Moroccan culture is rich in beauty secrets, and this land is fertile in natural elements with a thousand and one benefits. Using these treasures, unique in the world, as the basis for your ranges and cosmetic products offers you a major advantage on the national and international markets.

This article will enlighten you on some of the key elements from Moroccan culture and agriculture; on their origins, their benefits, and their uses.

Nowadays, the most attractive cosmetic trends are those that pay homage to the beauty secrets of our ancestors, from different regions of the Kingdom. There is a strong and growing consumer interest in natural cosmetics, a strength on which it would be interesting to capitalize.

Moreover, the key element that you choose for your ranges and products will add value to your brand, and will serve as a tool for differentiation in the market. In the international field of cosmetics, each of these elements has an International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, or INCI. It helps distinguish each of them and identify compounds that can cause allergies. It would therefore be useful to mention it on the packaging of each of your products.

Prickly Pear Seed Oil: (INCI: Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil) Cold pressed, this virgin and organic oil has more than 80% unsaturated fatty acids, which makes it regenerating and emollient: it is particularly suitable for dehydrated, dry or mature skin. It is also an exceptional anti-aging product. All these properties make this oil the ideal key element for making moisturizers, anti-aging serums, etc.

Red Poppy Powder (Aker Fassi): Berber women have understood this since the dawn of time;  Red Poppy Powder is rich in antioxidant, anti-aging, moisturizing and softening active ingredients. It prevents the breakdown of elastin and hyaluronic acid naturally present in the skin. Aker Fassi can perfectly serve as a main element for the manufacture of make-up products: lips and cheeks, natural scrubs, moisturizing balms…

Nila Powder: (INCI: Indigofera Suffruticosa Extract) It was the beautiful women of the Sahara who discovered it first, they use it to lighten the complexion, to soften dark and rough areas such as knees, elbows , feet or backs of hands. This indigo / majorelle blue powder can be incorporated into cosmetics, hair and body masks, or combined with other plant powders, vegetable oils, oily macerates, hydrolates, essential oils or even vegetable glycerin.

Nigella Oil: (INCI: Nigella Sativa Seed Oil) Nigella seeds, also known as black cumin, habba sawdaa, or sânoudj, harbor more than a hundred vitamins including A, E, minerals, essential fatty acids, and trace elements. Cold-pressed black seed oil is traditionally used for its purifying properties for oily skin and hair. It can be used as a regenerating anti-aging treatment for all skin types and an excellent tonic for the scalp. It can also be used as a calming and soothing massage oil against contractures and inflammation and to relieve body tension. 

Virgin Argan Oil: (INCI: Argania Spinosa (Kernel) Oil) Argan seeds, the pride of the Souss region and the South-West, are rich in unsaturated fatty acids (80%) and vitamin E. Amazigh beauties have always used cold-pressed virgin Argan oil to fight premature aging of the skin, to nourish, soften and rejuvenate dry, wrinkled, devitalized and dehydrated skin. But also to revitalize dry, damaged and dull hair; to cleanse the scalp; and finally to strengthen and nourish the fragile and brittle nails.

Rose Water: (INCI: Rosa Damascena Flower Water) Kelaat M’Gouna offers us her roses as a precious jewel and secret of Moroccan beauty. Damascus Rose hydrosol, distilled by steam distillation, organic and without additives or colorings, is astringent and tightening. It is an essential ingredient for preventing and combating the signs of skin aging. Used in your preparations, Rose water gives off a very good fragrance and gives a soothing sensation to the skin; it can be mixed with rhassoul clay, for example, to serve as a face mask.

Rhassoul: (INCI: Moroccan Lava Clay) Rhassoul is harvested from ore on preserved places, free of any pollution, then dried in the sun, pulverized and sieved, without any chemical treatment or preservative. This clay is very appreciated for hygiene, and for the care of hair and sensitive skin. Soap-free and surfactant-free, it is recognized as purifying, regenerating, sebum regulator and softening.

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