best things you can do for ageless skin is exfoliate. Exfoliation is a process to remove dead skin cells on the outer layer of the skin to give the skin a smoother, brighter appearance. It helps to get rid of the dry, flaky skin cells that can cause breakouts and make the complexion look dull and lifeless. It also helps to rev up the skin’s natural regenerative efforts to more quickly produce fresh, new, younger cells.

Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) are inexpensive, potentially irritating surfactants found in soaps, toothpaste, detergents, bubble baths, shampoos and many other personal care and cosmetic products. Here are the 5 reasons Source Vitál never uses SLS/SLES in any of our skin, body and aromatherapy products.

Our remedy for the end of summer blues is 33% off our entire line of natural skin care, body care and aromatherapy products. But just like summer, it won’t last forever, so shop today to stock up on everything you’ll need for healthy, hydrated skin and restored spirit.

Source Vitál Apothecary offers nearly 20 natural botanical oils. We recently added 8 multipurpose, nutritive oils to our line-up including Coconut, Hemp Seed, Argan and Tamanu (Foraha) oils. These wildly popular oils are great to use on their own or mix with your favorite essential oils and can be customized to an individual’s skin, hair or body needs.

We all originate from the same earth; our chemical composition is designed to work in tandem with the chemical composition of the earth and all of its wonders. By feeding the skin with all the nutrient-rich goodness nature has to offer, we are consciously choosing to be kind to the only skin in which we have to live—we are providing it with the elements it needs to thrive in lieu of punishing it for aging or blemishing.

With the use of essential oils, we increase our ability to bring more hydration, more oxygen and more nutrients into the body and give the cells the fuel needed to function at their optimal level. Essential oils also contain important anti-oxidant properties which also helps the body create the healthy, ageless person we want to be.

Developing a healthy skin care routine - and sticking to it - is probably the most important step in having great-looking skin. The good news, put together a handy set that included everything you need to cleanse, tone, protect and moisturize not matter what your skin type.

The sun provides us with beneficial vitamin D but by now we all know it can be dangerous if we stay in it for too long without the proper protection. Sometimes, as hard as we try not to burn, we still do. The good news is we can help you feel better – fast! Consider these products as the ultimate prescription for those times when you end up looking more lobster than bronze: Aromatic Algae Extract, Cool Body Mask and First Aid Spray.

Seaweed may make you think of the green slimy stuff at the beach or the algae that grows in lakes, rivers or dirty swimming pools, however, despite these images, seaweed is one of the most nutrient-rich organisms on the planet. Great nutrition for the skin and body.

Summertime is the perfect season to enjoy a variety of activities: go to the beach, catch some sun, take a vacation, the possibilities are endless. But one thing is for sure, while we are having fun we tend to ignore our skin.

So you’re reading about skin care products and most of them mention being good for normal, dry, combination or oily skin, just to name a few. It’s hard to decide which product is best for you if you aren’t sure exactly where your skin fits in. So let’s clear up some of the confusion.