Earlier this week, we dove into the awesomeness of honey (which you can read in our WTF is… Honey?! post), and talked a little about why gluconic acid is fan...

Earlier this week, we dove into the awesomeness of honey (and if you missed it, you can read it HERE), which contains our chemical of the week- Gluconic Acid...

Honey . What’s not to love about it? We use it in food, drink, and alcohol. Honey even has a cult status in the DIY skincare community for it’s historical us...

Today’s post is kicking off our first mini series on fragrances and cosmetics. This is a subject near and dear to Mack’s heart, and as a result, she gets ver...

Today we’re taking a look at polyphenols! Don’t let the name scare you- they are awesome phytochemicals that are probably in more of your products than you t...

In case you didn’t notice, we’re all about neem this week! Today we are taking a little time to introduce you to our neem oil skincare confections… and we ha...

Sometimes the best things stink. No, literally. Neem oil reeks. It’s aroma is a diabolical trifecta of raw sewage, fresh garlic and espresso. But it’s also a...

Vitamin C gets A LOT of attention in the skincare industry, but it is more often touted as a magical panacea that “does great stuff” than as an actual compre...

In case you didn’t notice, we’re going a little crazy for rose hips this week! Today we are taking a little time to introduce you to our rose hip-packed skin...

Today is all about the hips! Rose hips, that is! The fruit of the dog rose, or Rosa canina, rose hip has become one of the darling botanicals of the skincare...

Unlike it’s good buddy Sugar, Green Tea is pretty much universally loved and hailed as the best thing since sliced bread. It’s even older than the concept of...

Flax is your friend! In fact there is no reason why flax shouldn’t be your best friend! The plant is a pretty affair topped with gentle blue flowers though i...

I feel like the past few weeks this weather has just been playing tricks on Philadelphia- a few warm days to get us excited for the end of winter, and then B...

The mug really is as big as it looks… my mugs are bowl sized! So let me explain the black stuff all over my face. Some of us are blessed with the ability to ...

I hope everyone had a stellar week. Philadelphia is finally thawing out (dare I even say it was warm?! I dare, I dare!). My Pandora station even had the perf...

We decided it was time to update our oats post, because as we have a grown, so too has our research… and it turns out that oats are way more awesome than we ...

Look, let’s just lay it out on the table. The Raw Spa consists of two twenty-somethings who work hard everyday. We. Freaking. Love. Coffee. Look at the first...