Ever used in cosmetics, cucumber is rich in vitamins, trace elements and minerals. In addition to being very moisturizing, Cucumber is known for its beneficial action on dull skin, lacking clarity and light. The vitamins it contains are particularly interesting for the skin. This concentrated extract is the ideal ingredient for all skin types. It is also found in the care of combination and oily skin, which it purifies.
From the same family as melon or zucchini, cucumber is native to the Himalayas . He is known in France thanks to Charlemagne who ordered his cultivation on his lands. In 1653, the Culpeper herbalist already knew the purifying and refreshing virtues of this vegetable-fruit noting in his notebooks “it is excellent for the sunburns, the freckles and the desquamations”.
Moreover, in the eighteenth century, women of the nobility made beauty masks cucumber seeds to lighten the complexion .
