Avocado
Persea gratissima
A nutritional powerhouse, avocados are packed with healthy fats and vitamin E, with a delicious butter-like texture that helps to protect and moisturise skin and hair. So, whether you’re eating an avocado toast or just putting the fresh stuff on your face, you can be sure its skin-compatible oils and high fat content are doing you and your skin a world of good. Avocado is invaluable as a moisturising ingredient in beauty products, thanks to its skin-compatible oils and high fat content.
Key Benefits
- Helps to protect, moisturise, soothe and nourish skin.
- Avocado oil is particularly compatible with our skin’s top layer (the stratum corneum).
- Protects against free radical damage, thanks to avocado oil’s natural vitamin E content.
Avocado oil’s essential fatty acids, including linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid) and alpha linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) all promote healthy-looking skin!
