BEAUTIFUL SKIN & HAIR
Our Coconut Vanilla and Sugar face and body scrub inspires personal and planetary wellbeing. This facial and body scrub moisturizers while gently removing dirt impurities and dead skin cells to enhance softer, brighter skin leaving your skin feeling rejuvenated and new.We use Pacific Island Vanuatu Wild Harvest Coconut Oil and it is a perfect organic moisturizer and rejuvenator for skin. This makes it a perfect ingredient for our Coconut Vanilla and Sugar Face and Body Scrub.
How and where is it grown - COCONUT OIL - THE VANUATU WILD HARVEST DIFFERENCE
Different to plantation grown coconut oil products, Vanuatu Wild Harvest Coconut Oil is made from wild grown coconuts gathered by the local villagers in Vanuatu. The coconut flesh is then gently pressed by hand using the Direct Micro Expelling (DME) method within 1 hour of opening the nut. The DME method is the highest standard of coconut oil production and consistently delivers a pure, natural and totally unrefined extra virgin coconut oil that is free from chemicals& other impurities. Vanuatu Wild Harvest Coconut Oil retains a beautiful natural coconut aroma, quite unlike any other coconut oil you have ever experienced.
DIRECT MICRO EXPELLING (DME) METHOD OF PREPARING COCONUT OIL
There is a fundamental difference in the cosmetic value of coconut oil made from copra (dried and processed coconut) and that of virgin coconut oil made through the DME method. Because copra is dried over many days in unhygienic conditions and then shipped and stored for many weeks, moulds grow on this raw material and the oil becomes rancid. Cleaning (refining and bleaching) this dirty oil by industrial/chemical processes destroys many of coconut oil's natural characteristics and benefits.
DME stands for 'Direct Micro Expelling'. This is a form of 'wet-milling' whereby the virgin coconut oil is cold-pressed from the fresh meat of the coconut within one to three hours of opening the nut. The DME method is regarded by many as THE highest standard of coconut oil production. This method delivers a pure, natural and totally unrefined extra virgin coconut oil that is unhydrogenated, free from impurities, high in antioxidants and retains its beautiful and natural coconut aroma.
Direct Micro Expelling uses a totally different approach to coconut compared to that of the copra industry. With DME the processing is taken to the nuts rather than taking the nuts (in debased form) to a (large-scale) processing plant. The coconuts and oil are produced by local Vanuatu people with small scale locally owned production. This results in a virgin coconut oil of vastly superior quality that directly benefits local Vanuatu families.
How Vanuatu Wild Harvest Coconut Oil is made
Essentially there are three types of coconut oil available today.
RBD COCONUT OIL
RBD = Refined, Bleached and Deodorised - says it all really. This is made in large volume from older dried coconut known as 'copra'. Solvents are used in the extraction and it is is usually hydrogenated making it unpleasant and unhealthy.
VIRGIN COLD PRESSED COCONUT OIL
This is a lot better. It is made from fresh coconuts grown on plantations and oil is extracted large scale with cold press technology. Most Coconut Oil you see on Health Food shelves is made in this manner.
SMALL SCALE HAND MADE ARTISAN COCONUT OIL
This is how Vanuatu Wild Harvest is made. Local villagers from the outer Vanuatu Islands sell their fruit to our producer (locally owned and run) who immediately hand removes the flesh, dries on volcanic rock heated tables and hand extracts the oil with DME (Direct Micro Expeller) equipment. This handmade artisan method produces an oil which is superior to all other Virgin Coconut oils in freshness, taste, clarity and fragrance.