Hurraw! Black Cherry Tinted Lip Balm

Hurraw! Black Cherry Tinted Lip Balm Hurraw! Black Cherry Tinted Lip Balm ingredients explained: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, ‡Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, *Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, *Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, *Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, *Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Organic Flavor, Tocopherols (Sunflower) Show all ingredients by function Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil emollient 0, 1-3 goodie ‡Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax perfuming, viscosity controlling *Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 4 *Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0, 0-2 *Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter *Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil 0, 0-1 Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient Organic Flavor Tocopherols (Sunflower) antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids (oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties. It's also particularly good at treating dry brittle nails (source). We don't have description for this ingredient yet. There is definitely some craze going on for coconut oil both in the healthy eating space (often claimed to be the healthiest oil to cook with but this is a topic for another site) and in the skin and hair care space. We will talk here about the latter two and see why we might want to smear it all over ourselves. Chemically speaking, coconut oil has a unique fatty acid profile. Unlike many plant oils that mostly contain unsaturated fatty acids (fatty acids with double bonds and kinky structure such as linoleic or oleic), coconut oil is mostly saturated (fatty acids with single bonds only) and its most important fatty acid is Lauric Acid (about 50%). Saturated fatty acids have a linear structure that can stack nice and tight and hence they are normally solid at room temperature. Coconut oil melts around 25 °C so it is solid in the tub but melts on contact with the skin. Expand to read more The saturated nature of coconut oil also means that it is a heavy-duty-oil ideal for dry skin types. A double-blind research confirmed that extra virgin coconut oil is as effective in treating xerosis (aka very dry skin) as mineral oil. Another study found that coconut oil is more effective than mineral oil in treating mild to moderate atopic dermatitis (aka eczema) in children. So when it comes to dry skin, coconut oil is a goodie, no question there. The question is if it is good or bad for acne-prone skin. Its main fatty acid, Lauric Acid has some research showing that it is a promising ingredient against evil acne-causing bacteria, P. acnes but at the same time, both Lauric Acid and coconut oil have a very high comedogenic rating (4 out of 5). Though comedogenic ratings are not very reliable, anecdotal evidence (i.e. people commenting in forums) shows that people have mixed experiences. While some claim that it worked wonders on their acne others say that it gave them serious blackheads and zits. Try it at your own risk. As for hair care, coconut oil has pretty solid research showing that it can penetrate into the hair very well (better than mineral oil and sunflower oil) and it can prevent hair protein loss as well as combing damage. If you have problems with damaged hair, split ends, coconut oil is worth trying as a pre- or/and post-wash treatment. Labmuffin has an awesome blogpost explaining in more detail why coconut oil is good for your hair. A couple of other things worth mentioning: coconut oil might help with wound healing (promising animal study), it has some antifunga what‑it‑does irritancy, com. perfuming | viscosity controlling emollient | perfuming antioxidant | emollient

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