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Organic Prickly Pear Infused Oil

Organic Prickly Pear Infused Oil

Name: Organic Prickly Pear Infused Oil
SKU: 0058301
Price: 7.5 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (185 reviews)

Anti-ageing

Known for its anti-ageing and protective properties, organic prickly pear flower infused oil is a revitalising ingredient and a more affordable alternative to pure prickly pear seed oil. It is ideal in skincare formulations to help prevent the signs of ageing and combat skin dehydration.

£7.50

1 article = 100 ml

Price per L = £75.00

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Carrier oils and macerated oils

Organic Prickly Pear Infused Oil

100 ml

ecocert 98472734-81f4-4e03-9fd1-4d73a6bd5e2d large

Organic cosmetics

Ecocert

Cold Pressed

Foraged

From France

As a cosmetic ingredient, organic prickly pear macerated oil is known for the following properties:

Regenerating, anti-wrinkle macerated oil that helps combat the signs of skin ageing.
Restructuring omega-6 to encourages the skin's natural repair process.
Toning, restores skin's firmness and tone and prevents tissue withering.
Nourishing, softens and protects the skin from dehydration.

Skin types

Mature and dehydrated skin
Wrinkles, fine lines
Tired skin lacking elasticity
Delicate skin

Use as an ingredient in your:

Facial products
Bust care
Eye area fluids
Nourishing skin care creams for tired skin

Use it mixed with your oil blend, as a daily application on the face, neck and neckline, as a day or night cream , or to make up a care oil.
As an oil phase in body and face creams.

Synergies

To restructure the skin and combat wrinkles: rosewood, rose and gum rockrose essential oils, evening primrose, rose hip, borage and hemp carrier oils.
For toning the bust: bellis carrier oil.
For soothing effects: spike lavender essential oil.

Instant recipe by Aroma-Zone

Rejuvenating body oil

Prickly pear macerated oil
50 ml
Evening Primrose Oil
50 ml
Rosewood essential oil
20 drops
Rockrose Essential Oil
10 drops

Culture

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

Botanical name

Opuntia ficus indica

Botanical family

Cactaceae

Quality

100% natural, with no chemical additives or treatments, cosmetic quality

Production process

Maceration of organic prickly pear fruit in organic sunflower oil

Part of the plant used

Fresh fruit

Function

Cosmetic ingredients

Oxidative potential

Sensitive

Learn more

Learn more

The Prickly Pear is a cactus native to Mexico, known as nopal (it even features on the emblem of the Mexican flag). It also grows abundantly around the Mediterranean basin, where it was brought back on Christopher Columbus’s voyages. Its thick paddle-shaped stems are adorned in spring with beautiful bright yellow flowers, which are followed by fruits or fleshy berries of a yellowish-green colour, sometimes tinged with red: Prickly Pears.

These prickly pears are very rich in nutrients and are widely used in the food industry as a source of vitamin C and natural food colourings. The seeds, present in large quantities in these fruits (about 300 seeds per 160 g fruit), can be pressed to obtain Prickly Pear oil, which is very expensive and highly valued. The macerated oil we obtain from these fruits is a much more affordable alternative to virgin Prickly Pear oil. By macerating Prickly Pears in sunflower oil, we extract the liposoluble active compounds contained in the fruit and seeds.

This macerate can be used in your cosmetic formulations as it has excellent effects against the signs of aging.

Organoleptic properties

Appearance: clear oily liquid
Colour: light yellow to orange-yellow
Odour: light, sweet, botanical

Density

0.92-0.93

Saponification index

188–194

Storage

Macerated oil sensitive to oxidation.
Store in a cool place (temperature below 20°C) away from light and air.

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.

Environmental qualities and characteristics product sheet

Reference
0114701 - 10 ml Organic Fig Massage Oil Bottle
Main Packaging Material
Glass bottle
Recyclability
Most packaging can be recycled

Reference
0058301 - 100 ml Organic Prickly Pear Massage Oil
Main packaging material
RPET (recycled PET) bottle
Recyclability
Most packaging can be recycled
Recycled material
Packaging contains at least 80% recycled material
Rewards and penalties
Aroma-Zone gets a bonus for managing packaging made from recycled plastic.

Instructions for packaging disposal

EO = Essential Oil

VO = Carrier Oil or Macerated Oil

22 ml of Prickly Pear macerated oil
13 ml of Rose hydrosol
1.5 g of Stearic Acid
1.5 g of organic Shea Butter
A dash of Aosaïne
A dash of Hyaluronic Acid
15 drops of Ho Wood essential oil
5 drops of Rockrose essential oil
2 drops of Vitamin E
5 drops of grapefruit Seed Extract

Instructions: melt the stearic acid and shea butter with the oil in a bain-marie and set aside the floral water mixed with the aosaïne and hyaluronic acid powders. Once the wax is melted, remove from the bain-marie, let cool for a few moments, and gradually add the hydrosol while stirring constantly (in a figure-of-eight motion with the pestle, drawing an 8 at the bottom of the mortar). As the mixture solidifies at the edges, gradually fold it back into the centre. Add the 2 essential oils, vitamin E, and grapefruit seed extract, and mix together thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a 30 ml jar and store in a cool place.

Important note from Aroma-Zone: it is not easy to create a stable emulsion (lotion) using only wax. Since waxes are weak emulsifiers, we recommend adding an emulsifier. You can find all Aroma-Zone emulsifiers here.

Ramadan MF , Mörsel JT . Recovered lipids from prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica [L.] Mill) peel: a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, natural antioxidant vitamins and sterols . Food Chem . 2003 ; 83 ( 3 ): 447-456 .

BS Maataoui, A Hmyene and S Hilali. Anti-radical activities of prickly pear (Opunta ficus indica) fruit juice extracts. Lebanese Science Journal, 2006, Vol. 7, No. 1, Pages 3-8

L. Tesoriere, M. Fazzari, M. Allegra, and M. A. Livrea Biothiols, Taurine, and Lipid-Soluble Antioxidants in the Edible Pulp of Sicilian Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Fruits and Changes of Bioactive Juice Components upon Industrial Processing J. Agric. Food Chem, 2005, 53 (20), pp 7851-7855

S. Macheteau

Frequently Asked Questions

Silky macerate, moisturizing, makes my skin luminous. However, I would like bottles of at least 200 ml, for face and body.

Carole

10 days ago

Excellent

13 days ago

Very good for my 'firming chest' recipe

Cindy

23 days ago

Good product

1 month ago

Actually, I don't know when to apply it

Francine

1 month ago

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