Holy Contents in Your Hot Mom

Here is what is inside hot mom products to give you ideas on why, where, and how to use your oils, rubs, and creams besides what we share. 

Castor oil

Castor oil is full of fatty acids, specifically ricinoleic, linoleic (omega-6), oleic, stearic, and linolenic.

It’s an antioxidant that may help fight inflammation. 

Grandmas say to put castor oil on your belly at night! (Psst: try that with your Exit oil!)

Castor oil is a free radical scavenger, meaning it can act as an antioxidant. Free radical scavengers can stop or remove reactive oxygen species before they damage your cells.¹⁰ Some of the primary antioxidants in castor oil are tocopherols (vitamin E)

It has antimicrobial properties.The fatty acids in castor oil have antimicrobial properties.

Because of castor oil’s antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory qualities, research shows it can help reduce the appearance of pimples.

It can increase skin softness. 

Because of its fatty acids, castor oil can help improve your skin’s smoothness and softness.

It can hydrate your skin.

Research shows that castor oil can moisturize, hydrate, and even cleanse your skin. It can also bolster healthy skin tissue and pores. Castor oil is part of the occlusive category of moisturizing ingredients, meaning it forms a barrier over your skin to reduce transepidermal water loss and help combat dry skin. 

It may help soothe dandruff. 

This can also help moisturize your scalp, soothe dandruff, and even promote hair growth.

Calendula oil

Soothes Inflammation: Packed with triterpenoids and flavonoids, calms redness, swelling, and itchiness, manages conditions like eczema, rosacea, or diaper rash. 

Accelerates Wound Healing: Promotes cell turnover and collagen production, helping to repair minor cuts, scrapes, bruises, and post-surgical scars more quickly. 

Deeply Moisturizing: Fatty acids in the oil help support and hydrate the skin barrier, trapping moisture and preventing water loss.

Antioxidant Protection: Carotenoids and polyphenols help neutralize free radicals, protecting your skin from environmental stressors (UV exposure and pollution) that cause premature aging. 

Antifungal & Antibacterial: It has antiseptic properties and can help with minor infections, bug bites, and tattoo aftercare. 

Scalp & Hair Health: When massaged into the hair, it helps soothe a dry, flaky scalp and boosts overall hair strength.

Apricot kernel oil

Contains (oleic and linoleic acid), (vitamins A and E) and antioxidants. It provides hydration for the skin, supports the skin barrier, soothes sensitivity, and improves hair shine. 

Deeply Moisturizing: Packed with Omega-9 (oleic acid), it creates a protective layer that locks in moisture

• Anti-Aging & Antioxidant: Vitamins A and E help protect the skin from free radicals and promote a natural, radiant glow

• Soothes Sensitive Skin: Beneficial for soothing inflamed, dry, or weather-worn skin.

• Hair Care: Helps smooth frizz, detangles strands, and promotes a shiny, healthy look without weighing fine hair down.

Comfrey leaf 

Potent healing and anti-inflammatory properties. Accelerates skin cell regeneration and soothes irritation

Highly effective for treating dry skin, minor burns, and conditions like eczema or psoriasis. 

• Promotes Cell Renewal: High levels of allantoin, a compound that stimulates the growth of new skin cells, aiding in tissue repair and minimizing the appearance of scars. 

• Soothes Inflammation: Rosmarinic acid and tannins found in the leaves reduce redness, swelling, and discomfort from acne and sensitive skin issues. 

• Deep Moisturization: Rich in mucilage, which hydrates the skin and forms a natural, protective barrier to lock in moisture. 

• Provides Antioxidant Protection: Rich in Rosmarinic acid acts as an antioxidant, helping to shield the skin from free radicals and environmental damage. 

Comfrey root 

Powerful soothing and regenerative properties. 

• Accelerates Cell Regeneration: Rich in allantoin, a natural compound that stimulates the growth of new, healthy skin cells, helping to repair minor cuts, scrapes, and blemishes. 

• Reducing Inflammation: Contains rosmarinic acid and tannins, which soothe redness, swelling, and irritation, making it helpful for calming eczema and sensitive skin.

• Deeply Moisturizing: Packed with mucilage, a gel-like substance that forms a protective, hydrating barrier to lock in moisture and soften rough, dry patches.

• Promoting Anti-Aging: Supporting natural collagen production, comfrey can help improve skin elasticity and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Calendula flower 

Powerful anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. 

Accelerates wound healing, soothes irritation from eczema and rashes, and help protect the skin from free-radical damage. 

• Speeds Wound Healing: Promotes cell regeneration and collagen production. Treating minor cuts, burns, and bug bites. 

• Calms Inflammation: Flavonoids and saponins soothe redness and irritation associated with rosacea, dermatitis, and eczema. 

• Provides Antioxidant Protection: Carotenoids and polyphenols help neutralize free radicals, defending the skin against environmental stressors and premature aging. 

• Soothes and Moisturizes: It supports the skin’s natural barrier, providing hydration that relieves dryness and flakiness.

Japanese knotweed 

You thought it was an invasive weed? It contains high levels of trans-resveratrol a powerful anti-aging antioxidant, with anti-inflammatory properties that help visibly soothe irritation, protect collagen from degradation, and brighten a dull complexion. 

• Advanced Anti-Aging: Source of trans-resveratrol, which neutralizes skin-damaging free radicals and combats the visible signs of premature aging. 

• Collagen Protection: Inhibits the formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs), which are collagen-damaging proteins formed by exposure to sugars, helping to maintain skin firmness. 

• Brightening & Hyperpigmentation Fade: Helps to promote a more radiant, even skin tone and aids in minimizing the appearance of dark spots. 

• Soothing & Calming: Traditional applications highlight its ability to visibly calm stressed, red, or reactive skin, making it highly suitable for those with sensitivity.

• Acne & Oil Control: With its mild antimicrobial properties, it helps manage acne-causing bacteria and has been clinically studied in formulas to visibly reduce sebum output and minimize large pores.

St. John’s wort 

Wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. 

Actively soothes burns, sunburns, eczema, and psoriasis, while stimulating skin cell regeneration and delivering protective antioxidants. 

• Wound and Burn Healing: Speeds up the recovery of minor cuts, bruises, and burns. Active compounds like hyperforin stimulate the growth of keratinocytes (cells in the upper layer of the skin). 

• Soothes Inflammation: Calms irritated, sensitive, or red skin. It is highly beneficial for treating flare-ups from inflammatory skin conditions like eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis.

• Antibacterial Properties: Assists in managing mild acne and blemishes by reducing inflammation and preventing infection.

• Antioxidant & Anti-Aging: Rich in flavonoids that fight free radical damage, hydrate the skin, and promote a healthy glow.

Nettle

Packed with antioxidants, vitamins A and C, and essential minerals. 

Soothes sensitive skin, combats acne, and provides potent anti-aging benefits. 

• Soothes Eczema & Irritation: Rich in natural antihistamines and anti-inflammatory compounds, topical nettle extract calms red, itchy, or reactive skin conditions like eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis. 

• Fights Acne: As a gentle, natural astringent, nettle helps regulate sebum production and tighten pores. Its antibacterial properties actively fight the bacteria that cause breakouts. 

• Anti-Aging & Firming: High levels of polyphenols and flavonoids neutralize free radicals from UV exposure. Nettle also inhibits the enzymes responsible for degrading collagen and elastin, helping to maintain skin firmness and reduce fine lines. 

• Speeds Healing: Accelerated wound repair, diminishes blemishes, and fades scars.

Mullein  

Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and deep hydrating properties.

Soothes eczema and psoriasis, speeds up healing of minor cuts, and helps lock in moisture. 

• Soothes Inflammation: Rich in flavonoids and saponins, which help calm redness, rashes, and inflammatory conditions. It is traditionally used to provide relief from insect bites and even mild sunburns. 

• Deep Hydration: Contains mucilage, a gel-like substance that acts as an emollient and humectant. This helps the skin lock in hydration, easing flakiness and protecting the skin barrier. 

• Accelerates Wound Healing: Promotes connective tissue growth and aids in the swift recovery of minor scrapes, burns, and wounds. 

• Fights Acne: Antibacterial and antifungal properties, mullein helps reduce the presence of acne-causing bacteria on the skin’s surface. 

• Anti-Aging Benefits: Antioxidants, including vitamin C. These fight free radicals from environmental stressors, promoting cellular regeneration and improving skin firmness in mature or sagging skin. 

Linden flower

Provides deep hydration, soothes inflammation, and fights aging. Thanks to its high mucilage and flavonoid content, it locks in moisture for dry skin while calming redness from acne or eczema. It is a gentle, universal ingredient ideal for sensitive and mature complexions. 

Key Skin Benefits

• Deep Hydration: Rich in plant mucilage, linden flowers act as a natural emollient that binds moisture to the skin, making it plump, soft, and supple. 

• Anti-inflammatory & Soothing: It contains powerful flavonoids (such as quercetin) which help calm irritated, itchy, or sunburned skin. 

• Antioxidant Protection: High concentrations of antioxidants fight free radical damage, slowing down the signs of aging and improving overall skin elasticity. 

• Gentle Astringent: It naturally balances sebum production, tones the skin, and tightens pores without stripping your face of essential moisture. 

Red clover flower is celebrated in skincare for its high concentration of isoflavones (plant estrogens) and antioxidants. It promotes a youthful, radiant complexion by boosting collagen production, deeply hydrating the skin, and fighting free radical damage.

Its active compounds offer several targeted benefits for various skin concerns:

• Anti-Aging & Elasticity: The isoflavones help improve skin thickness and firmness, visibly softening fine lines and preventing premature aging. 

• Soothing Irritation: Known for its anti-inflammatory properties, it can calm redness and ease flare-ups associated with conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and general dry, itchy skin. 

• Acne & Oil Control: Traditionally used as a "blood purifier," it helps detoxify the body, making it a supportive holistic treatment for managing hormonal acne and oily skin.

Arnica

Anti-inflammatory and soothing agent.

  reduces bruising and swelling,

 accelerates wound healing, 

 calms temporary redness. 

antioxidant and hydrating properties

• Reduces Bruising and Swelling: clear trapped blood beneath the skin and reduce fluid retention, making it a go-to remedy post-surgery or after cosmetic injections like dermal fillers. 

• Calms Inflammation and Redness: Thanks to compounds like helenalin and flavonoids, arnica can soothe irritated skin, temper temporary redness, and provide relief for sensitive or rosacea-prone complexions. 

• Accelerates Wound Healing: By promoting blood circulation and supporting tissue repair, it helps small nicks, scars, and post-blemish marks heal more efficiently. 

• Fights Free Radicals: Its antioxidant profile protects against environmental stressors, helping to maintain a healthier, more radiant complexion. 

• Relieves Insect Bites: Its natural anti-inflammatory ability helps calm the itchiness and swelling of bug bites. 

Yarrow

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) offers significant topical benefits, primarily acting as a natural anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and skin-toning agent. It is highly effective for soothing sensitive skin, treating acne and balancing sebum, and accelerating the healing of minor cuts or wounds. 

Topical use of yarrow provides several distinct advantages for skin health:

• Reduces Inflammation and Redness: Packed with flavonoids and azulene (which gives the distilled oil a deep blue hue), yarrow helps calm inflammatory skin conditions like eczema, rosacea, and dermatitis. 

• Acne Control: Its natural antimicrobial and antiseptic properties help combat blemish-causing bacteria, while its astringent nature tightens pores and regulates excess oil without causing dryness. 

• Wound Healing: Historically known as "herbal of blood," it contains compounds that help staunch minor bleeding, close wounds, and promote skin regeneration. 

• Anti-Aging: Yarrow contains antioxidants that combat free radicals and environmental stressors, helping to firm the skin, plump fine lines, and promote an even tone. 

Wormwood

Wormwood (Artemisia species) extract is celebrated in skincare for its potent anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. It helps calm redness, soothe acne, and fight free radicals to minimize premature aging. It is frequently found in serums and toners targeting sensitive, irritated, or photodamaged complexions. 

Key Benefits

• Reduces Inflammation and Redness: Wormwood is rich in flavonoids and artemisinin, which temper cytokines (proteins that drive inflammation). This makes it highly effective for soothing eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and sensitive skin flare-ups. 

• Combats Acne-Causing Bacteria: It contains camphor and has natural antibacterial and antifungal properties that help cleanse the skin and prevent breakouts. 

• Provides Anti-Aging Protection: Because it is packed with antioxidants, topical wormwood helps shield your skin from environmental stressors, reducing oxidative stress and the appearance of fine lines. 

• Improves Hydration and Tone: Clinical studies suggest extracts from the Artemisia plant can aid in improving overall skin radiance, reducing uneven pigmentation, and strengthening the natural moisture barrier.

Dandelion root offers several benefits for skin health, acting as a natural remedy for detoxifying, soothing irritation, and fighting premature aging. 

Its active compounds and nutrients promote a clearer, more radiant complexion in several ways: 

• Soothes Inflammation: It contains natural anti-inflammatory properties that help calm skin irritation and reduce redness associated with conditions like eczema, rosacea, and acne. 

• Fights Acne: Dandelion root is naturally antibacterial and antifungal, helping to clear pores and reduce the bacteria that cause breakouts. 

• Antioxidant Protection: It is packed with vitamins A, C, and E, which neutralize free radicals and help minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. 

• Supports Detoxification: Traditionally used in herbal medicine, its detoxifying effects may indirectly improve skin clarity by helping the body flush out impurities. 

Dandelion Leaves

Dandelion leaves offer powerful, natural skin benefits due to their high concentration of vitamins (A, C, E), minerals, and antioxidants. They help soothe inflammation, protect against premature aging, and combat acne. 

The primary skin benefits include:

• Combats Signs of Aging: Abundant in Vitamins A, C, and E, they stimulate cell regeneration and collagen production, helping reduce fine lines and wrinkles. 

• Soothes Inflammation: Natural polyphenols and antioxidants help calm redness, swelling, and irritation. They are traditionally used to relieve skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea. 

• Fights Acne: Dandelion leaves have antibacterial and antifungal properties that help detoxify pores, prevent breakouts, and control excess oil. 

• UV Protection: Research suggests that dandelion extracts can help absorb harmful UVB rays and reduce the cellular damage and photoaging caused by sun exposure. 

• Reduces Dark Spots: The combination of potent antioxidants helps minimize hyperpigmentation and age spots, promoting a more even skin tone. 

Vervain

Vervain (or Verbena) offers powerful skincare benefits due to its natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and astringent properties. It is excellent for reducing redness, tightening pores, and calming irritation from conditions like eczema or rosacea. Additionally, it promotes cell regeneration, helping to heal minor wounds and fade blemishes over time. 

Specific ways vervain supports skin health include:

• Acne Control: Its natural astringent qualities help clear excess oil, detoxify pores, and prevent breakouts without stripping the skin.Soothing Irritation: Rich in anti-inflammatory compounds, topical application can calm sensitive, reactive, and swollen skin.Anti-Aging: Antioxidants in the plant protect skin cells from free radical damage and oxidative stress caused by environmental factors.Skin Regeneration: Traditionally used on burns and abrasions, vervain supports the skin's natural repair process and helps fade scars. 

Frankincense

Frankincense oil tightens mature skin, promotes cellular regeneration, and reduces the appearance of fine lines, scars, and blemishes. Rich in boswellic acids and antioxidants, it provides anti-inflammatory and soothing effects for conditions like acne or redness. 

Key Skin Benefits:

• Anti-Aging & Firming: Its natural astringent properties help lift and tighten skin while supporting collagen production and elasticity.Scar & Blemish Reduction: By promoting cell turnover and skin regeneration, it helps fade acne scars, dark spots, and stretch marks.Anti-Inflammatory: The soothing compounds reduce redness and irritation, making it beneficial for sensitive or sunburned skin.Balance & Hydration: It naturally balances sebum production, making it suitable for both oily and deeply dry, mature skin.

Myrrh

Myrrh is a potent, ancient resin known for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. When applied topically and properly diluted, it helps soothe irritated skin, fights acne-causing bacteria, accelerates wound healing, and combats aging by promoting elasticity and reducing fine lines. 

• Acne & Blemishes: Its natural antibacterial and antiseptic abilities help treat breakouts and cleanse pores.Anti-Aging: Myrrh stimulates cell regeneration and helps improve skin elasticity, making it excellent for mature complexions.Soothing & Healing: It relieves inflammation caused by eczema, rosacea, or psoriasis, and helps soothe cracked, broken skin.Antioxidant Protection: It fortifies the skin against environmental stressors like pollution and UV exposure. 

Blue Tansy

Blue tansy is a soothing botanical oil celebrated for its potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Rich in compounds like chamazulene and camphor, it deeply calms irritated skin, neutralizes redness, and can alleviate flare-ups associated with eczema, acne, and rosacea. 

Key benefits for your skin include:

• Reduces Redness & Inflammation: Thanks to its high azulene content, it cools sensitive skin and minimizes swelling.Fights Acne: Its natural antibacterial and antifungal properties help clear breakouts and balance excess sebum production.Promotes Healing: It accelerates skin repair, which helps minimize scars and soothe sun damage.Anti-Aging: Antioxidants help protect the skin from environmental stressors and reduce the appearance of fine lines. 

Helichrysum

Helichrysum (often known as "immortelle") is a highly prized botanical that offers potent regenerative, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties for the skin. It actively supports collagen production, diminishes the appearance of fine lines, scars, and blemishes, and helps soothe irritation, redness, and bruising. 

Specific skin benefits of helichrysum include:

• Wound & Scar Healing: It is well-known for its tissue-regenerating abilities. It helps accelerate the skin's natural healing process and can reduce the visibility of acne scars, stretch marks, and minor wounds. 

• Anti-Aging & Elasticity: Rich in antioxidants, it protects the skin against free radical damage from daily environmental stress while stimulating collagen and elastin production. 

• Redness & Inflammation: The calming esters and terpenes make it an effective natural remedy for soothing irritated skin, sunburns, eczema, and rosacea. 

• Acne Support: Its antimicrobial and antibacterial properties help clear up blemishes while balancing overall sebum production. 

• Bruising: It stimulates blood circulation and aids in resolving hematomas and dark bruises. 

Dragon's Blood

Dragon's blood is a natural tree resin known for skin rejuvenation and protection. It provides four primary skin benefits: it intensely hydrates and plumps skin to reduce fine lines, shields against free radical damage, minimizes redness, and creates a protective barrier that speeds up healing and acne recovery. 

Key Skin Benefits

• Plumps and Rehydrates: The resin acts as a natural humectant that draws and locks in moisture, leaving the skin looking bouncy and youthful. 

• Soothes and Calms: It contains powerful anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce redness and irritation, making it excellent for sensitive skin or calming acne flare-ups.

• Antioxidant Protection: Rich in polyphenols and taspine, it neutralizes harmful free radicals caused by pollution and environmental stressors. 

• Barrier Support and Healing: The sap forms a protective, film-like barrier over the skin's surface, promoting tissue regeneration and shielding skin from bacteria. 

Ylang Ylang 

Ylang ylang essential oil offers major skin benefits by naturally balancing sebum production (making it great for both oily and dry skin), soothing inflammation and redness, fighting off acne with its antibacterial properties, and combating oxidative stress for anti-aging effects. 

Key Skin Benefits

• Balances Oil Production: It naturally signals your skin’s sebaceous glands to harmonize sebum production, keeping your complexion from becoming too oily or excessively dry. 

• Acne and Blemish Control: Its antimicrobial and antibacterial properties help cleanse and purify the skin, while calming active breakouts and reducing redness. 

• Anti-Aging Support: Rich in antioxidants, it neutralizes free radicals to protect against premature aging, promoting cell regeneration to smooth out fine lines. 

• Soothes Inflammation: It helps calm irritation, making it useful for sensitive or troubled skin. 

Vanilla Oleoresin

I'm an alchemist and this is the only extra I put in like a chef tossing salt as a final touch. It doesn't make it smell like vanilla, it merges all the other flowers in a delicate divine way  like I tossed on a sprig as the perfect accent in your bottle. 

Vanilla oleoresin acts primarily as a calming aromatic and antioxidant. Its topical application is linked to reduced inflammation and protection against free radicals. By soothing the nervous system, its comforting scent can reduce stress, which ultimately promotes a healthier complexion. 

While there is some debate regarding profound clinical benefits outside of its fragrant and humectant properties, users often blend vanilla oleoresin into DIY beauty routines to boost skin wellness: 

• Combats Free Radicals: Vanilla contains compounds like vanillin, which offer natural antioxidant properties to protect your skin from environmental stressors.Soothes Irritation: Its anti-inflammatory properties can help calm minor redness and soothe irritated skin.Moisturizes & Softens: When integrated into creams or lotions, it can help lock in moisture, keeping the skin soft and supple.Antibacterial Shield: It has mild antibacterial properties that can help cleanse pores and prevent breakouts when diluted.

Pau D'Arco

Then for the creams and balms I add that oil to 

African Shea Butter

Beeswax

Pearl Powder 

Neem Oil