Read the second part the article to see what you know and didn't know about the Tea Tree oil, what's Echinacea, what properties honey and some other natural cosmetic components have.

Date fruit – regenerate, pert and sooth the skin. Added to face creams, date fruit smooth wrinkles. Found also in body lotions, creams and bubble baths. Rich in B group, A, C, PP vitamins, natural sugars and minerals: calcium and phosphorus. Cosmetics with date fruit moisturize and revitalize dry skin. Date fruit-based cosmetics are not common but it's not impossible to find them.

Tea Tree – its oil extract is an excellent antifungal and antibacterial solution. Perfect for curing acne, doesn't irritate or cause allergies. Holds growth of oral cavity aerobic bacterias and decreases gum inflammation. Fights against herpes simplex and helps in feet and nail fungus treatment.

Echinacea – its properties make its use almost unlimited – from all-type skin creams through body lotions, hand creams to before and after tanning lotions. Tonics, gels, masques containing Echinacea extracts smooth wrinkles, heal wounds, protect, regenerate and moisturize skin. Its enzymes keep the skin tense and accelerate creation of collagen fibrils and elastic fibres. Echinacea stimulates regeneration, increases one's immunity to bacterial and viral infections (including flu and herpes simplex) as well as protects against fungus and saccharomycetes. Echinacea protects collagen which slows skin-aging and speeds wound-healing.

Indian horse chestnut (Aesculus indica) – its bark extract increases capillaries' walls flexibility, reduces permeability of their membranes, improves blood and lymph circulation and strenghtens blood vessels. Skin-brightening cosmetics also contain chestnut extract.

Wheat-germs – wheat-germ oil contains mineral salts and vitamin E, an excellent antioxidant that slows down skin-aging, prevents development of wrinkles and skin-cracking. Lecithin, encapsulated in the oil, reinforces the hydrolipid barrier and biostimulators improve cell regeneration.

Kiwi – contain significant amounts of vitamins C, A, B, E, K, fruit acids, magnesium, potassium, calcium and ferrum. Moisturizes, brightens, nourishes the skin and smooths wrinkles.

Mango – rich in B group, C, A, PP vitamins and elements among which are magnesium, potassium and calcium. Mango-containing comsetics smooth, moisturize and sooth the skin. They are recommended for dry, sensitive skin and dye-damaged hair.

Shea butter – made from crushed shea nuts. Contains fatty acids, A, D, E, F vitmains that regenerate dry skin and pert it. Fatty acids moisturize upper layers of epidermis, soften and cool the skin as well as prevent the development of wrinkles.

Maidenhair Tree (gingko biloba) – 'tree of life', irreplaceable in cosmetics for sensitive skin with cracking capillaries. Found also in anti-aging and pert cosmetics, increases skin felxibility and blood vessels. Protects against free radicals.

Honey – rich in natural sugars, enzymes and fruit acids. Thanks to high amounts of nourishments enrich natural substances like glycogen. Honey strains, softens and smooths skin, absorbs substances secreted by skin. Honey is also a great disinfectat, purifier and healthy product.

In the last, third, part cucumber, Panax and some others will be discussed.

Author:

Monika Mielniczuk