Organic Amla Infused Oil

Skin care

Use as an ingredient in your blends

• This castor oil-based macerated oil naturally has a very viscous texture and a greasy, slightly sticky feel. It is used diluted, at a rate of 1 to 30%, as a mixture in your oil blends. To reduce the oily effect, combine it with oils with a "drier" feel, such as jojoba, desert date, macadamia or kukui.

• It can be incorporated into the oil phase when making emulsions (creams, lotions).

• It can be mixed with carrier oils and plant butters, and possibly waxes, to make oils, serums, balms, sticks, etc.

Synergies

• For a repairing effect (dry skin) : shea butter, rose hip, camelina, touloucouna, tamanu, oat, and wheat germ carrier oils, cosmetic active ingredients phytosterol concentrate, Bisabolol (oil-soluble), Skin Repair BIO and dragon blood extract (the latter 2 are not oil-soluble, to be used in emulsion only), true lavender, and myrrh essential oils.

• To brighten the complexion: Rose hip, chaulmoogra, and lily macerated essential oils, celery and carrot essential oils, Melano'regul cosmetic active ingredients and active radiance and brightening concentrate (in emulsion only, these 2 active ingredients are not oil-soluble).

• For make-up removers: hydrosols, ‘dry’ carrier oils to thin this viscous macerated oil: Jojoba, desert date, macadamia, kukui.

• For lip care: Shea, cocoa, kpangnan, Sal. butters.

• To make glosses: Gloss base, Miroir de Sucre, plant-based lanolin substitute.

• To make sticks and lipsticks: Stick base, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, beeswax.

Hair care

Used as an ingredient for making:

• Oil baths: mixed with botanical oils and even essential oils: apply a few drops to the scalp with gentle massages, then coat the hair, strand by strand, with 1-2 tablespoons of your mixture, focusing on the ends. Wrap the hair in a warm towel. Leave on for some time (20 minutes - 1 hour) then use a gentle shampoo.

• Scalp friction serums: mixed with your oil blend: apply a few drops to the scalp and perform gentle circular massages for a few minutes. Leave on for 15 minutes to 1 hour then shampoo.

• Serums for hair ends: mixed with your oil blend

• Can be incorporated as an oil phase in the preparation of emulsions for hair care: hair conditioners, masks, hair creams (made for example with Plant-based Conditioner or BTMS emulsifiers).

Synergies

• To nourish, protectively coat and strengthen hair: coconut, sapote, pracaxi, avocado, Abyssinian, argan, jojoba, piqui, broccoli, hibiscus and marula carrier oils, mango, murumuru and tucuma butters.

• To combat hair loss and stimulate growth: mustard, coconut, chaulmoogra, and nigella carrier oils, kombo butter, bay rum tree, grapefruit, clary sage, Atlas cedar, Mediterranean cypress, ginger, and rosemary cineole essential oils.

• To combat dandruff: neem, touloucouna, and chaulmoogra carrier oils, geranium, bay laurel, palmarosa, tea tree, and cade juniper essential oils.

• To combat the appearance of premature grey hair: amla, nagarmotha, and bhringaraj powders.

• For nail care: borage carrier oil, lemon essential oil.

Instant recipes by Aroma-Zone

Step 1

Apply locally to the affected areas in the evening.

Step 2

Contains a photosensitising essential oil. Do not expose to the sun for 8 hours after application.

Step 1

Package the mixture in a 30 ml glass bottle.

Step 2

If the mixture has solidified, run the bottle under a stream of hot water before use to thin it out.

Step 3

Apply a few drops of the serum to the scalp using circular massaging movements.

Step 4

Leave on for 20 minutes to 1 hour, then shampoo.

Step 1

Apply a few drops of this serum to the scalp using circular massaging motions.

Step 2

Leave on for 20 minutes to 1 hour, then shampoo.

Cultivation

Organic, certified by Ecocert Greenlife in accordance with the Ecocert standard available at http://cosmetiques.ecocert.com

INCI name

Ricinus communis seed oil, Emblica officinalis fruit extract

Botanical name

Emblica officinalis

Botanical family

Euphorbiaceae

Quality

100% pure and natural, without any chemical treatment or additives, cosmetic grade

Production process

Maceration of organic Amla fruit pieces in virgin organic castor carrier oil, with gentle, controlled heating to optimise extraction of the active ingredients, followed by cooling and filtration.

Part of the plant used

Fruit

Other names

Amla oil

Function

Cosmetic ingredients

Oxidative potential

Low sensitivity

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Organoleptic properties

• Appearance: very viscous oily liquid, may present plant deposits or particles at the bottom (due to plant maceration)

• Colour: pale yellow

• Scent: very light vegetal, slightly acidic

• Texture: very greasy and viscous, characteristic of Castor oil

Density

0.95–0.96

Saponification index

180–190

Storage

• Stable macerated oil.

• Store in a dry place, away from heat and light.

Precautions

• Do not swallow. Due to the violent laxative and purgative effect of castor oil, this macerate must be reserved for external cosmetic use.

• Keep out of reach of children.

Warning

The properties, indications and methods of use described above are derived from scientific literature and/or reference books or websites in aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informational purposes only and cannot under any circumstances be considered as medical information. This information cannot under any circumstances replace a diagnosis, consultation or medical follow-up, nor engage our liability.

Supplier documentation

R. Jain, R. Pandey, R. N. Mahant and D.S. Rathore. A review on medicinal importance of emblica officinalis. International Journal of pharmaceutical Sciences and research, 6 (2015), 72-84.

S. S. Nambiar and N. P. Shetty. Phytochemical profiling and assessment of low-density lipoprotein oxidation, foam cell-preventing ability and antioxidant activity of commercial products of emblica officinalis fruit. Journal of food biochemistry, 39 (2015), 218 - 229.