![]() What's more, the anti-aging effectiveness is not the only questionable thing about RP. Leslie Baumann in her fantastic Cosmetic Dermatology book writes that RP is topically ineffective. The evidence that RP is still an effective anti-aging ingredient is not very strong, in fact, it's weak. Retinyl palmitate -> retinol - > retinaldehyde -> all-trans-retinoic acidĪs we wrote in our lengthy retinol description the problem is that the conversion is not terribly effective. Once the kernels are obtained, the oil is pressed out from them (the kernels contain about 50% oil). This part is the hard one as the seeds have extremely hard shells. ![]() ![]() The seeds are collected and smashed with a stone to get the kernels inside. The traditional process is that the ripe argan fruits fall from the tree, then goats eat them up and poop out the seeds. The tree is slow growing and getting the oil is a hard job. So, argan oil comes from the kernel of the argan fruit that comes from the argan tree that grows only in Morocco. Not that it's not good, it is good, even great but reading the research about argan and a bunch of other plant oils we just do not see the big, unique differentiating factor (though that might be our fault not reading enough, obvs.) Dubbed as the " liquid gold of Morocco", we have to admit we have some trouble determining why this oil enjoys such a special miracle status. When it comes to cosmetic oils and hype, argan oil is for sure leading the way. Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
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