Thursday, January 6, 2011

ARGAN OIL, TRIM THE SKIN

The argan oil comes from a tree that is not meeting in Morocco. Prepared by craftsmen, this oil has ancestral culinary virtues. But it is also used by connoisseurs for its exceptional aesthetic properties: anti-aging, massage, beauty, nails, hair, etc..

Argan (Pinosa L., Sapotaceae family) is a thorny tree endemic of Morocco. It grows specifically in the southwest of Morocco, between Essaouira and Agadir, Taroudant through.

The argan oil culinary

The argan oil is prepared using traditional methods. According to the Berber tradition, it is eaten plain with bread, in the composition and seasonings in the preparation of delicacies, salads, tagines, couscous, grilled tomatoes and peppers, etc..
It is also used for the preparation of Amlou, a famous aphrodisiac tonic that is eaten on bread (mixture of argan oil , ground almonds and honey).

The anti-aging properties of argan oil

It was also discovered that argan oil contains anti-aging properties. Applied to the skin, it helps to fight against aging. But it also strengthens hair and nails. In the Moroccan pharmacopoeia, we recommend against acne, chapped skin, burns. Indeed, it helps the healing and can help to remove traces of chickenpox, for example?
If today it is a component of care ranges from many laboratories, it is always used "nature" under the skin against aging and very dry skin, for massage or mixed with the bath water.

Vitamin E and unsaponifiable

The value of the argan oil lies in:
- Rich in vitamins E, which gives excellent anti-oxidant, essential to the fight against aging;
- Its content of unsaponifiables (compound also found in avocado oil), which confers restructuring properties.
Argan oil is the only one to offer this double action restructuring and anti-oxidant. 

In practice

By day cream, it prevents premature aging due to assaults (sun, pollution, cold, stress?).

Night cream, it regenerates the skin and fights against skin aging.

Ideally, alternate argan oil and anti-wrinkle cream because if Argan is rich in vitamin E, however, it does not contain vitamin A which is essential for healthy skin. Otherwise, add a few drops of argan oil to your anti-wrinkle cream.

In massage, it softens skin, moisturizes and protects it from drying out.

Pursuant to the hair, restores luster and shine.

Weakened on nails (mixed with lemon juice), it strengthens and protects.

 

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