From Papua New Guinea, Samoa to the Philippines… Coconut oil has been a precious beauty and care secret passed down from tribe to tribe, from generation to generation, for more than a thousand years. The gentle, nourishing nature of coconut oil provides shiny, thick hair and silky skin, but babies have also been massaged with this fine oil to strengthen bones and keep skin healthy. Due to its restorative properties, coconut oil has become a permanent fixture in the natural pharmacy to help heal all kinds of wounds, burned skin, bruises and even fractures.

For centuries, the original inhabitants of Australia, the Aboriginal people, have relied on the nourishing and nurturing nature of nature in the rainforest. The 'Jindilli' – the golden nut – not only enriched the daily diet of the tribes in Eastern Australia and New South Wales with a bomb of essential nutrients. They also quickly discovered the beneficial effects of the oil pressed from the nuts, which, among other things, was mixed with clay and color to paint the body. The women also used the pure oil for a rejuvenating skin effect and mixed the oil with many other plant extracts as a balm to treat a wide variety of skin conditions.

How do you maintain your beauty for a thousand and one nights? The secret of the North African Amazigh tribes can be found in 'The Tree of Beauty'. Thanks to the oil from this argan tree, Moroccan women have been able to revitalize their appearance for centuries with velvety care for skin, hair and nails. Legendary Oriental beauty, straight from the womb of Mother Nature.

Originating from Mali, Africa, the seeds of the Shea tree have been processed for thousands of years into a vegetable fat – shea butter – which is a very valuable ingredient in African cuisine. Due to its nourishing ingredients and moisturizing properties, shea butter also became extremely popular for skin and hair care. The legendary beauty icon, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, used shea butter to protect her and skin from the scorching sun and scorching winds of the African desert and savannah.

With their blue-green pointed, spiky leaves, the aloes resemble cacti. But actually they are succulents. Aloe vera originally comes from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. In ancient times, Greek physicians used the plant as a medicinal remedy. According to tradition, the Egyptian queen Nefertite used the sap of the succulent plant for her beauty baths. The substance lignin contained in aloe vera ensures that the jelly-like gel from the leaves is properly absorbed by the skin.