Stretch marks, natural remedies
Stretch marks, the best natural remedies and healthy tips to follow. Find out how nature can help you stay healthy and fit. Stretch marks, simple but powerful remedies that come from tradition and have been studied by science are now at your service.
Natural beauty, the prodigious Tamanu oil from Polynesia
Today's article tastes like crystalline sea, luxuriant vegetation and atolls that make you dream in the shade of a palm tree. In fact, the cosmetic we are going to talk about comes from Polynesia, even if nowadays it is ...
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Natural beauty, the dry body brushing that detoxifies and makes the skin glow
One of the ways we have available to take care of our body in this late winter period is certainly to practice a massage using the dry body brushing technique. This massage is in fact a scrub that involves passing a natu...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 83, a fragment of dawn on earth
For the tribes of the Andes, the rosa mosqueta is a piece of dawn that remains on the earth, reminding us that, even in moments of darkness, there is always light and that a new day will always dawn. And perhaps it was p...
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Natural Beauty, the oils to strengthen, moisturize and protect the skin of the body
After a bath or shower, what to use to moisturize the skin of our body, make it more elastic, toned but also counteract itching and dry skin? Nature helps us also in this case with all its strength and offers us precious...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 64, the birth of the constellation of Orion and of the fame of avocado
Already the Aztecs cultivated avocado for its nutritional properties and appreciated it so much that they created legends around this fruit, such as the fable about the origin of the Orion constellation. A long time ago,...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 48, the ancient Romans, so vain but with amazing rituals for their body care
We probably would have labeled them as vain, but in ancient times men and women devoted great care to their bodies. Often it was a question of hygiene and therefore of health, as in the case of the Egyptians, sometimes i...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 46, the almond tree and the myth of Acamante and Phyllis
A Greek myth tells that Acamante, son of Theseus, while traveling to the city of Troy together with the Greek army, stopped off in Thrace. It was there that Achamante met Phyllis, a Thracian princess. The two fell in lov...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 43, the gift of the Indians
An ancient text written on a paper obtained from wild fig bark reports a legend narrated over the centuries by the Araucan Indians, a people of southern Chile. A long time ago, in the Andes mountains, lived a woman, famo...
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Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana, or achiote, is a shrubby plant of the Bixaceae family and is native to South America although nowadays its seeds can be found and purchased almost everywhere. From its seeds, in fact, a red orange dye is o...
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Shea butter
Shea tree, scientific name Vitellaria paradoxa, is a plant of the Sapotaceae family very common in Africa. From its seeds, improperly called shea nuts, the famous shea butter is obtained, which is solid at room temperatu...
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Naturally beautiful Part 7, fighting wrinkles with gotu kola
Today we are talking about a powerful natural cosmetic, useful to fight wrinkles, signs of fatigue and skin damages caused by solar radiation, the centella asiatica. Centella asiatica, also known as gotu kola, Indian pen...
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Dragon's blood
Red and a bit magic, but no, it's not a real dragon blood. This resin is so named solely for its color but, in fact, it is the secretion of plants of different species, including Croton, the most studied, dracaena, ptero...
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Cupuacu butter
In the local language cupuacu means fruit of the gods and, given the incredible beauty properties of its butter, also demonstrated by science, this name is not exaggerated! Cupuacu, scientific name Theobroma grandiflorum...
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Soy oil, powerful anti-wrinkle
Soybean seed oil is a plant based oil that is obtained from soybean seeds, scientific name Glycine Max, through cold pressing or through chemical solvents. The cold pressing method is more expensive and the yield is lowe...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 10, camellia oil
It is said that the women of the Japanese island Ooshima have always a fresh and young skin and wonderful hair. Their secret of beauty? The camellia oil, obtained though cold pressing of the seeds of the plant camellia j...
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Sea buckthorn oil, cosmetic use
From the fruits of the sea buckthorn, scientific name Hippophae rhamnoides, it is possible to obtain, through cold pressing, an oil with interesting cosmetic properties for the beauty of the skin that becomes healthy and...
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Macadamia nut oil
In the previous post we have seen the properties of Macadamia nuts, a type of oily fruit with a taste that reminds that of coconut, an anti-inflammatory action and a protective role on the cardiovascular system. From Mac...
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Avocado oil, cosmetic use
From the pulp of the fruit of the avocado tree, scientific name Persea americana, you get an oil suitable for both food and cosmetic use. In this post we will talk about how you can use avocado oil to take care of your b...
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Tamanu oil
Studying the INCI, the label that, by law, should report all the ingredients used in a cosmetic formula, has made possible to observe that, unfortunately, a lot of substances contained in creams, serums, shampoos and con...
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Rosehip oil
Rosa canina, also known as rosehip, belongs to the Rosaceae family, it is a very common wild rose used in bushes and on the edges of the garden for its ornamental role. But rosehip isn’t just pleasant to see but it is...
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Pomegranate seed oil
The pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a plant belonging to the Punicaceae family. It produces fruits rich in beneficial properties both for health and beauty. In this post, we will see what the pomegranate, and in particu...
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Snail slime
In order to move and craw easily snail produces a gel, the snail slime, that is also helpful to attach better to the surfaces and to heal wounds caused by moving. But snail slime is also a very powerful tool that we have...
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Sweet almond oil
Sweet almond oil is a plant based oil obtained, as the name suggests, from the cold pressing of sweet almonds, the seeds of Prunus dulcis. This oil, thanks to the presence of unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, ...
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Sun dried tomatoes
Sun-dried tomatoes are a delicacy that can be found everywhere at any time of the year. The need for drying tomatoes, typical summer product, comes from the desire to enjoy their benefits also in winter. Dried tomatoes a...
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Apricot kernel oil
From the kernels of apricots, through cold pressing, a delicate oil with antioxidant and anti-cancer properties is obtained. This oil results useful for external application and is a valuable ally in cosmetics for the be...
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Wheat germ
Wheat germ is a part of the caryopsis of the wheat, or Triticum aestivum. Although rich in nutrients, this part is removed together with the bran during grinding to obtain white flour. Wheat germ contains vitamins, such ...
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Black cumin seed oil
Black cumin, scientific name Nigella sativa, is an Asian plant belonging to the Ranuncolaceae family. From black cumin seeds through cold pressing an oil with interesting anti-inflammatory, soothing, calming and regenera...
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Palmarosa essential oil
Palmarosa essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the leaves of an Indian grass, Cymbopogon martinii, with a sweet scent that reminds of that of the rose. This essential oil has anti-inflammatory, antisepti...
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Galbanum essential oil
From the gum resin of ferula gommosa, a plant of the Apiaceae family, an essential oil with painkilling, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, expectorant, digestive and antiseptic properties is obtained. This essential oil is u...
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Argan oil
From the seeds of the Argania spinosa plant, that grows in the south of Morocco, the argan oil is extracted. This oil is mainly used in beauty preparations for external applications but, in the countries of origin such a...
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