Tomatoes and the Skin
For skin care, the tomato’s cooling and astringent properties are extremely useful, along with its vitamin C content that is helpful for acne and brightening dull skin. Of course, its antioxidant and acidic properties also help to fight free radicals and balance the skin.
Some Facts About The Tomato:
• In its early days in the United States, the tomato was considered an aphrodisiac.
• The heavist tomato weighing in at nearly 8 pounds.
• The “tomato tree” growing inside the Walt Disney World Resort’s experimental greenhouse is a Guinness World Record holder as the largest tomato plant in the world.
• Tomatoes belong to the same family as the deadly nighshade does.
• The French called the tomato “The Apple of Love”, and to the Germans, it was “The Apple of Paradise.”
Professional skin care products are indulging in the beenfits of this crimson fruit, including Eminence Organic Skin Care’s Garlic and Tomato Masque with anti-blemish, clarifying and healing capabilities. DermaConcept’s Environ Lonzyme C-Quence range contains lycopene for its anitoxidant benefits, and Yon-Ka Paris’ Le Baume Lèvres City and LeBaume Lèvres-SPF 10 are anti-aging phyto-repaing lip balms featuring tomato lycopene for its free radical fighting effects. (Source: Skin 2007)
Try this soap recipe and reap the benefits as well:
Ingredients:
• 14 oz tepid water
• 5.8 oz Lye
• 18 oz Coconut Oil
• 6 oz Palm Oil
• 12 oz Olive Oil
• 4 oz Jojoba Oil
• 1 oz Basil EO
• 1 oz dry-packed sun dried tomatoes finally chopped
• 2 TBS finely chopped basil leaves
1. Prepare Mold
2. Blend Water and Lye set aside to cool to 100 F
3. Melt Coconut and Palm Oils. Blend in Olive Oil and Jojoba Oil and either heat or cool so it reaches 100 F
4. Once Lye solution and Oil solutions are both 100 F, blend the lye solution into the oil solution.
5. Stire until it begins to trace and then add Basil EO, sun dried tomatoes and basil leaves. Stir thoroughly and pour into mold.
6. Set 12-18 hrs before cutting and cure 2-4 weeks.
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