African Botanics offers luxurious skincare products that marry nature, research, and technology. Among their standout products are the Shimmering Gold Oil and Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil.
African Botanics Shimmering Gold Oil
African Botanics Shimmering Gold Oil is a luxurious fluid oil infused with golden particles. These shimmering particles add a natural-looking shimmer to enhance your features, create a subtle glow on your skin and add shine to your hair. It is a silky and lightweight oil that illuminates and nourishes your skin, leaving it smooth and luminous.
Shimmering gold oil is a versatile product formulated to use on your skin, hair and body. You can expect to get 60 applications from the Shimmering Gold Oil. This luxurious oil is a long-lasting product that is perfect for everyday use.
How to Apply
To apply Shimmering Gold Oil, simply smooth it over your skin, making sure to highlight your décolleté, shoulders, arms, and legs. For an added dimension, tap sparingly onto your cheekbones, bridge of nose, and forehead. Run lightly through ends of hair for hydration. This lightweight oil is an essential for dewy luminous limbs, especially on vacation.
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African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil
This is essentially an incredibly luxurious, potent and ultra moisturizing antioxidant rich anti-aging oil serum for the body. The idea is to treat your body as you do your face to keep it moisturized, dewy, radiant and protected all year long. My current body oil obsession, unsurprisingly, is the African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil. I have been layering my moisturizers beginning with a very nourishing oil and then topping it off with a richer cream in order to keep my skin soft and supple. It is an antioxidant rich moisturizing and firming oil that makes my skin look and feel utterly amazing.
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Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil is an intensive rejuvenating skin treatment that combines the firming and strengthening benefits of wild-harvested Marula and Pinotage Grape Seed oils especially selected for their targeted firming and toning properties. Loaded with powerful antioxidants and Essential Fatty Acids.
Crafted from wild African botanicals: South African Green Rooibos Tea and Honeybush plant. The scent is reminiscent of the Fynbos biome located at the southern tip of the African continent, the Western Cape Peninsula - fresh, grassy with a hint of honeyed base notes.
Key Ingredients
- Marula Oil: A cold pressed, weightless, anti-aging botanical oil sourced from the remote pristine areas of South Africa's Marula Belt, considered one of Africa’s miracle oils.
- Pinotage Grape Seed Oil: Harvested from organic grape vines in the Western Cape region of South Africa, rich in polyphenols and contains high concentration of Omega 6 and Vitamin E which gives skin its nourishing and regenerating properties.
Ingredient List:
Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula Seed Oil)**, Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed Oil)**, Aspalathus linearis (Green Rooibos Tea extract), Cyclopia (Honeybush extract). **Certified Organic.
Benefits and Features
- Rich in Skin-Protecting Antioxidants: African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil is rich (> 3%) in antioxidants, specifically Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil (est. ≈35.0%).
- A key benefit of antioxidants is their ability to reduce oxidative stress caused by free radicals and therefore prevent accelerated skin aging.
- Studies also show that antioxidants can protect against environmental damage such as UV radiation and pollution, and help reduce inflammation and skin redness.
How to Use
To restore suppleness, firmness and tone, apply AM/PM. Smooth onto damp skin over the whole body concentrating on areas of concern. Massage with upward circular movements until absorbed to obtain velvety skin. Suggested use: "To restore suppleness, elasticity and tone, apply AM/PM. Smooth onto damp skin after a shower or bath. Massage with upward circular movements until absorbed to obtain velvety skin, boost circulation and oxygenate skin. Enjoy a pleasant and intense feeling of relaxation and well-being. Suitable for all skin types.
Moisturizing Properties
According to CreamScan analysis, African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil is quite moisturizing, with a moisturizing rating of 5.0 out of 10. It is purely occlusive. It has zero Humectancy (we didn't find any humectant ingredients on the ingredient list) and a maximum Occlusivity of 10 out of 10, due to the high content of Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil (est. ≈47.5%) and Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil (est. ≈35.0%).
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This type of product, when used as a standalone moisturizer, can deliver an exceptional level of occlusive hydration that is adequate for dry to very skin. The occlusive profile of African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil suggests a rich, thick texture, making it perfectly suited for dry skin.
People with dry skin would definitely benefit from adding water-binding humectants to their moisturizing routine for effective dual-action moisturizing. With its high occlusivity, African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil is ideal for dry skin but may feel too thick on other skin types. If you use this product as your only moisturizer in a routine, please note that it doesn’t contain any humectants. Regardless of your skin type, humectants are vital for optimal moisturizing efficacy.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Moisturizing Rating | 5.0 out of 10 |
| Humectancy | Zero (no humectant ingredients) |
| Occlusivity | 10 out of 10 |
| Key Occlusive Ingredients | Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil (est. ≈47.5%), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil (est. ≈35.0%) |
Overall Assessment: African Botanics Marula Firming Botanical Body Oil is the perfect antioxidant rich anti-aging body oil serum. As much as it is a beautiful oil, it is also a work of art: it was carefully conceived and masterfully executed.
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