Natural Cosmetics Best Ingredients

In recent years, we have all heard of healthy eating or mindful eating. We have made ours the need to include foods with healthy fats, vitamins and fiber in our diet. In addition, experts recommend us to incorporate natural foods into our diet and avoid processed ones.

For this reason, when we talk about natural ingredients, the first thing that comes to mind are the products or foods that we are used to including in our diet, avocado, olive oil, pineapple...

This is because each ingredient provides us with different benefits to take care of our health, and by that same rule of thumb, they are also perfect for taking care of our skin and hair.

As you know, health care is carried out from the inside out. For this reason, the natural ingredients that have been within our reach for decades to the present day are your best ally to achieve your goal.

Fruits have properties that go beyond food

Today we will talk about some of the ingredients that we find daily in our homes and that are present in natural cosmetic products, to discover all their properties and benefits for our health:

1. PINEAPPLE EXTRACT

Yes akytaniers, pineapple is a fruit that we have very easily within reach, because it is diuretic, moisturizing and purifying for our body. However, its properties go beyond being a healthy food: pineapple is very beneficial for beauty. The properties of pineapple within natural cosmetics are anti-inflammatory, anti-aging and exfoliating. It also provides shine and luminosity to the skin, while also fighting acne thanks to a high concentration of vitamin C. it also favors shine in the hair.

2. GRAPE SEED

With each new year, we have the tradition of eating 12 grapes to be lucky for the next year, but if we think about how to use this food for skin care, we will see that grape seed oil contains a high percentage of healthy fatty acids, helping to reduce aging and providing firmness to our facial skin.

3. CUCUMBER AND GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT

Cucumber and Grapefruit extracts have moisturizing, softening and refreshing properties for the skin. They have an antioxidant power, thanks to their vitamin C components, favoring the production of collagen to improve the texture of the skin, its flexibility and softening fine lines of expression.

The secret of vegetable oils for our skin

4. AVOCADO OIL

Surely you know avocado from salads. It helps to lose fat or reduce cholesterol, but its properties don't just end there. If we take avocado oil, we are referring to an ingredient with a high content of vitamins A, E, B2 and B3 that has the benefits of being an antioxidant because it is an essential fatty acid and has amino acids, minerals and phytosterols.

We use this natural ingredient to make our products, because we seek to show off a more rejuvenated skin due to its cell regenerating effect. Also with its antioxidant properties, it delays the appearance of wrinkles.

Regarding hair care, it provides the property of shine and silkiness thanks to its vitamins that nourish the hair structures.

5. OLIVE OIL

Now it is the turn of our famous olive oil, known as liquid gold because, in addition to having excellent organoleptic qualities, it provides great health benefits. In cosmetic products it is used for anti-aging, as it is restorative and moisturizing thanks to its high content of natural fatty acids and vitamins A, E and K.

6. CHIA OIL

Many of you may know chia for being a very versatile seed, rich in fiber or also because it helps regulate sugar levels. But within natural cosmetics, we extract its oil because it contains omega 3, 6, 9 fatty acids, vitamins, proteins and minerals that help generate collagen, hydrate and prevent expression lines. With daily use, results have been shown to be visible, resulting in smoother, brighter skin.

The power of nature as the main ingredient

7. ALOE VERA

This plant is the most widely used for skin care due to its effectiveness, as it is absorbed into all the layers of our skin. It is rich in vitamin A, B, C, minerals, oils and amino acids.

The extract we obtain from the plant is a gel that hydrates, cleanses and repairs the skin, eliminating sun spots and helping prevent aging.

8. ARABIAN JASMIN AND CALENDULA

To finish our list of best natural cosmetics ingredients, we give way to flowers, ingredients with a unique beauty that, apart from their smell and function in our ecosystem, contain great benefits for our hair. Both Calendula extract and Arabian jasmine contain antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. The benefits they bring to the hair are: highlighting its natural shine, moisturizing, reducing the appearance of dandruff and helping repair damaged ends.

These have been a few of the thousands of ingredients of natural origin that are used to care for people's skin and hair. Familiar and easy to obtain, these ingredients we already know, help us in cosmetics because of their wide range of properties.

At akytania we have included each of these ingredients in our natural products so that you can enjoy them all.

The power of natural cosmetics is in your hands!