Our skin, the largest organ in the body, is symbolic of how we see ourselves. Facial massage and marma points can do wonders for our inner and outer glow.

Oil is a close match to the skin’s outer layer and complements our natural oiliness. It helps draw out impurities and balances our skin’s hydration. The result? Beautiful, balanced, hydrated skin.

Applying oil to the scalp and hair will not only improve the condition of your locks but will also offer other benefits like balancing vata and increasing ojas.

Enhance your youthful radiance with an Ayurvedic lifestyle. Living in alignment with the rhythms of nature is the key to maintaining life-long beauty.

Treat yourself to a luxurious Ayurvedic facial in the comfort of your own home and create your own DIY masks using common, everyday ingredients that you already have in your kitchen.

When it comes to summer beauty, we all want to radiate with healthy, beautiful skin. Follow these easy tips to keep pitta in check and get that Ayurveda glow, this summer and beyond.

You've likely heard the phrase "beauty is only skin deep"—but Ayurveda says just the opposite. Here's how to nourish your beauty on every level, body, mind, and soul.

Ayurveda teaches us to align our rhythms with the rhythms of Nature. Gorgeous, healthy hair can be enhanced by observing these ten practical Ayurvedic guidelines.

At a time when many are coming into themselves as individuals and hyper-aware of external appearances, navigating skin breakouts can be extremely challenging.

Neem’s cooling, soothing properties can work wonders for the skin and hair. Learn how to harness this herb's benefits for radiant skin and lustrous locks. 

During winter months, our skin is drier and craves all the nourishment we are willing to give it. Learn how to keep your skin healthy during this time of year with these easy Ayurvedic tips.

These routines can support your skin's natural, luminous glow while maintaining balance and harmony in mind, body, and spirit throughout the transition of fall.

Ayurveda provides us with a simple adage, “If you wouldn’t eat it, don’t put it on your skin.” This is important to remember when choosing skin care products.

You know how people say it's what's inside that matters most. This is especially true for Ayurvedic skincare. Here, Banyan's Content Project Manager, Kendra, shares the inside scoop on her personal skincare routine. Check out this transcript from her skincare video to learn some tips on using Banyan products and daily habits to achieve glowing skin. Let's get started!

Oil is more skilled at cleansing and balancing the hydration of your skin than water, and it is a closer match to your skin’s natural outer layer. It has a soft quality that can help to draw out impurities, making it much easier to unclog pores, leaving clean, soft, hydrated skin.

Finding beauty products that are natural and chemical-free, yet effective, can be quite a challenge. But one of the most effective, most natural, beauty products is as simple as one ingredient—the oil from Ricinis communis (castor oil).

Dr. Sivamani and his team conducted a four-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with Banyan Botanicals’ Healthy Skin formulation last spring of 2017. The trial enrolled thirty participants.

Ghee isn't just for cooking. It can be used in many ways to support your health! You can use it to bring moisture to your hands, cuticles, heels, lips, hair—or any part of your skin, for that matter. Read this article to learn some of our favorite external ways to use ghee. 

Diet, lifestyle, sleep, and energy. These are the four pillars of Ayurveda. When we neglect them, we inhibit the proper flow of prana, which gives rise to the possibility of dis-ease. For women, this can be reflected in the menstrual cycle, and later, in the transition through menopause.

Wonderful Ayurvedic treatments like abhyana or shirodhara leave oil in your hair. Try these three tips for getting the oil out of your hair.

The author shares her favorite Ayurveda-inspired daily beauty practices and DIY beauty recipes, including a daily step-by-step skin care protocol, a rose-turmeric facial scrub, an udvartana body scrub, and a recipe for Ayurvedic facial oil.

What you believe is what you become. Use the affirmation, “I am young and beautiful.” As you say this, know that it is true. In addition, practice these action items on a daily basis to help you maintain lasting beauty.

Each of us is unique and beautiful in our own right and it’s only by embracing our authenticity and nourishing ourselves from within that we truly radiate inner, outer, and lasting beauty.

When designing Beauty Balm, we stuck to basic Ayurveda principles, ending with a product that nourishes you inside-out with completely natural ingredients.