What Are The Benefits Of Castor Oil For Your Hair And Skin?

Castor oil is obtained from the seeds of a plant called the castor bean, which is native to Africa, India, and South America. Castor beans (formally seeds) are pressed into a multifunctional pale yellow vegetable oil with a very distinct taste and smell. While modern medicine does not recognize its historical use as a cure-all, castor oil has become a trending budget beauty purchase.

Like its well-known  Aceso cold-pressed coconut oil, castor oil is known for its moisturizing properties.  It also creates a barrier on the skin, protecting skin from moisture loss. For hair, the oil acts as a moisturizer, coating, and conditioning the strands for smoothness and shine.

In addition to its emollient properties, castor oil contains ricinoleic acid, a powerful antioxidant that protects the skin from free radical damage that causes wrinkles and collagen breakdown.

Simply, you should definitely add Aceso Castor oil to your beauty routine.

• Grow thick eyebrows and eyelashes

Applying a small amount of castor oil daily can help regrow eyelashes and eyebrows. Due to its moisturizing properties, castor oil can strengthen hair follicles and promote thicker brows.

• Make your hair shiny and healthy 

For Sway's hair, apply 100% natural Aceso castor oil to the ends 2-3 times a week to prevent breakage.

• Moisturize rough skin

You should apply castor oil on knees, elbows, and other dry areas to absorb all the moisture. In addition, castor oil has countless benefits for our skin. It also provides a protective layer to our skin and contains antioxidants that could stop damage to the cells (important in preventing premature aging). Massage some pure castor oil onto your skin or mix some castor oil with your favorite body lotion. It can be used 1-2 times a day as needed.

• Tidy up your cuticles

Castor oil is also great for nail care. Take a Q-tip and pat your cuticles a little for extra nourishment.

• Get rid of frizzy hair

If you want your hair to look smooth, apply some castor oil along your hairline.

How else can you use it?

The oldest uses for castor oil have nothing to do with hair, skin, or nails. You (or your grandmother) may actually have known about it as a laxative or a way to speed up labor. And yes, the ricinoleic acid found in castor oil can help treat constipation.

“It works by increasing bowel movements and helping to regulate bowel movements,” says Felice Schnoll- Sussman, MD, a gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

How to apply castor oil to hair?

The ideal way to use Aceso castor oil is to mix it in equal parts with another oil, such as olive oil, to make it more fluid, and apply it by gently massaging the entire scalp. Once this is done, we will let it act for at least 20 minutes so that the skin absorbs it properly. Regarding periodicity, the most advisable thing is not to do it more than once a week, as well as leave some rest periods, to avoid overhydrating and/or irritating the scalp.

The different properties of castor oil can help improve the condition of existing hair, strengthen and repair damaged hair, or even fight dandruff and dry scalp, but they cannot prevent the action of the internal mechanisms of alopecia. This same statement is applicable to other essential oils, such as mint, eucalyptus, coconut oil, jojoba, or rosemary, which are also attributed to anti-loss properties.