About Ayurveda

The secrets to flawless skin and ageless beauty have been known to Indian physicians for over six thousand years, preserved in one of the world’s oldest systems of health care and healing known as Ayurveda or “Knowledge of Life”. Ayurveda’s recipes have stood the test of time, refined over centuries, and humans have validated and documented this as an authentic, efficacious science.

Forest Essentials is an authentic, traditional skin care brand, with its foundations in the ancient science of Ayurveda.

Quintessence of Indian Beauty Revealed

The use of cosmetics and Ayurvedic rituals for self-beautification by both men and women, is believed to have originated in India, with their earliest records dating back to the Indus valley civilization. Special Tailams and Ghritas were used for facial beautification; hair cleansers with natural herbs and fragrant ingredients, were remedies for hair fall; while nourishing Lepās (masks) and fragrant powders made for elaborate bath rituals.

Decoding Ayurvedic Beauty

Beauty in Ayurveda is the balance between inner beauty or serenity and contentment, and outer beauty or physical perfection. To achieve this, and simplistically decode Ayurvedic Beauty is to use only fresh, pure, seasonal ingredients in your food and on your skin and hair, as well as have a serene and compassionate nature.

Forest Essentials seeks to revive this original era of Ayurvedic skin care by revisiting ancient recipes and methodologies to create products that keep their traditional benefits intact, while making it possible for the discerning consumer of today to integrate these everyday life, in a pleasantly sensorial and luxurious manner.