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Although it is classed as a vegetable oil, the avocado is really a fruit since it has a stone - but none-the-less the flesh of the avocado can yield a staggering 30% oil - but non the less - this deeply penetrating oil is rich and nourishing, which is superb to help fight skin aging and to assist more mature skin to look younger and more vital and is included in our Créme de Vie product.
General 
Avocado oil is easily absorbed into the deep tissue of the skin, and with its wonderful emollient properties, makes it ideal for mature and dry skins.
The crude Avocado oil is green in color as it still contains chlorophyll and is classified as a mono-unsaturated oil.
It is of great value to dry and mature skins, and the pure oil is often used by people suffering from eczema or psoriasis.
Avocado oil is very useful when treating sun or climate damaged skin that is dehydrated and undernourished as it is said to help with regenerating the skin and softening the tissue.
It is high in sterolins, which help to reduce age spots and help heal sun damage and scars. It is the sterolins (also called plant steroids) in the oil that help to soften the skin and which impart a superior moisturizing effect.
For this reason it is an ideal ingredient to include when formulating a product for people with dehydrated, sun or climate damaged skin, as it is an extremely good moisturizing and nourishing compound, assisting in the regeneration and rejuvenation of the skin.
Avocado oil is easily absorbed into deep tissue, and with its wonderfully emollient properties, makes it ideal for mature skins. It is rich in vitamins A, B1, B2 and D, lecithin, potassium as well as vitamin E.
Typically avocado oil contains the following fatty acid:
- palmitic
- palmitoleic
- stearic
- oleic
- linoleic
- linolenic
In a study done at the Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1991, it was found that avocado oil significantly increases the amount of collagen in the skin - which normally is under attack as we grow older.
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Fatty acids |
Typical | |
Palmitic |
C16:0 |
14.25 % | |
Palmitoleic |
C16:1 |
5.84 % | |
Stearic |
C18:0 |
2 % | |
Oleic |
C18:1 |
65.4 % | |
Linoleic |
C18:2 |
14.74 % | |
Linolenic |
C18:3 |
1.8 % |
Active ingredients used in Créme de Vie Articles of interest
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