Are succulents the latest beauty ingredient?

Succulent plants like aloe vera, jojoba and others more exotic continue to pique interest among those in the beauty care fields. The fleshy and juicy leaves, roots and stems of these attractive botanicals also contain special water-storage tissues. Scientists have discovered that succulents offer excellent benefits in supreme hydration, soothing properties and a number of anti-aging features, and their ingredients now play a prominent role in modern beauty formulas.

Some of these “new” desert beauties found to improve the skin and hair include the yucca plant. This incredible root is an edible plant as well, and when used in beauty products, yucca contains a natural SPF, wonderful deep cleansing and calming properties and pore-shrinking success.

Yucca is also popular added to hair masks because it features impressive moisturization to scalp and tresses, key detoxifying abilities and also imparts healthy body to all hair types.

The prickly pear is another mysterious desert addition to the beauty care line-up, and its precious oil is a winner. The prickly pear is another name for the plump and edible fruit that grows from the nopal cactus.

If you’re looking for super glossy locks, then prickly pear oil will help you dazzle. Like argan oil, prickly pear is light and full of protein and double fatty acids. Its good vitamin E content also provides nourishment to strands.

The oil is also beneficial to your fingernails and toenails. Massaging this cactus seed oil into the nails and cuticles provides fast absorbing moisture for a healthier nail bed and encourages faster nail growth.

Those with dry complexions can also benefit from using products containing the prickly pear oil because it’s anti-inflammatory and is ideal at exfoliating rough texture and offering nice hydration aspects.

The hardy stonecrop is another succulent that is food for your face, so to speak. The plant can grow in either wet or extremely dry conditions, and if someone walks upon it, the force and weight never mar this succulent.

Stonecrop has become popular in a variety of skin care treatments because it has been show to provide great brightening capacity and regenerating properties. For example, skin care experts have discovered stonecrop’svalue in reducing pigmentation and other discoloration issues and lightening the complexion. The succulent also adds firmness to the skin’s contours, calms sensitive complexions, offers plumping hydration and helps improve the visible signs of aging.

It’s truly welcoming when the beauty and skin care industries take note of the real anti-aging benefits that come from the earth. Mother Nature has provided the world with some intriguing succulents that are finding their way into the daily routines of modern lifestyles.

Facial and body beauty can be extracted from nature in very healthy ways.