Small batch beauty is big news for 2016 with more artisan brands making headlines. Here’s one to watch: Wild Wood Groves www.wildwoodgroves.com founded by Ruth Hajioff, the original argan pioneer (she ran a stall at Borough Market selling her argan before most of us had even heard of it). Her range sparkles with argan blends and she has a number of celebrity fans but she never shouts about it – so I will, instead! (One of them’s Sophie Dahl).
Like rosehip, argan is my other favourite single wonder oil, both are very healing as well as heavy-duty multi-taskers, so if you prefer one single oil instead of a cocktail in your facial oil, rosehip or argan are the way to go. Squalene, from olives, is another super single oil. And coconut, in different ways. But I find myself returning to rosehip and argan when I crave a simple facial oil. Anyway, it didn’t take long before the big brands quickly joined the argan party but I still have a soft spot for Ruth’s “original and the best” oils over and above many of the other argan brands. Because there’s a real story, real heart behind them.

Wild Wood Groves’ 100% pure, wild harvested argan oil is ethically hand produced according to the age old tradition, by Berber women in the Essaouira-Agadir area.
They’re pure.  She doesn’t dilute them with other oils (a tip from her: to check if your oil is mixed, put it in the fridge – the other oils will separate).
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