Avocado oil and its supernatural powers on your skin
Discover (or rediscover) the powers of avocado on the skin, it will become your best friend!
If, in food, the benefits of avocado are numerous and well known, particularly with regard to lowering cholesterol levels in people at risk, the same is true in the field of cosmetics. Powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant, avocado seduces more than one type of skin. Succumb to the virtues of avocado, an essential ingredient in the skincare routine.
Rich in fatty acids and vitamins, avocado plays its role as an ally in your daily care. Used by the Aztecs (13th-16th century) as a bandage, it remains one of the most effective natural healing agents. In mask or serum, the oil extracted from its flesh also knows victories on stressed skin, attacked by pollution or UV rays as well as dehydrated skin.
Avocado and multiple benefits
With 25% lipids, avocado oil intensely nourishes the skin while letting it breathe. Avocados don't clogg the pores of the skin, and, unlike some oils such as coconut, it integrates perfectly into the structure of the skin thanks to its palmitoleic acid content. It penetrates easily into the skin and its fairly dense texture binds perfectly to other compounds, other care formulas (hair, body, face). Avocado oil also strengthens the skin's hydrolipidic barrier, allowing it to maintain a sufficient concentration of water for its hydration while promoting good distribution of fats. Indeed, lipids retain water in the skin and prevent it from evaporating. The vitamin E contained in this super ingredient also helps fight against flaking and excessive production of dead cells. As a soothing product for the scalp, avocado oil is highly recommended.
Avocado as an Adored Anti-Aging
Vitamin E provides the skin with a guaranteed anti-aging effect thanks to its power on oxidation. Fighting the harmful effects of free radicals on the skin, this vitamin acts as a shield against skin aging. The skin then fills with essential trace elements that are responsible for restarting the synthesis of collagen in the dermis. At a more superficial level, in the epidermis, it brings softness and offers protection to the tissues. Its texture, as mentioned above, penetrates without difficulty and fortunately, doesn't make the skin oily. On the eye contour, a very fragile area, it' great!
Under the sun, obviously remember to use an SPF and if your skin reddens, take out avocado oil, it's also great for soothing small burns.
(MH with AsD - EVG / Illustration: Pixabay)
