They’re for educational purposes only and one of their primary goals is to weed out as much as possible the misleading information about Argan oil spreading around the internet!
If you belong to the stampede of people running towards the latest exaggeration and hype about Argan oil, this isn’t for you!
Furthermore, we’ve spent a considerable amount of time and money on these simple videos, and we’ve done our best to keep them as simple and concise as possible to eliminate all the fluff, leaving only real useable information that will help you take full advantage of this magic natural “Elixir”.
Argan Oil Facts & Fallacies Series
Did Cosmetic Argan Oil Exist Before The Machine Era?
(text transcript of this video is below)
To make sure we deliver you authentic and accurate information, we asked directly the natives who:
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- Know best about Argan oil and Argan culture
- Have been producing, using and selling Argan oil for ages
- Are still extracting it the ancestral and traditional way.
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Ok, what’s your name?
Fadna.
Fadna, are you willing to answer my questions?
Yes
Thank you very much for accepting.
I thank you too.
Before you could acquire the machine, did you also hand-extract the cosmetic Argan oil?
Yes, we used to hand-produce it.
Using only your hands?
Yes, we processed it only with our hands.
Using the stone-mill?
Yes.
And how long does it take to hand-extract 1 liter of cosmetic Argan oil?
This one needs more hard work.
More than the culinary Argan oil?
Yes, a lot more.
Why?
Because it’s not roasted.
It sticks?
Yes it sticks, and if you put more water than needed, it hardens and it is spoilt.
If you put more water than necessary?
Yes, if you don’t pay attention to the water quantity, it is spoilt. And only a few women know how to extract it by hand.
The cosmetic Argan oil?
Yes, only few know how to extract it by hand. But I used to extract it with my hands in another cooperative in T´manar.
What about the machine?
In our region, we don’t use the machine.
And in this region, do they use the machine?
Yes, but in this cooperative we also extract it by hand from time to time.
Again, the main difference between the culinary and cosmetic Argan oil is the roasting procedure of the Argan kernels. The cosmetic Argan oil was also extracted the hard and time-consuming traditional way before the machine era.
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