Rahua (Ungurahua)
Amazonian women have for eons depended on the oil from this tree nut to nurture and strengthen their hair. It fortifies weak and damaged hair, nourishes and maintains hair follicle and scalp health, and its super-fine molecules push color pigmentation deep into the hair shaft, greatly extending color endurance. Skin benefits from its generous supply of omega-9 fatty acids, which tone, calm, and smooth the skin and restore its natural moisture balance.
Palo Santo
Known as “holy wood” and prized by Amazonian shamans since the Incan era for its spiritual purifying properties, the essence of this wild tree is Rahua’s signature scent. Its sophisticated, earthy aroma offers a soothing aromatherapy experience.
Aloe
Used since the time of ancient Rome for its healing properties, aloe smooths, hydrates and nourishes, bringing renewed vibrancy to damaged and lackluster hair.
Cassava (Tapioca)
This edible root has been a staple food for Amazonian people for thousands of years. Sustainably harvested from the rainforest, organic, food-grade cassava starch absorbs oil, perspiration, and debris from the scalp and hair and helps to bulk up hair and create a base for long lasting styles.
Carnauba
Powerful enough to offer hair beautiful, long-lasting hold, yet gentle enough to easily rinse away, this wax is sustainably extracted from leaves in the Amazon rainforest.
Chlorophyll
The pigment responsible for making green plants green adds natural color to our award-winning Voluminous Shampoo.
Coconut
This fruit's beneficial oil provides moisture to hair and skin and an extract, coco betaines, safely, gently and effectively removes excess oil and dirt from skin and hair without depleting necessary nutrients and moisture.
Eucalyptus
Best known for its refreshing scent, this tree’s extracts also have clarifying and antimicrobial properties. Eucalyptus keeps hair clean longer and extends the time between shampoos.
Gardenia Flower
Symbolizing purity and sweetness, this flower has a sultry, exotic scent. We use the centuries-old enfleurage process to extract the fragrance’s purest essence and maintain its antioxidants.
Green Tea
Cultivated throughout Asia, this tea is full of antioxidants which protect hair and scalp and aid in mitigating damage from harmful UV rays.
Guayaba (Guava)
This tropical fruit hydrates and softens hair and leaves behind an exotic citrusy scent.
Guayusa
Used by shamans as spiritual guidance, this powerful herb focuses the mind and repairs the body. It contains twice the amount of antioxidants in green tea, which reduces free radical damage, and vitamin B3 (with niacin), inducing DNA regeneration to help balance the skin.
Hibiscus
These dramatic flowers are packed with the antioxidants known as anthocyanins. These help reduce UV damage, provide full-spectrum hair color support, boost shine, strengthen hair, and enhance manageability and bounce.
Lavender
Prized around the world since ancient times, the smoky, herbal scent of this flowering plant (ours is cultivated in France) calms the mind and soothes the senses.
Lemon Grass
Extracts from this plant give hair bounce, body, and volume by gently removing excess oils from the scalp and hair shaft without compromising their moisture balance and integrity.
Mango
This juicy tropical fruit offers a subtle, irresistibly exotic scent and contains sugars which bonds oil proteins to hair, maximizing hydration. Compounds (including choline and the antioxidant mangiferin) leave hair shiny and resilient and scalp healthy and moisturized.
Morete (Buriti)
Rich in vitamins A, C, and E, essential fatty acids, tocopherols, and carotenoids—especially beta-carotene—oil from this Amazonian fruit’s flesh give skin a pure, healthy glow and protects hair from damaging UVA rays. Rahua only uses Symbiotic®* morete.
Passion Fruit
Vitamin C from this tropical fruit helps to regulate optimal PH balance for hair and scalp and its exotic aroma is transporting.
Sea Salt
Naturally antibacterial, this essential mineral detoxifies and exfoliates the scalp, preserves the health and wellbeing of scalp and skin, and gives hair tousled texture, body, and hold.
Quinoa
Known by ancient Incans as “the mother of all grains", this gluten-free superfood revitalizes and promotes healing and moisture retention in skin and hair and reduces signs of fatigue on the face.
Raspberry Leaf
Used for centuries in folk remedies, this plant extract contains powerful antioxidants that nourish and repair damaged hair.
Rosemary
This antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb delivers protection from free radicals and a fresh, piney scent.
Sacha Inchi
A longtime food source in the Amazon, these seeds are exceptionally rich in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants including vitamins A and E. Sacha Inchi oil locks in hair’s moisture and conditions and soothes the scalp and evens skin’s appearance, restores moisture balance, and lessens inflammatory responses, UV damage, and signs of aging.
Shea Butter
Long treasured for its medicinal and emollient qualities, this extract from the nut of an African tree softens frizzy hair, seals in moisture to protect hair from becoming dry or brittle, and moisturizes and balances the scalp.
Star Anise
This evergreen seed offers a spicy fragrance and antimicrobial properties that help maintain a healthy scalp.
Sugarcane
The extract from this reedy grass give hair hold and natural shine. Sugarcane crystals are the source of molasses, which gives a honey color to formulas and adds styling control and hold to hair.
Sunflower Seed
Pressed from sunflower seeds, this oil is loaded with vitamin E and oleic acid, a natural moisturizer which strengthens and softens hair, promotes growth, eliminates frizz, and adds shine.
Vanilla
Vanilla, original to ancient Mesoamerica, this orchid fruit provides an unmistakably warm, sweet scent and a potent source of polyphenols, which help to slow down hair aging.