When someone mentions castor oil usually first association is its use as a laxative! But castor oil have much bigger usage in the cosmetic industry as one of the main ingredients for beauty creams, balsams and numerous body milk for renewing skin, hair and nails!
Ricinoleic acid and vitamin E
Castor oil has a high percentage of vitamin E and ricinoleic acid! Ricinoleic acid is very rare in nature but very large percentage is stored in castor plant seeds. The combination of ricinoleic acid and vitamin E is the perfect combination for renewing dry and broken skin! In case that you have problems with acne, rubbing skin with castor oil will clean up problematic areas, skin will appease and your acne will vanish! Also, if you have skin irritation, putting castor oil on irritated skin will calm it down!Castor oil for skin
High level of vitamin E is also crucial for calming down skin irritation or if you have some mild fungus infection. In case that you do not have any medication for disinfection of small wound, cut or tear of skin you can use castor oil for disinfection because it also has antibacterial effect!
So, what is the big secret? The Secret is this - because castor oil has specific structure it has the ability to enter deep in skin! Because of this, this magical oil reaches out in deeper skin layers and give it all nutrients that are stored in oil! Other oils do not have this ability! Castor oil is easy to buy in local drug store and its not expensive!