Dead Sea Mud

State: Muddy, sticky, soft earth. Water soaked soil

Color: Dark brown

Synonyms: N/A

Uses: Dead Sea Mud helps to provide relief for eczema, acne, wrinkles and psoriasis. It improved the skin’s natural regeneration and improves blood circulation. It contains mud grains which help to cleanse skin and remove toxins, dirt particles and impurities. It is able to peel away dead skin cells, revealing healthier, youthful skin while it moisturizes and helps with skin’s hydration. After applying a Dead Sea Mud mask, it will dry and pull out toxins that may be in your skin because of your diet. It is also tightening and firming the skin which gives the skin an anti-aging benefit, leaving it with a more youthful look. Other ailments that Dead Sea Mud is able to help alleviate are dry skin, rheumatism, arthritis, muscle aches and stiffness and joint inflammation. Dead Sea Mud can also be applied to the scalp in order to strengthen hair roots, enhance new hair growth and help prevent hair loss.

Recipe/Process: Dead Sea Mud Mask Recipe

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Dead Sea Mud
• 3 drops German Chamomile Essential Oil
• 1 drop Peppermint Essential Oil
• 4 drops Lavender Essential Oil

Mix the mud with the essential oils and store in a clean, glass container. Apply the mud to the face and let set for a minimum of 5 minutes but no longer than 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Odor: Reminiscent of the sea. Slightly sweet.

Natural: Dead Sea Mud is obtained from the Dead Sea in Israel. It contains a high amount of minerals and salts, minerals that the skin needs in order to help it remain hydrated and healthy. This high concentration of minerals and salts are due to the Dead Sea evaporating every year as long as it is not connected to other bodies of water. The salts and minerals which are present in the water in high amounts are absorbed into the mud which lies at the bottom of the sea. This mud is extracted and the impurities are removed. It is then packaged and sold. The minerals that help the skin maintain the correct moisture levels are magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium and bromine.

Shelf Life: 1 year

Storage Directions: Store in sealed containers at temperatures between 5-40 C.

Cautions: If ingested may cause irritation to the upper digestive tract and the mouth. Can cause slight skin and eye irritation.

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By now you may have heard people talking about Dead Sea mud and how good it is for the skin's health and look. But did you ever wonder what exactly makes something that may seem like ordinary mud so good for you? The answer consists of several reasons, which all combine to make Dead Sea mud one of the healthiest things you can use for your skin. But before we get to the "how", let's take look at the various way in which this mud can actually benefit you and your skin's health. There is a reason why so many people descend on the small Dead Sea, based in Jordan and Israel, every year and here are just a few of them:

• Improves blood circulation and natural skin generation.
• Fine mud grains, cleanse the skin and remove any dirt particles, impurities and toxins.
• Proven to provide effective relief for skin disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, acne and wrinkles.
• Moisturizes your skin and helps natural skin hydration
• Gently peels away dead skin cells to reveal more youthful, healthier skin layer

Dead Sea mud has many amazing health properties, and in addition to the ones listed above also helps treat and relieve some other ailments. These ailments include arthritis, muscle stiffness and aches, rheumatism, joint inflammation and even itchy, dry skin.

So how can some simple, all natural mud be so effective at helping so many things and cleaning your skin so well at the same time? The answer lies in what you can't see - the high concentration of salts and minerals present in the mud. You see, as the Dead Sea evaporates year after year (it's not connected to any other body of water), the salt and minerals which are already present in high amounts get absorbed into the mud at the bottom of the sea. This mud is then extracted and packaged, with all the impurities removed. The minerals which are present in the mud are all natural minerals which your skin needs every day. By using Dead Sea mud, or a mud mask, you are basically feeding your skin these essential minerals. Minerals such as potassium, magnesium, sodium, bromine and calcium are all needed by your skin to help maintain the right moisture levels and hydration.

Another very powerful effect of using Dead Sea mud is the fact that as it dries, it pulls out any toxins that may be present in your skin cells from your everyday diet. This leaves the skin completely clean, refreshed and pure on top of infusing it with the minerals. At the same time it firms your skin and tightens it, giving you an exceptional anti aging benefit and leaving your skin looking younger. Because of this dual effect of exfoliating, cleansing and providing essential minerals, Dead Sea mud is able to help with so many various ailments or to simply keep you skin looking young and healthy for a long time!

Tip: Mud masks made with Dead Sea mud have also proved to be very helpful when applied to a scalp for hair roots strengthening. These masks help to stop hair loss and enhance new growth. They proved to be 4 times more effective than any other product of the kind during comparative tests with many other popular cosmetic brands.