<![CDATA[Jynx Monroe​ - Urban Apothecary]]>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:43:08 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Detox and Beautify Your Skin with Activated Charcoal]]>Mon, 22 May 2017 14:18:28 GMThttp://www.jynxmonroe.com/urban-apothecary/detox-and-beautify-your-skin-with-activated-charcoal
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8 reasons why you need to Protect Your Melanin with Activated Charcoal 
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1. Make pores smaller and cleaner
Throughout the day, toxins from the world around us clog our pores. When your pores aren’t clear, neither is your complexion. Activated charcoal’ when used in a face mask‘binds to and helps pull the dirt out of your pores, making them less visible (it’s the oil and dirt that makes them appear bigger). This leaves your face feeling fresh. 

2. Take care of oily skin
Oily skin? Activated charcoal may be just the ingredient you need to balance things out. Used in a cleanser or mask, activated charcoal can pull the unwanted excess oils from your skin, leaving it smooth. You’ll want to do this sparingly ’once or twice per week at the most’ so that you don’t over-dry your skin. 

3. Treat acne
Depending on the specifics of your acne how severe it is, what’s causing it and what else is going on activated charcoal may be able to help. In soap form, it’s slightly gritty, which might provide just the gentle exfoliating you need. It will also absorb oils and toxins on and below the skin. You can use it as a spot treatment if you don’t want to use it on your whole face just think of it as a mini mask for your blemish.

4. Deep clean your skin
Send your chemical-ridden deep-cleaners on a little vacation. You can find cleansers that contain activated charcoal in bars or bottles. It’s important that you don’t use these daily, as you don’t want to soak up the healthy oils and moisture your skin needs. 

​5. Soothe and heal bites, cuts and skin irritations
Whether you  were stung by a bee or had a cut from the kitchen that’s wound up infected, activated charcoal can help speed the healing and relieve the symptoms. For minor skin ailments’ including insect bites, stings, cuts, scrapes and minor infections’ activated charcoal can be applied topically. 

​8. Remedy scalp conditions
Dandruff, redness, oily and itchy scalps may be relieved with activated charcoal. You can use it as a scalp treatment before you shampoo or can be mixed in with your shampoo. The activated charcoal will work on your scalp the way it does on your skin and hair: pulling out toxins and purifying. 
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]]><![CDATA[ShEa Butter Body Bar]]>Tue, 16 May 2017 14:08:15 GMThttp://www.jynxmonroe.com/urban-apothecary/shea-butter-body-bar
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​Under Shea Butter Body Moisture Bar 
2 oz. Bar $5.00 / 4 oz. Bar $8.00
Unrefined African Shea butter mixed with coconut oil, sweet almond oil and lightly scented with lavender gardenia essential oil.

Can be used on hair and skin.
Organic, Vegan, Raw Unrefined 100% Cruelty Free.

Under 5 ingredient guarantee:
Shea Butter 
  • Reduces Inflammation: A 2010 study found that due to its cinnamic acid and other natural properties, shea butter was anti-inflammatory.  One compound in particular, lupeol cinnamate, was found to reduce skin inflammation and even potentially help avoid skin mutations. This also makes it beneficial for some people with acne.
  • Skin Smoothing: Shea butter aids in the skin’s natural collagen production and contains oleic, stearic, palmitic and linolenic acids that protect and nourish the skin to prevent drying. With long term use, many people report skin softening and strengthening as well as wrinkle reduction.

Sweet Almond oil 
  • Rich in Vitamin E, monounsaturated fatty acids, proteins, potassium and zinc, besides a number of other minerals and vitamins, which explains why it is so good for our heart, skin and hair. 

Coconut Oil
  • Coconut oil contains lauric acid , fight bacteria which makes it an antibacterial, anti-fungal, antimicrobial.  It protects the skin and has many antioxidants that make it ideal for healing the skin.
  • The fatty acids Caprylic and Lauric also reduce inflammations internally and externally and moisturize making them a great solution for all types of skin conditions.

If you live in a hot climate, it is possible that the body bar may become very soft. If this does happen, put the body bar in the refrigerator and it will solidify.

If you live in a very cold climate, it may very become hard. Hold in your hands the warmth will soften the body bar.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease
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