Scientific name: Coco Nucifera Oil
Classification: Vegetable Oil
Moisturizing, protective, emollient, restorative.
Stories from Nature
The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is a tropical plant of the Arecaceae family, particularly widespread in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. Characterized by a slender trunk and large, feathery leaves, it can reach heights of up to 30 meters.
Despite its name, the coconut is not a true nut, but a drupe—a fruit with a fibrous husk that allows it to float and travel on ocean currents, facilitating the plant’s spread along tropical coasts. The characteristic coconut oil is extracted from its flesh.
Benefits Scalp
Coconut oil is a natural ingredient of choice due to its remarkable emollient and restorative properties, which are widely utilized in professional hair care formulations. It moisturizes the scalp and provides progressive relief to dry skin. Its action strengthens the skin barrier and protects the tissues from external aggressors, ensuring prolonged comfort and keeping the Scalp elastic and healthy.
It is one of the few oils capable of truly penetrating the hair cortex, thanks to its affinity with hair proteins (keratin). This reduces protein degradation and protects the hair fiber from salt water and chlorine.
Hair Benefits
It penetrates the hair fiber to nourish the shaft and repair areas damaged by chemical treatments. Application leaves hair shiny, soft, and easy to comb, keeping it light and full of vitality.
It acts as a treatment for the ends, reducing breakage and making the hair more elastic.
Skin Benefits
It also offers numerous benefits for the skin: it moisturizes and softens the skin and cuticles, and counteracts the negative effects of ultraviolet rays, which damage collagen and cause wrinkles.
It has anti-aging properties for the face and body.
Coconut oil acts as a powerful restorative and antioxidant agent. During sun exposure, it creates a lipid shield that prevents dehydration (“sun-induced dryness”) and soothes redness. Its resistance to oxidation makes it ideal for helping the skin combat free radicals generated by UV rays, preventing photoaging and post-tanning peeling.
