Olive Wash and Exfoliate Hands and Body

Olive Wash & Exfoliate

One of Olea Essence's bestsellers. A 3-in-1 wash, scrub, and toner based on crushed olives with pits for an intensive exfoliating scrub, leaving the skin feeling supple and moisturized. Eliminates the typical feeling of dryness after showering.

Winner of the 2010 Cleantech Open Competition.

Why It Works

Our unfiltered extra virgin olive oil is a rich natural source of antioxidants, healthy vitamins, and minerals. Combined with other essential natural oils and plant extracts, we create a unique blend that activates anti-ageing properties and maximizes their wholesome effect on your skin. Our proprietary olive oil balances secretion of oil glands, and the addition of other plant oils accentuates its restorative and reparative effect on your skin, and aids in softening and smoothing.

Details

• 100% natural formula
• 3-in-1: wash, scrub, and toner
• Crushed olives with pits for intensive exfoliation
• Leaves skin supple, moisturized, and smooth
• 400 ml

Through our research, we now uniquely and exclusively use every part of the olive and never dispose of the residue. Fresh olives contain approximately 30% husk (the olive flesh itself), 20% olive oil, and 50% "black water," which has a very high density of antioxidants that cannot be absorbed and harmfully builds up over time in the soil and groundwater.

Rather than dumping this material, as most olive mills do, we developed a groundbreaking, patented proprietary process to ferment the black water so that it is no longer environmentally detrimental. This means it's safe as a fully natural active ingredient for many uses. We use this key ingredient in our skincare and in our Eco Olea line of household cleaning products, turning what was considered waste into a purifying, antioxidant-rich resource. We are proudly fully natural and we never use ingredients that are harmful to our skin or the environment. We make it our priority to source our non-olive derived ingredients from farms around the world, in pursuit of unique botanicals that deliver unparalleled freshness and potency. We never refine our extra virgin olive oil and make it a point to use non-refined oils in our skincare products. Because our extra virgin olive oil isn't filtered, it's richer in antioxidants like tocopherol (vitamin E) and polyphenols, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and Omega 6 & Omega 9 fatty acids – like oil should be!