ReDermaVive's Golden Goddess Facial Gua Sha oil provides the perfect slip surface for your gua sha tool to effectively slide over the skin. At the same time, it delivers numerous nutrients for your skin. The synergism of the ingredients and the lifting action of the gua sha results in a firmer, uplifted, smooth, clear, more youthful looking skin.

For this gua sha oil, we drew from an unfinished formula that Bob Flaws (the original owner of Blue Poppy Enterprises) started for treating stretch marks. It seems appropriate that face lifting has similar conditions and shares similar needs as those for treating stretch marks.

The formula notes that Bob Flaws left created the core herbal inspiration for our Golden Goddess Facial Gua Sha Oil:

In Chinese medicine, the net like structure of the skin is referred to as cou li or interstices... the interstices can either be shut and dense (bi mi) or scattered and relaxed (Shu Song). The coarsening and lack of tone of the skin due to aging is a process of the slackening of the interstices coupled with the lack of nourishment and moistening.
While the root disease mechanism of stretch marks is qi vacuity, once stretch marks have occurred, this qi vacuity is complicated by blood stasis in the network vessels locally. Therefore, within this formula, Huang Qi and Ren Shen strongly supplement the original qi, while Zhen Zhu clears heat, promotes healing, and engenders flesh when applied externally. ...research in China has shown that the external application of both Huang Qi and Ren Shen can promote healing of the skin...

Chinese Herbs:

• Margarita Pearl (Zhen Zhu)
• Trichosanthes Seed (Gua Lou Ren)
• Gotu Kola (Jie Xue Cao)
• Astralagus (Huang Qi)
• Safflower (Hong Hua)
• Dong Quai (Dang Gui)
• Trumpet Flower (Ling Xiao Hua)
• Asian Ginseng (Ren Shen)

Botanical Oils:

• Fractionated Coconut Oil 
• Tea Seed Oil
• Babchi Oil
• Green Coffee Bean Oil
• Hibiscus Seed Oil
• Rosehip Oil

Essential Oils:

• Frankincense
• May Chang
• Neroli
• Clary Sage
• Jatamansi