Honest Skincare Castor Oil Organic – Cold Pressed – Hexane Free (Glass Bottles)

Honest Skincare Castor Oil Organic – Cold Pressed – Hexane Free (Glass Bottles)

We are often asked about ‘virgin’ and ‘unsulfanated’ castor oil. Virgin is a term applied only to olive oil, that is now being used by some marketers to describe their castor oil. Virgin, in the context of olive oils, means that the oils have been extracted only by mechanical means. The same with the term ‘unsulfanated’, which is used to describe products that have not had sulphur dioxide used to increase their shelf life. Of course, our castor oil is cold-pressed and organic, with no heat or solvents used so yes, you could call it virgin and unsulfanated.

Our castor oil originates in India. Castor plants are especially grown without the use of sprays or pesticides. The castor plants are then harvested, and oil extracted by the cold-press process. It then goes through a rigorous certification process. Our castor oil is shipped to New Zealand in steel drums, then decanted directly into glass bottles.