Go coco-nuts!
Not only due to its nourishing oil, coconut has been the source of a plethora of beauty products, ranging from hair- and skincare to make-up items.
Marc Jacobs Beauty coconut cosmetics, too, are inspired by the designer’s love for the drupe’s refreshing water.
Its water, milk, fruit, extract and polysaccharides render a vitamin-rich barrier between the skin and make-up.
The make-up routine starts with applying primer, whose polysaccharide complex mimics the effect of synthetic priming ingredients, and ends with a spritz of the setting mist containing coconut alkanes, milk, water and polysaccharides.
The latest coconut-infused collection includes Dew Drops gel highlighter, O!mega bronzer and Finish Line translucent powder to create a glowing skin for the summer look.
The lovely shimmer can also be achieved with Kopari Coconut Body Glow containing pearly pigment, by highlighting brow arch, cheekbones, collarbones and décolletage.
Based in San Diego, Kopari sources coldpressed oil from the Philippines; its coconut beauty products are free of cruelty, sulphates, parabens, silicone and phthalates.
A purely organic and unrefined coconut oil, the multi-purpose Coconut Melt serves as a hair mask, make-up remover, dry shave oil, body moisturiser as well as belly balm for mums and body butter for babies.
Besides the oil, coconut water is an ingredient in the deodorant, Tahitian coconut shell in the body scrub, and coconut along with other plant extracts in the facial toner.
A Korean-Swiss brand specialising in sheet masks, Starskin believes in haircare from insideout through virgin coconut oil, whose smaller medium-chain fatty acids can better penetrate hair shafts to nourish strands.
Heat further enhances absorption, and CocoNuts was developed as a hot oil mask and a pre-shampoo treatment enriched with hair-revitalising rosehip, starflower seed, and baobab seed oils.
All in all, one can go completely coco-nuts when updating one’s headto- toe beauty routine.