Scientific name: Linum Usitatissimum Seed Extract
Classification: Active Ingredient of Plant Origin.
Regenerating, emollient, nourishing, soothing.
Tales from Nature
Flax(Linum usitatissimum) is an ancient and precious herbaceous plant, characterized by slender stems and unmistakable sky-blue flowers. From its seeds, rich in mucilage and oils, the famous extract is made.
Revered sinceAncient Egypt as a symbol of divine purity, Flax Extract has been an essential beauty secret for millennia. Women of antiquity used it as an emollient compress to soothe the skin and as an instant polish for the hair, taking advantage of its ability to wrap the hair in a protective sheath that reflected light.
Hair Benefits.
Linseed Extract has a powerful regenerating and emollient effect on hair, especially dry, brittle and dehydrated hair and during the summer season, when hair is sensitized by the stress of salt spray, wind and natural or artificial heat.
It quickly penetrates the skin generating a moisturizing, nourishing and soothing effect, being very rich in fatty acids. It is also used to prevent skin and hair aging.
