Scientific name: Coco Nucifera Oil
Classification: Plant Oil
Moisturizing, protective, emollient, restructuring.
Tales from Nature
Coconut Oil is a vegetable fat obtained from the seed of the nut palm. One of the countries with the largest production of Coconut Oil is Sri Lanka.
In the Southeast Asian area, there appears to be a close link between coconut palm cultivation and health benefits. Widely used in cosmetics, especially in creams and ointments, it exerts a soothing and emollient function, making dry and dehydrated skin soft and supple.
Benefits Skin
Coconut Oil represents a natural ingredient of choice for its pronounced emollient and restructuring properties, which are widely enhanced in professional hair care formulations. It moisturizes the scalp and provides instant relief to parched skin. Its action fortifies the skin barrier and protects tissues from external aggression, ensuring lasting comfort and keeping the skin supple and healthy.
It is one of the few oils that can actually penetrate the cortex, thanks to its affinity for hair proteins (keratin). This reduces protein degradation and protects the fiber from salt water and chlorine.
Benefits Hair
Penetrates the hair fiber to nourish the shaft and repair areas damaged by treatments. Application makes hair shiny, soft and easy to comb, keeping hair light and full of vitality.
It acts as a treatment for the ends, reducing breakage and making hair more supple.
Skin Benefits
It also generates numerous benefits on the skin: it moisturizes, softens skin and cuticles, and counteracts the negative effects of ultraviolet rays that damage collagen and cause wrinkles.
It exerts an anti-aging function for the face and body skin.
Coconut Oil acts as a powerful restorative and antioxidant agent. During sun exposure, it creates a lipid shield that prevents dehydration ("sun dryness") and calms redness. Its stability to oxidation makes it ideal for supporting the skin in counteracting UV-generated free radicals, preventing photoaging and post-tanning flaking.
