INGREDIENT PROFILE: Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera – the soothing plant!
This natural ingredient comes from the Aloe Vera plant, it is a natural jelly substance found in the leaves of the plant, which most of us have probably heard of. And even have one on your kitchen window sill!
It is available in many forms, but usually just a gel in a bottle or tube, sometimes clear, whereas other times it tends be sold as a transparent green gel. Plus, it is also an ingredient within a product such as a cream or lotion, where it is used for its actions on the skin and vitamin content.
It can be used to treat sunburn or general burns, and as a decorative plant in the kitchen area, gives you an easy to access treatment when a burn from an oven or scold takes place.
Benefits from Aloe Vera:
• Soothing sunburn and injuries – it helps to reduce scar tissue and speeds up wound healing by increasing collagen synthesis;
• Moisturising the skin – it contains humectants that attract water from the air and deeper in the skin to main the epidermis together with properties that help to hold the flaking skin cells together, giving the skin a smooth appearance and fixing fine lines;
• Fades dark spots and stretchmarks - it contains two compounds that help to both block melanin production and reduce stretchmarks, they reduce the effect of pigmentation production when developed through acne scar tissue and UV rays,
• Slowing the signs of ageing – it contains Vitamins C and E, that may help to prevent the formation of free radicals, which are known to cause cell damage. The salicylic acid it contains acts as a gentle exfoliant, that removes the dead skin that sit on the skins surface, giving your other skin care products better penetration, to be have more effective results.
Love,
Shirley xx
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