Saturday, September 19, 2009


Packed with anti-ageing ingredients, this subtly stimulating velvet cream will bring a triple action to the skin: repairing-hydrating-protecting. Argan Oil, extracts of algae and apple, centella asiatica, and beeswax combine their exceptional properties to produce a maximal anti-ageing action. They combat physiological disorders and form a shield against the effects of free radicals and prevent tissue-degeneration.

Promise of radiance and smoothness, Age Control Day Care boosts lazy, tired skin bringing lasting hydration. The skin is left supple, smooth and invigorated. Thanks to its soft and melting texture, Age Control Day Care is rapidly absorbed and leaves no greasy sensation.Contains: argan oil, apple extracts, beeswax, algae extracts (Dunaliella), centella asiatica, natural glycerine, essential oils of orange, mandarin, and grapefruit.Paraben free, phenoxyethanol free, 100% natural active elements. All skin types.


Ingredients: aqua, cetearyl alcohol, argan oil, glycerin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetearyl glucoside, hexyldeconol, beeswax, sunflower seed oil, benzyl alcohol, bitter orange oil, chlorphensin, grapefruit oil, mandarin oil, xanthan gum, algae dunaliella salina extract, rosemary leaf extract, apple fruit extract, centella asiatica extract, limonene, linalool, citral.


Advice on usage: apply in the morning on perfectly cleansed face and neck.Plus: perfect moisturizing, anti-age action. Penetrates rapidly. Supple, invigorated and protected skin. Citrus fruit scent. Free of colorant. Sealed with protective cap.

Argan Massage Oils by Argan Body

Our new Argan Massage Oil Collection is just what you need. Use at home or take it with you to your spa appointment. With 30% organic argan oil in each bottle, enriched with essential oils and grapeseed oil, our Massage Oil collection will have you feeling your most relaxed and pampered.----------------------------------------------------------------------------The miracle oil from Morocco is finding its way into the beauty products you are using these days. Everyone is talking about the amazing properties of argan oil. Our Argan Massage Oils are made from certified organic argan oil with highly concentrated levels of antioxidant and vitamin E.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This amazing oil helps regain the skins elasticity and tonicity without leaving it oily or sticky. It is a high-end spa treatment at home that will leave any skin feeling hydrated and invigorated. All our argan oil is produced by Moroccon women co-ops: it contains no harmful chemicals, fillers or synthetic additives. The co-op provides a means for rural families to remain on their land and an opportunity to provide paid work for women. When you buy oil from women co-ops you help them send their children to school. When you buy oil from UNESCO protected area, you will be preserving argan forests and also helping to prevent desertification.

Saturday, August 29, 2009


Argan Oil by Issahra SHOP NOW

pure, odorless, extra-virgin argan oil. 100% organic. All skin types.

The Face : massage delicately a few drops of Perfect Oil on face and neck previously cleansed preferably every evening for 1 month, after the application of the Perfect Radiance Mask or when the skin feels the need.

The Body : after the bath or a peeling, warm the oil in your hands and massage your body with upward movements. 2 or 3 times a week. The Hair : spread from the roots to the ends and leave for about an hour before shampooing. Dry and brittle hair recovers brilliance and suppleness. Once a week.


Many benefits multi-use care. Regenerates, hydrates* and protects effectively the skin. Perfect hair oil. “Repairs” burns, chapped hands and lips. Can be recommended to problem skins. Greaseless and odorless, does not provoke blackheads.


Natural, authentic, Perfect Oil Pure Argan helps to combat successfully against skin-ageing. A powerful remedial of the imbalance and lack in essential fatty acids, it revives the vital functions of the skin, acts effectively against skin dehydration* and tissue-slackening while restoring the hydrolipidic layer. The skin is nourished strengthened and gains in pulp.


Perfect Oil’s exceptional richness in vitamin E, a powerful anti oxidant, allows the skin to fight against the aggression of the free radicals produced by skin-ageing and protects the cells from destructive oxidation. The ageing process is slowed down. The skin becomes more dynamic and the depth of wrinkles diminishes.

Greaseless and odorless, Perfect Oil is a complete anti-age care, regenerating, restructuring and protecting the skin’s youth capital. After a few applications, the cutaneous relief is tonified, the skin is supple and soft, the complexion becomes brighter.*of the upper layer of the epidermis

Ask the Beauty Chick about Argan Oil

You are absolutely right about Argan Oil being a great ingredient. One of the rarest (and consequentially, one of the most expensive) oils in the world, Argan oil is exceptionally rich in natural tocopherols (vitamin E) and is also rich in phenols and phenolic acid, carotenes, squalene and essential fatty acids (a.k.a. omega oils). Basically, the chemical makeup of this natural oil gives it the ability to improve hair strength and health as well as help increase shine and decrease frizziness. Linseed Oil is also a great ingredient for hair products as it is moisturizing and high in linoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid and antioxidant which studies have shown to be effective in cell regulation and skin-barrier repair as well as having anti-inflammatory benefits.

Sexy Hair Story

Argan Oil is a quick absorber. And you can use it on dry or wet hair. It reduces blow-drying time, while leaving hair looking polished and frizz-free. The Argan Oil not only conditions hair, but also helps to stop damage from heat styling and the outdoor elements. The oil improves elasticity and reduces breakage.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Exotic oils may be ubiquitous, but they truly are divine.


LOOK! A great write-up about argan oil in Out Magazine.


Argan Oil In nature: The argan nut grows only in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where it is harvested by a group of Berber women. On the shelf: Superbly Restorative Argan Body Cleansing Oil by Kiehl’sBenefits: Rich in antioxidants and vitamin E, which helps restore elasticity, smoothness, and moisture to dry skinVerdict: Scrubbing with this oil is like uncovering a second, fresher layer of skin beneath the first.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Benefits of Argan Oil


A summary of Argan oil benefits

For centuries, Argan oil has been used locally for therapeutic, cookware and cosmetic purposes, today the whole world is appreciating this oil. Argan oil is highly rich in essential fatty acids oleic and lineoic acids (47%) as well as in vitamin E (60-90mg/1OOg) , which positively boost our skin regenerating capabilities.



  • It repairs and protects the skin against droughts and external aggressions, preventing its premature aging thanks to its essential fatty acids.


  • Argan oil vitamin E richness, gives its antioxidant qualities


  • It protects muscles from degeneration associated with aging.


  • It can be used both for internal and external purposes.


  • some argan oil internal usages: Massage, for rheumatism, against hair loss, to eliminate dandruff, against acne, burns, wrinkles, to protect against skin drying.


  • some argan oil internal usages: positive effect against cholesterol and atherosclerosis.


  • some argan oil culinary usage: in dressings, its aroma couples very well with crudites.


  • Its nutty after-taste enhances so many dishes: whether with fish or goat's cheese, with puréed sweet potatoes or a salad of carrots and oranges.


  • A simple argan oil drizzle will enliven your soups, cooked dishes and even desserts.


  • It adds a touch of nut and sesame, bringing an oriental flavor to your cooking,


  • It enhances the prostaglandins synthesis. Argan oil contains no cholesterol, which makes it very suitable in the context of any cholesterol-free diet.


  • It protects the cardiovascular system.


  • For a cosmetic use, it softens the skin, revitalizes the tired and wrinkled parts by rehydrating and giving the skin its lost youthful elasticity.


  • Argan oil is also highly effective as a relief middle in cases of burns, scars and the like.
    Argan oil has a strengthening effect for nails and hair.


  • Argan oil is widely used in the local recipes as well as in traditional medicine as a treatment of skin diseases such as acne and chickenpox (varicella).


  • Currently, it is used as a medicinal product and active ingredient in many cosmetics and increasingly used by international and famous beauty specialists.

What is Argan Oil?


What's Argan oil?


Argan oil comes from the argan tree (Argania Spinosa), an endemic tree in southwestern Morocco. Used locally for centuries, nowadays argan oil is attracting increasing interest from outside of Morocco, thanks to both its cosmetic and dietary properties. Ancestral method of argan oil extraction. Once ripe, argan fruits are typically collected by women and brought to village where they are broken down the traditional way between two stones, (left shells are usually used to feed needed fire). After getting rid of the shells, the almonds are then closely crushed along with some water in a handmade mill called Azerg. Then the obtained dough is kneaded repeatedly and pressed by hands to extract argan oil. The residue is conserved and used to feed own livestock. Using this traditional way, it takes more than 10 hours to produce just one liter of argan oil. Argan almonds are gently roasted before being crushed yielding an oil used in daily kitchen recipes.
For cosmetic purposes, we should use argan oil that comes from the not roasted almonds. The production of Argan oil has always been a merely matter of those Moroccan local families. But recent exploitations of argan fruit has taken it to an even more crafty, let alone industrial level because of the publicity that has been made on the virtues of argan oil. Local women's cooperatives have joined forces to produce more of this miraculous oil the traditional way. A part of argan oil production is intended for export to Europe, Canada and the United States, which reinforces the local socio-economical role of this magically precious oil. Some of argan oil production is meant for high level cosmetic usage after further processing in laboratories.

the virtues of argan oil are obviously...

If we often hear that argan oil is "miraculous" it is because it has always been used in the Moroccan pharmacopoeia to cure many ills: it relieves rhumatism, heals slight burns, acne, chicken-pox, chapping and presents an undeniable dietetical interest because of its oleic-linoleic characteristic. Veronique Prévost knows the secrets of nature and plants very well. For her the virtues of argan oil are obviously not due to a miracle !

"Empirically known for thousands of years, the benefits of argan oil are today scientifically proved. They reside in a composition of unsaturated fatty acids (essentially linoleic acid) with the functions of defence and repair of the epithelium, but also very rich in tocopherols (vitamin E) moisturizers and very strong antioxydants. In the insaponifiable fraction of argan oil, research has shown the presence of phytosterols (active, healing and protecting) carotenes and antioxidant polyphenols in addition to tocopherols. Argan oil also contains squalene, a very hydrating* substance that normalizes skin pealing whence the interest of using it as hair care. In addition argan oil has a remarkable facility of penetration and does not provokes comedons ". *moisturising of the upper layers of the skin...Dr Véronique PREVOST - Prévost Laboratory Concept

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Pressed from the precious nuts of the argan tree, this beautifying treasure is a rare commodity known throughout Morocco as liquid gold for its remark