Jojoba Oil - Natural Moisturizer

There are many products available for moisturizing the skin and each one claim to be the best. However, jojoba oil, also known as deer nut, coffeeberry, wild hazel, pignut, quinine nut, gray box bush, Goat Nut, and with the botanical name Simmondsia chinensis, is one of the best moisturizers for skin and hair. Jojoba oil comes from a leathery-leafed shrub that grows up to 7 feet tall and is native to the Southwestern and Northern America. Although it is called oil, jojoba oil is actually a wax ester that comes from the little seeds of the plant. Of all the compounds in nature, it is the most similar to human skin oil (sebum), and therefore does not clog pores. This natural wonder can be used in many different ways to moisturize. Moisturizer Jojoba oil can provide all-day moisture to your skin because it does not evaporate the way other moisturizers do. Although it has not been proven it is believed that because it is so similar to human skin oil, it can fool the skin in...