Prickly Pear Seed Oil

PricklyPear Seed Oil  can be used as a daily skin treatment, for all skin types it is an exciting new anti-aging, moisturizing and nourishing oil that many women are now discovering.

Thanks to its exceptional high content of Omega 3, Vitamin E and plant derived betalains, cactus seed oil acts as a super antioxidant amongst antioxidants and a potent fighter of free radicals. 

In fact this oil is richer in essential fatty acids and tocopherols than argan oil ,making it the most naturally effective and latest treatments in the anti-aging revolution.

Composition
Barbary fig is 100 % pure prickly pear seed oil extracted mechanically by cold pressing prickly pear (barbary fig) seeds without solvents.

These seeds are very hard and contain only 5% of oil ,we need 40 kilos of seeds, nearly one tonne of fruit, to obtain just one litre of this  Pure Barbary fig seed oil is exceptionally rich in both vitamin E and sterols it contains more than 85% of unsaturated fatty acid with more than 60% of linoleic acid. 

Omega 6 is considered as an essential fatty acid wich is absolutely indispensible for many different metabolic processes of the organism.

Prickly pear seed oil is also rich in tocopherols (1000 mg/kg)..These elements helps to stabilize cell membranes and protect the tissues of the skin, eyes, and breast, which are more sensitive to oxidation.

Properties and cosmetic applications:

1. Protects the skin against premature aging (anti-aging activities)
2. Tightens the skin and prevents premature wrinkle formation
3. Promotes a beautiful and healthy complexion
4. Reduces the under-eye shadows and eye circles
5. Very recommendable for dry and rough Hair
6. Moisturizing and revitalizing
7. Helps repairing fragile, fissured and lustreless Fingernails
8. Not suitable as sunless tanning oil

Technical informations:

- INCI: Prickly pear seed oil
- CAS N°: 90082-21-6
- EINECS N°: 290-109-1

- Appearance: Yellow-green viscous liquid
- Odor: Characteristic
- Density: 0, 92
- Peroxide Value (meq O2/Kg):< 5

Fatty acid composition:

- Palmitic acid	C16:0	11, 56%
- Palmitoleic acid	C16:1	0, 62%
- Stearic acid	C18:0	3, 22%
- Oleic acid	C18:1	22, 11%
- Linoleic acid	C18:2	61, 88%
- Linolenic acid	C18:3	0, 18%

Directions for use :

You can apply cactus bio skin at night as an intensive anti-aging and moisturizing treatment.

Barbary Fig Oil Bottles : 

Our Company is the largest Barbay Fig Oil manufacturer in Morocco, having 3 years  of experience in planting and processing cactus Opuntia ficus indica.

In our own company we harvest and process from organically certified fields, certified by ECOCERT, to deliver the best quality opuntia extracts for cosmetic , nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries.

We produce and distribute our products in Morocco and have been exporting them for 3 years, with great sucess, to many countries in Europe America and Asia.

http://www.malakbio.ma