India and Sri Lanka have a long history of founding and developing Ayurveda. Alongside its Ayurvedic practices, Sri Lanka also practiced a science called Helaveda. Helaveda is an ancient system of holistic medicine primarily differentiated from Ayurveda, due to its focus on studying and using plants endemic to Sri Lanka. The majority of these ingredients were derived from the Singharaja forest - a Jurassic-era rainforest in Central Sri Lanka.
Once cherished by royalty and later guarded by generations of Helaveda doctors, this system of medicine co-existed with Ayurveda in the land of Ceylon. Helaveda knowledge was preserved on Ola leaf manuscripts, in ancient scripts similar to how hieroglyphics were once written on papyrus leaves.
Benefits of Helaveda-inspired Skincare
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Gentle cleansing: Helaveda ingredients are capable of keeping your skin clean and fresh without damaging your natural skin barrier.
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Glow Boosting: Natural ingredients in the skincare recipes make your skin radiant and glowy.
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Deep Hydration: Helaveda ingredients are capable of locking moisture within your skin so that it feels plump and dewy.
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Smooth skin: Ingredients used in Helaveda are capable of fighting free radical damage which can reduce the formation of fine lines and wrinkles.
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Clear, Even Skin: Natural ingredients present in Helaveda-inspired skincare can reduce pigmentation and blemishes with continued use.
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Soothing and Repairing: Natural extracts in Helaveda recipes activate your skin’s natural potential to repair and rejuvenate itself.
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Holistic wellness: Helaveda is not just about outer beauty, it is about finding the unison between the body and mind to activate a sense of calmness and relaxation.
Ingredients used in our Helaveda skincare recipes
Helaveda owes its powers to a plethora of natural ingredients growing in the lush green forests of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, a top biodiversity hotspot with Jurassic-era rainforests flourishing to this date.
These precious ingredients were incorporated into indigenous skincare recipes as unique blends and guarded as beauty secrets in Ola leaf manuscripts.
Ranawara, Bakuchiol, Soursop, Ceylon Karapincha and Nelum are some unique ingredients that appear in these secret recipes- or rahas vattoru- as indigenous medical practitioners call them.
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Ranawara: A popular medicinal plant cherished for the capacity of its flowers to cleanse skin without stripping off natural oils.
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Bakuchiol: Popularly known as nature’s retinol, it has the capability to repair skin while fighting fine lines and wrinkles.
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Soursop: A savored fruit in the tropics, soursop is an almost magical ingredient that makes skin unleash its natural radiance and glow.
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Ceylon Karapincha: An indigenous variety of the curry leaf plant, Ceylon Karapincha boosts skin’s natural ability to repair and rejuvenate itself.
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Nelum: An almost ethereal-looking water plant that inherently possesses the ability to thrive in harsh sunlight, acts as the ideal ingredient to fight free radical damage and reduce the formation of crows feet and wrinkles in delicate parts of the face like the eye area.
