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Ingredient: Watermelon seed oil

December 18, 2014 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

Watermelon seed oil (INCI Citrullus lanatus (watermelon) seed oil) is a pale yellow, light to medium weight, slightly greasy feeling oil that comes from the watermelon seed. The version I have is cold expeller pressed, but you can find solvent extracted versions.It contains 11% palmitic acid (C16), 10% stearic acid (C18:0), 15% oleic acid (C18:1),…

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