The trend of the coming season - hair oils - are created to nourish, strengthen, smooth and give your curls a mirror shine.
The main advantage: these oils are easily washed off and leave no greasy residue!
Today we will meet with an exclusive product from the kingdom of Argan
Argan Oil- One of the most expensive and rare oils in the world, comparable in price to black caviar or oysters. Recently, it has been increasingly used in cosmetics, since it has many useful properties.
For many centuries, Berber women from Morocco have been using argan oil: it moisturizes the skin well, relieves irritation, heals cracks and burns, and helps get rid of scars and scars.
It is known that this unique oil is 80% composed of unsaturated fatty acids, rich in natural antioxidants - polyphenols and tocopherols (or vitamin E, the content of which argan oil is 3 times higher than olive oil). Since cosmetic manufacturers learned about the healing effects of argan oil, the demand for Moroccan liquid gold production has also grown. By the end of the twentieth century, argania was in danger of extinction. But in 1999, thanks to the efforts of UNESCO, the African region in which these prickly trees grow was declared a biosphere reserve, where their cutting and planting are controlled.
THE TREE OF LIFE
- The Argan tree (from the Latin Argania spinosa, or iron tree) is found only in the Kingdom of Morocco, exclusively in the western and central parts of the country, as well as the Atlas Mountains. The evergreen tree reaches a height of 15 meters and lives from 150 to 300 years.
- Iron tree today provides the life of a whole tribe of Berbers, because it gives not only oil for the production of cosmetics and medicines, but also material
for construction, fuel, food for humans and animal feed. Moroccan residents call argan tree of life!
PRICELESS DROPS
- The meaty fruits of the argan tree are larger than olives, in the stone with a very hard, almost impenetrable shell - 2-3 nucleoli, which resemble almonds in shape. These fruits appear on the tree only once every two years!
Berber women collect fruits manually and dry them in the sun, then also manually remove them from the fibers and crack the fruit shell with stones. Using a special device resembling a mechanical meat grinder, oil is squeezed from the seeds, after which it is filtered through special paper. To get 1 liter of oil takes 100 kg of seeds from 6-7 trees and more than one day of work of women. The process is very time-consuming: to simply peel nuts with stones, you need an average of 12 hours!
AS OIL
Argan oil can be applied to the skin or hair in its pure form, but it is quite an expensive pleasure. An alternative may be cosmetics containing this valuable ingredient.
- Face cream with Moroccan oil wonderful moisturize the skin, especially dry and tightened, prone to inflammation. With regular use, drying out and peeling of the skin is prevented, it is protected from chapping and enriched with nutrients.
-In anti-age products intended for aging and aging skin, argan oil has a rejuvenating and tonic effect, increases skin elasticity, smoothes wrinkles.
- Eye cosmetics containing this amazing oil is suitable even for thin and sensitive skin.
- Shampoos, balms and hair masks, enriched with an extract of iron tree, smooth naughty and damaged by frequent dyeing hair, give smoothness and shine and even enhance their growth.
NEWS FROM COSMETIC MARKET
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Nourishing oil Exquisite Oil, Biolage by Matrix with antistatic effect
Suitable for dry, curly and naughty hair.
Hair, face and body oil Argania by Melvita has moisturizing and protective properties.
Oil for all hair types Mythic Oil by L'Or éal Professional fills them with radiance.
Extensive nutritional oil for body and hair Nutriextra Oil by Vichy contains nine naturally occurring oils.
Multifunctional oil for the transformation of all types of hair Elixir Ultime by Kerastase fragrant woody aroma with notes of citrus.
Butter BC Oil Miracle by Schwarzkopf Professional evaporates quickly without leaving a greasy residue on the hair.
Elixir Oil Transfiguration by Garnier Fructis deeply penetrates the "heart" of the hair.
Extraordinary hair oil Elseve by L'Or éal Paris make styling a real pleasure.
Body & Hair Oil Spa Wisdom Polynesia Monoi by The Body Shop used before shampooing.
Light moisturizing hair mask Moroccanoil Weightless Hydrating Mask.
Face cream Argan, Life Balance by Babor.
Spray care for thin hair Argan and Hemp by H. AirSpa.
Hair Mask 1-minute cream-care with argan oil from Schauma.
Nourishing shampoo Oil of Morocco by Marc Anthony.
Nourishing Shower Gel Argan oil bio Morocco from Yves Rocher.
Body Balm Cream Shea butter, sweet almonds and argan oil from Le Petit Marseillais.
Cream and hand scrub Royal Argan from the Velvet Handles brand.
Shampoo - deep hair restoration Marrakesh & Coconut Oil by Gliss Kur.
Shampoo Secret of Dark Hair, Henna and Argan Oil by Timotei.
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