Discover all the benefits of skin rice and hair
First world cereal for human food, rice (yes yes, it is a cereal) is present on all continents.Already cultivated in China 5000 BC, then later in India, North America and Europe, he has never lost his success.
Not content with nourishing your world, this little grain (which still has 10,000 varieties) conceals many treasures: essential fatty acids, starch, a strong vitamin E ... without forgetting a nutritious contributionundeniable and an active mine for the skin.
Without toxicity, very well tolerated, little allergenic and environmentally Friendly, it checks all the boxes of the ideal assets.Result: we meet it more and more in cosmetics, makeup and even in perfumery.Small recap to consume it so...without moderation.
Rice: the real Swiss knife of La Cosmeto
If rice water is a recipe used in Asia and us since time immemorial to sublimate the skin, this little grain has many more other advantages in pocket.Its composition is quite impressive since it contains, among other things, a hundred antioxidants, many vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids, ... "It is suitable for all skin, mature, sensitive, acneic.While being very soft and never harmful, "explains Marianne Brass, Co Founder d'Oryza Lab, very young brand of care whose rice is the common thread and uses 7 active people From this cereal."Raw active ingredients such as rice sound oil, rice water or rice germ oil.But also biotechnological active ingredients such as inositol, phytic acid or rice phytosterols.We even have a hyaluronic acid imbued with rice peptides which allows optimal penetration ”she explains.More than versatile, it is therefore found for example in anti-aging treatments thanks to inositol which reboosts firmness by activating collagen and elastin.While rice germ oil ensures hydration, nutrition and a super antioxidant action to fight against Free radicals.Finally, be aware that its powder is used in many scrubs for its biomechanical exfoliating action on impurities and dead cells.As with Bodia, where Cambodia rice, elected best rice in the world, is directly crushed and integrated into the formula."An organic rice whose local sourcing is carried out in partnership with a social enterprise which brings together farmers on the northern part" explains Antoine Bancel, CO founder of the.So as good for the skin as on the plate!
I buy what: beauty oil, Oryza Lab, € 57, Oryzalab.com;Muesli body ointment, baija, € 19.90, baijashop.com;Foaming makeup remover, chantecaille, € 69, at Bon Marché;Purifying tonic lotion, Pai, € 33, Paiskincare.Fr ;My night cream, laboratories, Giphar, € 13.50 ***;Eclair beauty balm, Clarins, € 39*;Wrap Exfolys with rice, Qiriness, € 28.90, Qiriness.com;Rice scrub, Nivea, € 7.50 ***;Face scrub, Huygens, € 22, Huygens.Fr ;Sweet scrub, health, € 33.60 Senteales.Fr.
Beneficial water
In Southeast Asia and Madagascar, the use of rice water for hair care is part of the beauty recipes that are transmitted From generation to generation.Rice water has the ability to tighten the cuticles of the hair: a reading action that makes them suddenly super shiny.And that's not all !Its protein strengthens and sheaths, giving tone and volume with somewhat flappy hair or brittle hair.Without forgetting a good dose of hydration and contribution in antioxidants. Enfin, l’amidon contenu dans l’eau de riz permet de dompter les Frisottis et redonner une bonne élasticité aux longueurs.How do I do ?You can of course keep the rice cooking water to rinse its shampoo (before rinsing again in clear water).You can also leave it as a mask placed for about twenty minutes (before rinsing).But beware, let it rest two days at room temperature, it will be even richer in antioxidants!And the most pressed can simply buy a product enriched with rice!
En bonus : Sachez qu'une grande majorité de shampoing sec contient de la poudre d'amidon de riz qui permet d'absorber le sébum présent sur la fibre capillaire, créant ainsi une sorte de gaine naturelle, avec à la clé une sensation de Fraîcheur, de netteté et un max de volume instantané.All without leaving the hair moist or sticky ... we adhere!
I buy what: hair care mask, wounded, € 30, gallinated.Fr; Shampoing Volumateur, Korres, 13,90 €** ; Shampoing Traitant PhytoPhanere, Phyto, 11,50€** ; Shampoing au riz et Aloe Vera, Bodia, 15€, bodia.com; Shampooing Sec Fruité & audacieux, Batiste, 4,90€***; Shampoing sec Monoi, Energie Fruit, 4,99€*** ; Shampoing Sec, Patrice Mulato, 21,46€ patricemulato-shop.Fr; Shampoing Sec,Cut By Fred, 25€, ohmycream.com.
A Super Star Powder
The rice powder is one of the flagship active ingredients of the make-up.Used by Geishas to launder the complexion, in Europe, it became popular in the 17th century.At the time, women and men used flour to whiten the skin and hair.But famine 1740 will then lead to the prohibition of its use in cosmetics.Result: Les Coquets.ttes se tournent alors vers la poudre de riz qui, après la Révolution Française, sera principalement utilisée pour blanchir les perruques. Riche en vitamine B, fer, magnésium, amidon, elle n'en restera pas là ! En 1879, la marque Bourjois lance sa poudre de riz de Java, qui connait un Franc succès.In 1881, Théophile Leclerc developed in her pharmacy an unprecedented formula of rice powder, natural, hypoallergenic which was to become the legendary "powder t.Leclerc "still very popular today in beautistas.
I buy what: Dermophile Free powder, t.Leclerc, € 42 **;Instant palette Look of Love, Charlotte Tilbury, € 69, Charlottetilbury.com;Java rice powder, Bourjois, € 12.45 ***;Rice powder, waam, € 6, waamcosmetics.com
An olfactory blanket
For us, it is a particular smell that emanates From the kitchen.However, in perfumery, rice has long been shunned."But the rice agreement returns with the craze of grilled rice," explains Alexandra Carlin, perfumer Symrise.And in the future it would not surprise me that rice is more and more present ".For this nose that works a lot on this agreement, rice is a bit of a new vanilla.To reconstruct this note, we will seek to transcribe the smell of rice which cooks, rather Thai or basmati rice, a reassuring odor that is reconstituted with cereal notes, like the absolute sound or barley and the pyzarin.Another advantage: it is a unisex note which is associated with floral notes like lilies but also with wooded notes or coffee.Nothing should be forbidden, it all depends on the dosages.And why not associate it with vanilla for a subtle effect rice with gourmet milk, addictive, and downright regressive.
I buy what: Eau de Parfum Le Chant de Camargue, the perfumer craftsman, € 145, craftsman.Fr ; Santal Basmati, Affinessence, 148€, affinessence.com;Eau de Parfum Son of God, rice and citrus, Free state of Orange, € 76.50, Statelibredorange.com.Eau de Parfum A Quiet Morning, Miller Bertaux, € 95, Noseparis.com;Eau de Parfum Olim, Trudon wax, € 180, noseparis.com. Et pour la maison : Bouquet Parfumé Iris Poudre de Riz, 12,90€, leblanc-France.Fr.
A bomb of nutrients
A little rice water in the bottle when babies had too "fast" digestion or a few days of rice diet after indigestion..We know all these grandmother's recipes.A incomparable source of nutrition, rice is the staple food of many countries whose food resources are rare.Its composition in B1 B1 B5 vitamins, minerals, and its richness in fiber make it a cocktail of benefits for the body."It is a real source of energy because it brings us complex carbohydrates that gradually release the energy necessary for our body," explains Mégane Heudiard, a nutritionist dietician (@Dieteticienne_Gourmande).With a strong power of satiety and a very low composition in lipids, it is also a good slimming ally!If you hesitate between white rice and full rice, know that white has a high glycemic index and has lost a large number of nutrients during refining.The complete has a brown color because it has kept its envelope, the pericarp.Once and a half richer in fiber, with 7 times more magnesium, it is recommended to facilitate transit.But beware, prefer organic because its envelope can keep culture pesticides.
Still lifes Nicolas Descottes Realization Bertille Chaillet.Text Marie-Elise COBUT
*In perfumery and department stores ** in pharmacies and drugstores *** in GMS.
Photo credits: Unsplashet Nicolas Descottes
