Benefits of Argan Oil: Oriental Beauty Secret

© Didier SCUVIE

Argan oil has many benefits in cosmetics. It possesses wonderful anti-aging properties for any woman who wants to "nourish" her skin and her wrinkles. It has always been used by women in southern Morocco for their body and hair care due to its high vitamin E content. Naturally, it revitalizes the skin, acts against dryness and skin aging by restoring the hydrolipidic film and increasing nutrient supply to the cells.

The virtues of argan oil

• Stabilizes hypercholesterolemia by reducing bad cholesterol and increasing good cholesterol.
• Reduces hypertension.
• Has an anti-obesity effect by acting as an appetite suppressant (when consumed at breakfast)
• Has a positive effect on liver function.
• Neutralizes free radicals and protects connective tissue.
• Boosts and stimulates cellular exchange and oxygenation by improving the quality of the intercellular cement.
• Acts against skin dryness and physiological skin aging (anti-wrinkle) by restoring the hydrolipidic film and increasing nutrient supply to the cells. Of interest is the schottenol contained in argan oil, which is believed to have anti-carcinogenic properties.

With regular consumption, argan oil adds a new therapeutic virtue to its list of achievements. Indeed, researchers recently discovered that regular consumption of argan oil could reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure by 50%. Argan oil also works wonders for hair, face, and nails!

Benefits of argan oil for skin and hair

Argan oil is produced from the kernels of the fruit of the Argan tree, a survivor from the Tertiary era, which grows only in southwestern Morocco. The oil distributed by Arc en Sels comes from a cooperative located in the Essaouira Province. This enterprise was created by Moroccan women to help other women, often single and in difficulty. The kernel is removed by hand, and it takes forty kilograms of fruit to obtain one liter, representing sixteen hours of work.

Argan oil is therefore a rare and precious oil, and its virtues are numerous: it revitalizes the skin, boosts vital cell functions, restores the skin barrier, neutralizes free radicals, and is extremely nourishing.

The 100% argan oil beauty serum hydrates, nourishes, regenerates, protects, and smooths the skin of the face and body. It regenerates cells, strengthens hair and nails. Reduces acne marks, chickenpox scars... Used as a day or night treatment, it regenerates the skin, moisturizes it, and prevents premature skin aging caused by external aggressions such as sun, weather, chapping, stress... Suitable for all skin types.

For dry and brittle hair, permed or colored, apply as a mask to the entire hair and leave on for 2 hours before shampooing. Hair becomes soft and shiny.

As a body massage oil: it moisturizes, nourishes, and softens the skin. It also prevents loss of elasticity.

As a relaxing scrub: combined 50% with Dead Sea Salts, it is a high-quality exfoliant.

The argan oil we recommend

We recommend Arcs en sels products because we have tested them: they are excellent cosmetics with pure and organic products, just the way we like them! NoireôNaturel particularly loves their "Shea butter, argan oil, and rosewood"! Always artisanal production. According to the Department of Water and Forests, the argan tree (Argan oil) provides a livelihood for 3 million people in the south of the Kingdom. Furthermore, it provides 20 million working days per year. Its exploitation is indeed an income-generating activity and has always had a socioeconomic function.

However, it was only from the 1990s that the sector became structured through the creation of women's cooperatives specializing in the production of argan oil, whose number has multiplied over the years. According to figures provided by sector players, there are currently about fifty argan oil cooperatives in the Souss region, but only twenty are active. Among them, less than a dozen are mechanized.

Source: Arc en sels and huile d'argan blogspot.com

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