When you’re trying to find the best products for your skin and all its concerns, you’re faced with two paths: one that strays through nature, providing herbal and botanical remedies common in ayurvedic and historical practices, and a newer one built on scientific principles and evidence. Some might pit them against each other, calling it a battle of nature versus science, bound to make you feel pressured to make the right choice for your skin. No matter how you paint either side, it’s best to understand what natural and synthetic ingredients entail.
With natural ingredients, most of them provide good base benefits, in that they are rich in antioxidants and are anti-inflammatory. They’re a lot easily absorbed by the skin since they aren’t adulterated, often times making them act faster. The risk associated with using natural skincare is low, considering that it is usually free from harsh chemicals and preservatives that may have harmful long-term effects on the skin and body.
But nature, as powerful as it is, can also be detrimental to your skin. There’s always the risk of possible allergies and even contact dermatitis if you aren’t using ingredients best suited for your skin. ‘Natural’ in itself is a vague term because it encompasses any and every ingredient that can be sourced from nature, and can sometimes hide more than it shows.
Science-backed skincare takes a deep dive into the working of the skin at a molecular level to understand what kinds of processes take place, and how to aid or catalyse them so that the skin remains as healthy as it can be. Sometimes labs recreate naturally-occurring substances, like keratin and collagen, to replenish naturally depleting levels. This makes it easier to target specific concerns at varying degrees, for a range of skin types.
Of course, lab-made chemicals and molecules come with their own risk of not being absorbed effectively by the body as they could be recognised as foreign by the skin, and many worry about their safety and efficacy when situated within the natural processes of the body.
All these pros and cons make it difficult to decide which way to go. Nature, or science? Ingredients trusted through history, or ones made through futuristic methods? Perhaps the best option for the present isn’t just one or the other, but both.
Bringing science and nature together isn’t a compromise, but rather, a beneficial union that gives you the best of both worlds. At Botanic Hearth, we’re committed to bringing together the best quality ingredients, to create effective and unique formulations that target exactly the things you want to take care of.
What we take from the natural world is trusted ingredients used across time, and bring them together with the best from science to create balanced and targeted products. We’re transparent about our ingredients and where they come from, and dedicated towards pairing them with components that offer holistic nourishment and care.
The benefits of putting together nature and science is that you’re guaranteed results. Scientific research places emphasis on uncovering the intricate workings of the body and its processes, finding exactly the right ingredients that work for your skin. This isn’t just true for lab-made components, but even natural ones; extensive research goes into verifying and proving exactly why some ingredients work so well for certain conditions, and why they don’t. If we depended on just science or nature, it’s possible that we may never find the best and most effective combination of ingredients that act in harmony.
For example, molecules like hyaluronic acid and keratin are naturally found in the body, but deplete with age. In order to regain healthy levels, it’s advised to implement them through supplements, enriched foods, or skincare, depending on your needs. In-lab production makes it easier to isolate these components to create the right concentration as per various requirements, increasing efficacy. With natural ingredients like rosemary and neem that have had multiple applications in the past, science helps uncover exactly how effective they are so that they can be implemented and used in the right products for you.
If you’ve found yourself going down the paths of science or nature, perhaps it’s time to forge a new one - a path that gives you the best of everything. Choose the best ingredients and formulations; choose Botanic Hearth.