The wonders of safflower oil for the hair and skin

We love slapping on Davines Authentic Formulas Authentic Replenishing Butter. This is a rich moisturising crème for the body AND hair which leaves our skin and barnet feeling incredible.

One of the reasons for this product’s greatness is because of its high content of something called safflower oil. Wanting to know more, we consulted the bods at GoodHealthAcademy who gave us the 411 on this ingredient. We learnt that safflower oil does the following:

Improves Hair Growth : Safflower oil is rich in oleic acid which is capable of safeguarding both scalp and hair. It improves the circulation in scalp thereby stimulating hair growth and strength to hair follicles. Apart from this they also helps in keeping your hair shiny and strong. Hence safflower oil finds themselves an active ingredient in most of the cosmetics products.

Skin Care: Safflower oil is found to be ideal for improving the quality and texture of skin due to the abundance of linoleic acid. They combine with the sebum in human skin to unclog the pores and reduce rashes and acne. They also facilitate the regeneration of new skin cells, leaving you look younger and gorgeous.

Hair plays an important role in the beauty concepts of both men and women. So its very important to take care of our hair. Often men are suffering from hair loss rather than women. The protein loss is considered as one of the main reasons behind hair loss and baldness.

Safflower oil can be used for hair growth as they prevents the loss of proteins to a large extend. The oil is also a rich source of Vitamin E which is an antioxidant and moisturiser. Vitamin E known as alpha-tocopherol helps in keeping the scalp hydrated and the antioxidant property prevents the hair from getting attacked by free radicals which may appear as a result of internal stress or UV rays.

Safflower has been used for problems like baldness and hair loss. This versatile oil has very high amount of oleic acid which is light and has the ability to penetrate into the skin easily. Vasodilation is its major use. That is when applied to the scalp, it causes widening of smooth muscles leading to more nutrient supply to the hair follicles which results in hair regrowth.

Safflower oil not only promote your hair growth but also protect, nourish and hydrate your hair to a large extent. Also it contains linoleic acid (omega 6 fatty acids) which is a great source of polyunsaturated fatty acids and it prevents the deficiency of essential fatty acids from our body.

Davines Authentic Replenishing Butter contains 98% natural origin ingredients and organically grown safflower oil. The butter is free from parabens, silicones, artificial colours and PEG. The hair is soft, shiny, silky and easy to control, the face and body skin, like the hands, is nourished and velvety soft.

How to use:

Hair: apply on dry hair before shampoo, leave on for at least 5 minutes. Rinse and proceed with shampoo.

Face and body: apply until fully absorbed.

Natural Active Ingredients:

• Organic Carthame oil – for anti-oxidant action and skin regeneration.
• Organic Jojoba oil – polishes and softnes and soothes.
• Organic Sesame oil – rich in proteins and aminoacids, with replanishing action.
• Organic Shea butter – soften, soothes, moisturizing and anti-oxidant proprieties.