Aroma Rituals Rest + Reset Recovery Balm | 60 g – 20 g Travel Size
20g Plastic Jar (Travel Size) / Glass
$7.49
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Aroma Rituals Rest + Reset Recovery Balm | 60 g – 20 g Travel Size
$7.49
Rest + Reset Recovery Balm
Ginger • Menthol • Helichrysum
For restless, overworked and tired-feeling muscles.
For the gardeners, tradies, gym-goers, restless-leg shakers, stiff-joint movers, chronic-pain bodies — and the people who spend all bloody day bending over backwards for everybody else.
Rest + Reset is the balm you reach for when your body is telling you it's had enough.
It's a concentrated, water-free massage balm combining cooling menthol, warming Ginger + Black Pepper, Arnica, Helichrysum and calming aromatherapy oils in a rich, slow-melting base designed to give you enough glide for a proper massage.
Cooling first. Warming next.
Menthol crystals + Peppermint create the initial cooling hit. Menthol activates TRPM8 cold-sensing receptors in the skin, which creates that distinctive cold sensation without actually lowering the temperature of your skin.
As that settles, Ginger + Black Pepper bring a contrasting warming, stimulating character. Both have a long history of use in aromatherapy massage for stiff, tired and overworked bodies.
Arnica + Helichrysum
This is the part of Rest + Reset we're particularly fond of.
Helichrysum — also known as Immortelle or Everlasting — is highly valued in aromatherapy bodywork and traditionally included in restorative massage blends for hard-worked, weary and knocked-about bodies.
We've paired it with Arnica-infused oil, another botanical with a long history in traditional massage preparations for tired and overworked areas.
Together, they give the balm a botanical backbone beyond simply making something that feels cold.
Then we bring everything down.
Lavender + Frankincense round out the blend.
These oils are traditionally used within aromatherapy for relaxation, grounding and evening wind-down, which is exactly where they belong in Rest + Reset — especially when you're physically exhausted but your body hasn't quite received the memo that it's time to stop.
Who's it for?
Reach for Rest + Reset after training or physical work, after a day spent gardening, lifting, carrying, climbing or standing — or simply when your muscles feel tight, restless and overworked.
It's also been formulated with those persistent, everyday body aches in mind — the kind experienced by people living with things like fibromyalgia, arthritis or restless legs — without pretending that a jar of balm is going to fix the underlying condition.
Sometimes you just want something nice to massage into the areas giving you grief.
And sometimes you've spent the entire day looking after everybody else.
This one's your reminder to look after the body doing all that work too.
How to use
Start with a pea-sized amount and massage slowly into the area you want to focus on — shoulders, neck, lower back, thighs, calves, legs or feet.
The balm melts gradually with massage, giving you time to work it in while the cooling-to-warming sensation develops.
A little goes a long way.
Cool → Warm → Massage → Rest + Reset.
Ingredients
Full ingredient list (INCI): Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Garcinia Indica Seed Butter, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Squalane, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Menthol, Cetyl Alcohol, Camphor, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Piper Nigrum (Black Pepper) Fruit Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil, Boswellia Serrata Oil, Helichrysum Italicum Flower Oil.
Meadowfoam Oil — a highly stable emollient that gives the balm its smooth, long massage glide without a heavy greasy finish.
Arnica Infused Oil — Arnica flowers infused into sunflower oil; traditionally used in topical massage preparations for tired, overworked areas.
Kokum Butter — a firm, relatively dry-feeling plant butter that helps the balm stay solid while melting gradually during massage.
Beeswax — creates the protective, slow-melting balm structure and extends massage time.
Shea Butter — adds cushion, softness and a richer skin feel.
Jojoba Oil — technically a liquid wax ester; contributes silky slip and helps reduce an overly oily finish.
Olive Squalane — a lightweight emollient that improves spreadability and leaves skin feeling soft rather than waxy.
Coconut Oil — contributes glide, body and the characteristic balm melt.
Cera Bellina (Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax) — helps gel and organise the oil phase for a silkier, more stable balm texture.
Menthol — activates cold-sensing TRPM8 receptors in the skin, creating the distinctive cooling sensation.
Cetyl Alcohol — a fatty alcohol used to improve structure, creaminess and glide; it is not the drying type of alcohol.
Camphor — contributes to the characteristic cooling-warming aromatic sensory profile.
Peppermint Essential Oil — reinforces the fresh cooling sensation and aromatic profile.
Black Pepper Essential Oil — adds a warm, spicy note traditionally used in massage blends.
Lavender Essential Oil — softens the aromatic blend and supports the evening wind-down character of Rest + Reset.
Ginger Essential Oil — adds a warm, spicy aromatic counterpoint to the menthol cooling sensation.
Frankincense Essential Oil — contributes a resinous, grounding aromatic note.
Helichrysum Essential Oil — also known as Immortelle or Everlasting; included as part of the restorative botanical massage blend.
60 g | Aroma Rituals by Tonic & Thyme
For external use only. Avoid eyes, mucous membranes and broken or irritated skin. Wash hands after application. Patch test before first full use.