Cosmetics with edible ingredients perfectly care for your beauty, improve your mood, and smell so tempting that you want to eat them. These are preparations created especially to enjoy them when it is still winter outside the window. Reach for cosmetics with chocolate, vanilla, almonds, citrus or cinnamon.
Cocoa beans are a treasury of substances invaluable for beauty. It is used to make chocolate and cocoa butter, which are the basis of chocolate cosmetics. Provides flavonoids that delay the aging process and neutralize the effects of free radicals. It contains a lot of iron, zinc, magnesium and calcium - minerals with regenerating and moisturizing properties, accelerating blood and lymph circulation, thanks to which the skin tone improves and minor swellings disappear. It also has a strong firming and slimming effect, cleans the skin of toxins, which is due to the significant amount of caffeine. And the phenylethylamine present in chocolate increases the production of happiness hormones - endorphins - and makes cosmetics based on it also relax and improve your mood.
Its greatest value is its captivating fragrance, sweet and balsamic. That is why vanilla is mainly used in the production of perfumes and cosmetics that are intended to relax and restore well-being. But vanilla oil, rich in with natural vitamin E and vanilla acid, it also perfectly cares for the skin. It has strong moisturizing, softening and toning properties. Effectively supports the regeneration of the skin, prevents its drying and premature aging, has anti-inflammatory, soothing and antioxidant properties. Treatments with the use of cosmetics based on vanilla oil soothe the senses and restore harmony, make the skin soft, smooth and regain a healthy color.
It has long been recognized as an aphrodisiac - its fragrance itself stimulates, makes it warmer and happier. But it also has cosmetic properties. Thanks to the oil, cinnamic acid, tannins and aldehyde, cinnamon bark has a warming and firming effect. That is why it has been used in slimming and anti-cellulite preparations, as well as in cosmetics for legs and hands specially designed for winter care. Cinnamon also has strong antibacterial properties, so it is perfect for the care of oily and acne skin. It eliminates purulent blemishes, brightens the skin, accelerates the removal of toxins and thus prevents acne lesions. Cinnamon phenolic compounds are also natural filters for UV rays and free radicals and peroxides scavengers that cause wrinkles on the skin.
Cinnamon - what are its properties?
Orange, lemon and grapefruit provide substances that are highly valued in the care of the face, body and hair. First of all, vitamin C, which brightens the skin, whitens discoloration, stimulates collagen production, fights free radicals, protects elastin fibers and strengthens blood vessels. It makes the skin firmer and radiant, and smoothes fine wrinkles. In a word - it rejuvenates. Citrus fruits also contain other vitamins (A, group B), minerals (including calcium, potassium, copper) and compounds (including fruit acids, phytohormones, tannins), which are of great importance for the condition of the skin and hair. The refreshing and relaxing essential oils obtained from fruit or flowers are also used in the production of perfumes.
By combining the right ingredients, you can create cosmetics with unique qualities. So that cocoa beans give the best of themselves, they are often paired with milk, ginger, and almond milk. The combination of orange and cinnamon oil simply stuns the senses. And the vanilla with milk and a little honey acts as a rejuvenating and de-stressing compress.
In cosmetology, sweet almond oil, cold pressed, is mainly used. It is very rich in nutrients - proteins, mineral salts, B vitamins, as well as A and E. It contains a lot of oleic and linoleic acids that soften the epidermis. Almond cosmetics eliminate the harmful effects of free radicals, nourish dry and damaged hair, prevent stretch marks because they smooth and make the skin elastic. They also moisturize - they create a film that retains moisture in the epidermis. On the other hand, bitter almonds produce an acid that has antibacterial and discoloring properties, which is why it is used in peeling cosmetics to fight acne, discoloration and wrinkles. Ground almond seeds and shells are also used in the production of mechanical peelings that rub away dead epidermis cells.
