Jojoba oil: benefits and uses in natural cosmetics

Sebo-regulating and non-greasy, Jojoba oil is included in many hair care products dedicated to hair too greasy and flaky. Lipolytic essential oils (such as Atlas Cedar or Grapefruit) must come as reinforcement, but Jojoba can already do the job well.

Jojoba softens and cleans the skin by a double action:

• He softens the skin by forming a lipid layer, very little occlusive, and it diffuses into the intercellular spaces of the stratum corneum (stratum corneum). During experiments, it was shown that the suppleness of the skin of controls was improved by 45%, for more than 8 hours! An excellent daily treatment for skin that lacks suppleness. Jojoba vegetable oil is said to be strongly emollient.
• Jojoba oil is also called non-greasing thanks to its biochemical composition very close to part of that of human sebum. This particularity makes it very easily absorbable by the epidermis. It therefore penetrates easily and does not grease the exterior of the skin. The pores of the latter therefore remain open and retain their precious functionalities. Jojoba vegetable oil is therefore said to be non-occlusive and non-comedogenic.

The combination of the two properties previously mentioned, emollient and non-greasy, make Jojoba oil the ideal candidate for deep cleansing of the epidermis: by applying it regularly, it unclogs the pores of the skin of anything that can obstruct them, in particular excess sebum.

Can you fight acne with Jojoba oil? Yes and no. Let's be clear, no vegetable oil fights effectively alone against acne, essential oils will be necessary: ​​Tea Tree, True Lavender, Lemon Eucalyptus, etc. But these essential oils often sometimes have a dilution support, and this is where Jojoba comes in. As a non-greasy and sebum-regulating vegetable oil, it is ideal. Here is an effective mixture against acne, based on Jojoba.

To make deodorants or natural perfumes, essential oils are obviously necessary, but a good base is just as necessary. Jojoba oil is perfectly indicated, for 2 reasons: 

• Jojoba's molecular configuration allows it to significantly reduce trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL), without completely blocking perspiration: the perfect balance for an effective, but not harmful, deodorant base.
• Its great stability will allow it to last over time, without the risk of the peroxide level skyrocketing.

To learn how to create your perfumes on a Jojoba base, follow this guide: create your own perfume with essential oils

Jojoba oil is also suitable for skin care fatty and mixed, being an oil non-comedogenic. It will nourish the skin, which will reduce the secretion of compensatory sebum, without suffocating it and encouraging the formation of acne spots or imperfections. In addition, Jojoba oil is non-greasy and easily absorbed by the skin. 

The composition close to human sebum of Jojoba oil gives it an excellent affinity with the skin and hair. This oil penetrates very easily into the epidermis and hair follicles to deeply nourish the areas that need it. Softening and protective, this oil is perfect for taking care of beard hair daily. In addition, it is a very pleasant oil to apply due to its dry finish. Finally, Jojoba oil can be used as shaving oil, replacing shaving foam. Shaving with oil is very useful for protecting the skin from the aggressions of shaving; which shaving foams do not do, which tend to aggravate problems of inflammation, redness and irritation because of the harmful products they contain. 

Of course, it depends on the cause of the drop in hair in question. Many scalp problems are linked to a buildup of hardened sebum that clogs hair follicles and can interfere with their normal functioning, which can lead to follicle death.

• Jojoba penetrates easily (thanks to the penetrating properties studied above) into the scalp, loosens and dissolves this hardening.
• The scalp and hair follicles are left clean and free (jojoba is non-occlusive).

Yes, Jojoba oil is suitable for oily hair and with dry hair, but not for the same reasons. About the hair dry, brittle and dull, it is the properties linked to the cerides which compose it which are interesting, in particular:

• Protective power: like the plant cuticle protects the leaf, jojoba protects the hair. It is therefore very appreciated in the lengths and on the ends to strengthen and soften them.
• Strengthening shine: Jojoba has an incomparable keratoplastic effect which reinforces the natural colors and shine of the hair.

Jojoba will therefore be particularly interesting on the ends and lengths of dry hair.

Some tests have shown that 5 of the most common skin bacteria (including Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas bacteria) cannot survive in Jojoba oil, as can certain fungi. However, this is really too weak an indicator to speak of an antibacterial and antifungal oil: only essential oils are really powerful for these applications. Therefore, do not disinfect a wound with Jojoba alone. Jojoba, on the other hand, will be an excellent base for diluting your Tea Tree essential oil if necessary.

Jojoba vegetable oil cleanses, softens and even disinfects the epidermis. For this reason, Jojoba is excellent for preventing and combating skin aging. skin. According to laboratory tests, Jojoba can reduce fine facial wrinkles. After a single application of Jojoba, on a sample of 20 women, these wrinkles were reduced by 26% after one hour, 18% after 4 hours, 11% after 8 hours. A temporary effect? Certainly after only one application, probably not in the case of regular application.