Make Your Own Skincare at The Grapeseed Company Scent Bar

The Grapeseed Company offers the option to customize your own natural personal products with over 100 oils that you can mix and match to get your desired scents.  For Santa Barbara locals, it is as easy as walking in and choosing your product and working with the very knowledgeable Grapeseed associates to blend your customized scent.  We also offer the option to create your own personalized product online through our virtual scent bar.   In the video below is an illustration of how fun, easy and simple it is to customize your own product.

Join Us at The Grapeseed Co. for a Holiday Open House this Weekend

 

SHOP, EAT, BE MERRY,

and let us take care of the gift wrapping (for free!)

Join us this weekend

for a Holiday Open House at the Shop

WHERE: 

The Grapeseed Co.

21 W. Ortega St. Santa Barbara

WHEN: 

Saturday 10:30-5pm

Sunday noon-5pm

WHAT: 

Enjoy holiday cookies, hot cocoa & tea, free gift wrap and samples with your purchase

PLUS GREAT SPECIALS ON PRODUCTS:

~ 25% off body scrubs

~ $15 and under stocking stuffer tree (all discounted gift sets exclusive for the holidays!)

~ Free Shipping to your out of town friends and family with your purchase of $49 or more!

(it will go out Monday and get there by Christmas!)

Our team can put together custom gift baskets, create personalized products at the Scent Bar, or help you with suggestions for that "tough to shop for" person on your list... Hope to see you there!

Cheers from all of us at

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.

Fun Celebrity Store Visit by Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts buys from The Grapeseed Company!

The day before Thanksgiving, we were lucky to have an A-list celebrity make us a pit stop on her Santa Barbara holiday visit. The one and only, beautiful and graceful, kind and very real Julia Roberts came in with her lovely family!

Julia Roberts blended a Custom Oil at our Apothecary Scent Bar, $22.00 8oz

Due to my healthy respect for the privacy of all people, celebrity and civilian alike, I didn't ask to take any photos of her visit, but was very happy to help her create an 8oz Custom Oil at our Apothecary Scent Bar, a blend she whipped up for her husband. It was a wonderful experience to be able to help Julia to customize this massage oil, and she couldn't have been a nicer customer to provide services to.

Baby G Gentle Shampoo + Body Wash, $9.99 4oz, $16.99 8oz

 All in all her family made a healthy purchase of various Grapeseed Co. products, including Baby G Gentle Shampoo + Body Wash and Mojito Man Shave Gel, along with some other Grapeseed body products and Apothecary Scent Bar items. We are proud to know that Julia and her family enjoy using all natural, botanical beauty products from the vine and support both a local and small business such as us here at The Grapeseed Company!

Mojito Man Shave Gel, $14.00 9oz

Black Friday & Small Business Saturday Savings

 

   Join us this Black Friday and Small Business Saturday for site-wide savings on all of your favorites and get a jump start on your holiday gift shopping!  Purchasing with us during these days will automatically enter you to win either a $50 gift certificate or our Vinotherapy Deluxe Bath & Body gift basket, with an assortment of Grapeseed products valued at over $100!

Your purchase enters you to win this vinotherapy deluxe bath & body gift basket!

 Our vinotherapy deluxe basket is an indulgent, thoughtful gift that will be appreciated! A gorgeous, large woven bark basket is filled with an 8oz vinotherapy lotion, scrub, grapeseed body wash, 4oz organic room & body mist, bath & massage oil plus a 10oz glass soy candle with an elegant wood lid for the complete spa experience, right at home. Select your favorite signature scent and enjoy a little slice of vino paradise, handmade in Santa Barbara. ($112 value)

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

Merry Mojito Man Movember to you!

Ready for Movember? Get the Mojito Man Organic Shave Set here!

  Our new and improved Mojito Man Organic Shave Set contains everything you need before, during & after for a natural, smooth, close shave! Enjoy the intoxicating scent of mojito man created from pure, natural essential oils, all specifically chosen for their active anti-microbial properties to help eliminate razor burn. 

  This set includes a 4oz prep scrub to first remove dead skin cells and get a closer shave, 9oz shave gel in our new convenient pump packaging, then 4oz moisture mist and 2oz aftershave balm for some organic skin pampering at the end. This set comes wrapped in biodegradable cello print bag and makes a great gift for any guy looking to style his 'stache the natural way this November and beyond!

Features
Includes: 4oz scrub, 9oz shave gel, 2oz aftershave balm & 4oz moisture mist

80-90% certified organic ingredients

recyclable containers

made with love in CA

Mojito Man Mustache time!

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,

Grapeseed Co. Skincare : Fresh from the Vineyard to Your Face

Here at The Grapeseed Company, we source local wine waste as the antioxidant rich base of our entire product line. Fall marks harvest season in the wine world, which means we collaborate with wineries up and down the California and Oregon coast to source red wine grapeseeds. This morning, my friend and Whole Foods Market Forager, Stacey, and I drove up to the Santa Ynez Valley to visit Bernat Winery and Vineyard for a grapeseed pickup.

Here's a peek inside our day and a little behind the scenes view of how we bring your fresh, vineyard to face organic skincare and bath products!

Here I am on the Bernat Vineyard grounds, checking out the grapes...

Meanwhile, Sam and his team have been pressing off syrah grapes this morning,

and have created this wine waste from the process of squeezing
juice from the grape.

The red wine seeds are amazing for your skin! They are concentrated with potent antioxidants and a powerful polyphenol, called resveratrol, that are the base of our product line at The Grapeseed Co. 

We take the wine waste back to our facility in downtown Santa Barbara, and go through a process of prepping the seeds for use in over 100 different skin care, bath, body, soap, hair care, men's skin care and baby products.

 

Harvest Crush Syrah Wine Soap

Bernat Winery is owned by Sam and Shawnda Marmorstein, who also own the delicious Los Olivos Cafe and Wine Merchant (a must stop in Los Olivos!) You can find Grapeseed Co. products at The Los Olivos Wine Merchant, and in the lovely vacation rentals they have on their vineyard... 

  

 

check out the gorgeous view! Plus a peek inside one of the vineyard cottages, where you will find this comfy bed looking out on the view above

...and the bathrooms stocked with Grapeseed Co. products!

Stacey and I having a little selfie fun in the mirror :)

 It's pretty neat to see full circle, the source of the products right outside the window. This soap is literally made with the seeds from
the vineyard you are staying at.

 

How cool is that?!

Happy Earth Day: Flash Sale 22% OFF today only

Happy Earth Day, grapeseed friends! 

Celebrate choosing effective, clean, organic skin care at our 

*flash sale*

Enjoy 22% OFF, TODAY ONLY!

DETAILS:

*valid 10:30-6:30pm today in our #SantaBarbara store at 21 W Ortega St in Downtown SB. Stop in on your way to the Farmer's Market this afternoon!

*valid April 22, 2014 until midnight PST with code online at www.grapeseedco.com

*valid on retail orders only; not valid on wholesale orders.

Cheers!

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.