Description
Excellent as a massage oil, this luxurious oil is also wonderful in soap. Use it in your cold process recipes at 5% and enjoy the moisturizing properties of this light oil. Sweet Almond Oil is renowned for its rich concentration of oleic and linoleic essential fatty acids which help to give it unequalled penetrating and restructuring properties. This oil also makes an unparalleled carrier for salt (for use in salt scrubs).
USES
Almond oil is the mainstay of therapists worldwide. It is widely used in cosmetics, massage and body products for its rich properties. Commonly used to relieve itching, dryness or inflammation, this oil is excellent for all skin types.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Pale yellow to golden colored slightly viscous liquidrn
ODOUR PROFILE
Characteristic slightly nutty odourrnFATTY ACID PROFILE
|
FATTY ACID |
SPECIFICATIONS (%) |
|
Palmitic Acid?C16:0 |
3.00 ? 9.00 |
|
Palmitoleic Acid?C16:1 (n-7) |
Maximum 2.00 |
|
Stearic Acid?C18:0 |
Maximum 4.0 |
|
Oleic Acid?C18:1 (n-9) |
60.00 ? 86.00 |
|
Linoleic Acid?C18:2 (n-6) |
20.00 ? 30.00 |
|
Alpha-Linolenic Acid?C18:3 (n-3) |
Maximum 2.00 |
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