Camellia Oil

Camellia Oil is expeller pressed from the fruit seeds of the Camellia Sinensis plant, a wild flower that grows in China and Japan.

A few of Camellia Oil's qualities are as follows:

• a thick, golden colored, honey-like liquid with excellent storage qualities.


• high in vitamin E as well as A and B.


• contains anti-oxidants that help to revitalize and rejuvenate the hair, nails and skin.


• non-greasy oil that is very easily absorbed into the skin.


• helps protect the skin from UV rays and has resorative properties making it a good choice for dry, mature skin.


• said to help reduce the look of skin spots and scars.


• gentle enough for those with sensitive skin.

You do not need a lot of this oil in your soap recipe for it to be beneficial. Adding a small amount at the start of the soap making process would be sufficient.

The chart below shows the approximate percentages of fatty acids present in Camellia Oil. This oil will provide a small amount of hardness for your soap due to the presence of palmitic and stearic acids but the best quality this oil will lend your soap is the conditioning that comes from the high percentage of linoleic and oleic acids.

Lauric	Myristic	Palmitic	Stearic	Ricinoleic	Oleic	Linoleic	Linolenic
		9	2		77	8
Hardness
Cleansing
Full Lather				F/L
		Stable Lather
				Conditioning

The following recipe contains this ingredient:

Camellia Oil Soap.

This information is provided for reference use only and is not meant to substitute the advice of a licensed health care professional.