Carrier oils

Plant Description

Plant Description

History and Origin

This oil has been collected for generation in Morocco. The Argan tree is one of the most important cultures. They use it for cooking but, it is very common for Arabic people to use it for skin care. In their traditional habits, once a week mother and daughter take a whole day to take care of their body, using argan oil for massage, skin care and hair care. It is also used for sunscreen.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Arnica montana is a yellow flower plant in the Asteraceae family. It grows at high altitudes (between 1200 and 2800 meters) in France as well as in Central and Eastern Europe (as far as Siberia). It is found in flinty and poor soils. Arnica is well established in the field of herbalism and has been used for centuries. Using the maceration oil gives access to a concentrate of the plant’s active molecules. The oil is also easy to add in a wide range of home remedies.

Plant description

Plant Description

History and Origin

Black cumin oil, haba sawda in Arabic, is widely known for its virtues. The seeds from this plant have been known since Antiquity. Pharaohs used it abundantly. Black cumin seeds and oil were apparently found in Tutankhamun’s tomb. The Queen Nefertiti is said to have widely used black cumin oil as a cosmetic care. Given its many properties, in Egypt, it is called habat al-baraka, the sacred seed. Black cumin was also widely used in Egyptian cuisine. Pharaohs’ physicians used the seeds as digestive aid as well as a cure against headache, toothache, infections, inflammation, allergies and asthma. Originally from Asia Minor, today it is cultivated in many countries, such as India, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt.

Several research studies have been done about the black cumin properties (mainly on these active components: thymoquinone, dithymoquinone and thymol). There is increasing interest in learning more about its effects on prevention and treatment of different diseases. 

Plant Description

History and Origin

The castor oil plant is a shrub of the tropical regions. It is in the Middle Ages that the plant takes the name of Palma Christi (Palm of Christ) probably because of its hand-shaped leaves of a beautiful metallic green and its therapeutic properties reminding of the healing gift of Christ.

Plant Description

History and origin

Edible coconut flesh is also known as copra. Copra oil is extracted from the flesh of the nut, or coconut oil, which has a solid texture at room temperature because of its high levels of saturated fatty acids. Copra oil is mainly used by the food industry for making pastries, candies and for frying, and it is also sometimes hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated, which makes it even more solid.  The word "coco" appeared in the language at the beginning of the 16^th century. It comes from the Portuguese and Spanish word "coco" which means approximately bogeyman, monkey, dwarf or ghost, by referring to the fact that the shell reminds of a hairy face. The word "copra" comes from English and Portuguese, borrowed from Tamil dialect, "koppara". It refers more specifically to shelled and dried coconut. Green or immature, the nut contains about half a litre of a milky liquid (coconut water or albumen). This liquid becomes flesh as it matures. The flesh is usually dried with sun or heat to be sold under the name of copra. Commercial coconut milk and cream are made from this flesh ground with water, then filtered. Coconut oil (or coconut butter as it is solid at room temperature) is extracted from copra or fresh flesh. 

Plant Description

History and origin

Jojoba is a shrub native to South American desert (Arizona, Mexico), it lives at least 100 years and jojoba fruit contains the seeds used to produce the oil.
Jojoba oil is particularly close to sebum naturally secreted by our glands. Its ability to penetrate the skin is extraordinary. It is a perfect vector in aromatherapy. It is a stable oil, that does not get rancid at all (it has a good oxidation and heat resistance). Native-Americans, who considered it had magical properties, used jojoba as a remedy to heal the wounds, a restorer and a conditioner for hairs, food, a medicine and as a protector for the skin against high solar radiations of the desert.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Macadamia nuts have long been known to Australia’s Indigenous people. But it is only in 1858 that they were revealed to the whole world by two English botanists doing research in the North-Eastern country. Macadamia nuts were named after the Australian scientific John Macadam. Fresh nuts are particularly hard to crack open. You must use a nutcracker. After about three months of drying, the nut is easier to open. Its flavor is also stronger and it’s texture, greasy.

This pure and organic soy-derived vegetable glycerin is used in cosmetics and body care products to assist in retaining moisture. It helps retaining moisture and pulling oxygen into the skin. Also, vegetable glycerin is a natural emollient bringing a cooling effect to the skin. No surprise, it has become a major ingredient in the crafting of many healthy cosmetics and soap products. Besides, vegetable glycerin allows you to prepare glycerites, non-alcohol based herbal extracts.

Plant Description

Plant Description

History and origin

Common plantain is imported from Europe, but other plant species were already growing in America. Native Americans called this plant "whiteman’s foot" because it was often found growing everywhere a white man stepped. Plantain grows in fields, along roads, cracks in the sidewalks, etc. There are around 200 species of plantain around the world and they all have the same medicinal properties.

Plant Description

History and Origin

The prickly pear is a cactus that grows in abundance in the Mediterranean area. It produces a rare and precious oil and should not be confused with the prickly pear macerated oil, less expensive, but also less active. The oil, extracted by cold pressuring the prickly pear seeds, is present at a very low level in the seed (5 %), explaining its high price for a vegetable oil.