Facial Oils vs. Serums

Rose & Grape Serum, Resroli Serum, & Cali Harvest Serum

It seems a great time to quickly discuss the difference between our Grapeseed Facial Oils and Serums here at The Grapeseed Company! There has been more than one question as to what the differences between them are, so let's shed some light on the situation.

The facial oils are lighter- they aren't as rich in vitamins and antioxidants, have less ingredients overall, and are more quickly absorbed into the skin. They are great for both moisturizing (either worn alone or layered beneath a cream moisturizer or sunscreen) as well as for makeup removal, giving them even greater value for their price (just $18 for 2.3oz)!

The serums are also oil based,  however several differences exist. Our serums have been infused with herbs and flowers for 30 days, have stronger essential oils added in, and are more complex in the ingredients that they comprise of. Each of the serums have special qualities about them which make them more effective in targeted use for conditions such as age spots, sun damage, and blemishes in addition to being effective moisturizers that target fine lines and wrinkles ($30 for 2.3oz, $18 for 1.2oz).

Regardless of your preference, all of the facial oils and serums are packed with antioxidants like resveratrol from botanical ingredients such as grapeseed oil, are free of parabens/phthalates/sulfates/gluten, are vegan, never are tested on animals plus are naturally preserved with vitamin E. Try them out for yourself or give them as the perfect skin care gift to one you love!

Grapeseed Facial Oils: Argan, Avocado, Rosehip & Cocokui

Introducing a New Vineyard Scent: *Champagne* in Vino Lux Spa Professional line

Do you love to toast with a glass of bubbly in celebration of your wonderful life? 

Well, now you can enjoy the same experience (minus the glass) as you treat yourself to our spa quality Vino Lux line of body care products!

 

New Scent in the Vino Lux line: Champagne body scrub, body lotion & wine infused bath salts!

  Our Vino Lux line features Body Scrub, Wine Infused Bath Salts, plus Body Lotion all full of nutrient rich, hydrating ingredients like argan oil, grapeseed extract and avocado oil with one of three lovely vineyard inspired scent blends. The new Champagne scent smells truly delightful, like a freshly popped bottle of bubbly! 

Try it for yourself today and enjoy spa quality treatments in the comfort of your own home.

Winter Skincare Survival Guide

It's that time of year again when cold rides in and brings its friends chapped lips and dry skin along for the ride.  But when the brisk winds blow and the cool, dry air starts to take its toll, look no further than to our natural moisturizing skin care and body products to stave off the skin dehydrating effects of winter!

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Remedy for chapped, cracked or dried lips:

Seasonal Lip Balm 3 Pack $14.50

The Grapeseed Company signature lip balm formula will infuse a veil of delicate moisture into you lips without ever feeling waxy or heavy.  Natural flavors top a rich base blend of organic oils and butters to bring back those soft lips that the cold of winter takes away. Seasonal Lip Balms individually retail in various scents for $4.99 each or come in the value 3 Pack (pictured above) with a reusable hemp pouch for $14.50!

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Sweet Lips SPF 15 Lip Balm $6.00

 If winter is your season and you're active out in the cold and sun, say on the ski slopes, then our SPF 15 protective lip balms are a perfect choice to not only moisturize but also prevent sun damage to your precious kissers. Choose from Coconut, Almond Cream or Sweet Lips (vanilla mint).

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Key to preventing or recovering dry, irritated facial skin:

Cali Vine Face Cream $26.00

Our signature skin care line is full of hydrating goodies that will keep your skin dewy despite wintry or dry weather. The superfood rich formula in ultra hydrating Cali Vine Decadently Rich Face Cream is a perfect solution for shielding your skin with moisture and providing vitamins and nutrients to keep a happy, healthy complexion.

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Avocado Grapeseed Facial Oil $18.00

The latest addition to our Grapeseed Facial Oil line, Avocado Grapeseed Facial Oil is especially great for thirsty skin as avocado oil is naturally humectant, meaning it actually helps to hold in and retain natural skin moisture, a feature that comes in handy with rehydrating severely dry skin. Paired with jojoba and grapeseed oils, this facial oil is a surefire way to battle the drying effects of winter. 

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Vino Crush Face + Body Polish $16.00

If the weather has turned your skin into a dry, flaky dead zone, the best way to combat further dryness begins with shedding that top layer and starting again. Vino Crush Face + Body Polish is specially formulated brown sugar scrub with no added essential oil fragrances that gently exfoliates away the top layer of dried, dead skin and leaves a layer of moisturizing oils in its wake to hydrate the freshly exposed skin. Follow this scrub treatment with one of the above moisturizers for a full system of face moisturizing reboot!

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Treatment for ashy elbows, knees and overworked hands:

Sunshine Day Sugar Body Scrub $11.99 4oz, $19.99 8oz

The same concept of removing dead skin to expose and moisturize underlying new skin on your face, as mentioned above, also applies to your body. Sunshine Day Sugar Body Scrub will cleanse and exfoliate dead skin away wherever you are dry and leave behind a shield of natural moisture all with an awakening scent of sweet orange and vanilla to brighten your day.  Other scents available in Sugar Body Scrub: Vanilla Almond Cinnamon, Lemon Cake.

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Pinot Dreams Whipped Body Butter $14.00

In addition to renewing skin through a sugar scrub treatment, our Whipped Grapeseed and Shea Body Butters are the favorite choice for chasing away dry skin winter woes. 100% natural formula of pure oils and butters whipped until they create a decadent cream that will massage easily into any moisture-lacking area of the skin and continue to soothe for hours after application. Available in four vineyard blends: Pinot Dreams, Summer Crisp Chardonnay, Rosevine and unscented Spa'Vignon Blanc. 

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Grapeseed Lotion Signature Scent 6 Pack $16.99

In need of moisture and don't have time to wait for it to absorb before getting back to business? Acquaint yourself with our Vinotherapy water-free lotions! Our aloe juice, grapeseed and coconut oil based formula readily absorbs into dry skin and won't leave any oily residue behind, making it the ideal lotion for those who need moisture on-the-go. Featured above in our Grapeseed Signature Scent 6 Pack, these handy travel sized lotions are each in 1.2 oz bottles that stash easily into pockets, purses, backpacks, fanny packs, travel bags, glove compartments, diaper bags, etc. so you can access the moisture you need, whenever and wherever you need it, with no fuss.  
This pack also is a great way to familiarize yourself with the six signature scents featured in our normal body care line so you know exactly which essential oil blend tickles your fancy when you go to buy larger sized products!

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The Grapeseed Company wishes you a hydrated and healthy winter! Find all these great products and more here.

NEW RELEASE: Vineyard Luxuries Wood Box

NEW RELEASE: Vineyard Luxuries Wood Box

  Cleanse, exfoliate & moisturize in luxury! Natural wood box packed with deliciously rich whipped grapeseed & shea body butter, 100% natural loofah and organic wine bar soap. A practical gift set of luxurious vinotherapy products that everyone can enjoy!

available in our vineyard blend scents:
summer crisp chardonnay clean citrusy notes; blossoms of bergmot & litsea
spa'vignon blanc unscented
rosevine butter + pink champagne soap rosevine and pink champagne both have notes of true rose, rose geranium & a hint of blood orange

Features
over 80% certified organic ingredients
100% natural ingredients

100% natural loofah

re-usable wood box

made with love in CA

Fall Delights: Pumpkin Pie Seasonal Soap is back

IT'S BACK:Pumpkin Pie Santa Barbara Seasonal Soap 

  One sniff of Pumpkin Pie seasonal Santa Barbara soap and you’ll know it’s fall... the yummy, warming notes of pumpkin, vanilla, clove and cinnamon make you wonder if you should lather up or take a bite! Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A and beta carotene while avocado, grapeseed & coconut moisturize as they gently cleanse your skin.

Also try it with matching massage candle in the Pumpkin Pie Seasonal Soap & Candle Set

NEW RELEASE: Grapeseed Lotion Signature Scent Six Pack

NEW RELEASE: Grapeseed Lotion Signature Scent Six Pack

The ultimate Grapeseed organic lotion sampler set! Get all six signature essential oil blends in our deliciously rich vinotherapy lotion, formulated with natural ingredients to soothe and protect. Aloe, grape seed and coconut oils deliver a mega dose of vitamins and antioxidants to thirsty skin. This water free lotion absorbs quickly, is concentrated and will leave your skin feeling fresh and moisturized all day long. A perfect set for getting to know our signature scent blends, whether for yourself or as a gift!

Features:
~six 1.2oz recyclable PET bottles with pumps
~certified organic ingredients
~vegan, paraben + phthalate free
~made with love in CA

The perfect gift at an amazing price, just $16.99!  Get it HERE.
We predict this set is going to be a top-seller this upcoming holiday season.

Cheers,

Buy Pink Champagne Organic Wine Bar Soap in October, and 10% goes to Breast Cancer Research

The Grapeseed Co. pink champagne organic wine bar soap $9.99

Every year, we donate a percentage of sales to Cancer Research from our Pink Champagne Wine Bar Soap. This unique soap is made fresh in our production kitchen in Santa Barbara with local antioxidant rich grapeseeds and has even been featured in the Sunday Living Section of the
 
This October, we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month by making a donation to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Annual Walk/Run taking place this weekend. The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara is doing some amazing things and you can help their efforts.

Here's a few facts on how your donation will help:
-More than 10,931 cancer patients were treated at the Cancer Center in 2013
-Over 6,000 cases were reviewed for eligibility for a clinical trial in 2013.
-The Cancer Foundation provided more than $3.5 million in financial support to the Cancer Center last year.

Will you please support The Cancer Center and help my friend (and one of our weekend warrior Grapeseed helpers :), Colby Boss-Adamski, reach her fundraising goal before this Sunday? Thank you in advance for your donation and support!

Follow This Link to visit Colby's personal donation web page and help me in my efforts to support Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

We love our creative partners: summer feature

One of the things I love about The Grapeseed Company is that it's given me the opportunity to work with some pretty darn amazing people. Part of what makes our brand successful is the relationships we build along the way; it's as important as having a great, effective product. Here's what some of our new wholesale partners (and old favorites!) are up to this summer, and how we've collaborated to bring you the grapeseed glow!

Santa Barbara Gift Baskets & Relevé Unlimited

We worked with the Relevé team in June to put on a live scent bar for a corporate event at the gorgeous Bacara Resort, where over 500 guests created, blended and named their own custom massage oils to take home!

This same corporate group teamed up with Santa Barbara Gift Baskets to create the perfect welcome bag full of local goodies (including The Grapeseed Co. Santa Barbara Seasonal Soap Sets!) that each guest at the party received in their rooms.

Whole Foods Market Venice

Whole Foods Market Venice 
(Lincoln Blvd. Los Angeles)

Swing by and meet Jackie, Sabrina and the rest of the rockin' whole body team and pick up a wide selection of our products, from skincare to body mists, washes and lotions, mojito man, and wine soap! Look out for our signature wine barrel display right outside the bar in the wine section, too. Cheers!


  



Santa Barbara Wine Spa

Grapeseed Co. Whipped Body Butters

Lauryn & Scott have just opened a concept spa, perfect for wine lovers in SB! Visit them for an indulgent massage with our whipped grapeseed, acai & shea butters, and get a delish glass of wine to compliment your treatment!
  
Santa Barbara Gifting Suite

Julie is putting together some amazingly beautiful gift collections, for weddings and beyond! Check out this lovely housewarming gift... who wouldn't want to arrive home to that on their doorstep?!








Chumash Casino & Resort

vineyard rose glycolic peel

Visit the spa at the Chumash in Santa Ynez valley for a new wine country facial! Enjoy our incredibly effective vineyard rose glycolic peel, decadent organic serums, and more.

These folks make our jobs here at Grapeseed Co. exciting, push our creative limits, help our team grow and spread the grapeseed goodness and love... cheers!

how to treat dry summer skin

Summer is shining it's beautiful rays upon us, but all that fun in the sun can wreak havoc on your skin between chlorine, salt water, sunscreen and the blazing rays.

After a wonderful time gathering with 35(!) of my extended family members on Cape Cod to celebrate our amazing grandparents 70 years of marriage, we took a smaller group up to the family lake house in New Hampshire for some fun "Auntie" time.

My mom, sister, and me with our "mini me" nieces

My beautiful niece, Ava, had been playing hard in the pool, beach, and lake for almost a week, and her lovely olive skin was looking dry, peeling, and chapped.

Ava "BEFORE"

Ava was super enthusiastic to try one of Auntie's products to relieve her dry, tight skin. I applied the Cali Vine Decadently Rich Face cream to Ava's face in the afternoon, and then again in the evening...

Cali Vine Decadently Rich Face Cream with grapeseed, avocado, carrot & blue green algae

Two applications cured her dry flaky skin, and brought a big smile to her face when I told her she'd be starring in our next blog post!

Ava "AFTER"

Ava is celebrating her 9th birthday today! It's never too early to start teaching good skin care habits...

xoxo,
Kristin

Join us in Downtown Santa Barbara for May 1st Thursday

Swing by the store to pick up your May First Thursday Passport today!

Enjoy *FREE* mineral makeup makeovers with our new, affordable, effective line, Everyday Minerals!

 

WE ARE LOCATED AT:

21 W ORTEGA ST

DOWNTOWN SANTA BARBARA

CALIFORNIA

Which Grapeseed Co. Skin Care Products Are Best for Me?

Skin Care Selection Chart 

find the perfect Grapeseed Co. products for your complexion

PRODUCT	KEY INGREDIENTS	Normal	Dry / Mature	Oily / Combo
The Grapeseed Co. Vinotherapy Cleansers
vino gel foaming cleanser	resveratrol, lavender & grapefruit purify your complexion	X		X
green tea + grapes crème cleanser	green tea, chamomile & grapes gently soothe and cleanse sensitive skin	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Vinotherapy Toners
blemish buster toner	tea tree, grapefruit & aloe purify, calm & harmonize	X		X
lavender rose toner	lavender, rose & aloe balance, hydrate & refresh	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Anti-Aging Moisturizers
chamomile grapefruit moisturizer	oats, honey & vitamin E daily balancing lotion for all skin types	X	X	X
cali vine decadently rich face cream	grapeseed, avocado & blue green algae replenish, smooth & hydrate parched skin	X	X
vine eyes anti-aging eye cream with eyebright	eyebright, acai  & grapeseed target fine lines, bags & dark circles	X	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Anti-Aging Serums
rose & grape serum	rose petals, grapeseed & rosehip replenishing moisture to target fine lines	X	X
resroli serum	resveratrol & neroli balance problematic skin, sun damage	X		X
cali harvest serum	pumpkin, grapeseed & cherry renew, brighten & rejuvenate	X	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Pure Vinotherapy Oils
100% pure grapeseed oil	100% expeller pressed grapeseed oil moisturize, remove makeup, massage & shave oil	X	X	X
lavender infused grapeseed oil	grapeseed, lavender, vitamin E moisturize, remove makeup, massage & shave oil	X	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Anti-Aging Exfoliants
rose glycolic peel	Rose, aloe & resveratrol Deeply exfoliates skin for a spa quality facial at home	X	X	X
vino crush face & body polish	brown sugar, grapeseed, crushed lavender polish, purify and cleanse	X	X
The Grapeseed Co. Custom Vinotherapy Masks
vineyard rose custom vinotherapy mask	rose, pink clay & coconut milk Replenish, purify & treat your skin to a vineyard facial	X	X
coco cabernet custom vinotherapy mask	organic chocolate, rhassoul clay & grapeseed anti-aging treatment to detoxify & cleanse	X	X	X
create your own custom vinotherapy mask	green tea, grapeseed, kelp & your choice of botanicals create a custom treatment for you or your spa!	X	X	X

Shop for The Grapeseed Company Organic Vinotherapy Skin Care HERE 

Spa Professionals: All Grapeseed Co. skin care products are available in backbar sizing for professional facials at your spa. Please apply HERE for a wholesale account and access to our private backbar wholesale site, or login and shop the private page HERE.