If you can’t live without your avo toast and guacamole, you’re clearly an avocado junkie! But did you know the rich, buttery fruit with the hard exterior and mushy goodness inside is great for your skin and hair too?
Pressed from the avocado fruit, avocado oil not only has a number of health benefits but is known to be a powerful skincare and haircare ingredient too as it is packed with vitamin E, oleic acid, potassium, lecithin and other nutrients that are highly moisturising and nourishing. It offers multiple benefits like moisturising dry hands, heels & elbows, calming irritated, itchy skin, and reducing frizz and dryness from distressed strands and scalp as well. Avocado oil also acts as a natural sunblock and can protect skin from UV radiation and sun damage. It has also been found to help with skin conditions such as psoriasis, wrinkles, and stretch marks.
You can apply avocado oil directly to your skin or combine it with your favourite skincare and beauty products, or simply buy products that are infused with this wonder oil to reap its many benefits. So go ahead and indulge that avocado addiction with these products…
1. The Body Shop Avocado Body Butter
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Perfect for dry skin as it is enriched with the goodness of avocados this indulgent body butter leaves dry skin feeling softer, smoother and nourished. It is made with 96% ingredients of natural origin, including sustainably sourced Hass avocado oil , and is a non-sticky, non-greasy moisturiser that makes skin soft and supple and leaves a refreshing, green scent on the skin. This part of a range from the brand that also includes a body scrub, lotion, shower cream and more all infused with avocado.
2. Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment With Avocado
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Formulated with avocado oil, beta-carotene, and shea butter this fragrance-free hydrating eye cream de-puffs and brightens the skin under the eyes and improves the texture and fine lines by providing all-day hydration. The ingredients also fight signs of ageing like fine lines and wrinkles.
3. Plum Avocado Nourish-Up Hair Mask
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Want a deep conditioning hair spa at home? Try this thick, creamy textured hair mask that contains avocado oil, argan oil and shea butter which together deeply nourish dry hair & help control frizz. Avocados are rich in protein content as well as vitamins A, D and E that protect hair from flyaways, dryness and stubborn frizz.
4. Glow Recipe Avocado Melt Retinol Eye Sleeping Mask
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Dealing with puffy under eyes? This gentle yet potent eye mask formulated with avocado, encapsulated retinol, niacinamide & coffeeberry helps depuff and achieve a firmer look under the eyes.
5. Quench Botanics Bravocado Nourishing Hand Cream
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Part of the brand’s Bravocado range, this lightweight, non-greasy hand cream helps soften and nourish dry, chapped hands. It is infused with the goodness of avocado, shea butter and cocoa extracts to smoothen skin and protect it from oxidative damage. It works well to soften cuticles as well.
6. Dot & Key Avocado Smoothie Day Cream SPF 20
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A day cream infused with avocado, kale, chia seeds, green tea and olive squalene, think of this as a green smoothie for your face! It is formulated with SPF 20 and vitamins A, C, E & K that act as a shield to keep pollution and dirt from entering the skin’s pores. This lightweight whipped cream promotes cell renewal, boosts skin immunity, tightens pores & gives the skin a renewed glow.
7. Revolution Skincare x Jake-Jamie Avocado Face Mask
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A face mask in collaboration with beauty content creator Jake Jamie, this is designed to nourish, smooth, and gently exfoliate the skin. It is filled with the goodness of avocado oil for moisturisation, glycerin to prevent moisture loss, shea butter for nourishment and natural scrub granules for gentle exfoliation.
