
Summer Shipping Policy
True Hidration will do things in batches that drop throughout the year. So some planning is needed when purchasing. But hear me out! There are reasons for this.
Not shipping in the summer. It's too hot and getting hotter by the year. My products are temperature sensitive. Many of the phytonutrients in plant oils get destroyed by high, maintained heat. In transportation, products are exposed to very high and low temperatures. This can just reck havoc on the product. What you the customer would be left with is, something better than grease, but not what you paid for. What's the point of sourcing virgin, wild, and/ or organic oils and ingredients for you to have received--grease. In the spring and fall it is still too hot but I rely on gel packs and insulation to ship. To protect the oils True Hidration uses airless pumps and dark bottles to protect the nutrients of the oil and extend shelf life. Light and oxygen speed up rancidity. Rancidity can change the color, scent, and texture of an oil. On the skin, you may develop a reaction such as a rash or breakouts. (You might be allergic or not need oil if this happens on the first try.) A lot of the oils that are good specifically for dry skin are very sensitive to heat. Why do all of that to ruin it with heat!
The Big One
If True Hidration shipped in the summer, with the packaging required, the pricing would be astronomical. Those costs would have to be passed on. The less packaging and special shipping and packaging, the cheaper it is to ship. Those savings will also be passed on.
Cheaper
Products that sit aren't as fresh as those newly processed. Normally, large-scale production is designed to be used two years after production. The sooner the customer can purchase it the better, but some of us are buying products made two or three years before they get on the shelf, never mind, your shopping cart.
Fresh
Natural ingredients have a shorter lifespan than synthetic ingredients. Making large-scale products requires the use of a toxic, synthetic preservative system to keep them safe for a long shelf life that can extend two or more years.
No Synthetic Preservatives
The flip side of no synthetic preservation is natural preservatives. Some of True Hidration's products will have natural preservatives, but they do not last as long as their synthetic brethren. So they have to be consumed quicker and can't be allowed to linger.
Natural Preservatives
For all the above-mentioned reasons. True Hidration drops batches and doesn't ship in the summer. This allows for fresh products that have nutritive value. It's cheaper because it involves less refrigeration from storage to shipping. Less refrigeration is also more eco-friendly and lowers True Hidration's footprint. When True Hidration relauches products with preservatives it allows the use of natural preservatives instead synthetic.