Schisandra, also known as Chinese magnolia-vine, is a woody vine native to the Russian Far East and Northern China. Its berries are widely used in Chinese traditional medicine, where schisanrda is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. Russian beauty brand Granny Agafia’s Recipes has used the healing properties of schisandra to create a new cosmetic line, Agafia’s Schisandra, designed to take good care of the skin and hair.
Granny Agafia’s Recipes 5 Herbs is a general name for five cosmetic lines formulated with five Siberian plants: Siberian pine (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Siberian cedar), sea buckthorn, cloudberry, juniper, and schisandra. Striving to survive in the harsh climate of the Far East, these plants accumulate minerals, vitamins and other nutrients. As the result, oils, extracts and juices derived from Siberian plants are rich in essential nutrients.
OOO Pervoe Reshenie (“First Solution”), a company known for its high-quality natural and organic cosmetics, has studied the useful properties of Siberian plants to create five personal care lines. Each product branded as Granny Agafia’s Recipes 5 Herbs is based on traditional recipes of the Siberian and Russian Far East peoples and formulated with 100% natural fresh juices and oils pressed from Siberian plants. All products are enriched with vitamins, some contain colloidal gold or silver ions.
Agafia’s Schisandra products contain schisandra berry juice. Schisandra berry is also known as magnolia berry or five-flavour fruit. The latter name comes from Chinese herbology. It is believed that schisandra berries possess all five basic flavours: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and pungent (spicy). Schisandra berry juice is rich in organic acids (citric acid, malic acid and tartaric acids) and vitamins C (ascorbic acid), B1 (thiamine) and B2 (riboflavin).
As a cosmetic ingredient, schisandra berry juice is valued for its antioxidant properties. Antioxidants reduce harmful effects of free radicals and thus prevent cellular damage that causes premature skin ageing. Creams and other skincare products with schisandra berry juice help to restore and maintain the natural elasticity of your skin as well as keep it looking fresh and young. When it comes to hair care products, schisandra berry juice provides hair follicles with vitamins and thus prevents hair loss and stimulates hair growth.
The Agafia’s Schisandra line includes several products that will take good care of your hair and skin. For example, Agafia’s Schisandra Shampoo prevents hair loss, fills your hair with energy and restores its natural shine. Key ingredients of the product are schisandra berry juice, natural honey, organic cranberry seed oil, and vitamin C. Instead of SLS and other aggressive surfactants, the shampoo contains soapwort root extract. It is rich in saponins, natural detergents that cleanse the hair and scalp very gently yet effectively.
Agafia’s Schisandra Hair Conditioner complements and enhances the effect of the shampoo. It tames the hair and makes combing and styling easier, improves hair elasticity, prevents brittle hair and split ends. One of the product’s key ingredient is tundra rose extract. It is rich in flavonoids, saponins and tannins which strengthen the hair and improve its flexibility.
Agafia’s Schisandra Hair Mask is designed to stimulate hair growth and make the hair thicker and stronger. One of its key ingredients is white mustard seed oil which stimulates hair follicles and makes the hair grow faster and stronger. Wheat germ oil and hydrolysed wheat protein nourish the hair, restore damaged hair structure along the entire length, improve hair elasticity and flexibility.
One of the most popular products in the line is Agafia’s Schisandra Thick Hair & Body Soap. It provides deep cleansing and helps to get rid of toxins. The soap is formulated with schisandra berry fruit extract, soapwort root extract, white birch leaf and bud extract, panicled hydrangea root extract, beach pea extract and pomelo peel oil. It is perfect for using in a steam room (for example, Russian banya or Turkish hammam).
As for skincare, Agafia’s Schisandra offers several products that help to keep the skin of your body clean, refreshed, soft and supple. Shower gel enriched with cranberry seed oil makes your skin squeaky clean without drying it out and gives you a mood and energy boost that lasts all day. Sugar body scrub with cranberry oil, lingonberry oil and pine nut shell powder effectively removes dead skin cells, makes the skin silky smooth, improves its elasticity, and prevents cellulite.
If you need an effective anti-cellulite treatment, check out Agafia’s Schisandra & Ginger Body Wrap Cream. It contains ginger root oil, kaolin (white clay), camphor oil, organic wormwood oil, lemon oil, and lavender oil. These natural ingredients don’t leave cellulite a chance! Finally, Agafia’s thick body butter provides the skin with nutrients, keeps it hydrated, prevents dry and flaky skin. Its key ingredients include ginseng root extract, Siberian pine nut oil, lemon oil and lavender oil.
In our online shop Organic Store, you can buy hair care products branded as Granny Agafia’s Recipes 5 Herbs at affordable prices. We deliver internationally to any country within the jurisdiction of the Universal Postal Union.
