Jojoba Oil
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Active Ingredients
vitamin e
Skin Types
All skin types
Skin Sensitivity
All sensitivities
Description
Easily absorbed, softening and enriching your skin and increasing its natural suppleness and elasticity.
Characteristics
The chemical composition resembles that of the skin's own sebum which makes it highly penetrative and encourages the skin's natural suppleness and elasticity. The jojoba plant produces esters of long-chain alcohols and fatty acids (waxes) as a seed lipid energy reserve which are the source of it's cosmetic effects.
Chemistry
it contains a high proportion of mono-unsaturated fatty acids, primarily 11-Eicosenoic acid.
Allergy Information
Not known to have any allergic effects.
Sensitivity Information
Low sensitivity score.
History
Native Americans extracted the oil from jojoba seeds to treat sores and wounds.
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