Have you ever tried Shata Dhauta Ghrita to nourish your skin at bedtime? If not, you are missing an opportunity to feed your skin from deep within!
Night-time is the window through the day when our skin actually builds up, the cellular turnover rate is the highest in a state of deep sleep. As the sun sets, the nervous system shifts into a state of rest, repair, and hormonal balance, creating a perfect internal environment for the skin to receive nourishment. This is exactly why Svarasya’s Shata Dhauta Ghṛita, the ancient Ayurvedic 100 times washed ghee, is an unparalleled night-time moisturizer. Its texture, its energetic softness, and its therapeutic properties make it an ideal night-time face cream for skin repair & rejuvenation.
Let’s explore the science and the tradition of why Shata Dhauta Ghrita works so powerfully at night.
Skin Relaxes at Night with Melatonin Release Creating a Natural Skin-Healing Window
As darkness increases, the pineal gland begins secreting melatonin, the 'sleep hormone'. While melatonin induces deep rest, it also plays a profound role in skin biology:
- Melatonin acts as a potent antioxidant, neutralizing free-radical damage.
- It signals the body to shift from sympathetic (fight-or-flight) activation into parasympathetic (rest-and-repair) mode.
- During this state, the skin enters its repair cycle where cell turnover, collagen synthesis, and detoxification processes rise naturally.
This parasympathetic dominance makes the skin more relaxed, receptive, and open, preparing it to absorb therapeutic substances much more deeply. Shata Dhauta Ghṛita with its cooling, soothing, vata–pitta pacifying nature, aligns perfectly with this nighttime biology.
Relaxed Skin Leads to Pores that Can Breathe & Higher Receptivity for Deep Penetration of Shata Dhauta Ghrita
During the night-time, as the nervous system softens, the micro-channels (srotas channels in Ayurveda) of the skin loosen. In Ayurveda, this opening of the channels is essential for deeper absorption of nourishment. Modern science mirrors this understanding as:
- Skin permeability increases at night.
- Microcirculation improves when the body is in a relaxed state.
- The skin’s transepidermal water loss rises at night, indicating the skin is more porous, allowing lipids to enter better.
Shata Dhauta Ghṛita is not just a ghee cream, it is a deeply penetrating lipid, meaning it moves beyond the superficial layer into the deeper tissues once these micro-channels open.
According to Ayurveda Texts Shata Dhauta Ghrita Penetrates to the 7th Layer of the Skin
Shata Dhauta Ghrita from a Yogic–Ayurvedic lens completely rejuvenates the skin while you sleep. Classical Ayurvedic texts describe the layered structure of the skin (the twak layers), with the 7th layer being the deepest, linked to long-term complexion, vitality, and tissue stability (ojas). Shata Dhauta Ghṛita, because of being washed a hundred times, undergoes a unique transformation:
- The repeated washing reduces the size of lipid molecules.
- The texture becomes super-emulsified, ultra-light, and bioavailable.
- The cream begins to carry water molecules within the lipid structure, enhancing penetration.
- It becomes energetically 'cooling', making it ideal for soothing ointment for inflammation, aging, and stress-related skin imbalances.
This enables Shata Dhauta Ghrita to travel deeper into the skin layers than any other natural moisturizer, reaching the level where true rejuvenation begins.
Shata Dhauta Ghrita Contains Nutrients that Feed the Skin from Deep Within
Svarasya’s Shata Dhauta Ghṛita is rich in:
Essential Fatty Acids (Omega 3 & Omega 9) - These essential fatty acids repair the lipid barrier, soften roughness, reduce inflammation, and restore elasticity.
Vitamin A, D, E & K - These natural antioxidants improve skin texture, clarity, and resilience while supporting nighttime skin renewal.
Butyric Acid & Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) - These anti-inflammatory and barrier-repairing agents calm reactive skin.
Phospholipids & Triglycerides - These support cell membranes and help rebuild the skin from within.
Cooling Energetics - The energetics of Shata Dhauta Ghrita are cooling and soothing, therefore, it soothes heat, redness, pigmentation, and pitta-related skin stress.
When absorbed at night, during skin’s healing window, these nutrients work their magic more effectively, enhancing skin firmness, even tone, moisture retention and radianceTop of Form
Shata Dhauta Ghrita as a Perfect Night-Time Ritual
Nighttime is a sacred window for skin to rest and restore. When the nervous system calms, melatonin rises, and the skin opens itself to receive nourishment, Svarasya’s Shata Dhauta Ghṛita becomes the ideal night-time beauty ally that moisturizes the skin, repairs, deeply penetrates, feeds and restores skin radiance from the deepest layers outward.