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Beauty Benefits

Beauty From The Inside Out

Beauty products have long touted their love of almonds.

Your skin loves almonds too.

Several key nutrients found in almonds are linked to skin health, making them a delicious addition to daily beauty regimens:

  • Almonds are rich in antioxidant vitamin E, which may help protect cells from the damaging effects of free radicals, caused by pollution, UV rays from the sun, cigarette smoke and other environmental and intrinsic factors. One serving of 23 almonds (about an ounce) provides 50% of your daily recommended vitamin E needs.

  • You’ll find 8% of the Daily Value for zinc. Zinc contributes to the integrity of healthy skin. 

  • Two B vitamins contribute to the maintenance of normal skin. Almonds offer 25% of the Daily Value for riboflavin and 6% of the Daily value for niacin.

  • Almonds are a good source of copper, which plays a role in skin and hair pigmentation.

  • Linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid, helps prevent skin dryness. A one ounce serving of almonds has 3.5 grams of linoleic acid.

Research
A new wrinkle study.

There is now research that suggests almonds could help reduce wrinkles, adding a whole new meaning to natural beauty. 

An almond life is a fit life.

Check out these super-easy DIY beauty “recipes” that focus on the outside, using our favorite nut. Not only will you enjoy them at home, they also make excellent gifts.

Essential Almond Oil Body Scrub


Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup almond oil
  • 2 tbsp. honey
  • 3 drops of lavender oil or other essential oil


Directions

  1. Combine the ingredients in a bowl 
  2. Stir until thoroughly combined
  3. Store in a sealed container for up to two months 
  4. Apply scrub to wet skin, massaging
  5. Rinse with water
Moisture-Rich Almond Oil and Avocado Face Mask
 

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon almond oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 avocado


Directions

  1. Mash the avocado and mix in all the ingredients to form a puree
  2. Apply the mix to the skin on all areas
  3. Leave on for 15-20 minutes before rinsing with warm water and pat dry  
Everyday Almond Oil and Honey Face Mask


Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tbsp. almond oil
  • 3 drops lavender or rose oil

 

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together well
  2. Apply to skin
  3. Leave on for 10-15 minutes before rinsing with warm water
Soothing Almond Milk Bath

Can’t get enough of our at-home beauty solutions? Say no more! Use your almonds to create almond milk. The almond milk will create a luxurious soak, and the leftover almond meal can be used to mix up a beautifying scrub!
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup natural or blanched almonds soaked up to two days
  • 1 liter of water or herbal infusion of your choice, such as lavender water or rose water
  •  4 drops of lavender or rose oil


Directions

  1. Soak almonds overnight or up to two days
  2. Blend the almonds and water (or herbal infusion) in a blender and strain through a cheese cloth.
  3. Reserve the almond pulp that’s left over for making the scrub below
  4. Stir in the essential oils into the almond milk, and pour into a hot bath just before getting in.
Almond Pulp Body Scrub


Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond pulp (the finely ground almonds leftover from making almond milk)
  • ½ cup almond oil 4 drops of lavender oil or other favorite essential oil


Directions

  1. Mix the pulp and oils together 
  2. Scrub into skin
  3. Rinse with warm water 
Almond-Coffee Callous Buster
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups almond milk 
  • 1 cup of coffee grounds


Directions

  1. Combine almond milk and coffee grounds in a bowl
  2. Scrub formula in circular motion on feet
  3. Rinse with warm water

FAQ

  • Eating a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables – and nutrient-rich almonds -- can help support your skin. Almonds contain skin-loving nutrients: they offer 50% of your daily vitamin E needs, 8% of your daily needs for zinc, and 30% of your daily needs for copper.

    If you want to learn more about how researchers are investigating whether eating almonds affects wrinkles, skin tone and UV resistance, check this out.

  • Absolutely!  Almonds contain several key nutrients that are linked to skin health.  Healthy almonds are an excellent source of vitamin E, which is a powerful antioxidant that supports your skin. They also deliver skin-friendly nutrients: 8% of the daily value for zinc, the B vitamins niacin (6% DV) and riboflavin (25% DV), and 20% of the daily value for linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid that promotes skin health.

  • Almonds offer a well-rounded package of essential nutrients that help support skin health including the powerful antioxidant vitamin E (50% DV), the minerals zinc (8% DV) and copper (30% DV), and the B vitamins niacin (6% DV) and riboflavin (25% DV).

    Recent studies have explored how eating almonds affects wrinkle severity, skin tone and UV resistance in certain populations like postmenopausal women and Asian women with sun sensitive skin types. Curious to learn more about each one? Click here

Good news about fat. U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that the majority of your fat intake be unsaturated. One serving of almonds (28g) has 13g of unsaturated fat and only 1g of saturated fat.