Organic Castor Oil
100% Pure, Cold-Pressed USDA Organic Castor Oil Providing Maximum Nutritional Benefits
Key Benefits
Cold-pressed for maximum health benefits
Helps to reduce acne and wrinkles
Promotes hair growth and improves blood circulation
Powerful hair tonic for better hair
Anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, cleansing
Pain relief
Lymphatic drainage
What Is The Castor Factor?
Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor seeds, used for a wide range of cosmetic, medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes. A colourless or slightly yellow liquid, thick in consistency and with a distinct flavour.
Castor oil comes from the Ricinus communis plant’s seeds, indigenous to the south-eastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa and India.
Herodotus and other Greek travellers used castor oil for lighting, body ointments and improving hair growth and texture. In China, castor oil has been prescribed since centuries ago in local medicine for internal use or for use in wound dressings!
What is it in castor oil that makes it great? What ingredient in NewLife™’s organic castor oil matters? The answer is ricinoleic acid - a monounsaturated fatty acid that has multiple health benefits.
Castor oil also carries vitamin E, linoleic and oleic acids.
Great For Your Face
Reduce Acne
The antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of castor oil make it useful in reducing acne. Ricinoleic acid can inhibit growth in the bacteria that cause acne. Being a natural moisturiser, it also helps to soothe inflamed and irritated skin.
Soft and Smooth Skin
Castor oil is also rich in other fatty acids. Working as an emollient, it can enhance smoothness and softness when applied to facial skin. It can also provide a barrier on the skin to protect against moisture loss.
Glowing Complexion
The fatty acids in castor oil can also promote the growth of healthy skin tissue, making it great for restoring uneven skin tones.
Gentle on Sensitive Skin
Castor oil has a low comedogenic score. This means that it is unlikely to clog pores in the skin and reduces the risk of developing blackheads, making it appropriate for use on sensitive skin.
Anti-wrinkle
Ricinoleic acid is a potent antioxidant, effectively protecting the skin from free radical damage that causes collagen damage and wrinkles.
Better For Your Brow & Lashes
Apply a little castor oil daily to your eyebrows and eyelashes.
Castor oil promotes hair growth and improves blood circulation. More circulation results in more nutrition to your hair follicles, while the moisturising properties of castor oil help condition and thicken the brows and lashes.
How About Your Hair?
Hair Conditioner
Dry or damaged hair can especially benefit from an intense moisturiser like castor oil.
Applying castor oil to the hair on a regular basis helps to lubricate the hair shaft, increasing flexibility and decreasing the chances of breakage.
Treat Dandruff
Castor oil can also benefit those who experience dandruff, a common scalp condition characterised by dry, flaky skin on the head.
Due to castor oil's anti-inflammatory properties, it can effectively treat dandruff caused by seborrhoeic dermatitis- an inflammatory skin condition that causes red, scaly patches on the scalp.
Hair Tonic
Castor oil helps to thicken and grow hair.
Studies show that ricinoleic acid stimulates the production of the lipid prostaglandin (PGE2). This lipid is known for its ability to enrich hair follicles.
Regular application along the hairline will promote definition and lustre.
Nicer Nails
Do you have brittle nails that break or peel easily? Then castor oil should become your go-to nail treatment. Its rich, thick texture and a generous dose of vitamin E make it great for moisturising not only the cuticle area but also the nail bed itself.
Castor oil has also been claimed to promote circulation and blood flow; hence you will see improvements in nail strength with regular application.
Brilliant For The Body
Anti-inflammatory
Both castor oil and ricinoleic acid have demonstrated anti-inflammatory properties. This makes them useful for treating irritated skin caused by inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis.
Antimicrobial
It may also protect the skin from bacterial infections by keeping out microbes that can cause disease.
Moisturising
Castor oil contains triglycerides. These can help maintain moisture in the skin, making it useful for treating dry skin or dry patches on the knees or elbows.
Hydration
Castor oil has humectant properties, which means that it can draw moisture from the air into the skin, keeping the skin hydrated.
Cleansing
The triglycerides found in castor oil are also helpful for removing dirt from the skin.
Note: It can take time for the skin to fully absorb castor oil, but diluting the oil can promote absorption into the skin. Although castor oil can be used on its own, we suggest diluting castor oil with other oils, such as coconut oil.
The recommended ratio is 1:1 - the quantity of castor oil should be the same as the oil with which it is mixed.
Naturopathy
Arthritic Pain Relief
Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, applying castor oil to arthritic areas can relieve pain effectively. Warm castor oil can be applied topically or can be used in a pack to treat arthritic pain.
Lymphatic Drainage
When topically applied to the abdomen, castor oil is absorbed through the skin into the tissues. Heat applied helps to drive the castor oil into deeper layers. The castor oil increases lymphocyte production and increases circulation of the lymphatic system.
The lymphatic system is like a drainage system within the body. Toxins, infections, metals, dead cells and debris from all over the body are collected and cleaned up by the lymphatic system, then brought to the liver for filtering and emptied out through the colon. When the lymphatic system is not working effectively, waste and toxins can build up, leading to a depressed immune system, inefficient bowel movements, worsening food sensitivities, ultimately leading to inflammation and disease.
Ingredients
100% Pure, Cold-Pressed USDA Organic Castor Oil
Directions Of Use
Hair Tonic
Ingredients:
- ½ cup of NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil
Directions:
- Using a spray bottle, dampen your hair.
- Take some NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil in your palm and work it through your hair from the roots to the tips while massaging your scalp during the process.
- Leave the oil in for a minimum of 15-20 minutes. You could also leave it overnight.
- Follow up by shampooing and conditioning as normal.
2-in-1 Cleanser & Moisturizer for Oily & Acne-Prone Skin
Ingredients:
To make 100ml of 2-in-1 Cleanser & Moisturizer
- 15ml of NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil
- 85ml of NewLife™ Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Directions:
- Mix the two ingredients.
- Warm up the face with a warm towel to open up the pores.
- Apply a few drops of the oil on the face. Use your fingertips to gently massage the oil into the skin for a minute or two to remove impurities like makeup and dead skin cells. Leave it for another minute or two and let it penetrate the skin.
- Use a warm towel to wipe it off.
Brow and Lashes Serum
Direction:
- Fill up a new mascara tube with NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil and apply on lashes and brows before bedtime for thicker and longer lashes and brows.
Constipation Relief/Laxative
Direction:
- Take 15ml or 3 teaspoons of NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil
Nail Care
Direction:
- Massage your nails and cuticles with a few drops of NewLife™ Pure Castor Oil.
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* The contents on this page are not to be substituted for medical advice or diagnosis. The information presented here is purely for educational purposes. This is not a prescription for self-diagnosis or self-medication. Consult your own physician regarding the application of any opinions and recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical conditions.