Organic Babassu Oil Anita Grant

How is it made?
Our Babassu is an organic, fairly traded, light yellow vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the babassu palm tree. These fruits grow in clusters and hang from the tall Brazilian feather-leaf Babassu tree. During harvest time (usually around August to November) Babassu breakers collect the Babassu fruit seeds, crack them open and remove the meat which is then cold pressed into a light, nourishing, edible vegetable oil.

In Brazil, Babassu oil is often used for cooking, soap making, to treat eczema, itchy, dry and inflamed skin and scalp conditions. Babassu Oil, on its own, is a great moisturizer for both dry and oily skin. In fact, it works with the body’s natural oils (sebum) to leave your skin feeling powdery soft and velvety smooth.

Mainly due to the fact that it contains over 70% lipids made up of both lauric and myristic acids (“healthier” saturated fat made up of a medium-chain triglyceride). Babassu has a similar melting point to the human body so you are never left feeling greasy.

Babassu Oil – The Best Natural Anti-Ageing and Anti-Wrinkle Ingredient:
Lipid-deficient facial skin is prone to premature formations of fine lines, wrinkles and pigmentation spots. This is where Babassu can help reduce the effects aging. Babassu contains a high amount of natural, vegetable lipids. When applied to the face the skin’s suppleness instantly increases, barrier function is repaired, and trans-epidermal water loss is decreases. By replacing expensive anti-aging and anti wrinkle creams with Babassu even those with the most sensitive skin can be cared for by using 100% natural plant lipids found in organic virgin Babassu oil.

Babassu Oil also has a high content of Vitamin E (anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant) and Phytosterols (which stimulates the formation and growth of new cells).

Natural Hair Ingredient:
Babassu Oil adds a sparkling glow to curly tresses restoring strength and elasticity from roots to tip. When used as a scalp moisturizer Babassu Oil is feather light, melts to the touch and doesn’t leave an oily residue.

Benefits:
Skin
+ An emollient with restorative properties
+ Perfect natural alternative to anti-ageing creams. Babassu lipids reduces the signs of ageing, replenishes dry and flaky skin.
+ Locks in moisture
+ Protects the skin from environmental irritations, leaving face and neck soft and velvety.
+ Contains fatty acids beneficial to the skin’s overall health
+ Babassu oil has over 70% lipids – one of the most natural and effective ways to instantly fight wrinkles and premature ageing of the skin.

Hair
+ Babassu oil is great for conditioning and moisturising, dry, brittle, colour treated and damaged hair.
+ Babassu oil replenishes and preserves the hydro-lipid layer of natural hair. As it contains an abundance of essential fatty acids that play a primary role in the structure of the hair’s hydro-lipid layer.

Application:
+ You can use this oil directly on your natural hair or dry, oily skin.
+ Apply to wet, damp or dry hair and skin.

We’ve been sourcing babassu oil from the co-operatives of quebradeiras (women breakers) of Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins and Pará, Northeastern Brazil, since 2006. Fully supporting the Interstate Movement of babassu coconut breakers (MIQCB) their communities and families.

Ingredients: *Organic Virgin Babassu Oil (Orbignya Phalerata)

* ingredients issued from organic farming
100% of the total ingredient is from organic farming
100% of the total ingredient is from a natural origin