What is Ubtan?
Dive deep into the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with a self-care Ubtan clean beauty ritual! A centuries old age-defying remedy to cleanse, exfoliate and reawaken your skin’s healthy glow.
Origins
Steeped in history, the Ubtan beauty treatment is part of the Solah Shringar - 16 Steps of Adornment - an important, ancient ritual for South Asian women that's still practiced today, most commonly for weddings. In traditional Indian wedding ceremonies, Ubtan was applied to the bride’s skin every day for 10 days before her wedding to a ensure smooth, radiant skin.
In Medieval times, the royal Mughal women would also practice the Solah Shringar when appearing in court.
Ubtan is one of the first steps of this ritual, purifying and preparing skin for the adornments that follow. Ubtan is derived from the Sanskrit term “Udvartana”, which means to cleanse and beautify the body, comprised of a powder blend, such as besan flour, sandalwood or rose powder, turmeric and other herbs. It typically contains a blend of powders and is mixed with Gulab Jal (rose water), oil, honey or milk to form a paste and then applied to the skin.
The Aussie Clean Beauty Ubtan Experience
Now you can create your own Ubtan self care ritual, Aussie style, with our powdered exfoliant blends of the finest native botanicals, clays and herbs, designed to nourish, purify and smooth the skin.
Our raw beauty blends can be mixed to a paste with milk, water or a hydrosol such as Rosewater, or a few drops of oil if your skin is very dry and applied to the skin for an impressive skin brightening and renewing Ubtan ritual. Gentle enough to use every day for an instantly smoother, softer radiant glow.
To elevate your daily skin care routine and experience the ultimate Aussie style Ubtan experience, we recommend any of these amazing hand blended powders – on sale now for just a short time longer, use code EXF20 at checkout.
Buff Away Face Powder
Buff Away Body Powder
Red Earth Skin Polish
Seaweed Polishing Cleanser
Aussie Enzyme Face Polish
The Ritual
Add 1 scoop sized amount into your palm and add a few drops of water at a time. Mix with your fingers as you go to create a paste.
Gently massage/smooth onto your skin, focusing on areas that need some extra attention. Include your neck and décolletage. Rinse off and follow with a Toner or Hydra Mist.
• You can rinse Ubtan off immediately, or leave for 10-15 minutes as a masque.
• For dryer skin types, add a little Radiance Glow Drops or raw honey before applying Ubtan to your skin.
• Use one of native Hydra Mists instead of water to harness pure plant active compounds to refresh, calm, cool, purify and hydrate the skin.
• For a full body Ubtan experience, we suggest our Buff Away Body Powder, adding a few drops of your favourite plant oil or Multi-care Beauty Oil for extra nourishment.
To enhance the aroma of your Ubtan ritual, add a pinch of your favourite fragrant botanical spice, such as cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, cardamom or vanilla powder.
Using pure skin food Aussie botanicals and enhanced micro-exfoliation, our Ubtan clean beauty ritual is designed to keep your skin looking and feeling its best.