The use of olive oil in cosmetics

Since ancient times, olive oil has been a highly prized substance, used for healing, skin care and as an important ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine.
Today, cosmetic trends inspired by a return to natural formulas encourage us to make intensive use of its extraordinary power.

Using oil in hair care

Olive oil moisturizes, shines and strengthens hair.
It is particularly recommended for dry, damaged or frizzy hair.
It is also excellent for very porous hair.
Olive oil is also used to treat the symptoms of dandruff.

Used as a cosmetic additive, it provides excellent effects when applied on its own, as a compress prepared from lightly heated olive oil and lemon juice, or as a hair mask.
The most popular is a mask combining olive oil and egg yolks.

Olive oil is a simple and excellent way of providing the skin with all the nutrients it needs, while protecting its structures against harmful external factors.
Despite its rather heavy texture, the way it’s applied to damp skin, it’s also perfect for skin with excessive seborrhea problems.

How does olive oil work for the face and hair?

Olive oil has become famous mainly as an indispensable and healthy ingredient of Mediterranean cuisine.
Thanks to its richness in vitamins and minerals, and its excellent moisturizing and nourishing properties, it has been used for many centuries as an important component of beauty treatments.
It is an extremely rich source of antioxidants, mainly polyphenols, and saturated fatty acids.

The chemical composition of olive oil depends on many factors at every stage of production, from cultivation to harvesting, transport, extraction, storage and packaging.

Climatic conditions are also important.
At every stage of production, it is very important to maintain the right temperature of 27-32°C so as not to cause irreversible changes in the oil.
In addition to antioxidant properties, a complete set of so-called beauty vitamins A, B, C, E and F is also important.
Olive oil perfectly nourishes, moisturizes and regenerates the skin, delaying the signs of aging and smoothing out existing wrinkles.
It has a beneficial protective effect against external factors, supplementing any lipid deficiencies.

Cosmetic properties of olive oil

Olive oil’s unique properties make skin smooth, soft and refreshed.
Its vitamins easily penetrate the skin, giving it a healthy, radiant appearance.
The relatively high dose of vitamin F contained in olive oil protects the skin against excessive moisture loss.

It’s a rich source of antioxidants, giving skin youth, vitality and protection.
Thanks to its anti-free radical properties, it acts as a natural UV filter.
Olive oil has soothing and calming properties, reinforces the skin’s natural immunity and eliminates roughness.
For centuries, it has been used to treat inflammatory conditions within the human body, linked to the digestive system, but also on the skin.

Paradoxically, it is used to alleviate the symptoms of acne.
It also helps treat wounds, burns and atopic dermatitis, and relieves the symptoms of psoriasis and dandruff.
This oil is an excellent food and, in this form, has a considerable effect on skin condition.
It minimizes excessive keratosis of the epidermis and helps regulate the sebaceous glands.
In addition, it prevents the formation of obstructions in hair follicles, which generally lead to the appearance of unpleasant and painful inflammations.

Olive softens the skin, lubricates it and restores the correct sebum composition.
It is used in the care of the most demanding, atopic, allergic and hypersensitive skins.
It is particularly recommended for the elderly, due to its anti-free radical properties, as well as for infants and young children, especially when they cannot tolerate synthetic preparations.
For best results, olive oil can be used both as a cosmetic and as a food additive.

Olive oil in cosmetics

Olive oil is an excellent natural oil, which can be used on its own in face, body, hair and nail care products.
Thanks to its rich composition, it is used as an important component of cosmetics and cosmeceuticals, mainly to lubricate, soothe and protect.
In addition, in natural preparations and some medicines, olive oil is a carrier (solvent) for many lipophilic components.

Olive oil and facial care

Olive oil can be applied directly to the face, especially for mature, dry skin.
If its oily texture is a problem, in this case, a little olive oil can be applied to damp skin, then gently massaged in, while removing excess moisture with a soft towel.
The film that forms in the upper layer of the epidermis will perfectly reinforce the hydrolipidic mantle, retaining nutrients and water inside the skin.

Facial massages with olive oil, to which liquid vitamin E is added, are popular in rejuvenation treatments.
It is also used as an ingredient in scrubs, masks and as a make-up remover, particularly recommended for hypersensitive skin prone to irritation and allergies.
Combined with honey, it makes an excellent lip balm.

Olive oil in body care

Olive oil is widely used as an important complement to body lotions and creams.
Cosmetics containing olive oil have excellent nourishing and caring properties.
It also has a pH perfectly suited to the skin.
It is an ingredient in body scrubs and an integral part of many cosmetic procedures.
Regular baths with the addition of olive oil produce excellent results.
These baths in much more concentrated proportions, or with the use of pure olive oil, are an excellent way of restoring damaged and weakened nails to good condition.