Emollients (natural)

[x0h_bother]

Wanted to share this article http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-emollients.htm that talks about Aloe Vera, jojoba oil, Vitamins A and E, and Avocado Oil as emollients. No need for mineral oil, squalene, or lanolin that are mentioned in the article! True to form, info already known to LHC is out there :)

[Fractalsofhair]

Lanolin is just sheep's skin oil(gotten from washing the wool). Very natural.

Squalene is just basically a part of olive oil, IIRC, not totally natural, but not from petroleum(of course mineral oil is "natural", but a lot of people chose to avoid it for possible health concerns.). Vitamin A&E are probably less natural! But yay for information about it! I wasn't aware vitamin C or aloe vera were emollients.

[x0h_bother]

Lanolin is just sheep's skin oil(gotten from washing the wool). Very natural.

Squalene is just basically a part of olive oil, IIRC, not totally natural, but not from petroleum(of course mineral oil is "natural", but a lot of people chose to avoid it for possible health concerns.). Vitamin A&E are probably less natural! But yay for information about it! I wasn't aware vitamin C or aloe vera were emollients.
Nice! Thanks for the info, it's good to know some are natural :)