Pamper your skin with grape seed oil

Produced from the tiny seeds of grapes, the grape seed oil is fetching rave reviews from the beauty world. Its potential list of benefits is yet to be fathomed, but it is being used in aroma therapy essential oils, shaving lubricants, as salad dressing and sprayed on raisins to maintain flavour and has plenty of medicinal value like reduces risk of heart ailments and even prevents or delays diabetes.

Good for overall health

Grapeseed oil is a reservoir of linoleic acid- a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid- is good for people who have problems with high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol.  In other terms, people with higher linoleic acid levels, are less prone to heart disease, inflammation; have leaner bodies and less fat around their vital organs.

A study reveals that due to its non-greasy and light-weight characteristic, the consumer is at lesser risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases. This feature may be missing in the much publicised – good for health olive oil.

For your skin: Even those with oily skin love the feel of grape seed oil on their body, hence including it in your daily beauty regime can give you amazing results within weeks. The oil gets easily absorbed by the skin. A lukewarm oil treatment for your skin and hair too is known to give best results.

Healthy skin: While the linoleic acid nourishes the skin the astringent in it closes the pores that stops breakouts and tightens it. People with sensitive skin also use it as a moisturiser to hyderate. As an alternative, the oil can also be applied by mixing it with a cream or moisturiser.

Secondly, dabbing a few drops of the oil under the eyes can help relieve dark circles naturally. The oil also improves elasticity of the skin which helps get rid of facial fine lines and wrinkles. Some experts claim that the oil also heal old scars.

Hair care: It is used as a growth and strengthening treatment for frail hair. However, it is better to mix it with another oil for best results.

Caution

Even as experts are terming grape seed oil as a healthy substitute for olive oil, alarming levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been found in it.  Lung, skin, and bladder cancers have been reported to be associated with occupational exposure to PAH.

–windowtonews