Did you know that the cabbage in the Middle Ages was used in the treatment of minor injuries and the elimination of skin inflammation? This is a very popular ingredient, and prestigious manufacturers of cosmetics do not forget to add the ingredients in their products that have been withdrawn from the broccoli.
Broccoli in cosmetics performs several tasks, one of the principal - to prevent the formation of oxidative stress. That is a pretty powerful natural antioxidant.
On the basis of broccoli to give an oil or extract. Broccoli butter produced from its seeds by cold pressing. He pronounced softening properties, and derived cosmetics manufacturers unsaponifiable fraction perfectly complements the structure's Skin funds for oily skin.
As part of the seed oil broccoli incredible amount of essential fatty acids, they occupy half of the entire composition of the oil: there is linoleic acid, oleic acid, arachidonic, palmitic acid and erucic acid. If you is not saying much, I say easier - the composition of the oil in the broccoli so that it is well softens, well absorbed and does not leave behind any film on the skin. For the clogging of the pores can be no worry.
Broccoli extract too well with the main components's Skin Care. Of oil it is different in that it takes a bit in cosmetics (in percentage). So, if for cosmetics is optimal use of up to 8% of oil seeds of broccoli, the extracts should not exceed 5%.
Very rarely, and with optimal concentration, to extract from oil seeds or broccoli someone was allergic. This component, in contrast, soothes irritated and very sensitive skin.
Because thanks to the "bag of" of healthy fats in the composition of broccoli, which I have listed above, cosmetics based on it is well absorbed by the skin and does not leave a film. And that means - and is suitable for oily and dry skin. Agent's Skin based on universal and broccoli are as emulsions.
How to extract and oil of broccoli contains the following utility:
- vitamin A, which is responsible for maintaining the elasticity of our skin, but also directly involved in the removal of inflammation and smooth wrinkles;
- B vitamins that serve as 'accelerator' metabolism in the skin and restore it from the negative effects of free radicals;
- vitamin C that improves skin tone and fights aging;
- vitamin K, which is well strengthened vessels of the skin;
- Potassium is responsible for strengthening the hydrolipidic mantle of the epidermis;
- sulforaphane - but it contains a lot of, and it is a unique substance that permanently protects the skin from UV rays (in the summer is very important).
By the way, if you find a sunscreen based on broccoli - tell me about this discovery. I would be very grateful :-)
So, about the structure and useful properties of broccoli told. Now we summarize those that are designed to cosmetic products, as part of which there is an extract or oil seed broccoli:
- alignment of skin tones;
- softening and moisturizing;
- decrease inflammation, particularly for acne;
- normalize the volume production of sebaceous glands;
- reduction in irritation;
- improvement of skin color;
- protection against free radicals and ultraviolet radiation;
- acceleration of regeneration of cells;
- restoring the protective lipid layer of the skin;
- care for very dry and very sensitive skin;
- care for brittle and dry hair and makes them obedient when combing.
Today I tell you about the role of broccoli in cosmetics. The next time you talk about spinach and other familiar to us in the life of vegetables, of which the output and extracts used in cosmetics.
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