Botanical Name: Argania spinosa
Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
This wonder-oil is rich in vitamin E and other essential fatty acids. Improves skin elasticity making it excellent for scar and stretch mark treatments. It is said to be nourishing, regenerating and protective for all skin types.
Benefits:
Argan Oil with its extremely high level of vitamin E levels and essential fatty acids, it has fantastic healing properties for skin ailments and protects against premature ageing caused by oxidation. Used topically, Argan Oil provides intense conditioning benefits to dry dehydrated skin and hair.
It is said to be nourishing, when applied to the skin, Argan Oil particularly helps restore, regenerate and restructure the skin by way of increasing the nutrient content of skin cells. With superb absorption, this is a fantastic ingredient, great when used in after sun care and anti-inflammatory treatments.
Omega 6 oils are implicated in inflammation, where linoleic acid is thought aid a reduction in inflammation by producing prostaglandins. The oil has a unique profile of fatty acids, tocopherols and contains squalane and possesses more mg/kg of tocopherols than Olive Oil. Additionally, sterols and polyphenols, making it an incredibly nourishing and beneficial ingredient.
Cautions: No known cautions.
Composition:
With almost 80% unsaturated fatty acids, especially essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, e.g. linoleic acid, an omega 6 fatty acid, makes it an excellent skin care ingredient.
Additional Information:
The People of Morocco that harvest this oil call it the African “The Tree of Life” that lives for nearly 200 years and bears fruit after 5 years, and is considered one of the rarest oils in the world, because it almost exclusively produced in Southwestern Morocco and has become known as the “Moroccan Miracle Oil”.
Our Vitalize Cleansing Bar, Liberty Corrective Serum and Eutopia Body Wash contain Argan Oil and can be purchased HERE.