Product Description
Coconut is one of nature's most versatile gifts: rich in antioxidants and essential vitamins. The fruit offers water, milk, flesh, shell or oil. Coconut oil is extracted from the copra, the dried meat of the fruit. The drupe is traditionally hand-harvested by the 'palm climbers'. When cold pressed from the fruit of the trees, coconut oil is light, non-greasy and exceptionally emollient. Excellent for your skin The melting point of refined fat is very low; it has a slight refreshing effect on skin. The exceptional properties of lauric acid - the main fatty acid in coconut - have been known from time immemorial, and that is why this fruit is so much sought after for non-food uses in the soap and cosmetics industries. Magnesium, potassium, phosphorus and calcium are some of the main minerals coconut contains. Among the trace elements, we can mention iron, manganese, copper and zinc mainly. Coconut is also rich in vitamins belonging to the B group and vitamin E. In natural cosmetics, coconut oil is used due its nourishing effect on skin. The vegetable oils that coconut oil contains leave skin smooth, healthy and radiant. That is the reason why we use this ingredient in many of our cosmetic products.