I traveled to Morocco for the first time in March of 2012 and discovered Argan Oil there. It is the product of tree which goats like to scale to get the nuts. The oil is extracted from the nuts but they are so hard to crack that the goats are actually an important part of the process. Women in argan oil cooperatives poke through the poop of the goats to extract the nuts.
Not such an auspicious beginning for such a lovely product. My experience was to buy a glob of greenish slime in the Rabat medina (market) for a few dollars. That green slime became part of my daily hammam ( or bath).
Slathered onto skin and hair it is the most emollient substance rendering skin and hair smooth and silky. Men, women and children make regular visits to the public hammam to indulge in this ritual.
Argan oil has become very popular here in the States and is very expensive here unlike the humble "soap" I bought in the medina. My colleague gave me bottle of the oil for Christmas a few years back knowing my fondness for it. I just used up the last drops, but I've saved the pump bottle savoring its meaning as a dispenser of kindness and gentle beauty.
Not such an auspicious beginning for such a lovely product. My experience was to buy a glob of greenish slime in the Rabat medina (market) for a few dollars. That green slime became part of my daily hammam ( or bath).
Slathered onto skin and hair it is the most emollient substance rendering skin and hair smooth and silky. Men, women and children make regular visits to the public hammam to indulge in this ritual.
Argan oil has become very popular here in the States and is very expensive here unlike the humble "soap" I bought in the medina. My colleague gave me bottle of the oil for Christmas a few years back knowing my fondness for it. I just used up the last drops, but I've saved the pump bottle savoring its meaning as a dispenser of kindness and gentle beauty.
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