Jojoba oil (INCI: Simmonsia Chinensis Oil) isn’t actually an oil – it’s a wax ester with 40 to 42 atoms! Its fatty profile is all about the weird and wacky fatty acids we rarely see in other oils – 2% palmitic acid (C16), around 7% stearic acid (C18), 14% oleic acid, 57% gadoleic acid (C20:1),…
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