Shea butter is one of the most ancient natural moisturisers in Ghana, Uganda, and Chad, and it’s now extremely popular in the West. This yellow to white fat is simply the fat from the nut of the Vitellaria paradoxa or shea tree found across Africa. As a moisturiser, shea butter is uniquely effective, shown to […]
Tea tree oil has long been a popular natural remedy for acne, ever since early European explorers reached the shores of Australia and were told the secret by the native Aborigines. The truth? The old tales are completely correct. Tea tree oil reduces acne bacteria, propionibacterium acnes, more effectively than almost all essential oils. Tea
Argan oil is a promising tropical treatment derived from the argan nut of the argan tree, in the South Western plains of Morocco. Local Berber women have used the oil for sun protection and skin tone for millennia, and the powers for acne are very real. Argan oil is among the richest oils in vitamin
Slowly but surely, antibiotics and accutane are being drowned by an avalanche of unstoppable natural weapons. Zinc, vitamin E, green tea, and grapeseed oil are curing acne with no end in sight and new discoveries are flooding in weekly. The end is nigh for pharmaceutical acne chemicals and another nail in their coffin is topical
If you’ve heard rumours that grapeseed oil clears acne, they were completely correct. Not all natural oils clear acne – olive oil is an overrated one – but grapeseed oil is truly excellent. Its main benefit is widely said to be vitamin E. Is this correct? Yes – grapeseed oil contain 144% of the RDI
