Your skin deserves the best, and nature offers powerful botanicals, clays, oils, and extracts that purify, balance, and protect. From lightweight hydrators like Aloe Vera to pore-clearing white willow bark, each ingredient plays a vital role in Ayurvedic skincare for oily Kapha skin.
Why Natural Ingredients Matter
Oily Kapha skin is thick, smooth, and naturally well-moisturized, but it's prone to excess oil, clogged pores, and breakouts. It often feels cool and may appear shiny, especially in humid or damp environments. While Kapha skin ages slowly and resists fine lines, it can become dull or congested without proper care.
To stay balanced, Kapha skin needs lightweight hydration, gentle exfoliation, and ingredients that help regulate oil and detoxify the skin. Natural botanicals, clays, and plant-based actives are ideal—they're rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, and nutrients that clarify the skin, refine pores, and support a healthy, radiant complexion. These ingredients work in harmony with Kapha skin’s natural tendencies, helping to restore balance without stripping or irritating the skin.
How Does Face Chai Help Oily Kapha Skin?
✔ Balanced Hydration: Lightweight humectants hydrate without heaviness or clogging pores.
✔ Oil Regulation: Botanicals and clays help control excess sebum and prevent buildup.
✔ Clarifying & Detoxifying – Ingredients like charcoal and willow bark purify and decongest skin.
✔ Gentle Exfoliation: Natural AHAs and enzymes remove dead skin and promote glow.
✔ Soothing & Protective: Anti-inflammatory extracts calm breakouts and defend against environmental stress.
Our thoughtfully selected ingredients work together to rebalance Kapha skin, leaving it fresh, clear, and beautifully calm
Face Chai's five steps work in layers to restore, hydrate, soothe, moisturize, and protect Some days, your skin may need all five steps; other days, just one. Listen to your skin and follow its lead—the Ayurveda way!
Pausing between each Face Chai skincare step is key! Each step delivers essential nutrients in the perfect order, allowing your skin to fully absorb the goodness before moving on to the next step. Giving your skin this time ensures you unlock the full power of Face Chai for deep, lasting hydration and healthy, balanced Kapha skin.
What Each Ingredient Does for Your Skin
Here’s our breakdown of the natural skincare ingredients, categorized by their Kapha skin benefits:
📍 Oil Balancing & Sebum Regulation
Kapha skin naturally produces more sebum, especially when stressed out. This can lead to clogged pores, infection, and breakouts if not properly managed. To maintain balance, we’ve chosen natural and bioactive ingredients that regulate oil production without over-drying or adding more stress to skin. They work gently to keep the skin clear, refreshed, and comfortable throughout the day.
Stearic Acid: Gently cleanses excess oil while leaving a smooth, non-greasy texture.
Coconut Oil: Dissolves excess sebum and impurities, helping to gently cleanse the skin.
Witch Hazel: Tightens pores and reduces excess oil, offering a refreshing astringent effect.
Ylang Ylang Essential Oil: Balances sebum production, promoting circulation and helping prevent breakouts.
Basil Essential Oil: Reduces acne and inflammation with its antibacterial properties, helping to regulate excess oil.
Green Tea: Controls sebum production, reduces inflammation, and provides antioxidants that prevent breakouts.
Jojoba Oil: Regulates sebum production and mimics the skin’s natural oils, hydrating without clogging pores.
Safflower Oil: A lightweight, fast-absorbing oil that unclogs pores and balances oil production.
Neem Oil: Controls oil production, soothes inflammation, and provides strong antibacterial properties that help clear the skin.
Hemp Seed Oil: Reduces inflammation, helps detoxify, and balances oil production while offering antioxidant protection.
Spirulina: Reduces inflammation, balances sebum production, and helps maintain a healthy skin barrier.
💧 Hydration & Moisture Binding (Humectants) Without Clogging Pores
Oily Kapha skin requires proper hydration to maintain a healthy barrier and prevent stress to prevent to production of excess sebum. The key is using lightweight humectants and emollients that deliver moisture without heaviness, helping the skin stay balanced, smooth, and nourished without becoming congested.
Aloe Vera Juice: Soothes, heals, and hydrates all skin types, making it perfect for calming and clearing Kapha skin.
Hyaluronic Acid: Offers lightweight, deep hydration that doesn’t clog pores, helping to maintain moisture balance.
Glycerin: Keeps the skin’s barrier intact and hydrates without disrupting skin’s oil balance.
Panthenol (Pro-vitamin B5): Soothes irritation and enhances skin softness while providing hydration.
Hydrolyzed Oats: Soothes irritation and strengthens the skin's barrier, promoting balance and calm.
Cucumber Extract: Hydrates and cools the skin, reducing puffiness and calming irritation.
Chia Seed Oil: Offers gentle hydration, balances oily skin, and makes skin glow without clogging pores.
😌 Soothe Inflammation & Improve Skin Texture
Oily Kapha skin, while resilient, can easily become inflamed or irritated from clogged pores, breakouts, and environmental stress. To restore balance, calming and anti-inflammatory ingredients are essential. These botanicals and actives work to soothe redness, reduce swelling, and refine skin texture, promoting a clearer, more even-toned, and harmonious complexion.
Calendula Flowers: Improve circulation, tone the skin, and heal while soothing any skin damage.
Niacinamide: Reduces the appearance of pores, soothes inflammation, and improves skin texture and tone.
Lavender Water: Calms irritation and prevents acne, offering a refreshing, soothing effect.
Rosemary Extract: Provides anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits, preventing acne and soothing irritation.
White Willow Bark Extract: A natural source of salicylic acid that exfoliates gently, reduces redness, and improves skin texture.
Turmeric Extract: Soothes skin, reduces itchiness, and speeds up cell regeneration with its anti-inflammatory properties.
Allantoin: Encourages cell turnover and supports the skin’s natural repair process, promoting smoother skin.
Honeysuckle Extract: Antioxidant-rich, it provides anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits to reduce acne and soothe irritation.
Sesame Oil: Its anti-inflammatory properties help heal acne while calming irritated skin.
✨ Exfoliation & Skin Renewal
Regular gentle exfoliating masks are key for Kapha skin, which is prone to buildup, congestion, and dullness due to excess oil. Plant powders and clays help absorb excess oils, while acting as gentle, natural exfoliants to remove dead skin cells, unclog pores, and reduce blackheads without irritating or over-stripping the skin. This keeps the complexion smooth, fresh, and better able to absorb nutrients.
Raw Cane Sugar: Rich in glycolic acid, an AHA, it gently exfoliates to boost cell turnover, leaving skin fresh and clear.
Oat Powder: Soothes and gently cleanses, reducing inflammation without stripping the skin.
Multani Mitti (Fuller's Earth): Absorbs excess sebum, softens the skin, and gently exfoliates to prevent pore clogging.
Activated Charcoal: Absorbs excess oil and impurities, unclogs pores, and gives the skin a smoother, more balanced texture.
Buttermilk Powder: Exfoliates gently while moisturizing, leaving the skin smooth and hydrated.
Black Gram Powder: absorbs excess oil and smoothes skin texture
🛡️ Antioxidant Protection & Skin Repair
These antioxidant-rich ingredients help shield Kapha skin from environmental stressors like pollution and UV damage, which can contribute to dullness and congestion. They also support the skin’s natural healing processes, enhance elasticity, and improve overall resilience—keeping the skin radiant, and well-balanced without overwhelming it.
Sea Buckthorn Oil: Rich in fatty acids and antioxidants, it helps improve skin texture and elasticity while protecting against oxidative stress.
Vitamin E: Reduces signs of dryness, helps improve the appearance of wrinkles, and protects the skin from damage.
Red Raspberry Oil: Offers antioxidant protection, hydrates the skin, and helps balance oil production.
Evening Primrose Oil: helps maintain healthy skin barrier. Its anti-inflammatory properties help manage and heal acne
Cetyl Alcohol: Softens and smoothes the skin while creating a protective barrier, preventing moisture loss.
Emulsifying Wax: A vegetable wax that locks in moisture, tightens and protects the skin
🌸 Tone and Glow
These ingredients offer Kapha skin a range of benefits, from soothing inflammation to boosting overall skin vitality. They help even out skin tone, reduce redness, and promote a healthy, radiant glow. By improving texture and clarity, they leave *Kapha* skin looking balanced, fresh, and luminous without excess sheen.
Honeysuckle Water: Hydrates gently and calms irritated skin, offering a cooling and soothing effect.
Neroli Water: provides a refreshing astringent, anti-bacterial boost to kapha skin
Ylang Ylang Water: Soothes and reduces inflammation, promoting a glowing complexion.
Hydroxyethyl Urea: A humectant that maintains skin moisture levels and encourages cell turnover, ensuring a smooth and hydrated texture.
☔ Safe, Eco-Certified Preservative
This ingredients keeps our skincare products fresh and effective without irritating Kapha skin.
Geogard Ultra: An ECOCERT-certified preservative that’s gentle, non-irritating, and adds extra moisture.
Final Thoughts on Choosing the Right Skincare Ingredients
The secret to healthy Oily Kapha skin lies in choosing the right ingredients for your skin's needs. Nature provides the perfect solutions; 5,000 years of Ayurveda wisdom tells us what works, when and why; and Face Chai puts it all together for you in 5 steps.
The 5 steps work in progressive layers to restore balance, hydrate, soothe, moisturize and protect. Some days you may need all 5, some days you may only need 1. Trust yourself and let your skin speak to you - the Ayurveda way.